Andrea Schumacher

Aw, thanks on both counts!

Handmade mask, cape, and needle sword for Halloween costume.

10+ hours making these halloween costume items from scratch (bc the decision was made too late to order something premade) and my sweet kiddo is on day 2 of being sick with a nasty fever. Curse you middle school germs!

(The costume is supposed to be Hornet from Hollow Knight Silksong, btw).

I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.

THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY.

NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.

Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.

(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).

"Damaging winds and heavy rainfall... will cause catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides before potentially devastating winds arrive... Extensive infrastructural damage, long-duration power and communication outages, and isolation of communities are expected." 💔😔

Trump Administration confirms that NSF AI meteorology institute funding cut because of "climate hysteria" Ending of NOAA billion dollar climate disaster tracking another example of us becoming less prepared for a future affected by climate change.

NPR ran a story last night about NSF terminating funding for AI focused meteorology research & the (IMO) insane explanation they got from OMB. I shared my perspective on this and our continued insistence to shoot ourselves in the foot when it comes to scientific R&D. tinyurl.com/2kzujwz8

gotta love the popularity of big accounts like this that straight up lie about coverage. Or, in the case of @thetnholler.bsky.social, steal footage from smaller accounts.

Bluesky may not have too many nazis, but it definitely has its share of frauds taking advantage of rampant media illiteracy.

Oh really? I never got around to watching Dexter but I'll steer clear. The bar is way too high right now.

For some masochistic reason decided to binge-rewatch Six Feet Under. Guess I needed a good cry. Just finished the final episode, and if you've had that experience yourself I'm guessing you know just how not ok I am right now. Absolute gut-wrenching perfection.

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News. In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

Does the news reflect what we die from?

Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

After increasing spending to $134,000 per student (!!!) and facing retention problems, the New College of Florida is apparently having discussions about privatization or closure after DeSantis leaves office.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social I'm an epidemiologist. Sewage systems are sexy. Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social I'm an engineer. Sewage systems are sexy.

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

A painting of a bird beside the text "motherfucker it's only tuesday"

I just keep seeing some guy running with his hair on fire. Brains are so weird.

Boy does she have my number.

Picture of a beautiful tan dog with black markings lounging leisurely on her back, looking peacefully at the camera.

Having a nostalgic day remembering all the amazing dogs I’ve shared my life with. I really wish I could just have one more day with each of them. Of course this in no way diminishes my love for this smokeshow. Look at those “come hither” eyes. A world class leisure-pup. ❤️

A look back at the weather extremes along Helene's path from Florida to Indiana, with the National Hurricane Center report: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

I love Annie.

Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work

Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work https://theonion.com/relaxing-tea-better-fucking-work-1819579209/

What really makes this the sweetest is the occasional soft sighs, but this photo will have to do.

I’ve been working on this for a while. (I tried to find Bobbie more than a decade ago and failed.) Please do give it a read.

In-a-gadda-da-vida, The Best if Bread, Bill Cosby comedy

Lol, same.

I am going to very gently place this here, as I know it can be a touchy subject. But this is something I think about a lot as an academia-adjacent researcher who really, really needs “lazy and unproductive” downtime to function effectively.

Meteorologist This position is located in the National Weather Service (NWS), National Hurricane Center (NHC), with one vacancy in Miami, FL.

Want to come work for the National Hurricane Center, #NHC? There are two new job postings that were just announced yesterday. The 1st opportunity is a position within the #Hurricane Specialist Unit, #HSU:

GS-13 Hurricane Specialist Position -- www.usajobs.gov/job/845559000

🚨 Recruiting Two PhD/MS Students 🚨

I am looking to bring on at least two GRAs (M.S. or Ph.D. Level) beginning Spring or Fall 2026 to join our CHAOS research group. Research projects will be related to artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for extreme temperatures and rainfall

I’ve had to learn a lot about parsing strings in R to deal with that business.

a woman stands at a podium with a microphone and says knope out ALT: a woman stands at a podium with a microphone and says knope out

Just saw a post mansplaining mansplaining. That’s it for today, see y’all tomorrow.

Seconded.