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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

i wish the astronomy community would go back to using "machine learning" to talk about machine learning instead of saying "AI" all the time to try and suck up to the feds

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 28/09/2026

Ahead of favorable rain chances this week, Oklahoma City is now experiencing its 4th driest year-to-date going back to 1890. Through September 27: - 1901: 11.76" - 1954: 14.02" - 1911: 14.14" - 2026: 14.66"

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 26/09/2026

I’m not sure what else the coaches need to see in determining if John Mateer is the answer this season.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 26/09/2026

Me, watching my colleagues show off all the cool stuff they’re doing while I think about my half-working models.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 24/09/2026

As a Ph.D. student, I discovered a new velocity turbulence mechanism. Its precise function, meteorological utility (if any), or level of significance was not clear, but at a minimum I was proud of the work. I looked through simulated velocity fields and I discovered something interesting—Batman.

A white and black still of velocity fields from a large-eddy simulation. There is the vague shape of Batman.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 23/09/2026

I guess anything could happen, but it seems likely that this will be the final standings for count of days reaching 100˚F in Oklahoma City. We did it, 2026!

Horizontal bar chart ranking Oklahoma City years from 1890 to 2026 by how many days reached 100°F or hotter. Years with the same count share one bar, and bars run from deep red (most days) to light orange (fewest). 2011 holds the record with 63 days. 1980 is second with 50. 2026 is tied with 1934 for third at 45 days, ahead of 1936 (43), 1954 (41), 1998 (40), 2006 (38), 1978 (35), 2012 (34) and 2000 (32). All other years had 28 or fewer. The chart ends with 13 years that had a single 100°F day, including 2025, and 22 years that never reached 100°F, including 2021, 2004 and 2002.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 23/09/2026

Oklahoma City got a few sprinkles yesterday (0.07 inches). If you squint on the yellow line, you can maybe see that. Anyway, 2026 is currently the 5th driest year in Oklahoma City on record, having received only ~51% of its normal value through September 23.

Line chart of cumulative precipitation at Oklahoma City for every year from 1890 to 2026. Each year is a faint gray line running from January to December. A dashed black line shows the 1991–2020 normal, which ends at 36.39 inches. A white band marks one standard deviation above and below the normal, ending between 27.85 and 44.93 inches. The wettest year, 2007, is highlighted in red and ends at 56.95 inches. The driest year, 1901, is in blue and ends at 15.74 inches. 2026 is in gold and has 14.62 inches as of September 22, well below the normal of about 28.67 inches for that date. That makes 2026 the 5th driest year to date on record. Its line has run well below the band since early summer and stays above the 1901 line.

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 22/09/2026

Heads up! tune Iinto @wgntv.com at 4 & 5pm tonight to watch and hear me talk about Chicagohenge.

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Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 22/09/2026

Happy #Chicagohenge, everyone! Astronomical fall officially arrives at 7:05pm CDT today. Happy shooting if you're out chasing the sun between Chicago's concrete (and steel and glass) canyons. The forecast is iffy this afternoon, but worth a shot.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 22/09/2026

"... the human brain consists of two ancient nervous systems cleverly packaged together — a more primitive part that regulates our hearts’ beating, our breathing and other functions, and another that makes us distinctly human, capable of poetry, mathematics and wondering about our own origins."

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 20/09/2026

I became aware of my dad’s mental health issues in first grade. That Christmas, my mom got me a Super Nintendo that came bundled with Super Mario World. That game helped hug a boy who was scared about what his dad was going through, and he learned that games and art and books could be an escape

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 19/09/2026

Porcupine wishes the guy taking the photo would leave her alone.

A grey shorthair cat is laying on a pillow trying to nap, only its head visible, looking annoyed at the cameraman who is me.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 19/09/2026

Me, during the Lab’s all-hands meeting when I attend virtually.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 19/09/2026

I broke my toe by walking into my telescope stand. I’m starting to see how curiosity killed the cat. 🔭 🦶🏻🤬.

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Katharine M. Kanak, PhD @kmkanak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Based on ASOS data (IEM /NCEI) at KOKC, 13 of 18 days in September 2026 have had max temp >= 100F, followed by 7 days in 2000 and 2012.

Bar chart showing the number of days with max temp greater than or equal to 100F at KOKC versus year.

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 18/09/2026

A tornado touched down in Davis County Friday afternoon, part of a swath of storms that hit the area. Read more: www.sltrib.com/news/2026/09/18/torn…

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 18/09/2026

Me and a few pals worked at a grocery store in high school. We TP'ed the assistant manager's house on Halloween, specifically the large trees in his front yard. Friends, it rained later that night. He was never outwardly mad about it, but our shifts involved a little more manual labor afterward.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 18/09/2026

OKC topped out at 99˚F yesterday. At noon, yesterday, the temperature was 93˚ w/a dew point of 66˚F and winds from the SW at 6 mph. Today at noon, it was 93˚F with a 65˚F dew point and winds from the SSW at 10 mph. So, it will be close

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 18/09/2026

A worthy read as usual, but even more so with help from Carl the hardware store dog.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 18/09/2026

Look, I’m probably going to be in timeout more often without Jami here telling me to stay out of trouble. If you ever wanted an immediate cortisol reduction, you listened to, or talked with, Jami. This place will be lesser without her.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 16/09/2026

As of this past hour, OKC has now moved into a tie for 3rd place with 1934 — up to 45 days with a maximum temperature of 100˚F+. OKC will have a chance in the next few days to stand alone in 3rd place. 🥵

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 16/09/2026

As we wait to see if OKC ties for 3rd place in the count of days with a max temp of 100˚F or higher, I've updated the precip figure. The climate normal year-to-date is 27.83", and 2026 is currently 6th driest: 1936: 7.50" 1901: 11.76" 1911: 13.71" 1914: 13.87" 1954: 14.02" 2026: 14.55"

cumulative precipitation plot for Oklahoma City from 1890-2026. y-axis is cumulative precipitation in inches, x-axis is day of year with labels for each month. Plot shows a bunch of cumulative curves in light gray, a red line for max year (2007), a blue line for minimum year (1901), yellow line for current year, black dashed line for "normal" - computed from 1991-2020, and a white envelope around the average, denoting +/- a standard deviation. Current year is 6th driest.

