Jason Keeler

the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that

After getting home from a family visit in the Maritimes, I felt the need to make a seasonal local dish called Hodge Podge. Not bad for my first attempt.

I'm not ready for summer to be over, but I've also started planning this year's Halloween display and thought "why can't we get nice banding like this when it's winter?" when looking at today's radar data.

I can breathe a sigh of relief now that my rain-free forecast verified for an outdoor family wedding this afternoon!

This CNN article shows the local NWS office was in fact providing ongoing realtime support to TX locals during the flooding as I posited in my article this morning even without a full-time Warning Coordination Met . Read more of my perspectives here.

balancedweather.substack.com/p/latest-on-...

"Michigan Sea Grant is a smart investment" in a banner over a photo from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Michigan Sea Grant is a smart investment: We turned $19 million of federal and state funding into nearly $86 million in direct economic benefits for Michigan in 2018-23 💪

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

The administration needs to be held accountable for any impacts of reckless NWS staffing reductions. The impacts of sudden early retirements and departures on experience and communication with communities will be felt for years.

Done!

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Happy Canada Day!

Glad you enjoyed them! I might need to head back there soon.

Did you get the pancakes?

Well, that's a first. I am currently viewing the Wall cloud from the ND supercell from 110 miles away!

We were too far from the ND storm to see much, but it made for a nice pic approaching sunset.

Today was a ferry day from Kearney northward, but my van couldn't resist pausing to check out this nice updraft near Onaka, SD.

As do you! I look forward to continuing our work in the new academic year!

I also want to acknowledge the significant work @rhapsodyinbrown.bsky.social puts into coordinating the Coriolis affiliated coffee breaks at AMS meetings. It's great working with him on this cause!

It's an honor to be featured by @ametsoc.org for Pride Month. If you're looking for a way to help, I highly recommend joining the AMS Coriolis Committee!

“[NOAA] It is truly an incredible science agency that should be talked about in same breath as NASA. I hope that our society realizes what they have in both of these tremendous entities, and works to keep them vibrant for future generations.”

My team is driving west through the NE Panhandle towards WY to be in place for storms later today. We continued past Chimney Rock without resting. The team is in good spirits, we haven't had to hunt, and nobody has broken their leg or gotten dysentery. (We do, however, need to clean our windshield.)

No bags of hail are waiting for me at home, but he acted quickly to take the video! 😀

I've been quiet here while keeping busy with the ICECHIP field campaign since early May. Today's a down day for the campaign, but here's some small hail back home in Michigan.

Not to go off on a tangent, but…

Happy May the Fourth! I usually make faces when I make pancakes, and today's coincidentally looks a bit like Jar Jar Binks.

SAVE THE DATE!

In 2 weeks on Saturday, May 17th from 2-4 pm, ICECHIP will be holding a media/field day to display instruments that will go into making this a successful study, including @dowfacility.bsky.social! This event is open to the public.

Learn more below👇
www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projec...

All Living Weather Service Directors Unite Against Trump's Dangerous Blunt-Force Cuts Please send this post to your representatives and senators.

This is not a partisan warning. As Jeff Young reported in Newsweek, “The former NWS directors...served..under six presidents, three Democratic and three Republican. Their joint letter marks the first time all of them have come together to issue a public appeal.” revkin.substack.com/p/all-living...

Welcome to Save The U.S. National Science Foundation A Girl Looking at a Physics Model TAKE ACTION Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation. Our mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation in various scientific fields. NSF funding is critical to this work. Join us in our endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for scientific exploration and discovery.

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!

Has a take action toolkit with:

1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points

Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.

www.savensf.com

Once again begging media reports to get the math right. For example, cutting a $5M five-year grant in year 4 isn't saving $1M, but it is wasting the $4M already spent. Stop letting this administration get away with so many lies.

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🧪 What the f is going on with NSF right now??? 🚨🚨🚨

There's been so many NSF updates within the past 48 hours that it's hard to keep track.

It feels like an onslaught. It *is* an onslaught. But it's still vital to remain focused, organized, and strategic.

So here's my recap of past 48 hours...

Trump budget document points to ending federal role in Great Lakes science by next year Staffing at NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory was already reduced by more than one-third in 2025.

GLERL has already lost over 30% of its workforce in the past two months. If OAR continues to be targeted, CIGLR will struggle as well. The result will be no more lake buoys, no more HABs monitoring, and no maintenance of operational lake models for the Great Lakes, just to name a few