Mike Spehn
@mikespehn.bsky.social
Friend of Mother Nature; I love animals, plants, and weather; I raise cattle; BS Comp-Sci; Retired (mostly).
"Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline."
- Jeremiah Johnson
"Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline."
- Jeremiah Johnson
Okay. That's a good one!
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Okay. That's a good one!
Everybody be like...
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Everybody be like...
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ok fine maybe he has a point about the whole darkness thing
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
ok fine maybe he has a point about the whole darkness thing
From southern Illinois
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
From southern Illinois
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Satellite image of a wake free of cold-air stratocumulus clouds surrounding Florida. These clouds form when cold air moves over warm water.
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Satellite image of a wake free of cold-air stratocumulus clouds surrounding Florida. These clouds form when cold air moves over warm water.
I asked AI to draw a map of possible matches for me.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I asked AI to draw a map of possible matches for me.
And they are pissed!
"In the first six months of 2025, there were 57% more farm bankruptcies than during the same period last year, according to United States Courts."
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-farm...
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-farm...
Generations work on family farms. With costs high and prices low, farmers worry they may lose it all.
Generations have worked family farms in the U.S. Now, with costs high, prices low and tariffs causing additional difficulties, farmers say they're at risk of losing it all.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
And they are pissed!
Even if our elected Democratic politicians won't.
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Even if our elected Democratic politicians won't.
Once again
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Once again
True that
When Trump wants to pardon a drug trafficker, befriend a terrorist, or praise a dictator because they did something to benefit him personally, when confronted with their past crimes he always either minimizes them or claims that they were treated unfairly. While Republicans just go along with it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
True that
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“If”
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“If”
Marveless.
Trump shows off all the gold he has in the Oval Office
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Marveless.
Kind'a looks like fun!
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Kind'a looks like fun!
MCD 2204 is out for Heavy Snow
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
MCD 2204 is out for Heavy Snow
Happy Fun Day Sunday
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Happy Fun Day Sunday
Well look at the 🕟. Need to get in the cooking mood.
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Well look at the 🕟. Need to get in the cooking mood.
Huh
"These breaks come in addition to the roughly $4 trillion package of tax cuts that President Trump signed into law in July..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Huh
Hearing reports of white stuff falling from the sky.
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hearing reports of white stuff falling from the sky.
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I’m having the ideal Friday night, joining the “carbing up” spaghetti dinner for a 5k I will not be running
November 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I’m having the ideal Friday night, joining the “carbing up” spaghetti dinner for a 5k I will not be running
SMH
These gangsters are using the email addresses of govt employees to send out messages to their address lists blaming Democrats for the shut down without their consent. Leave the damn civil servants who just want to do their jobs out of your illegal hackery.
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
SMH
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8 months ago I had a vision: what if we had a unified, track-based dataset of all severe events?
Still a lot of improvements I can make to the algorithm itself, but otherwise, looks like we have one now. I can't wait to see what we can do with this 👀
Still a lot of improvements I can make to the algorithm itself, but otherwise, looks like we have one now. I can't wait to see what we can do with this 👀
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
8 months ago I had a vision: what if we had a unified, track-based dataset of all severe events?
Still a lot of improvements I can make to the algorithm itself, but otherwise, looks like we have one now. I can't wait to see what we can do with this 👀
Still a lot of improvements I can make to the algorithm itself, but otherwise, looks like we have one now. I can't wait to see what we can do with this 👀