Amos Magliocco
@amosmagliocco.bsky.social
Writer, Teacher, Tornado Seeker
Stories & essays in Missouri Review, Yemassee, Redivider, Pushcart Prize. Tornadoes at cycloneroad.com. Copy ed., EJSSM.com. Principal Lecturer, UNT English.
Stories & essays in Missouri Review, Yemassee, Redivider, Pushcart Prize. Tornadoes at cycloneroad.com. Copy ed., EJSSM.com. Principal Lecturer, UNT English.
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Amos Magliocco
@amosmagliocco.bsky.social
· Jun 13
Tornadoes in Kent County, Texas, 12 June 2005 (4K60 Remaster)
YouTube video by Amos Magliocco
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These tornadoes from 20 years ago today mean a lot to me because they were amazing, and because it was a brief window of pure freedom: Eric Nguyen, Scott Blair, and me had all graduated various degree programs and, with no jobs lined up yet, we chased until the money ran out. youtu.be/RspFa7VFfjk
Something seems off about these officially released Epstein files (first fifty limited edition signed by Pam Bondi)
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Something seems off about these officially released Epstein files (first fifty limited edition signed by Pam Bondi)
Everybody in Denton wants to know this, too. We're tucked into one of America's most convoluted districts, sprawling from the caprock in the panhandle to a tiny corner of the northern DFW Metroplex.
Why does Denton, TX have the same congressional representative as Texline, TX...
Breaking: A Trump-appointed judge just ruled that Texas Republicans CANNOT use their new gerrymandered map in the 2026 midterm elections.
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Everybody in Denton wants to know this, too. We're tucked into one of America's most convoluted districts, sprawling from the caprock in the panhandle to a tiny corner of the northern DFW Metroplex.
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Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Any teachers out there? Ramping this back up again and figured I would advertise.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
I am on the National Weather Service National School Outreach Team. We are composed of various NWS meteorologists across the country that give school talks about the weather. We can use just about any online platform.
If Joan Didion were Kevin Spacey
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If Joan Didion were Kevin Spacey
Once upon a time if you brutalized enough nuns and priests in this hemisphere, the United States would drop enough bombs on you to help General Dynamics blow through its quarterly earnings projections.
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Once upon a time if you brutalized enough nuns and priests in this hemisphere, the United States would drop enough bombs on you to help General Dynamics blow through its quarterly earnings projections.
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Thursday Night Football showed a childish "heat map" graphic depicting how well the Jets' offensive line protects Justin Fields. The caption said it was "AI powered."
I think Vince Gilligan is right this is all bullshit.
I think Vince Gilligan is right this is all bullshit.
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Thursday Night Football showed a childish "heat map" graphic depicting how well the Jets' offensive line protects Justin Fields. The caption said it was "AI powered."
I think Vince Gilligan is right this is all bullshit.
I think Vince Gilligan is right this is all bullshit.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
A future president of Baylor, world's largest Baptist University.
Hugs!!
Hugs!!
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A future president of Baylor, world's largest Baptist University.
Hugs!!
Hugs!!
His argument will be that the British monarch (he loves the monarchy) can dissolve parliament even now upon the request of the prime minister, so he will do so at the request of Mike Johnson, or the severed head of a squirrel RFK jr carries in his satchel.
$50 on an executive order dissolving Congress
Exclusive: Top Trump administration officials plan to meet today to discuss House efforts to force the release of the Epstein files. https://cnn.it/3WSyk2Y
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
His argument will be that the British monarch (he loves the monarchy) can dissolve parliament even now upon the request of the prime minister, so he will do so at the request of Mike Johnson, or the severed head of a squirrel RFK jr carries in his satchel.
$50 on an executive order dissolving Congress
Exclusive: Top Trump administration officials plan to meet today to discuss House efforts to force the release of the Epstein files. https://cnn.it/3WSyk2Y
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
$50 on an executive order dissolving Congress
I'm wrong about more than I can tally these days, but I always assumed the worst possible historical Epsteinary by Big Orange was baked in, that MAGA knows or assumes it and doesn't care. Maybe that's not so? Or is it just our side alarmed by this?
