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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

big weather nerd hours tonight as I am glued to the hurricane hunter recon data for Tropical Storm Isaias and doing a big ol' 👀👀👀 as it comes in

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Exciting footnote to come across in *The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)* for people who felt called out reading *Project Hail Mary* when Grace was like "I know different things in different units. I'm American. It happens." (me) (also I am having a great time reading this book)

A screenshot of a footnote from an ebook. It reads:
X. Based on current estimates, the Sun is already increasing in radius at about an inch per year. But at the same time, the Earth is expanding its orbit, such that we're moving away from the Sun at about 15 centimeters per year (I make no apology for the mixed units here), so it's not like the surface of the Sun is getting closer to us at the moment.

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

me, looking at the NHC's seven-day outlook for the tropical Atlantic, and so excited that I can pull out a variation on this meme again this year now that we're getting into peak african easterly wave season (full disclaimer: these are still waves and it'll be 5-7 days before any impacts to land)

the second breakfast meme with the text:
top: we've got one easterly wave in the main development region
bottom: but what about a second one?

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Y'all I swear these Panda Express fortune cookies

A fortune cookie slip from Panda Express reading "Your most important work is yet to come"

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

But when there's a lot of Saharan dust, there's often fewer waves, and those that do exist are less thunderstorm-y. In this image, there's one active easterly wave just to the northeast of Puerto Rico that's easy to spot. But there's actually another one near 10N 30W that has fewer thunderstorms!

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

So, when there's not a lot of Saharan dust, the tropical Atlantic can look like this, where there's these periodically-spaced areas of thunderstorms, some of which develop into tropical storms and hurricanes

a powerpoint slide with the title "What are tropical easterly waves?" The body of the slide is composed of an IR satellite image of the North Atlantic, with areas of interest circled and labeled. Hurricane Gabrielle in the Central Atlantic and T(ropical) S(torm) Narda in the East Pacific are circled in red, while there are five areas of thunderstorms circled in cyan, two of which are labeled "Pre-Imelda" and "Pre-Humberto"

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

My hard work better be about to pay off since I defend my dissertation in a little over a month

A panda express fortune cookie slip that reads "your hard work is about to pay off in an impactful way"

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Got bored. Made cookies. I'm finally embracing my desire to be the sort of person who bakes because they feel like it and then brings the goodies into the office to share

A dozen golden brown chocolate chip cookies on parchment paper on a cooling rack

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

so glad that this doesn't appear to have been necessary tonight #p4a2026

a digital painting of a basic map an island with some hills, mountains, trees, and rivers. Overlaid on the island is a red polygon and the disembodied face of Jarrod, a disturbing bald mask. Underneath the island is the text "the nerdfighteria weather service has issued a Jarrod warning for central nerdfighteria island"

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

It's no problem to make the cards! Enjoy!

A pale bingo card with medium purple text. Oriented vertically on the side of the card is the text "Bingo Card for Shannon. Made by @lastcomment314" The items on the bingo card read, going down each column:
Beanie Sandfurbs
some other past mascot reappears
Hank plays connections
The donation amount ends in .69
Pelicans/ possums/ crabs/etc. appear
P4A history lesson
Thanks to the awesome folks behind the scenes
awesome coffee or tea mentioned
geography is hard
A balloon task becomes a meme
CHESTER (Hank's other cat)
jerky drawer
FREE SPACE Anonymous is having a great P4A
GUMMY BEAR
A cardboard cutout appears on stream
hanklerfish
Dave the Fish
sharpie face
someone can't read
Tiltify crashes
confusion about what perks are available
Sneezing is not normal
Someone eats/inhales confetti
John quotes a famous writer
Hank's disco lights

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Seeing as we already broke the P4A website yesterday... Presenting: Project for Awesome 2026 Bingo Cards #p4a2026 As in years past, I can re-run the generator to create custom cards on request! New this year, I can also turn the colors off for printer-friendly B&W cards.

A medium purple bingo card with pale text. Oriented vertically on the side of the card is the text "Bingo Card 1 of 4. Made by @lastcomment314" The items on the bingo card read, going down each column:
Katherine and/or Sarah appear
Hank loses things on his desk
Description of the available perks
John talks about death or mortality
perkatory
Lemon Lips
Beanie Sandfurbs
Other parts of John’s house
Facial hair shenanigans
John or Hank put something weird on their heads
Dr. Billiam Feathersby
French the Llama!
FREE SPACE Anonymous is having a great P4A
John wears something ridiculous
some other past mascot reappears
Darcy CRONCH
John mentions Diet Dr Pepper
Hank is hungry
Hank dances
Hank makes up some cursed meme
John uses a party popper
someone puns on the theme
John suffers in the name of charity
Hank or John mention drafting books
awesome coffee or tea mentioned

