Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️
@tornatrix.bsky.social
Assoc. prof at Purdue specializing in severe wx & radar. Storm chaser since 2001. All opinions expressed here are solely mine and not my employer's. She/her
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To my new followers here: Greetings! I’m a radar meteorologist who studies tornadoes & storms. I also study field work impacts on atmospheric science students’ learning & career aspirations (Fig. 1). Outside work, I’m a mom, spouse of @meteodan.bsky.social, cyclist, painter, & ham (WX0RT).
Feeling a maelstrom of feels about this news… I’m thrilled that Congress so clearly signaled support for science in general. However, I’m upset that the language to protect NCAR was excluded from the bill, leaving that venerable institution vulnerable. My community must stay vigilant. #SaveNCAR
Breaking: Senate ends debate on minibus bill that will fund most fed science agencies, and votes 82-15 for final passage. Goes to POTUS now for signature to become law.
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
Breaking news: Senate passes appropriations bill that will fund most federal science agencies in 2026
Vote 82-15, goes to President for signature to become law
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Feeling a maelstrom of feels about this news… I’m thrilled that Congress so clearly signaled support for science in general. However, I’m upset that the language to protect NCAR was excluded from the bill, leaving that venerable institution vulnerable. My community must stay vigilant. #SaveNCAR
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Sen Hickenlooper’s speech about NCAR
We were on the Senate floor today to stand up against Trump’s attacks on Colorado and to disrupt the Senate spending package that does nothing to protect NCAR. Watch my speech in full here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBtD...
Senator Hickenlooper Holds Senate Floor to Disrupt Spending Package, Slam Trump’s Attacks on CO
YouTube video by Senator John Hickenlooper
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Sen Hickenlooper’s speech about NCAR
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In the politics of weather, Senate majority leader Thune attempts to lock down the federal science funding bill "as is" and prevent amendments like the NCAR one being pushed by CO senators. In actual wx, tracking a highly unusual Jan. tropical disturbance in the EastPac. tinyurl.com/48kbkpza
Federal science funding bill slowly proceeds through the Senate, with critical next steps looming
Some signs that an incredibly rare eastern Pacific tropical cyclone could form in the next several days, while the East gets back to winter
tinyurl.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:22 PM
In the politics of weather, Senate majority leader Thune attempts to lock down the federal science funding bill "as is" and prevent amendments like the NCAR one being pushed by CO senators. In actual wx, tracking a highly unusual Jan. tropical disturbance in the EastPac. tinyurl.com/48kbkpza
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CO senators Hickenlooper and Bennet filed an amendment to the "minibus" fed science budget bill that seeks to protect NCAR from administration plans to dismantle it, and say they intend to hold their ground and not allow the bill to pass without the amendment. More:
tinyurl.com/7en3krcp
tinyurl.com/7en3krcp
Colorado senators file amendment to budget bill seeking to protect National Center for Atmospheric Research
NOAA releases 2025 annual summary showing US was warm and dry, but paradoxically also plagued by significant flooding
tinyurl.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
CO senators Hickenlooper and Bennet filed an amendment to the "minibus" fed science budget bill that seeks to protect NCAR from administration plans to dismantle it, and say they intend to hold their ground and not allow the bill to pass without the amendment. More:
tinyurl.com/7en3krcp
tinyurl.com/7en3krcp
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The FY26 federal science funding bill passed the House and moves to the Senate this week, as the future of NCAR remains entangled with a larger battle between CO officials and the administration with the CO AG adding the NCAR dismantling to a lawsuit against the admin. tinyurl.com/ypx9u3tx
Colorado AG adds threatened NCAR dismantling to lawsuit over alleged "retribution campaign" by Trump Administration
Federal science funding bill passes House and moves to the Senate. In weather...a quieter week for a change as a major pattern shift evolves.
tinyurl.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The FY26 federal science funding bill passed the House and moves to the Senate this week, as the future of NCAR remains entangled with a larger battle between CO officials and the administration with the CO AG adding the NCAR dismantling to a lawsuit against the admin. tinyurl.com/ypx9u3tx
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🚨 @aguscipolicy.bsky.social shares via email that the Senate may vote on a #SaveNCAR amendment TODAY 🚨
"By the end of this week, we may have a bill funding NSF that includes a safety net for NCAR."