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm wrong about more than I can tally these days, but I always assumed the worst possible historical Epsteinary by Big Orange was baked in, that MAGA knows or assumes it and doesn't care. Maybe that's not so? Or is it just our side alarmed by this?
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Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
I hate conspiracy theories, but it's still disorienting, even nine months later, how Nico traded Luka Dončić to anyone for anything without some other, unknown motivation.
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I hate conspiracy theories, but it's still disorienting, even nine months later, how Nico traded Luka Dončić to anyone for anything without some other, unknown motivation.
Is it possible people don’t know that SCOTUS stayed (froze) the lower court order to pay SNAP benefits? That most states did not get their November SNAP funds disbursed in time before Jackson did this? And the administration is now trying to claw back the SNAP money in states which *did* disburse?
Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Is it possible people don’t know that SCOTUS stayed (froze) the lower court order to pay SNAP benefits? That most states did not get their November SNAP funds disbursed in time before Jackson did this? And the administration is now trying to claw back the SNAP money in states which *did* disburse?
"There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.”
-Alfred Henry Lewis, 1906
-Alfred Henry Lewis, 1906
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.”
-Alfred Henry Lewis, 1906
-Alfred Henry Lewis, 1906
I don't know. Millions of people were about to go hungry. I mean really hungry. Do you have food in your house? I have food. Maybe that skews our perspective.
D.C. Republicans are monsters. Sometimes you have to pay the ransom and try for justice later.
D.C. Republicans are monsters. Sometimes you have to pay the ransom and try for justice later.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I don't know. Millions of people were about to go hungry. I mean really hungry. Do you have food in your house? I have food. Maybe that skews our perspective.
D.C. Republicans are monsters. Sometimes you have to pay the ransom and try for justice later.
D.C. Republicans are monsters. Sometimes you have to pay the ransom and try for justice later.
I would like to think they're caving because American history's most vile gang of inbred bandits and criminals is happy to starve 42M people, half of which are kids and old folks.
But I think it's actually because the US professional class will not tolerate another week of canceled flights.
But I think it's actually because the US professional class will not tolerate another week of canceled flights.
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I would like to think they're caving because American history's most vile gang of inbred bandits and criminals is happy to starve 42M people, half of which are kids and old folks.
But I think it's actually because the US professional class will not tolerate another week of canceled flights.
But I think it's actually because the US professional class will not tolerate another week of canceled flights.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Tornado tracks by rating (left) and duration (right)
While highly rated/long-tracked tornadoes are biased towards the Southeast, long-duration tors are found even up to the High Plains.
Credit to @theasandmael.bsky.social for her incredible dataset!!
While highly rated/long-tracked tornadoes are biased towards the Southeast, long-duration tors are found even up to the High Plains.
Credit to @theasandmael.bsky.social for her incredible dataset!!
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Tornado tracks by rating (left) and duration (right)
While highly rated/long-tracked tornadoes are biased towards the Southeast, long-duration tors are found even up to the High Plains.
Credit to @theasandmael.bsky.social for her incredible dataset!!
While highly rated/long-tracked tornadoes are biased towards the Southeast, long-duration tors are found even up to the High Plains.
Credit to @theasandmael.bsky.social for her incredible dataset!!
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
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Cuomo Announces Plan To Govern New York City As Independent https://theonion.com/cuomo-announces-plan-to-govern-new-york-city-as-independent/
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Cuomo Announces Plan To Govern New York City As Independent https://theonion.com/cuomo-announces-plan-to-govern-new-york-city-as-independent/
Nice typo. I'll allow it.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Nice typo. I'll allow it.
Never heard/ speech so electrifyingly pro labor from a major U.S. pol
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Never heard/ speech so electrifyingly pro labor from a major U.S. pol