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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · May 21

Nice Guardian article about us losing our office in Manhattan
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Godfather of climate science decries Trump plan to shut Nasa lab above Seinfeld diner: ‘It’s crazy’

Over breakfast at Tom’s Restaurant, right below the historic Giss lab, James Hansen calls Doge’s decision a ‘big mistake’

www.theguardian.com

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arseblog @arseblog.com · Apr 8

What a night, what a performance from this far from 100% team, one of the great European nights at the Emirates.

Declan Rice has produced two of the greatest free kicks you'll ever see at this level, and we 100% deserved that third goal too.

Incredible. This team deserves so much love. #arsenal

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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · Feb 9

“Why do I need NOAA? I’ve got a weather app.”

Is equivalent to asking

“Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.”

www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...

About our agency

NOAA is an agency that enriches life through science. Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as we work to keep the public informed of the changing environment aro...

www.noaa.gov

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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Feb 1

Jeez that last berm so decisive

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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Jan 12

Huge for del Grosso! Wish it was broadcast

Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Jan 12

I strongly recommend a stand mixer!

Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Jan 12

In case anyone is curious about the recipe! liegewaffle.wordpress.com/liege-waffle...

Liege Waffle Recipe / Gaufre de Liège Recette

Authentic Liège waffles are one of life’s great indulgences — caramelized sugar glistening on a tender, buttery, vanilla-laden joy for the senses. Unfortunately, the “original recipe” has been long…

liegewaffle.wordpress.com

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · Jan 12

With people blaming the LA fires on lesbian firefighters, space lasers, Oprah, Canadians, Mexicans, homeless people, and DEI initiatives, focusing your complaints on people justifiably mentioning climate change as a factor is… a choice.

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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Jan 12

In honor of Belgian Cyclocross National Championship

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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Dec 21

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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Dec 21

Schreiber drive side dismount has been paying off there tho

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LEAP-STC @leapstc.bsky.social · Dec 12

"A44A-03: The Death of Autoconversion?"

Before you lament, come hear Kaitlyn Loftus + @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social TODAY @ #AGU24: 16:20p in 201 (Conv. Ctr)!

https://buff.ly/3VBECDV

#NSF @agu.org #CUSEAS @columbiaclimate.bsky.social

The Death of Autoconversion?

Liquid drop growth via collision-coalescence drives warm rain and modulates low...

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LEAP-STC @leapstc.bsky.social · Dec 11

LEAP #MomentumFellow23 Mohammed Erfani presents "A33J-08: Spatiotemporal ML Models for Emulation of Atmospheric Composition" TODAY @ 15:30p, Salon H! https://buff.ly/4gtYhh1

@karadlamb.bsky.social + @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social

#LEAPEducation #AGU24 #NSF #CUSEAS
@agu.org
@columbiaclimate.bsky.social

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LEAP-STC @leapstc.bsky.social · Dec 11

Take a stroll to see "A31G-1810: Discovering a Model for Depositional Ice Growth from Observations Using Neural Ordinary Differential Equations + Symbolic Regression" (by Kara Lamb), TODAY at #AGU24!

https://buff.ly/4ffc7CZ

#NSF #CUSEAS @agu.org @columbiaclimate.bsky.social

Discovering a Model for Depositional Ice Growth from Observations Using Neural Ordinary Differential Equations and Symbolic Regression

Depositional ice growth is an important process for the growth and evolution of...

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LEAP-STC @leapstc.bsky.social · Dec 11

"How Well Can Power Laws Describe Microphysical Processes in Bulk Schemes?"

Arthur Hu, @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social + Kaitlyn Loftus have ideas for you this morning in their #AGU24 poster (A31B-1693)! https://buff.ly/49sVAtT

#NSF #CUSEAS @agu.org @columbiaclimate.bsky.social

How well can power laws describe microphysical processes in bulk schemes?

Understanding and accurately simulating cloud microphysics is crucial for impro...

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LEAP-STC @leapstc.bsky.social · Dec 9

LEAP closes out Day 1 w/ @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social presenting "GC14E-08: Challenges and Opportunities for Unified Top-down + Bottom-up Constraint of ESM Parameterizations" - 15:12pm in Salon C!

agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...

#AGU24 #NSF @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

Challenges and opportunities for unified top-down and bottom-up constraint of ESM parameterizations

I will present work using perturbed parameter ensembles (PPEs) of models at mul...

agu.confex.com

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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Dec 7

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Dec 7

United CEO Andrew Witty gave an address to the company today (leaked to me), telling employees "we guard against...unnecessary care" and that "There are very few people in the history of the U. S. healthcare industry who had a bigger positive effect on American healthcare than Brian [Thompson]."

Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Dec 4

Gets at an interesting issue. In trad ESMs, large scale interactions & processes are explicitly modeled via cloud parameterizations, but these large scale features are emergent properties of microphysics in km-scale models, which that may be more strongly nonlinear & harder to investigate via PPEs

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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Nov 25

but if it's warm rain processes (rather than cold/mixed phase), then rain drops will tend to be smaller. However, in that case, rain water content will be systematically underestimated by reflectivity alone.... so the rain will seem wetter than radar would indicate!

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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Nov 25

MacKay's book on Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms is one of my all-time favorites! RIP indeed.

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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Nov 25

The criticism here also applies to the performative aspects of DEIA that I find annoying insomuch as they fail to address any of the structural issues that imperil the most vulnerable people (e.g. early career scientists who lack stability, money, and privilege) in our field

Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Nov 25

This brilliant Guardian piece by Nesrine Malik cuts through the chaff like a hot knife through half-melted ice cream.
"'Doing the work' focused on interpersonal dynamics of racism rather than on structural ones"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Woke’ didn’t lose the US election: the patrician class who hijacked identity politics did | Nesrine Malik

Why is this simple explanation being so widely embraced? Because it does not require a commitment to real, structural change, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Nov 18

I remember being fascinated (in high school!) by JET and the promise of ITER. Would sincerely love to see this tech succeed and prove wrong my worries that this buzz is an oversell.

Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Nov 18

progress! 60 years ago we were 30 years away.

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Marcus van Lier-Walqui @mvanlierwalq.bsky.social · Nov 18

I'm sure many have seen this wonderful presentation by Grace Hopper; it's worth underlining her point (multiple times, with permanent marker) the need to listen to young scientists, advocate for their careers, and get out of the way when they can lead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9i...

Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part One, 1982)

YouTube video by National Security Agency

www.youtube.com

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