Incredible statement from the American Meteorological Organization. It takes a lot for a scientific organization to issue a statement like this:
"U.S. leadership in scientific innovation is at risk due to the recent and ongoing reductions in U.S. federal science capabilities. The consequences to the American people will be large and wide-ranging, including increased vulnerability to hazardous weather...Recent terminations within the government workforce for science are likely to cause irreparable harm and have far-reaching consequences for public safety, economic well-being, and the United States’ global leadership."
Full statement here: https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-ams/ams-statements/statements-of-the-ams-in-force/the-u-s-weather-enterprise-a-national-treasure-at-risk/?_zs=m2nfc1&_zl=iOL6A
@petergleick Time to resubmit the Mazieres & Kohler paper from 2005.
@Lana the next town over had a CEO story hour, and I sure hope they learned their lesson and won't repeat that.
@tschak Am I right about everything?
@spaf you are mean spirited and cruel and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.
@waxbanks you gave up the chance to be the man who coined the term "mastobating". Luckily I am not as mature as you.
@waxbanks the ritual "speaking from unceded $TRIBE land" thing is a good vaccination against self righteousness if it isn't taken further than that. Problem is that it is taken further than that.
@mmalc @eyeroll @petergleick A more cost effective approach is to put timers on loads like your freezer and AC so they do the bulk of the work at midday.
@PJ_Evans@mas.to @old_hippie @alisynthesis He also has Mitch McConnel syndrome.
Are you ever tempted to ask #ChatGPT and its ilk a question of fact? Please don't. Here we see them being serenely and hilariously wrong.
(By me for @nybooks. No gift link, but registration is free.)
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2024/11/23/a-genius-for-mimicry/
@itamarst This is really going to suck...
@electric_gumball @Green_Footballs
But how am I going to post MAGA memes from the middle of nowhere without starling?
@Green_Footballs slept for about two hours.