Kyle Thiem
@kylethiem.bsky.social
• Father, Husband, Goofball
• T&E Met @ Fire Wx Testbed
• Student of Severe & Fire Wx
• ❤️ Mother Nature & Scientific Exploration
• Cursed to care about football & politics.
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• T&E Met @ Fire Wx Testbed
• Student of Severe & Fire Wx
• ❤️ Mother Nature & Scientific Exploration
• Cursed to care about football & politics.
⛈🥾🐕🌪🚵♂️🔥🍻🔬🍑🚣🏻♂️🏈🏕🏔
📸📡📊🧗♂️🎮🌳🍽🏃♂️🍁☃️🎥🌬️🌎
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For awareness, the @nws.noaa.gov has just released a tool to visualize certain #severeweather and #wildfire threats based upon climatology, or a historical record of past events.
Link: www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/datavi...
Link: www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/datavi...
SPC Data Viewer
www.spc.noaa.gov
February 4, 2026 at 1:08 AM
For awareness, the @nws.noaa.gov has just released a tool to visualize certain #severeweather and #wildfire threats based upon climatology, or a historical record of past events.
Link: www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/datavi...
Link: www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/datavi...
Now if only the @nytimes.com can look into—or even ask about—the allegations against the POTUS.
Heard 10x more about the Kennedy Center from mainstream media than the
POTUS’s involvement of the latest release of files.
Heard 10x more about the Kennedy Center from mainstream media than the
POTUS’s involvement of the latest release of files.
Breaking News: The NFL said it would look into the New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch’s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.
N.F.L. Said It Will Look Into Steve Tisch’s Ties to Epstein
Recently released emails reveal that Jeffrey Epstein sought to connect Mr. Tisch, whose family is a part-owner of N.Y. Giants, with multiple women.
nyti.ms
February 3, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Now if only the @nytimes.com can look into—or even ask about—the allegations against the POTUS.
Heard 10x more about the Kennedy Center from mainstream media than the
POTUS’s involvement of the latest release of files.
Heard 10x more about the Kennedy Center from mainstream media than the
POTUS’s involvement of the latest release of files.
All of these track 100%.
English is such a weird language.
English is such a weird language.
This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
February 3, 2026 at 2:32 AM
All of these track 100%.
English is such a weird language.
English is such a weird language.
This is the weirdest—and most useless—thing to lie about.
Kayleigh: My mom went to see Melania. She said the theater was packed, it was standing room only. People were cheering through it, they were excited. It was interactive—people interplaying with the film. She said it was just electric.
February 3, 2026 at 1:00 AM
This is the weirdest—and most useless—thing to lie about.
Never thought I’d get a shout out in a fire-weather-themed romance novel, but I can check that off the career bucket list! ✅
If the combo of romance + suspense + weather & ocean science is you thing, check out my friend Allison’s: Cupid Meets Crime Scene series on her site. allisonbettes.com
If the combo of romance + suspense + weather & ocean science is you thing, check out my friend Allison’s: Cupid Meets Crime Scene series on her site. allisonbettes.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Never thought I’d get a shout out in a fire-weather-themed romance novel, but I can check that off the career bucket list! ✅
If the combo of romance + suspense + weather & ocean science is you thing, check out my friend Allison’s: Cupid Meets Crime Scene series on her site. allisonbettes.com
If the combo of romance + suspense + weather & ocean science is you thing, check out my friend Allison’s: Cupid Meets Crime Scene series on her site. allisonbettes.com
❤️ This, college isn’t just job training, it’s building better people though differing perspectives of the world.
Never mind the jobs you had; tell me five classes you took in college:
Elements of Psychology 🧠
Creative Writing ✍️
Public Speaking 🎤
Native American Music 🪘
Rock Climbing 🧗♂️
Never mind the jobs you had; tell me five classes you took in college:
Elements of Psychology 🧠
Creative Writing ✍️
Public Speaking 🎤
Native American Music 🪘
Rock Climbing 🧗♂️
Never mind the jobs you had; tell me five classes you took in college:
Environmental Catastrophes
Intro to Logic
Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
Stormwater Hydrology
In-Line Skating
Environmental Catastrophes
Intro to Logic
Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
Stormwater Hydrology
In-Line Skating
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy ♥️♥️♥️
American Environmental History 📜
Field Drawing 🎨
Ecosystems Ecology 🌿
Spanish Coffee and News 🗞️
History prof had a burning personal vendetta against the Glen Canyon Dam.
