Meg Fowler
@megandevlan.bsky.social
Climate scientist, sports enthusiast, and knitter.
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It's incredibly corrosive to the ability of agencies (and society at large) to operate if the executive branch can simply decide to ignore Congress. Having reliable processes is essential to operations of bureaucracies, but Vought et al. don't care. And it's outrageous.
White House Withholds Funding for NASA Science Missions Despite Recent Budget Bill gizmodo.com/white-house-...
White House Withholds Funding for NASA Science Missions Despite Recent Budget Bill
NASA has been forced to pause funds for Chandra X-Ray Observatory and other missions until further notice.
gizmodo.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
It's incredibly corrosive to the ability of agencies (and society at large) to operate if the executive branch can simply decide to ignore Congress. Having reliable processes is essential to operations of bureaucracies, but Vought et al. don't care. And it's outrageous.
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Last December, weather and climate scientists sat down with us to tell us why they loved the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and why it benefits us all. Last night, the NSF began dismantling it. Listen to what they have to say, and why it's urgent that we #SaveNCAR wclivestream.com/act
We ❤️ NCAR - Let's Save It!
YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Last December, weather and climate scientists sat down with us to tell us why they loved the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and why it benefits us all. Last night, the NSF began dismantling it. Listen to what they have to say, and why it's urgent that we #SaveNCAR wclivestream.com/act
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This visualization of daily activity of ICE is unreal.
February 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This visualization of daily activity of ICE is unreal.
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NSF has announced that they will officially transfer @ncar-ucar.bsky.social supercomputer to a third-party manager.
www.nsf.gov/news/transit...
www.nsf.gov/news/transit...
Transitioning NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center operations
The U.S. National Science Foundation has informed the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) that management and operations of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center are expected to…
www.nsf.gov
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM
NSF has announced that they will officially transfer @ncar-ucar.bsky.social supercomputer to a third-party manager.
www.nsf.gov/news/transit...
www.nsf.gov/news/transit...
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Literally cannot stress enough that if I, a climate scientist, were running a scam it would be a lot more fun than this
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Literally cannot stress enough that if I, a climate scientist, were running a scam it would be a lot more fun than this
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We now have a CDC grant tracker and are collecting information on CDC terminations. If your CDC grant was terminated, we need your help to gather data and documents! Please report!
grant-witness.us/submit-cdc.h...
grant-witness.us/submit-cdc.h...
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
We now have a CDC grant tracker and are collecting information on CDC terminations. If your CDC grant was terminated, we need your help to gather data and documents! Please report!
grant-witness.us/submit-cdc.h...
grant-witness.us/submit-cdc.h...
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Great local reporting on an unprecedented, ominous situation in El Paso
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
El Paso, New Mexico airspace closed by FAA without explanation; flights restricted under national defense noticeWithout explanation, FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days, cites natio...
The Federal Aviation Administration has closed airspace over El Paso and parts of southern New Mexico for 10 days under a national defense designation, offering no explanation for the rare move.An une...
elpasomatters.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Great local reporting on an unprecedented, ominous situation in El Paso
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
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NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees
The cuts impacted staffers engaged in both research and operations at the lab.
www.cpr.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
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Yes: one of the things that has kept protests peaceful is that the insider/outsider dynamic was so pronounced. The feds were invaders; local and state police were separate and not really against us.
What we’ve seen in the last couple days feels like the sheriff and state patrol switching sides.
What we’ve seen in the last couple days feels like the sheriff and state patrol switching sides.
Friends in Minneapolis are very worried about this development. Both in terms of state police's role in arresting protestors and the worry that this could set off the kind of spiral of distrust and destruction that followed George Floyd's murder.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
At Least 50 Arrested After Protests Escalate Outside Minnesota Federal Building
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Yes: one of the things that has kept protests peaceful is that the insider/outsider dynamic was so pronounced. The feds were invaders; local and state police were separate and not really against us.
What we’ve seen in the last couple days feels like the sheriff and state patrol switching sides.
What we’ve seen in the last couple days feels like the sheriff and state patrol switching sides.
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A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr
A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.
n.pr
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 AM
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr
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A video from board-certified ophthalmologist a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social - FYI if you ever get pepper spray somehow onto you, in some manner.
A video from board-certified ophthalmologist a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social - FYI if you ever get pepper spray somehow onto you, in some manner.
What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:04 AM
www.youtube.com/shorts/z4dy0...
A video from board-certified ophthalmologist a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social - FYI if you ever get pepper spray somehow onto you, in some manner.
