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Sean Arms

@lesserwhirls

☦️ Indiana born, PhD in Met from OU, software engineer at NSF Unidata (UCAR/UCP/EODS)

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I need this in my life

09.03.2026 18:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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How it feels living along the front range right now

01.03.2026 05:27 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I just want precip at this point…I’d like snow, but I’ll take any liquid.

28.02.2026 20:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Flip side, the dogs are loving it.

28.02.2026 19:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s the last day of February and it is nearly 70 F in my backyard. Thanks, I hate everything.

28.02.2026 19:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

Oh no! I'm so sorry ☹️ If it's netCDF-C related, the latest release (released two days ago) is compatible with HDF5 2.0, but no idea how long it will take to work that into brew.

27.02.2026 21:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ugh. What all did it break?

27.02.2026 20:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

2.0 update?

27.02.2026 20:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Can confirm, this do be how it be…except with “driven to apply” and “perfectly intersects with my passions of”. I sometimes miss the days of “leveraging synergies” because at least that had a somewhat measurable soul.

20.02.2026 04:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sounds like things were going swell in 2023, can’t see any red flags here. #ProjectLazarus

17.02.2026 01:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

About half-way through the album and totally digging the jams!

13.02.2026 20:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Inknow what music I’ll be checking out tomorrow

13.02.2026 03:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Transitioning NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center operations The U.S. National Science Foundation has informed the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) that management and operations of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center are expected to…

...I just... www.nsf.gov/news/transit...

12.02.2026 23:03 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 11
Innovations in Road Weather Science | Center for Science EducationInnovations in Road Weather Science | Center for Science Education As part of the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Web Seminar Series, we are featuring NCAR scientists through NSTA's Science Update webinars. Join us on February 19th as Amanda Siems-Anders...

We'll also explore free K-12 teaching resources designed to help students connect science with real-world scenarios beyond the classroom. Participants will receive a certificate of participation and NSTA activity points.
📅 Feb. 19, 2026
🕔 5:00–6:00 pm MST
💻 Virtual
To learn more or register:

11.02.2026 16:46 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A photo of a snowplow plowing a snowy highway with two lanes of cars behind it. Text in the top left corner says "Innovations in Road Weather Science. Feb 19"

A photo of a snowplow plowing a snowy highway with two lanes of cars behind it. Text in the top left corner says "Innovations in Road Weather Science. Feb 19"

Final reminder for our February 19th virtual teacher professional development session "Innovations in Road Weather Science!"
Hosted by NSTA, this session dives into how scientists use weather data, modeling, and emerging technologies to better understand road conditions and improve traffic safety.

11.02.2026 16:46 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
Previous Equipment Awards | NSF UnidataPrevious Equipment Awards | NSF Unidata

What kinds of projects do we fund? Glad you asked! www.unidata.ucar.edu/community/eq...

10.02.2026 01:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Please reach out if you have questions!

10.02.2026 01:27 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Prayers to you all my friend 🙏

07.02.2026 18:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Are you at #AMS2026? Come chat with NSF Unidata staff members at the UCAR booth (#119 in the exhibit hall) from 9:45am - noon this morning. We'll also be there from 3:00-6:00pm, and from 1:00-6:00pm on Wednesday. Check our schedule for times: buff.ly/NIXTDSe

27.01.2026 15:15 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

As the AMS Annual Meeting approaches, don’t forget that TTU Atmospheric Science is hiring for two faculty positions. We’ll be at the meeting and can visit if you have any questions in advance of the application deadline.

15.01.2026 16:45 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

cc: @ewdrewdrewdrew.bsky.social

14.01.2026 18:59 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Congrats on 2.0 🎉

14.01.2026 02:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🎉xmACIS2Py 2.0 Released🎉

xmACIS2Py 2.0 is now on pip and Anaconda with A LOT of new features and updates!

xmACIS2Py 2.0 Examples:

Data Access & Analysis: github.com/edrewitz/xmA...

Graphical Summaries: github.com/edrewitz/xmA...

#python #data #climate #weather #climatology #analysis #stats

13.01.2026 04:41 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 1
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this

13.01.2026 17:32 👍 4230 🔁 1525 💬 99 📌 142
Research and Development Centers and Scientific Facilities.- The agreement supports the world-class research performed at the National Science Foundation-funded research and development centers and major scientific facilities. The agreement directs NSF to provide a briefing, not later than 30 days after enactment of this act, on its facilities management and oversight plan for NSF-supported research and development centers and major scientific facilities across all disciplines. The agreement further directs NSF to submit a report, not later than 180 days after enactment of this act, on this plan.

Research and Development Centers and Scientific Facilities.- The agreement supports the world-class research performed at the National Science Foundation-funded research and development centers and major scientific facilities. The agreement directs NSF to provide a briefing, not later than 30 days after enactment of this act, on its facilities management and oversight plan for NSF-supported research and development centers and major scientific facilities across all disciplines. The agreement further directs NSF to submit a report, not later than 180 days after enactment of this act, on this plan.

The language in support of @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is weak - NSF will have 30 days to give a "briefing" and 180 days to deliver a "report" on "its facilities management and oversight plan for NSF-supported research and development centers and major scientific facilities across all disciplines."

06.01.2026 15:24 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Research Internships – Clark Evans, Ph.D.

Students in the atmospheric and related sciences: are you looking for a summer internship? I've just updated my listing of summer internships for the 2026 application cycle. Most deadlines are coming up in January & February!

#weather #climate #reu #research

clarkevanswx.github.io/education/un...

01.01.2026 23:21 👍 22 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 1

Congratulations! 🎉

01.01.2026 20:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thrown out? FFS 🤦‍♂️

31.12.2025 22:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Epic 💪

27.12.2025 01:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)

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[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation External Inbox Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org> 5:43 AM (4 hours ago) to me Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village) IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.

Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.

Just fuck you. Fuck you all.

I can't remember the last time I was this angry.

25.12.2025 23:25 👍 8161 🔁 2226 💬 105 📌 168