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Kim Wood
@drkimwood.bsky.social
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Associate professor at the University of Arizona. Hurricane mortician. Open science + Python + scicomm + 🐈 enthusiast. Personal account. Occasionally salty. Always tired. Helpful to a fault.
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Kim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · Aug 8
With the climatologically active part of the Atlantic hurricane season around the corner, I've reproduced my explainer on the six "ingredients" for tropical cyclone formation on Medium as an experiment in using that platform. medium.com/@drkimwood/t...
The six “ingredients” of tropical cyclone formation
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) defines a tropical cyclone as
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23h
Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇
How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d
“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 1d
MIT says no to the Trump admin higher-ed compact clearly and emphatically. Other universities would be well served to read, remix, and respond similarly.

"In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences."

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
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Jen DeHart @jcdehart.bsky.social · 1d
our research group has been obsessed with the decay and remnants of Octave this week. such a persistent (and adorable?!) low-level circulation 😍

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 2d
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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social · 2d
The science is in: COVID boosters are worth it, even if you've been vaccinated and/or infected before. Stay safe out there, friends!: 🧪 🛟 www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
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Nick Mustoe @nickmustoe.bsky.social · 2d
It is raining gold on the San Juans. Probably peak color for the season as rain moves in this weekend.
Golden aspen surround a dirt road. Golden aspen shade the sun. Golden aspen surround a dirt road. Golden aspen and Engelmann spruce surround a dirt road.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d
The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.

Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.
Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…
Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.
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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 2d
Someone came and rescued my parents as their neighborhood was flooding during Hurricane Harvey.
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 3d
While I’m at the UCAR Member’s meeting, I’m reminding everyone of the internships, workshops, and other student opportunities that they have available! www.ucar.edu/exhibit/stud...
Exhibit resources | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
www.ucar.edu
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Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 11d
***New Paper Alert***

While the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season feels like a decade ago, here is a paper that does a deep dive into the headscratching "mid-season lull".

This line-up of co-authors is incredible, and very humbling to be part of it.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
The Remarkable 2024 North Atlantic Mid‐Season Hurricane Lull
Following an active start, the 2024 Atlantic hurricane was quiet during the climatological peak with only 1 tropical storm and 1 hurricane The lull was not anticipated by seasonal forecasting age...
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d
NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago
(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 3d
This is a REALLY good video that gets into the *specifics* of how AI is degrading our information environment and putting truth further out of reach for the average person / the population as a whole
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🎃 🧟 Prof. Dr Beth Singler 👻 🎃 @bvlsingler.bsky.social · 3d
I walked into the lounge last night to find my teenage son watching this. We have long admired @kurzgesagt.org and found their videos to be extremely illuminating. But this one in particular I think is so important right now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...
AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 4d
they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 4d
“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.
Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans
It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
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Kim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 4d
Tucson is (barely) in the cone for Hurricane Priscilla! ... this storm won't be anything like a hurricane when whatever's left of it reaches the southwest U.S., but its moisture is expected to support thunderstorms during a month (October) that otherwise tends to be pretty dry over here.
The National Hurricane Center's forecast cone for Hurricane Priscilla issued at 8am MST on Tuesday, October 7, 2025. Within the cone, the 3-day time frame is shaded in very light gray and the 4-5 day time frame is transparent with white dots.
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory @lamont.columbia.edu · 4d
📣 Postdoc opportunity alert! Join our dynamic community of Earth, environmental, and climate scientists as LDEO postdoctoral fellow. Principal criteria: scientific excellence + clear plan to investigate problems at forefront of Earth science. ➡️ Apply by Nov 7: lamont.columbia.edu/about/postdo...
LDEO postdocs traversing a volcanic dike on the Olomana Trail in Oahu. Credit: Brandon Shuck
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Clemens Vasters 🇪🇺🇩🇪 @clemens.vasters.com · 4d
Techmeme front page:
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Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 4d
A fascinating read.
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 4d
A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.

And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · Aug 12
There is a line around this building to get to the line entrance to wait to get into this job fair.

At the airport. For airport jobs.
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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 4d
The NWS upgraded the June Enderlin, ND tornado to an EF-5 today. If you want some science background on that tornado event and a highly relevant conversation with @tlyza89.bsky.social about tornado ratings and trends, links are in this post. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 4d
"99.97 percent of families, even when given the option, chose to let their children learn about LGBTQ+ people."
Nice result, and it reinforces everything Montgomery County said to SCOTUS before its theocrats made their dehumanizing ruling. open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To
After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 4d
Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
zeldawilliams 20m From Create Mode •• Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want. To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, , just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross. And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5d
Letting the health care tax credits expire would devastate American families — and we’re making that crystal clear by giving you the data.

We’ve built graphics showing how much costs would rise in every GOP district.

Let’s start with Mike Johnson (R-LA):
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Kim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 5d
"To forgo the shiny new AI tools and embrace the Herculean process of learning is not easy, and it takes a ridiculous amount of time. But it’s up to us to decide whether or not we value the process." Yeah, this clever, humorous, and insightful essay from a student columnist is worth your time.
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 5d
Thoughtful essay

“we are in danger of forgetting the greatest untapped resource on any college campus — the professors. We are surrounded by human experts, yet we are being encouraged to take our questions to robots”
AI ate my homework: My experience with the University’s AI toolkit
I don’t understand AI enough to properly dislike it. And I’m curious as to why the University is pushing this tool so much if it inherently devalues learning. So I immersed myself in artificial intell...
www.michigandaily.com
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Kim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 5d
Though warmth in the Caribbean Sea is not at 2023 or 2024 levels as of yesterday (5 October 2025), it's noticeably beyond what's been observed via area-wide sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in other years since 1982.
Line plots of area-averaged sea surface temperature in the Caribbean Sea as of October 5, 2025. Black shows the 1991-2020 average, red shows 2023, orange shows 2024, and blue shows 2025 (so far). An inset map depicts October 5th's map of anomalies, where the dashed box represents the averaging region used to make the line plot values. These are computed from NOAA's OISST dataset using Python.
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