Frustrating as their reception to the Sanders campaigns of 2016-20 was, I could never quite get to: "the Democratic establishment genuinely prefers GOP wins over one unabashed progressive sneaking into office." Now, I just don't know. Stevens was pushed hard by Schumer, Whitmer, etc.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.

Breaking news: Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Michigan) endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed, who became the Democratic nominee after beating Stevens in the primary. “I’m still a very proud Democrat,” Stevens said.

> Total 60-day precip 10x at Black Mesa vs. OKC > 24-h precip at Black Mesa exceeds 60-day total at OKC > Total 120-day precip greater at Black Mesa than OKC Summer or winter, Nino or Nina, I'll go out on a limb and say these aren't common in the historical record.

The prefrontal downslope torch strikes again. I think today's 110 F (so far) impresses me more than any day in 2011-12 -- it was mostly cloudy all morning, and "only" 95 F at lunchtime.

@brettjrob.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A well timed cold front often seems to be the key to breaking summertime MaxT records in C OK. Pretty sure we had one hanging around just north for OKC's 113 F in 2012. One notable difference: ~50 F dews in 2012 vs. 65-70 F every day this week. 😬

Not half bad for what originally looked like another sunny and 102 F afternoon. Stack of 5 frames over ~5 minutes. #okwx

Gemini explaining to me quite eloquently and concisely how Gemini is ruining basic voice control on Android. The future blows. #enshittification

A well timed cold front often seems to be the key to breaking summertime MaxT records in C OK. Pretty sure we had one hanging around just north for OKC's 113 F in 2012. One notable difference: ~50 F dews in 2012 vs. 65-70 F every day this week. 😬

Convectively better times on the Plains a year ago near Burwell, NE

A year ago near Nara Visa, NM. On by far the least impressive setup of a 4-5 day stretch, as is tradition.

Ten years ago this evening was the high point of a 4-day streak I'll never top. These are May 22, 23, 24, and 25, one per day. May 2016 was enchanted. It also used up all my good fortune for the subsequent 5 or so years!

The little LP that couldn't. Randlett, OK this evening.

I voted for Trump because Kamala Harris campaigned with the neocon Liz Cheney. Here’s why I support the war in Iran.

#okwx

Can't stop thinking about how: 1. Trump won the 2016 primary pretending to disown neocons/Iraq 2. The right has come around on Bush's WMDs as a deliberate lie 3. Most are cheerleading what happened last night 4. Venez. is a negligible source of US drugs I mean, I just cannot with this timeline.

Devin Pitts@devinwxchase.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Gen Z gets to have their own Iraq war now, but dumber.

So odd to talk this way 10 long years into dystopia. Is it just for easy in-tribe kudos or what? The top comments on fauxnewsdotcom are calling for his execution with thousands of upvotes. "I like pilots that weren't captured" was 2015. "Honor & duty" are about as culturally jarring now as disco.

Tom Hearden@followtheh.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Imagine picking fights about duty and honor with this man. They’re so fucking stupid.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

@brettjrob.bsky.social · last yr.

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/

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.

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.

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.

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/

Jeff Frame@vortexjeff.bsky.social · last yr.

Replacing the NAM and HREF with the RRFS in early 2026 is a really bad idea IMHO. The RRFS does not handle low-level cold air masses nearly as well as the NAM and a couple other HREF members, although they can be too aggressive with low-level cold air.