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HydrologyNL @hydrology.nl · 15/09/2026

In other, and more important, news: children learn how to make rain by cooperation.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 15/09/2026

Will Rogers hit 100.4˚F during the last hour, moving 2026 into 4th place in number of days with a maximum temperature of 100˚F or more.

a chart showing days with 100˚F or higher max temperatures in Oklahoma City. 2011 is ranked #1 with 63 and 2026 is 4th with 44.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This piece by Colson Whitehead is one of my favorite things ever written. I've shared it many times with folks over the years. It was published two months after 9/11, and I believe it's one of the greatest things ever put to pen about grief, memory, and time. www.nytimes.com/2001/11/11/m...

I started building my New York on the uptown No. 1 train. My first city memory is of looking out a subway window as the train erupted from the tunnel on the way to 125th Street and palsied up onto the elevated tracks. It's the early 70's, so everything is filthy. Which means everything is still filthy, because that is my city and I'm sticking to it. I still call it the Pan Am Building, not out of affectation, but because that's what it is. For that new transplant from Des Moines, who is starting her first week of work at a Park Avenue South insurance firm, that colossus squatting over Grand Central is the Met Life Building, and for her it always will be. She is wrong, of course -- when I look up there, I clearly see the gigantic letters spelling out Pan Am, don't I? And of course I am wrong, in the eyes of the old-timers who maintain the myth that there was a time before Pan Am.

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Kenzie Krocak @mjkrocak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Long time, no post, but I have to share a cool job opportunity: Social Science Research and Testbed Support Specialist in Norman, OK. Please pass along to folks who may be interested! Happy to answer questions or point you to someone who knows more. careers-fedwriters.icims.com/jobs/2456/so...

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 10/09/2026

My son’s school start time may be obnoxious, but at least it comes with sunrises like the one this morning.

A sunrise with bright orange clouds illuminated above and behind silhouetted trees

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 10/09/2026

It’s actually pronounced iPhone Dwah

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 09/09/2026

<me to wife> So how was your day? I saw Apple announced their folding phone. I know! Silly. Who needs that? But what if I got it? I’m just kidding. LOL. But what if? Okay, okay, I’ll be serious. But …

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 09/09/2026

Ahead of potential rain tonight/tomorrow, here is where Oklahoma City stands on precipitation. To date, KOKC has received 14.44", making 2026 the second driest year since 1948, behind only 1954 (14.02"). That's rough!

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 08/09/2026

Indigo was a day-one subscribe for me. It's a delight to use and I enjoy all the small details and craft in the app.

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Dan @danielthemaniel.com · 08/09/2026

This part is crazy. Every paragraph is worse than the last. Perhaps I was naive, but I didn't think OpenAI capable of being this dishonest.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

For anyone not following the drama, there's been apparently a big development in ai math, along with some accusations of very bad behavior by OpenAI. But we don't have details yet. If I understand it, Buckmaster and Levent Alpoge made a big discovery on Navier-Stokes. Events go something like this:

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 08/09/2026

Here are how daily maximum temperature and dew point temperature have changed between the first 30 years of record at KOKC and the last 30 years.

A plot of daily maximum temperature distributions at KOKC. The first 30 year record (blue) is compared with the last 30 year record (orange). Data show a shift toward warmer temperatures, with an average increase of 11 days per summer reaching greater than or equal to 90˚F.

A plot of daily maximum dew point temperature distributions at KOKC. The first 30 year record (blue) is compared with the last 30 year record (orange). Data show a shift toward warmer temperatures, with an average increase of 11.5 days per summer reaching greater than or equal to 70˚F.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 08/09/2026

me traveling pretty far to find the water.

Stock photo of a man bent forward slightly looking through a handheld scope at the ocean.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 07/09/2026

1.) I doubt this happens. 2.) If it does, this is animal abuse, akin to dog or cock fighting. I bet they sedate the animal in some way or bind its mouth shut. 3.) "I don't want to kill this wild animal and I don't want to die" - I like to dream, too, my guy.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026

My pedagogical philosophy begins with the premise that I am helping students become better thinkers than they were before and that doing this effectively will best prepare them for whatever life throws at them, intellectually, economically, and otherwise.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 05/09/2026

Kolmogorov-type turbulence spectra appear across a variety of human and other systems beyond its traditional fluid dynamics framing. It can appear as behavioral and informational cascade, and has been observed in things like brain dynamics and the unemployment rate of a capitalist society.

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 05/09/2026

This show is one of the most indelible parts of my childhood. Kevin Conroy’s voice can trigger the most intense of memories.

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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

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Jeremy Gibbs @gibbs.science · 03/09/2026

Here is June/July/August max temperature and dew point temperature at KOKC from 1948–present. This year had the 6th most days at or above 100˚F. The dew point extremes were generally unremarkable, although this year continues a four-year streak of no maximum dew points below 60˚F—so relief is meh.