Dr. Austin Hope
@aphope90.bsky.social
Contractor with STC for NOAA, working on IBTrACS product code; PhD in Atmospheric Science (climate and weather modeling); DC resident & STL native; soccer fan; PokeNerd; cat dad; dabbler in music/art/writing; he/him
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It still baffles me that phonics isn't the go-to everywhere. I know I'm biased bc phonics is honestly very logical in the thought-structure sense, even mathematical, and that's my thing while not everyone's... But still, the thought that MSV/3c-ing is actively taught as much as it is is terrifying
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It still baffles me that phonics isn't the go-to everywhere. I know I'm biased bc phonics is honestly very logical in the thought-structure sense, even mathematical, and that's my thing while not everyone's... But still, the thought that MSV/3c-ing is actively taught as much as it is is terrifying
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I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Just a heads up this isn't just about trans women. "Olympic chiefs are also looking at prohibiting athletes with DSD (differences of sex development) from women's events given testosterone advantages."
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just a heads up this isn't just about trans women. "Olympic chiefs are also looking at prohibiting athletes with DSD (differences of sex development) from women's events given testosterone advantages."
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This is utterly shocking. The Olympic spirit is about inclusive humanity and kindness.
The discriminatory harm of a blanket ban on trans and intersex people taking part in Olympic sport as women couldn’t be further from the ideal.
The discriminatory harm of a blanket ban on trans and intersex people taking part in Olympic sport as women couldn’t be further from the ideal.
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is utterly shocking. The Olympic spirit is about inclusive humanity and kindness.
The discriminatory harm of a blanket ban on trans and intersex people taking part in Olympic sport as women couldn’t be further from the ideal.
The discriminatory harm of a blanket ban on trans and intersex people taking part in Olympic sport as women couldn’t be further from the ideal.
After the elections last week, this is utterly insane to throw away that momentum on a "compromise" that earns NOTHING
BREAKING: Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown.
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
After the elections last week, this is utterly insane to throw away that momentum on a "compromise" that earns NOTHING
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A future vote on the ACA tax credits is not enough.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A future vote on the ACA tax credits is not enough.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
The American people about to lose their health care need results, not votes.
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football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
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The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.
The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.
Ten years after nations adopted the Paris Agreement, its objectives are in jeopardy amid rising climate pollution and a political backlash against clean energy.
dlvr.it
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The US led the world to reach a huge climate deal. Then, it switched sides.
HAHAHAYYEEEESSSSSS
❄️ Let's Go Snow!
Chance of first flakes late Monday in DC area, especially west and north of Beltway.
Accumulation a good bet in mountains of eastern West Virginia, western Maryland, southwest Pa (Sun-Tues).
This is still 5 days away... so forecast will need to be refined.
Details at cwg.live
Chance of first flakes late Monday in DC area, especially west and north of Beltway.
Accumulation a good bet in mountains of eastern West Virginia, western Maryland, southwest Pa (Sun-Tues).
This is still 5 days away... so forecast will need to be refined.
Details at cwg.live
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
HAHAHAYYEEEESSSSSS
2025 VA election results (pics from Wikipedia as of 11/5)
Right: governor by county/city
Left: house of delegates by district
Right: governor by county/city
Left: house of delegates by district
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
2025 VA election results (pics from Wikipedia as of 11/5)
Right: governor by county/city
Left: house of delegates by district
Right: governor by county/city
Left: house of delegates by district
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BREAKING: A security threat on board a United Airlines aircraft has led to a ground stop at Reagan National Airport outside D.C., two aviation sources tell NBC News.
Security threat on plane leads to ground stop at Reagan National Airport, sources say
A security threat on board a United Airlines aircraft has led to a ground stop at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., two aviation sources tell NBC News. Passengers were being offloaded ...
nbc4dc.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
BREAKING: A security threat on board a United Airlines aircraft has led to a ground stop at Reagan National Airport outside D.C., two aviation sources tell NBC News.
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📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
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I want you to stare at these words. Think about ICE raids impacting farm, packing, processing, delivery and restaurant workers. And now think about rollbacks on food safety and disease. And now think about effects from climate change. Now think about fund cuts. Now greedflation and shrinkflation.
If we thought the housing market crash was bad, the food supply crash is a million times worse and it’s in the mail.
November 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I want you to stare at these words. Think about ICE raids impacting farm, packing, processing, delivery and restaurant workers. And now think about rollbacks on food safety and disease. And now think about effects from climate change. Now think about fund cuts. Now greedflation and shrinkflation.
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Perhaps the most ominous satellite presentation we've seen. Cat 5 Melissa within 2 hours of landfall in Jamaica. Winds at 185 mph (tied for 2nd highest on record). Pressure at 892 mb (tied for 3rd lowest). Will be one of strongest Atlantic storms to make landfall ever recorded.
