[DevOps]: Fix ignored ruff issues

[tomvothecoder]

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Related to #918

• zip-without-explicit-strict (B905) zip() without an explicit strict= parameter
• function-call-in-default-argument (B008) Do not perform function call CoreParser in argument defaults; instead, perform the call within the function, or read the default from a module-level singleton variable
  • e3sm_diags_driver.py,
• mutable-argument-default (B006) Do not use mutable data structures for argument defaults
  • e3sm_diags_driver.py, `core_parser.py
• star-arg-unpacking-after-keyword-arg (B026) Star-arg unpacking after a keyword argument is strongly discouraged
  • Most/all *_parser.py files, core_parser.py

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