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Three performers on a blue-lit stage with heavy fog, corrugated metal backdrop panels, and downward-pointing spotlights.
Two silhouetted DJs performing on stage bathed in dramatic yellow-green light beams.
Nino3.4 region sea surface temperature forecast.
Wow, that's a monster signal for El Niño in today's new ECMWF seasonal forecast.
ECMWF's OpenIFS weather forecasting model is now fully open source on GitHub.
OpenIFS is a version of the same system used to produce our operational forecasts. After 15 years of licensed access, it's now genuinely open - publicly available with an Apache 2 licence.
github.com/ecmwf-ifs/op...
The main difference is a lag in the version: the current supported OpenIFS release is Cy48r1, which was the operational IFS version until 12 Nov 2024. IFS operations is now running Cy49r1, with the main differences summarised here www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med....
A weather chart showing pressure systems and rainfall over the North Atlantic and Western Europe, with coloured precipitation areas and labelled storm tracks.
📣 OpenIFS is now open source!
The move will make it easier to collaborate and generate new ideas.
➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
We've gradually made some components of the IFS open-source over recent years, such as the radiation scheme (github.com/ecmwf-ifs/ecrad), wave model, and land-surface model. But now we're able to release the full forecast model - no licence, no restrictions. (No data assimilation either though.)
ECMWF's OpenIFS weather forecasting model is now fully open source on GitHub.
OpenIFS is a version of the same system used to produce our operational forecasts. After 15 years of licensed access, it's now genuinely open - publicly available with an Apache 2 licence.
github.com/ecmwf-ifs/op...
An open letter has been sent to Lord Vallance from 57 heads of UK physics departments and institutes, including all of the heads of physics departments of the Russell group.
www.iop.org/about/news/o...
At #PMQs this week Kemi Badenoch claimed “youth unemployment is at its highest ever”.
This isn’t correct for either the unemployment rate or the number of unemployed 16-24 year olds, according to ONS data.
Abstract illustration of Earth with land mass represented by points. Additional network layer encases the globe.
📣 Workshop on software strategies for sustainable physical modelling, 23–27 Nov 2026.
Focus on sustainable and adaptable modelling approaches for weather and climate systems, from agile coding practices to integrating machine learning into forecasting tools.
Details ➡️ events.ecmwf.int/event/529/
The UK should consider significantly expanding its submarine force as undersea threats proliferate and the barriers to entry for hostile actors continue to fall, witnesses told MPs.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-should-ha...
Senior state department official Sarah Rogers travelled to European cities in December and has spoken to key figures in Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party about deploying grants to spread ‘American values’. ft.trib.al/Kx8ta8a
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Close-up of a large looping ring-shaped ceiling light and scattered globe lights, with an ornate theatre balcony with red seats and a gold lattice railing, and a few people seated, in the background.
Golden lines tracing a butterfly-shaped Lorenz attractor on a black background, showing two looping lobes connected at the centre. By Wikimol, Dschwen - Own work based on: images Lorenz system r28 s10 b2-6666.png by Wikimol and Lorenz attractor.svg by Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=495592
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Interior of an ornate theatre auditorium with red tiered seating and balconies round a circular stage. Staff and audience are gathered near the stage, where a round table and other props are set, and large looping ring lights hang overhead.
Arcadia absolutely wonderful at @oldvictheatre.bsky.social last night. Fantastic production of a masterpiece.
I am thrilled to co‑organise Visualising Climate with colleagues from Copernicus/ECMWF, BSC, BC3 and the University of Miami—the first global conference at the intersection of climate change and data visualisation, at a moment when clear, actionable communication is essential.
#dataviz #datavis
Adrian Edmondson is 69.
Here he is on Desert Island Discs, talking about Rik Mayall.
If you’re lucky, you have at least one friend like Rik.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Vyvyan kicking his head along the railway tracks
Eddie enjoying Halloween
Happy Birthday Adrian Edmondson
As National Security Adviser, I was often at the UK’s HQ in Helmand, Camp Bastion. Too often, the tannoy would announce medevac helicopters inbound. The huge base w’d fall silent, out of respect for the young men or women who were fighting for their lives. No, they had not stayed a little back.
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#BBCNews - Trump's Venezuela raid has created chaos - and that is a risk for China too
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Det kanadensiska samtalet om digital suveränitet är i full fart. Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives skeivdr under rubriken "Every data centre is a U.S military base".
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
jake paul regretting the fuck out of all of his life choices that led up to this point, joshua with his right arm cocked
same moment but looking at joshua, smiling because he sees the fear on pauls face
god damn the opposite camera's views of each of their faces is peak schadenfreude
Before the 1990s, plane crashes caused by microbursts used to kill planeloads of people fairly regularly.
Dr. Ted Fujita and NCAR scientists figured out how to detect microbursts and warn pilots about them.
Since then? Zero airliner crashes from microbursts.
This is Spinal Tap. “It really puts perspective on things, though, doesn’t it?” “Yeah, too much. There’s too much fucking perspective now.”
Anyone understand the logic for Bluesky now requiring age verification (in UK) before you can mute words?
Realised my muted words list is suddenly empty and I can’t add new words. Change VPN to a different country and it’s restored.
On the UK-US pharmaceutical deal I'm afraid this does look like two nasty trends coming together to make a very bad agreement for the UK - namely Whitehall power to make deals with no scrutiny, and companies working with countries to coerce others. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Silhouette of a skateboarder in a mid-air grab with a cloudy blue sky as the background
Going through old photos and found this gem from when I was into skateboard photography. I think this might be Steve Caballero, circa 1998 @vanswarpedtour.bsky.social @transworldskate.bsky.social #ShotOnFilm