Jay Austin

Ghoulish

Four words and it’s about a bird screwing us over

No matter where you go… there you are.

Not on the list but Duluth had ~3500

If you want to keep your gear safe, DO NOT PUT IT IN THE LAKE. One of our buoys was just hit by a vessel (which will remain nameless here).

Calling it “Frisco” will generate the same response

The ultimate “we met in art school” band

Villanova's Career Center better be making hay of this.

Sad that Judge Judy got passed over for rhis

I have done exactly this for exactly this reason

Will miss you by a day. Enjoy and I hope your daughter enjoys her first exposure to the Magnetic Fields.

John if you're there Friday night I would love to say hello.

the thing that stands out to me about the Magnetic Fields (at least from 69 Love Songs) is that they don't have a defining sound- each song is so, so different from the last. That said, Cuckoo, or A Pretty Girl. Looking forward to seeing them Friday night!

Found some 136 year old graffiti carved into a rock in the park near our house this evening

Tar Wars

We’ll be there!

Let me know when you’re there for Wits reunions. Thrilled to be there for at least two of the previous ones.

I was NCA5 and am similarly distressed

Proposed NOAA cuts put Great Lakes research, safety at risk, experts say A White House budget proposal would slash funding for Minnesota and Wisconsin Sea Grants, Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, Great Lakes Observing System and others.

I brought two reporters from the local paper along on a buoy deployment cruise last week. Here's a piece from this weekend in our local paper about the impact of federal funding cuts on Great Lakes science and safety:
www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/p...

This is especially galling because the vast majority of work that goes into this is done by volunteer scientists who do the actual writing. The small budget goes to the small (but hard working!) staff that coordinates all of the logistics. Not clear what saving is achieved here.

Trump administration cancels the National Climate Assessment The Trump administration has halted work on the National Climate Assessment. It's the most comprehensive source of information about how climate change affects the U.S.

I'm proud to say that I was a co-author on the last National Climate Assessment (NCA5). I'm sad to say it looks like I was a co-author on the LAST National Climate Assessment.
www.npr.org/2025/04/20/n....

Grover the friendly monster truck

Linda Duran Ting Lindas Duran Tings

Trump on the Great Lakes: "I assume the lakes are all interconnected."

text from my son, majoring in investigative journalism: "Cross my fingers that I get added to the right group chat"

Even in Duluth, winter isn’t what it used to be And the effects of that change are more than just physical.

Duluth is being hailed as a climate haven for people fleeing heat waves and sea level rise. But that doesn't mean Duluth isn't changing. And the losses cut deep.

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, but loseth his snow?

www.startribune.com/even-in-dulu...

Winter thermal structure across the Laurentian Great Lakes The formation of winter stratification and thermal structure in general across the Great Lakes varies in character not just between lakes, but interan…

Super excited about this most recent publication! Along with a comprehensive survey of observed winter thermal conditions, we hindcast winter thermal structure across the upper Great Lakes for the last 125+ years:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#GreatLakes #GLOS #LakeSuperior

This is a bit of a surprise; while Lake Superior ice cover is on par with 2024- way behind the long term average- the other four lakes are near or even exceeding the long-term average coverage. Superior coverage typically peaks in early March so we still have a ways to go.

With a candlestick