There’s a lesson to be learned by all U.S. research institutions: Even if you keep your head down and “align with the president’s priorities,” it affords you no protection. This administration will still smash your institution into atoms on the flimsiest pretense. *Do not pre-comply.* #SaveNCAR https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/climate/national-center-for-atmospheric-research-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k8.HaG1.fkAqwN0nau6_&smid=nytcore-ios-share

“The very fact that you have world class scientists brought together to work on atmospheric science problems varying from climate change to severe thunderstorms to artificial intelligence to social science is the how and why you get the groundbreaking advances that have come from NCAR.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/balancedweather/p/trump-administration-announces-plans

I had to write or I’d explode. https://open.substack.com/pub/tornatrix/p/all-roads-lead-to-boulder-and-ncar

🖕this. There is nothing else to say. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/

🖕this. There is nothing else to say. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/

The perfect holiday gift doesn’t exi—

"[Open source software and tools] exist not because they are profitable, but because communities of researchers, educators and developers sustain them. These projects embody the values that science itself depends on: transparency, reproducibility and collective stewardship."
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/12/12/science-shouldnt-rely-corporate-software-opinion

"[Open source software and tools] exist not because they are profitable, but because communities of researchers, educators and developers sustain them. These projects embody the values that science itself depends on: transparency, reproducibility and collective stewardship."
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/12/12/science-shouldnt-rely-corporate-software-opinion

Well, I’ll be dipped.
https://www.jconline.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/11/indiana-lawmakers-reject-trumps-mid-decade-redistricting-push/87719070007/

Well, I’ll be dipped.
https://www.jconline.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/11/indiana-lawmakers-reject-trumps-mid-decade-redistricting-push/87719070007/