Jacob Carlin
@locoako.bsky.social
📡 Research meteorologist.
🌇 Politics, urbanism, and tech on the side.
📍 NYC --> OKC.
🏳️🌈 Opinions are my own.
🌇 Politics, urbanism, and tech on the side.
📍 NYC --> OKC.
🏳️🌈 Opinions are my own.
Now 1-16. Woof.
Neither is going 1-10 on 3-pt attempts. 👎🏻
June 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Now 1-16. Woof.
Please someone move the ESPN mic away from this shrieking woman. I am begging you.
June 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Please someone move the ESPN mic away from this shrieking woman. I am begging you.
This has been a really frustrating game to watch. 😮💨
June 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This has been a really frustrating game to watch. 😮💨
Stephen A. Smith's energy is like.... really intense. 😳
June 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Stephen A. Smith's energy is like.... really intense. 😳
Tried ChatGPT for some exploratory literature review. I've admittedly found it incredibly good at synthesizing and explaining topics. But when I asked it for the top publications, it listed one by a well-known scientist. Except the title was made up. And the DOI was to a totally different paper...
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Tried ChatGPT for some exploratory literature review. I've admittedly found it incredibly good at synthesizing and explaining topics. But when I asked it for the top publications, it listed one by a well-known scientist. Except the title was made up. And the DOI was to a totally different paper...
The doldrums have officially arrived.
June 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The doldrums have officially arrived.
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Lets see how the average summer cloudiness has changed over the last 50 years. ☀️☁️
June 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Lets see how the average summer cloudiness has changed over the last 50 years. ☀️☁️
Happy Pride. 😐
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth will no longer be in operation starting July 17, according to a statement from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Trump administration to end 988 suicide prevention specialized service for LGBTQ+ youth in July | CNN
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth will no longer be in operation starting July 17, according to a statement from the US Department of Health and Human Services’...
www.cnn.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Happy Pride. 😐
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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June 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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MiniCOW up scanning a hail-producing (and tornado-producing) storm near Arnett, OK as part of @nsficechip.bsky.social IOP19!
Can watch in real-time (COW2)
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Can watch in real-time (COW2)
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June 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
MiniCOW up scanning a hail-producing (and tornado-producing) storm near Arnett, OK as part of @nsficechip.bsky.social IOP19!
Can watch in real-time (COW2)
svr.guru/data.php?id=...
Can watch in real-time (COW2)
svr.guru/data.php?id=...
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Single shot 70mm from yesterday. Ghostly. Etherial. And a photo I'll probably never be able to top!
Dickens, Nebraska. 6/16/25
Dickens, Nebraska. 6/16/25
June 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Single shot 70mm from yesterday. Ghostly. Etherial. And a photo I'll probably never be able to top!
Dickens, Nebraska. 6/16/25
Dickens, Nebraska. 6/16/25
101 mph! 😬
Massive shelf cloud moving over Wichita, Kansas early this morning as a measured 101 mph gust hit KICT airport. #kswx #wxsky #severeweather
June 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
101 mph! 😬
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Jalen Williams and SGA join LeBron and Kyrie as the only teammates since 1980 to finish a Finals game with 40+ points for one and 30+ points for the other
June 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Jalen Williams and SGA join LeBron and Kyrie as the only teammates since 1980 to finish a Finals game with 40+ points for one and 30+ points for the other
What do we think the number of dB is in Loud City right now? 🙉😁
June 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
What do we think the number of dB is in Loud City right now? 🙉😁
Stressing eating popcorn through this third quarter. 😬
June 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Stressing eating popcorn through this third quarter. 😬
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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.
I probably wasn't paying proper attention to the forecast, but I was not anticipating strong thunderstorms constantly from midnight through 7AM (plus tornado warnings yesterday evening?).
I am 😴😩😒 this morning.
I am 😴😩😒 this morning.
June 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I probably wasn't paying proper attention to the forecast, but I was not anticipating strong thunderstorms constantly from midnight through 7AM (plus tornado warnings yesterday evening?).
I am 😴😩😒 this morning.
I am 😴😩😒 this morning.
Happy NSSL Picnic Day? 😩
June 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Happy NSSL Picnic Day? 😩
That crowd in Indy looks and sounds pisssssed. 😬🫣
June 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
That crowd in Indy looks and sounds pisssssed. 😬🫣
Pacers are infuriatingly good at making these three pointers. 😩
June 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Pacers are infuriatingly good at making these three pointers. 😩
I'm sorry, but this ESPN commentary is insanely vapid and trite.
"It's gonna come down to both teams' offense, but also their defense" is insight on par with "the election's going to be determined by who turns out to vote."
"It's gonna come down to both teams' offense, but also their defense" is insight on par with "the election's going to be determined by who turns out to vote."
June 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I'm sorry, but this ESPN commentary is insanely vapid and trite.
"It's gonna come down to both teams' offense, but also their defense" is insight on par with "the election's going to be determined by who turns out to vote."
"It's gonna come down to both teams' offense, but also their defense" is insight on par with "the election's going to be determined by who turns out to vote."
The Senate version of the BBB now increases new federal employees' pension contribution from 4.4% (was just 0.8% pre-2013) to 14.4% (!!!), OR "only" 9.4% if they agree to be at-will employees who can be fired at any time without cause. That'll be sure to attract the best folks to federal service. 😐
Senate Adds Cuts To Federal Employees' Benefits In The "One Big Beautiful Bill" | FedSmith.com
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has released legislative text that would make significant cuts to federal employees' benefits.
www.fedsmith.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The Senate version of the BBB now increases new federal employees' pension contribution from 4.4% (was just 0.8% pre-2013) to 14.4% (!!!), OR "only" 9.4% if they agree to be at-will employees who can be fired at any time without cause. That'll be sure to attract the best folks to federal service. 😐