After Jan. 6, 2021, we sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there. Revisit our full archive, five years later:

Deep budget cuts and massive firing sprees shrank emergency response agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), considered a global crown jewel for climate science.

Just saying that no country has invaded and attacked another one for their solar and wind resources.

Note the timestamp on this thread. Dang. :(

Happy New Year!!

I own a bookstore. Yeah, that makes sense! “American Dirt”

SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹 They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating. A new scoop for The Reengineer! www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...

Tell me you're from the Midwest without telling me that you use(d) "nature's refrigerator" for extra storage.

"A Democratic senator involved in the negotiations...said that Trump’s attempt to break up a premier weather and climate center based in Boulder, Colo., was like a “stick of dynamite” that exploded any chance of a bipartisan breakthrough on spending." thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Before the 1990s, plane crashes caused by microbursts used to kill planeloads of people fairly regularly. Dr. Ted Fujita and NCAR scientists figured out how to detect microbursts and warn pilots about them. Since then? Zero airliner crashes from microbursts.

Key misunderstanding I want to get ahead of: NCAR isn't really a government agency like NIH or NSF. It's one of the largest NSF grants in history, and is given to a non-profit org called UCAR, whose job is to make NCAR exist (www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...). That means the buck stops with NSF right now

When you ask weather/climate people to name places that act as a hub of lifesaving research and innovation, Boulder CO would rise to top 2-3. NCAR Mesa Lab is the heartbeat of activities there. Can’t believe this is even on the table, let alone being lobbed out there like it’s already a certainty.

Notes to add to my case if I ever need to re-up my reasonable accommodation request: "ADHD-fueled inattention leads to proclivity to spills, including an entire mug of tea on self (fortunately, not electronics), causing a need to change all items of clothing immediately."

Hartmann tells her students that using AI is like bringing a forklift to the gym when your goal is to build muscle. “The classroom is a gymnasium, and I am your personal trainer,” she explains. “I want you to lift the weights.” www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Having one of those days (weeks) where I log into meetings 5 min early because I'm confident if I wait until right at start time, I'd forget and be 5 min late. #adhd #brainfog

Well, hello, slew of new follows! Did you all pick up my name on a list somewhere? I feel like I should try to post something extra witty or something. 😊

Nothing takes me out of a story faster than getting the setting wrong, especially the weather/climate. If a story (book, film, etc) is set in an identifiable place and time, it's just neglectful to not obtain the actual weather for the place/time! open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Hot take: Any team that declines an invitation to a bowl game for non-medical reasons (such as illness outbreaks among players) should have to forfeit a bowl or playoff opportunity the next year.

Please, football gods, send Duke to the Duke's Mayo Bowl!

It’s deep in the Daily Nebraskan article but TL:DR. Nebraska regents are idiots.

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

I see the officials continue to rob the Lions when playing vs Dallas.

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Love it 🙌

The term “remigration” has a dark past that everyone needs to understand. It was created on the European far right as a coded call for ethnic cleansing, the forced removal of non-white immigrants and even their children.

Cannot endorse this strongly enough. If you're an adult, put your wishes in writing. Do a quick search to find out what counts as a legal will in your state. Do at least the bare minimum. (You can often get documents notarized for free, and while it's helpful to have a lawyer, it's not required.)

Proof that I do better when I spray the board? Finished tied for 2nd best points (technically tied for 4th place) in the Cover 3 Week 12 contest - in the money! @tomfornelli.bsky.social

Literally gagging at this. Whether 15, 8, or 5, they are all CHILDREN. A 15-year-old is not "barely legal" - she is a CHILD. Not legal. Not OK. Pre-pubescent or post-pubescent, they are all children. Do not normalize this.

Today is world kindness day, and a perfect day to celebrate Fred Rogers and his impact on many of our lives. He shared innumerable wise words with us, many which have stuck with me and guide me even today, and I'd like to share a few of them this morning.

Winter isn't what it used to be. It's actually the fastest-warming season for much of the U.S. Since just 1970, winters (December - February) have warmed in 98% of 244 U.S. cities analyzed by 3.9°F on average. Do you wanna build a snowman with few of the details? 🧵

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

📣 We just released a new free resource at @climatecentral.org - a 72-slide deck introducing key facts about climate change, including its causes, impacts, and solutions. It also comes with speaker notes and links for local storytelling. ➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)

Job alert!! Project Drawdown is hiring for 3 roles: 🌐 Program Manager, Global Strategic Partnerships (deadline: Nov 7) 🔬 Research Fellow (deadline: Nov 2) 💹 Senior Analyst, Climate Philanthropy & Investing (deadline: Nov 19) 🔗 View the position descriptions here: drawdown.org/careers #ClimateJobs

My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.

The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.

Putting their lives on the line to understand the threats posed by Hurricane Melissa while not getting paid during the government shutdown.

NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti. The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.

Glad to see the Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters data restored - you're doing important work, @climatecentral.org!

On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay, I acknowledge that I am on the ancestral lands of the Odawa nation and also spending time on the ancestral lands of the Anishinabewaki and Missisaugua nations. I am grateful for the care they have taken of these lands.

On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay, I acknowledge that I am on the ancestral lands of the Odawa nation and also spending time on the ancestral lands of the Anishinabewaki and Missisaugua nations. I am grateful for the care they have taken of these lands.

This is excellent work, and I hope more educators can use it as a model.

The Senate has confirmed Trump's pick to run NOAA. Neil Jacobs will lead an agency that's lost ~2,000 staff in a year and could lose most of its research division. I did a deep dive on why Jacobs wanted this job for @bloomberg.com. Here's what I learned (thread) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I love this. Every one of these tips. We could all use some sources of calm.

OK, football-smart people, my son has a question I couldn't answer. When one defender forces the fumble and another recovers, who gets to wear the chain (or whatever the team has for turnovers)?

I love LOVE this because it shows hope. It shows that solutions work.

I'm glad that bit resonated with you, @subletteweather.com!

The Univ. of Nebraska’s Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has established a webpage soliciting the community’s help in saving their program. Their hearing in front of campus admin is next Friday, Oct 10th. Please consider sharing why they’re essential! eas.unl.edu/save-earth-a...