Dr. Austin Hope
@aphope90.bsky.social
Contractor with STC for NOAA, working on IBTrACS product code; PhD in Atmospheric Science (climate and weather modeling); DC resident & STL native; soccer fan; PokeNerd; cat dad; dabbler in music/art/writing; he/him
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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The latest attempt to allow a casino gaming resort in Fairfax County is moving forward in Virginia’s legislature, putting one of Northern Virginia’s most contentious issues back on the table, and the fight is heating up.
Legislation would allow casino anywhere in Fairfax County
The latest attempt to allow a casino gaming resort in Fairfax County is moving forward in Virginia’s legislature, putting one of Northern Virginia’s most contentious issues back on the table, and the ...
www.nbcwashington.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 AM
The latest attempt to allow a casino gaming resort in Fairfax County is moving forward in Virginia’s legislature, putting one of Northern Virginia’s most contentious issues back on the table, and the fight is heating up.
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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Incredible self own for the US. The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is generational. We will look back on this as a tipping point where the US chose all on its own to stop leading the world in science.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Incredible self own for the US. The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is generational. We will look back on this as a tipping point where the US chose all on its own to stop leading the world in science.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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For the umpteenth time, Brian nails it. House Dem Leadership screwed up big last week. This isn't "I told ya so." There should be some real reflection within the Dem Caucus about the systemic error in judgement that dismissed all efforts aimed at getting them to make the right call last week.
The murder of Alex Pretti might prove to be a political turning point for the GOP. It should be a turning point for Dems, too. For the current leadership, and the consultant-industrial complex, which just fatally endangered the careers of seven members who chose to put morality last.
A Failure In Plain Sight
Who, if anyone, will acknowledge the obvious, and do something about it?
www.offmessage.net
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
For the umpteenth time, Brian nails it. House Dem Leadership screwed up big last week. This isn't "I told ya so." There should be some real reflection within the Dem Caucus about the systemic error in judgement that dismissed all efforts aimed at getting them to make the right call last week.
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Most areas have 3-5" of snow -- but transition to sleet has occurred inside Beltway. Expect 1-3" of sleet thru this afternoon and then maybe freezing rain.
NOW a good time to shovel snow as sleet will compact it and make it much heavier.
Updates: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
NOW a good time to shovel snow as sleet will compact it and make it much heavier.
Updates: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
January 25, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Most areas have 3-5" of snow -- but transition to sleet has occurred inside Beltway. Expect 1-3" of sleet thru this afternoon and then maybe freezing rain.
NOW a good time to shovel snow as sleet will compact it and make it much heavier.
Updates: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
NOW a good time to shovel snow as sleet will compact it and make it much heavier.
Updates: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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Ugh. Is the Administration illegally undermining climate work in America…?
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
Newly Disclosed Records Show Trump Administration’s Unlawful Actions Related to Secretly Formed “Climate Working Group”
The records are part of more than 68,000 pages of records obtained by EDF and the Union of Concerned Scientists as as the result of a lawsuit.
www.edf.org
January 25, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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Here comes the video analysis:
- Pretti was shot 10 times after they took his gun
- He never "brandished" the gun, assaulted an agent
- They repeatedly pepper sprayed him at point blank range and beat him when he was down
- He was attempting to help a woman who an agent threw to the ground (battery)
- Pretti was shot 10 times after they took his gun
- He never "brandished" the gun, assaulted an agent
- They repeatedly pepper sprayed him at point blank range and beat him when he was down
- He was attempting to help a woman who an agent threw to the ground (battery)
Here is a gift link to the New York Times’ take: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Here comes the video analysis:
- Pretti was shot 10 times after they took his gun
- He never "brandished" the gun, assaulted an agent
- They repeatedly pepper sprayed him at point blank range and beat him when he was down
- He was attempting to help a woman who an agent threw to the ground (battery)
- Pretti was shot 10 times after they took his gun
- He never "brandished" the gun, assaulted an agent
- They repeatedly pepper sprayed him at point blank range and beat him when he was down
- He was attempting to help a woman who an agent threw to the ground (battery)
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Remember when these guys lied that they were preserving Confederate monuments because you had to leave up the whole messy contested historical record rather than erasing history?
More than 400 years of history and a decade of advocacy were torn down Thursday afternoon when National Park Service employees removed every single display at the President’s House.
