Jim G Maloney
@jimgmal.bsky.social
Irritable Cascadian, Retired Environmental Scientist, Builder, Photographer, Father, and Dog Lover. Fond of birds, lichens, trees, the laws of physics, and general scientific facts - Nature in general.
Death by a thousand cuts ...
"Historically, [ponderosa pine] trees have been able to defend themselves by turning rain into resin that pushes out bark beetles. But because of prolonged drought exacerbated by climate change, beetles have been able to move thru trees at a rapid pace." 🌎 kiowacountypress.net/content/dead...
Deadly beetles now infesting lower-elevation ponderosa pines | KiowaCountyPress.net
Most of Colorado’s trees lost to mountain pine beetle infestations were lodgepole pines at higher elevations until 2023.
kiowacountypress.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Death by a thousand cuts ...
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BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...
meidasnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...
This wonderful bird needs a new name. And if you disagree, fuck your feelings.
Introducing our #BirdoftheWeek, the rule-breaking Lewis’s Woodpecker!
🔴🟢⚪⚫ With a red face, pink belly, green back & silver-gray collar, they catch insects mid-air & store acorns for winter.
Found in western U.S. & Canada.
🪰 Learn more in our bird library:
abcbirds.org/birds/lewiss...
🔴🟢⚪⚫ With a red face, pink belly, green back & silver-gray collar, they catch insects mid-air & store acorns for winter.
Found in western U.S. & Canada.
🪰 Learn more in our bird library:
abcbirds.org/birds/lewiss...
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This wonderful bird needs a new name. And if you disagree, fuck your feelings.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
This chart or a similar one has been used by me on many occassions.
Over 2/3 of primary energy is wasted as heat.
The transition isn’t about matching that waste — it’s about outperforming it with efficient clean energy technology.
The transition isn’t about matching that waste — it’s about outperforming it with efficient clean energy technology.
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This chart or a similar one has been used by me on many occassions.
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We didn’t just fill the sky with carbon — we dismantled Earth’s ability to absorb it. Forests, wetlands, soils, oceans — the lungs, heart, skin, and blood of a living planet.
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We didn’t just fill the sky with carbon — we dismantled Earth’s ability to absorb it. Forests, wetlands, soils, oceans — the lungs, heart, skin, and blood of a living planet.
Your periodic reminder...
426.31 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 12-Nov-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Your periodic reminder...
With my 20 year history working in this industry I am in favor of this, as long as the "public" part is not a fucking fascist regime.
In this new report from me & @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social for @cplusc.bsky.social & @publicgrids.org, we argue the current electricity affordability crisis is caused by the rules of private ownership. To solve the crisis, we recommend banning shutoffs now and using many tools to expand public power!
Overcharged: The Rules Of The Electricity Affordability Crisis
Nearly a quarter of adults in the US—or over 52 million people—cannot pay their power bills.
climateandcommunity.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
With my 20 year history working in this industry I am in favor of this, as long as the "public" part is not a fucking fascist regime.
I just had a thought ... Now that the "E" files might be disclosed I'm still fuming about the 8 "Democrats" that capitulated. I've always live by the rule "Don't bring a knife to a gunfight. Bring a neurotoxin." Seems like they brought a jar of vasoline.
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I just had a thought ... Now that the "E" files might be disclosed I'm still fuming about the 8 "Democrats" that capitulated. I've always live by the rule "Don't bring a knife to a gunfight. Bring a neurotoxin." Seems like they brought a jar of vasoline.
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BREAKING: Grijalva has signed the Epstein Files discharge petition. It doesn't appear that Mace or Boebert have removed their names.
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
Ok now, does anyone? Anyone please see any possible relationship between these two graphs???
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Ok now, does anyone? Anyone please see any possible relationship between these two graphs???
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Again: This entire shutdown fight is one big advertisement for #MedicareForAll
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Again: This entire shutdown fight is one big advertisement for #MedicareForAll
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
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Front page of the NY Times says it all. Trump hands out hundreds of billions in tax cuts to corporations and wealthy investors and tells states to stop providing full food stamp benefits to low-income families. Plutocracy in action. Thanks, Trump voters.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Front page of the NY Times says it all. Trump hands out hundreds of billions in tax cuts to corporations and wealthy investors and tells states to stop providing full food stamp benefits to low-income families. Plutocracy in action. Thanks, Trump voters.
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Under Biden, the IRS launched a program for people to file their taxes FOR FREE (finally!)
Well, Trump ended it because TurboTax donated $1 million to him. This White House is just one big grift while the rest of us pay more for everything.
