Brian Etherton

Also: Nick Pivetta is doing rather well for the Padres this year.

A July hurricane-force non-tropical low near Greenland on July 11, 2025.

Central pressure fell into the low to mid 960s. At least 5 July — including all warm season months — records were set by the storm.

From Thule/Pituffik Space Force Base in Greenland, who broke their July record by 15 hPa.

The June heat across Europe was the worst on record due to an intense persistent heat dome - a blocked upper level pattern - which are becoming more common this time of year due to global warming. Europe is a ground zero for these. Heat index numbers reached 48C (118F). 1/

I once was coming from London in such conditions - I ended up in... Dallas

This is not "The Onion", it is. This is actually real. Oh my.

I agree totally. If, for example, the NOAA research laboratories were 'zeroed out' (as they are in the 2026 President's Budget), that is 1000 folks looking for work. They will take what they can get, start on those new paths.

I agree with your position, Alan, and that of some of the responses. If what was NOAA ESRL (now GSL, PSL, GML, and CSL) were to be zeroed out (as per the 2026 President's Budget) that is over 1000 scientists. Many will move to non science paths, and yes, likely permanently.

Bad indeed. This brings up a dilemma.

In 2023 and 2024, the Red Sox were 2nd in the league in errors. In 2025, the Sox have more errors than any team.

To keep changing players (like Kike vs Story at SS), but get the same basic result (lots or errors) implies that, perhaps, it isn't the players?

Good to ponder. For a team that spent/traded their way to adding: Bregman, Crochet, Buehler, Chapman, and also 'added' via recovery from injury: Story and Giolito... to not have a better record than this time a year ago... well, yeah, seems something needs to change.

A CNN news notification : The convicted killer crab walked between two walls and pushed through the newly installed razor wire to break out of prison, authorities say

*crab-walked

"If Labour weren't such total cowards"... so why are they doing so? What is the reason to cave in? They WON the election by being not-Tory and not-Reform, yet here we are not even 1 year in and Starmer is turning Labour into the thing people voted against.

Alan Gerard has started a substack that I find very useful. Here is the latest: high temperatures 15 degrees above normal in the US midwest and Canada. Details below!

This is hot for Texas - I expect ERCOT will be challenged by these conditions.

I'll be sure to bookmark this when it's ready! :)

This is awful. Things are clearly 'spreading'

I did not realise how much of the impacts were known/predicted in advance. Science!

YouTube video by Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! / Colin Hay - Men At Work "Overkill"

This is worth watching. Especially at night. Or when it is raining.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCZK...

Over the last 7 days, last 30 days, last 90 days, of these 3 models: the AI model from ECMWF known as AIFS, the traditional weather models ECMWF IFS and the NOAA GFS, it was the AI weather model AIFS that has the best 5-day Northern Hemisphere (20N to 80N) anomaly correlation. (image: Ryan Maue)

I have not yet figured out why 'placating the right' and "fawning the rich and powerful' is the choice most often made. Starmer made it, Biden in the USA made it. Why not stand up for the LEFT? Why not go AGAINST the right? Why not stand up for the many non-rich (the voters)?

Radar and SPC damaging wind report loop of the severe storm complex/derecho that expanded from Illinois into Pennsylvania on Tuesday, producing widespread wind damage especially across Ohio and Pennsylvania:

California, which recently passed Japan to be the world's 4th largest economy, appears to be achieving such economic success while also achieving success in the ever increased use of renewable energy.

My thought is/was: if the Sox call up Anthony, then someone else needs to play less. Given an outfield of Anthony/Duran/Abreu, I guess, Rafaela would become a super utility player, giving all OF a break as well as SS/2B?

Agreed, he has capabilities that the Runsey did not.

Interesting notion. Follow on: if they do go this direction... what becomes of Ceddanne Rafaela? I recall they gave him a rather lengthy contract extension. Rusney Castillo 2.0?

PJM set a new record #solar energy generation today at 12,001 MW.

PJM is a transmission operator and #energy market covering a large portion of the U.S. from the Mid-Atlantic to Chicago.

Thinking a little bit: it seems Criswell might be a better starter than a long reliever. His MLB splits seem to indicate so. Thoughts?

It's warming up across the UK this week, with the highest temperatures likely peaking on Friday 😎

Man, what a temperature gradient across New York tomorrow! Our in-house model showing nearly 80° in NYC to the 20s in the North Country. #NYwx #wxonthe1s

That is one pretty low off the Pacific Northwest coast.