Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I really regret opening the internet today. I regret it everyday, but I really regret it today. 030
Reposted by Kyle ThiemAaron Schatz @aaronschatz.com · 30/08/2026How the Rams were last year WITHOUT Garrett and Donald... 59517
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Damn it, Google… The last Maps upgrade was really nice too. I thought when our lives were taken over by a cabal of oligarchs, they wouldn’t all be such p*$$¡€$. 🔥🔥🔥 010
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Actually, scratch that. ANY product requiring ANY batteries should come with them. It’s a dumb cost cutting tactic, cheap ones in bulk are so negligible to costs. Make your stuff work before selling it. 000
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Until coin batteries are standardized—> Any product requiring a coin battery should come with that battery. There’s 80,000 different types, and searching through a wall of them at the store, hoping they have the exact one you need is so unnecessary. 100
Reposted by Kyle ThiemMichael Le Page @mjflepage.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Initial analyses of satellite images and seismic data by @watershedlab.bsky.social & @kristencook.bsky.social suggest that the collapse of a high glacier caused the flash flood disaster in Nepal www.newscientist.com/article/2586...newscientist.comA glacier collapse is most likely cause of the Nepal disaster | New ScientistMelting snow appears to have weakened a steep glacier at an altitude of 5 kilometres, causing it to plummet around a kilometre into the river valley below 16640303
Reposted by Kyle Thiemcira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Ross fire in North Texas has now burned over 80,000 acres, as viewed in this satellite imagery since yesterday afternoon. 1278
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A 2000-ft wide chuck of ice SNAPPED OFF a glacier in Nepal today, falling ~4000 ft & causing an ice avalanche with a massive surge of water, wiping out several villages with thousands likely dead. This is not a natural disaster. This is a climate disaster. Climate change can no longer be ignored.reddit.comFrom the interestingasfuck community on Reddit: Glacier Ice wall broke in Nepal today creating a massive release of water & mud into the city belowExplore this post and more from the interestingasfuck community 252
Reposted by Kyle Thiem🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Current forest fires in the US 🤔 And, yes, Canadian firefighters are there helping. In fact, a Canadian pilot from BC that was fighting fires in Colorado was killed two days ago. Someone once said, “Canadians are like elephants, they have long memories”. We won’t forget. #Canada #Michigan 38432172
Reposted by Kyle ThiemAndy Snyder @wxandbiscuits.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Meanwhile, there are two active wildfires this morning in the drier air over South Florida. The one to the southeast is the Mile Marker 40 Fire - estimated by the FFS at 3,600 acres and 0% contained. Will watch both for pyroCbs this afternoon. ⚡️🔥☁️⚡️ 052
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Wow, I didn’t realize the mainstream media was still capable of properly covering political scandals. Now do Ken Paxton. 030
Reposted by Kyle ThiemWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Okay, now it’s Republicans’ turn to kick out the most prominent rapist in their party 211423232
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Tomorrow, we’ll have won the war for the 47th time. 160
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 08/07/2026After this level of ass-kissing, would it be a surprise if the FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, somehow ended up in the Epstein Files?espn.comEU lawmakers want Gianni Infantino investigated over Trump contactDozens of European lawmakers are gathering support to launch an investigation in the European Parliament of FIFA boss Gianni Infantino over his involvement in the decision to permit U.S. striker Folarin Balogun to play despite an earlier red card. 043
Reposted by Kyle ThiemLawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026“Europe is increasingly paying the costs of a hotter world it has failed to prepare for…The EU’s science advisers warned that efforts to adapt to a hotter planet were insufficient, incremental and often coming too late.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.comRecord wildfires in Europe show failure to adapt carries a mounting costScientists call for better land management alongside reduction in greenhouse gases causing the crisis 043
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Hell yeah! Good for 🇪🇬! Let VAR try and overturn that one. #ARGvsEGY #WorldCup2026 020
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 07/07/2026VAR superseding judgement calls on the field is out of control. If the foul was that egregious it should have been called in real-time, not after an incredible run across the full pitch. Seems it was ONLY reviewed because it resulted in a goal, not due to the action itself. Ridiculous. #WorldCup 010
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Kelton, dude, this is absolutely incredible. And the naming is freaking legendary. It’s amazing to me how NOAA spends so much $$$ outsourcing development of new sites & tools when we have some of the most talented developers in house that can make the same products but an order of magnitude better. 160
Reposted by Kyle ThiemKevin Manross @kmanwx.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Look at that satellite tornado in the velocity animation (right panel) 🤩 2132
Reposted by Kyle ThiemAndy Snyder @wxandbiscuits.bsky.social · 24/04/2026My hot take on the Southeast fires no one asked for. We’ve known this was coming since the 2025 hurricane failed to deliver landfalling systems in the region. La Niña and climate change compounded the ground water issues through fall, winter and now spring. Every indicator is as bad as it gets. 24418
Reposted by Kyle ThiemSteph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Good article on the USFS Research Office closures. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/c...nytimes.comForest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk 0143