Well, Trump ended it because TurboTax donated $1 million to him. This White House is just one big grift while the rest of us pay more for everything.
The IRS is reportedly not offering its Direct File program next year. Here’s a look back at how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Under Biden, the IRS launched a program for people to file their taxes FOR FREE (finally!)
Well, Trump ended it because TurboTax donated $1 million to him. This White House is just one big grift while the rest of us pay more for everything.
Well, Trump ended it because TurboTax donated $1 million to him. This White House is just one big grift while the rest of us pay more for everything.
This is an important summary of the shit wildish lands are in - columbiainsight.org/repeal-of-ro...
columbiainsight.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
This is an important summary of the shit wildish lands are in - columbiainsight.org/repeal-of-ro...
athis is a policy choice I have argued for during all my years as an environmental scientist and energy planner.
This great thread raises some questions worth thinking over:
1. Is all electricity demand equivalent, or should grid policy distinguish between demand that provides essential services (e.g. hospitals) and demand that doesn't (e.g. computers mining crypto in air conditioned warehouses)?
1. Is all electricity demand equivalent, or should grid policy distinguish between demand that provides essential services (e.g. hospitals) and demand that doesn't (e.g. computers mining crypto in air conditioned warehouses)?
I reckon the most interesting subset of discourse here is when presumed [good] factors are actually either actually bad, or there to downplay or dismiss the bad even if the amount of good is way smaller than the bad.
A short thread to explain: on "training for electrification" + "demand response"
A short thread to explain: on "training for electrification" + "demand response"
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
athis is a policy choice I have argued for during all my years as an environmental scientist and energy planner.
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Trump's America is land of cruelty and vengeance and lies.
He is a psychopath and a sociopath. He needs to gone.
Nicole has @mollyjongfast.bsky.social on the show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv7y...
He is a psychopath and a sociopath. He needs to gone.
Nicole has @mollyjongfast.bsky.social on the show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv7y...
‘The Marie Antoinette Presidency’: Nicolle Wallace on Trump’s empathy during government shutdown
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trump's America is land of cruelty and vengeance and lies.
He is a psychopath and a sociopath. He needs to gone.
Nicole has @mollyjongfast.bsky.social on the show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv7y...
He is a psychopath and a sociopath. He needs to gone.
Nicole has @mollyjongfast.bsky.social on the show.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv7y...
Just a small rainwater pond and Maple adornment for the season.
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Just a small rainwater pond and Maple adornment for the season.
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POP QUIZ: WHO IS THE WORST PERSON ON THE PLANET AND WHY IS IT DONALD TRUMP? MAYBE BECAUSE THE DETERIORATING FUCKWIT (WHO SMELLS LIKE A "RIPE" DIAPER) ALWAYS MANAGES TO ACT LIKE A COMPLETE PIECE OF SHIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY POST IN WHICH I LAY THIS OUT. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4omtSpg
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
POP QUIZ: WHO IS THE WORST PERSON ON THE PLANET AND WHY IS IT DONALD TRUMP? MAYBE BECAUSE THE DETERIORATING FUCKWIT (WHO SMELLS LIKE A "RIPE" DIAPER) ALWAYS MANAGES TO ACT LIKE A COMPLETE PIECE OF SHIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY POST IN WHICH I LAY THIS OUT. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4omtSpg
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November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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"An analysis of U.S. Forest Service data by a wildland firefighter advocacy group shows that wildfire mitigation efforts in New Mexico— including prescribed burns and other hazardous fuel treatments—are down by 53% since President Donald Trump took office in January." 🔥🌏 sourcenm.com/2025/11/06/w...
Wildfire mitigation in New Mexico down 53% since Trump took office • Source New Mexico
An analysis of U.S. Forest Service data shows that wildfire mitigation efforts in New Mexico down by 53% since Trump took office in January.
sourcenm.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"An analysis of U.S. Forest Service data by a wildland firefighter advocacy group shows that wildfire mitigation efforts in New Mexico— including prescribed burns and other hazardous fuel treatments—are down by 53% since President Donald Trump took office in January." 🔥🌏 sourcenm.com/2025/11/06/w...
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This part is crazy... because he truly lacks any form of empathy and self awareness
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This part is crazy... because he truly lacks any form of empathy and self awareness
They aren’t very good at maths…
If he is saying billion, with a B, that's about 400 pounds per person, which seems like an unhealthy amount of weight to lose. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Oz: We thought it was 125 million pounds. Our estimate is Americans will lose 135 billion pounds by the midterms
November 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
They aren’t very good at maths…