Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News. Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.

@billybragg.bsky.social will send you stickers.

ManUniCast.com gave a good forecast of the banded precipitation now occurring over eastern Ireland. #StormAmy

“If colleges relent, they will forfeit whatever moral capital they have left and send the message that the pursuit of truth matters less than loyalty to a political agenda.” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Just a reminder that NWS is considered essential during a government shutdown. Meteorologists will still go to work, forecasts will still be made, watches and warnings will be issued, data will flow. We won’t be paid until the shutdown ends, but we’ll still protect life and property as always.

IMPORTANT NOTE 🚨 When looking at ensemble means, beware of the "survivors bias". For example, the GEFS *mean* misses the coast... but most GEFS members make landfall! This has to do with the storm timing. Consider how some members move the storm faster than others... (cont.)

And we still have an opening for a Lecturer in Nature, Environment and Society www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

This is the energy to bring to the fight

"This used to be the best job I’ve ever had, the best environment I’ve ever had, the best culture I’ve ever had—and they fucking ruined it. I will never ever forget how much they ruined it."

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

🥶Cette semaine persistance d'un temps inhabituellement froid pour la saison en journée, particulièrement sous les occlusions récurrentes liées au blocage froid. Pas banal d'observer une telle séquence d'au moins 4 jours à des niveaux si bas en température maximale. Tmax < 10 °C pas impossibles

If you use LinkedIn, did you not realize you were *automatically opted in for training their #AI on your data* like me? Here's how to opt out: find your settings > data privacy > data for generative AI Turn 'off'

There's always been good reasons to get off academia.edu, but this one is the best. Delete your account now, if you value your personal information.

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose??? This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

Webinar for National Weather Association members: Flying Smart: Building Weather Awareness in the General Aviation Community Terry Lankford, Retired, FAA Scott Minnick, NWS AWC Register link in the members email, posted in the member portal, and the NWA Community. Weds Sept 24, 11:00 a.m. EDT

This is still one of the best videos of all time ❤️

Big news: we're going solar! ☀️ From September, we will begin powering our campus with clean, renewable electricity from a major new solar farm, marking a key milestone in our goal of becoming zero carbon by 2038.

That explains why no one else showed up to the party I held! I celebrated on 9 January 2025.

Woody Guthrie display at the Minneapolis Central Library @woodyguthriecenter.bsky.social @woodyguthrieworld.bsky.social

Our new study finds that the upper atmosphere is becoming more sheared and less stratified because of climate change. Both these changes are making the atmosphere less stable and more conducive to turbulence. Covered by the BBC here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🎊We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Award and Honors Recipients! Thank you to our members and friends for nominating these exceptional individuals and organizations making a difference in the weather, water, and climate fields. Meet the recipients here: https://bit.ly/4lHUgaZ

Cancelling the next PAR R&D phase is nonsensical. PAR technology is our best candidate to replace our aging fleet of WSR-88Ds. Weather radar is one of the most lifesaving and highest-ROI technologies our gov’t has ever supported. Scrapping next gen radar is pound-foolish w/o the penny-wise part.

Has anyone else noticed an increase in new publications in generalist journals (e.g., Sci Rep, Nature Comms) with declarative titles that state already well-known realities in your specialty discipline?

Countries that now have travel warnings discouraging their citizens from traveling here: Australia Belgium Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Ireland Netherlands New Zealand Portugal United Kingdom www.cntraveler.com/story/which-...

This is just so important. This is what happened n the US. A well-funded anti-immigrant campaign, using fear, telling the public that migrants are criminals, led to Trump. Big money is behind this and the goal is to put the same cabal of tech oligarchs and oil cos in charge in the UK.

Some incredibly good news: One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print. In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast. In short, it’s working. So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

NEW: Over the last 3 months, phone and devices searches at the US border hit a new high. Almost 15,000 devices were searched between April and June, according to data published on the US Customs and Border Protection website

If you are a member of the National Weather Association and want to improve your presentation skills, check out our webinar Thursday 28 August. Panelists Trevor Bucher, Makenzie Krocak, and Joseph Trujillo will share their expert strategies. Hosted by Kandis Boyd and David Schultz.

What the hell are we doing anymore? So this AI: 1. Can't do math 2. Is now in programs that have done math forever 3. Comes with a warning to not use it for math This is all just beyond ridiculous.

"Meteorology is somewhat peculiar as a profession in that anyone with a smattering of the terms used, access to publicly available information from the weather service, and a bit of equipment can "look and sound like" a meteorologist." Chester Newton, 1980: doi.org/10.1175/1520....

Since taking office, Trump has halted or ended 1/3 of investigations and enforcement actions against Big Tech giants — including Meta, Tesla, and Google. These same tech companies have spent over $1.2B to influence Trump during and since the 2024 election. Everything is for sale.

As if we don't have enough to contend with... www.earth.com/news/global-...

Animations of forecasted strong winds from #StormFloris over the next two days from ManUniCast.com. European and North Atlantic scale: manunicast.seaes.manchester.ac.uk/view.php?t=2... UK and Ireland scale: manunicast.seaes.manchester.ac.uk/view.php?t=2... #Floris #UKwx #EUwx #UKweather

I dare someone to submit a paper with null results to Nature, citing their own news article about why no one publishes null results.

Yes, sadly another example of how northern universities receive less funding and fewer opportunities. I couldn't believe it either when I first saw the list of those rewarded with the funding.

Fascinating lines of isolated convective cells today over the UK. www.netweather.tv/live-weather...

I woke up this morning with a map thought in my head, and here it is:

Very proud to have published this piece on the radical Argentinian meteorologist Rolando García dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcc....

Help a masters student with her research on including the public in understanding effective net-zero strategies. Are you over 18 years old? Living in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, or Belfast? If so, can you take 5–10 minutes to answer this survey by 26 July? forms.cloud.microsoft/r/UcvfPqQhXG

The downsizing of the National Weather Service and the NOAA appears to be part of an effort to privatize the work of such agencies. In several instances, the companies poised to step into the void have deep ties to people tapped by Trump to run weather-related agencies. apnews.com/article/trum...

Seems like the 9 citations to this correspondence in Nature by Carl Wunsch is too small. www.nature.com/articles/428...

Did you know? 100 years ago today, the BBC broadcast the #ShippingForecast for the very first time, produced by the Met Office for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. More than just a lifesaver, it’s become a beloved part of Britain’s cultural identity. Learn more: bit.ly/4kg877D 🛳️🌊

Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.

🌀 The DoD will soon stop using and sharing Hurricane Hunter imaging. Hurricane Hunter planes fly deep into the heart of storms to gather data & generate forecasts. Add this to the growing list of ways Republicans are weakening storm protections in 🇺🇸. #4thofJuly www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

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Excited to share our meteorological–historical review of the Colorado River Basin Pilot Project, a 1970s cloud-seeding experiment that was the biggest and most expensive experiment to try to confirm the viability of enhancing snowfall over the West. Except, it didn't work. doi.org/10.1175/WCAS...

"Huge crowds". Right.... Even the weather team has been compromised at the Washington Post.

Footage from that event. youtu.be/ATMR5ettHz8?...

No. 😂 They focus on one or two storms at a time. What happens occasionally is they see something at the same time we do and go "oh look at that" while we are in the process of drawing up the new warning. In most of the major tornadoes I've warned for they have been confused or behind what