Rudy Sovinee
@rudysovinee.bsky.social
Retired chemist, educator, entrepreneur living in a remote rural community. My wife and stepchildren practice permaculture in our yards while I study climate, energy and sustainability options. I'm frustrated by societal behavior that ignores best science.
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Rudy Sovinee
@rudysovinee.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Trends in November temperatures over land areas (where we live) for the last 50 years... 🔥
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
I celebrate political wins, yet caution that they won't last UNLESS they can stem the trends happening in climate.
Zack's many graphic posts point towards bigger storms, heat waves, and floods. Consequences will mount, leading to more deaths from crop failures, spread of tropical pests and diseases.
Zack's many graphic posts point towards bigger storms, heat waves, and floods. Consequences will mount, leading to more deaths from crop failures, spread of tropical pests and diseases.
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His family said he was a leader for ‘the oppressed and the voiceless’
Follow Newsweek's live blog for the latest updates as tributes roll in for Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dead at 84: Updates
www.newsweek.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM
His family said he was a leader for ‘the oppressed and the voiceless’
"Because of the trademark filing, Gerben notes, any airport adopting the Trump name would have to get a license to use the name, potentially paying a licensing fee."
It is hard to beat the $10 Billion lawsuit his DOJ will need to settle over release of his tax records, but the grifter keeps at it.
It is hard to beat the $10 Billion lawsuit his DOJ will need to settle over release of his tax records, but the grifter keeps at it.
February 17, 2026 at 8:34 AM
"Because of the trademark filing, Gerben notes, any airport adopting the Trump name would have to get a license to use the name, potentially paying a licensing fee."
It is hard to beat the $10 Billion lawsuit his DOJ will need to settle over release of his tax records, but the grifter keeps at it.
It is hard to beat the $10 Billion lawsuit his DOJ will need to settle over release of his tax records, but the grifter keeps at it.
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AOC: “You are the Attorney General of the United States of America & you don't want to hold anyone of these pedophiles accountable — resign or be impeached"
February 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM
AOC: “You are the Attorney General of the United States of America & you don't want to hold anyone of these pedophiles accountable — resign or be impeached"
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Why is nobody speaking out against the🍊💩s campaign rally at Fort”Bragg”.Telling the cheering(?)troops to vote GOP and having a repug senate candidate up there with him is crossing another line. Our military is not his political tool to wield. They have a duty to Country and Constitution, not Fatass.
February 16, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Why is nobody speaking out against the🍊💩s campaign rally at Fort”Bragg”.Telling the cheering(?)troops to vote GOP and having a repug senate candidate up there with him is crossing another line. Our military is not his political tool to wield. They have a duty to Country and Constitution, not Fatass.
Yay Keith for clarity 👏
Just because we're paranoid, that doesn't mean Trump isn't out to get us. Trump has just accidentally revealed crucial details of his conspiracy to steal the midterms. It starts with the cadaver-in-chief, demanding of active troops at Fort Bragg – “you have to vote for us”
Just because we're paranoid, that doesn't mean Trump isn't out to get us. Trump has just accidentally revealed crucial details of his conspiracy to steal the midterms. It starts with the cadaver-in-chief, demanding of active troops at Fort Bragg – “you have to vote for us”
TRUMP ACCIDENTALLY REVEALS HIS PLOT TO STEAL THE MIDTERMS - 2.16.26
SEASON 4 EPISODE 59: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: Just because we're paranoid, that doesn't mean Trump isn't out to get us. Trump has just accidentally revealed cruci...
www.podbean.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Yay Keith for clarity 👏
Just because we're paranoid, that doesn't mean Trump isn't out to get us. Trump has just accidentally revealed crucial details of his conspiracy to steal the midterms. It starts with the cadaver-in-chief, demanding of active troops at Fort Bragg – “you have to vote for us”
Just because we're paranoid, that doesn't mean Trump isn't out to get us. Trump has just accidentally revealed crucial details of his conspiracy to steal the midterms. It starts with the cadaver-in-chief, demanding of active troops at Fort Bragg – “you have to vote for us”
The GOP playbook is essentially a poll tax - one that many people (hourly workers and students) need to also take off from work and find transport to an office with limited office hours to get the ID that is demanded.
HBO's "The Newroom" clip below is priceless.
HBO's "The Newroom" clip below is priceless.
February 17, 2026 at 2:12 AM
The GOP playbook is essentially a poll tax - one that many people (hourly workers and students) need to also take off from work and find transport to an office with limited office hours to get the ID that is demanded.
HBO's "The Newroom" clip below is priceless.
HBO's "The Newroom" clip below is priceless.
I had just posted about the El Niño arriving, but did not realize the system now has a bias to report La Niña.
As a boomer, it is easy for me to spend an hour listening to Sandy and Eliot. I encourage all age groups to heed the graphics. Its good to laugh when we can, but it's a serious discussion.
