John Barratt
@johnbarratt.bsky.social
Weather data wrangler, Melbourne Australia.
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In case you missed it. You can display different types of observations on our SD radar map. Tempearture, rainfall for the shown interval, rainfall since 9am local, and wind.
Find your closest radar here :
theweatherchaser.com/radar/
Find your closest radar here :
theweatherchaser.com/radar/
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
In case you missed it. You can display different types of observations on our SD radar map. Tempearture, rainfall for the shown interval, rainfall since 9am local, and wind.
Find your closest radar here :
theweatherchaser.com/radar/
Find your closest radar here :
theweatherchaser.com/radar/
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Impressive system stretching right down the east coast at the moment with cold and showery conditions in the south. See the latest at theweatherchaser.com/map
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Impressive system stretching right down the east coast at the moment with cold and showery conditions in the south. See the latest at theweatherchaser.com/map
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Finally the graph that shows the fallacy of the ‘it’s all happened before’ argument. #ithasnt
Just remembered this jaw-dropping graph by @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social showing the rate of change in CO2 during the previous two deglaciations of the Pleistocene (which, as a fun aside, featured ~400 feet of sea level rise) as compared with today
October 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Finally the graph that shows the fallacy of the ‘it’s all happened before’ argument. #ithasnt
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Just in case you were not sure how off the previous scale Australia’s ocean temperatures were in the last Financial Year (July 2024 - June 2025) I plotted it using the previous FY graph
www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...
www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...
August 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Just in case you were not sure how off the previous scale Australia’s ocean temperatures were in the last Financial Year (July 2024 - June 2025) I plotted it using the previous FY graph
www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...
www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...
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#TCAlfred is still hanging off the coast, further delaying landfall. Last 72 hours below, full HD timelapse since formation here : theweatherchaser.com/video/202503...
March 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#TCAlfred is still hanging off the coast, further delaying landfall. Last 72 hours below, full HD timelapse since formation here : theweatherchaser.com/video/202503...
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#TCAlfred is close enough to the coast to see it on the radar. A tracking timelapse of the satellite (Visible+IR) and radar mosaic from the last 24 hours up to 3:30pm Brisbane time.
March 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
#TCAlfred is close enough to the coast to see it on the radar. A tracking timelapse of the satellite (Visible+IR) and radar mosaic from the last 24 hours up to 3:30pm Brisbane time.
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Hello! We've just made the very first version of Bluesky Trends 📈 available. Lots to add and improve, stay tuned for more. 😀
bskytrends.com
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December 10, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Hello! We've just made the very first version of Bluesky Trends 📈 available. Lots to add and improve, stay tuned for more. 😀
bskytrends.com
bskytrends.com
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My preferred dev stack is minimalism.
Modern web standards, a small handful of decades old unix tools, a text editor, and first principles get me surprisingly far.
Less layers, less to break, less to reason with.
Defer adding libraries/tools until encountering real world problems.
Modern web standards, a small handful of decades old unix tools, a text editor, and first principles get me surprisingly far.
Less layers, less to break, less to reason with.
Defer adding libraries/tools until encountering real world problems.
November 29, 2024 at 12:11 AM
My preferred dev stack is minimalism.
Modern web standards, a small handful of decades old unix tools, a text editor, and first principles get me surprisingly far.
Less layers, less to break, less to reason with.
Defer adding libraries/tools until encountering real world problems.
Modern web standards, a small handful of decades old unix tools, a text editor, and first principles get me surprisingly far.
Less layers, less to break, less to reason with.
Defer adding libraries/tools until encountering real world problems.
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There’s one simple rule to building great products:
Use your products.
Use your products.
November 16, 2024 at 11:31 AM
There’s one simple rule to building great products:
Use your products.
Use your products.
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What a chart.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
November 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM
What a chart.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
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I grew up in a patch of subtropical rainforest/wet sclerophyll forest north of Sydney.🌳 We've been running a camera trap for 10+ years, and occasionally something amazing turns up!
Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) - pretty incredible that native marsupial predators still stalk the forest! #WildOz
Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) - pretty incredible that native marsupial predators still stalk the forest! #WildOz
November 16, 2024 at 10:19 PM
I grew up in a patch of subtropical rainforest/wet sclerophyll forest north of Sydney.🌳 We've been running a camera trap for 10+ years, and occasionally something amazing turns up!
Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) - pretty incredible that native marsupial predators still stalk the forest! #WildOz
Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) - pretty incredible that native marsupial predators still stalk the forest! #WildOz
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The BoM upgraded the Townsville Radar last week. It's now a dual polarisation radar with an extra tilt and higher resolution data. It's been quiet in the area since deployment but will no doubt see some significant activity in the months ahead.
theweatherchaser.com/radar/IDR106...
theweatherchaser.com/radar/IDR106...
