July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 3hTen years ago today (eastern time): Hurricane Matthew reaches Category 5 intensity, the first to do so since Felix (2007). Matthew caused devastation across the Caribbean, esp. in Haiti, where over 500-1000 people were killed and cholera cases spiked across the impoverished southern region. 152
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A case of a rapidly strengthening TC with eyewall lightning nearly completely absent, assuming there's no undersampling. To me this suggests distinct modes of vortex structure during intensification. 1131
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Video of a flythrough in Hurricane Polo's eye as seen from N43RF. Credit to @flynoaa on IG, original caption in alt text. www.instagram.com/flynoaa/reel... 0117
Reposted by July (they/them)The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 17/09/2026Japan ranked 117th out of 145 countries in the World Economic Forum's 2026 Global Gender Gap Report, landing one notch higher than last year but still the worst among the Group of Seven nations.ebx.shJapan moves up in global gender gap report, but still worst among G7The country ranked 117th out of 145 countries, improving by one spot from last year. 2134
Reposted by July (they/them)Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Very forceful statement by Terry Tao about AI and math. terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a... Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.terrytao.wordpress.comA Severe Misalignment of AI in MathematicsI am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have… 19922230
Reposted by July (they/them)Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 14/09/2026In a new declaration, 25 winners of the Fields Medal say there's a “severe misalignment” between the tech industry and the field of mathematics.scientificamerican.com25 winners of math’s ‘Nobel Prize’ decry the AI invasion of their disciplineA new declaration from winners of the Fields Medal reflects many mathematicians’ growing alarm over a “severe misalignment” between the tech industry and their field a week after AI toppled one of mat... 13916
Reposted by July (they/them)The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/09/2026OpenAI's swarm of bots solved a math problem in less than four days that had stumped mathematicians for nearly a century. “We’re seeing how swiftly an entire field can be ravaged by AI,” one professor told Kai Williams: bit.lyAn Existential Crisis in MathAI just solved one of the world’s hardest math problems. 83815
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Wow. My first dentist appointment here was ~3.5k yen (about $22). Follow up visits are ~1k. They said I'll need five or six follow ups to fully clean my teeth (they only do portions at a time, each visit is ~30 mins), but still I'm maybe looking at <$60 for a cleaning + small chipped tooth fix. 140
Reposted by July (they/them)MSJ | Student | DFW @wxandpi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Continuing to point at the part of the first allegations where OpenAI effectively said "we'll let you claim credit for your proof if you remove your co-author from your other proofs because they work for Anthropic" which is not in fact how any of this works and is extremely shady shit 031
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I used to think I would celebrate the day N-S smoothness was solved, but mostly I just feel numb. 121
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This depression simply will not let go of me. 250
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Some reflections after one month. Noticing more and more signs that I'm starting to identify more as my new name. It's feeling less weird, for one. I'm starting to think about myself and my place in the world in terms of July. Meanwhile hearing my old name is becoming more jarring and dysphoric. 140
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Some kind of weird (barotropic?) instability occurred along the eyewall edge of Hurricane Lowell. Reminds me of those wispy cirrus swirls you sometimes see in the eye at sunrise. 071
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Sunrise on now Category 5 Hurricane #Lowell, the second Cat 5 of the 2026 eastern/central Pacific season. 040
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Two TCs with nearly identical intensity, but only one with an electrified eyewall. Finding out why is really interesting to me and IMO would strongly benefit storm nowcasting. Definitely on my "millenium prize" list of TC internal dynamics questions. 170
Reposted by July (they/them)Kim Wood @drkimwood.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I do that! :) Plots are updated daily around 21 UTC. kouya.has.arizona.edu/tropics/ 121
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Today marks the halfway point of the official Atlantic hurricane season. Here's how each northern hemisphere basin is doing so far in 2026 compared to the 1991-2020 average ACE. Figures are from here: tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Realtime/ind... 261
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Ida was the last major hurricane I chased. This is footage of the strongest conditions at my location in Houma. I vaguely recall winds like this were intermittent but short lived, so maybe caused by a roll or inner band. We didn't get deep into the eyewall, but this might be representative of it. 171
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Five years ago today: Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana with maximum winds of 150mph (240km/h). Later as an extratropical cyclone, Ida caused destructive flooding and a tornado outbreak across the northeast U.S., ultimately resulting in at least $75 billion in damages and 87 deaths. 1206
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Sort of starting to feel like myself again after this month-long depressive episode. 060
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Typhoon #Saudel steadily deepening. The core passed near/over the mostly uninhabited volcanic island of Agrihan in the Northern Mariana Islands several hours ago. Will present yet another threat to the Ryūkyū Islands in Okinawa prefecture in about 4 days. #CNMI #Okinawa 092
