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Richard Romkee

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Meteorologist - UNCO '22. Denver sports fan. Loyal Rockies fan. He/him.

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · Feb 27

For my non-meteorologist friends who may not get why the gutting and privatization of NOAA/NWS are so concerning, keep in mind: this is what we work day in and day out to prevent. These layoffs cannot stand. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Ga...

1900 Galveston hurricane - Wikipedia

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 5h

I really want the WPBL to succeed but that's not a great sign

jen ramos-eisen 🇵🇭 @jenramose.online · 9h

the Women's Pro Baseball League confirmed to me their "salary budget" of $95k per team for a roster of 15 players for the whole season.

roughly, if split evenly, that comes out to $6,300/player per season.

Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 5h

2 kids playing Connect Four on a board with no holes. The text "No Go away" is featured above the kid "playing" with the yellow pieces, who is also pumping his fist as if it were literally possible at all for him to succeed

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 11h

Wonder what it's like to have a president whose brain isn't made of 6 year old clips from Fox surrounded by chocolate pudding

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "I look the other night, Saturday night, Portland is burning to the ground and these people are saying it's just friendly stuff. The whole place is burning to the ground. So we'll take care of that one. That's like an insurrection more than it is anything else. Portland is crazy."

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Scott Spratt @scottspratt.bsky.social · 12h

When you read "My career will end in Green Bay" as Aaron Rodgers burying the hatchet with the franchise where he became a Hall-of-Famer / When you read it as a spooky October foretelling of what Micah Parsons could do to an immobile 41-yard-old quarterback

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Chicken Puppet @chickenpuppet.online · 17h

Elon Musk couldn’t figure out how to make a pop tart without hurting himself

jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 18h

one thing thats kinda crazy to get your head around is not that the musk and thiel masters of the universe are ungrateful for the vast public infrastructure, public funding of research, and robust systems of laws and rules that made their wealth possible. it's that theyre too dumb to understand it

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 16h

✈️ aviationweather.gov provides the latest observations and forecasts for airports across the country and beyond!

🔖 Bookmark this resource to have for easy access when monitoring dense fog and other hazardous weather conditions around your area.

#FogSafetyAwarenessWeek

A screenshot of the aviationweather.gov observations page showing aviation hazards and airport observations from October 18, 2025.

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 16h

Alright this AI gets a pass

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

A Kenyan entrepreneur who designed an app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars has won a major award for African innovation. https://cnn.it/4hmHcaF

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 18h

NPR ran a story last night about NSF terminating funding for AI focused meteorology research & the (IMO) insane explanation they got from OMB. I shared my perspective on this and our continued insistence to shoot ourselves in the foot when it comes to scientific R&D. tinyurl.com/2kzujwz8

Trump Administration confirms that NSF AI meteorology institute funding cut because of "climate hysteria"

Ending of NOAA billion dollar climate disaster tracking another example of us becoming less prepared for a future affected by climate change.

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 17h

Gerrymandering should be illegal...but we also have to fight fire with fire so

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h

Breaking News: Democratic lawmakers in Virginia plan to redraw congressional maps, hoping to hand their party two or three more House seats. nyti.ms/4oyXwHA

Virginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push

The surprise move could give Democrats two or three additional House seats and is likely to scramble the last couple weeks of campaigning ahead of the Nov. 4 election.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 18h

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups AND Terry Rozier has been arrested by the FBI for alleged illegal gambling, sources tell ESPN.

ESPN Bet on the sCREEN

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 18h

Most of them can’t pass the physical fitness test that we all took in 5th grade, either.

“ICE agent” is the job you get if you’re an out of shape bigot who flunks open book test.

Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 1d

New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

Having the worst defense in baseball sure didn't help on top of the poor offense. Scott wasn't really the problem, but we absolutely need fresh faces in the building so I'm not too upset at him leaving

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

The rebuild continues. Glad they're doing something to hopefully be less bad

MLB Trade Rumors @mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 1d

Rockies To Part Ways With Pitching Coach Darryl Scott

Darryl Scott will not return as the Rockies’ pitching coach in 2026, according to Thomas Harding of MLB.com. Scott briefly played in Colorado’s minor league system in 1995 and 2000 and later rejoined the organization as a minor league coach in 2009. He has worked for the Rockies in various capacities ever since, including as…

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Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 1d

New set of preliminary track and intensity verification stats for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season so far, including NHC ("OFCL"), 5 hurricane models, 2 global models for track or 2 dynamical/statistical for intensity, 2 consensus, and the new Google DeepMind model's ensemble mean ("GDMI").

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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 1d

The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disaster dataset is back and now at @climatecentral.org!

Through the first half of 2025, there were 14 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters across the United States, costing $101.4 billion. 1/2
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...

Map of US with purple and blue icons over central US indicating severe weather billion dollar disaster events in 2025 and one fire in LA.

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

I'm pretty sure anyone you pull off the street would be an improvement over the combo of Walker Monfort and Bill Schmidt, let's give it a shot

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

I’d actually like to see Boxcar Willie lead the Rockies

Buster Olney & @Buster_ESPN
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About the news that new Angels Manager Kurt Suzuki has a 1-year deal: An executive with another team notes with the Rockies seemingly headed toward a HOBO hiring that will help to stabilize the organization in their daily process, the Angels will now be 1 of 1 in how they operate.
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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 1d

Every so often, it feels good to post Merle Haggard in a Fred Lewis-era bucket hat and remember some of his most patriotic lyrics.

Merle Haggard in a Fred Lewis-era bucket Giants hat and an "I ❤️ Haters shirt.

The first two verses of Merle Haggard's song, "The Immigrant," which begins:

American ranching consists of a mansion
Where illegal immigrants do much of the labor by hand
They sneak 'em through customs till time comes to bust 'em
Then haul 'em back over the border to their own native land

With a ragged sombrero and not much dinero
They'll be back again when the ole Rio Grande's down low
Border patroller, don't stop a stroller
'Cause the Mexican immigrant is helping America grow

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

Usually you'd expect a joint venture between Roblox and the New York Jets to only produce an angry 15 year old in Hoboken, not the Temu Galleria at 1600 Pennsylvania

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 1d

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

Kendrick V. Drake, but with the trailing candidates in a mayoral election. Fun!

Politico @politico.com · 1d

Curtis Sliwa says he would rather be fatally tortured than drop out of the NYC mayoral race and work for Andrew Cuomo.

Give me candidacy or give me death: GOP nominee holds firm in NYC mayoral race

Curtis Sliwa said he would rather be fatally tortured than drop out and work for one of his rivals.

www.politico.com

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

[after an incomplete pass hits a receiver in the hands] hit by pitch, tip-off in the neutral zone

Andrew Siciliano @andrewsiciliano.bsky.social · 1d

Roger Goodell says the NFL is looking into how AI can help officiating in the future.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

just this perpetual cycle where the tech press helps zuck pretend he's innovative and interesting, he falls flat on his ass after setting billions in boomer ad money on fire, then all his employees pay the price for him being a pointless, unremarkable dipshit

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Meta is cutting around 600 roles in AI unit, Axios reports reut.rs/4opgmAI

Meta is cutting around 600 roles in AI unit, Axios reports

Meta is cutting roughly 600 positions out of the several thousand roles within its Superintelligence Labs artificial intelligence unit, Axios reported on Wednesday.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time.

All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."

It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 2d

Man if only he showed that much fire when he was in Denver

SB Nation @sbnation.bsky.social · 2d

GET IN THE LAB. @secretbase.bsky.social

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 2d

The Weather Prediction Center (WPC) has updated their Day 3-7 Hazards Outlook. See more at www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/threats/thre...

NOAA Weather Prediction Center Day 3–7 U.S. Hazards Outlook for October 24–28, 2025. Heavy rain is forecast over parts of Texas and Oklahoma, with high winds expected across portions of the central and northern Plains and the interior West. The Pacific Northwest may see heavy precipitation, high winds, and significant waves, while frost or freeze conditions are possible in parts of the Upper Midwest.

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