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Last night, a severe geomagnetic storm painted magnificent colors of the northern lights across a starry canvas over North America.
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Last night, a severe geomagnetic storm painted magnificent colors of the northern lights across a starry canvas over North America.
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
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Nighttime visible imagery captures wildfires burning in Ontario and Manitoba, while lightning flashes within thunderstorms over the northern Central Plains.
July 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Nighttime visible imagery captures wildfires burning in Ontario and Manitoba, while lightning flashes within thunderstorms over the northern Central Plains.
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WINNIPEG – The wildfire threat is worsening in northern Manitoba, prompting alerts and evacuations for at least two more communities.
Wildfires force evacuations of Garden Hill, Snow Lake in northern Manitoba
WINNIPEG – The wildfire threat is worsening in northern Manitoba, prompting alerts and evacuations for at least two more communities.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
WINNIPEG – The wildfire threat is worsening in northern Manitoba, prompting alerts and evacuations for at least two more communities.
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Whoa.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
July 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Whoa.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
Looks like some possible pyroCb action today in northern SK. Environment was convectively unstable and the fires helped with the CI process. Starting to notice these situations more with all the active fires ongoing.
July 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Looks like some possible pyroCb action today in northern SK. Environment was convectively unstable and the fires helped with the CI process. Starting to notice these situations more with all the active fires ongoing.
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Total estimated emissions of 2025 Canadian #wildfires to 03/06 at ~50 MtC, comparable to 2023 record over same period, and increasing. #CopernicusAtmosphere Global Fire Assimilation System data based on MODIS🛰️ active fire obs ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/datasets/cam... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Total estimated emissions of 2025 Canadian #wildfires to 03/06 at ~50 MtC, comparable to 2023 record over same period, and increasing. #CopernicusAtmosphere Global Fire Assimilation System data based on MODIS🛰️ active fire obs ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/datasets/cam... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
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The gov’t now says it’ll hire 100 people back at the National Weather Service—a good first step.
But don’t be fooled: the rest of NOAA is still in disarray. You can’t forecast storms accurately without satellites, radar, and the science teams behind them.
But don’t be fooled: the rest of NOAA is still in disarray. You can’t forecast storms accurately without satellites, radar, and the science teams behind them.
Where does your weather forecast come from?
Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.
www.npr.org
June 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The gov’t now says it’ll hire 100 people back at the National Weather Service—a good first step.
But don’t be fooled: the rest of NOAA is still in disarray. You can’t forecast storms accurately without satellites, radar, and the science teams behind them.
But don’t be fooled: the rest of NOAA is still in disarray. You can’t forecast storms accurately without satellites, radar, and the science teams behind them.
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Despite the circumstances, it’s been heartening to see the support for Unidata today.
WHEN Unidata gets its $, this will be critical to help chart a course and ensure the program does the most to continue to serve the community with what it has. If you’d like to help, taking the survey really will.
WHEN Unidata gets its $, this will be critical to help chart a course and ensure the program does the most to continue to serve the community with what it has. If you’d like to help, taking the survey really will.
✨The 2025 NSF Unidata Community Survey is now live! ✨
Share your insights, support community progress.
Take 15 minutes to complete the survey, and as a thank you, you'll have the chance to enter a drawing for an NSF Unidata swag bag.
🔗 arcg.is/zLOSW
#PoweredByUnidata
Share your insights, support community progress.
Take 15 minutes to complete the survey, and as a thank you, you'll have the chance to enter a drawing for an NSF Unidata swag bag.
🔗 arcg.is/zLOSW
#PoweredByUnidata
May 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Despite the circumstances, it’s been heartening to see the support for Unidata today.
WHEN Unidata gets its $, this will be critical to help chart a course and ensure the program does the most to continue to serve the community with what it has. If you’d like to help, taking the survey really will.
WHEN Unidata gets its $, this will be critical to help chart a course and ensure the program does the most to continue to serve the community with what it has. If you’d like to help, taking the survey really will.
