Glonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹

Everything was cheaper with pronouns

*PE brain* Just make CBP's financial staff work 9-9-6 for a month, they can handle it.

a volcano is erupting in the middle of a desert landscape . Alt: Mega Maid flips the vacuum from suck to blow.

"What do you mean you can't just flip a switch and turn the tariff money machine from suck to blow?"

If you read the court filing, the agency is not saying they won't do the refunds - they're saying they don't have the staff or the systems to do it on the court's timeline. Which I believe.

This is a failure of political leadership, because they have put the agency in an impossible position.

This is a very good encapsulation of how a lot of us feel about the impact of AI on a day to day basis which is that using it to find information can be more helpful than Google but a lot of that is because Google has gotten much worse

they might as well engrave Gonzaga as the 1 seed, St. Mary's as the 2.

Trump took our jobs.

"coordinating with other work unit managers to make everyone's lives easier" is a bullshit job because... what, we're supposed to run a large, complex organization like it's a fucking Occupy Wall Street protest?

everyone loves to shit on middle management until that middle manager's voice in the conference room with the line officer is the difference between a work unit losing positions and gaining positions.

why yes, it is actually important to make leadership understand what's happening in the field.

(I say theoretically because we've got a bunch of staff vacancies right now; thanks, Elon.)

to provide you with context, I am in charge of the park's interpretive services. theoretically I directly supervise two frontline supervisors and one technical specialist; those two supervisors each supervise up to ten field employees in peak season. I report directly to the park superintendent.

ok, I'm a middle manager at a national park. what do you think I do and why do you think it's a bullshit job?

Yes but youre not going to like the answer.

Page 2 of letter by Daniel Swain. It begins: constructive suggestions regarding how the already remarkable institutional efficiency and societal impact of NCAR could be further enhanced through increased (not decreased) federal support in the years to come. Please note: To ensure the highest level of technical rigor, this response focuses exclusively on the core atmospheric and natural hazard science topics within the author’s primary domain of expertise; for this reason, I have omitted a response to Topic 4 (Space Weather)." NCAR weather modeling and atmospheric observing capabilities a) Management and operations of weather-related observational platforms, modeling and science as a stand-alone activity. The proposed management of weather-related research as a stand-alone activity is a scientifically regressive path that ignores the fundamental physical reality of the Earth system. Modern atmospheric science has demonstrated (largely, it is worth noting, due to groundbreaking researc

Page 3 of letter by Daniel Swain. It begins: b) Management and operations of weather-related observational platforms, modeling and science as combined with other NSF investments/facilities. The highly specialized nature of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) infrastructure represents an extraordinary value proposition that cannot be replicated by combining it with more generalized NSF programs. The NWSC is not a generic high-performance computing (HPC) facility; it is a laboratory uniquely optimized for atmospheric science workflows, with a hardware and storage architecture specifically designed to handle the massive, high-bandwidth data demands of Earth system modeling. Furthermore, its model of providing an excellent, free-at-point-of-use technical support team ensures that the focus remains on the science rather than the overhead of systems administration. This centralized expertise allows individual researchers, smaller labs, and even entire universities—who would otherwi

Page 4 of letter by Daniel Swain. It begins: NCAR Mesa Lab (located in Boulder, Colorado) a/b) Ownership of the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab building for public and private use. Far more than just an office building, NSF NCAR Mesa Lab is an iconic and purpose-built facility designed specifically for the study of atmospheric science. Its position at the physical interface of the Rocky Mountain foothills and the Great Plains is a deliberate reflection of its mission, serving as a visible symbol—in an iconically American setting—of the federal government's enduring commitment to science in service of society. For many in the field, including myself, the Mesa Lab holds singular importance as a focal gathering point for the global atmospheric science community. My own early career exposure to weather and Earth system modeling, in fact, occurred within these walls, and I have long felt that the facility’s architecture and location inspire a necessary sense of awe regarding the atmosphere’s complexity a

Page 1 of letter by Daniel Swain. It begins: Dear Acting Director Stone and the NSF NCAR restructuring team: I am writing to provide a formal response to the Request for Information (RFI) regarding the proposed restructuring of the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and its critical weather science infrastructure contained within the January 23, 2026 Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) entitled “NSF Intent to Restructure Critical Weather Infrastructure.” I submit these comments in my professional capacity as an atmospheric research scientist within the University of California, where my research focuses on the physics and dynamics of atmospheric processes related to extreme weather events and their role in shifting natural hazard and disaster risk. My perspective is informed by a public-sector career dedicated to bridging the gap between fundamental atmospheric research and real-world application in an academic context, with a particular focus on understanding and mitigating

I just submitted my letter to NSF responding to its proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). I argue that doing so would be an astonishing and avoidable misstep, and that federal support for the institution should in fact be *increased.* [1/4]

i hate and love this dubs squad. 💔💙🥰

Bucket hat with Crapwagon logo.

(deep cuts)

oh wow, I think you just booked my evening.

Trump pardons pedos.

ruh roh

One Patriot missile could run my park for a year with a million bucks left over.

U.S. intelligence sees no signs of uprisings or internal splits in Iran.-WaPo

“Asked if Americans should worry about Iran retaliating against Americans on U.S. soil, President Donald Trump responded, ‘I guess.’”

Chat is this good

Those never made it to service though, right?

Either way, pathetic underinvestment.

seriously, the last serious purpose-built American SHORAD systems were the fuckin' M113s with either Sidewinders or Vulcans bolted on, right? Until they bolted Stingers to Humvees.

I’m never gonna get that job screwing in the little screws on an iPhone

how is "how an ethnic group feels about their ancestors" in any way dispositive of anything?

“radical narco-communism and narco-tyranny that threaten our people, borders, and sovereign lands in the name of a false sovereignty or false peace”

I’m sorry but what the fuck does that even mean, this is just noise-shaped air