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Transitioning NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center operations The U.S. National Science Foundation has informed the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) that management and operations of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center are expected to…

NSF has announced that they will officially transfer @ncar-ucar.bsky.social supercomputer to a third-party manager.

www.nsf.gov/news/transit...

Literally cannot stress enough that if I, a climate scientist, were running a scam it would be a lot more fun than this

We now have a CDC grant tracker and are collecting information on CDC terminations. If your CDC grant was terminated, we need your help to gather data and documents! Please report!

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El Paso, New Mexico airspace closed by FAA without explanation; flights restricted under national defense noticeWithout explanation, FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days, cites natio... The Federal Aviation Administration has closed airspace over El Paso and parts of southern New Mexico for 10 days under a national defense designation, offering no explanation for the rare move.An une...

Great local reporting on an unprecedented, ominous situation in El Paso

elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...

Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.

National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees The cuts impacted staffers engaged in both research and operations at the lab.

NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.

Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.

www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...

Yes: one of the things that has kept protests peaceful is that the insider/outsider dynamic was so pronounced. The feds were invaders; local and state police were separate and not really against us.

What we’ve seen in the last couple days feels like the sheriff and state patrol switching sides.

A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.

A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr

YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed

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A video from board-certified ophthalmologist a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social - FYI if you ever get pepper spray somehow onto you, in some manner.

The cards ICE left behind after arresting people in Eagle County are "similar to 'death cards' left on corpses by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War."

Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.

NSF Intent to Restructure Critical Weather Infrastructure

Important: NSF Dear Colleague Letter on NCAR restructuring. Response deadline March 13. #SaveNCAR

hey I like that we're all posting thru it but I also wanted to say, in case anybody else is feeling it, that I'm pretty scared and genuinely think that we've passed a real rubicon in the past week or so and that being at the mercy of a handful of dumbfuck lunatics really does a number on your soul.

“Whatever government is not a government of laws is a despotism, let it be called what it may.”

~Daniel Webster.

Webster was born on this day 244 years ago: Jan. 18, 1782.

Image: Public domain.

#SaveNCAR Update: CO Senators aren't backing down on NCAR protections, so now is the time to call your representatives and force the amendment to a vote: wclivestream.com/act/

Important update about Congressional efforts to prevent the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) from being dismantled. Last week the White House threatened to veto any appropriations bill that protects NCAR. Despite this attempt at intimidation ... (1/ )

Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so | CNN The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies.

Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...

Screencap of black text on white of page about secondary trauma and how to cope, including QR code to a larger toolkit

Free today. We're all getting secondary trauma right now.

Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...

Schedule | Unrivaled A 3v3 league built in collaboration with the biggest stars in women's basketball, co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. Tipping off Jan. 5th.

Wow, is it that time already?

Unrivaled 2026 starts TODAY!

www.unrivaled.basketball/schedule

in this statement, Schumer says Trump lied to him THREE TIMES about this invasion. but Schumer's only concrete ask is for Trump to BRIEF CONGRESS.

why? so Trump can lie again?

IMPEACH.

Call your reps and demand they IMPEACH. reps.fyi

Interior to Spend Holidays Studying Refuges for Possible Closure Congress will have to approve any Interior Department plans to abolish national wildlife refuges as staff members spend the next few weeks completing a review the US Fish and Wildlife Service has orde...

Over the holidays, every single national wildlife refuge, plus some fish hatcheries and marine monuments were directed to conduct a system-wide review. Outrageous deadline of Jan 5 functionally eliminates public input & tribal consultation.

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This concern is appreciated and warranted, but to clarify: 3 out of 9 regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers have had their funding frozen (DOI won’t approve their 5-year renewals). 6 regional CASCs are still (mostly) funded. We haven’t given up on restoring funding for the full network.

Judges for the Student Competition at the 29th Conference on Probability and Statistics We are seeking volunteers to help evaluate 11 oral student presentations at the 29th Conference on Probability and Statistics at the 2026 AMS Annual Meeting. Presentations may be judged by both in-per...

Call for Judges! We are looking for volunteers to judge oral student presentation at the 29th Conference on Probability and Statistics! If you are attending the AMS 106th Annual Meeting and are interested, please fill in this form: forms.gle/EAKgxvWeRuYR... #AMS2026

From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.

You probably heard the US admin is threatening to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research: but did you know they already froze funding for the 9 regional Climate Science Adaptation Centers? From tracking invasives to helping tribes with drought, here's why the CASCs matter ⬇️

Our guide to approaching (and starting!) conversations about NCAR and the importance of weather and climate science. #SaveNCAR

🚨 #SaveNCAR is now live on the @5calls.org app/site!

Our call script makes it easy to contact your representative and explain why NCAR must be protected: wclivestream.com/act/

President Trump is delivering on his promise of retribution against Colorado for the state's mail-in ballots and refusal to release his ally Tina Peters from prison.

The Trump team says it plans to close America's foremost weather lab: NCAR. @marshallglasses.bsky.social reports.

The support to #SaveNCAR has been overwhelming. Rep. @joeneguse.bsky.social has extended the deadline for members of Congress to show support for NCAR has been extended to Monday because of the response of our community. Keep calling and emailing! agu.quorum.us/campaign/151...