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spitballing here: how about we make Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida into the Gulf Coast Territories. They would get the same rights as Puerto Rico and Guam.
I wonder when Wyoming will start trying to re-district? 😂
There hasn’t been as significant a blockade as in the Hormuz Straight since the Trade Federation illegally blockaded Naboo. scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/56... youtu.be/uMoSnrd7i5c?... #ThePhantomMenace
Why did the Trade Federation blockade Naboo?
In Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the Trade Federation blockades Naboo at the start of the film. The opening crawl says the reason for this is due to taxes the Republic is charging. Ho...
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overcast.fm ABDMZD-Lckc/13:15 I was confused about Melania’s weird press conference, but The Bulwark Podcast just blew my mind. There’s a whole ex-model soap opera unfolding.
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Is it just me or is the audio mix on Prime Video NBA games total garbage? The crowd noise is as loud as the commentary. 🔥🗑️
tl;dr: NIH is running at about 60% of pre-Trump levels and NSF is running at about 20% of pre-Trump levels of funding-outlays (some directorates far below even that). Utterly catastrophic. An unforced disaster for U.S. society, and the world
Noam Ross@noamross.net · 6mo agoFor #NSF and #NIH watchers, Grant Witness now has interactive data on numbers of grants and total funding obligations, broken down by institute and directorate, new awards and non-competitive renewals. The stranglehold on new awards is still a disaster. grant-witness.us/funding_curv...
A really interesting long read about world models. Makes one think the AI bubble might not burst as violently as has been predicted lately.
World Models: Computing the Uncomputable
A Co-Written Essay with General Intuition's Pim DeWitte
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Turns out that when the federal government becomes an existential threat to your institution, the number and frequency of townhall meetings rises dramatically.
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Former directors and scientists rally to save US atmospheric research centre - Research Professional News
Leaders warn NCAR restructuring could undermine US atmospheric science, as supercomputing transfer raises further fears
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A major insurance industry professional organization submitted a letter in support of the Nat'l Center for Atmospheric Research, calling it crucial infrastructure for understanding weather & climate risk, and saying dismantling it threatens US insurance coverage. tinyurl.com/4aaxh22d
Major actuarial professional organization submits letter opposing proposed dismantling of NCAR
Calls NCAR a "cornerstone of the nation’s open, scientific infrastructure for tracking and understanding weather and climate risk" and asks administration to reconsider its plans
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You may find this map shocking. The crazy imbalance even surprised me! It’s the ratio of record highs vs record lows in each city since 2020. That’s right, in Miami there have been 115 daily record highs, but only 1 record morning low! Phoenix: 138 to 0!… 1/
On a busy day for science policy, it looks like oversight and operations of NCAR’s supercomputing center are transitioning to a third-party operator. www.nsf.gov/news/transit... Lean more about the costs of dismantling NCAR with this opinion from @carlonimbus.bsky.social.
What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled - Eos
Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.
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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...
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…
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Under GOP Pressure, Federal Agency Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges
The “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence” — updated for the first time in 15 years — eliminates some 90 pages about climate science and comes just as numerous climate cases make their way through ...
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
OMFG.
Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 8mo ago"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..." apnews.com/article/immi...
oh, what a surprising finding. 🤦♂️ www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Major review finds no autism or ADHD risk from pregnancy Tylenol
A major new scientific review brings reassuring news for expectant parents: using acetaminophen, commonly known as Tylenol, during pregnancy does not increase a child’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intell...
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Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
If a license plate doesn’t match the car it’s on, I would imagine the car should be impounded. Right? @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social
Go away, Susan Collins. We need NCAR to remain
Alan Gerard@wxmanms1.bsky.social · 9mo agoPer Senate Press Gallery, CO senators Bennet and Hickenlooper just spoke on the floor about NCAR. Sen Bennet tried to raise their amendment to protect NCAR through unanimous consent, but Sen. Susan Collins objected, killing the motion.
