Elsie the Fall Weather Fox
@weatherfox64.bsky.social
Cartoonist, meteorologist, scotch enthusiast, and model railroader. I work on NOAA weather satellite products 🛰️ Plymouth State Meteorology BS 2010 and MS 2015. Frequently posts grilling and cooking shenanigans. She/her 🏳️⚧️ https://mccalloncallcomic.com
My fellow Marylanders, our time is now.
The Pines@thepines.bsky.social · 3h agoSo apparently Venice is being overrun by blue crabs but it's not part of traditional Venetian cuisine so no one wants to eat or use them which is fucked up because blue crab is absolutely delicious! Huge missed opportunity here people of Venice! youtu.be/QrZvHLUTUiM?...
It's August in the DMV. So, no surprise! -- we're looking at a mini heat wave the next few days swampy humidity and late-day storm chances. How how, how humid, and which days have a better storm chance than others? See link for details...
Mini heat wave the next few days with late-day storm chances
With the higher heat, juiced atmosphere, and a strengthening jet stream, a few storms the next few days have some potential for isolated flooding and damaging wind.
capitalweather.com
Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities confirmed on sun thru observation of solar surface for first time. Always neat to see learn about stuff in the wild that I initially learned about in a nuclear weapons context (KHI). Also, a good chunk of weapons physicists were astrophysicists.
Unprecedented images may explain one of greatest mysteries of the sun
Highest-ever resolution pictures of our star could help show why its corona is millions of degrees hotter than its surface
theguardian.com
Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment
Micah@rincewind.run · yesterdayDiscworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic
this is truly motivating me to use inshallah even more than I already do after all it’s the faster and more fun way to say “if the good lord’s willing and the creek don’t rise,” speaking as someone with Southern roots.
✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 6h agostarting my compilation/collage of right wing white dipshits losing their shit over the word “inshallah”
1. Smoking is not literally everywhere. 2. We're well on our way to fixing the ozone layer. 3. Solar power and wind power are more than viable. 4. LGBTQ+ marriage is legal. 5. Sodomy laws are unconstitutional. 6. Trans people can openly receive mainline care.
IDtheMIKE is probably running@idthemike.xyz · 19h agoIf you can't instantly recognize 20 consequential things that are better today than 40 years ago you are a fucking child.
as someone who has owned both kinds of shoes, this is 100% true can confirm
Aaron Ross Powell@aaronrosspowell.com · 8h agoThe important thing to know about boots is that Dr. Martens was bought by a private equity firm a while back, the boots are now garbage in terms of construction quality, but Solovair set up to make similar boots on the old equipment in the old factory and their versions are much better quality.
Man, today was one of those days where the gender hit just right and I could not help smiling all day, especially after walking by a mirror. The selfie I took does not do it justice, but I felt super confident today!
![Comic. [Small maze on a table. A person in a labcoat holds a mouse above it. Another person with shoulder-length hair, also in a labcoat, stands next to him behind a podium.] [caption] Research breakthrough: After over a century of trials, scientists have finally found a mouse that can solve the maze.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreih36uh4b6ksbmu22stjai7sl7ao6ivaqckavvdl7eiajfvpzdedsq)
Feeling a bit melancholy today. Tell me about your favorite rock. Can be your favorite rock type, rock formation, or even a very specific hunk of rock. I will also accept minerals. Photos welcome.
…I might really need to play X4. This basically describes the last Star Wars TTRPG I played in, going from a lone ship to a rising power.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · yesterdayThink I've about hit the end of a run through X4: Foundations and I'm struck by two things: 1) there needs to be a genre descriptor grouping X4 and Bannerlord because they speak to similar fantasies and 2) the first person perspective makes for some remarkable screenshots.
Liz. Break your new heels in *before* wearing them to work. We’ve been over this.
Hey, you ever heard me (constantly) going on about Babylon 5? It's starting to air, in its entirety, on YouTube.
Midnight on the Firing Line | S1 E1 | Babylon 5
YouTube video by Babylon 5
youtube.com
Nome@nome.bsky.social · last yr.Broke: Star Trek says humans will abandon all religion in the future. Woke: Dune says religion will continue to be both a source of strength and a tool of control for oppressed peoples. Bespoke: Babylon 5 says we'll get MORE religions, and Jews will have to sort out what alien foods are kosher.
Remembering that time at Lowe’s myself and a coworker randomly burst out singing “Cheeseburger in Paradise” at the Customer Service Desk, much to the bewilderment of one of our favorite Assistant Managers. Good times.
It felt so nice out this morning, for sure.
Capital Weather@capitalweather.com · 2d agoEnjoy today's break while it lasts. ☀️ Humidity eases today and highs stay in the mid-80s before steamy air and daily chances for showers and storms return Wednesday and continue into the weekend. See our latest forecast at capitalweather.com & our mobile app Photo by Brian Paeth
Been aiming to do a little art every day, my mini square sketchbook is perfect for this 🩵
Ren 🌺 🎵@rentradewind.noodlebowl.org · 2d agoDragonfly 🐉 #art
i am begging you — including some of you who follow me that i'm seeing in the OP QTs — to actually read what senate democrats are getting out of this and to stop and think for, like, at least 90 seconds, about what *else* you think a minority party *in both chambers* can squeeze out of the majority
GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 3d agostripping OMB of the ability to dole out grants is an enormous win, this nukes the SAVE act, it prohibits further ICE bailouts, adding a "no, really, trump can't break already on-the-books laws regarding elections the federal government doesn't run" clause would be both unnecessary and unproductive
Tired: everything went off the rails after Trump was elected Wired: everything went off the rails when the cubs won the World Series Wired: everything went off the rails after game of thrones Inspired: everything went off the rails when history channel stopped making WWII documentaries
Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social · 3d agoRemember when the history channel was peak?
Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms
Micah@rincewind.run · 4d agoDiscworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
GOOD NEWS! A new cancer treatment has demonstrated unprecedented results in a large trial for cancer patients whose disease has become resistant to chemotherapy AND immunotherapy. Tumors shrank in OVER a third of participants, with 15 patients experiencing COMPLETE eradication of their tumors.
Discworld QOTD, from Lords and Ladies "Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bu- was like putting something very annoying in front of someone who was annoyed by it."
Micah@rincewind.run · 6d agoDiscworld QOTD, from The Last Continent
