@mattlanza
I am the trick my mother played on the world. Xennial Meteorologist in Houston. Forecasts: theeyewall.com & spacecityweather.com. Thoughts: mattlanza.substack.com I like books, history, sports cards, baseball, Rutgers, #BHAFC. Opinions my own.
I still lurk “over there” and the prevalence of these fools replying to anything with “At Grok…what dos this mean?” shows such a lack of understanding of LLMs and more broadly a lack of critical thinking. The real danger of LLMs is rendering unfamiliar people incapacitated when they need to think.
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Saturday’s forecast in Houston has perplexity to it: When and where storms will occur? Storm chances increase Saturday evening and overnight with hail is possible in a couple of the strongest storms. Sunday could see locally strong storms with heavy downpours.
#houwx
I love amber alerts in Texas because they’re all like “beware of this car that was last spotted 798 miles away from you” and that’s never appearing before me but I’ll still hold the watch.
Many of you have probably heard of the absurd plan to build "the wall" through Big Bend National Park. Well, the same day Gnome was fired, the wall plan seems to have been shelved too.
ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/customs-an...
Susie Wiles is telling Trump’s advisers to come up with ideas to lower gas prices in the wake of the U.S. attack on Iran. Advisers are “getting screamed at to find some good news” on bringing down prices, one energy industry exec told us.
Kristi Noe-mo.
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in northwest Louisiana this morning.
I’m sorry, what?
The psychological instinct to turn toward instant outrage to anything you see posted on social media is wild. And I mean, I think we’ve all been guilty of that at one time or another.
Yep, this is good. I made many of the same points here Mon night and yesterday morning before muting my thread in disgust over the responses.
Way too many people will believe anything that fits into their view of things these days.
Today the site is highlighting their virality.
They're good jokes, Cerah.
"I've asked God to forgive me, which he has" is....wow. That's a statement right there.
Twice today…twice! I encountered drivers stopped in the middle of the road because they were doing something on their phones. I am pro-draconian driving/cell phone laws. Not sorry.
One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.
Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...
You mean the guy that built a literal castle!? Unpossible!
World War II vet and D Day/Bulge veteran who became a successful tailor in Philadelphia. My maternal grandpa’s career is a bit of a mystery. I just know he passed away before I was born.
I have a pit in my stomach thinking through the many ways in which this goes very, very wrong.
What’s insane to me is that the 18th district is having a fourth election since November. For the same seat.
Breaking news: Senate Commerce & Science committee approved Weather Act Reauthorization bill this morning, sending bill to full Senate that would legislatively push back against OMB efforts to drastically cut and reorganize a number of NOAA weather science programs. tinyurl.com/yay8pevv
when Mamdani, Spanberger, and Sherrill all won, a lot was written about how they were very different but were great for their specific electorate. I don’t understand why that wasn’t extended to Talarico. being a man of faith in Texas is…fine? good even? he’s gonna have to peel off moderates!
Love your first point too. He can absolutely win in Texas. May even be better than Beto. The religiosity will peel some voters off, especially if Paxton somehow wins. They’re both good candidates but to win *Texas* in 2026 I think he’s gonna appeal to a broader coalition.
How much more money does defense need? Sounds like they need an audit.
This state does whatever they can to make it difficult for regular people to vote, let alone those who have circumstances making it tough on them.
This never goes wrong.
👀 new storm events database site at @noaa.gov , and it's not terrible!
Go check out the beta site and break it!
www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/storm...
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
