JClay

Musician. College Football Fan. NASCAR fan. B.S. in Meteorology. Sober since 10/19/2022. #FuckTrump #FuckFascism

[JClay @JClay35]

FREEDOM* by TEN 19
"God bless this tainted land."
#lyrics #songwriting #localmusic #FuckFascism #authentic

[JClay @JClay35]

Wow. Full of contradictions.....shocker 🙄

[Acyn @Acyn]

CNN split screen comparison of what Hegseth was saying months ago on the Iran War and what he said today.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

He’s too fucking good at this.

OSSOFF: You said Iran's military had been rendered combat ineffective for years to come & Operation Epic Fury achieved every objective. Were those accurate statements?

HEGSETH: Crashing out…

OSSOFF: Mr Secretary. You need to answer the question.

[JClay @JClay35]

#CodyWare beat #KyleLarson today

[Middle Age Riot @middleageriot]

He's a moron.

He's always been a moron.

You're a moron for voting for him.

[JClay @JClay35]

💯

[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.

[Charlie Warzel @cwarzel]

Every Trump debacle follows the same 13 steps. The reflecting pool fiasco is just one of the lower stakes versions of it.
1. Devise unnecessary spectacle
2. Disregard expertise
3. Bypass normal procedures
4. Declare victory too early (bonus if done by AI-slop post)
5. Spend way more than estimated
6. Ignore the haters
7. Realize it is not going well
8. Bypass normal procedures once again
9. Allege conspiracy and sabotage
10. Redeclare victory
11. More blaming
12. Losing interest
13. Pretend it never happened, and move on to the next thing

[JClay @JClay35]

Just came in. Loving my new @Parker79p shirt #nascar #parkerretzlaff

[JClay @JClay35]

If you need to add autotune to your voice where you sound partly robotic, you're admitting you're not a good singer #autotune #Maroon5

[JClay @JClay35]

@TheFungi669 Yes

[JClay @JClay35]

@FBGreatMoments Cory Schlesinger

[Ron Shillman @shillman1]

We’re 9 weeks into a 4 week war we won 8 weeks ago.

[Did Cody Ware Finish Well? @codywarewillwin]

Logano has more DNFs than Ware this season

[JClay @JClay35]

@NoContextNyoom Cody Ware beat Kyle Larson yesterday

[JClay @JClay35]

#CodyWare beat #KyleLarson yesterday 🤗🏁💪 #NASCAR

[JClay @JClay35]

@ZingBatt @NASCARONFOX fuck them too then

[JClay @JClay35]

7 minutes of racing, then 4 minutes of commercials. FUCK @NASCARONFOX #NASCAR

[JClay @JClay35]

@NASCARONFOX now 5 minutes of racing, 4 minutes of commercials. @NASCARONFOX never ceases to amaze....

[JClay @JClay35]

Wtf is #KyleLarson teaching here?

No, they do it for one thing and one thing only, $$$. And this just proves my beliefs are correct

[JClay @JClay35]

"tHe oREillY gUys wANt tHE cUp gUyS iN tHRir rACeS tO lEArn."

Yeah......... right 🙄
#nascar #texasmotordpeedway