Turbulent, idle, and vicious me

Free comments on the hubris of humans repeatedly sinking the unsinkable. Living on unceded Tongva Land. Born 324.62 ppm and 3 billion more birds ago

[Turbulent, idle, and vicious me @NPellowski]

@CryptoLyfe2022 @1goodtern Except they are deporting scholars, not terrorists. And they are defunding scholars, not terrorists. This is our Killing Fields.

[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

And that something is that performative justice of a certain acceptable variety, under a certain label, means absolutely nothing and can (and will be) used to justify massive crimes.

Justice doesn't come in flavours. It comes in the hard work siding with the most vulnerable.

[Extinction Rebellion Global @ExtinctionR]

@SDonziger Reminder to those replying here.
Climate change is real and the right to protest is essential in a free and fair society.

https://t.co/C7RPTNI0Yr

[Steven Donziger @SDonziger]

BREAKING: In a deeply unfair trial, the Energy Transfer pipeline company won a $700m verdict against Greenpeace today in North Dakota over phantom
“damages” from the Standing Rock protests. This is an attack on Indigenous peoples, the climate movement, and the right to protest.⤵️

[David Frum @davidfrum]

Pro-Trump commentators get upset when anyone mentions the evidence that their guy is under Russian influence of some kind.

For allied governments, however, Trump-Russia is simply a geopolitical fact that must be taken into account in defense planning.

[David Frum @davidfrum]

I've personally heard similar concerns from allied governments about the reliability of US-made naval vessels as well. French / Swedish / South Korean equipment may not be as advanced as American, but potentially more trustworthy than weapons from a Russian-aligned USA.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: New reporting suggests that rising star Democrat Mallory McMorrow is about to jump into the U.S. Senate race in Michigan.

Throwback to when she gave this perfect speech:

[Angelo Carusone @GoAngelo]

6. That approach not only won't work, but will make problem worse. You can't engineer or micromanage creators and storytellers.

They just need to be resourced to do what they're already doing. And, a pipeline needs to be invested in so there are places for them to grow into.

[Angelo Carusone @GoAngelo]

3. Some also think it means Dems need a "Joe Rogan of the left."

But, this misses the mark too. Iformation landscape is highly fragmented. A single giant player alone won't fix the issue.

What is needed is actually simple: more blue bubbles across many audience segments.

[Angelo Carusone @GoAngelo]

1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.

Put simply: right-wing has narrative dominance.

My org (@mmfa) did this study and been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...

[Turbulent, idle, and vicious me @NPellowski]

@char55234 @SenWhitehouse Russian bot

[Turbulent, idle, and vicious me @NPellowski]

@WhiteHouse @Columbia What I’m saddest about is that all the smart and productive people will be deported for practicing their First Amendment right of free speech and peace, and what the USA will be left with are the undereducated or no original thought folk. The brain drain…:

[Janice Hough @leftcoastbabe]

@acnewsitics The face eating leopard is very well fed this month.

[stop tRumpnado 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 @tRumpnado2016]

@acnewsitics No one who voted for Trump is an "innocent bystander".

They knew he was a snake when they voted for him!

Donald read the damn snake poem over and over and over to make sure they knew.
https://t.co/40Vg0YflKK

[Turbulent, idle, and vicious me @NPellowski]

PP knows that when women do better, all of society does better. (And because they perform abortions which would have been optimal for the mothers of douches like Trump, Musk, Vance, and many other MAGA).

[Pandemic Center at Brown School of Public Health @pandemiccenter]

Yesterday @NewsHour shared the risks of Musk’s funding cuts in an interview w/ @Craig_A_Spencer

“The result is going to be more infections of HIV, more people whose infections were controlled that will be uncontrolled, greater risk of global spread”

📺 Watch here

[Turbulent, idle, and vicious me @NPellowski]

We did this to ourselves by choosing to uplift white supremacy, increase tax cuts for the wealthy causing our public schools to wither, and by becoming Christian Nationalists. Who will come to our aid if we are invaded? And when the USA Nazis genocide minorities?

[Eurofederalist🇪🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼🚩 @Eurofedmonarch]

This picture will end up in history books.
This is the turning point for western civilization.
This is where we reject USA as vassals and choose our own destiny.

[Sen. Cory Booker @SenBooker]

Trump and Elon Musk have wiped out the national database of police misconduct. Nearly 150,000 records of misconduct by federal officers erased, like it never happened.  Why would Trump get rid of the database he created? Because Trump will drastically scale back police accountability to appease right-wing TV and X commentators.

[Turbulent, idle, and vicious me @NPellowski]

What’s most efficient and less wasteful for billionaires, is to not pay taxes. Who cares that millions will die without a functioning government and NOAA? Peasants can easily be replaced by legalizing rape and criminalizing abortion. And, billionaires can rebuild their work-towns

[Dr. Levi Cowan @TropicalTidbits]

I never publicly comment on political matters because they are usually irrelevant to my work of providing hurricane data and forecasts to people in my personal capacity. Today though, it is highly relevant, and as a member of the meteorological community, I am angry.

Planned or ongoing bulk workforce cuts would irreparably harm the National Weather Service, NOAA, and their scientists who save innumerable lives by warning people in advance of tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, tsunamis, blizzards, and other life-threatening hazards. Many of you reading this may knowingly or unknowingly be alive today because of their work, or know someone who is. As a direct consequence of wounding the NWS and NOAA, the public would be less safe.

My personal mission to bring hurricane science, data, and forecasts to the public would not be possible without the weather observations, doppler radar stations, computer models, hurricane hunter aircraft, and weather satellites provided by NOAA and the NWS. Your favorite weather apps, TV meteorologists, and private weather companies would also be unable to function without this data or the civil servants who live and breathe it to synthesize it into public safety information.

All of these benefits cost each taxpayer the equivalent of a few cups of coffee per year, and surveys show most would be willing to pay much more. The American weather enterprise saves many, many times more money than it costs to run, making it one of the biggest bangs for your buck in the government. The impact of quality weather forecasts and infrastructure on society is multiplied many-fold by preventing economic disruptions, keeping public transportation efficient, and providing lead time to prepare for and mitigate disasters. Most importantly, it saves priceless lives.

Careful, long-term plans to streamline or reorient the weather enterprise in an evolving world are not bad, but *this plan* is insane. A feverish rush to take a cleaver to this workforce is self-destructive and dangerous to Americans who rely on the services they provide. It also cuts off the legs of young, passionate scientists who represent the future of meteorology in the new age of AI and other emerging technologies -- the very people we need in the field right now.

As a part of this community since the age of 8 when I began analyzing hurricanes with dial-up internet, I am heartbroken and concerned by what appears to be planned or already in motion. It also directly impacts my friends and family. I cannot be silent, despite knowing I do myself no favors by speaking out. I ask you to join me in advocating for @NWS and @NOAA if you value their work or the work that I am able to do because of them. There are many ways to make your voice heard.

That's all for now, thanks for reading.