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Thu. 01/27 - The History of “sus” is… pretty sus

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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What’s up with the drastically different predictions for this weekend’s Nor’easter, and how is snowfall measured anyways? Plus, the sus-prisingly long history of the term “sus.” And, sometimes pre-ordering a book does not mean you’ll get it right on the publication date. Like when the shipping container it was being transported in sinks to the bottom of the ocean, for example. Sponsors: Shopify, Get a 14-day free trial at shopify.com/kottke Indeed, Get a free $75 credit at Indeed.com/goodnews Links: How is snowfall measured? A meteorologist explains how volunteers tally up winter storms (The Conversation) Why This Weekend's Bomb Cyclone Snow Forecast Is So Challenging (Gizmodo)  Why Northeast Winter Storms Can Be Difficult to Forecast (Weather.com) How do we tell how much snow fell in a storm? (The Verge) What does 'sus' mean? (Merriam-Webster) Sus meaning: 'Among Us' catchphrase has a controversial past (Inverse) sus | suss, n. (Oxford English Dictionary) Thread on 'sus' (with original illustrations!) (Austin Kleon, Twitter) Thanks for Preordering! Your Cookbook Is at the Bottom of the Atlantic Ocean (Eater) Turkey and the Wolf's Hotly Anticipated Cookbook Delayed After Copies Sink in the Atlantic (Eater New Orleans) Large swell in 22-knot wind caused idling Madrid Bridge to roll and lose boxes (The Loadstar) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.9

I'm Jackson Bird today.

0:43.2

What is up with the drastically different predictions for this weekend's Nor' Easter?

0:48.6

And how is snowfall measured anyways?

0:52.0

Plus, the surprisingly long history of the term suss, and sometimes

0:58.8

pre-ordering a book does not mean that you'll get it right on the publication date, like

1:04.0

when the shipping container was being transported in sinks to the bottom of the ocean, for example.

1:09.7

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:15.6

So here in New York City, we are bracing for a big snowstorm this weekend.

1:20.6

Or maybe not.

1:22.6

Current forecasts put us somewhere between 2 inches and 20 inches of snowfall, which is, you know, a pretty

1:30.5

big difference. The big nor'easter will be affecting the entire northeast coast of the United

1:36.2

States, but apparently untangling exactly how badly it will affect different areas is

1:41.8

proving a little complicated. Quoting Gizmodo, who spoke with

1:45.9

Nelson Vaz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Services New York office,

1:50.3

the main source of energy is a series of storms that will crash into the Pacific Northwest on Thursday.

1:55.6

They will ride the jet stream across the U.S. take a turn down to the southeast before emerging over the Atlantic

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