David Mechem

KU Atmospheric Science prof, motorcycles, electric bass, baking, bicycling, F1, Moby Dick enthusiast, Oxford comma now and forever. My views, not my employer's.

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@MEOrive @KUPhysicsAstro @KUGeog_Atmo I'm taking up collections for a winter motorcycle tour of Gran Canaria next January. Or we all can just meet at JB Underground.

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@MEOrive @KUPhysicsAstro @MalottHall Thanks :-).

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@mattlanza How many points of downforce from those horns? Do they flex like the front wing?

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@CalumDouglas1 Very cool. I'm curious exactly how it as used. If you have the actual vertical profile of pressure and temperature, you can calculate the altitude as a function of pressure very closely without relying on the usual semi-empirical standard-atmosphere relationships.

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@MEOrive @evolscientist @ass_deans The Ye Olde English room in the Union (or whatever it’s called) is perfect for this.

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@loudporsche @MEOrive I was hoping they'd be doing some entrepreneurial restaurant/bakery kind of thing.

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@MEOrive Apparently hanger will make us more productive?

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@AkAstronomy @KUPhysicsAstro Sounds fun! We're in the same non-roach-free building for the foreseeable future, but maybe we can find something across campus.

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@70_dbz So sorry, Steve. Condolences to you and your family.

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@AkAstronomy I was dreading it because the trailers had this very dude-bro country-music vibe, but I've heard it's not all that obnoxious.

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@AkAstronomy I’m embarrassed to say I haven’t seen it yet. It was on my to-do list for summer but was preempted by New Adventures in Respiratory Viruses. I hope to see Twisters soon, though.

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@pineapplesocks Good ghost-note tutorial for sure. https://t.co/tD2DUAbylw

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@AkAstronomy @KUPhysicsAstro Maybe development of a joint degree program is in order.

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@AndrewDessler Ohhhhh, I ask this question in thermo, with a Simpson's reference to Homer sitting in front of the open fridge.

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@ScottGiangrande Looks like AI-generated “Crüe plays the Rapture.”

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@DrCats_Climate Tough to tell just from the still, but possible.

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@Large_Eddy My colleagues always complain about Mercator — I’ll show them this!

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@DrCats_Climate @ku_ams It wasn't too bad when it passed through Lawrence and barely woke me up. HRRR did a good job on the timing and placement.