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Kevin Manross

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“Radically OK” — Meteorologist / Software Eng. w/ CIRA/NOAA GSL; Formerly NSSL, NCAR; SvrWx & Photog Enthusiast. Boomer!

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This conversation encapsulates the challenge we encountered with the “Probability of What” work @hebrooks87.bsky.social and others did about a decade ago. 🎯

06.03.2026 22:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Google data center water estimates go public, residents in Roanoke and Botetourt react A proposed Google data center campus in Botetourt County could use between 2 million and 8 million gallons of drinking water per day, according to an executed agreement between the developer and the W...

one google data center in virginia

two million gallons of water per day

information only released under court order & risk of contempt

05.03.2026 22:13 👍 1061 🔁 713 💬 15 📌 84
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a group of men in suits and ties are sitting around a table having a meeting . ALT: a group of men in suits and ties are sitting around a table having a meeting .

THAT’S where I’ve seen his face before!

06.03.2026 15:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Before you share that story about how troops were told the Iran War is for "Armageddon," read this The narrative is dramatic. The sourcing is thin. And skepticism matters, especially on something this serious.

Came across this and it provided some interesting context

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/before-you...

05.03.2026 02:15 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 4
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a woman wearing a leopard print hat smiles in front of a sign that says samesies ALT: a woman wearing a leopard print hat smiles in front of a sign that says samesies
04.03.2026 03:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Caught the tail end of the rain shower that passed through and clearing skies afterwards. #cowx #timelepse #clouds

03.03.2026 19:50 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

(I suspected that)

03.03.2026 19:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pretty sure it’s MetPy?

03.03.2026 18:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Upslopey day along the Flatirons. #cowx #timelapse #clouds

03.03.2026 17:38 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Despite the Trump administration’s unlawful attempts to block Members of Congress from conducting oversight, a federal court just affirmed in Neguse et al. v. ICE et al. — ONCE AGAIN — our clear right to conduct unannounced oversight visits.

We will keep fighting to ensure the rule of law prevails.

02.03.2026 18:54 👍 337 🔁 113 💬 14 📌 6
Local time of lunar eclipse for Denver, CO

Local time of lunar eclipse for Denver, CO

Hopefully the clouds pan out because my 13 month old usually has me up around this time. 🫩

02.03.2026 19:18 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Do you have to identify damage indicators first so you can assess the EF rating for the ongoing tornado and the appropriate response?

02.03.2026 17:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It looks like they’re setting up for a quality storyline.

02.03.2026 04:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

28.02.2026 12:03 👍 741 🔁 199 💬 9 📌 4
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White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers.

The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

27.02.2026 16:06 👍 1052 🔁 711 💬 21 📌 75

Going on 2 hours with my oldest just flopping around in bed. Can’t just walk out and let him cry it out because he’ll wake up his younger brother. Upcoming solution is to pull him out of bed and make him watch MST3K with me until he passes out.

27.02.2026 04:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This explains so. Many. Things. 🪦

26.02.2026 15:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Stacked lenticular clouds NE of Boulder, CO on 24 February 2026

Stacked lenticular clouds NE of Boulder, CO on 24 February 2026

Stacking some plates today along the Front Range. #cowx #clouds

24.02.2026 20:13 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Claude is coming for @stormscale.io BUFR decoder next. 😉

23.02.2026 21:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

"The actionable advice here is straightforward: people with political influence and platforms need to work to make the threat to democracy more legible to more people"

23.02.2026 16:14 👍 170 🔁 81 💬 7 📌 0
Kent Brockman of the Simpsons announcing that the NWS has upgraded Springfield’s blizzard from “winter wonderland” to “Class 3 Kill-Storm”

Kent Brockman of the Simpsons announcing that the NWS has upgraded Springfield’s blizzard from “winter wonderland” to “Class 3 Kill-Storm”

Checked in on my cousin in Rhode Island and he says as of this morning it was a high end Class 1 / low end Class 2

23.02.2026 15:52 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Having been indoctrinated with Heinz on my eggs since I could chew food, I politely disagree. (Though my wife sides with you) 😉

22.02.2026 16:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Eager to hear about both!

22.02.2026 16:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My cousin and I spent hours (days?) on Intellivision’s B-17 Bomber. Really cool you found a working one!

22.02.2026 04:51 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The Heritage Foundation's Plan to Keep Women Uneducated, Pregnant and Subservient The Heritage Foundation published "Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years." Goodbye women's rights.

Contemporary US pronatalism, of which the Heritage Foundation is the most powerful player, is blatantly sexist and racist and fueled by Christian Nationalism.

This isn’t an exaggeration - it’s explicitly spelled out in their plan to “save America by saving the family.”

21.02.2026 14:46 👍 53 🔁 29 💬 2 📌 0

🧐

21.02.2026 00:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have little doubt this is how most decisions in the “DOGE” era came about and highlights the many, many shortcomings of using LLMs in decision making.

20.02.2026 15:40 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is also a good reminder to those of us (me!) working on warnings/comms that there are hard & sometimes confusing decisions to try and make by those impacted. I fall into the trap of trying to get things accurate, but even at its best there are so many granular decisions people need to make.

19.02.2026 22:54 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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the emperor from star wars is talking about the deflector shield being operational when your friends ALT: the emperor from star wars is talking about the deflector shield being operational when your friends
19.02.2026 18:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0