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy ♥️♥️♥️
American Environmental History 📜
Field Drawing 🎨
Ecosystems Ecology 🌿
Spanish Coffee and News 🗞️
History prof had a burning personal vendetta against the Glen Canyon Dam.
January 31, 2026 at 3:49 PM
❤️ This, college isn’t just job training, it’s building better people though differing perspectives of the world.
Never mind the jobs you had; tell me five classes you took in college:
Elements of Psychology 🧠
Creative Writing ✍️
Public Speaking 🎤
Native American Music 🪘
Rock Climbing 🧗♂️
Never mind the jobs you had; tell me five classes you took in college:
Elements of Psychology 🧠
Creative Writing ✍️
Public Speaking 🎤
Native American Music 🪘
Rock Climbing 🧗♂️
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THEY DID IT. EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT just voted on an amendment to DEFUND ICE (rescind the BBB slush fund that keeps ICE open during a shutdown.) This amendment failed, but it shows broad support! KEEP CALLING and make it a demand to vote for the DHS funding bill!!
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 31, 2026 at 12:23 AM
THEY DID IT. EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT just voted on an amendment to DEFUND ICE (rescind the BBB slush fund that keeps ICE open during a shutdown.) This amendment failed, but it shows broad support! KEEP CALLING and make it a demand to vote for the DHS funding bill!!
All be cause the house was on recess…
Yet again…
Right around a MAJOR funding deadline…
Do they EVER work?
The whole “we passed it, now we’re bailing so you can’t change it” shtick is getting old & not how government should function.
Yet again…
Right around a MAJOR funding deadline…
Do they EVER work?
The whole “we passed it, now we’re bailing so you can’t change it” shtick is getting old & not how government should function.
The federal government partially shut down early Saturday as Congress did not agree on funding for several agencies before the midnight deadline.
But this shutdown is likely to be less painful than the record-long impasse last fall for two main reasons: https://cnn.it/3M4hwnV
But this shutdown is likely to be less painful than the record-long impasse last fall for two main reasons: https://cnn.it/3M4hwnV
January 31, 2026 at 1:28 PM
All be cause the house was on recess…
Yet again…
Right around a MAJOR funding deadline…
Do they EVER work?
The whole “we passed it, now we’re bailing so you can’t change it” shtick is getting old & not how government should function.
Yet again…
Right around a MAJOR funding deadline…
Do they EVER work?
The whole “we passed it, now we’re bailing so you can’t change it” shtick is getting old & not how government should function.
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Tesla doubled its income last year to $5.7 BILLION.
Its board approved a pay package that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire.
And it just reported $0 in federal income taxes for 2025.
Our tax code is so, so rigged.
Tax the rich.
Its board approved a pay package that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire.
And it just reported $0 in federal income taxes for 2025.
Our tax code is so, so rigged.
Tax the rich.
January 31, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Tesla doubled its income last year to $5.7 BILLION.
Its board approved a pay package that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire.
And it just reported $0 in federal income taxes for 2025.
Our tax code is so, so rigged.
Tax the rich.
Its board approved a pay package that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire.
And it just reported $0 in federal income taxes for 2025.
Our tax code is so, so rigged.
Tax the rich.
First time back at #AMS2026 in ~10 years, and it was so invigorating to be back in that atmosphere. Plus our amazing team shared some great updates from the Fire Wx Testbed!
Ready to leverage new insights & connections to continue elevating the FWT’s place in the fire wx community!
Ready to leverage new insights & connections to continue elevating the FWT’s place in the fire wx community!
January 30, 2026 at 4:27 AM
First time back at #AMS2026 in ~10 years, and it was so invigorating to be back in that atmosphere. Plus our amazing team shared some great updates from the Fire Wx Testbed!
Ready to leverage new insights & connections to continue elevating the FWT’s place in the fire wx community!
Ready to leverage new insights & connections to continue elevating the FWT’s place in the fire wx community!
