Cody Kirkpatrick

I love it! It's the late 90s all over again. titleart.dvy.io

Honestly this feels so wonderful outside right now. (Especially in the sun.)

Open-source these and just... use these. More predictable and transparent and ultimately, fair, than any committee would ever be. The presidents and chancellors would never do that, though, because opening the process reduces their power and influence. And that's a no-no.

This week’s simulated BCS rankings are here as Miami and Ohio State hold on to the top two spots, while the rest of the top 25 sees plenty of reshuffling compared to last week’s edition:

Sometimes, life requires a change of direction. 

To close out Science Fest, a nice pair of sun dogs!

Great day for a weather balloon. #IUScienceFest

It's meeeeee

Join us tomorrow, 10am-4pm for IU’s annual Science Fest! We will have tons of activities in and around Kirkwood Observatory, and you can become a data detective as you discover more across campus! 🧪🔭🔬🧬🥼

Anyone done this one yet? #emudhra

Windows 10 may be beyond updates now but last week my machine still force-installed 3 GB of Copilot during some sort of update. Absolutely [expletive] the Microsoft employees responsible for that. Every one of you.

Cybersecurity professionals out here sending 4 to each other and laughing like an elementary schooler who just said 67

“They never committed medical malpractice!” Source: guy who committed medical malpractice

Me when writing emails today:

ECMWF’s 9 km data is now free and open. The move will give more people access to accurate and localised forecasts. The resolution can make the difference, for example, between predicting rain in a large area and knowing which valley it will land in. Read more ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

Evolution of Super Typhoon #Champi over the last 24 hours. Watch until the end to see the rapid deepening over the past 6 hours following what was likely ERC.

I think it was a couple summers ago that Doug Sirmons said "I don't referee college basketball now, I referee pro basketball." Wasn't joking. Sigh.

One little patch of iridescent cloud in our western sky just now. Hope one of you was able to grab a pic of it!

New week, new top tier of the simulated BCS. Miami, Ohio State and BYU break away while last week’s top two slide to Nos. 4 and 5 after a chaotic week:

I'll reiterate to anyone visiting Manchester - take the drive (or bus) out to Leigh and spend some time at the Northwest Computer Museum. So many nifty things to see and play with.

Anyway, today was awesome, but amid all the upsets, we’re all forgetting the most important thing about college football. What truly makes this American institution so unique and special. Growing shareholder value.

Do ya’ll grandfathers know you be gambling on your phone like a bitch instead of going to the local bookie and putting your life in danger with the mob?

Did Gus actually start to say "is that a tackle for a los..." while the ball was being tipped and intercepted? How, how do y'all listen to this every week. At least Verne realized he was slow and got a spotter to help him.

In understand that Philly versus Robots is one of the classic dramas, but there's a disabled person who can't afford groceries on the other end of that delivery run.

Ooh, glad I would be able to hear the 100 dB of screeching Northern Line rails without being bothered by music.

When I was an undergrad, our physics prof made sure to show the dancing baby gif during her lecture (I think she had to leave powerpoint to fire up a web browser), so we all could get to see it. Imagine ~200 Harvard undergrads raptly watching a gif. Now you can, too! Thanks @archive.org

Record high October sea level pressures appear to have been set broadly over WY, CO, & the Central High Plains. I’ll compile a list tonight. The 3-5 hPa difference between obs & models didn’t occur. This likely means that standard atmos vertical profiles are similar to model soundings currently.

7:45 update: storms incoming and personally, am loving that slow, low constant rumble of thunder. More seriously, a couple storms do have some rotation in them. So if a tornado warning pops up just do what you're supposed to do. (These would be hall-closet-for-15-minutes, not basement-or-💀 storms.)

Hey Bloomington, useful time to talk about our weather jargon. What does it mean for a storm to be "severe" or at "severe limits?" It means one or more of: 58 mph winds; 1 inch hail; or (obviously!) a tornado. That's it. Rain, lightning, flooding, those are *not* what we mean when we say "severe."

Actual line of thunderstorms, a couple of them severe, incoming. Close to 8 p.m. Most likely scenario: heavy rain & gusty winds when they move through. (Worst case scenario would be a very strong one at just the right time, producing 50-60 mph winds.)

"And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power."

“He also objects to what he considers inadequate enforcement of the city’s sidewalk snow-removal requirements, including on city-owned property.” One million times this, Matt Flaherty.

NED!!! Oh man what a moment.

A rumble of thunder! 😊

KIM KITSURAGI - “You need to get your shit together.” YOU - “But I don't wanna get my shit together!” KIM KITSURAGI - “Then the world will turn away from you, and leave you behind.”

It amazes me that there haven’t been *multiple* injuries among the construction workers in this space over on 2nd Street / Bloomfield Road. Not wearing hard hats, not wearing high vis, some straight up walking into the street without looking. No way is this company following the rules.

A rapidly deepening area of low pressure has undergone explosive cyclogenesis today 🌀 This is pulling warmer air northwards, but also bringing stormy conditions across the far northwest 👇

We’re back! The first simulated BCS standings of 2026 are in, and they sort neatly into tiers: Georgia and Notre Dame up top, then Miami/Indiana/Ohio State, followed by duos and trios before a cliff after No. 12:

Groundsman inspects a crater in the middle of the pitch at Old Trafford cricket ground after a German bombing raid on December 22nd 1940.

In our course and book _Calling Bullshit_, we posit that If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is. Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.