Use our call script to contact your Senators: wclivestream.com/act/
"By the end of this week, we may have a bill funding NSF that includes a safety net for NCAR."
Use our call script to contact your Senators: wclivestream.com/act/
January 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
🚨 @aguscipolicy.bsky.social shares via email that the Senate may vote on a #SaveNCAR amendment TODAY 🚨
"By the end of this week, we may have a bill funding NSF that includes a safety net for NCAR."
Use our call script to contact your Senators: wclivestream.com/act/
"By the end of this week, we may have a bill funding NSF that includes a safety net for NCAR."
Use our call script to contact your Senators: wclivestream.com/act/
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🚨 Senator Bennet and I are continuing to hold up the minibus to demand full funding for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
January 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
🚨 Senator Bennet and I are continuing to hold up the minibus to demand full funding for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
The battle to save NCAR has faded from the headlines, but it is not over.
www.eenews.net/articles/tak...
Call your Congressional reps and ask them to add language explicitly protecting NCAR to the spending package:
5calls.org/issue/ncar-n...
www.eenews.net/articles/tak...
Call your Congressional reps and ask them to add language explicitly protecting NCAR to the spending package:
5calls.org/issue/ncar-n...
Takeaways from Congress’ latest spending package
Lawmakers are moving to cut funding but rejecting severe reductions sought by the White House to energy and environment programs.
www.eenews.net
January 9, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The battle to save NCAR has faded from the headlines, but it is not over.
www.eenews.net/articles/tak...
Call your Congressional reps and ask them to add language explicitly protecting NCAR to the spending package:
5calls.org/issue/ncar-n...
www.eenews.net/articles/tak...
Call your Congressional reps and ask them to add language explicitly protecting NCAR to the spending package:
5calls.org/issue/ncar-n...
As a native Minnesotan, I fully endorse snowball throwing as a nonviolent form of protest. That is peak Minnesota right there.
Some Minneapolis protesters throw snowballs at law enforcement officers as demonstrators march after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman.
Law enforcement earlier deployed pepper spray and tear gas, KARE reports.
Law enforcement earlier deployed pepper spray and tear gas, KARE reports.
January 8, 2026 at 12:51 AM
As a native Minnesotan, I fully endorse snowball throwing as a nonviolent form of protest. That is peak Minnesota right there.
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Congress appears to have a bipartisan budget plan that would reject most of the Trump Administration's desired cuts to federal atmospheric science agencies and programs. Details on what Congress is planning for NOAA, NASA and NSF in 2026 - and will OMB follow through? tinyurl.com/bddutn9m
Bipartisan budget plan rejects most of the administration's desired cuts for major federal earth and atmospheric science agencies
NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research continues to be funded; Congress restates support of key satellite programs and mandates no more than 5% cuts to NSF science areas
tinyurl.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Congress appears to have a bipartisan budget plan that would reject most of the Trump Administration's desired cuts to federal atmospheric science agencies and programs. Details on what Congress is planning for NOAA, NASA and NSF in 2026 - and will OMB follow through? tinyurl.com/bddutn9m
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
So Congress wants a new extreme weather focused FFDRC when a perfectly good one (NCAR), not to mention NSSL (a federal lab), already exist. This reeks of the T**** admin trying to remake meteorology in its own warped, utilitarian image of science.
Breaking: House releases FY26 budget directive doc for science agencies. Rejects elimination of NOAA Research, but moves key Wx research programs including phased array radar to NWS. Also directs NOAA to report on need for new “extreme weather” federal R&D center. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
Breaking News: House FY2026 science budget explanatory statement released
Now that the holidays are in the rear view mirror, Congress is working again on the budget for those agencies and departments that still do not have a Fiscal Year 2026 budget.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:47 PM
So Congress wants a new extreme weather focused FFDRC when a perfectly good one (NCAR), not to mention NSSL (a federal lab), already exist. This reeks of the T**** admin trying to remake meteorology in its own warped, utilitarian image of science.
