Anne Hebert

Hurricane forecasting has doubled in accuracy during the past 15 years thanks mostly to NOAA researchers at the Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory in Miami.

Guess which scientific lab the new Trump budget is going to zero out entirely.

And not just this lab but *all* NOAA labs.

A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.

Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.

In the long run, this is actually going to be the important news of the day--co2 in the atmosphere passes another grim milestone

Gift link

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

Trump fires Librarian of Congress and Baltimorean Carla Hayden President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday, according to statements from House Democrats.

Dr. Carla Hayden has served as Librarian of Congress with honor and distinction, bringing our prized institution to new heights.
 
Trump’s outrageous, politically-motivated move to fire her is despicable. The Library of Congress belongs to the American people — NOT to Trump.

Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and…

Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.

Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)

I so loved reading to my kids!

The world--politely--tells Trump to take a hike In Canada and in Europe, some very interesting news

My guess is that Mark Carney will turn out to be the most important energy and climate leader in the world
billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-world-...

NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history

It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women

Unreal

www.science.org/content/arti...

I feel like we need to form a League of Relatively Normal People, and our agenda should be things like:

--Canada's cool, leave them be
--Lot of smart people at universities, that's a plus
--We're scared of getting cancer, so let's research it
--Fewer floods and wildfires would be nice

Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."

Welcome back!

Accelerating global sea level rise (1900-2024)

I hear you met my Portland cousin too

I was there too. It was a really special afternoon, wasn’t it?

same

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And that was a quote from his mother. We were lucky ❤️

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Thank you. We are all heartbroken.

Pableaux Johnson, the Heart of New Orleans Hospitality, Dies at 59 (Gift Article) As a photographer, cook and writer, he united communities through shared meals, vivid storytelling and a deep love of the city’s traditions.

It's been one week since my dear cousin Pableaux Johnson passed away suddenly. Our family is astounded and deeply moved by the hundreds and hundreds of tributes we have seen. He was a true community builder. We needed more of that in the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/d...

I understand. We were lucky to know all sides of him, for so long, weren’t we?

Thank you for sharing these. I’m Paul’s cousin and also a Trinity Tiger. I am 100% sure our family has not seen these. Will share now. We miss him terribly.

Made me cry. You captured all of him so beautifully. We miss him terribly. 💔