This is Denni. She took an unexpected babysitting shift when she found a baby koala in her yard. She cheerfully delivered the joey to her human, who put them back in the tree to be reunited with their mom. 14/10 (FB: Steve Lamplough)

❄️ ❄️ ❄️ Save the date! The Eastern and Western Snow Conferences will hold their annual meetings jointly in 2026. Please plan to join us May 12th - 15th, 2026 at the Auraria Campus in the heart of downtown Denver, CO. More details and a call for abstracts coming soon. ❄️ ❄️ ❄️

This is Seiko. He was just adopted. Now that he finally has a human of his very own, he's never letting go. 14/10 (TT: seikotherescue)

This is Holly. She won't fall sleep until she's been given her stuffed cow. 13/10 sweet dreams Holly (TT: hollythebluestaffy__)

This important work is very consilient with our attribution of extreme heat to carbon majors in @nature.com earlier this year: tinyurl.com/nhffeezv It is a great thing for science when independent groups with independent methods come to the same conclusions.

And the federal minimum wage has been $7.25 per hour since 2009.

“It is not a radical idea to say that every man, woman and child in America can have a decent standard of living.”

Have a relaxing weekend, everyone!

#ICYMI Poor water quality can drastically affect air quality according to a collaborative study featuring NSF NCAR, @scrippsocean.bsky.social , @ucriverside.bsky.social & @sandiegostate.bsky.social. NSF NCAR's Kelly Barsanti assisted with gas analysis. news.ucar.edu/133038/study...

regardless of what happens to the tariffs, they're doomed from the start because the average conservative holds all three of these positions at once: — virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing — against increasing the minimum wage — buys foreign imports because they're cheap

Going live on TikTok right now to discuss the controversy surrounding my WIRED piece and debunking these influencers desperate PR narratives www.wired.com/story/dark-m...

please contact me if you control "dark money" and want to pay me to promote high rise trousers, walkable neighborhoods, and adopting shelter animals

Today, Steve is hard at work, helping to clean the kitchen. Steve is trying his best.

This is Jetty. He never wants to hear you complain about his barking again. 13/10 (IG: ullalynn3)

A comprehensive review of research on the topic shows that “educating students in responsible phone use is a more sustainable and wholistic attempt to address problematic usage rather than enacting whole-of-school banning policies.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

i need politicians to be as mad at housing prices as they are about cracker barrel's new logo

Congratulations @igarousi.bsky.social Irene Garousi-Nejad and Ryan Johnson on completing your HydroLearn module! Interested in seasonal snow data and modeling analysis? Check out this module, HydroLearn accounts are free! edx.hydrolearn.org/courses/cour...

Another chapter done!! We analyzed how heterogeneous snowpacks like in the Montana prairies will affect snow water equivalent (SWE) estimates from Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensors. So thankful to my advisors/coauthors!! Link to paper: doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...

Because banning social media for kids is not about protecting kids or making their lives better. It flies in the face of research, data, and what kids are telling us. It’s about controlling them, isolating them, and keeping them uninformed. It’s part of the fascist playbook.

The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.” But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people. Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.

An amazing opportunity to get hands-on experience in snow fieldwork!!

I wrote about how these bullshit “child safety” laws that are framed as cracking down on big tech actually do the exact opposite, for @zeteo.com

I made a video about this! youtu.be/nsD0e1k4d90?...

Last year, Alex Gottlieb and I showed the concerning nonlinear snow loss with warming that occurs around -8°C (www.nature.com/articles/s41...). This year, we show why: it is a simple counting exercise of days above freezing. Our latest in @agu.org Water Resources Research: doi.org/10.1029/2024...

Reminder - this webinar is taking place tomorrow at 3pm ET and it's not too late to register!

This is Haha. He had to socialize multiple times today. Gonna need a couple days to recover. 14/10 (IG: thegoldenhaha)

I went on @allinwithchris.bsky.social last night, guest-hosted by @velshi.com, and spoke about why Democrats need a change in House and Senate leadership

Announcing the 2025 Navigating (beyond) Academic Waters Cyberseminar Series with AGU H3S! This year will have four cyberseminars starting on August 27 and running one each month through November 5th. Register now for one or for the whole series! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Looking for a way to positively impact the water and environmental science communities? Interested in contributing to a dynamic, community-serving organization? If it's yes, come work with us! CUAHSI has two openings: 💧Environmental Data Science Fellow 💧Research Scientist I www.cuahsi.org/job-board

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics. IG nytimes

This is Reggie. He’s wondering if this bus has any stops near the pet store. He’s been saving for a new toy. 14/10 all aboard buddy (IG: calebka88)

This is Percy. He's experiencing his first rainfall. Wants to know if you're seeing what he's seeing. 12/10 (TT: percy.boy.jackson)

How are Trump's economic policies impacting you? Let me give you a hard example. 🧵

I don't think most Americans realize how hard tariffs are about to hit them. The combination of 1) escalating tariffs, 2) companies slowly passing the cost to consumers, and 3) the repeal of the de minimis exemption in the Big Beautiful Bill, a lot stuff will be more expensive in 2027.

USGS Water Data APIs are changing! Many in the CUAHSI community rely on USGS Water Services APIs for daily research workflows. USGS is now modernizing those services. To learn more and an opportunity to ask questions, join the webinar on Aug 13, 3PM ET Register here us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hell yeah www.readthemaple.com/uber-drivers...

I've never understood the idea that you have to be a certain body shape to be stylish because I've admired so many big men with tremendous style.

Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.

Idk if this is related to AI or not but we need to talk about how bad Google search has gotten. I'm doing research for a video and googling stuff. I get one website that says one thing, go to google for a bit more info and 3 other sites say a totally other thing, it's so hard to know what's accurate

Trump is touting the no tax on tips provision in his budget bill. But many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are so low. And the provision expires in 2028. The estate tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? Those were made permanent. Funny how that works.

WHY AM I ALL OUT OF BANANAS

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut. If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

Its also not true that the forecasts were off. bsky.app/profile/weat...

More than 880,000 workers will get a raise this summer due to state minimum wage increases. Anyone upset about this should consider the following: If the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.

You actively chose to fire as many scientists working for the federal government as possible and have even taken weather balloons out of the sky. These were people who dedicated their lives to this stuff and you fired them so you could do tax cuts.

I could not possibly be filled with more rage after seeing Texas Republicans blame the National Weather Service forecast for the unspeakable tragedy that hit the girls camp. You were warned this would happen if you fired everyone! Video from @ mollyploofkins / X

In the interest of celebrating good things, former lab postdoc David Fastovich (and new Assistant Prof at University of Georgia!) has a new paper looking at rates of ecosystem change in response to past climate change: press release: phys.org/news/2025-07... Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

He’s so proud of this meaningless gesture

So if the MAGA murder bill passes what're Democrats going to do? Spend the next 20 years clawing back Medicaid coverage? Or maybe it's time to actually fight for universal, single-payer, government-funded taxpayer subsidized Medi-FUCKIN-care for all.