A video from board-certified ophthalmologist a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social - FYI if you ever get pepper spray somehow onto you, in some manner.
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The cards ICE left behind after arresting people in Eagle County are "similar to 'death cards' left on corpses by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War."
ICE is investigating - and issued a rare condemnation - after a Colorado nonprofit said agents left behind branded “death cards” in vehicles abandoned after their owners were arrested in the state’s high country: www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/c...
ICE investigates after Colorado group says agents left ‘death cards’ in arrested immigrants’ abandoned cars
Immigration agents operating near Vail left branded playing cards — similar to those used by U.S. forces in Vietnam — in cars abandoned by arrested immigrants earlier this week, an advo…
www.denverpost.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:08 PM
The cards ICE left behind after arresting people in Eagle County are "similar to 'death cards' left on corpses by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War."
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Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
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Important: NSF Dear Colleague Letter on NCAR restructuring. Response deadline March 13. #SaveNCAR
NSF Intent to Restructure Critical Weather Infrastructure
www.nsf.gov
January 23, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Important: NSF Dear Colleague Letter on NCAR restructuring. Response deadline March 13. #SaveNCAR
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hey I like that we're all posting thru it but I also wanted to say, in case anybody else is feeling it, that I'm pretty scared and genuinely think that we've passed a real rubicon in the past week or so and that being at the mercy of a handful of dumbfuck lunatics really does a number on your soul.
January 20, 2026 at 8:54 PM
hey I like that we're all posting thru it but I also wanted to say, in case anybody else is feeling it, that I'm pretty scared and genuinely think that we've passed a real rubicon in the past week or so and that being at the mercy of a handful of dumbfuck lunatics really does a number on your soul.
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“Whatever government is not a government of laws is a despotism, let it be called what it may.”
~Daniel Webster.
Webster was born on this day 244 years ago: Jan. 18, 1782.
Image: Public domain.
~Daniel Webster.
Webster was born on this day 244 years ago: Jan. 18, 1782.
Image: Public domain.
January 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“Whatever government is not a government of laws is a despotism, let it be called what it may.”
~Daniel Webster.
Webster was born on this day 244 years ago: Jan. 18, 1782.
Image: Public domain.
~Daniel Webster.
Webster was born on this day 244 years ago: Jan. 18, 1782.
Image: Public domain.
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#SaveNCAR Update: CO Senators aren't backing down on NCAR protections, so now is the time to call your representatives and force the amendment to a vote: wclivestream.com/act/
In the politics of weather, Senate majority leader Thune attempts to lock down the federal science funding bill "as is" and prevent amendments like the NCAR one being pushed by CO senators. In actual wx, tracking a highly unusual Jan. tropical disturbance in the EastPac. tinyurl.com/48kbkpza
Federal science funding bill slowly proceeds through the Senate, with critical next steps looming
Some signs that an incredibly rare eastern Pacific tropical cyclone could form in the next several days, while the East gets back to winter
tinyurl.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:35 PM
#SaveNCAR Update: CO Senators aren't backing down on NCAR protections, so now is the time to call your representatives and force the amendment to a vote: wclivestream.com/act/
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Important update about Congressional efforts to prevent the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) from being dismantled. Last week the White House threatened to veto any appropriations bill that protects NCAR. Despite this attempt at intimidation ... (1/ )
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Important update about Congressional efforts to prevent the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) from being dismantled. Last week the White House threatened to veto any appropriations bill that protects NCAR. Despite this attempt at intimidation ... (1/ )
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Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
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Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...
Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so | CNN
The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...
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Free today. We're all getting secondary trauma right now.
Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...
Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...
January 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Free today. We're all getting secondary trauma right now.
Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...
Here are some tools from journalists and therapists that will help: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...
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in this statement, Schumer says Trump lied to him THREE TIMES about this invasion. but Schumer's only concrete ask is for Trump to BRIEF CONGRESS.
why? so Trump can lie again?
IMPEACH.
Call your reps and demand they IMPEACH. reps.fyi
why? so Trump can lie again?
IMPEACH.
Call your reps and demand they IMPEACH. reps.fyi
January 3, 2026 at 6:38 PM
in this statement, Schumer says Trump lied to him THREE TIMES about this invasion. but Schumer's only concrete ask is for Trump to BRIEF CONGRESS.
why? so Trump can lie again?
IMPEACH.
Call your reps and demand they IMPEACH. reps.fyi
why? so Trump can lie again?
IMPEACH.
Call your reps and demand they IMPEACH. reps.fyi