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Wall to wall pillars north during a substorm Tuesday evening in the Wichita Mountains, OK
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wall to wall pillars north during a substorm Tuesday evening in the Wichita Mountains, OK
Compulsively refreshing The Other Platform for solar storm info and thinking about how cooked we are if *nothing* the past year convinced a critical mass to abandon it... even in science niches.
The future of the internet and digital communication looks impossibly bleak.
The future of the internet and digital communication looks impossibly bleak.
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Compulsively refreshing The Other Platform for solar storm info and thinking about how cooked we are if *nothing* the past year convinced a critical mass to abandon it... even in science niches.
The future of the internet and digital communication looks impossibly bleak.
The future of the internet and digital communication looks impossibly bleak.
Reds and greens reflecting off lakes in the Wichita Mountains of SW OK - likely a sight you can go a whole solar cycle without. 03:55 UTC on 2025-11-12. #okwx
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Reds and greens reflecting off lakes in the Wichita Mountains of SW OK - likely a sight you can go a whole solar cycle without. 03:55 UTC on 2025-11-12. #okwx
The local Wichitas coyotes were audibly impressed by the 1050p CST substorm.
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The local Wichitas coyotes were audibly impressed by the 1050p CST substorm.
Consolation prize for what's coming the next 48 hours. It's been a minute since the stars have aligned for central OK to pull this off without horizon interference.
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Consolation prize for what's coming the next 48 hours. It's been a minute since the stars have aligned for central OK to pull this off without horizon interference.
Another sunset view off the Grand Mesa in W CO from late September.
October 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Another sunset view off the Grand Mesa in W CO from late September.
Caught sunset with the many layers and colors of the Colorado Grand Mesa near peak a couple weeks ago.
October 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Caught sunset with the many layers and colors of the Colorado Grand Mesa near peak a couple weeks ago.
Random thought of the day:
Centralized, convenient, authoritarian, manipulated, low quality
(X, Meta, Reddit)
always wins and marginalizes
Decentralized, slightly inconvenient, democratic, organic, high quality
(BlueSky, Mastodon, web forums)
Seems to sum up the entire history of the internet.
Centralized, convenient, authoritarian, manipulated, low quality
(X, Meta, Reddit)
always wins and marginalizes
Decentralized, slightly inconvenient, democratic, organic, high quality
(BlueSky, Mastodon, web forums)
Seems to sum up the entire history of the internet.
September 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Random thought of the day:
Centralized, convenient, authoritarian, manipulated, low quality
(X, Meta, Reddit)
always wins and marginalizes
Decentralized, slightly inconvenient, democratic, organic, high quality
(BlueSky, Mastodon, web forums)
Seems to sum up the entire history of the internet.
Centralized, convenient, authoritarian, manipulated, low quality
(X, Meta, Reddit)
always wins and marginalizes
Decentralized, slightly inconvenient, democratic, organic, high quality
(BlueSky, Mastodon, web forums)
Seems to sum up the entire history of the internet.
New thought after seeing latest POI photo:
After that oval address, and with FBI in charge... is there any scenario where perp turns out to be someone apolitical or on the right, and that info is accurately relayed to the public?
That I can't really imagine it shows again how far gone we are.
After that oval address, and with FBI in charge... is there any scenario where perp turns out to be someone apolitical or on the right, and that info is accurately relayed to the public?
That I can't really imagine it shows again how far gone we are.
POTUS gives address explicitly blaming "leftists" while manhunt is ongoing and no suspect ID'd. Then rattles off list of political violence that excludes the most recent major incident - MN in June - which saw 4 D *legislators*/family shot. You know, actual direct political violence/intimidation. 1/
September 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New thought after seeing latest POI photo:
After that oval address, and with FBI in charge... is there any scenario where perp turns out to be someone apolitical or on the right, and that info is accurately relayed to the public?
That I can't really imagine it shows again how far gone we are.
After that oval address, and with FBI in charge... is there any scenario where perp turns out to be someone apolitical or on the right, and that info is accurately relayed to the public?
That I can't really imagine it shows again how far gone we are.
POTUS gives address explicitly blaming "leftists" while manhunt is ongoing and no suspect ID'd. Then rattles off list of political violence that excludes the most recent major incident - MN in June - which saw 4 D *legislators*/family shot. You know, actual direct political violence/intimidation. 1/
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
POTUS gives address explicitly blaming "leftists" while manhunt is ongoing and no suspect ID'd. Then rattles off list of political violence that excludes the most recent major incident - MN in June - which saw 4 D *legislators*/family shot. You know, actual direct political violence/intimidation. 1/
The Gary, SD, tornado on 6/28/25 settled into a state of laminar perfection starting a little over halfway through its life cycle.
