John Speidel
@johns-wx.bsky.social
Third-year meteorology student and retired software engineer.
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Ok, this is nuts. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Do you see it?
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December 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Ok, this is nuts. Once you see it you cannot unsee it. Do you see it?
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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The Nashville radar is down. But, the good people who serve you every day at the NWS finally received the 130lb palette with the part on it. Their two techs are now lugging that part to the top of the radar tower to try and get the radar operational before SVR arrives. All while not being paid.
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Nashville radar is down. But, the good people who serve you every day at the NWS finally received the 130lb palette with the part on it. Their two techs are now lugging that part to the top of the radar tower to try and get the radar operational before SVR arrives. All while not being paid.
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Holy shit look at this
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Holy shit look at this
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), photographed by Chuck Ayoub on 30 October 2025.
The comet made its closest approach to Earth (90 million km) on October 2025.
Source: Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1 on Twitter), h/t @p-s-v.bsky.social
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A lot of jaw-dropping satellite loops of Melissa the past day or two, but this one might take top prize. If Dakota hadn't posted this, I might have called AI shenanigans. Surreal.
Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A lot of jaw-dropping satellite loops of Melissa the past day or two, but this one might take top prize. If Dakota hadn't posted this, I might have called AI shenanigans. Surreal.
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I was worried for my crew mates when I saw them circling in the eye for over 20 mins. Looks like the very rough ride was confirmed. Plane had to leave early. They reported svr turb and a "sawtooth" eye. Looks like they moved 600-700ft up & down during this stretch in ~1 min.
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I was worried for my crew mates when I saw them circling in the eye for over 20 mins. Looks like the very rough ride was confirmed. Plane had to leave early. They reported svr turb and a "sawtooth" eye. Looks like they moved 600-700ft up & down during this stretch in ~1 min.
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
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#Melissa has struggled w/ wind shear today & the vortex remains very tilted
It's common for weak TCs like #Melissa to struggle in the Central Caribbean, an area of the Atlantic known as the Caribbean "Graveyard"
Here's a mini-🧵 on what the Caribbean "Graveyard" is & why it matters here:
It's common for weak TCs like #Melissa to struggle in the Central Caribbean, an area of the Atlantic known as the Caribbean "Graveyard"
Here's a mini-🧵 on what the Caribbean "Graveyard" is & why it matters here:
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Just one big propaganda machine
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Just one big propaganda machine
Wow! The two lows sitting off the east coast of the US are absolutely stunning. Can you spot the fronts? See alt-text for locations of fronts.
October 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wow! The two lows sitting off the east coast of the US are absolutely stunning. Can you spot the fronts? See alt-text for locations of fronts.
🧵1/2 Was really excited to play #Borderlands 4 yesterday @borderlands.2k.com, but after around 30 minutes I had a headache and felt car sick. What the hell is up with the really zoomed in fov, motion blur and NO FOV SLIDER on console?! I actually had to stop playing.
September 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🧵1/2 Was really excited to play #Borderlands 4 yesterday @borderlands.2k.com, but after around 30 minutes I had a headache and felt car sick. What the hell is up with the really zoomed in fov, motion blur and NO FOV SLIDER on console?! I actually had to stop playing.
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Whoa.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
July 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Whoa.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.
With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.
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An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
June 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem: “@ICEgov will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Which laws, the same ones applied to the individuals who assaulted the brave Capital Police officers on Jan. 6?
Which laws, the same ones applied to the individuals who assaulted the brave Capital Police officers on Jan. 6?
June 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem: “@ICEgov will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
Which laws, the same ones applied to the individuals who assaulted the brave Capital Police officers on Jan. 6?
Which laws, the same ones applied to the individuals who assaulted the brave Capital Police officers on Jan. 6?
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As we enter hurricane season over the weekend, here's how Elon Musk has left the National Weather Service in key cities (h/t @jeffmasters.bsky.social)
May 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As we enter hurricane season over the weekend, here's how Elon Musk has left the National Weather Service in key cities (h/t @jeffmasters.bsky.social)
Some awesome pileus clouds today in Florida.
May 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Some awesome pileus clouds today in Florida.
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The simple explanation for all this insanity is that Trump and his friends are rigging the market to make themselves rich. They're putting the global economy on thin ice and tanking your 401k to do it, but someone with inside info is getting very, very rich from it.
Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those calls are up 2100% in one hour.
April 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The simple explanation for all this insanity is that Trump and his friends are rigging the market to make themselves rich. They're putting the global economy on thin ice and tanking your 401k to do it, but someone with inside info is getting very, very rich from it.
When looking at SPC outlooks I am always downloading the KML file when I try to go to the next days outlook. Is it just me and my apparently fat fingers or do others do this also?
April 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
When looking at SPC outlooks I am always downloading the KML file when I try to go to the next days outlook. Is it just me and my apparently fat fingers or do others do this also?
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The NWS office in Paducah, which has to handle some of the most frequent and impactful weather in America and was nearly taken out by a tornado tonight ahead of a catastrophic flood event has to use a parking lot porta potty because they can’t fix plumbing due to the govt funding freeze.
Potentially tornadic storm moving right over the Paducah KY radar and NWS office. Hoping it’s not producing. Folks, the staff there deserve all the love regardless. They have worked multiple tornado events this spring already and their office doesn’t even have functioning toilets!
April 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The NWS office in Paducah, which has to handle some of the most frequent and impactful weather in America and was nearly taken out by a tornado tonight ahead of a catastrophic flood event has to use a parking lot porta potty because they can’t fix plumbing due to the govt funding freeze.
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To go along with our piece today, we published an extensive list of folks associated with DOGE. It builds off and adds to the strong work that Wired, WaPo, ProPublica and other pubs have been doing.
The public has a right to know who is dismantling the government.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The public has a right to know who is dismantling the government.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Who Is in DOGE? Tracking Its Staffers and Allies in the Federal Government
The Times identified 49 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
To go along with our piece today, we published an extensive list of folks associated with DOGE. It builds off and adds to the strong work that Wired, WaPo, ProPublica and other pubs have been doing.
The public has a right to know who is dismantling the government.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The public has a right to know who is dismantling the government.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
For Christmas, here is a tree full of parrots for you.
December 25, 2024 at 8:16 PM
For Christmas, here is a tree full of parrots for you.
Let us eat cake!
Eating too much cake is the sin of gluttony. However, eating too much pie is okay because the sin of pi is always zero.
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November 28, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Let us eat cake!
Yup. I'm a real person, I just don't post much at the moment.
November 12, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Yup. I'm a real person, I just don't post much at the moment.