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Map showing tens of thousands of protests across the US between Trump's inauguration last year and January 31, 2026.

The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.

The name of my climate change improv troupe will be February Short Shorts

#2026MMM

#2026MMM

Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather research center | CNN A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.

NCAR supercomputer center set to get cut = another example of something that'll make your weather forecasts - and yes, your weather apps - tangibly worse with less data.

The Cabinet this week
*RFK Jr. bragged about snorting cocaine off of a toilet seat
*Lutnick acknowledged taking his family to Epstein island
*Bondi “The Dow” / refuses to look at victims
*Noem blanket
*Hegseth loses to Kelly, tries to tweet through it
*Bessent “tariffs don’t cause inflation”

Thursday evening view of the Superstition Mountains from Apache Junction, Arizona, USA

Thursday evening view of #SuperstitionMountains #ApacheJunction #AZ #wxcam #azwx kc4kqe.org

YouTube video by Katie Hinde 2026 March Mammal Madness Teaser Trailer

But first, let's take a moment for the #2026MMM teaser trailer premiere! youtu.be/aK8CfWSZO4A

a man wearing a feathered hat says " hear ye hear ye " Alt: Stephen Colbert rings a bell wearing a large feathered tricorn hat shouting "Hear Ye! Hear Ye!"

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! #2026MMM

(With a hat-tip to the Dropkick Murphys)

The season's upon us, it's that time of year!
Science & carnage, there's battles to cheer,
there's twists to these plots
and there's stings to be stung,
there's research to do
and plenty of fun!

#carnage and #friendship
#2026MMM

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.

The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.

https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post' The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.

The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security. n.pr/4qAlWBj

Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.

A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.

a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie . Alt: a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie .

I’M SO EXCITED!!!!!!

Meet Milo and Tina, the 'first openly Gen Z' Olympic mascots The 2026 Olympics and Paralympics mascots are Milo and Tina, a pair of teenage, scarf-clad stoat siblings with big dreams. If you're wondering what a stoat is, you're in the right place.

NPR covering the Olympic mascots who are stoats! This is clearly an attempt to win over the coveted #2026MMM crowd (though oddly NPR missed the #StoatsAsMeasurement metric....)

www.npr.org/2026/02/02/n...

Crescent moon and silhouetted bare trees.

Crescent moon, clouds, silhouetted bars trees, and hills.

The #moon was pretty tonight (as always).
#cowx

Tuesday evening view of the Superstition Mountains from Apache Junction, Arizona, USA

Tuesday evening view of #SuperstitionMountains #ApacheJunction #AZ #wxcam #azwx kc4kqe.org

Excerpt from my #timelapse showing SAR arc and aurora from Crestone, CO the night of Jan 19-20, 2026

full video: youtu.be/TWjmvlIgPho

The soundtrack is Nebular by Musical Meanderings is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

#astronomy #astrophotography

Aurora — as photographed in Goodland, KS during the predawn hours on Tuesday January 20, 2026. View looking toward the N. 30s exposures at ISO 800. #KSwx #COwx #NEwx #aurora

NEW: Per new @CBSNewsPoll -

Majority of respondents in America say I.C.E. is making our country LESS safe

Top shelf #dataviz !!
( #datavis ?)
#cowx #coloradoclimate #coloradoclimatecenter

My dear friend Lara Ruggles is releasing a beautiful and terribly relevant song and video on Jan 23, and I’m incredibly honored to be included in the video. I hope you will listen to The Glue, and follow @sharkkheartt on Instagram.
#lararuggles #theglue #resist #independentmusic

Best noises ever.

Love the sound and the caption. 😎❤️🐈‍⬛

Impressive! Glad y’all are getting the precipitation!

Monday evening view of the Superstition Mountains from Apache Junction, Arizona, USA

Monday evening view of #SuperstitionMountains #ApacheJunction #AZ #wxcam #azwx kc4kqe.org

I love seeing scientific terms out in the wild.

Cotton strands in boll

Boll

Cotton plant

Cotton leaves just barely starting to turn.

Yep! This is one I saw in Pima Canyon in November, with close-ups of the bolls. Gossypium thurberi.

The red leaves are cotton! One of my favorite plants.

Plus, the alt text. Yum.