Reposted from Cliff Mass Weather Blog There are two local public radio stations in the Seattle area with similar numbers of listeners.One is lean, well-managed, financially healthy, and beloved: KPLU, owned by Pacific Lutheran University (PLU). Its programming is essentially a split between new[...]
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June 3rd, 2011 - 7:41 am § in Misc.
Petition to 94.9 KUOW regarding the firing of Dr. Cliff Mass
If you are interesting in supporting a petition to reinstate my weather segment here is the petition site: http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/cliffmassonkuow[...]
May 24th, 2011 - 11:42 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Joel Connelly on Cliff Mass
Science is more important than marijuana ….. from the PI The attitude at KUOW seems to have been, “Would someone rid us of this troublesome pedagogue?” Cliff Mass was making waves. He was having the nerve, the gall and the presumption as a scientist to communicate directly with the[...]
May 24th, 2011 - 8:27 am § in Misc.
Cliff Mass Replies
More on KUOW and Cliff Mass from his blog and from the listserv Finally, let me comment a bit on the whole flap about me be kicked off KUOW Weekday. Update (some kind folks have created an online petition asking KUOW to reconsider: found here: http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/cliffmassonkuow ) [...]
May 20th, 2011 - 11:48 am § in Misc.
UPDATE: BREAKING NEWS: BLOGSTORM over censorship of Cliff Mass at KUOW.
Seattle Blogs are brewing a storm over KUOW’s censorship of Cliff Mass. Besides the series of posts on The AVE, posts have now appeared at Sound Politics, Of Paramount Importance, Save Seattle Schools, Economic Freedom, Publicola, and Crosscut. Perhaps the most acerbic of these comments co[...]
May 20th, 2011 - 7:28 am § in Schools & Colleges, Science
Cliff Mass: UW Weather Scientist Takes on The Public Schools’ Math Curriculum
Seattle Schools Lawsuit, Enfield, and Common Core I would like to update you on the math lawsuit against Seattle Public Schools, reveal an interesting encounter with Seattle Superintendent Susan Enfield, and tell you the depressing tale of our state’s math curriculum. As many of you know, I wa[...]
April 23rd, 2017 - 8:28 am § in Donald Trump, Environment, Hypocrisy, Politics, Science, The Ave Scene, UW
Was The March for Science a Bad Idea? I
On Saturday, UW faculty took very different paths in the March for Science. Some of us stood aside, concerned that the March might politicize science, others celebrated science by joining with the the crowd marching in the Seattle rain. Cliff Mass was among those who stayed away. Cliff is [...]
June 17th, 2016 - 1:07 am § in Misc.
Nicklesville on the UW Campus
My own main argument for having tent city on campus is that it is another form of teaching. That said, I feel guilty abut how little I expect the UW to actually do about the underlying issues. I may recommend reading Major Barbara before reading the exchanges here about the Tent City. There ha[...]
October 12th, 2013 - 11:35 am § in The Ave Scene
The AVE Scene: Oyster Fest May Not Happen in 2014
Cioppino at 2012 Oysterfest Will OysterFest 2014 take place? Oysters are one of the best things about Puget Sound … especially eating oysters. Now, there may be a need to panic. 1. The Oysters are dying! Last September, the Seattle Times ran a three-part story cal[...]
David Brewster: A Cynic and a Journalist Discuss KPLU
David Brewster Weather guru Cliff Mass has a new crusade: blocking the KUOW-KPLU deal. This could get interesting, for Mass is a bulldog, and both universities are somewhat on the defensive. One has to factor in how angry Mass was and is over his being booted off the KUOW show after insisting on pol[...]