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Jeremy Gibbs

@gibbs.science

Physical scientist at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory. Ph.D., meteorology. I use math and computers to study the atmospheric boundary layer, storms, and stuff.

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lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2d ago

i'm a subscriber to the verge but i think the written excerpt posted here is a little unfair here. "we have an open protocol we want anyone to be able to build on" isn't really the same as saying "we want nazis on here". most of his response is actually about their work on live events like sports

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2d ago

this is an interesting interview and if i were clipping it for social media i would have excerpted "We're still a place where we don't downrank links. We love sending traffic to people. We send two million clicks a day to publishers" rather than the part that'll just piss people off lol

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs.science · 3d ago

I wish everyone attending the AMS Madison Summit a wonderful week! Unfortunately, I am not going this year. Legal said, "please, just stay home" and "we can't afford another incident", after the state complained when I posted that Wisconsin cheese is as overrated as the Packers' modern legacy.

Anat Belasen, PhD@anatlovesfrogs.bsky.social · 6d ago

My dad (the OG Dr. Belasen) has been named a Distinguished Professor! He moved to the US to get his PhD (which he earned the same year I was born), and has written TEN books in his non-native language of English. So proud of him ❤️ news.sunyempire.edu/empire-state...

Empire State University’s Alan Belasen Named a SUNY Distinguished Professor

When Professor Alan Belasen first began teaching at Empire State University in 1994, it marked a "significant milestone" in his career, he says.

news.sunyempire.edu

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs.science · 2w ago

I told leadership that I was willing to strap on some instruments and let them drop me from a plane to help gather data, but they said NOAA would stick with dropsondes (although, they did leave open the idea of dropping me from a plane without instruments; parachute usage unclear).

NSF NCAR & UCAR@ncar-ucar.bsky.social · 2w ago

Sixty years ago this summer, we tested the dropsonde for the first time! We’ve made massive improvements over the years to enhance dropsonde tech, which helps protect communities and further improve hurricane forecasting.

Dropsonde falling from sky.
Chinook@skookum-chinook.bsky.social · 2w ago

My prize map. A 1962 revision of a 1949 map of wx services by the weather bureau. This was at an interesting time for meteorology with the advent of radar, satellite, and modeling. Long before the modern nws, the bureau would be absorbed into ESSA in 1965 and within NOAA in 1970.

Inset of map indicating the maker of the map "w.b. map"Legend to the meteorological services of the US mapTitle of map "Us department of commerce weather bureau Meteorological services Observing and forecasting In the United States Except Alaska and Hawaii"Faded political map of Continental us showing weather bureau facilities
Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs.science · 2w ago

Under an obscure provision in the NSSL charter* that grants us emergency powers when things get wild, I am issuing a Particularly Dog-day Summer (PDS) Absolutely Not Warning for all of Oklahoma. *I wrote the charter, but it's just a note on a napkin.

Map of Oklahoma, colored in deep red, showing the current (3 p.m. local time) air temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. Most values exceed 100.Map of Oklahoma, colored in reds and pinks, showing the current (3p.m. local time) heat index in degrees Fahrenheit. Most values exceed 100 and go as high as 117.
John Gruber@gruber.foo · 4w ago

What gave Tim Cook's privacy letter heft in 2014 wasn't just the clarity of its plain language, but the fact that you didn't have to take his word for it that the ads Apple showed you respected your privacy, because Apple didn't show you ads in 2014. daringfireball.net/2026/07/te...

John Ternus Should Reverse Apple’s Slide Down the Advertising Slippery Slope

What gave Tim Cook’s privacy letter heft in 2014 wasn’t just the clarity of its plain language, but the fact that you didn’t have to take his word for it that the ads Apple showed you respected your privacy, because Apple didn’t show you ads in 2014.

daringfireball.net

Kelton Halbert@stormscale.io · 4w ago

Heimdall has been quiet on the dev front, but I've been working on some underlying architectural improvements. They're ready to see the light of day, and will enable more cool functionality to come! As a result, significant perf improvements. heimdall.stormscale.io 1/?

Kelton Halbert@stormscale.io · 4mo ago

I'd like to introduce you all to a personal project I've been working on recently. It's called Heimdall, and it's an MRMS + ProbSevere situational awareness monitor for CONUS scale severe weather. It's got roaming, alerts, archive mode, and is fully client side. heimdall.stormscale.io

Jeremy Gibbs@gibbs.science · 4w ago

People have already tampered with weather stations for financial gain. www.kpbs.org/news/science...

French police probe suspected weather device tampering after odd Polymarket bet

The incident is the latest eyebrow-raising bet on Polymarket, as allegations of rigging and manipulation continue to haunt the popular prediction market site.

kpbs.org

El Coopitan@onaircoop.bsky.social · last mo.

A startup called Wyldfyre is building a prediction market where people can bet on California wildfires in real time. The US Forest Service: "Systems that tie financial gain to wildfire outcomes risk encouraging misuse, including arson." futurism.com/future-socie... futurism.com/future-socie...