JimmyC
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Atmospheric scientist. Ideater. Curiously Creative. Liaisoneer. @NWSWPC HydroMetTestbed Coordinator @ CU Boulder. He/Him #signaldetection #science #cats #birding
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jimmyc42.bsky.social
Gorges hike resulted in lots of sleep. Lots of sleep resulted in rare event verification lucid dreams. And i finally got some potatoes for breakfast.
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Cornell lab of ornithology!!
Lincolns sparrow, ruby and golden crowned kinglets, yellow rumped warbler. Wonderful Saturday tour
Cornell lab sign Sky views picturing trees and mackatel clouds Boardwalk path of tall trees, mackerel clouds. Listening to blackbirds
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bethsawin.bsky.social
The purpose of a system is what it does.

There are no physical reasons we cannot have a balance-seeking, nature-honoring, human development seeking system.

There are physical reasons why accelerating of energy and material throughput cannot be sustained.
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weatherwest.bsky.social
I found myself nodding vigorously with almost every paragraph based on my own experience as a climate scientist-communicator. I've experienced this rapid and profound shift in the media landscape firsthand, and can confirm that most institutions are woefully behind the curve.
For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies
To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.
carnegieendowment.org
jimmyc42.bsky.social
kingfishers in flight formation at .5m agl over the creek. no weapons deployed just cruising at mach .02, maverick was squawking while iceman was in pursuit
jimmyc42.bsky.social
MJJ rainfall: 22.42", normal: 13.07
ASO rainfall to date: 2.7", normal: 12.08"
combined: 25.12", normal: 25.15"
#mdwx
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ourworldindata.org
Does the news reflect what we die from?
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%.
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adapalmer.bsky.social
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
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kevinjkircher.com
Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.
sites.stat.columbia.edu
jimmyc42.bsky.social
Spotted a kestrel. So cool
jimmyc42.bsky.social
Ag folks: is it normal for yellowing soy fields in october? Like prior to harvest?
I know our #mdwx rain has been super low…
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peck.phd
omg - this alt.vis paper about NASA-TLX was styled like the original NASA-TLX paper 😍

arxiv.org/pdf/2509.24643
arxiv.org
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ryanswx.bsky.social
Got a phone call late afternoon on Tuesday during my visit to our Wallops Island, VA, ozonesonde site that NWS was immediately halting the 2x daily soundings there (WAL). Indeed they have disappeared from the map starting 1 October: www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/soundi...
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lizneeley.bsky.social
Some problems have simple solutions. This new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” is one. The answer is simply saying no.

Simple does not mean easy. But Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Univ of AZ, UPenn, USC, UT Austin & UVA must understand what they’ll lose if they sign on.
jimmyc42.bsky.social
7 months with below normal precip puts my station at -10”. 2 months had double the normal amount (45% of the yearly total). So another volatile water year w/ cocorahs
jimmyc42.bsky.social
Happy 30 year anniversary NCEP.
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startswithabang.bsky.social
RIP to the one and only Jane Goodall, who has finally embarked on what she promised just a short while ago would be her "next great adventure" here: www.youtube.com/shorts/XeXNK...
Jane Goodall on death, her next great adventure #shorts
YouTube video by The Well
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