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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 18m

Welcome to fabulous Goochland!

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 16h

It was an eventful weekend getting ~1/3 of Tucson’s yearly precipitation in less than 3 days. This is only the rain from 1 storm that lasted less than 10 minutes! Patting myself on the back for preparing sandbags for our porch & not filling the pool last week.

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AzumangWX 🌪🌀 @azumangawx.bsky.social · 3d

#WxSky Been working on this project for a while now- a precise data set of every #tornado in the Northeast.
Featuring undocumented tornadoes from the 1700s to now, detailed paths, photos and videos, adjustments to ratings, comments and descriptions about each tornado.
(Yes Worcester is an F5) {1}

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 15h

Summoning @realblucifer.bsky.social as this will please him.

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 16h

Now Gettysburg is a much bigger experience. We did it in 1 day when I was a kid. Paid a guide to ride along with us. And he customized a tour based on seeing Ohio monuments and units.

But it was massive and we ran out of momentum too. Probably should take 2 days there.

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 16h

Wha???

I mean, there's not much to the actual site, which is part of the history itself.

I think we spent maybe 2 hours, including a ranger led tour.

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 16h

Ha, ouch. I went to them a bunch as a kid and teen. Wasn't as interested as my dad, but he wanted to show off great American places. I appreciated it as a young adult and even more so now.

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 16h

Mine eyes have seen the glory!

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 16h

This is good. Turn it into a joke just to get them talking about it and then walk them into real history.

Meme my way into a Confederate Surrender

Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 19h

Okay team:

Ideas to convince a family with a 5yo and 9yo to go to Appomattox Court House.

Go!

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deadshock @debbshock.blue · 22h

dressing for the job I want

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Local 3 News @local3news.bsky.social · 22h

FREE FLU SHOTS: The Hamilton County Health Department under the Health & Social Services Division will participate in the annual statewide “Fight Flu TN” initiative with free flu shots in Chattanooga next week.

Hamilton Co. Health Dept. offering free flu shots at La Paz Chattanooga on October 21

The health department will be offering free flu shots to anyone six months and older on Tuesday, October 21.

www.local3news.com

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration's DOGE cuts to the National Weather Service in Alaska likely had an effect on the forecast for ex-Typhoon Halong, making it less precise.

"We don’t know because we don’t have the data, but it seems likely that that had some effect on the model performance."

Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 1d

Commentary - Flooded Alaska villages face recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever see, writes Rick Thoman, Alaska climate specialist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for the @us.theconversation.com via @alaskabeacon.com

alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/14/f...

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, wrapping up some pre-launch work on my biggest project this decade so far, and this is the stuff going through my mind.

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 1d

My mind has been rolling around the fact that "American March King" John Philip Sousa had the most Americanized "Brazilian" name on the planet and finally decided to look it up.

And it turns out his father was Portuguese - João António de Sousa (John Anthony Sousa).

Now you know!

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 1d

Glad you put this to paper because I was thinking the same thing

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Daniel Wolfe @sadbumblebee.buzz · 1d

In June, the @washingtonpost.com sent me and @byaliceli.bsky.social to witness cultural burns in California. We learned how they encourage beneficial vegetation, reduce wildfire risk, and provide traditional food and craft sources for tribes in the Klamath region.

🎁: wapo.st/3J7BQTL

How indigenous practices can help protect forests

The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.

wapo.st

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Chief Meteorologist Gary Stephenson @gstephensonwx.bsky.social · 1d

Highway 12 has been breached once again south of the Basnight Bridge on the Outer Banks... At this point, the road remains open. #SpectrumNews1 #ncwx #OBX

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 1d

I **bombed** more forecasts in one summer in Alaska than I have the rest of my combined experience. And not just because I was young.

(Bombed forecast means high or low error of +/- 10F)

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 1d

I did a summer internship for a TV station in Alaska forecasting the weather, and it's already a very difficult job!

Why? Because the high latitudes blend synoptic style forecasting into mesoscale type timeframes, combined with limited observations sets.

It's hard! In the summer! In good weather!

Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration's DOGE cuts to the National Weather Service in Alaska likely had an effect on the forecast for ex-Typhoon Halong, making it less precise.

"We don’t know because we don’t have the data, but it seems likely that that had some effect on the model performance."

Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 1d

Commentary - Flooded Alaska villages face recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever see, writes Rick Thoman, Alaska climate specialist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for the @us.theconversation.com via @alaskabeacon.com

alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/14/f...

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 1d

Commentary - Flooded Alaska villages face recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever see, writes Rick Thoman, Alaska climate specialist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for the @us.theconversation.com via @alaskabeacon.com

alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/14/f...

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 1d

The artist formerly known as Prince

Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 1d

And if they called mine, my mom would answer, too...

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 1d

I still know half of my childhood friends' numbers, and a couple of those I could dial and expect their parents to pick up!

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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