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Perhaps the most ominous satellite presentation we've seen. Cat 5 Melissa within 2 hours of landfall in Jamaica. Winds at 185 mph (tied for 2nd highest on record). Pressure at 892 mb (tied for 3rd lowest). Will be one of strongest Atlantic storms to make landfall ever recorded.
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The Gateway Arch is strikingly simple in design — a sweeping curve of stainless steel rising 630 feet above the ground. Its 142 welded pieces are equilateral triangles, one of nature’s most durable forms. But there was nothing simple about…
Oct. 28, 1965: The last piece of the Arch is fitted into place. See the stunning construction photos
The Gateway Arch is strikingly simple in design — a sweeping curve of stainless steel rising 630 feet above the ground. Its 142 welded pieces are equilateral triangles, one of
www.stltoday.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Gateway Arch is strikingly simple in design — a sweeping curve of stainless steel rising 630 feet above the ground. Its 142 welded pieces are equilateral triangles, one of nature’s most durable forms. But there was nothing simple about…
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The last hurricane hunter flights into Melissa have departed before its landfall in Jamaica.
As always kudos to them for their work powering through especially powerful storms like this to collect invaluable data.
As always kudos to them for their work powering through especially powerful storms like this to collect invaluable data.
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The last hurricane hunter flights into Melissa have departed before its landfall in Jamaica.
As always kudos to them for their work powering through especially powerful storms like this to collect invaluable data.
As always kudos to them for their work powering through especially powerful storms like this to collect invaluable data.
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A 2017 paper reassessed the history of the Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) for global storms since 1979. As of 10:30pm ET on October 27, #Melissa is now *unofficially* only behind 2015's Hurricane Patricia (Eastern Pacific) for highest ADT in the past 46 years.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A 2017 paper reassessed the history of the Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT) for global storms since 1979. As of 10:30pm ET on October 27, #Melissa is now *unofficially* only behind 2015's Hurricane Patricia (Eastern Pacific) for highest ADT in the past 46 years.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
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On Sunday night, meteorologist Matthew Cappucci flew through the eye of Hurricane Melissa.
The once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into meteorology was stunning, but also horrifying. https://wapo.st/42XpWmq
The once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into meteorology was stunning, but also horrifying. https://wapo.st/42XpWmq
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
On Sunday night, meteorologist Matthew Cappucci flew through the eye of Hurricane Melissa.
The once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into meteorology was stunning, but also horrifying. https://wapo.st/42XpWmq
The once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into meteorology was stunning, but also horrifying. https://wapo.st/42XpWmq
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"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."
Taxing the rich works!
Taxing the rich works!
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."
Taxing the rich works!
Taxing the rich works!
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More than 420 state bills attacking key public health protections have been introduced in 2025. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
Please call your state's elected officials!
Please call your state's elected officials!
October 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
More than 420 state bills attacking key public health protections have been introduced in 2025. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
Please call your state's elected officials!
Please call your state's elected officials!
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Basically all US policy is at this point about indulging Trump’s irrational obsessions, petty grudges, and corrupt grifts, and then taking secondary and tertiary measures to mask the consequences of those policies.
lol, great, so we're now subsidizing Argentine ranchers at the expense of American ranchers. Seems politically sustainable, no questions from me.
*US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO
*US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Basically all US policy is at this point about indulging Trump’s irrational obsessions, petty grudges, and corrupt grifts, and then taking secondary and tertiary measures to mask the consequences of those policies.
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absolutely shameful that the university has embraced the administration’s demand that it discriminate against its students. this is the board of visitors telling UVA students that if they aren’t white and cisgendered then they don’t belong.
The University of Virginia has capitulated to Trump on transgender and race (affirmative action) issues.
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
The details are currently sparse, but reporting suggests they've agreed to define trans people out of existence and ban trans students from facilities.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
absolutely shameful that the university has embraced the administration’s demand that it discriminate against its students. this is the board of visitors telling UVA students that if they aren’t white and cisgendered then they don’t belong.
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UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
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Pertussis (whooping cough) cases have exploded in the US in the past 2 years. Get your Tdap if you’re due (every 10 years for adults)
BTW, as of this morning, it looks like all the case counts for 2024-25 have been scrubbed from the CDC website 🫠
BTW, as of this morning, it looks like all the case counts for 2024-25 have been scrubbed from the CDC website 🫠
October 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Pertussis (whooping cough) cases have exploded in the US in the past 2 years. Get your Tdap if you’re due (every 10 years for adults)
BTW, as of this morning, it looks like all the case counts for 2024-25 have been scrubbed from the CDC website 🫠
BTW, as of this morning, it looks like all the case counts for 2024-25 have been scrubbed from the CDC website 🫠