Townsville Radar - 256km Rain Rate
Townsville current and historical weather radar from the BoM Rain Rate - IDR1062
theweatherchaser.com
November 12, 2024 at 12:19 AM
The BoM upgraded the Townsville Radar last week. It's now a dual polarisation radar with an extra tilt and higher resolution data. It's been quiet in the area since deployment but will no doubt see some significant activity in the months ahead.
theweatherchaser.com/radar/IDR106...
theweatherchaser.com/radar/IDR106...
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We use 30 year averages to show climatology (average weather conditions). During the 20th century the UK climatology followed a path around a confined box. With #globalwarming and #climatechange they have escaped out the box. This #dataviz shows UK rainfall and temperature.
October 17, 2024 at 3:41 PM
We use 30 year averages to show climatology (average weather conditions). During the 20th century the UK climatology followed a path around a confined box. With #globalwarming and #climatechange they have escaped out the box. This #dataviz shows UK rainfall and temperature.
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The BoM has just commisioned a new weather radar at Karatha in WA that will take over duties from the nearby Dampier radar. Not much activity in those parts as yet, and no history, but undoubtedly will be plenty in the coming months. theweatherchaser.com/radar/IDR111...
October 17, 2024 at 4:20 AM
The BoM has just commisioned a new weather radar at Karatha in WA that will take over duties from the nearby Dampier radar. Not much activity in those parts as yet, and no history, but undoubtedly will be plenty in the coming months. theweatherchaser.com/radar/IDR111...
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Deep water.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
October 15, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Deep water.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, please enjoy once more perhaps the greatest response to climate denial in social media history, from @hbomberguy.bsky.social
October 8, 2024 at 9:12 AM
As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, please enjoy once more perhaps the greatest response to climate denial in social media history, from @hbomberguy.bsky.social
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Heavy band of rain crossed #Melbourne in the small hours last night accompanied by the strongest winds. Cold wintry showers following this morning. See the HD sequence here: theweatherchaser.com/radar/eh/mel...
September 2, 2024 at 4:33 AM
Heavy band of rain crossed #Melbourne in the small hours last night accompanied by the strongest winds. Cold wintry showers following this morning. See the HD sequence here: theweatherchaser.com/radar/eh/mel...
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The severe hailstorm with 'golf ball' size #hail reports, that impacted NW of Bendigo on Sunday impacted a long swath of land over a period of about 30 minutes. Single frame from the HD #Radar flow view of the event, purple showing likely severe hail: #melbourneweather #melbweather
August 27, 2024 at 12:36 AM
The severe hailstorm with 'golf ball' size #hail reports, that impacted NW of Bendigo on Sunday impacted a long swath of land over a period of about 30 minutes. Single frame from the HD #Radar flow view of the event, purple showing likely severe hail: #melbourneweather #melbweather
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The Libs are doing with Nuclear Power what they did with the NBN, instead of the most cost effective and better end use for everyone of renewables, they are taking the most expensive option which won't be ready for 2 decades (if at all) and is mired in last century thinking.
June 19, 2024 at 10:01 PM
The Libs are doing with Nuclear Power what they did with the NBN, instead of the most cost effective and better end use for everyone of renewables, they are taking the most expensive option which won't be ready for 2 decades (if at all) and is mired in last century thinking.
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“If you wouldn’t join Gab, or Parler, or Truth Social, there’s no reason you should be on X. I think it’s time for journalists and publishers, in particular, to acknowledge the new reality and to get the heck off that website.” - @caseynewton.bsky.social to @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
Antisemitism was rising online. Then Elon Musk’s X supercharged it.
Antisemitism has long festered on the internet, but the Israel-Gaza war and the loosening of content moderation on X have propelled it to unprecedented levels.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2023 at 8:07 PM
“If you wouldn’t join Gab, or Parler, or Truth Social, there’s no reason you should be on X. I think it’s time for journalists and publishers, in particular, to acknowledge the new reality and to get the heck off that website.” - @caseynewton.bsky.social to @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
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Hard to believe it's been over 50 years and NASA are still turning to Nazis for help with rockets. Some traditions die hard
November 17, 2023 at 12:23 AM
Hard to believe it's been over 50 years and NASA are still turning to Nazis for help with rockets. Some traditions die hard
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Even when you're feeling warm
The temperature could drop away
Like four seasons in one day
The temperature could drop away
Like four seasons in one day
October 3, 2023 at 1:26 AM
Even when you're feeling warm
The temperature could drop away
Like four seasons in one day
The temperature could drop away
Like four seasons in one day
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I hate this headline, because it dishonestly portrays the subject as having changed, when what really happened was reporters & editors went along with a heroic self-mythology rather than performing scrutiny and now realize what a mistake that was, w/o owning up to it.
See: Giuliani, Rudy.
See: Giuliani, Rudy.
September 13, 2023 at 6:04 PM
I hate this headline, because it dishonestly portrays the subject as having changed, when what really happened was reporters & editors went along with a heroic self-mythology rather than performing scrutiny and now realize what a mistake that was, w/o owning up to it.
See: Giuliani, Rudy.
See: Giuliani, Rudy.
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I see Marie Kondo is done fucking around.
September 13, 2023 at 9:47 PM
I see Marie Kondo is done fucking around.