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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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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I knew I saw this somewhere before. Funny that it’s almost exactly what’s actually happening now.
February 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I knew I saw this somewhere before. Funny that it’s almost exactly what’s actually happening now.
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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...
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For HRM, we need to reduce emissions and adapt via HaliFACT which relies on implementing the IMP.
This means a significant modal shift away from driving for every trip to riding for more trips 🚍⛴️🚲🛴.
This means a significant modal shift away from driving for every trip to riding for more trips 🚍⛴️🚲🛴.
Climate change is advancing faster than many scientists predicted
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:31 AM
For HRM, we need to reduce emissions and adapt via HaliFACT which relies on implementing the IMP.
This means a significant modal shift away from driving for every trip to riding for more trips 🚍⛴️🚲🛴.
This means a significant modal shift away from driving for every trip to riding for more trips 🚍⛴️🚲🛴.
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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Trent: Immigrants are far less likely than native-born citizens to commit crimes. That is not who we need to protect ourselves from. It actually turns out that we need to protect ourselves from the rich, the powerful, the oligarchs — the Epsteins of the world, the Trumps of the world.
February 12, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Trent: Immigrants are far less likely than native-born citizens to commit crimes. That is not who we need to protect ourselves from. It actually turns out that we need to protect ourselves from the rich, the powerful, the oligarchs — the Epsteins of the world, the Trumps of the world.
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
With SAVE Act at the Senate, with leverage also over ICE possible, these actions posted by/on Mark Elias' DEMOCRACY DOCKET need to be followed ASAP.
Please read and share forward.
Please read and share forward.
February 12, 2026 at 8:25 AM
With SAVE Act at the Senate, with leverage also over ICE possible, these actions posted by/on Mark Elias' DEMOCRACY DOCKET need to be followed ASAP.
Please read and share forward.
Please read and share forward.
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What Democracy Docket is tracking:
Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 49
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 88
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 72
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 24
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Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 49
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 88
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 72
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 24
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February 11, 2026 at 2:38 PM
What Democracy Docket is tracking:
Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 49
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 88
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 72
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 24
Sign up now to stay informed: bit.ly/4qmEiFz
Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 49
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 88
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 72
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 24
Sign up now to stay informed: bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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New paper warns of cascading tipping points that could lead Earth to a cycle of self-sustaining warming—a dangerous 'hothouse Earth' trajectory.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1102202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1102202...
Accelerated Global Warming Could Lock Earth Into a Hothouse Future - Inside Climate News
Scientists say warming is increasing faster than at any time in at least 3 million years. There is no guide for what comes next.
insideclimatenews.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:59 AM
New paper warns of cascading tipping points that could lead Earth to a cycle of self-sustaining warming—a dangerous 'hothouse Earth' trajectory.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1102202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1102202...
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wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.