This cannot be understated. The value of a forecast goes beyond an app and a chart. Mets synthesize several data sources of the complex atmosphere and boil it down into digestible information. Many people don’t understand this and take wx forecasts for granted.
One of a meteorologist’s biggest pet peeves is “my app says it’ll be ____”. Weather apps can miss so many details that a meteorologist will know.
Let’s use tomorrow in NYC — my app says it’ll be 78 degrees but rainy. But is that the full story? Spoiler alert… no, it’s not!
Let’s use tomorrow in NYC — my app says it’ll be 78 degrees but rainy. But is that the full story? Spoiler alert… no, it’s not!
March 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This cannot be understated. The value of a forecast goes beyond an app and a chart. Mets synthesize several data sources of the complex atmosphere and boil it down into digestible information. Many people don’t understand this and take wx forecasts for granted.
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It's actually real!
#TheWheelOfTime Recap by me!
Please Watch & Share: youtu.be/Gl4AOUjfE7Q?...
And tune in on my channel this Friday for the "Director's Cut" edition!
#WoTSkies
#TheWheelOfTime Recap by me!
Please Watch & Share: youtu.be/Gl4AOUjfE7Q?...
And tune in on my channel this Friday for the "Director's Cut" edition!
#WoTSkies
The Wheel of Time - Seasons 1 and 2 Recap | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
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March 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's actually real!
#TheWheelOfTime Recap by me!
Please Watch & Share: youtu.be/Gl4AOUjfE7Q?...
And tune in on my channel this Friday for the "Director's Cut" edition!
#WoTSkies
#TheWheelOfTime Recap by me!
Please Watch & Share: youtu.be/Gl4AOUjfE7Q?...
And tune in on my channel this Friday for the "Director's Cut" edition!
#WoTSkies
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No Government in Canada should be Cutting Right Now.
We need a high-pressure economy to defend against the threat of tariffs, not layoffs.
open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...
We need a high-pressure economy to defend against the threat of tariffs, not layoffs.
open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...
No Government in Canada (or anywhere) Should be Cutting Right Now
Tariffs didn't create the Great Depression, cuts and austerity did. Canada and other countries have everything they need to defend their economies if Central Banks just step up.
open.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
No Government in Canada should be Cutting Right Now.
We need a high-pressure economy to defend against the threat of tariffs, not layoffs.
open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...
We need a high-pressure economy to defend against the threat of tariffs, not layoffs.
open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...
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@noaa.gov provides lifesaving science, service and stewardship to the nation. #SaveNOAA is a group of terminated NOAA employees fighting for reinstatement to continue to deliver Americans these critical services.
#SaveNOAA #NOAAStrong #NOAA #Science #Fed #FedEmployees #Federal #Layoffs
#SaveNOAA #NOAAStrong #NOAA #Science #Fed #FedEmployees #Federal #Layoffs
March 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
@noaa.gov provides lifesaving science, service and stewardship to the nation. #SaveNOAA is a group of terminated NOAA employees fighting for reinstatement to continue to deliver Americans these critical services.
#SaveNOAA #NOAAStrong #NOAA #Science #Fed #FedEmployees #Federal #Layoffs
#SaveNOAA #NOAAStrong #NOAA #Science #Fed #FedEmployees #Federal #Layoffs
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Freezing Arctic air highlights the topography of central North America, seen early this morning by NOAA-21.
February 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Freezing Arctic air highlights the topography of central North America, seen early this morning by NOAA-21.
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We finally found a better power play than the Winnipeg Jets.
That Powerplay unit is terrifying. Team Canada powerplay merchants confirmed
February 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We finally found a better power play than the Winnipeg Jets.
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Clouds pass overhead a snowy Manitoba landscape, featuring an ice-covered Lake Winnipeg and other frozen lakes.
December 21, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Clouds pass overhead a snowy Manitoba landscape, featuring an ice-covered Lake Winnipeg and other frozen lakes.