In the last year in the U.S., over 10,000 monthly records have been broken, and almost 200 all time records have been broken. But apparently we hardly break records. 🤷‍♀️

In June, 2021, Quillayute broke its previous all time record high by 11° when it reached 110°. Quillayute, Washington is of course well known for its urban heat island with an approximate population of 400, and located near Hoh Rainforest.

OTD 46 years ago: May 18, 1980 the bulging north flank of Mount St. Helens slid away in a massive landslide. The uncorked volcano exploded & blasted rocks horizontally. 9 hours of explosive volcanic activity ensued, killing 57 people & forever altering the landscape and what we know about volcanoes

Out of the office.

Evolution of daily sea surface temperatures (SSTs) during 1-22 April 2026 in the western portion of the eastern North Pacific. 🥵

TRUMP: "I'm gonna fuckin' blow up all the fuckers! I wanna use all the bombs before I die! Helter skelter! Helter skelter! Race war! Race war! Fuck Easter and fuck you, too!" NEWS: "Trump promises to strengthen military in early morning Easter greeting."

What in the actual fuck was that

me at NASA trying to get on Artemis III after that speech

How can this go on for another 3 years?

Major shades of '21 Pacific Northwest heat event. EFI maxed out across the majority of the Western US, for multiple consecutive days.

Fresh snow this morning in the Cascades. Much more snow to come over the next few days!

The US Women’s Olympic Hockey team declines Trump’s invitation to attend the SOTU speech. meidasnews.com/news/trump-s...

Reminder about the Probabilistic Precipitation Portal, which offers multiple ways to visualize snowfall probabilities. wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/Prob_Precip/?zoom=OKX

MEGAN KELLER WITH A DIRTY DRAG MOVE AND A GOLD MEDAL WINNING GOAL 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

Thursday moments in the Pacific Northwest.

Seattle, and the kids, are alright. Go Hawks!

SEATTLEEE

what a shot

The set design for this is awesome

For those keeping score, some areas of the Outer Banks have picked up more snow in the last 48 hours than Stevens and Snoqualmie Passes have combined over the past three weeks (13.0” total for both since Jan. 10).

nothing to see here

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

“Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous.”

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

me when i am answering a media call at the end of a 10 hour midnight shift

at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us

❄️ 75-year annual snowfall trend. Snowfall is decreasing almost everywhere during this period. It's as if something has changed. 😐😢😭

Mt. Rainier in a coating of fresh snow during tonight’s sunset. Lenticulars making an appearance as well!

Fresh snow in the Cascades.

We’re here for the inversions.

when you see all the federal employees getting paid but nothing has hit your bank account yet

Just another Wednesday morning in the Pacific Northwest.

Views of the Aurora Borealis from NWS Seattle!

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

Working rotational shift work without pay has been exhausting. Federal employees should not be pawns. However, exiting the longest shutdown in history for nothing is even more unacceptable. Shame on the elected leaders who don’t believe healthcare is worth taking a stand for.

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

October moments in the Pacific Northwest.

Motherfucking wind farms…

broke the news to her that there is no more new toys until the government reopens

Jamaica is responsible for less than 0.03% of global CO₂ emissions but faces almost unimaginable loss and damage in coming days at the hands of wealthy nations. It's heartbreaking and utterly damning.

what a fun evening shift

Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown. Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

October baseball is the best baseball.

The vibes? FUCKIN IMMACULATE

October brought to you by government shutdowns, early season snowfalls, larch trees, and of course the Seattle Mariners.

Winter scenes in Autumn after the first snow of the season for the Pacific Northwest!

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE