TX Hill Country floods have been in the news as more victims' families file lawsuits. I've had a lot of opportunity to examine this event - including visiting Kerrville - and share my perspectives on what I've learned & what we can do to keep this from happening again. https://tinyurl.com/2yyzza2y

Developed over 50 years ago at NSF NCAR, dropsondes help to shape forecasts and inform communities of approaching hazards & NSF NCAR researchers are continuously working to improve dropsonde technology to help people stay safe when hurricanes approach. news.ucar.edu/133047/recor...

I spoke with @BigThink about why even the most experienced professionals need a coach — including surgeons. It’s one of the most under-utilized ways people improve. Video: youtu.be/tW7ClAexgHI?...

academics will call a meeting anything but. retreat, assembly, townhall, gathering, get together, roundtable, forum, meetup, round robin... no matter how you dress it up, 90% of the time, it could've been an email

A fun game is to go into the Epstein email docs and search for the names of people who have personally made policy decisions that hurt you or your loved ones.

Babycat brewery. Catnip blender hazy was purrfect

a ‘human in the loop’ protocol is now a guardrail made of swiss cheese

This yr's Atmospheric River Reconn Program (led by @CW3EScripps & Corps of Engineers) will be Northern Hemisphere in reach, w/"normal" complement of flights & in situ obs spanning NPacific/Western NAmerica, joined by missions from Ireland, Labrador & far NW Territory! cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-hosts-t...

Time-lapse video of last nights aurora from 0248–0526 UTC (1948–2226 MST) with peak sub-storm activity from 0430–0455 UTC (2130–2155MST). Nikon D850, 12mm fish eye, f/4, ISO3200, 15 seconds per image. #astrophotography #aurora #landscape 📷

Aurora Jealou(s)alis. clouds always get in the way

All aboard the CME train.

And if you want to join in and do some science, check out Aurorasaurus. Aurorasaurus - Reporting Auroras from the Ground Up share.google/P3OB6B5CZFjb... If you sign up with them (not required to use their websites) they will email you when folks near you report seeing the aurora!

I shared this essay by my mentor Donella Meadows with some young friends today. Maybe you'll find it clarifying too! donellameadows.org/archives/a-l...

its difficult to hire. like those cooking shows where the judges say: “its overcooked by 8 secs”, “too much salt”, “this is overpowering” & they proceed to lick the plate clean. b/c the competition is fierce. each candidate has a diff fit. diff expertise. tailor your resume.

Democrats are so amateurish and naive to act on a promise of behavior in the future by people who shamelessly lie about their behavior in the past every single day.

Early online release! "Redrawing Risks: How Professional Users Interpret and Use an Iteratively Redesigned Hurricane Threats and Impacts Graphic" journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

Also in case its not being mentioned in your feed, there is still a remaining vote for this and Somehow they didn't anticipate the outrage, so there's apparently some hesitation now. If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.

Target marked as unsafe for introverts just looking to go in and get out while muttering less than 6 words, avoiding eye contact and minimizing contact with humans.

The Nashville radar is down. But, the good people who serve you every day at the NWS finally received the 130lb palette with the part on it. Their two techs are now lugging that part to the top of the radar tower to try and get the radar operational before SVR arrives. All while not being paid.

Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL

🥳 Happy 40th Anniversary! 🎉 Tomorrow marks the official kick-off for our celebration of 40 years of Naturalistic Decision Making. The festivities will culminate at our 18th International Conference in June 2026.

Not now, carnivorous death ball

Ever wonder how ordinary citizens benefit from NSF investments in science and scientists? Check out this blog post from my former AAAS fellow: blog.ucs.org/carlos-marti...

Lettuce us rejoice. there wasnt a lot of meat on that, which, could produce bodily ham, twas quite a pickle for the jury, out of many, one sandwich guy has emerged, full, healthy, wise and not guilty.

Good morning! Day 4 of the Sandwich Guy’s trial. He is finally wearing a suit (the rest of the week’s evidence suggests he seems to prefer pullovers in cooler weather). The jury has a note for the judge.

Gals, if you're not absolutely ruining the workplace for certain kinds of men, you need to step up your game. 🩷

LEGO trying to bankrupt me.

The NASEM meeting on probable max precipitation was interesting. model physics has been an impediment and a blessing for the last 30y. Also we still dont have a coordinated national agenda. Just adhoc development all over the place

I dont find it amusing that ai ppl never learned garbage-in garbage-out

As I promised, here's my new Harvard Data Science Review commentary (on Leonelli's 'Environmental Intelligence'). It summarises my Royal Society argument that AGI is a confused concept with no demonstrable scientific merit and needs to be tossed in the bin if we want to get our heads straight again:

The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.

NOAA’s National Weather Service holds the federal responsibility for tsunami warnings, and has historically been a primary supporter of seismic data collection in Alaska

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

Now that #Melissa is behind us as a tropical system, we need to have an honest conversation about how the federal weather enterprise is still running because of volunteers & unpaid employees, and how this "shutdown" is not really a shutdown. https://tinyurl.com/2wk36686

outrage farming results in engagement. you dont have to quote/link to it and spread it. you dont have to.

So, I hate to be this guy, but as the director of Yale’s new program on attribution science (!?), uh, most of the commentary on Bluesky about Hurricane Melissa and climate change has been… not quite right

it’s essential that scientists, decisionmakers, & end users codevelop forecast tools & information. Close integration ...would focus scientific innovation on user-defined needs of what is useful and actionable, allowing scientists to build tools that meet those needs. eos.org/opinions/sci...

I have been lucky in the last few months to form a collaboration with Aaron Price, director of education for the American Meteorological Society. I was happy to serve as a guinea pig for his idea to do an interview via Slack, you can read the resultant article here: https://tinyurl.com/25rv89zn

CIRES is looking for an Associate Director for Science. This is an important role working directly with the CIRES Director and leadership on CIRES' science mission. Please share with colleagues who may be interested. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

"...Everything is different now So we gotta fight to stay out Of prison cells we kept each other in..."

THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY. NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa. Extraordinary bravery, saving lives. (🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).

I'm launching something for us. Not-Ship: a newsletter using data and visuals to navigate our turbulent world. Everything feels like A LOT lately. It's all so uncertain. And the way I try to make sense of things is with data. So, that's what Not-Ship is all about. Come chart the chaos with me.

Today @urbaninstitute.bsky.social launches a new data tool: The American Affordability Tracker. We're collecting data that tracks the rising costs of a secure lifestyle, and indicators of financial distress that are contributing to a growing crisis. See the data here: www.urban.org/data-tools/a... 📊

I was worried for my crew mates when I saw them circling in the eye for over 20 mins. Looks like the very rough ride was confirmed. Plane had to leave early. They reported svr turb and a "sawtooth" eye. Looks like they moved 600-700ft up & down during this stretch in ~1 min.

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Hard not to see the annular nature of this TC, smol and intense.

The Python Software Foundation was recommended for a $1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation. The terms of the award said PSF could not work on DEI, whether or not the grant funding was used for it. PSF therefore declined the funding. Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains

These next transects should be harrowing for the hurricane hunters.