Mike
@1074j.bsky.social
Astrophotographer, pilot, meteorologist. The last house on the powerline.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Additionally, some of NOAA's very high resolution convective-resolving models (designed specifically for this purpose) were the ones that best predicted this incipient disaster. Yet these very same models are on the chopping block this year with the proposed NOAA budget.
July 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Additionally, some of NOAA's very high resolution convective-resolving models (designed specifically for this purpose) were the ones that best predicted this incipient disaster. Yet these very same models are on the chopping block this year with the proposed NOAA budget.
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Predicting such storms is at the cutting edge of science right now, and the stakes are rising in a warming world in which they are intensifying. Yet this is precisely the kind of research that NOAA/NSF have funded in the U.S. over decades that is at imminent risk of disappearing.
July 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Predicting such storms is at the cutting edge of science right now, and the stakes are rising in a warming world in which they are intensifying. Yet this is precisely the kind of research that NOAA/NSF have funded in the U.S. over decades that is at imminent risk of disappearing.
Due to staffing issues, the Tucson NWS is no longer sending up a 12Z sounding. This sounding is a meteorologist's most important short-term monsoon forecasting tools. This data is also critical for the accurate weather modeling of monsoon thunderstorms.
#azwx
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#azwx
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June 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Due to staffing issues, the Tucson NWS is no longer sending up a 12Z sounding. This sounding is a meteorologist's most important short-term monsoon forecasting tools. This data is also critical for the accurate weather modeling of monsoon thunderstorms.
#azwx
@timsteller.bsky.social
#azwx
@timsteller.bsky.social
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The Trump administration is kidnapping and trying to deport American citizens who look “foreign.”
No warrant. No due process. No rights.
Americans voted for cheaper eggs, not for a night of broken glass.
#MAGAKidnappers
No warrant. No due process. No rights.
Americans voted for cheaper eggs, not for a night of broken glass.
#MAGAKidnappers
June 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Trump administration is kidnapping and trying to deport American citizens who look “foreign.”
No warrant. No due process. No rights.
Americans voted for cheaper eggs, not for a night of broken glass.
#MAGAKidnappers
No warrant. No due process. No rights.
Americans voted for cheaper eggs, not for a night of broken glass.
#MAGAKidnappers
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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Column: "I'm going to keep writing till they take me away in handcuffs." A trans writer's fighting spirit, spoken on the U of A campus during the Tucson Festival of Books, is what we need as people are detained and deported for their free expression in America.
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Tim Steller's column: Time to stand up for freedom of speech, not fold to threats
For Star subscribers: The Trump administration is targeting outgroups and disloyal elites for arrest, harassment, deportation and extortion. Now is the time to fight, not fold.
tucson.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Column: "I'm going to keep writing till they take me away in handcuffs." A trans writer's fighting spirit, spoken on the U of A campus during the Tucson Festival of Books, is what we need as people are detained and deported for their free expression in America.
tucson.com/news/local/s...
tucson.com/news/local/s...
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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Ad seen in London
March 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ad seen in London
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The now-confirmed and rumored additional cuts to come at NOAA/NWS are spectacularly short-sighted, and ultimately will deal a major self-inflicted wound to the public safety of Americans and the resiliency of the American economy to weather and climate-related disasters.
11/11
11/11
February 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The now-confirmed and rumored additional cuts to come at NOAA/NWS are spectacularly short-sighted, and ultimately will deal a major self-inflicted wound to the public safety of Americans and the resiliency of the American economy to weather and climate-related disasters.
11/11
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Nebulosity near the star Atik in Perseus. Besides the H II nebula, there is also a lot of obscuring dust. The image is mainly LRGB using a Esprit refractor. #astrophotography
February 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Nebulosity near the star Atik in Perseus. Besides the H II nebula, there is also a lot of obscuring dust. The image is mainly LRGB using a Esprit refractor. #astrophotography
This is my first attempt at the Squid and the Bat. The image uses mostly HII and OIII. However, the OIII data (the Squid part) was insufficient, and I'll have to get more next year. It is VERY dim. #astrophotography
February 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is my first attempt at the Squid and the Bat. The image uses mostly HII and OIII. However, the OIII data (the Squid part) was insufficient, and I'll have to get more next year. It is VERY dim. #astrophotography
Rosette Nebula, NGC 2244. This image is a blend of LRGB and H II and O III. Taken with an Esprit 100 with a .75 Riccardi focal reducer. #astrophotography
February 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Rosette Nebula, NGC 2244. This image is a blend of LRGB and H II and O III. Taken with an Esprit 100 with a .75 Riccardi focal reducer. #astrophotography
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Column: Tucson legend Rep. Raul Grijalva has missed 97 percent of the votes since February 2024. There's no timeline for him to return to office. In a 218-215 House, with Trump in office, and a six-month process to replace a House member, he must consider stepping down.
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Tim Steller's column: Grijalva must decide soon on staying in Congress
For Star subscribers: Tucson's Rep. Raúl Grijalva asked Pres. Biden to drop out of his race in July. Now it's time for Grijalva, who has missed almost 500 votes since
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January 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Column: Tucson legend Rep. Raul Grijalva has missed 97 percent of the votes since February 2024. There's no timeline for him to return to office. In a 218-215 House, with Trump in office, and a six-month process to replace a House member, he must consider stepping down.
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From a net human impact perspective, the latest guidance for future TC Sara are concerning. Honduras has a rough history w/ hurricanes & the latest GFS shows a 5-day rainfall total of 1242 mm, or 48 inches, over parts of its north coast. This would have catastrophic consequences.
November 13, 2024 at 5:07 PM
From a net human impact perspective, the latest guidance for future TC Sara are concerning. Honduras has a rough history w/ hurricanes & the latest GFS shows a 5-day rainfall total of 1242 mm, or 48 inches, over parts of its north coast. This would have catastrophic consequences.
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"In Oregon’s Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk." #climate www.propublica.org/article/bide...
Despite Biden's Promise to Protect Old Forests, His Administration Keeps Approving Plans to Cut Them Down
In Oregon’s Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2024 at 5:20 PM
"In Oregon’s Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk." #climate www.propublica.org/article/bide...