A light green bingo card with indigo text. Oriented vertically on the side of the card is the text "Bingo Card 2 of 4. Made by @lastcomment314" The items on the bingo card read, going down each column:
Pelicans/ possums/ crabs/etc. appear
someone's phone battery gets very low
someone's tech breaks
a guest makes questionable food choices
Beanie Sandfurbs
it's a dangerous day to get paid
A cardboard cutout appears on stream
Hank dances
John underestimates Nerdfighteria
Ol' Trashwater
someone attempts live math
Tiltify crashes
FREE SPACE Anonymous is having a great P4A
Hank is hungry
Other parts of John’s house
John talks about death or mortality
we're here because
John quotes a famous writer
Lemon Lips
Facial hair shenanigans
someone can't read
A segment goes over time
John wears something ridiculous
Banana Loca appearance
GUMMY BEAR

A pale bingo card with indigo text. Oriented vertically on the side of the card is the text "Bingo Card 3 of 4. Made by @lastcomment314" The items on the bingo card read, going down each column:
John suffers in the name of charity
hanklerfish
awesome coffee or tea mentioned
Hank's disco lights
Other parts of John’s house
a guest makes questionable food choices
An Animal Wonders critter poops
Vertical Video Sensation
Hank is hungry
John uses a party popper
Thanks to the awesome folks behind the scenes
A cardboard cutout appears on stream
FREE SPACE Anonymous is having a great P4A
Who the eff is Hank
French the Llama!
Lemon Lips
John puts something not sharpie on his face
A balloon task becomes a meme
Hank plays connections
A segment goes over time
We break a donation record
Ol' Trashwater
Video-watching break
party popper misfire
P4A history lesson

A dark blue bingo card with pale text. Oriented vertically on the side of the card is the text "Bingo Card 4 of 4. Made by @lastcomment314" The items on the bingo card read, going down each column:
incorrect math for the next milestone
John mentions Diet Dr Pepper
Crank Green
Sneezing is not normal
rainbow unicorn farts
John talks about AFC Wimbledon
We break a donation record
Thanks to the awesome folks behind the scenes
Dr. Billiam Feathersby
T-Rax
Honk and Bonk
Lemon Lips
FREE SPACE Anonymous is having a great P4A
CHESTER (Hank's other cat)
Vertical Video Sensation
Surprise new furby
Other pets appear on stream
Hank or John mention drafting books
someone's tech breaks
Silly Ray Cyrus
Accidental cursing
party popper misfire
Any cursed face paint
POTATO
Banana Loca appearance

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

One of my animal crossing villagers asked me for a new catchphrase the other day and I couldn't resist...

A screenshot of animal crossing new horizons. The player character, a white person with glasses and winter clothing, is talking with Avery, a grey bird, while standing on a beach. Avery has said 'Lemme see if I've got this right. You wanna go with "honk"?'. The player's response selection is next to "I wanna." It is winter in the islands, and flowers, other villagers, and snow covered trees are visible in the background.

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

curious nerds need to know will Honk and Bonk be back for #p4a2026 (it's me I'm curious nerds)

a drawing of two green inflatable dancing tube dudes (gender neutral), Honk and Bonk, with their tongues sticking out. They are on top of a dark purple/blue background that has additional stripes in lighter purples/blues

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Beanie Sandfurbs! Probably my favorite of the past mascots (though Ol Trashwater is a close second)

A screenshot of the top of an android phone lock screen. The battery is at 39%

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Spotify wrapped is here and am I actually fine if my top song this year was "I'M FINE!" (I'm writing a dissertation no I'm not fine)

A Spotify wrapped 2025 graphic. The top has an image of the singer dodie, a white woman with long dark hair, overlaid on concentric circles and with "2025" in red next to the image. The graphic lists my top artists as 1) discuss dodie 2) Taylor Swift 3) Florence + the Machine 4) Of Monsters and Men 5) Aly & AJ. My top songs are 1) I'M FINE! 2) Television Love 3) Ordinary Creature 4) Everybody Scream 5) Gerudo Valley (From "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time"). I listened to 30,111 minutes of music on Spotify and my top genre was indie pop.

