happy pride 🏳️‍🌈

@aaronadmirals.bsky.social, your last podcast for this season was truly special. thank you for sharing all of the stories you have. a lot of the players had it right when they said this loss hurts more because of how well we played. you're truly a treasure to the hockey & sports media industry!

I asked Google AI to create a @hurricanetrackingchart with some flourishes. All I can say is wow.

(Student) Sports Journalist Kade Barkas reporting live from the Milwaukee Admirals press box, bringing stories to The UWM Post throughout the length of the Calder Cup playoff run.

#BertAlert @bertlauderdale.bsky.social

As of 5 days ago, there were at least 50 open leadership positions in NWS offices, not to mention the vacancies in forecasters, electronics technicians, and other support staff. This reduces the capacity for outreach, increases forecaster fatigue, and limits the effectiveness of the NWS.

HRRR? RRFS? Those models don’t exist without NOAA’s Global Systems Lab. The physics used in even more models? Not possible without us. Decision-support tools like DESI and IDSS Engine used throughout the NWS? Also us. What my lab does is *integral* to weather prediction and keeping people safe.

It's actually wild. There's literally no mention of why Jackie Robinson is important in the MLB press release. At all. Just that he "played his first Major League game on April 15, 1947."

HAPPY TAX DAY! How much would you spend on a year of tornado warnings? The average US taxpayer spends only $4 a year to help fund the NWS. It’s a smart investment—every $1 invested in NWS yields approx. $73 in social benefits. 🌪️❄️ Support science. Support the NWS. Stay tuned for more this #TaxDay

them: "don't stare directly at the sun with your camera lens!" me:

Saw two folks passing each other in the hall at work today. Here was their interaction: Person 1: "Hey! You hanging in there?" Person 2: "NOPE!" *keeps walking* If that doesn't describe the state of everything right now, then I don't know what does 😂

Napkin math says there are 7 days in a week and weather is 24/7....so 7 meteorologists = not a lot of staff

Who needs radars or weather models to operate, anyway

Everyone is worse off with a reduced NOAA workforce. EVERYONE. We literally make daily decisions due to expected weather conditions like grabbing an umbrella or securing furniture ahead of strong winds. And anyone can access that information because it's already covered by taxpayer dollars.

being a STEM student and watching your friends and mentors worry about their jobs is something no one prepares you for. the constant fear of "will i have a job after graduation?" is a deep concern. PLEASE call your representatives and inform them of the importance of NOAA/NWS and science in general!

“You’ll be fine, just get another job. Surely you can do science somewhere else!” They literally want to defund science. There will be no science jobs left to be had. Call your representatives.

Today’s NWS/NOAA firings are an atrocious decision. We’re losing hundreds of our best and brightest going into tropical and severe season. With further cuts on the table that would cripple essential services reach out to your congresspersons.

To everyone at NOAA fired today: You are an incredible human being. You signed up to serve the public. I deeply appreciate what you've given to your team, to NOAA, to our country as a whole. Your firing is unconscionable. It runs counter to the values we stand for. And we will stand up for you.

In recent decades everyone has been real proud of how we’ve been able to lower disaster death tolls. At this rate, those days are over.

My heart breaks for those NWS/NOAA employees who are being let go today. National Weather Service is already incredibly understaffed and every meteorologist is critical and essential. This will undoubtedly cost lives as severe weather and hurricane season ramps up.

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

To all NOAA probationary employees today: I’m sorry. I’m truly sorry. Reach out if you need to talk or want to chat about job opportunities. I’ve served on many AMS committees and have some thoughts about the landscape.

I am incredibly honored to announce that I earned an American Meteorological Society (AMS) Student Conference Poster Award for my research poster presented at #AMS2025! Thank you to all of my supporters for giving me the confidence to participate in the Student Poster Competition.

Your weather app gets its info because of NOAA. Your mail arrives at your home because of USPS. Your plane navigates the skies because of the FAA. Your food is safer -- and we get alerts when it isn't -- because of USDA. You hear about earthquakes *worldwide* because of USGS.

Do you live in the Southeast U.S.? Did you receive a tornado or severe t-storm warning from the NWS yesterday? Did you feel good knowing someone is watching out for you & letting you know potentially dangerous weather was headed your way? If so, maybe let others know why you think NWS is important.

In 2015, I stopped using MATLAB because basic functions like **averaging** were locked behind a license I no longer had. Imagine opening weather.gov and being blocked by a paywall before you saw the current temperature or tomorrow's forecast. Or having to watch an ad every time.

Shrinking the National Weather Service staff with no real plan as tornado, hurricane, and fire seasons approach unnecessarily puts public safety at risk

listen to newsies. then come ask me how i'm feeling. because i guarantee you that you will feel some sort of rage and willingness to fight for justice after listening to the soundtrack and/or watching the movie/musical.

AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I had a great time presenting priliminary results of my undergraduate research project supervised by @clarkevanswx.bsky.social at #AMS2025, exploring NOLA, and networking with other students. Shout out to my new friends at Texas A&M!

I'm excited to attend the @ametsoc.bsky.social #AMS2025 next week. I'm involved with 4 presentations, with others deserving all of the credit for the work! On Sunday, check out @hurricanekade.bsky.social's poster on overlapping hurricane and severe weather seasons! ams.confex.com/ams/105ANNUA...

buried ‘em alive #MILhockey

𝗵𝗼𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁. #MILhockey

I love this.

update: today's productivity is defined as writing code, waiting 30 min for it to work, writing more code, waiting another 30 min for it work, etc.

life of a meteorology student during the first snow of the season: -wake up -see snow accumulating like crazy outside apt window -check traffic report (all roads are bad) -email profs saying you aren't coming -drink hot chocolate w/ whipped cream -be productive on your unofficial snow day

tutoring my friends is a wild experience because why does @charliebourdo.bsky.social bless me with his presence twice a week and make me lose my mind as i reexplain the same integration principles for the 12th time in a session. ((charlie, this is written with love. you're the best, stay rocking.))

happy crimmis

as if things couldn't get ANY worse, now i have the central pipe in my apartment leaking in 5 spots.

auroras

i'll have words to say eventually, but for now, goodnight.

you know it's a rough day/week/year when i pull out the rex orange county the lyrics of "always" are hitting a little different today

me hiding myself for the next however many years