Frank B Brownbread

he / him / his

[Jacob Shamsian ⚖️ @JayShams]

PACER fees should go down to zero.

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

The RW insistence that Tucker Carlson and Stephen Miller are "fringe figures" in conservatism, while Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez are central to liberalism, is absolutely comical.

[Frank B Brownbread @FBrownbread]

TL;DR - Trump and Elon cut the budget and fired the people who make the forecasts better to keep you safer, so now everything is less safe, including our transportation infrastructure and our food security

[Matthew Cappucci @MatthewCappucci]

Have weather forecasts seemed less accurate lately? There's a major contributing factor: nearly half the morning weather balloons in the Lower 48 are "missing."

This is an ongoing crisis that is degrading critical severe weather forecasts that we all rely on. It's having real, tangible impacts on degrading forecast quality.

If you work in transportation, agriculture or commerce, this should matter to you.

Regardless of the causes, this negatively affects people of ALL political backgrounds. Weather affects everyone. And it's impacting ALL of us negatively.

We can't look at weather balloon data that doesn't exist. We can't pump nonexistent data into models. We can't rely as heavily on models that don't "know" what's happening above our heads.

This is especially concerning for severe weather forecasts. We can't go 18 hours without ascertaining how the atmosphere is layered, how much storm fuel has built up and if severe thunderstorms are going to erupt. The Storm Prediction Center has even acknowledged forecasting frustrations in at least one public bulletin.

As an atmospheric scientist myself, I can say firsthand – the forecasts I'm able to offer you are less accurate than they would otherwise be. I'm not able to predict severe weather with the confidence I normally would. That is extremely concerning.

The United States is "supposed" to launch balloons at 0Z and 12Z ideally – a.k.a. around 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern time. That's not happening. Many sites, due to staffing issues stemming from broader political and organizational issues, have pushed to 18Z, or early afternoon. That's not helpful for morning severe weather forecasts. In other words, you get less lead time. Less advanced notice. Quicker ramp-ups and ramp-downs to the forecast.

We're not able to get jet stream, temperature, moisture or wind profiles of the atmosphere each morning like we otherwise would.

Moreover, the World Meteorological Organization encourages 12Z soundings; that data is shared via the Global Observing System (GOS) under the World Weather Watch (WWW). That's not happening.

[Frank B Brownbread @FBrownbread]

@DrewSav Link is WOKE AF now

[Frank B Brownbread @FBrownbread]

@DrewSav This seems like a good opportunity to talk about Pat Dillon and her primary. What do we know so far?

[Acyn @Acyn]

Q: Why did you give a plea deal to a child sex predator? Do you have anything to say about that?

Paxton: (No response.)

Q: Should he be registered as a sex offender in Texas?

Paxton: (No response.)

Q: What do you have to say to the victim of Adam Hoffman?

Paxton: (No response.)

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

Marquette poll | 6/9-6/15

Generic congressional ballot 2026

(Likely voters)
🟦Democratic 53% (+4)
🟥Republican 45% (-3)
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(Registered voters)
🟦Democratic 47% (+1)
🟥Republican 45% (no change)

(Change from 5/20-5/26)

Link to poll: https://t.co/WbUALtl0Lf

[Frank B Brownbread @FBrownbread]

@BeshearStan Please don't joke about their mobility issues

[Frank B Brownbread @FBrownbread]

@DrewSav @FrappuccinoSlim

[Michael @_britmonkey]

Most political compass tests are stupid and outdated, so I have created a political test that only focuses on REAL ISSUES of the 2020s. 64 questions that score you on four axes, including "Chud v Woke" and "Techbro v Luddite"

Reply with your results & tell me if it was accurate

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

This is ridiculous and wrong to be absent for over 100 days with no explanation to your constituents and then immediately just start asking for money from political insiders. Congressman Kean should cancel this insult to his district and start by having a public town hall to explain himself in-person to his constituents.

[Derek Summerville @D_Summerville]

This whole setup (no judgment on the workers just doing their jobs) looks exactly like how you'd expect a grifter and con artist who has a trail of bankrupt businesses and fraudulent practices to treat the nation's 250th anniversary. Slop for an era defined by it.

[Frank B Brownbread @FBrownbread]

Boner pills, bankruptcy services, tax relief

[Al Coholic @bitchesLOVEtoad]

pretty cool that 70% of ads now are just for weight loss medicine, gambling, or AI

[Frank B Brownbread @FBrownbread]

@DrewSav Ponyo - the visuals . . . .

[Frank B Brownbread @FBrownbread]

@DrewSav The World According to Garp
The Fisher King
Moscow on the Hudson
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Good Morning Vietnam

Check them out

[Frank B Brownbread @FBrownbread]

@justkarl

[Rotimi Adeoye @_rotimia]

Obviously the second is Gaza, Democrat leadership lost credibility on international human rights. You can debate the merits, but politically it is basically a fact. Voters who feel morally betrayed rarely respond to arguments about electability, people vote emotionally.

[Kal Spriggs @KalSpriggs]

This has legitimately become a growing problem with the control of the market that Amazon has, especially with their own imprints which all get premier placement.

Amazon ads are now extremely necessary in a pay-to-play system where many indie authors get squeezed out.

[Michael Scherer @michaelscherer]

NEW: Trump said is March that he would pay for the new black granite in the West Colonnade. But that wasn't true. The National Park Service was billed $1.3 million for the project, as spending at other parks collapses, per internal budget docs I obtained. https://t.co/s9ty15JyFL