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I should not be as proud as I am for 1) correctly identifying that the new pokemon go level structure follows an exponential curve and 2) using said curve to predict that my new level would be 69, but here we are

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I've got 74 socks and almost started another focus session trying to get back to here thanks to Android not playing nicely with some apps and the swipe gestures to change apps

A screenshot of the Focus Friend app. I have a default bean, a half-decorated room, and 74 socks. The app is also telling me "cosmic [my bean] needs help focusing"

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

me looking at the seven-day forecast and seeing highs in the 70s for early next week

the "is this [thing]" meme where Oklahoma wonders if temperatures in the 70s are fall weather

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

me looking at this afternoon's north atlantic tropical cyclone outlook like "we've had one easterly wave develop into a hurricane, but what about a second one?" *disclaimer* the chances of this second wave developing are currently low, and if it develops, it'll take 5+ days to reach the Caribbean

the National Hurricane Center's seven-day tropical weather outlook for the North Atlantic. The outlook is a map showing the region and current and potential tropical activity. In addition to Hurricane Erin, which is just marked by a red cyclone symbol just north of Hispanola, there are two areas marked with yellow X's for low potential of development. One area is in the western Atlantic between the Carolinas and Bermuda, while the second is in the eastern Atlantic, just southwest of the Cabo Verde islands (off the coast of West Africa). The area near Cabo Verde has an arrow pointing west towards a hatched blob over the central tropical Atlantic, indicating that the system may develop as it moves further west.

the second breakfast meme with the text "we've had one easterly wave develop into a hurricane" on top and "but what about a second one?" on the bottom

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Some friends and I went on a birb walk this evening and we saw some birbs and also some, er, characters. One dude running barefoot on the mixed surface trail and some kids who caught a water moccasin??? Anyways have some of my phone quality birb pictures

A small dark colored bird in partially leafed trees against a clear blue sky

A group of small dark colored birds in partially leafed trees against a clear blue sky

A cardinal on tree branches that don't currently have leaves, against a clear blue sky

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

The hail is knocking it wants to come in (we're not letting it in and we're also hoping it doesn't invite itself into the car)

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Big planes are fun! It can take a while to get everyone on and off, but just the "giant metal tube in the sky" is neat. (And for fun, a photo of the biggest plane I've been on, from 2023 when I was flying back to the US from Australia)

A Qantas A380 on the tarmac. It is a white plane with two levels of windows along the whole length of the plane, and a red tail with a white stylized kangaroo on it. The plane is surrounded by various airport ground servicing vehicles

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I finally got a frame today to put my #p4a2025 frog prints and confetti into and it came out so good!

A photo frame with four whimsical frog art prints, each signed by the different people who inspired the art. Behind and around the prints are multiple colors of large confetti pieces. The frame is black, and the frog prints are inspired by:
- upper left: Brennan Lee Mulligan
- upper middle: SciShow Tangents team
- upper right: Hank Green
- lower middle: Brian David Gilbert

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I am happy (maybe?) to report that the roof geese are back outside my office

The heads of two Canada geese peek over a small wall in the foreground and trees in the lower background. The rest of the background is a cloudy sky

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

You say that in joke but I just had to make this array for the local hour for different longitudes for 8x daily data

A photo of an ipython terminal window where the user has most recently typed "localhour" to view the variable, and ipython has returned a 2d array with values ranging from 0 to 23 in each position of the array

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

one of my Aussie cousins just texted me about the tropical cyclone approaching the Aussie coastline and now I'm nerding out in the cousins group chat about the sheared structures of weak tropical cyclones

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I'm honestly impressed that my frog resembles a frog, but I drew perkatory #p4a2025

a digital drawing of green frog in a shopping cart on a grey background. Above the cart is the text "Perkatory" and in the bottom of the shopping cart is the signature "lastcomment314"

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

so @nfdiscordserver.dftba.social has an "I can read" role and we've decided that Taha deserves an honorary bestowing of it for his trolley game reading skills #p4a2025

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Oh no did I miss a reply somewhere? Sorry for the delay! Here's a card!

A dark purple bingo card with light purple text. Oriented vertically on the side of the card is the text "Bingo Card for Alex. Made by @lastcomment314"
The items on the bingo card read, going down each column:
- some other past mascot appears
- Hank looks away to talk to tiktok
- Facial hair shenanigans
- Beanie Sandfurbs
- A new P4A mascsot
- John wears something ridiculous
- An Animal Wonders critter poops
- John mentions Diet Dr Pepper
- Incorrect math for the next milestone
- Sneezing is not normal
- A segment goes over time
- John quotes a famous writer
- FREE SPACE Anonymous is having a great P4A
- Description of the available perks
- GUMMY BEAR
- John talks about AFC Wimbledon
- awesome coffee or tea mentioned
- John becomes discount Bo Burnham
- Accidental cursing
- Video-watching break
- Someone eats/inhales confetti
- someone attempts live math
- The digital download bundle is a great deal
- Host changeover takes longer than planned
- The donation amount ends in .69

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

No problem at all to make one!