Reposted by Kyle Thiemcira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The heat signature of the Artemis II rocket could be seen as it launched through Earth's atmosphere. 05817
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 02/04/2026All regional offices shuttered. All research facilities, and ongoing local studies, gone. HQ moved to the backyard of the most anti-public-lands politicians, knowing career personnel won’t follow. -> Decimate the agency -> Sell off our public lands -> A few people fill their pockets at our expense.open.substack.comBREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest ServiceThe headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed. 031
Reposted by Kyle Thiemcira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Artemis II is headed for the moon! GOES-19 caught this amazing view of the exhaust plume from the rocket as it launched from Cape Canaveral. 326393
Reposted by Kyle ThiemBrian LaMarre @blamarre.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Awesome view of @NASAArtemis II, as viewed from NOAA weather satellite. Note the dark (warmer) dot launching off from Cape Canaveral and off to the northeast! #flwx #artemis 19737
Reposted by Kyle ThiemDan Etchells @danetchells.bsky.social · 01/04/2026The Western US at the FO stage of FAFO... 😬 "‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists. Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientistsExperts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory 721124566
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 02/04/2026We’re gearing up to potentially have one of the most devastating wildfire seasons ever, & we’re now reorganizing the 2 largest land management agencies in the country. On top DOGE cuts decimating USFS last year, and further tearing apart USFS Research which is already extremely limited. 😖theguardian.comUS Forest Service to move headquarters from Washington DC to Salt Lake CityAnnouncement part of controversial shakeup described by critics as administration attack on ‘science and scientists’ 021
Reposted by Kyle ThiemAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Over and over the message this administration sends to federal employees is "Break the law, and so long as you're doing it to support our political causes, we'll let it slide." It is a recipe for corruption and impunity. Discipline has to mean something. 12439101
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Most days, humanity’s outlook seems bleak, but stories like this give me hope for a future where technology is used to benefit society harmoniously with our environment, rather than exploiting the planet & its people for profits. Is it naive? Absolutely. Is it worth striving for? Absolutely. 040
Reposted by Kyle ThiemStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings 6643572206
Reposted by Kyle ThiemHaley Thiem @haleythiemwx.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Happy to share that I am writing in my off time again!creators.yahoo.comSnowpack in Colorado is dismal...Snowpack in Colorado has already been low this season but an early spring heat wave has just worsened conditions. 051
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Hmmm, no way putting a controversial name on something that inherently circulates around a community could be detrimental. Banks will have to take these out of circulation en masse when these notes are vandalized. 000
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Remember this when it’s said there’s no money for things that would help the working class 050
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 28/03/2026*Cue: “Are we the baddies?” Meme, Followed by the “Always Have Been” meme. 020
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Truly a heat wave of historic proportions. We'll be able to clearly identify the outliers of 🌡️ extreme temperatures & resulting ❄️ snowpack levels caused from this for decades. 020
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026The aggregate Daily Maximum Temperatures—going back to 1979—across a swath of the Southwest (incl., CA, NV, UT, CO, AZ, & NM) shows an extreme outlier in mid-to-late March of ≅26°C. This obliterates the highest values observed in March (by ≅5°C), but also tops any value seen through EARLY MAY! #cowx 021
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I did, 😭 But it’s so dry the tears didn’t make it past the cheekbones. 110
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Very fair! I guessed these were specificly ASOS sites, & that was the delineation fo rwhat was included. Am I close? Or was this a subjective selection? 100
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Higher ERCs = 📈 Wildfire Intensity = 📈 Extreme Fire Behavior (e.g., torching, spotting, pyroCb) → Potentially Catastrophic Wildfire Season And it's not just happening in Colorado. Sub-10th percentile snowpacks being seen all across the Intermountain West. Get ready for an insane 🔥 year. 🧵 9/9 070
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Given this additional drying period: • Energy release components (ERC—measure of fuel combustion potential) are setting daily maximums across CO & the West. • The High Plains are seeing ERC levels in the 90th+ annual percentiles, w/ 2 wildfires already dwarfing 2025's largest wildfire. 🧵 8/9 150
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026What's this mean for 🔥 season? • Fuels in the CO Mnts ⛰️ are already stressed: Severe (D2)–Exceptional (D4) drought • Earlier snowmelt means fuels/soils will dry out 2 months earlier than usual • 2 mths of additional drying will extend curing windows by 150-200% headed into summer 🧵 7/9 #cofire 193
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026In other words: Our snowpack (& water reserve) is plummeting alarmingly quickly 🚨 and is nearly depleted, almost 2 wks before our typical seasonal peak. We're over 4 wks ahead of the EARLIEST snowmelt (avg SWE < 5") EVER recorded in the last 40 yrs, & 2 mths ahead of CO's median year. 🧵 6/9 #cowx 191
Kyle Thiem @kylethiem.bsky.social · 27/03/2026The REAL insanity is how early these levels are occurring: • Mean SWE on March 26th was 4.9" • Through the period of record going back to 1987, the earliest we’ve ever recorded levels this low was APRIL 24TH • The date these levels are typically observed is MAY 26TH 🧵 5/9 #cowx 151