Mark McGee
@smackmegthermo.bsky.social
USAF vet. SR-71/U2 computer/planning/intel (not pilot). CoCoRaHS observer, Skywarn spotter near Berthoud CO. Happily married. If u r here to apply your purity test, assume I failed. Move along. #BLM
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Mark McGee
@smackmegthermo.bsky.social
· Apr 15
I am an old retired fart. I really have better ways to spend my waning and few days left. Protest, organization and pushback is now a necessity. My friends, I ask you to step up from your comfort and be seen and heard. The time for you to be involved is now.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Was looking back through some old Instagram posts and came across this cloud formation I captured on 19 June 2019 in Boulder, CO while taking a work break. (Realized it was before I joined Bluesky.) It appears to be a type of Kelvin-Helmholtz wave. I hustled back to take a timelapse of it
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November 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Was looking back through some old Instagram posts and came across this cloud formation I captured on 19 June 2019 in Boulder, CO while taking a work break. (Realized it was before I joined Bluesky.) It appears to be a type of Kelvin-Helmholtz wave. I hustled back to take a timelapse of it
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Wrote up my thoughts on Week 1 of the DePo era.
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Some thoughts on Paul DePodesta’s first week
And we’re off.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Wrote up my thoughts on Week 1 of the DePo era.
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Please consider subscribing!
The Statsraad Lehmkuhl at Broadway Pier. Originally German, this ship now sails under a Norwegian flag. Launched in 1914, it was given to Britain as war reparations in 1920. It was subsequently purchased by Norway and then captured by Nazi Germany in 1940. It is owned by a Norwegian foundation now.
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
No message here. Move along. www.youtube.com/watch?v=em0L...
Générique (Bande originale du film "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud")
YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic
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November 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
No message here. Move along. www.youtube.com/watch?v=em0L...
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All these drones are heading towards Kyiv right now
It’s going to be a long night
It’s going to be a long night
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
All these drones are heading towards Kyiv right now
It’s going to be a long night
It’s going to be a long night
Steven Spielberg's feature-length directorial debut in the made-for-television action thriller movie "DUEL" starring Dennis Weaver premiered #OnThisDay in 1971 on the ABC television network
📺 Universal Television 🚛 🚗
📺 Universal Television 🚛 🚗
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Photos from the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower I took earlier this month. Narrow observation decks on the 17th and 21st floors offer outdoor access around the tower.
#UrbanGaze #Denver #MobilePhotography #Photography #VideoVignette 📷 📽
🎵 Girl with the Yellow Beanie, Back_Drop (Pixabay)
#UrbanGaze #Denver #MobilePhotography #Photography #VideoVignette 📷 📽
🎵 Girl with the Yellow Beanie, Back_Drop (Pixabay)
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Photos from the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower I took earlier this month. Narrow observation decks on the 17th and 21st floors offer outdoor access around the tower.
#UrbanGaze #Denver #MobilePhotography #Photography #VideoVignette 📷 📽
🎵 Girl with the Yellow Beanie, Back_Drop (Pixabay)
#UrbanGaze #Denver #MobilePhotography #Photography #VideoVignette 📷 📽
🎵 Girl with the Yellow Beanie, Back_Drop (Pixabay)
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Northern lights visible on takeoff from DIA tonight!
📸: Aish Bhavan
📸: Aish Bhavan
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Northern lights visible on takeoff from DIA tonight!
📸: Aish Bhavan
📸: Aish Bhavan
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Panoramic sunrise 12 November 2025
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Panoramic sunrise 12 November 2025
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Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
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Geo Storm show Berthoud CO
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Geo Storm show Berthoud CO
Aurora visible to the naked eye near Berthoud CO.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Aurora visible to the naked eye near Berthoud CO.
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What are your Thanksgiving traditions? Perhaps it’s a recipe or a board game or an outing… or a fight with Aunt Betty.
Send a voice memo to coloradotoday@cpr.org and my colleagues at our daily podcast may share your ritual!
Send a voice memo to coloradotoday@cpr.org and my colleagues at our daily podcast may share your ritual!
an elderly woman with curlers on her hair has a tattoo of an angry face on her arm
ALT: an elderly woman with curlers on her hair has a tattoo of an angry face on her arm
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
What are your Thanksgiving traditions? Perhaps it’s a recipe or a board game or an outing… or a fight with Aunt Betty.
Send a voice memo to coloradotoday@cpr.org and my colleagues at our daily podcast may share your ritual!
Send a voice memo to coloradotoday@cpr.org and my colleagues at our daily podcast may share your ritual!
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"There’s something historic and courageous about stating simple facts in a time when words like ‘civil rights’ or ‘justice’ are being twisted to mean exactly the opposite of what they mean."
www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...
www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...
Judges Are Pissed Off At Trump — And They Aren't Hiding It Anymore
There is a pointed purpose to the increasingly spicy rulings and dissents coming from across the judiciary.
www.huffpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"There’s something historic and courageous about stating simple facts in a time when words like ‘civil rights’ or ‘justice’ are being twisted to mean exactly the opposite of what they mean."
www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...
www.huffpost.com/entry/a-defy...
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If it’s a Tuesday, I have a column due.
What to watch for in the early days of Paul DePodesta’s Rockies rebuild
Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, November 11, 2025
www.purplerow.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If it’s a Tuesday, I have a column due.
What the proponents of Pollingism simply cannot understand is that the purpose of politics is to enact an agenda, not simply to win for the sake of doing so.
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
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Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight, Part I
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Tuesday Showed the Power of Magnetism.
contrarian.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday – let’s make our dollars count. We’re asking Americans to hit pause on shopping from major corporations.
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Part 2 of Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight now out! contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight, Part II
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Last Tuesday Showed the Power of Magnetism.
contrarian.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Part 2 of Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight now out! contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
We must Move Our Money, away from the forces of destruction aiding this regime & into our communities. From Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday, folks are collectively committing to avoid Target, Amazon and Home Depot. If this leaves you $ to spare, local food banks, shelters, & community groups need it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Some rare good news from SCOTUS.
“In a brief, unsigned order, the justices rejected Davis’ petition for review of a ruling by a federal appeals court upholding an award of $100,000 to a gay couple to whom she had refused to issue a marriage license.”
Supreme Court declines to hear case on constitutionality of same-sex marriage
The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down a request from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, to reconsider its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex […]
www.scotusblog.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Some rare good news from SCOTUS.
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Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.
CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator It's Time for Chuck Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.
#Sourdough Monday. Sourdough rye demi loaves to give away to friends. 80% organic AP flour, 20% organic whole rye flour. Trying out new smaller bannetons.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#Sourdough Monday. Sourdough rye demi loaves to give away to friends. 80% organic AP flour, 20% organic whole rye flour. Trying out new smaller bannetons.
Shout out to folks that might help out with this request. @highcountrynews.org
Do I know any Indigenous folks who make maps? Got a request for a paid design/cartography job and it'd be rad if I could connect you with them.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Shout out to folks that might help out with this request. @highcountrynews.org
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NEW: Colorado Sens Bennet (D) and Hickenlooper (D) oppose the plan to reopen the government without a deal to extend healthcare subsidies. #copolitics
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
NEW: Colorado Sens Bennet (D) and Hickenlooper (D) oppose the plan to reopen the government without a deal to extend healthcare subsidies. #copolitics