Unbelievable. The National Weather Service issued a wind warning supported by a hazard map showing places that **do not exist***.

Sigh and wince. This is really unfortunate, and yet another reason that I stand by how current use of genAI lowers the bar so low for what is acceptable for dissemination. There’s absolutely no reason that slop should be acceptable.

Same with scientists. Each "fun" generative AI thing shared makes me a little less confident in the quality of your research.

"Academics/scientists, stop using AI generated images" challenge, any%

My goal is to finish literally one piece from my ever-growing WIP pile.

BRB. Starting a Stratospheric Aerosol Injection startup called “Mount Doom”.

US stability in the years leading up to WWII seeded nearly every academic& medical field w the free ‘gift’ of brilliant minds migrating here The US govt tended this garden w fed research grant $$ for 3 generations Once destroyed,rebuilding will be decades& expensive;it may never come back the same

Best explanation of the liar's dividend that I've ever seen.

There is some discourse right now on how not everything is digitized and cannot be replaced with generative AI summaries. Another point is that sometimes the data is scattered around, and you need to put it together in a standardized way. This requires expertise. I am doing this with sea level data.

I would struggle to trust academics who unselfconsciously employ a corporate branding label used for everything from linear regression to Gaussian process models to domain-appropriate deep learning models to synthetic media generation machines

oh you support your girlboss breaking the glass ceiling ? That's cute. I support my Mistress vaporizing the building

At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled. One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood. Read more here: eos.org/research-and...

This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default. And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit

Please join the American Geophysical Union in advocating to safeguard NCAR. agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...

Today at #AGU25! Come learn what 61 paleoclimate datasets and hours of iCESM compute (made possible only by #NCAR) tell us about tropical hydroclimate under North Atlantic forcing! 👩🏻‍💻🧪🪨🌊 agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...

Who I wonder is an "appropriate operator" for the Trump administration? 🤔 Will we be losing Derecho core hours to an AI company? 🤦‍♀️ #SaveNCAR

"I'll wait for your return, my Lord"

He thought he had learned pain, but he would learn it again and again, all his life, and forget none of it.

The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous. It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe. We urge that this plan be abandoned. Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA

Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?

Love to watch all of our career prospects going up in smoke for no good reason right in front of our eyes. When in the hell is enough, enough?

Reject any motherfucker who tells you we need to abandon a vulnerable population or person. They’re either a fascist or a fascist-in-waiting.

Everyone always asked why I moved to landlocked Colorado to do oceanography. Because it was the world's largest concentration of climate scientists. Because of NCAR and NOAA. In Boulder, fewer are alarmists; they are overwhelmingly problem solvers. NCAR's science is patriotic. Vought is not. 🌊

Trying to stay positive in a year where it's easier to be anything else. I have my health, I have my partner, and I have my art. It's hard, but it could always be worse.

This is not hyperbole. NCAR is one of the key institutions protecting global civilization from collapse.

For the love of mammoths, if you're not going to review a manuscript please decline right away. Don't just ignore the reminders and then let the system auto-decline after two weeks. Happy holidays to all who say "no" in a timely manner, and may those who suggest alternatives have a happy New Year.

And flooding, and drought, and...et cetera.

Based on what I have been hearing about the NCAR situation, no one knew anything until the USA Today article came out. That means there isn’t much actual organization inside the administration to pull this off and a chance to fight back. Call your congresspeople today! Especially republicans.

I can't believe this has to be said out loud: it would be idiocy of the highest order for the government to shutter NCAR. I have worked with and have been trained by NCAR scientists for almost 20 years. They've always done gold standard science, well before that phrase became politically poisoned.

NCAR is a unique & valuable asset - far more than a climate model, or observations, or technology, or training ground, or gathering space. It covers weather, space weather, data, climate, paleo-climate, and everything in-between. It's building is an icon, but it's iconic status goes far beyond that.

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.

It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.

At #AGU25? Come by my poster this afternoon to chat about our in-development @pages-ipo.bsky.social database or indeed any of my absurd number of current projects

One take from a former Larian artist, following my interview with Swen Vincke this morning:

Way to obliterate the goodwill of a not insignificant portion of your fan base, Larian...

Forgot to share these two medieval sketches I made for my friends who are a couple 🖤

Interested in tropical (paleo)hydroclimate dynamics, water isotopes, and data-model comparison? Going to #AGU25? My supervisor, Alyssa Atwood, is giving an invited talk on our research into the 8.2 ka Event on Thurs., 18 Dec. between 11:40-11:50 CT! 🌊🪨🧪👩🏻‍💻 agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...

are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson

My toxic artist trait is trying and failing to draw two curving lines parallel to one another about five billion times before just duplicating the layer and shifting it slightly.

Very interesting article about the psychic con and LLMs and the "intelligence illusion" (hint: they're the same)

Hot take perhaps, but the environmental impact of AI is far worse and more worrying than the plagiarism or copyright issues... and the conversation largely being focused on the latter is honestly frustrating.

I hope I'll have some new art to post this week...

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.

One of the current flagship activities of PAGES 2k is compilation of the Hydroclimate2k database. This map shows records currently being assessed for inclusion, with more records being added by a global team of project members. Read more here: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me... #21daysof2k

Painting hands is still my favourite c:

Swirly swirly #cartopy #spilhaus #python

The Role of Water Demand and Paleo Streamflow in Advancing Reservoir Drought Risk Analysis agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...