Spend less time with smart phones and more time with smart people.
What I want for you all in 2026.
💥Connect with others locally.
💥Seek out support.
💥Take long breaks from the constant news cycle and social media.
💥Support your local candidates.
💥Do good things that actually make a difference.
💥 Really take care of you
💥Connect with others locally.
💥Seek out support.
💥Take long breaks from the constant news cycle and social media.
💥Support your local candidates.
💥Do good things that actually make a difference.
💥 Really take care of you
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Spend less time with smart phones and more time with smart people.
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Good stuff for the control the weather conspiracy theory...How did we get here that this fringe stuff pops up in the mainstream
www.noaa.gov/news/fact-ch...
www.noaa.gov/news/fact-ch...
Fact check: Debunking weather modification claims
No one creates or steers hurricanes; the technology does not exist
www.noaa.gov
January 3, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Good stuff for the control the weather conspiracy theory...How did we get here that this fringe stuff pops up in the mainstream
www.noaa.gov/news/fact-ch...
www.noaa.gov/news/fact-ch...
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Reposted by Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️
💰Applications for 2026 AMS scholarships and fellowships are now open!
Available opportunities include Graduate Fellowship in the History of Science, First-Year Undergraduate Scholarship, Senior Named Scholarship, and more.
Check your eligibility and deadlines here: https://bit.ly/3N7vZzr
Available opportunities include Graduate Fellowship in the History of Science, First-Year Undergraduate Scholarship, Senior Named Scholarship, and more.
Check your eligibility and deadlines here: https://bit.ly/3N7vZzr
January 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
💰Applications for 2026 AMS scholarships and fellowships are now open!
Available opportunities include Graduate Fellowship in the History of Science, First-Year Undergraduate Scholarship, Senior Named Scholarship, and more.
Check your eligibility and deadlines here: https://bit.ly/3N7vZzr
Available opportunities include Graduate Fellowship in the History of Science, First-Year Undergraduate Scholarship, Senior Named Scholarship, and more.
Check your eligibility and deadlines here: https://bit.ly/3N7vZzr
So, overnight, the U.S. invaded an oil-rich nation on a pretense of fighting terrorism, and deposed its leader.
We saw this movie before, during the Bush II era. We know it doesn’t end well.
We saw this movie before, during the Bush II era. We know it doesn’t end well.
January 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
So, overnight, the U.S. invaded an oil-rich nation on a pretense of fighting terrorism, and deposed its leader.
We saw this movie before, during the Bush II era. We know it doesn’t end well.
We saw this movie before, during the Bush II era. We know it doesn’t end well.
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Good morning to everyone on this side of the pond who has just woken up, checked their phones, yelled obscenities, and feels now, somehow, even more ashamed of and furious with their government than when they went to sleep last night.
January 3, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Good morning to everyone on this side of the pond who has just woken up, checked their phones, yelled obscenities, and feels now, somehow, even more ashamed of and furious with their government than when they went to sleep last night.
(Reposting b/c the OP disappeared)
January 1, 2026 at 4:04 PM
(Reposting b/c the OP disappeared)
“Autism doesn’t destroy families.
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.”
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.”
Our 11th most-read piece of 2025 is this scathing open letter to RFK Jr.
An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter Is a Tragedy
Our 11th most-read article of 2025. - - -Dear Mr. RFK Jr., (The “dear” is tradition. Don’t mistake it for affection.) You said autistic children a...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“Autism doesn’t destroy families.
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.”
Ignorance does.
Isolation does.
Shame does.”
Reposted by Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️
[Delayed Report] On Dec 28, at 7:18 PM EST, 1 WSW Linton [Greene Co, IN] NWS Storm Survey reports Tornado. *** 1 INJ *** An EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 100 mph and a path length of 1.12 miles began at this location. The path width maximum... #inwx Link
December 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
[Delayed Report] On Dec 28, at 7:18 PM EST, 1 WSW Linton [Greene Co, IN] NWS Storm Survey reports Tornado. *** 1 INJ *** An EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 100 mph and a path length of 1.12 miles began at this location. The path width maximum... #inwx Link