Zac

professional bullshitter and irrational fan to lackluster teams. Views are my own.

[Granite Mtn. @gran1te_mtn]

There are dozens of these office buildings in your city and there are only 15 people working in each one.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

A security camera captured two Belgian Malinois puppies playing while their owner wasn't home

[MyRadar Weather @MyRadarWX]

BREAKING: It appears we have the SECOND HIGHEST thunderstorm wind gust ever directly recorded in the United States.

Winds to 131 mph – equivalent to an EF2 tornado – were measured around 6:15 a.m. in central South Dakota.

There were multiple corroborating measurements AND several additional gusts over 110 mph nearby.

Based on everything we can find, these are the strongest straight-line thunderstorm gusts to be directly-measured since August 1, 1983, when a microburst hit Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Just seven minutes earlier, Air Force One had landed with Ronald Reagan. A gust to 149.5 mph was clocked.

A derecho, or violent straight-line wind storm, did impact the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area with 140 mph winds on August 10, 2020; several transmission towers were felled and up to 8,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. But the strongest directly-measured gust was 126 mph in Atkins, Iowa.

"You are in a life-threatening situation," warned the Weather Service in Aberdeen on Monday morning. "Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be destroyed. Expect considerable damage to homes and businesses. Expect extensive tree damage and power outages."

Much of the impact-based verbiage was borrowed from the Weather Service's template for tornado warnings. Only on rare occasions is that phrasing used in severe thunderstorm warnings. That said, the impacts were similar.

"This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION with tornado-like wind speeds expected," wrote the Weather Service.

The storms accompanied a warm front lifting through the region. Despite the early time of day, there were between 5,000 and 6,000 units of thunderstorm fuel; 1,000-2,000 is enough to fuel severe thunderstorms.

The storms were effectively able to grow tall and tap into jet stream energy, mixing momentum to the surface.

It is unclear if Monday's storm will be classified as a derecho. While the winds were surely sufficient, a derecho must produce a damage path about 250 miles long. Moreover, historical definitions required a wind swath 60 miles wide. This bow echo may have been slightly too narrow. The Storm Prediction Center will have the final say.

[𝐒𝐕𝐕𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐃 @SVVVAYED]

The best attitude towards AI is treating it like a dumbass to bounce ideas off, which nevertheless helps you think of the correct answer. Much like how House treats his team

[🇵🇸 @JoeDaActivist]

Egypt Iran hydration break

[NWS Storm Prediction Center @NWSSPC]

7:57am CDT #SPC Day1 Outlook Enhanced Risk: across parts of the central High Plains https://t.co/TgJgC6cj9Y

[pokey @pokeywvu]

Just saw this shit

[Dixon Uranus @RealDixonUranus]

"Tell them to put 'probably gay' in the headline."

[aleX🪐 @ALEXAGY0]

can't believe millennials had to smoke out of soda cans and apples then blow it all into a toilet paper roll filled with dryer sheets while gen z can just pull out a weed pen and hit it in the middle of target

[Sadie Targaryen Rogue Princess 🐉 🔥 @sadies_page]

Pay things off. Live a minimalist lifestyle. Become uninfluenced.

[Bark @barkmeta]

me with 1 share of SpaceX monitoring the situation all day today

[𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕒 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕕 🎚️ @sola_chad]

“I am with you always…”

-Matthew 28:20

[Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. @ParikPatelCFA]

Imagine paying $20/month for Claude when you can just ask questions to the Chipotle customer support bot and get Opus 4.8 for free

[Jake @OldTVReference]

Instead of a Wolverine game they should do a Beast game where Kelsey Grammer reprises the role. Also he’s not blue and he has a brother named Niles and he has to host the perfect dinner party for Seattle’s finest

[Fox News @FoxNews]

"You're f****** crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your a***. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."

That's what a U.S. official tells Axios President Trump unloaded on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a heated phone call over Israel's military actions in Lebanon.

Trump was reportedly furious that Israel's moves risked blowing up U.S. diplomatic efforts in the region, at one point also asking Netanyahu: "What the f*** are you doing?"

[harm ❤️‍🔥🪬🗡️ @harmzdealer]

alcohol is great because of the way it lets you take aggression you usually turn inwards, and direct it outwards, at loved ones, strangers, and inanimate objects.

[MarkyX 🌹 MafiaBlitz.com @Marky_X_]

Daily reminder that men playing with miniature armies is a centuries old hobby