Contractor with STC for NOAA, working on IBTrACS product code; PhD in Atmospheric Science (climate and weather modeling); DC resident & STL native; soccer fan; PokeNerd; cat dad; dabbler in music/art/writing; he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/aphope90.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aphope90.bsky.social/post/3munn7zejkc2y*angry noises* [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:kzczd2qaj5fpzsk4t5o7vki3/app.bsky.feed.post/3munn7zejkc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/aphope90.bsky.social/post/3munn62vons2y*angry noises* [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:kzczd2qaj5fpzsk4t5o7vki3/app.bsky.feed.post/3munn62vons2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/aphope90.bsky.social/post/3mufgtz6n5c2v....y'know, today is really not a good day to discover that my bathroom faucet is dripping31 Aug 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:kzczd2qaj5fpzsk4t5o7vki3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufgtz6n5c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/aphope90.bsky.social/post/3mudykilpok24I am a strong believer in freedom of religion. However, I also strongly feel that your freedom of religion ends at forcing your religion on other people. This includes parents forcing religion on their children. I beg society to treat children as individual people and not property of their parents. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:kzczd2qaj5fpzsk4t5o7vki3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudykilpok24https://bsky.app/profile/aphope90.bsky.social/post/3mudq2ywdsk2bNever good to have a blown tire score #allforcity31 Aug 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:kzczd2qaj5fpzsk4t5o7vki3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudq2ywdsk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aphope90.bsky.social/post/3mtvwl6v7jc2dI missed the news months ago but this is making the rounds again so I think worth sharing that the best estimate of warming by 2100 is roughly 2.6C based on current policies alone The Vox article in question (which I can't read, paywall) claims in the headline that the "worst case is cancelled", [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:kzczd2qaj5fpzsk4t5o7vki3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvwl6v7jc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/aphope90.bsky.social/post/3mqn565syc22uWith Spain beating France, I've jumped from 10th to 3rd in my bracket pool. Thankfully, from my read of the rest of the pool, I think I can no longer drop positions even if Argentina lose their semifinal. I move into second if Argentina make the final, and I win if Argentina wins. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼14 Jul 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:kzczd2qaj5fpzsk4t5o7vki3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqn565syc22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/aphope90.bsky.social/post/3mpzu63pjj22yF*** the whole tech industry, this is just so ridiculous [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:kzczd2qaj5fpzsk4t5o7vki3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzu63pjj22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/aphope90.bsky.social/post/3mpmvxmr4nk2bTwo goals called offside, a penalty not given, a overly hard red card given... USMNT having a rough go of it tonight02 Jul 2026 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:kzczd2qaj5fpzsk4t5o7vki3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmvxmr4nk2b