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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 1d

#shutdown sammy day 7 of ?? One week with no funding. Here is an artists rendition of a displeased Sammy.

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 2d

#shutdown sammy day 6 of ?? Sammy is fishing for some funding.

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 3d

#Shutdown sammy and #restorefunding ralphie for days 4 and 5 of ?? Forgot to post yesterday so here's a twofur.

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Kelton Halbert @stormscale.io · 5d

Shutdown Meira, Day 3 / ??

Gotta keep the wheat from waving too vigorously.

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 5d

A sleepy #shutdown Sammy day 3 of ?? Im on mids so feeling the tired too pup.

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Kelton Halbert @stormscale.io · 6d

Shutdown Meira, Day 2 / ??

Essential government workers still have to work without pay. Meira is taking her job seriously, making sure the atmosphere behaves and stays convectively stable through dutiful Skew-T/Log-P thermodynamic analysis.

(Don’t tell the government but I’m paying her in treats)

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 6d

#Shutdown Sammy day 2 of ?? She was excited while I was cooking fajitas. Im not excited about the continuing lapse of appropriations.

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 8d

#shutdown sammy Day 1 of ?? Heres a pic of my dog for every day of the shutdown.

My German Shepard mix sammy laying a puddle at the park. She's a good dog.

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Kelton Halbert @stormscale.io · 14d

"Thanks for all the hard work surviving this year and doing your jobs with excellence, despite the chaos. Oh, performance bonuses? lol no."

Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 14d

In case anyone was wondering what's new for Federal Employees ahead of the looming shutdown, we just found out our yearly performance bonuses have been rescinded because of the chaos around performance plan quotas.

Because kicking us while we are down and about to be broke wasnt enough!

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 14d

I dont disagree with you but they are extremely cheap and the ammo is very avaliable on the surplus market. I bought one for $150 several years ago.

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 14d

Looks like 54R could be a nagant

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 14d

And they dont even have the balls to put out an official release about it.

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 14d

In case anyone was wondering what's new for Federal Employees ahead of the looming shutdown, we just found out our yearly performance bonuses have been rescinded because of the chaos around performance plan quotas.

Because kicking us while we are down and about to be broke wasnt enough!

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 25d

Yes, they used to be called wing backs when the forward pass wasnt as widely used :)

Single-wing formation - Wikipedia share.google/QdPJP6nqfSC7...

Single-wing formation - Wikipedia

share.google

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 25d

#Sooners looking very clean and playing assignment sound football this morning. Love it!

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · 25d

Randomly going for two was not on my bingo card for today lol. I like the design tho!

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Kelton Halbert @stormscale.io · 27d

In addition to these already posted positions, there *should* be two more coming soon:

Mesoscale Assistant Forecaster
Fire Wx Senior Development Meteorologist

Tim Supinie @plustssn.autumnsky.us · 27d

SPC is hiring a Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) for the severe side. So if you've wanted to work for SPC as a WCM, here's your chance! Applications for this position close on Tuesday, Sep 23.

Severe WCM: www.usajobs.gov/job/845565600

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Tim Supinie @plustssn.autumnsky.us · 27d

We're also hiring two fire weather positions: another WCM and a lead foreacster. If you're interested in fire weather and want to work for SPC, go ahead and apply! Both positions close on Wednesday, Sep 24.

Fire WCM: www.usajobs.gov/job/845645900
Fire Lead: www.usajobs.gov/job/845659700

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Tim Supinie @plustssn.autumnsky.us · 27d

SPC is hiring a Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) for the severe side. So if you've wanted to work for SPC as a WCM, here's your chance! Applications for this position close on Tuesday, Sep 23.

Severe WCM: www.usajobs.gov/job/845565600

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · Aug 14

I am with ya there!

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · Aug 14

It is harder to get reports west of the MS but yeah not a great trend imo. Will say they have had some challenging events.

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Hunter Hurley @hunterhurleywx.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hey all! I've been Co-Developing this project with @twisterkid34.bsky.social for about a month now, and we've made some changes to how the interface works, and also included a 'How to Report' section. (1/3)

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Hunter Hurley @hunterhurleywx.bsky.social · Aug 11

We would love to receive feedback on what we can improve on, and what we can change to better help spotters send accurate reports! (3/3)

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Hunter Hurley @hunterhurleywx.bsky.social · Aug 11

We also have a web-domain now! -- reportbuddy.org -- Best accessible on Google Chrome and Fire Fox on mobile devices, you can also bookmark it onto your home screen for easy access. We will be working on compatibility with Safari soon, and eventually create an app download for smoother use. (2/3)

Report Buddy V0.8

reportbuddy.org

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Andrew Lyons @twisterkid34.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thanks to Hunter for coauthoring this project! I've made the github repo public now

github.com/adlyons

Looking forward to working on this with Hunter and others in the future!

We hope to expand to here as nws offices migrate over as well.

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