A neon green bingo card with dark purple text. Oriented vertically on the side of the card is the text "Bingo Card for Ash. Made by @lastcomment314"
The items on the bingo card read, going down each column:
- Other parts of John's house
- Banana Loca Appearance
- French the Llama!
- Hank/John make questionable food choices
- glennn and daaale
- John or Hank put something weird on their heads
- John mentions Diet Dr Pepper
- FREE SPACE Anonymous is having a great P4A
- Any cursed face paint
- John becomes discount Bo Burnham
- Hank's disco lights
- The donation amount ends in .69
- Video-watching break
- chat meme becomes a perk
- Facial hair shenanigans
- Hank becomes unhinged
- Sneezing is not normal
- A new P4A mascot
- sharpie face
- The digital download bundle is a great deal

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

One bingo card! It's been a blast making these cards, and they wouldn't exist without the suggestions nerds made for the items on the cards!

A neon green bingo card with dark purple text. Oriented vertically on the side of the card is the text "Bingo Card for Benni. Made by @lastcomment314"
The items on the bingo card read, going down each column
- incorrect math for the next milestone
- John uses a party popper
- we're here because
- A cardboard cutout is a star of the stream
- Drawfee draws a P4A meme
- John talks about AFC Wimbledon
- Someone eats/inhales confetti
- POTATO
- Hank's disco lights
- John mentions Diet Dr Pepper
- chat meme becomes a perk
- gazoonkas
- FREE SPACE Anonymous is having a great P4A
- Buttfartman appearance
- John quotes a famous writer
- Tiltify crashes
- a guest makes questionable food choices
- John becomes discount Bo Burnham
- Hank/John make questionable food choices
- Accidental cursing
- Thanks to the awesome folks behind the scenes
- Facial hair shenanigans
- Katherine and/or Sarah appear
- Hank makes up some cursed meme
- Hank loses things on his desk

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I removed the items I used to have for Destin's DSP from the generator, since the recent P4A emails made it sound like the DSP has been retired and he'll be doing something different, but I can definitely do a lavender card!

A like purple bingo card with dark purple text. Oriented vertically on the side of the card is the text "Bingo Card for Megan. Made by @lastcomment314"
The items on the bingo card read, going down each column:
- Other pets appear on stream
- Hank's disco lights
- John mentions Diet Dr Pepper
- Tiltify crashes
- John becomes discount Bo Burnham
- Beanie Sandfurbs
- someone mentions being tired
- Pelicans/possums/crabs/etc. appear
- awesome coffee or tea mentioned
- any cursed face paint
- French the Llama!
- John uses a party popper
- FREE SPACE Anonymous is having a great P4A
- We break a donation record
- Accidental cursing
- John talks about TB
- The digital download bundle is a great deal
- Hank makes up some cursed meme
- A cardboard cutout is a star of the stream
- rainbow unicorn farts
- POTATO
- John talks about AFC Wimbledon
- a guest makes questionable food choices
- Crank Green
- Hank/John make questionable food choices

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Tada! One bingo card, hot off the presses!

A dark purple bingo card with light purple text. Oriented vertically on the side of the card is the text "Bingo Card for Jackson. Made by @lastcomment314"
The items on the bingo card read, going down each column:
- Facial hair shenanigans
- We break a donation record
- John uses a party popper
- Sneezing is not normal
- John talks about TB
- gazoonkas
- someone mentions being tired
- An Animal Wonders critter poops
- The digital download bundle is a great deal
- A balloon task gets lost
- John talks about death or mortality
- Incorrect math for the next milestone
- FREE SPACE Anonymous is having a great P4A
- Hank becomes unhinged
- Hank looks away to talk to tiktok
- Darcy CRONCH
- Hank/John make questionable food choices
- Surprise new furby
- Katherine and/or Sarah appear
- A new P4A mascot
- Tiltify crashes
- Improvised music is performed
- Pelicans/possums/crabs/etc. appear
- Buttfartman appearance
- Beanie Sandfurbs

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Margaret @lastcomment314.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

One brand-new bingo card! The first column really is a lot of "someone" items but that's the fun of randomly generated bingo cards!

A light purple bingo card with dark purple text. Oriented vertically on the side of the card is the text "Bingo Card for mav. Made by @lastcomment314"
The items on the bingo card read, going down each column:
- Darcy CRONCH
- Butt is/not legs
- Someone eats/inhales confetti
- someone attempts live math
- someone mentions being tired
- Hank becomes unhinged
- GUMMY BEAR
- Tiltify crashes
- gazoonkas
- Host changeover takes longer than planned
- The donation amounts ends in .69
- We break a donation record
- FREE SPACE Anonymous is having a great P4A
- Facial hair shenanigans
- Katherine and/or Sarah appear
- French the Llama!
- rainbow unicorn farts
- Hank makes up some cursed meme
- John talks about AFC Wimbledon
- Hank/John make questionable food choices
- Hank's disco lights
- John Cries
- Video-watching break
- Hank looks away to talk to tiktok
- Incorrect math for the next milestone

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