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
🔗 What's next? We explain: www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 24, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Remember when these guys lied that they were preserving Confederate monuments because you had to leave up the whole messy contested historical record rather than erasing history?
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I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
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⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain.
A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:17 PM
⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain.
A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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ICE is detaining preschoolers. They’re breaking windows, stealing people out of their homes, forcing a U.S. citizen to walk in his underwear in freezing temperatures to a detention facility.
This isn’t the way it has to be if Congress actually exerts its muscle and says no to more ICE funding.
This isn’t the way it has to be if Congress actually exerts its muscle and says no to more ICE funding.
January 22, 2026 at 7:40 PM
ICE is detaining preschoolers. They’re breaking windows, stealing people out of their homes, forcing a U.S. citizen to walk in his underwear in freezing temperatures to a detention facility.
This isn’t the way it has to be if Congress actually exerts its muscle and says no to more ICE funding.
This isn’t the way it has to be if Congress actually exerts its muscle and says no to more ICE funding.
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Researchers in Science present a novel way to track errant space debris as it falls to Earth in near-real-time.
Their method uses publicly available data from ground-based seismic sensors to detect the shockwaves, or sonic booms, of reentering debris. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4jTaKxz
Their method uses publicly available data from ground-based seismic sensors to detect the shockwaves, or sonic booms, of reentering debris. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4jTaKxz
January 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Researchers in Science present a novel way to track errant space debris as it falls to Earth in near-real-time.
Their method uses publicly available data from ground-based seismic sensors to detect the shockwaves, or sonic booms, of reentering debris. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4jTaKxz
Their method uses publicly available data from ground-based seismic sensors to detect the shockwaves, or sonic booms, of reentering debris. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4jTaKxz
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Tuesday.
January 21, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's Tuesday.
Really curious as to what MLS and the NWSL look like... I expect NWSL to basically be identical to the WNBA, but MLS? No major intuition aside from "somewhere in the middle".
Using public voter files, Peter Lutz takes a first-of-its-kind look at partisan registration among pro athletes by league.
January 21, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Really curious as to what MLS and the NWSL look like... I expect NWSL to basically be identical to the WNBA, but MLS? No major intuition aside from "somewhere in the middle".
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"Fierce opposition to ICE and the Border Patrol has sprung up through block clubs, neighborhood group chats, school Facebook groups and Catholic parishes, stretching beyond the typical Democratic voter base..."
Yup. Exactly.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Yup. Exactly.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
How ICE Crackdowns Set Off a Resistance in American Cities
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:07 AM
"Fierce opposition to ICE and the Border Patrol has sprung up through block clubs, neighborhood group chats, school Facebook groups and Catholic parishes, stretching beyond the typical Democratic voter base..."
Yup. Exactly.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Yup. Exactly.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
A small local newspaper's editor has doubled down on something their readers told them they didn't like. You'd think that a small paper that really, really depends on readership would know better than that, but it's really true that GenAI poisons people's minds...
January 5, 2026 at 3:50 AM
A small local newspaper's editor has doubled down on something their readers told them they didn't like. You'd think that a small paper that really, really depends on readership would know better than that, but it's really true that GenAI poisons people's minds...
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from someone who was in school for the beginning of the "war on terror," please. please please please. talk to teenagers in your life about not joining the us military. about not letting themselves be groomed by recruiters in schools. they're going to want soldiers, and they always start young.
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 AM
from someone who was in school for the beginning of the "war on terror," please. please please please. talk to teenagers in your life about not joining the us military. about not letting themselves be groomed by recruiters in schools. they're going to want soldiers, and they always start young.
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Instead of everybody making the same joke about the FIFA Peace Prize, maybe we could boycott the World Cup?
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Instead of everybody making the same joke about the FIFA Peace Prize, maybe we could boycott the World Cup?
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Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
That headline, again:
US administration commits multiple acts of war (without congressional approval) and severely breaks international law by kidnapping foreign leader
US administration commits multiple acts of war (without congressional approval) and severely breaks international law by kidnapping foreign leader
President Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 10:59 AM
That headline, again:
US administration commits multiple acts of war (without congressional approval) and severely breaks international law by kidnapping foreign leader
US administration commits multiple acts of war (without congressional approval) and severely breaks international law by kidnapping foreign leader