Nick Ball
nickball.bsky.social
Nick Ball
@nickball.bsky.social
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Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?

Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?

NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain.

A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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After successful donation matching yesterday today I'm going to match donaitions for St. Jude Children's Hospital

Send me your receipt and I'll send you mine 💞

RT if you can't donate to share with others

I'm matching up to $10,000!

www.stjude.org/donate/donat...
Give hope to kids with cancer
Learn more about how you can support St. Jude at https://stjude.org
www.stjude.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Meanwhile, Chamberlain, which was sold to private equity firm Blackstone in 2021"...

enshittification and “private equity ruins everything” sometimes feel a little cliché or on the nose, but you know... patterns.

www.theverge.com/tech/839294/...
Chamberlain blocks smart home integrations with its garage door openers — again
More cause for RATGDO
www.theverge.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***

It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!

➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...

(Plus other donation options in thread!)
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Justice Jackson ends her dissent with a devastating condemnation of the Court's use of the shadow docket and the horror of what's happening here:
April 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Sigh. The last thing we need to come out of this dumb election is for yet another fake election integrity story.

California isn't using Starlink to count or transmit votes.

medium.com/@dropcompute...
California isn’t using Starlink to Count Votes
Stick to the Facts
medium.com
November 11, 2024 at 1:44 AM