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In my newsletter this morning, I shared the experimental real-time freezing rain ice accumulation analysis developed by the winter weather research group at NSSL. This is the kind of R2O NOAA does that has clear societal benefit - and that the admin wants to curtail. tinyurl.com/43kcrhmb
12 people reported dead, nearly 800K customers still without power from massive, major winter storm
Serious concerns for impacted areas as near record cold settles in. Meanwhile, a new storm lurks for the East Coast by this weekend.
tinyurl.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:50 AM
In my newsletter this morning, I shared the experimental real-time freezing rain ice accumulation analysis developed by the winter weather research group at NSSL. This is the kind of R2O NOAA does that has clear societal benefit - and that the admin wants to curtail. tinyurl.com/43kcrhmb
Stoked to have worked on this with @kmanwx.bsky.social and the Hazard Services Team to advance Fire Warning utility!
If you’re an @nws.noaa.gov forecaster wanting a hands-on experience, 👀 for a Call for Participants in the coming weeks!
If you’re an @nws.noaa.gov forecaster wanting a hands-on experience, 👀 for a Call for Participants in the coming weeks!
Couldn’t make it to #AMS2026 this year … but our poster did! Come see it at 3 pm CT in the EIPT section (#566). We’re working on a fire warning product and tool in Hazard Service to be tested at the NOAA Fire Weather Testbed.
Contact me or @kylethiem.bsky.social with questions or comments!
Contact me or @kylethiem.bsky.social with questions or comments!
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Stoked to have worked on this with @kmanwx.bsky.social and the Hazard Services Team to advance Fire Warning utility!
If you’re an @nws.noaa.gov forecaster wanting a hands-on experience, 👀 for a Call for Participants in the coming weeks!
If you’re an @nws.noaa.gov forecaster wanting a hands-on experience, 👀 for a Call for Participants in the coming weeks!
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We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 AM
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
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Love this summary by Paul Markowski of Roger Wakimoto’s legacy of mesoscale observations - “observing the atmosphere with purpose” #AMS2026
January 26, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Love this summary by Paul Markowski of Roger Wakimoto’s legacy of mesoscale observations - “observing the atmosphere with purpose” #AMS2026
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Prelim results of the GS-1340 survey (n=146) from #AMS2026 town hall. Respondents were asked how important it is for federal mets to have coursework in ___ (on a 5-pt scale). This interactive page breaks down answers by sector. gs1340update.org/GS1340_Surve...
Spoiler alert: Synoptic won!
Spoiler alert: Synoptic won!
GS-1340 Survey - Means Analysis
gs1340update.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Prelim results of the GS-1340 survey (n=146) from #AMS2026 town hall. Respondents were asked how important it is for federal mets to have coursework in ___ (on a 5-pt scale). This interactive page breaks down answers by sector. gs1340update.org/GS1340_Surve...
Spoiler alert: Synoptic won!
Spoiler alert: Synoptic won!
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Couldn’t make it to #AMS2026 this year … but our poster did! Come see it at 3 pm CT in the EIPT section (#566). We’re working on a fire warning product and tool in Hazard Service to be tested at the NOAA Fire Weather Testbed.
Contact me or @kylethiem.bsky.social with questions or comments!
Contact me or @kylethiem.bsky.social with questions or comments!
January 28, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Couldn’t make it to #AMS2026 this year … but our poster did! Come see it at 3 pm CT in the EIPT section (#566). We’re working on a fire warning product and tool in Hazard Service to be tested at the NOAA Fire Weather Testbed.
Contact me or @kylethiem.bsky.social with questions or comments!
Contact me or @kylethiem.bsky.social with questions or comments!
The use of “victims” here is interesting b/c in Dec, a leaked memo of talking points about the Epstein files pushed the DARVO strategy which is: Deny, Attack, and…
Reverse Victim and Offender.
Do who’s really being protected?
Reverse Victim and Offender.
Do who’s really being protected?
WELKER: When will all Epstein files be released?
BLANCHE: Look, we've been working literally 7 days a week to go through them, but there is nothing more important than protecting the victims. We will not rush that process.
WELKER: How soon?
BLANCHE: I'm not going to create an artificial deadline
BLANCHE: Look, we've been working literally 7 days a week to go through them, but there is nothing more important than protecting the victims. We will not rush that process.
WELKER: How soon?
