Andrew Cunningham

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[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

We are rapidly approaching full Idiocracy. Where's President Camacho?

[The Associated Press @AP]

Another White House construction project is underway, though this one is meant to be only temporary. Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn that will host a UFC bout, helping mark the nation’s 250th anniversary — and President Donald Trump ‘s 80th birthday.

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

What a crock of shit!

[Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ @BaronDestructo]

Sadly, it's true. Amazon has elected not to move forward with the new Stargate series.

There's not much I can add beyond confirming what's happened. But I will say this...

Creator Martin Gero developed a new Stargate series over two years, ultimately crafting a show that offered a fresh jumping-on point for new viewers while deeply respecting existing canon. It was a series that avoided the pitfalls of several modern remakes and reboots by fully embracing the core of its predecessors: action, adventure, exploration, wonder, heart, humor, and found family. And based on that creative vision, the new Stargate series was greenlit in November of 2025.

As of today, officially, that original vision is no more. We'll never get the opportunity to introduce you to that world and those characters - or reintroduce you to, and check in with, some familiar faces from the past.

My heart breaks. For the incredibly talented writers who worked tirelessly to bring this show to life. For Martin who maintained an unwavering positive outlook throughout despite the challenges, and who always strove to make a show that would honor the fans while welcoming a new audiences. And for the long-suffering Stargate fandom who waited so long and came so close to getting a show they truly would have loved.

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

@ryanhallyall @BradArnoldWX Don't do that. Most people won't make it to the end and will believe it.

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

@benjaminharding @paulievanwinkle Ha! Thanks!

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

@benjaminharding @paulievanwinkle This makes me miss the Bryan super dogs at State baseball games 😢

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms.

‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.

But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

@christianbwx From the northeast corner of Noxubee Co, MS about 15 minutes ago.

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

@matt_laubhan Taken at Bigbee Valley in Noxubee County at 21:15. Tried sending through the Android app, but it kept crashing when submitted.

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

@Queerbuilder I loved that show!

[James Spann @spann]

OCEAN OF IGNORANCE: It seems as if an increasing number of people are getting tropical weather information on the TikTok platform, from accounts like "King_Kumar", "Conscious Twan", "Abasoloma", "Mbutta Page", "Chynabelle", and "Qwanietalks".

These are the main messages from some of the TikTok influencers...

*All meteorologists are government shills and lying about hurricanes
*Hurricanes are created and steered by "chemtrails", "HAARP", and the "golden node"
*Put trust in them only, not the National Hurricane Center or professional meteorologists

It is a free country and you certainly have the option to use TikTok as your source for weather. But, if you become a TikTok disciple I ask that you please keep it on your own page, and stop making threats to me and the followers here that have good common sense.

Thanks, your pal James.

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

@skydotcs @roshanpateI Don't know about cooked, but might be baked.

[maybe: k*rk @a_dose_of_wx]

The proposed FY2026 NOAA budget request to Congress is nothing short of a dismantling of America’s weather and climate science infrastructure. If enacted, this budget would gut the very backbone of our nation’s weather research and development capacity, pushing critical progress back decades—and endangering lives in the process.

Here’s what’s on the chopping block:

1. The National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
The home of tornado research, foundational to every warning issued during severe weather. The birthplace of the VORTEX field campaigns. The engine behind Warn-on-Forecast (WoF), hail modeling, and the development of radar technologies that have literally saved lives.
Under this proposal? Eliminated. Worried about the NAM going away? Imagine the HRRR retiring and we are stuck with the RRFS with a FV3 core because all the MPAS work is gone.

2. Cooperative Institutes
These partnerships between NOAA and top-tier research universities are how theory becomes practice—where academic innovation translates into operational forecasting. By slashing CI funding, NOAA would eliminate the very people—scientists, developers, grad students, postdocs—doing the daily work that drives the field forward.

And it gets worse: Hurricane Reconnaissance Flights

The proposal also slashes funding for aircraft recapitalization. That means NOAA’s hurricane hunter fleet—the very aircraft that fly into the eye of storms to gather real-time data that improves track and intensity forecasts—may no longer be maintained or replaced. The consequence?

Fewer flights. Less data. Worse forecasts. More lives at risk.

NOAA’s recon fleet provides critical observations that no satellite can offer. These missions fill gaps in the models and are often the difference between a “cone of uncertainty” and a clear landfall forecast. Without them, storm predictions would be less accurate, emergency response would be slower, and coastal communities would suffer the consequences.

The U.S. has long led the world in weather forecasting, hurricane science, and severe storm research. This proposal would relinquish that leadership, ceding ground to other nations while crippling our ability to protect our own citizens from tornadoes, floods, and hurricanes.

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

@joel_off_air @MichelleRupp @FOX16News @KARK4News Congrats, Joel! We miss you in the 'Sipp.

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

What do you think?

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

We also need wine in grocery stores. Fingers crossed, but not holding my breath.

[Mississippi Statewatch @MSStatewatch]

https://t.co/7jYB9iIZG6

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

@16WAPTNews Ummm... Ballot or Ballet?

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

Me every January

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

I stopped giving Apple any of my money almost 10 years ago, so I haven't seen this. I do love the film (and all else Terry Gilliam), and even have a copy of it on LaserDisc.

[AppleInsider @appleinsider]

Time Bandits cancelled by Apple TV+ https://t.co/ILUWu0l6ur #Apple

[Andrew Cunningham @terminaljock]

@PatriotErin @MrColionNoir This map is inaccurate. My home county in Mississippi is marked red, but it's definitely blue.