Alan Jackson
@akjackson.bsky.social
Retired geophysicist, pro bono data science, writer of letters to the editor, troublemaker. https://www.ajackson.org/Blog/
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Alan Jackson
@akjackson.bsky.social
· Dec 3
This thread is for my fellow migraineurs.
After contending with chronic migraines for over 50 years, and trying almost every treatment, I am finally almost migraine free. I typically get about 5-15 migraine days per month, so this is significant.
After contending with chronic migraines for over 50 years, and trying almost every treatment, I am finally almost migraine free. I typically get about 5-15 migraine days per month, so this is significant.
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Now that federal employees are back to work, I’ve heard from my friends & former colleagues at the Eisenhower Presidential Library. They tell me their general delivery email & voicemail inboxes are full of messages supporting me & demanding my reinstatement. That is very humbling and gratifying.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Now that federal employees are back to work, I’ve heard from my friends & former colleagues at the Eisenhower Presidential Library. They tell me their general delivery email & voicemail inboxes are full of messages supporting me & demanding my reinstatement. That is very humbling and gratifying.
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Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.
Why home insurance is unaffordable, even in places without wildfires or hurricanes
Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Saturn’s rings remain disconcertingly thin
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Saturn’s rings remain disconcertingly thin
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Actual causes of death in the US and media coverage of same.
And then we wonder why people have such a skewed understanding of the world.
@ourworldindata.org is a treasure. Thanks, @hannahritchie.bsky.social and colleagues.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
And then we wonder why people have such a skewed understanding of the world.
@ourworldindata.org is a treasure. Thanks, @hannahritchie.bsky.social and colleagues.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Actual causes of death in the US and media coverage of same.
And then we wonder why people have such a skewed understanding of the world.
@ourworldindata.org is a treasure. Thanks, @hannahritchie.bsky.social and colleagues.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
And then we wonder why people have such a skewed understanding of the world.
@ourworldindata.org is a treasure. Thanks, @hannahritchie.bsky.social and colleagues.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
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We might have FINALLY met our match…
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
November 19, 2024 at 7:47 PM
We might have FINALLY met our match…
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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A lot of crap research is being done with the microbiome. At the heart of much of the research is fundamentally unreliable data.
Perhaps this is why so much microbiome research is hard to believe.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
MHRA-led study reveals major inconsistencies in global microbiome research
International collaboration establishes new quality standards to improve reliability of gut health studies – improving accuracy to provide better diagnosis and treatment.
www.gov.uk
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A lot of crap research is being done with the microbiome. At the heart of much of the research is fundamentally unreliable data.
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like, you might think the base shit on display is *separate* from the power these people have gotten, and I am here to tell you that making other people objects, not thinking of them as agents with their own futures, well, that is inherent in the model of power we have collectively said yes to
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
like, you might think the base shit on display is *separate* from the power these people have gotten, and I am here to tell you that making other people objects, not thinking of them as agents with their own futures, well, that is inherent in the model of power we have collectively said yes to
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The FBI published October data providing the first glimpse of more reliable crime data. Not seeing really any change in the city's overall violent crime trends in the aftermath of the Federal deployment.
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The FBI published October data providing the first glimpse of more reliable crime data. Not seeing really any change in the city's overall violent crime trends in the aftermath of the Federal deployment.
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This rules, actually
Texas dam breach that forced evacuations may have been due to beavers, officials say
An eight-inch hole, discovered in the Carter Lake dam in Camden, approximately 70 miles north of Houston, was likely gnawed by beavers, according to authorities
search.app
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This rules, actually
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THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
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Look who's at the bar!
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Look who's at the bar!
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And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)!
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
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CNN: Trump in Epstein files
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
CNN: Trump in Epstein files
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
NBC: Trump in Epstein files
ABC: Trump in Epstein files
FOX:
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Just how many sex dungeons are in the Ennis, Texas (pop.25K) area?
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Just how many sex dungeons are in the Ennis, Texas (pop.25K) area?
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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
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Fact is, Epstein is the *only* issue impervious to Trump/GOP messaging tactics.
That's why Trump & MAGA keep freaking out—they literally don't know what to do when lying, misdirection, and demagoguery don't work. So they flail around, making it worse.
Dropping it would be political malpractice.
That's why Trump & MAGA keep freaking out—they literally don't know what to do when lying, misdirection, and demagoguery don't work. So they flail around, making it worse.
Dropping it would be political malpractice.
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Fact is, Epstein is the *only* issue impervious to Trump/GOP messaging tactics.
That's why Trump & MAGA keep freaking out—they literally don't know what to do when lying, misdirection, and demagoguery don't work. So they flail around, making it worse.
Dropping it would be political malpractice.
That's why Trump & MAGA keep freaking out—they literally don't know what to do when lying, misdirection, and demagoguery don't work. So they flail around, making it worse.
Dropping it would be political malpractice.
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This is literally the most predictable event in the entire universe. It's like y = x.
This is a Texas Republican who was part of the January 6th mob
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is literally the most predictable event in the entire universe. It's like y = x.
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*STARES AT JOHN WHITMIRE AND HOUSTON*
No more big city mayors who hate big cities.
After failing to stop a major state housing bill from becoming law, Los Angeles leaders are turning to plan B: Delaying Senate Bill 79's implementation and pushing for unspecified legislative changes next year. My dispatch for @politico.com Pro subscribers subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
*STARES AT JOHN WHITMIRE AND HOUSTON*
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Literally exactly what the Founders worried about. Exactly.
A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Literally exactly what the Founders worried about. Exactly.
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I don’t think US taxpayers should subsidize treason against the United States
NEW: The DOJ is in settlement talks with Mike Flynn for $50M. They're robbing us blind. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I don’t think US taxpayers should subsidize treason against the United States
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November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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They fuck you up, your mum and dad
They may not mean to, but they do.
And now thanks to some bright tech lad
They will never, ever be done with you.
They may not mean to, but they do.
And now thanks to some bright tech lad
They will never, ever be done with you.
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
They fuck you up, your mum and dad
They may not mean to, but they do.
And now thanks to some bright tech lad
They will never, ever be done with you.
They may not mean to, but they do.
And now thanks to some bright tech lad
They will never, ever be done with you.