NORAD Santa tracker is Woke

I was born in April 1805 Napoleon was master of Europe Only the BRITISH FLEET stood before him Oceans were now battlefields

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. California.

Tornado Warning inside a Severe Thunderstorm Warning inside a Flash Flood Warning in LA County at the moment, if you're wondering how things are going... #CAwx #LArain

A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty: My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media. Huh? When did I say that?!

The stars are converging weirdly and Wagnerianly as 2025 winds down toward an untold future of norm-shattering. Happy holidays to all and @oliviagiovetti.bsky.social @katewagner.wehwalt.net specifically.

there was quite a bit of uncertainty in the wind forecast today, really interesting mechanics at play

common badlantic L

Some interesting weather coming up in the Bay Area...

lol outlook doesn't have a way to change a meeting owner, what?

Bari Weiss had no understanding of 230 and it will soon be painfully obvious that she has no understanding of what DMCA takedowns actually accomplish

Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.

Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit

‘It’s not a part time job.’ Oof. Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi absolutely leveled Bari Weiss at an emergency 60 Minutes staff meeting today.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

good reminder that landslide risk doesn't magically go away when the rain stops, catastrophic slides often happen days/weeks after the rain event

I don't like to use my position to officially canonize things. But I will say that not only is Face/Off a regular part of my Action Cinema syllabus, I bought the arty French posters.

All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.

People sometimes ask me what harm AltNPS is doing, and it's this. This right here. AltNPS didn't do ANYTHING for this cause, and never even mentioned it before today. @protectparks.bsky.social is who made the difference (among others), but lots of people will now believe it was AltNPS.

Concerns have been raised by local officials about NWS comms for a levee breach situation in the Seattle metro last week. What happened - and why this shows the need for more oversight and a National Disaster Safety Board. tinyurl.com/2us26ka2

Inside the federal government as Trump and DOGE pushed it past its breaking point in 2025, as told by some of the more than 1,200 federal workers @hannahnatanson.bsky.social and @merylkornfield.bsky.social have spoken to this year

keep seeing people feeding LLMs regulations and assuming it will get them right and you know what... it never does have never seen an instance where there hasn't been a major mistake, have zero faith this is a fixable problem at this point

lol. lmao. missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...

Driverless cars are malfunctioning in SF’s power outage & are blocking intersections, turn lanes, and streets all over the city right now. This is impeding buses, emergency vehicles, and other traffic. It is forcing pedestrians outside crosswalks and cars to use oncoming traffic lanes. It’s a mess.

Just an incredible amount to track with this looming Tuesday-Thursday storm in the Bay Area. All of the following on the table: - Damaging wind - Flooding rain - Massive waves - Thunderstorms - Waterspouts

the latest viral street interview thing is a comedy sketch fwiw

An important reminder that the Pacific Northwest does in fact get tornadoes! Dangerous ones!

NWS in Boulder, CO has just issued a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Red Flag Warning for extreme fire weather risk on Friday. Historically, PDS RFW issuances (including in California) have pinpointed days on which the most dangerous wildfires have occurred. #COwx

I'm in the middle of two simultaneous ops briefings, if we're at war pls text me

Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.

HEAVY RAINFALL ON WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED THREAT OF LANDSLIDES IN WESTERN WASHINGTON for 34 forecast zones in [WA] till 4:00 PM PST Link

skill issue, i can be mad about so many things at once

rain bad, train good

#BREAKING: New drone video from Pacific, WA, on Tuesday morning following a levee failure on the White River at Pacific City Park. Whole neighborhoods are underwater as water continues flowing out of the failed levee. #wawx #flood #drone

banger tabs @rusty.todayintabs.com, swirling the phrase "mormon tinted cookie juggernaut crumbl" around my head like a nice scotch

The National Weather Service in Seattle just issued a flash flood warning for portions of Kent, Renton and Tukwila along the Green River, Duwamish Waterway and Cedar River. The Green River levee has failed. If you are in a low-lying area "move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life"

i haven't seen any reporting on why it wasn't being tracked as a primary target, would be curious to learn more about that aspect of this

stacked lineup in google photos memories this morning

This entire weekend

Back in February, @papapishu.bsky.social, @davidjroth.bsky.social and I chatted about this Ricky Jay special, and the importance of preserving content before it disappears. defector.com/someone-has-...

making entry on a hazmat w/ no air monitoring sure is a choice

Premier of NSW, Chris Minns will hold a press conference about the unfolding situation at Bondi Beach, 9.30pm

jfc

later statement from BU stated that no suspect is in custody and moments ago they shared a report of shots fired nearby on governors street

I am once again reminding everyone that banning guns is hazard mitigation and is a no-brainer from an emergency management perspective that seeks to reduce risk in our communities.

gonna start a lil deployment thread to share updates... I'm currently way too early at the airport to head up to SEA I deploy in a role called Government Operations. During a Disaster Response Operation (DRO), the Red Cross establishes an ICS like organizational structure to manage our response.

lfg

deploying to WA tomorrow, should be an interesting xmas

Jesus fuck, no.

in (relatively recent) history, the 2001 theatrical re-release in 80mm at the IMAX at air and space in DC was pretty incredible caught one of the last showings when i was in town speaking at a con and i am so glad i didn't skip it