Catherine Thompson

Word nerd to the extreme. I love words and logical, sane human beings.

[Catherine Thompson @catty1324]

@K8tlyn_11 @IanRunkle Because she had nearly 250k negative equity from the start

[Catherine Thompson @catty1324]

@stopvaccinating And watch mortality skyrocket and average life expectancy plummet.

[Chris Wicklund @WickyDubs2]

A letter from the oldest director of the National weather service to the public.

May 2, 2025

An Open Letter to the American People
From All Former National Weather Service Directors
The proposed budget for fiscal year 2026, just released by the White House, cuts the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by more than 25%. While details aren’t yet available, if earlier indications hold true this budget would essentially eliminate NOAA’s research functions for weather, slash funding for next generation satellite procurement, and severely limit ocean data observations.
Even if the National Weather Service remains level funded, given the interconnectedness of all of the parts of NOAA, there will be impacts to weather forecasting as well. We cannot let this happen.
NOAA’s satellites provide vital information about the formation and pathways of storms. NOAA research on severe storms has paved the way for tools we now use every day, such as Doppler radar and storm modeling advancements. NOAA Corps pilots fly into hurricanes to bring us real-time information on these increasingly severe storms. And data from ocean buoys add breadth and depth to our understanding of the interaction between the atmosphere and the sea.
These proposed cuts come just days after approximately 300 National Weather Service (NWS) employees left the public service to which they had devoted their lives and careers. That’s on top of the approximately 250 NWS employees who were fired as a result of their probationary status in new–often higher-level positions–or took the initial buyout offered by the Trump Administration in early February. That leaves the nation’s official weather forecasting entity at a significant deficit–down more than 10% of its staffing– just as we head into the busiest time for severe storm predictions like tornadoes and hurricanes.
NWS staff will have an impossible task to continue its current level of services. Some forecast offices will be so short-staffed that they may be forced to go to part time services. Not only are there fewer forecasters, there are also fewer electronic technicians, who are responsible for maintaining the critical NEXRAD radars. Our worst nightmare is that weather forecast offices will be so understaffed that there will be needless loss of life. We know that’s a nightmare shared by those on the forecasting front lines—and by the people who depend on their efforts.
For example, airplanes can’t fly without weather observations and forecasts; ships crossing the oceans rely on storm forecasts to avoid the high seas; farmers rely on seasonal forecasts to plant and harvest their crops which feed us. Additionally, dam and reservoir operators rely on rainfall and snowfall forecasts to manage the water supply; fishermen in the $320 billion commercial fisheries sector rely on forecasts to stay safe as do tourism and recreational boating communities. Perhaps most importantly, NWS issues all of the tornado warnings, hurricane warnings, flood warnings, extreme wildfire conditions, and other information during extreme weather events. The dedicated staff at weather forecast offices around the country work 24/7/365 to make sure you get that information.
A word about these public servants. They aren’t nameless, faceless bureaucrats. They are your neighbors; your friends; the people who provide lifesaving information when you need it. They live and work in every community in the country. Their dedication to public service - and public safety - is unparalleled. They will often sleep in weather forecast offices to make sure poor weather conditions don’t stop them from being on time for their shifts to do their critical work. They stay at their stations during hurricanes, tornadoes and other severe storms, even when extreme weather affects their own families. They make sure the complicated technology, like the radars we all see on television or on our apps, stay up and operating.

[Macklemore @macklemore]

fucked up.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

“Nazi” isn’t a slur. It’s a word that describes real people who earnestly believe in their ideas. Their ideas are disgusting and hateful, but of course they often do not realize it.

I keep running into racists who think that it’s not white supremacist to think that white people are inherently superior to other races. No…that’s the whole definition!! The fact that they believe it earnestly and don’t think it’s an idiotic, hateful belief doesn’t mean it’s not an idiotic, hateful belief.

Nazi isn’t a word that means “bad evil boogeyman” it means “someone who believes in their own racial superiority, extreme protectionist nativism, the purifying of society by eliminating undesirables, expansionism, active suppression of dissent, and total state power held in the hands of a very small group.”

Make sure the people you’re cheering for don’t believe these things because otherwise…

[Marion Koopmans, publications: https://pure.eur.nl @MarionKoopmans]

risks and benefits of vaccination are poorly understood by people that are in doubt about vaccines. Great visual in article by @PeterHotez that in essence is a cri de coeur for a more pro-active stance on combatting disinformation related to vaccines. 1/

[Catherine Thompson @catty1324]

@annephillipssea But I think preventative is moooore what I say?

[Catherine Thompson @catty1324]

@annephillipssea If I say something about measures for example it’s preventative. But I may say that a thing is preventive

[Catherine Thompson @catty1324]

@StopAntisemites @NYflightguy Freedom of Speech means they are allowed to do that whether you like it or not. Get off your outrage bandwagon and see this as the very American act that it is.

[Catherine Thompson @catty1324]

@DC19583 @Jayinvgenius @KerriRawson Yes. Not hired by either side and able to be called by either side. It didn’t fit the narrative that the CW put forth so they hoped to ignore it or get it excluded. It was clear and straightforward testimony. It was not scientifically possible he was hit by a vehicle.

[Catherine Thompson @catty1324]

@Shaun78hawk @TedDanielnews @boston25 Did you not hear him say that throwing a projectile between 30-40mph is what is physiologically likely for a person of OJOs stature?

[Catherine Thompson @catty1324]

@annephillipssea Hairy cat!

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