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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am beyond honored to receive the Atmospheric and Space Electricity Early Career Award this year. I'm extremely lucky to be part of an amazing community that's enabled me to be where I am today. I can only hope I'm able to pay that forward and help enable the next generation to come.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Converted the crib to a toddler bed today. Taking bets on how that goes. Will I be woken up at 3am by someone saying "I'm awake now" inches from my face, or by the cries of someone who doesn't remember they can now get out by themselves?

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The rare telework day has reminded me how much I missed little things, like looking outside to see 20 ducks crowding in the shade of one tree and doing duck things.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Did I just panic when I realized the leftover pasta I half finished had some obvious pink spots? Yes. Did I eventually remember that I had cooked it with rainbow chard? Also yes.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

71°F and lightning bugs in the evening. Feels too pleasant.

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@ztresearch.bsky.social @ztresearch.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Episode 49 producing an impressive volnado.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Sometimes it's hard to choose who to cheer for

Four Weinermobiles lining up on a race track (two more not pictured)

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I do appreciate a good rumble before the heaviest of the precip reaches the area

2 minutes of Oklahoma Lightning Mapping Array data with one flash (shown in pink dots) extending a couple of countries east of the rest of the lightning activity.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

It was nice while it lasted. Said store is now closing. Getting my fix while I can.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

My brain, after just a few minutes of cardio: ice cream?

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Bracket is perfect so far. Ready to see the other upsets I picked ruin it.

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Eric Bruning @deeplycloudy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

GLM has been game-changing for the community that monitors meteors. Great example! It’s also one of the many new capabilities that would be lost in the current plan to stop flying a GLM-like instrument after the current fleet reaches end of life.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I do appreciate seeing clouds from my backyard

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

PSA: you can now buy Conecuh sausage in Norman at Homeland!

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Oh, how I've missed having lightning nearby apps.nssl.noaa.gov/oklma/curren...

Oklahoma Lightning Mapping Array plot over the OKC-Norman area showing the in cloud component of lightning activity in and northwest of OKC throughout 3-13 km altitude

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

To whomever left a chocolate on my office door: thank you for the reminder that good surprises exist.

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Mike Schuster @mcs212.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics

Image of the Yeti in the skiing Windows game SkiFree eating the player

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Did I just spend too long trying to log into the AMSAnnual page only to realize I was on the 2025 page? Maybe. Good thing I'm not in person and lost in downtown New Orleans.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

I've enjoyed the snow in the Chicago area today and yesterday, but wow did lake effect during LEE change my baseline for snowfall rates and accumulations.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Will I have unburied myself from my inbox before Thanksgiving travels? Time will tell.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

With the extra time on my hands recently, I may have finally finished a blanket which was a work in progress for maybe two years.

Dark red crochet blanket with hexagon pattern

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Me: "Is the sunset pretty?" My toddler: "No!" Me: Never lose your high standards

Yellow, orange and pink-lit clouds at sunset reflected in a pond

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Gals, if you're not absolutely ruining the workplace for certain kinds of men, you need to step up your game. 🩷

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

It feels wrong outside. Nice. But maybe also really wrong for September.

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

We talk endlessly about “retention in science.” Here’s a hint: retention starts by recognizing scientists as whole humans with lives outside the lab.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Open up my inbox to a response to a random email I sent in June. Of 2023. Did I double check what year it is now? Maybe.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Related question: how long can a small human go only eating various berries, avocado, and cheese? Asking for a friend.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Here's my own reminder to stop and try to appreciate the good things out there.

Rainbow behind a young maple tree some yellow coneflowers

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The duality of the storms over my old home contributes to a pleasant sunset at my current home.

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Nice setup for some horizontally expansive lightning flashes this morning

Radar reflectivity with expansive stratiform over central Oklahoma

Lightning Mapping Array data with an expansive flash shown by the dark pink VHF source points

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I'm once again asking, where were all of these gorgeous storms when I lived in West Texas?

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I'm glad I beat most of this into the office

Lots of lightning over the Norman Oklahoma area from the Oklahoma Lightning Mapping Array including a long flash shown by yellow points spanning Oklahoma County

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Vanna Chmielewski @frqltg.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I've had this plant on the same windowsill for years. It has never had so many flowers at once.

Red flowers with yellow centers surrounding the base of a potted succulent

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Save NOAA @savenoaa.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

@noaa.gov provides lifesaving science, service and stewardship to the nation. #SaveNOAA is a group of terminated NOAA employees fighting for reinstatement to continue to deliver Americans these critical services. #SaveNOAA #NOAAStrong #NOAA #Science #Fed #FedEmployees #Federal #Layoffs

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Stephen Mullens @srmullens.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

In our effort to appreciate the random person in Nebraska, we failed to appreciate the two unlabeled but much larger blocks beneath even them. That was government investment. 🧵

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