BLANCHE: I'm not going to create an artificial deadline
January 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The use of “victims” here is interesting b/c in Dec, a leaked memo of talking points about the Epstein files pushed the DARVO strategy which is: Deny, Attack, and…
Reverse Victim and Offender.
Do who’s really being protected?
Reverse Victim and Offender.
Do who’s really being protected?
“Oof, you called out my unjustifiable lies and propaganda in the simplest way, so now I have to run away from the question”
BARTIROMO: But how was he threatening Border Patrol? How was he using a gun to threaten? He was filming it
KASH PATEL: That's something I'll let DHS because they are investigating that case
(Notable that even Bartiromo seems to be bothered by this!)
KASH PATEL: That's something I'll let DHS because they are investigating that case
(Notable that even Bartiromo seems to be bothered by this!)
January 25, 2026 at 4:28 PM
“Oof, you called out my unjustifiable lies and propaganda in the simplest way, so now I have to run away from the question”
Multiple times…
- In the back
- While unarmed
- While restrained
- Never reached for his firearm
- Didn’t even hit back, just tried to protect himself and others
- In the back
- While unarmed
- While restrained
- Never reached for his firearm
- Didn’t even hit back, just tried to protect himself and others
Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage.
Read more: https://wapo.st/4qGOx8M
Read more: https://wapo.st/4qGOx8M
January 25, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Multiple times…
- In the back
- While unarmed
- While restrained
- Never reached for his firearm
- Didn’t even hit back, just tried to protect himself and others
- In the back
- While unarmed
- While restrained
- Never reached for his firearm
- Didn’t even hit back, just tried to protect himself and others
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Sen. Dick Durbin, another one of the 8 Democratic YES votes on Nov funding bill, is a NO on this DHS measure: “I will not vote to fund the illegal DHS and ICE operations that terrorize Chicago, Minneapolis, and many other communities.”
This bill doesn’t have the votes.
This bill doesn’t have the votes.
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Sen. Dick Durbin, another one of the 8 Democratic YES votes on Nov funding bill, is a NO on this DHS measure: “I will not vote to fund the illegal DHS and ICE operations that terrorize Chicago, Minneapolis, and many other communities.”
This bill doesn’t have the votes.
This bill doesn’t have the votes.
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A message from a Veterans Affairs federal worker and member of the Federal Workers Alliance for Democracy.
We lost one of our own today. Share this. Spread the truth. #AlexPretti
We lost one of our own today. Share this. Spread the truth. #AlexPretti
January 25, 2026 at 3:42 AM
A message from a Veterans Affairs federal worker and member of the Federal Workers Alliance for Democracy.
We lost one of our own today. Share this. Spread the truth. #AlexPretti
We lost one of our own today. Share this. Spread the truth. #AlexPretti
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Boy, I am just a former state public defender and federal criminal investigator but someone is going to have to explain to me how federal agents who are not on federal property are able to block state law enforcement from accessing a crime scene
Sounds like pretty clear Obstruction of Justice to me
Sounds like pretty clear Obstruction of Justice to me
January 25, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Boy, I am just a former state public defender and federal criminal investigator but someone is going to have to explain to me how federal agents who are not on federal property are able to block state law enforcement from accessing a crime scene
Sounds like pretty clear Obstruction of Justice to me
Sounds like pretty clear Obstruction of Justice to me
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An ICE\CBP goon sadistically mocked the murder of Alex Pretti telling people protesting his death "boo hoo" before walking away. Cruel and deplorable.
Man shot, killed by federal agents in Minneapolis; DHS says man was armed: LIVE
A man was shot and killed Saturday in a confrontation with federal agents in Minneapolis. Local officials said the man had no criminal record and was a lawful gun owner.
abc7news.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 PM
An ICE\CBP goon sadistically mocked the murder of Alex Pretti telling people protesting his death "boo hoo" before walking away. Cruel and deplorable.
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The nurses are pissed
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The nurses are pissed
Da heck they mean REGULARLY?!?!
For #AMS2026 - John and @pamknox.bsky.social report that Elevator #14 at the headquarters Hilton should be avoided at all costs. They had to be freed from it by Houston Fire Dept after it got stuck, and the FD told them it happens regularly with that elevator.
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Da heck they mean REGULARLY?!?!