Not sure I want to know how many tornadoes, confirmable or not, have happened in this thing over the last 45 minutes

absolutely zonked

It's mostly useless to speak as if this is completely past tense, but OMB has been strangling funding from all directions even in areas where media wins are occurring. It's great to pressure Congress, but ultimately the 2024 election outcome decided if Congress or the Constitution mattered.

It's almost like they said they'd do this over a year before the election in some sort of Project

Trump Administration announces massive reorganization of US Forest Service And concerning signs about how OMB is allocating money to the science agencies

ICYMI: certainly seems the Trump Administration is working to reduce federal science regardless of Congressional intent and support, with actions ranging from dismantling USFS science programs to just dribbling budget allocations to agencies like NSF, NOAA and NIH. More: tinyurl.com/bdex4tdu

Screenshot of an unfinished manuscript that reads, "ABSTRACT: We’re gonna do some really cool stuff with data assimilation that is much more fun than it sounds."

i guess those celebrating soras death didnt get the memo that some of us need daily personalized greetings from james bond—for mental health

When in Lubbock

A reviewer sent one of the best compliments I've ever received today and I'm going to ride that ego boost as far as it'll take me

False Alarms and Missed Events: The Impact and Origins of Perceived Inaccuracy in Tornado Warning Systems Theory and conventional wisdom suggest that errors undermine the credibility of tornado warning systems and thus decrease the probability that individuals will comply (i.e., engage in protective acti...

From a forecast communication standpoint, this event highlights the asymmetric costs of false alarms and missed events on trust - perceived repeated false alarms can chip away at forecast trust but a single perceived missed event can devastate trust (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...) 11/16

Pro gaming

Please also support the LGBTQ Foundation of Kansas lgbtqks.org

help i can't tell where this sonde entered the updraft

A line graph of the number of NSF awards for 2021-2026 for the Directorate of Geosciences.

5/9

Oh god, I literally redid basically the whole thing for publication, from framing, methods, and all. Maybe a questionable use of time, but...I at least turned work I was not proud of into work I feel good about adding to the literature.

You want me to send an email? The thing Jeffrey Epstein loved doing??

If most American journalists stopped listening to what the Trump administration was saying they would probably earn less money but we’d be better informed.

Settled on measuring from a plow pile instead

practicing my best ruler slant for this weekend

me when i swing 40-60 degrees in one diurnal cycle without a major front

you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

coincidentally literally the only thing oklahoma has on minnesota and it's only sometimes

He kept thinking of how great Minnesota was when he visited before Christmas. Then Oklahoma was 70 degrees in early January.

this is such an important thing to recognize and call out

the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led

Accidentally typed "regression slop" instead of "slope" and I think we've found a new term for LLMs

Back those sfc winds Srly and you might have a decent argument lol

I can tell you C IL into W IN needs a 5% tornado contour tomorrow because I left this morning

Would love to see the same plot with contractors although the entire job market is collapsing so who knows!