Tom Weber

Tom Weber

@tweber.bsky.social

Journalist. Contrib Editor TIME. Priors: WSJ, Newsweek. Out now: my book “Cloud Warriors,” on people/science/ issues driving the future of weather forecasting amid climate chaos, St. Martin’s Press www.cloudwarriorsbook.com www.thomaseweber.com

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Tom Weber
@tweber.bsky.social

Am I correct that Apple Sports app *defaults* to showing betting odds for teams I’ve favorited to for scores to appear on my lock screen?

Tom Weber
@tweber.bsky.social

Corporate needs you to find the difference …

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Melania Trump on Wednesday appeared at the White House alongside a humanoid, A.I.-powered robot whose uses, according to the company that makes it, include carrying groceries and serving champagne. She told guests that she believes more children should be educated by "humanoid educators."

nyti.msMelania Trump Appears With a Robot, Saying More Children Should Be Educated by ThemThe first lady, Melania Trump, believes that more children should be educated by “humanoid educators.”
Tom Weber
@tweber.bsky.social

THREE COMPLETE GAME WINS IN A WORLD SERIES

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum@baseballhall.org

The Hall of Fame remembers 1968 World Series MVP Mickey Lolich, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 85. A three-time All-Star in Detroit, he rallied the Tigers to the title with three complete-game victories in the Fall Classic – including the clinching Game 7.

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Philip Bump
@pbump.com

Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...

pbump.netICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifestedThere have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.
Tom Weber
@tweber.bsky.social

A heist movie where a team of misfits breaks in two companies and swaps the secret formulas for Coca-Cola and WD-40.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com

Seeing the handwritten formula for WD-40 requires nondisclosure agreements, a special key and, typically, an executive title. on.wsj.com/49LwmJ6

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Bill Grueskin
@bgrueskin.bsky.social

One interesting element to this very thin story is that it was leaked to CBS and not Fox. It's possible that DHS thinks CBS still has a shred more credibility and so the story would get more uptake. It's also remotely possible that Fox got this tip and said, "Nah, we'll pass."

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Ryan Teague Beckwith
@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social

For those who don't follow the Fed closely, this is a sick burn and basically the meanest thing they would ever say while still using their hard-to-parse Fed-ese language

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT: “.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..” (via @apnews.com)

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Girls Who Chase
@girlswhochase.com

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), an operational research center crucial to furthering our understanding of weather and helping to save lives and property, is at risk of being dismantled. We must not let that happen. 🧵⬇️

Tom Weber
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Exactly. You can’t easily clean “weather” from “climate.” And it’s absurd to suggest otherwise.

Alan Gerard@wxmanms1.bsky.social

Atmospheric sciences spans from climate scale to microscale - just like the atmosphere itself - and the Trump Administration's plans to dismantle NCAR and somehow protect "vital weather research" shows a complete lack of understanding for how science works. tinyurl.com/3rtpafnx

tinyurl.comTrump Administration announces plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research and close its famed Mesa LabShortsighted plan would (in my view) cause irreparable harm to global atmospheric science research
Tom Weber
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Notable in this story: the store’s assistant manager had studied his rights: “told WWL Louisiana he has been researching what rights businesses have during immigration enforcement operations in case agents were to show up at his store.”

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Tom Weber
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VERY helpful thread here on Melissa.

Colin Carlson@colincarlson.bsky.social

So, I hate to be this guy, but as the director of Yale’s new program on attribution science (!?), uh, most of the commentary on Bluesky about Hurricane Melissa and climate change has been… not quite right