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https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2026/07/unforced-variations-july-2026/#comment-850169 “B: Changes its mind when the science at the bottom changes” Let us make a case study over this claim.. Inamdar, Ramanathan 1998: In summary, lapse rate changes for the annual cycle are not a valid analog for longer timescale climate changes. However, for reasons given below, the discrepancy in lapse rate changes between observations and GCMs do not alter our conclusion on the role of water vapor feedback. The observed annual cycle warming decreases with altitude, the decadal-scale warming remains roughly constant with altitude, while the GCM warming increases with altitude. When atmospheric warming is not so large as the surface warming, the enhanced emission to space is not so large (when compared with the situation when the warming is about the same at all altitudes), which in turn enhances dGa/dTs, i.e., a positive feedback. However, at the same time, in a fixed relative humidity environment, smaller atmospheric warming implies a smaller increase in absolute humidity, which suppresses some of the increase in dGa/dTs from the lapse rate feedback. Because of these two competing effects, the lapse rate has less than 10% influence on dGa/dTs. What happened here is that after publishing a number of papers using the

Home > General News > Oklahoma appeals court tosses out stalking conviction related to man’s YouTube rant  The Oklahoma Judicial Center is the headquarters of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals. (Photo/Carmen Forman, Oklahoma Voice) Summary: – The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed a stalking conviction tied to a man’s public YouTube video about his ex-wife. – The court said state law targets unwanted conduct directed at a person rather than speech about someone. – The ruling examined the balance between free expression and protections against harassment. OKLAHOMA CITY — A Bryan County man’s decision to post a 40-minute rant about his ex-wife on YouTube doesn’t constitute stalking, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled. In an order released Thursday, the state’s high court for criminal matters ordered the case against Lon Brandon Meeks, 45, dismissed. The high court ruled that the state’s anti-stalking law is designed to “shield a person from unwanted conduct,” not “censor someone from randomly talking negatively about a third party to others.” The court said the law prohibits contact “directed toward” a person, not “communication about a person.” Meeks, who was prosecuted in Bryan County District Court, was sentenced in 2025

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HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University football team was picked second in the Southland Conference preseason poll, which was released by the league office Monday.   The Lions are coming off a 2025 season that saw SLU finish 15th in both of the final FCS polls. Southeastern finished 9-4 overall and 7-1 in SLC play, as the Lions have a league-best 13-2 conference mark over the past two seasons.   SLU made its fourth playoff appearance in the past seven seasons last fall, as the Southland placed three teams in the postseason field for the first time since 2019. The three 2025 FCS playoff participants also occupy the top three spots in the SLC preseason poll.   Defending league champion SFA is the preseason favorite. The Lumberjacks, who the Lions did not face last fall, were 8-0 in SLC play a season ago. SLU heads to Nacogdoches, Texas Oct. 24.   Southeastern will have an opportunity to avenge 2025's lone conference loss Oct. 17 when it hosts Lamar, which was picked third and joined SLU and SFA as the only teams to receive a first-place vote.  » Read More

NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion women's lacrosse head coach Lauren Gunning has hired Zoe Coleman as an assistant coach, Gunning announced on Monday. Coleman comes to ODU after four years of playing experience at Ohio State University. "We're excited to welcome Zoe Coleman to our coaching staff. Zoe competed at the highest level in the Big Ten at Ohio State and brings a tremendous passion for teaching the game," said Gunning. "She thrives on individual skill development and has a unique ability to help players grow with confidence." Coleman was a four-year standout attacker at Ohio State, where she played in 65 career games and made 39 starts. She finished her career with 79 goals, 27 assists, and 106 points. As a senior, she totaled 31 points on 24 goals and seven assists while starting all 17 games. Coleman earned a bachelor's degree in business administration with a specialization in marketing and a minor in fashion and retail studies. She was a four-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection (2024-26) and was named to the 2025 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.  » Read More

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Snapchat is officially joining the race to clean AI slop out of social media. The company announced July 31 that wholly AI-generated videos will no longer be eligible for recommendation in Spotlight, Snapchat’s discovery feed for trending videos from creators across the platform in order to "reward authentic creativity." The policy does not prevent users from posting AI-generated videos elsewhere on Snapchat. It also does not disqualify every video that involves AI. Creators can continue using Snapchat’s AI tools to edit or enhance their original footage, and those videos will remain eligible for Spotlight recommendations with transparency indicators. The line Snapchat is drawing comes down to who, or what, created the underlying video. AI can help a person make something. It cannot make the entire thing and still expect Snapchat’s recommendation system to distribute it. "As low-quality, repetitive, AI-generated content becomes increasingly common across the internet, we want Spotlight to remain a place where people can discover authentic creativity from real people," the company wrote in a blog post. Keeping entirely generated videos out of Spotlight matters on the platform because recommendation is what allow a creator’s work to reach people who do not already follow them. Removing that distribution

Snapchat has updated its AI content policy, ending creator monetization and Spotlight recommendations for fully AI-generated Spotlight content. Thought Catalog/Pexels Snapchat has updated its AI content policy, announcing that fully AI-generated Spotlight content will no longer qualify for creator monetization or receive broad Spotlight recommendations. The company said the change is intended to promote original content while continuing to allow creators to use artificial intelligence as a creative tool rather than as a complete replacement for human-made videos. Snapchat Updates AI Content Policy Under the revised AI content policy, Snapchat distinguishes between AI-assisted content and fully AI-generated videos. The company said content that primarily relies on artificial intelligence for visuals, narration, or storytelling will not be rewarded through its creator program. The update was announced by Snap on July 31 and applies to content distributed through Spotlight, the platform's short-form video feed. Creators can continue using AI for editing, effects, and other production features, but videos created entirely with AI will no longer be eligible for monetization or recommendation. Snapchat stated that Spotlight will continue highlighting content that demonstrates meaningful human creativity. The policy update also aligns with the company's broader efforts to improve content quality across its recommendation system.

Sunday morning there were three packed moving boxes and a large equipment bag in front of Luis Castillo’s almost empty locker. “The Rock” was gone but the impression he left on his fellow Seattle Mariners pitchers will remain. Watch: Drayer breaks down Mariners’ Luis Castillo trade For Logan Gilbert, the realization Castillo had been with him for all but one year of his big-league career hit him when he was talking to his wife on the phone shortly after the news Castillo had been traded to the White Sox broke. “It’s sad,” he said. “He’s been the staple and the old guy and the vet and, gosh, he’s helped me more times than I can even count. So yeah, he’s a tough one to lose for sure.” For Bryce Miller, Castillo had always been there. “When I first came up, he was the main vet that I could look at and learn from and learn something from him while he was here,” he said. Castillo was the vocal leader you didn’t hear much about outside the Mariners’ clubhouse.  » Read More