As a boomer, it is easy for me to spend an hour listening to Sandy and Eliot. I encourage all age groups to heed the graphics. Its good to laugh when we can, but it's a serious discussion.
February 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I had just posted about the El Niño arriving, but did not realize the system now has a bias to report La Niña.
As a boomer, it is easy for me to spend an hour listening to Sandy and Eliot. I encourage all age groups to heed the graphics. Its good to laugh when we can, but it's a serious discussion.
As a boomer, it is easy for me to spend an hour listening to Sandy and Eliot. I encourage all age groups to heed the graphics. Its good to laugh when we can, but it's a serious discussion.
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Read and share all over..he nails it
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Read and share all over..he nails it
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You can model every company on Earth in exquisite detail.
But economics doesn’t fail because it lacks complexity.
It fails because it assumes growth inside a finite system is negotiable.
But economics doesn’t fail because it lacks complexity.
It fails because it assumes growth inside a finite system is negotiable.
Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that
Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
You can model every company on Earth in exquisite detail.
But economics doesn’t fail because it lacks complexity.
It fails because it assumes growth inside a finite system is negotiable.
But economics doesn’t fail because it lacks complexity.
It fails because it assumes growth inside a finite system is negotiable.
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People like ice cream, and iced drinks. We don't give ice much thought today, but the arrival of ice in new places, out of season, changed our human society dramatically.
Just fascinating.
Just fascinating.
How The Fridge Destroyed One of the World’s Largest Monopolies
YouTube video by Veritasium
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 10:01 AM
People like ice cream, and iced drinks. We don't give ice much thought today, but the arrival of ice in new places, out of season, changed our human society dramatically.
Just fascinating.
Just fascinating.
The ENSO forecast matters. BUT, no forecast is assured until summer.
Oceans absorb heat 24/7/365. La Niña patterns act to suck that heat deeper into the oceans, while El Niño patterns release more over land - where we feel it midst warming as a new baseline.
Met Office explains: youtu.be/WPA-KpldDVc
Oceans absorb heat 24/7/365. La Niña patterns act to suck that heat deeper into the oceans, while El Niño patterns release more over land - where we feel it midst warming as a new baseline.
Met Office explains: youtu.be/WPA-KpldDVc
February 16, 2026 at 9:17 AM
The ENSO forecast matters. BUT, no forecast is assured until summer.
Oceans absorb heat 24/7/365. La Niña patterns act to suck that heat deeper into the oceans, while El Niño patterns release more over land - where we feel it midst warming as a new baseline.
Met Office explains: youtu.be/WPA-KpldDVc
Oceans absorb heat 24/7/365. La Niña patterns act to suck that heat deeper into the oceans, while El Niño patterns release more over land - where we feel it midst warming as a new baseline.
Met Office explains: youtu.be/WPA-KpldDVc
Not just one video, but several examples over the years showing his addiction to underage girls. Meidas stitches together a coherent portrait of the man that Christian Nationalists chose to return to power, the man Pam Bondi has been protecting for years.
The DOJ has worse photos, not yet released.
The DOJ has worse photos, not yet released.
February 16, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Not just one video, but several examples over the years showing his addiction to underage girls. Meidas stitches together a coherent portrait of the man that Christian Nationalists chose to return to power, the man Pam Bondi has been protecting for years.
The DOJ has worse photos, not yet released.
The DOJ has worse photos, not yet released.
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"I’ve wanted Marc Elias to be wrong for seven years, or six years, for as long as he’s been coming on my show. I have wanted his warnings to be wrong, but every single one of them has been either affirmed or prescient."--Nicolle Wallace. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms
With only nine months before the midterm elections, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:11 PM
"I’ve wanted Marc Elias to be wrong for seven years, or six years, for as long as he’s been coming on my show. I have wanted his warnings to be wrong, but every single one of them has been either affirmed or prescient."--Nicolle Wallace. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...
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Sea Ice Watch - Time to start tracking the annual maximum #Arctic sea-ice extent. Last year is the current record holder for this statistic.
Follow the daily data at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... Data from JAXA. ⚒️🥼❄️
Follow the daily data at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... Data from JAXA. ⚒️🥼❄️
February 15, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Sea Ice Watch - Time to start tracking the annual maximum #Arctic sea-ice extent. Last year is the current record holder for this statistic.
Follow the daily data at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... Data from JAXA. ⚒️🥼❄️
Follow the daily data at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... Data from JAXA. ⚒️🥼❄️
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Ghislaine Maxwell lied on her US citizenship application. She checked the no box when asked if she had ever procured anyone for prostitution.
She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
Ghislaine Maxwell Appears to Have Lied on Her Citizenship Application — The New Republic
The revelation could put her citizenship status at risk.
apple.news
February 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell lied on her US citizenship application. She checked the no box when asked if she had ever procured anyone for prostitution.
