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Daniel Rothenberg
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Tech-evangelizing Atmospheric Scientist | co-founder @brightbandtech | Formerly Tech Lead @Waymo, Chief Scientist @tomorrowio_, @eapsMIT
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Wow, my health insurance is legitimately going to increase by 20% next year according to the Connect For Health Colorado portal.
October 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Watch a recording of the Brightband panel "Future of AI Weather" #NYCW2025:
youtu.be/Yw8TJXt6lAU

@juliangreen.bsky.social
@brightband.com
Mike Pritchard, NVIDIA
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@earthmover.io
Denise Pearl, Google
Austin Tindle, Sorcerer
MC @maeveallsup.bsky.social
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New York Climate Week AI Weather Panel 2025
YouTube video by Brightband
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October 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Hey folks, @brightband.com would appreciate your support for this!
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Many thanks to AMS Editor's Award recipient Daniel Rothenberg for insightful and timely reviews!

Learn more: bit.ly/48gR7vJ

#AIforEarthSystems #PeerReviewWeek
Graphic for Peer Review Week congratulating Daniel Rothenberg, Brightband with a citation.
September 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Dumbest. Idea. Ever. I would imagine this would require Congress to repeal Bayh-Dole, but it's ridiculous that it would even be suggested out loud. Completely undermines our innovation economy.

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September 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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What's going on at the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social Mesa Lab?
June 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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It's been death by a million papercuts to U.S. weather forecasts by the Trump administration, but yesterday's detailed 2026 budget feels like a deathblow. In today's @nytimes.com I ask: How far can we degrade our hurricane forecasting before people end up dead?
Opinion | How Far Can We Degrade Our Hurricane Forecasting Before People End Up Dead?
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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This is not a science budget. This is a massacre.

thebridge.agu.org/2025/05/05/t...
A table titled "Funding Levels Summary (in millions)" shows funding data for various U.S. federal agencies over fiscal years FY24, FY25, and the FY26 President's Budget Request (PBR). It includes five columns: Agency, FY24 Omnibus, FY25 CR (Continuing Resolution), FY25 Enacted, FY26 PBR, and % Change from FY25 to FY26 PBR. Agencies and their respective funding levels (in millions) and percent changes are: DOE (Department of Energy) FY24 Omnibus: $50,246.75 FY25 CR: $50,246.75 FY25 Enacted: $49,800 FY26 PBR: $45,100 % Change: -9.4% DOE Office of Science FY24 Omnibus: $8,240 FY25 CR: $8,240 FY25 Enacted: — FY26 PBR: $7,092 % Change: -13.9% EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) FY24 Omnibus: $9,158.89 FY25 CR: $9,158.89 FY25 Enacted: $9,100 FY26 PBR: $5,000 % Change: -54.5% NASA FY24 Omnibus: $24,875 FY25 CR: $24,875 FY25 Enacted: $24,800 FY26 PBR: $18,800 % Change: -24.3% NASA SMD (Science Mission Directorate) FY24 Omnibus: $7,334.20 FY25 CR: $7,565.70 FY25 Enacted: — FY26 PBR: $3,908.2 % Change: -46.7% NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) FY24 Omnibus: $997.02 FY25 CR: $997.02 FY25 Enacted: — FY26 PBR: NA % Change: NA NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) FY24 Omnibus: $6,319 FY25 CR: $6,319 FY25 Enacted: — FY26 PBR: $4,799 % Change: -24% NSF (National Science Foundation) FY24 Omnibus: $9,060 FY25 CR: — FY25 Enacted: $8,800 FY26 PBR: $3,900 % Change: -55.8% USGS (United States Geological Survey) FY24 Omnibus: $1,455.43 FY25 CR: $1,455.43 FY25 Enacted: — FY26 PBR: $891.43 % Change: -38.8% Red text is used to denote percentage decreases in FY26 PBR compared to FY25. Several entries for FY25 Enacted are missing or denoted with a dash. NIEHS has no FY26 PBR or percent change listed.
May 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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In solidary, watching The Magic School Bus with my daughter this morning. The weather episode, of course!
May 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Is it just me or is 90% of social media content (particularly on TikTok) about student loans? Like... I don't have student loans. No reason I should be fed this content through organic engagement. Gotta say, there's some _discontent_ out there right now...
May 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Friendly reminder for colleagues at Harvard facing disappointing NSF news today - there's a pretty good law school across campus with an impressive alumni network. I seem to recall them also facing the ire of the current Administration. Perchance a coffee chat with a colleague to align incentives?
April 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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READ MORE:
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HORIS-1 & -2 Fully Assembled, prepped for testing!
Keeping You Ahead of the Storm!
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April 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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I think I should start charging for prospecting calls. I respect the hustle for folks selling services to startups, but time is my single most valuable resource. If I politely reply that I don't need or want your service, please respect that - or be prepared to compensate me.
April 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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April snow showers bring May .... ?
April 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Are sprinkles kosher for Passover? My daughter is worried her matzah+honey+sprinkles may break the rules...
April 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Don't 👏turn on 👏 your sprinklers 👏before 👏 Mother's Day.

All these front rangers watering their lawns already taunted Mother's Nature and now this? SMH.
rschumacher.cloud Russ Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · Apr 16
NWS Boulder with an opening bid of 2-5" of snow here in FoCo on Thurs night-Friday, with more in the foothills. #cowx

From www.weather.gov/bou/winter
NWS snowfall forecast map through 6am Saturday April 19. It shows 2-5" for Fort Collins and Denver, higher amounts in the foothills and mountains, less than 1" on the plains.
April 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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I think the hardest challenge of working independently / leading an organization is being satisfied that you've "done enough" on any given day. It's like the early PhD phase on steroids - there's always so much to do, and priorities aren't always obvious!
April 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Oh no, I just realized if we do end up moving to Erie I'll be 5 minutes further away from Buc-ee's :(
April 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Words you probably never thought I'd utter in anything other than dripping sarcasm - "Great job, Harvard!"
April 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Might need a CAPTCHA for future economics discussions with people:

If on Monday the market loses 10% of its value, and on Tuesday it recovers 10% during the course of the day, then what is the net impact on the market as of Wednesday morning?
April 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-weat...
Surprise storms and chaos theory: How AI is about to cause a ‘weather revolution’
A model pioneered by the person who came up with the concept of the butterfly effect is still being used in forecasting systems, writes Anthony Cuthbertson. A new method uses similar tech to ChatGPT –...
www.independent.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Running mate on a serious(?) Presidential ticket, folks. SMH.
April 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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nooo SNL stole my joke, I've been calling this Adminstration's trade policy a "tariff"-ic idea since it was rolled out on the campaign trail last year!
April 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Bad Randall! This is supposed to be a classic PhD orals question! youtu.be/WH4g1ptJ-70?...
What if the Earth rotated 90 degrees?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
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April 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Had a really cool idea for a new NCAAM win probability forecast, similar to 538's, but using my own ELO-based model. Unfortunately there's a showtime bug and I doubt I'll have time to get it running this evening :(

Maybe next year!
March 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM