Seeing a lot of folks complaining about the ads shown during the superbowl game thingie. Wonder how many of the ads were AI-influenced (from writing to production)? No way to know, I guess, but I do wonder. 🤔 (No way for me to watch, just wondering.)

Torgo predictably displeases the Master by spilling poutine all over the harem....Poor guy can't catch a break! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEOY...

A Super Sunday fact… There's a small but real chance that a flipped coin will land on its edge. But sixty @SuperBowls is not enough to reveal it.

WTH did I just watch...LOL!

Hey, Midwest folks, check this out:

Two reminders: 1. Don't reorganize other people's stuff (digital or otherwise). 2. Always make sure everything digital is backed up (multiple times a year, in multiple locations, and ESPECIALLY before being / being married to an idiot like this guy).

Forgot to post this heads-up message this week, but now's a good time, too: We are now officially within a week of this year's @kvsc881fm.bsky.social #TriviaWeekend. Beginning next Friday evening, you can expect a LOT of random trivia-related posts and memes from me. You've been alerted. 😘👍

another year of us not running a super bowl ad

Tired: Freaking out over today's big football game Wired: Honoring the SuperBowel by scheduling a colonoscopy. (For yourself or someone you love.) 👍

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This whole thread...😅👍

Had a hilarious time with the ballooning class students this afternoon...Got to tell them tales of ditto machines and how, basically, the use of them in an unventilated classroom was almost assuredly a choice by our teachers to calm us down and make us "happy" while completing our worksheets. 😂👍

Ferbruary #oldknees

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 😩💔

February 1st, 2003: Seven astronauts died when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas just 16 minutes before it was scheduled to land in Florida.

We have a perfect Rectangular February coming up, first time we’ve had one since 2015 Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world

As a heads-up, next year's AMS is in Denver from 10-14 January 2027. So, y'know, sorry for the insane weather that's gonna happen that week. 😬 Great lead time, though, so prepare now, I guess?

Gonna be real hard to leave 50F-65F temps tomorrow afternoon knowing I'm heading back to...checks NWS forecast for next few days...highs in the single digits above zero and lows hovering near ten degrees below zero...😩🥶

Sorry, but that last-minute town hall wasn't...what's the word...inspiring. Just one woman's opinion, of course. 🤷‍♀️

Latest update on the dangerously cold temperatures impacting the eastern U.S. through this weekend.

Students:

There are just a few weeks left to sign up for my Center for Wildlife Studies "biology and ecology of sharks" online course, which you can take for transfer credit or just to learn something. There's an optional 3-day field research experience in additon to the online lectures and assignments!

Shameless plug: I expect to host a grad student through NOAA’s Lapenta program this summer to evaluate global or near-global storm-scale MPAS forecasts. Contact me for more details! And I’ll be speaking today at 4:30p CT in Rm. 362C on our regional model development efforts with MPAS! #ams2026

Some shocking lightning stats being shared by @coweatherman.bsky.social at #AMS2026. Context: How can we best keep people as safe as possible at the World Cup? Of course, he also shared insights to that, too. Great job!

Use the anger you’re feeling now to get caught up and keep fighting it.

Cool-cool. Cool, cool, cool.

It has been -23F for the past six hours. Guuuh.

It's that time of year again. That magical time when I look around and say, "Why the hell do I live here, again?" (It's rhetorical...it's for the students. But, still...)

No, but you can turn it upside down overnight. Or, at least, stand it on it's end, however briefly. 😏 (I am a terrible human; this is an established fact.)

Students (especially because this very topic was raised during wx disco yesterday):

Let 'em hear ya! (Also, so glad that @nws.noaa.gov is on here!)

Good morning! Here are the newest Key Messages posted this morning.

Freezing rain also doesn’t accumulate on branches and power lines to the values seen in the models. It accumulates at roughly 39% the value of flat ice, so for quick math divide all of those by 3. Yes: major ice storm coming, 0.5-1” ice, power outages. No: Widespread 2-3” of ice.

'Bout time. I support the bovine uprising. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPhW...

The latest on the major winter storm and extreme cold expected later this week.

Confidence is increasing for a #WinterStorm to affect the central and eastern United States by the weekend.

I have no idea what a doink is, but I'm happy to see the word on the timeline. 👍

Man, this aurora is out of control, apparently.

This

Hey Minnesota. A geomagnetic storm brings a chance of northern lights tonight. Subzero wind chills though so maybe look out the window first? #mnwx

I'm teaching a "Severe and Hazardous Weather" class this semester and, man, Nature is helping it out a LOT with cases. We'll be covering both geomagnetic storms AND ice storms this term! Thanks, Atmosphere! 😅👍

There are increasing chances for snow and ice from the southern Plains to the Mid-Atlantic late this week and into the weekend. There is still plenty of uncertainty in the forecast, which will evolve in the coming days, so stay up to date on the latest at weather.gov.

Perhaps the question is not whether cows can use tools, but why it took us so long to notice. Maybe because we continue to underestimate the minds of the animals we eat. Veronika is here to remind us of our biases

Angry Sun = pretty skies! If you're in a position to do so, it's worth looking for some aurorae with this one!

Huge, Earth-directed coronal mass ejection now en route. Geomagnetic Storm Watch (G4-level) in effect. "Watches at this level are very rare," says NOAA. Could be substantial aurora displays on Mon night 1/19-1/20, even as far south as NoCal > Alabama. www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-seve...

I cannot stress enough how dangerous it is to impede viral load suppression. This will have catastrophic consequences for so many people.

Students:

Finally, some good news: