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Gamer community taking their swatting pranks to the next level

Commanders' Wagner invests in WNBA's Storm https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/45805429/commanders-bobby-wagner-becomes-minority-investor-wnba-storm

Hurricane Erin strengthened into a fearsome Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 160 mph for much of the day on Aug. 16
as it traveled west just north of the Virgin Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The hurricane is not expected to make a direct hit on the United States,
but will still drive dangerous surf conditions along the East Coast, said Michael Brennan, hurricane center director.
"The weather can be otherwise pretty nice to be at …

Hurricane Erin a Category 4 after briefly strengthening to fierce Category 5 storm
Hurricane Erin briefly strengthened into a Category 5 storm. It is not expected to make a direct hit on the U.S. but will create dangerous surf.

How a 'perfect storm' triggered a marine heat wave and sent salmon lice into overdrive
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-storm-triggered-marine-salmon-lice.html

Seahawks legend Bobby Wagner joins Storm ownership group

https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/seahawks-legend-bobby-wagner-joins-storm-ownership-group/

Russia sends female prisoners to storm Ukraine! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/20/russia-sends-female-prisoners-to.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
The Doors:
🎵 Riders on the Storm
#TheDoors
https://kohra.bandcamp.com/track/the-doors-riders-on-the-storm-kohra-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5j5VvsEHLlWT6IaEKSGDj9

Cuts to FEMA's storm prep program hammer communities that voted for Trump (CBSNews.com)
https://www.cbsnews.com/femagrantcuts/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250617/p127#a250617p127

#TimMinchin's Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U
Amazing animation video for all people who are enlightened by

Google is working with the US National Hurricane Center to test an AI model that forecasts cyclones and launches Weather Lab to share its AI weather models (Justine Calma/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/685820/google-ai-forecast-ty…

Google has a new AI model and website for forecasting tropical storms
Google launched an interactive website called WeatherLab and unveiled a new AI-based model for forecasting tropical storms that it’s testing with the National Hurricane Center.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Samantha Crain:
🎵 Ridin’ Out The Storm
#SamanthaCrain
https://samanthacrain.bandcamp.com/track/ridin-out-the-storm
https://open.spotify.com/track/3in5CVZj0MDdf0Q88nZ24V

game_thrones: Game of Thrones coappearances
Network of coappearances of characters in the Game of Thrones series, by George R. R. Martin, and in particular coappearances in the book "A Storm of Swords." Nodes are unique characters, and edges are weighted by the number of times the two characters' names appeared within 15 words of each other in the text.
This network has 107 nodes and 352 edges.
Tags: Social, Fictional, Weighted

Through the Looking Glass: Bitcoin Treasury Companies
B K Meister
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14910 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.14910

Through the Looking Glass: Bitcoin Treasury Companies
Bitcoin treasury companies have taken stock markets by storm amassing billions of dollars worth of tokens. More than a hundred companies active in various crypto-tokens, not just Bitcoin, are listed. The ability to generate leverage, for example stemming from borrowing collateralized by stock portfolios, helps to understand this phenomenon. In addition, the extension of the binary-choice Kelly criterion to incorporate uncertainty in the form of the Kullback-Leibler divergence or more generall…

Lightning is no joke with this storm

Sometimes a heavy storm comes up when you're not expecting it and you just have to wait for your wings to dry before you get back to work. #bloomscrolling

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
Pete Seeger:
🎵 Where Have All the Flowers Gone
#PeteSeeger
https://peteseegerstormking.bandcamp.com/album/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone-a-selection-from-pete-seeger-the-storm-king
https://open.spotify.com/track/1NTlofVf29qbhhdpxva0id

Another eclectic collection of books has been dropped off at the local “Little Free Library” with their “please don’t sell me” stamps and QR codes to the various books pages at https://Bookwyrm.social (Fedi GR alt) & @thestorygraph.com (Black owned GR alt) so that people can read about/review the books.

A US jury finds Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm guilty of conspiring to run an unlicensed money-transfer operation that laundered $1B via Tornado Cash (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/tornado…

#NowPlaying new By Storm (Injury Reserve) single 'In My Town' 🔥
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8McQBweTAc

ok. this was a weird moment. I just handed in my landline work phone. ☎️
Last winter we had a bad storm in #Nanaimo and it caused some power outages and spikes at VIU. At some point it damaged some very aged and critical parts of our internal telecom system.
Ever since, the plan to
move to fully digital comms (using Teams) has been quickly progressing.
The migration is done now. My phone still worked immediately after the storm, but it's been dead air for a few months now. Mine is the first in the building to go into "the box" which just appeared in the office. 😢 ✌️
Goodbye Faithful Northern Telecom phone.
I won't miss your answering service but my fingers will never forget the passcode. 😂
#tech #phone #landline #university

NY&NJ Harbor&Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study Draft Report was just released.
In it, US Army Core of Engineers looks at seawalls and similar to mitigate coastal storm surge risk in the #NYC metro
Public comment period July 24, 2025 – August 25, 2025
There are 3 spots of actionable items (FY2028 cost, added value):
1) East Harlem (cost $762million, $1.264 billion)
2) East Riser Meadowlands (cost $249million, value added $428 million)
3) Oakwood Beach Staten Island (cost $55million, value added $87 million)
I only know item 1 well enough to comment.
https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Projects-in-New-York/New-York-New-Jersey-Harbor-Tributaries-Focus-Area-Feasibility-Study/
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Replaced article(s) found for physics.space-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.space-ph/new
[1/1]:
- GIC--Related Observations During the May 2024 Geomagnetic Storm in the United States
Wilkerson, Weigel, Thomas, Bor, Oughton, Gaunt, Balch, Wiltberger, Pulkkine…

Weather Alerts Metro #Vancouver -
Warnings
8:10 AM PDT Monday 11 August 2025
Heat Warning in effect for:
Metro Vancouver
This is a heat warning. Temperature are very high and there is a moderate risk to public health.
What: Temperatures reaching 33 degrees Celsius combined with overnight lows near 17 degrees Celsius.
Metro Vancouver (inland and eastern sections)…

FERC skimps on winter storm details as staffing cuts threaten future reporting | Utility Dive
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-winter-storm-report-staffing-cuts-ucs/749586/

Since January, the NWS—a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—has reduced its workforce by nearly 600 people as a direct result of staffing cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, as part of Trump’s mission to eviscerate numerous federal agencies.
This policy is in line with Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation-led blueprint for a far-right overhaul of the federal government that calls for “dismantling” NOAA. Trump has also cal…

As flood deaths rise, Texas officials blast faulty forecast by DOGE-gutted National Weather Service
"Experts warned for months that drastic and sudden cuts at the National Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability and endanger lives during the storm season," said one critic.

"Met Office should name storms after fossil fuel companies, say campaigners"
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/26/met-office-should-name-storms-after-fossil-fuel-companies-say-campaigner…

Incoming

@… "Storm trooper waren halt bisher auch mehr immer so Schüttgut!"
😆
#FreakShow

Protesting Gaza War, Massive Crowds Shut down Tel Aviv, Storm TV Station, Call for General Strike
https://www.juancole.com/2025/08/protesting-massive-station.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NewMusicShow
Kate Carr & David Donohoe:
🎵 A Storm and its Aftermath
#KateCarr #DavidDonohoe

First-round NFL Draft picks who overcame bust status: Ravens' Rashod Bateman the latest to turn career around

https://www.cbssports.com/nf…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #MaryAnneHobbs
The Doors:
🎵 Riders on the Storm
#TheDoors
https://kohra.bandcamp.com/track/the-doors-riders-on-the-storm-kohra-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5j5VvsEHLlWT6IaEKSGDj9

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Tropical Fuck Storm:
🎵 Bye Bye Snake Eyes
#TropicalFuckStorm
https://open.spotify.com/track/7CFXb5839BCRJ4voZLfh0d

The main pond is basically full now. I have been gradually increased the power of the pump. Now 100% at 160W. I won't normally have it at full power but this is good for testing.
I am basically patrolling the edge of the ponds looking for low points. Have shored up a few but nothing serious. The first round of tests with the filter addressed most of them.
When the holes filled over the winter I actually shored up the edges of the main pond then, so there isn't much to do there.
Just waiting for the pump bay to fill up completely now. It'll probably be about an hour. (the water hose has not been on full blast this whole time, only about 1/4)
Then we will see the full level of the entire system.
The Finger of water closest to me in this picture is the overflow that goes into the storm/sewer system. That is the final arbiter of the fill point of the pond.
#poolpond #diy #portalberni #backyardproject

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
Deradoorian:
🎵 Storm in My Brain
#Deradoorian
https://deradoorian.bandcamp.com/track/storm-in-my-brain
https://open.spotify.com/track/3nYspBnHnjgUWDRli8GXxs