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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz)
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Univ. of Manchester Prof of Synoptic Meteorology, educator, scientist
Author: Eloquent Science: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker, and Atmospheric Scientist
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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 12h
Probably not Kevin-Helmholtz instability (which is an instability due to vertical shear in the flow), but a barotropic instability due the horizontal shear in the flow.

Other examples:
atmos.uw.edu/~hakim/542/b...
cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
resources.eumetrain.org/satmanu/CMs/...
Barotropic Instability
atmos.uw.edu

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 1d
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 5d
Oh, lookee here.

www.denverpost.com/2026/01/23/n...

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 7d
Help us make hope normal again.

Join the Green Party now.

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 8d
Although we wrote this in a meteorology journal (albeit one that is over 150 years old), our collective editorial wisdom rings true for other disciplines, as well.

Schultz et al. 2025: How to Be a More Effective Author. Monthly Weather Review, 150, 2819–2828, doi.org/10.1175/MWR-....
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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 9d
You know you married the right person when you put on Side 2 of “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” and when it’s over, she says to play it again.

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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 9d
NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.

The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.

The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, David M. Schultz, Carl T. Bergstrom , and 25 more

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 9d
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 10d
Different ways to misspell it.
Po
Pough
Peau
Peaux
P'oh
Pow (as in window)
bcdreyer.social Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 10d
Happy birthday to the author with the most-misspelled name in the so-called Western canon!
Edgar Allan Poe

Reposted by David M. Schultz, Rosemary A. Joyce, Mary Burke

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 10d
Happy birthday to the author with the most-misspelled name in the so-called Western canon!
Edgar Allan Poe

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 10d
Respectfully, & I say this as a former journal editor (BMJ, PLOS Med) & Nature author:

I think your editorial decision-making process here went wildly astray. I really do not think journals should allow members of the Trump regime to launder unsubstantiated, unscientific MAGA/MAHA talking points.

Reposted by David M. Schultz, Fabián Muniesa, Henry Jones , and 1 more

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 11d
I fail to see what has actually been improved by for the user in this redesign. Enshittification. App deleted, Met Office informed.
edhawkins.org Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 12d
So… the @metoffice.gov.uk app redesign - is it just a bit worse or much much worse?

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 12d
So… the @metoffice.gov.uk app redesign - is it just a bit worse or much much worse?

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 15d
What if you just took all the land masses and compressed them onto a single map, not worrying about size, relative position or latitude? 🤪
julienpaniac.bsky.social Julien Paniac @julienpaniac.bsky.social · 15d
Intéressante carte de BFMTV
Patrick Sauce de BFM devant un grand écran avec une carte centrée sur le Groenland mais aucune proportion ne va (le sud du Groenland est entre le québec et le Sahara et l'Islande est au niveau des Açores

Reposted by David M. Schultz, Baptiste Coulmont, Claire Sécail , and 2 more

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Julien Paniac @julienpaniac.bsky.social · 15d
Intéressante carte de BFMTV
Patrick Sauce de BFM devant un grand écran avec une carte centrée sur le Groenland mais aucune proportion ne va (le sud du Groenland est entre le québec et le Sahara et l'Islande est au niveau des Açores

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 16d
“But the biggest effect is that peer review now becomes more about discernment or taste. If anyone can produce a competent empirical paper on any topic, the bottleneck moves to identifying which questions are important to ask in the first place.”

Indeed.
seva.bsky.social Seva @seva.bsky.social · 16d
I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
open.substack.com

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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 16d
I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
open.substack.com

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 16d
I knew I was missing this one. Thanks!

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Bryan - Free Palestine! 🍉 @darthziggy.bsky.social · 16d
Yes, this! Came here to add it. Make it your Home Screen bookmark instead of plain old safari/whatever browser. Make it your startup page. Just don’t go to Google dot com and use this instead!

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surfdude29 @surfdude29.ispost.ing · 16d
also:

@udm14.bsky.social

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&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.com

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 16d
Some resources for turning it off so you never have to look at it.

support.google.com/websearch/th...

www.androidauthority.com/how-to-turn-...

www.cnet.com/tech/service...
How can I turn off AI results? - Google Search Community
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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 16d
Special issues of journals comprising a large fraction of articles coauthored by the guest editor overseeing that special issue.

This is scientific misconduct.

Thank you for your service by documenting this problem.
hansonmark.bsky.social Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 16d
We've got ISSUES. Literally.

We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?

arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563

A 🧵 1/n

Reposted by David M. Schultz, Peter Thorne, Emili García‐Berthou , and 20 more

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 16d
We've got ISSUES. Literally.

We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?

arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563

A 🧵 1/n

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Daniel Ziblatt, Anna O. Law , and 20 more

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16d
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.

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Chris Orton @chriso1.bsky.social · 18d
Strange name for a weatherman

Reposted by David M. Schultz, Stuart White

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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 19d
The UK’s only author-run co-operative publisher Gritstone celebrates its tenth anniversary

By Andrew Bibby
Northern publishing co-op makes its mark
The UK’s only author-run co-operative publisher Gritstone celebrates its tenth anniversary
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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 20d
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simonleewx.com Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 20d
The poor old cold conveyor belt jet must wish it had a more headline-grabbing name…

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Simon Lee @simonleewx.com · 20d
The poor old cold conveyor belt jet must wish it had a more headline-grabbing name…

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Eloquent Science (Prof. David Schultz) @eloquentscience.com · 20d
Right, Simon! Thanks for keeping that narrative alive about not all wind maxima in this location are sting jets.