She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
She had been trafficking since 1994. This could get another 25 years added to her sentence.
Why did a federal magistrate sign off a search warrant based on an affidavit containing so many easily verifiable lies?
Most importantly, if this can happen once with respect to old ballots, what is preventing a bogus affidavit from serving as the basis for seizing ballots during the 2026 midterms?
Most importantly, if this can happen once with respect to old ballots, what is preventing a bogus affidavit from serving as the basis for seizing ballots during the 2026 midterms?
The problem for democracy is that it will not survive three more years of such a system. We cannot hold free and fair elections if judges blindly accept the word of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel’s minions. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/two-...
Two cases and the grease that breaks democracy
The obvious lesson many are drawing is that ordinary citizens are more reliable protectors of democracy than judges in black robes.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Why did a federal magistrate sign off a search warrant based on an affidavit containing so many easily verifiable lies?
Most importantly, if this can happen once with respect to old ballots, what is preventing a bogus affidavit from serving as the basis for seizing ballots during the 2026 midterms?
Most importantly, if this can happen once with respect to old ballots, what is preventing a bogus affidavit from serving as the basis for seizing ballots during the 2026 midterms?
♦ Current deal on sharing river water expires 12/31/2026
♦ River provides drinking water for 40 million people
♦ 4 Upper Basin states pitted against 3 Lower Basin states
Without a long-term agreement, the federal government will be pressured to broker a deal - or impose one - before the end of 2026.
♦ River provides drinking water for 40 million people
♦ 4 Upper Basin states pitted against 3 Lower Basin states
Without a long-term agreement, the federal government will be pressured to broker a deal - or impose one - before the end of 2026.
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
♦ Current deal on sharing river water expires 12/31/2026
♦ River provides drinking water for 40 million people
♦ 4 Upper Basin states pitted against 3 Lower Basin states
Without a long-term agreement, the federal government will be pressured to broker a deal - or impose one - before the end of 2026.
♦ River provides drinking water for 40 million people
♦ 4 Upper Basin states pitted against 3 Lower Basin states
Without a long-term agreement, the federal government will be pressured to broker a deal - or impose one - before the end of 2026.
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Trump is moving towards authoritarianism with greater speed than Putin. The tactics have been done repeatedly in other countries; they are not new.
Trump's style adds clownishness mixed with the Sopranos.
Assessment: Thank you Minneapolis, a Hero city.
Trump's style adds clownishness mixed with the Sopranos.
Assessment: Thank you Minneapolis, a Hero city.
Trump backs down on ICE and troops: Melber and Shteyngart on Putin playbook
MS NOW's Ari Melber reports on President Trump's broader efforts to crack down on dissent and is joined by acclaimed novelist Gary Shteyngart. (The Beat's YouTube: https://ms.now/ari)
www.ms.now
February 14, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Trump is moving towards authoritarianism with greater speed than Putin. The tactics have been done repeatedly in other countries; they are not new.
Trump's style adds clownishness mixed with the Sopranos.
Assessment: Thank you Minneapolis, a Hero city.
Trump's style adds clownishness mixed with the Sopranos.
Assessment: Thank you Minneapolis, a Hero city.
Marc Elias highlights concerns that Noem and Gabbord together make an excuse possible for Noem's paramilitary force (80% of former career ICE fired ore demoted) to move into the mid-term elections.
Alex Wagner then adds the impact of the SAVE Act on people who vote by mail.
Alex Wagner then adds the impact of the SAVE Act on people who vote by mail.
‘Crazy, diva-like behavior’: Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski's shocking tenure at DHS causes chaos
Marc Elias, Founder of Democracy Dockett, Alex Wagner, MS NOW Senior Political Analyst and Rev. Al Sharpton, Host of ‘PoliticsNation’ on MS NOW join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reacti...
www.ms.now
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Marc Elias highlights concerns that Noem and Gabbord together make an excuse possible for Noem's paramilitary force (80% of former career ICE fired ore demoted) to move into the mid-term elections.
Alex Wagner then adds the impact of the SAVE Act on people who vote by mail.
Alex Wagner then adds the impact of the SAVE Act on people who vote by mail.
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Just in! The first ENSO forecast based on RONI (Relative Oceanic Nino Index), still showing an odds-on El Nino developing by late Summer.
I've also included the last ONI slide from NOAA for comparison. The shift colder is less than I expected.
Source: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...
I've also included the last ONI slide from NOAA for comparison. The shift colder is less than I expected.
Source: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...
February 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Just in! The first ENSO forecast based on RONI (Relative Oceanic Nino Index), still showing an odds-on El Nino developing by late Summer.
I've also included the last ONI slide from NOAA for comparison. The shift colder is less than I expected.
Source: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...
I've also included the last ONI slide from NOAA for comparison. The shift colder is less than I expected.
Source: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...