September 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Gary, SD, tornado on 6/28/25 settled into a state of laminar perfection starting a little over halfway through its life cycle.
As a TL cleanse from today's photogenic Dakotas bonanza, here's Gary 6/28 (so 7 Dakotas bonanzas ago?) around its peak drillbit stage.
August 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As a TL cleanse from today's photogenic Dakotas bonanza, here's Gary 6/28 (so 7 Dakotas bonanzas ago?) around its peak drillbit stage.
Wide shot of the 6/28 Gary monster shredding trees north of SD-22 with easily the loudest roar I've heard firsthand.
August 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Wide shot of the 6/28 Gary monster shredding trees north of SD-22 with easily the loudest roar I've heard firsthand.
The 6/28 Gary, SD, tornado reaches peak 🐍 just before crossing Hwy 22.
August 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The 6/28 Gary, SD, tornado reaches peak 🐍 just before crossing Hwy 22.
The Gary, SD, storm on June 28 appeared smaller than most tornadic supercells I've seen on the Plains -- more in line with the summertime minisupercells Iowa and other parts of the upper Midwest are famous for.
July 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Gary, SD, storm on June 28 appeared smaller than most tornadic supercells I've seen on the Plains -- more in line with the summertime minisupercells Iowa and other parts of the upper Midwest are famous for.
A few highlights from the initial Clear Lake, SD, storm on 6/28/25. This was about 90 minutes before the Gary monster developed with a new, trailing storm just a few miles away.
July 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A few highlights from the initial Clear Lake, SD, storm on 6/28/25. This was about 90 minutes before the Gary monster developed with a new, trailing storm just a few miles away.
The transition from NAM/HREF to any unified ensemble is destined to draw groans, right or wrong.
Why? Because HREF (originally SSEO) essentially stumbled into a ton of useful ensemble spread by combining independently developed early CAMs.
Shameless plug: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
1/
Why? Because HREF (originally SSEO) essentially stumbled into a ton of useful ensemble spread by combining independently developed early CAMs.
Shameless plug: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
1/
June 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The transition from NAM/HREF to any unified ensemble is destined to draw groans, right or wrong.
Why? Because HREF (originally SSEO) essentially stumbled into a ton of useful ensemble spread by combining independently developed early CAMs.
Shameless plug: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
1/
Why? Because HREF (originally SSEO) essentially stumbled into a ton of useful ensemble spread by combining independently developed early CAMs.
Shameless plug: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
1/
RFD gust front surging and busting out the old whale's mouth look yesterday evening near Leedey, OK.
June 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
RFD gust front surging and busting out the old whale's mouth look yesterday evening near Leedey, OK.
Doubtful there's any perspective of the Amistad NM beast from June 7 that's not already been spammed far and wide, but here's my best attempt.
June 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Doubtful there's any perspective of the Amistad NM beast from June 7 that's not already been spammed far and wide, but here's my best attempt.
Dems In Disarray
(Probably the actual lead on Fox tonight)
(Probably the actual lead on Fox tonight)
June 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Dems In Disarray
(Probably the actual lead on Fox tonight)
(Probably the actual lead on Fox tonight)
Slapout, OK, supercell from the evening of Wed 5/28, right before it bowed out too much to fit in my 14mm frame.
May 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Slapout, OK, supercell from the evening of Wed 5/28, right before it bowed out too much to fit in my 14mm frame.
A year ago tonight: something close to the best auroral show you can get in central Kansas. This third substorm around 4:30am featured unbelievable blue pillars.
May 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A year ago tonight: something close to the best auroral show you can get in central Kansas. This third substorm around 4:30am featured unbelievable blue pillars.
Reposted
Unidata maintains a lot of key weather data infrastructure, including the netCDF data standard and libraries, metpy. data dissemination servers for accessing models and observations from NOAA, and educational resources for the university community. Now everyone is furloughed b/c of Trump and DOGE.
May 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Unidata maintains a lot of key weather data infrastructure, including the netCDF data standard and libraries, metpy. data dissemination servers for accessing models and observations from NOAA, and educational resources for the university community. Now everyone is furloughed b/c of Trump and DOGE.
Classic elevated but sculpted supercell ingesting very large SRH near Monahans, TX, this past Sunday 5/4.
May 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Classic elevated but sculpted supercell ingesting very large SRH near Monahans, TX, this past Sunday 5/4.