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Blake Checkoway
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B.S Meteorology from UGA 🐾
M.S Atmospheric Science from TTU 🌵
current Ph.D student @ TTU 🌵
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If there's any time to be highlighting the research made possible under NOAA and its partnerships, it's right now. And that work is no joke.

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April 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Oh dear, another office too (4/6 centers impacted today)...
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April 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States.

Spread the word to drive attention and support!
Funding for the Regional Climate Center program lapsed on April 17, 2025 due to a suspension of federal funding from NOAA through the Department of Commerce. It is unknown if or when funding will resume. All data and services offered under the HPRCC contract, including this website, are unavailable. If there are particular products and services you rely upon, please fill out this form so we can identify products to prioritize for continuance. Unfortunately, some products will be discontinued indefinitely because of their association with the Regional Climate Center program. Support for all MRCC-hosted products and services is currently suspended as of April 17, 2025, due to a lapse in federal funding from the Department of Commerce through NOAA. Federal funding for the Regional Climate Center program lapsed on April 17, 2025. It is unknown when or if funding will resume, pending decisions by NOAA and the Department of Commerce. If there are particular products and services that you rely upon, please contact us at sercc@sercc.com or reach out to your federal representatives and communicate their value and why you need them.
April 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Reposted by Blake Checkoway
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The 2026 budget passback plan calls for eliminating NOAA Research, the scientific backbone that keeps weather forecasts, alerts, and warnings accurate and effective. This would have disastrous consequences.

Read the AMS statement, in partnership w/ @nwas.org: bit.ly/4cz2RtC
Stand Up for NOAA Research – The Time to Act is Now
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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April 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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March 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Inbox: ‘Wanted’ posters of healthcare CEOs wheatpasted around lower Manhattan ahead of today’s Goldman Sachs Financial Services conference.

“Those who would steal from us have names, faces, and addresses. Justice will only come from the working class,” per anon communique.
wanted posters on a light post taken at night of Steve Nelson, president of Aetna, David Joyner, president & CEO of CVS Health. Both feature photos of the execs with three bullets labeled DENY, DEFEND, DEPOSE detailing the wrongs of the healthcare industry (but not legible enough in the picture to transcribe). “Healthcare CEOs should not feel safe. Deny - Defend - Depose” it says at the bottom. Wanted posters of Marianne Lake, Denis Coleman, Brian Moynihan, Robin Vince in similar format as others, on a wall. Wanted poster of Brian Thompson with an X through his photo featuring the same bulleted text as the others. “Healthcare CEOs should not feel safe. Deny - Defend - Depose” it says at the bottom. Communique: On Wednesday morning over thirty CEOs will gather at the Conrad hotel for the second day of the Goldman Sachs Financial Services conference to discuss how they can become richer by extracting wealth, time, and energy from the working class from all over the world. To welcome them, anon actionists put up wanted posters of the leeches attending the conference, including Martin Smalls of Black Rock, Robin Vince of BNY Mellon, Denis Coleman of Goldman Sachs, and of course, Brian Thompson, the former CEO of United Healthcare. These CEOs run companies that control trillions of dollars by stealing money, time, and labor from the working class. Do they care about the problems of poverty, homelessness, and injustice at these conferences? No, and their actions are violent. Health insurance companies (like financial services companies) don’t provide us with anything useful - they only limit our access to healthcare. Those who would steal from us have names, faces, and addresses. Justice will only come from the working class.
December 11, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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erininthemorning.com
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.

Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
balakewx.bsky.social
Hey everyone!!

- second year Ph.D. student at Texas Tech studying atmospheric science
- social science is my passion!! my MS work is about preparedness for hurricanes
- i love storm chasing but it doesn’t love me lol
- i also love sunsets!
Twin tornadoes in Silverton, TX. One tube-like tornado on left side and one small, skinny tornado with a dusty base on far right side. Sunset in Lubbock, TX. Clouds are multicolored, mainly pale yellow, orange, or dark orange. A gradient of blue sky is visible, with lighter colors near the bottom of the screen ranging to dark blue near top of screen.
October 17, 2024 at 10:37 PM