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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 11h

Imagining some special agent suddenly remembering the dossier of the whereabouts of Amelia Earhart they had buried under their coffee mug and case files on Jimmy Hoffa and Lee Harvey Oswald.

CNN @cnn.com · 14h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 11h

It took an extra day from what I wrote about Sunday, but the confirmation of Dr. Neil Jacobs to be NOAA Administrator finally happened this evening.

balancedweather.substack.com/p/noaa-has-a...

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 12h

This post also has a link to my conversation with @tlyza89.bsky.social about tornado ratings and complications with the EF scale causing inconsistencies in ratings and contributing to the lack of EF5s

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 14h

With the June Enderlin, ND tornado having been upgraded to an EF5 by NWS yesterday, want to share my post from late June doing a deep dive on the evolution of the storm and why I suspected it was a violent tornado then.

open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

BalancedWx Special: Tornado warnings, ratings and climatology

A look at the Enderlin, ND tornado

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 1d

TS Jerry has formed in the eastern Atlantic, the 10th named storm of the season. Could pass close to the northeast Caribbean islands as a hurricane in a few days.

substack.com/@balancedwea...

Balanced Weather (@balancedweather)

The National Hurricane Center has started advisories on Tropical Storm Jerry, the system in the eastern Atlantic I talked about last night. Jerry has 45 mph sustained winds and is forecast to become a...

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 1d

Yakety JAX

Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 1d

What a drive:

- Burn 43 seconds and a TO on two Trevor scrambles
- Gorgeous, world-class throw up the sideline
- Delay of game with a stopped clock
- PI at exactly the right time
- Trevor trips and scrambles for a TD anyway

Gregg Rosenthal @greggrosenthal.bsky.social · 1d

We spent an entire segment on the Jaguars last week being the most Messy Fun team in the NFL

They've done us proud with this performance tonight

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 1d

The NWS upgraded the June Enderlin, ND tornado to an EF-5 today. If you want some science background on that tornado event and a highly relevant conversation with @tlyza89.bsky.social about tornado ratings and trends, links are in this post. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

👀 Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with Republicans on Obamacare funding, saying she’s not a fan of the law but demands action to prevent a premium hike. “I’m absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year.” She says GOP leaders don’t have a plan.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 2d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 2d

For those of you who saw my initial post about Dr. Jacobs' confirmation, my apologies for "fake news" - I should know better than to post a story like that on travel, but in my defense it was reported by a reputable source. My post is fixed now, thanks to those who set me straight! tiny.cc/34gt001

NOAA has a new director

Dr. Neil Jacobs through preliminary vote to be confirmed as NOAA Administrator. Also, a look at the busy tropics.

tiny.cc

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 2d

Yep figured that out. I will fix it.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for this clarifying note. That explains why I hadn’t seen much! I will fix my article.

GetnCurriedAway @getncurriedaway.bsky.social · 2d

Thune filed cloture for the nominees on Friday. The cloture vote is on Monday after the two government shutdown votes. Then if cloture is invoked the final vote will be sometime after that. www.senate.gov/legislative/...

So, he is not yet confirmed, still two votes to go for that, but soon.

www.senate.gov

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently there is still one more vote to go, that article is wrong 🤦‍♂️😱

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 2d

Ah well that explains it. So that article is wrong! I need to fix that.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Posted by the President of the United States.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 5d

INSANE NEVER ENDING SUMMER IN JAPAN
Another scorching day with up to 34C in the South with October records smashed from Hokkaido to Okinawa (including Naha).
See list of records below: (hundreds more on the way)

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 5d

If you're a wx geek like me, I hope you get the opportunity I did today: to visit the summit of Mt Washington and tour the observatory. I will have more later, but if you want to see a couple of pics, they're here along with an update on the warm US weather and busy tropics. tinyurl.com/4zsexant

Warm weather dominates much of US while tropics continue to stay active

A couple of pics from my bucket list visit to Mount Washington Observatory

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 5d

worth remembering that hoover's administration was defined by 4 years of economic chaos, suffering, dislocation, and fear. People genuinely believed the country itself was on the verge of irreversible collapse. He still got 40% of the vote.

wikipedia screen grab showing hoover won 39.6% of the popular vote in the 1932 presidential election

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

The president just told all of the military's leaders that all Democrats are evil and promised to send the full force of the military into Democratic cities to assault the "enemy within," and there's *still* a chance that Democratic congressmen provide the crucial votes to keep this regime running.

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 8d

I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email

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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 7d

Trump is pledging to stand by NATO, but his Defense Department is cutting all security assistance funding for European countries, including the Baltics. And Trump is criticizing Putin, but he still hasn’t imposed any new sanctions on Russia. He even exempted Russia from his tariffs. wapo.st/4gOO40a

Opinion | ‘Good luck to all!’ What are U.S. allies supposed to do with that?

On NATO and Russia, Trump’s actions don’t match his words.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7d

In a sane country with competent leadership, the 50 highest-ranking Democrats would call a press conference to denounce what just happened as a threat to the republic and demand Trump's immediate impeachment and removal from office.

I don't know he could make his intentions more clear.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 8d

Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Will Weaver ⛈️ @willweatherrva.bsky.social · 7d

WPAC Tropical Weather Outlook - 9/30/25: Invest #93W looks likely to be our next tropical cyclone in the Western Pacific, and the #Philippines need to monitor its progress. willweatherrva.beehiiv.com/p/wpac-tropi...

WPAC Tropical Weather Outlook - 9/30/25

Invest 93W looks likely to be our next tropical cyclone in the Western Pacific, and the Philippines need to monitor its progress.

willweatherrva.beehiiv.com

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