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Fun with RGB channels. Video shows false color imagery of Lala's intensification into a major hurricane over the course of yesterday (Aug 18 local time). Lala currently threatens #Kauō / #Laysan in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands w/ 125mph (205km/h) winds, but is expected to weaken from here on. 1133
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Is part of NHC’s contract with Google that they have to write out Google DeepMind any time they mention it 150
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Possible misovortices in the eastern eyewall of #Lala as seen from the shortwave finger shaped echoes with elevated spectrum widths. Difficult to confirm because of beam blockage. 172
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Mesovortices almost certainly enhanced surface winds over northern Okinawa as Dolphin made its closest approach. They now seem to have subsided as the storm begins to move away as part of its trochoidal motion pattern. 163
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Visible mesovortex activity may indicate sudden RI as Typhoon #Dolphin #台風13号 dives southward from its previously westward trajectory north of Okinawajima. #那覇市 #沖縄市 #沖縄 退避しろ！ #Naha #Okinawa take cover NOW. 040
Reposted by July (they/them)Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/08/2026I understand that funding bodies want to go all in on AI as the shiny new innovation thing. But if all the grants start going to AI at the expense of everything else then the research sector is going to end up looking like a farm with dozens of threshers hacking away in a field with no wheat. 582327428
Reposted by July (they/them)The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 06/08/2026Commentary: Every Aug. 6 should renew the global commitment to reducing and ultimately eliminating nuclear weapons.ebx.shMake anniversary of Hiroshima bombing ‘Disarmament Day’Remembering Hiroshima cannot become a once-a-year ritual. It must become a reminder that nuclear weapons remain an urgent contemporary problem. 23723
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Going to start experimenting with the name July. 4130
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Came out to my parents and it didn’t go so well. 11140
Reposted by July (they/them)The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 28/07/2026BREAKING: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck Kumamoto Prefecture, registering up to "shindo" 7, the highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale. The weather agency issued a tsunami alert, urging people to stay away from the ocean and the sea shore.ebx.shTsunami alert issued after magnitude 7.1 quake strikes KumamotoThe quake registered up to shindo 7, the highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale. 6147127
Reposted by July (they/them)GFZ Earthquake Alerts (GEOFON) @geofon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Magnitude : 6.8 Region: Kyushu, Japan Time: 2026-07-28 07:27:14 UTC Epicenter : 130.65°E 32.66°N Depth: 10 km *First posted at: 07:35 UTC* geofon.gfz.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz… #GEOFON #GFZ #earthquake #magnitude 178
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I wonder if we’ll see a Patricia-like storm this year. 230
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 27/07/202633 hours of GOES-East mesoscale sector imagery showing Genevieve reaching 140-kt intensity with GLM lightning overlay. (July 26 00:00 - July 27 09:00 UTC) 040
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 27/07/202606:00 UTC: #Genevieve has estimated maximum winds of 160mph (260km/h) and 925hPa minimum pressure, officially reaching Category 5 status. 021
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 27/07/202607/27 03z NHC update: #Genevieve reaches estimated maximum winds of 155mph (250km/h). No direct threat to any land areas. 031
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 27/07/2026post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains. 161
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Fun fact, Genevieve 2026 is the third Genevieve in a row (after 2014 and 2020) to reach Category 4+ intensity. 2121
Reposted by July (they/them)Wisc-Satellite @wisc-satellite.bsky.social · 27/07/20261-minute @noaa.gov #GOESEast (GOES-19) Visible images revealed mesovortices within the eye of #Genevieve as it was rapidly intensifying to a Category 4 hurricane in the East Pacific. GLM Flash Points showed intermittent lightning activity within the eyewall. 0229
July (they/them) @misovortex.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Pronounced wavenumber-2 hot towers firing around the nascent (possibly elliptical) eye of strengthening Hurricane #Genevieve in the eastern Pacific. No direct threat to any land areas. 031
Reposted by July (they/them)Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 25/07/2026Military crackdown follows a shooting that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers.aljazeera.comIsrael arrests dozens of Palestinians in West Bank amid settler attacksMilitary crackdown follows a shooting that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers. 55638
Reposted by July (they/them)JT Cestkowski @jtcestkowski.bsky.social · 23/07/2026HAPPENING NOW Hundreds are in the streets right now in Madison, WI, after police earlier today shot and killed a Black man. The demonstrations have taken over the city’s downtown. 6971299
Reposted by July (they/them)Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 23/07/2026Madison police kill man in broad daylight in front of witnesses, sparking outrage wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/madis...wisconsinexaminer.comMadison police kill man in broad daylight in front of witnesses • Wisconsin ExaminerA Madison police officer shot a man several times, killing him during an arrest for allegedly casing cars in the Willy Street neighborhood. 97349
Reposted by July (they/them)Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. 20378813024811
Reposted by July (they/them)Jason, ex Inferis @benedictsred.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Tried to explain the difference between an absolute unit and a megachonker to my grandpa and he shot a hole in the floor 938788
Reposted by July (they/them)Kelson Thomas (poped up) @kelson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026My depression has also been gradually strengthening 1103
