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These are the 171 (!) spots that broke record lows this morning in the contiguous U.S. 74 of these stations were more than 30°F below their normal low for the date.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

The uncertainty caused by Trump’s funding and hiring freezes has limited training, postponed work to reduce flammable vegetation in areas vulnerable to wildfire and left some firefighters with little choice but to leave the force.

submitted 6 days ago • 36 comments

60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…” This was never about efficiency. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...

submitted 6 days ago • 340 comments

Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.

submitted 7 days ago • 109 comments

Guys. The body of water name change is ridiculous, but clearly meant to redirect attention. Focus.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more. Thanks to NIH, we have: 💉 Cancer immunotherapy ❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins 🩸 Insulin for diabetes Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries.

submitted 15 days ago • 240 comments

More people in my life are looking at real news than ever. That is awesome. Bit late. But awesome.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

The stand up to hate thing is nice, but acting as though it’s everyone that needs to learn that lesson is unfortunate.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Any more, when talking to my wife about some of the terrible things people are okay with happening right now, I’ve downgraded my naming of them to “turkeys.” That at least takes a little stank off the chat, and it feels appropriately dismissive too.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

My wife found a 5 gallon aquarium stuffed with 6 abandoned koi and a plecostomus while out walking yesterday. We’ve managed to - we hope - save one koi and the pleco. Sucks. But, it’s something.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

How about a joke? I only seem to get sick on weekdays. I must have a weekend immune system.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

This is all a lot for everyone, not the least of which for us dirty, dirty civil servants that have dedicated our careers to protect. I’m overwhelmed from time to time. I bet a lot of you are too. It will be okay. One way or the other, service to the greater good will be recognized as the way.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Lots of people learning about cache and DNS this afternoon.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Ah. The wild speculation stage of an aircraft incident. Glad that made it to Bluesky too.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Louvre this week too.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments