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🚨🔥 Warmest Christmas on record for the Contiguous U.S.! The average high of 57.9F and the average low of 36.6F each broke the Christmas record by a full 3F. 🔥🚨
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🚨🔥 Warmest Christmas on record for the Contiguous U.S.! The average high of 57.9F and the average low of 36.6F each broke the Christmas record by a full 3F. 🔥🚨
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Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community?
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community?
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
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Melissa Records:
Strongest Atlantic Landfall (Tie)
3rd Strongest Atlantic Hurricane (Tie)
World Record Driest/ Clearest Eye
3rd 2025 Cat 5 (2nd most)
4th Extreme Rapid Intensification Episide of 2025 (tied for 1st place)
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Strongest Atlantic Landfall (Tie)
3rd Strongest Atlantic Hurricane (Tie)
World Record Driest/ Clearest Eye
3rd 2025 Cat 5 (2nd most)
4th Extreme Rapid Intensification Episide of 2025 (tied for 1st place)
1/
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Melissa Records:
Strongest Atlantic Landfall (Tie)
3rd Strongest Atlantic Hurricane (Tie)
World Record Driest/ Clearest Eye
3rd 2025 Cat 5 (2nd most)
4th Extreme Rapid Intensification Episide of 2025 (tied for 1st place)
1/
Strongest Atlantic Landfall (Tie)
3rd Strongest Atlantic Hurricane (Tie)
World Record Driest/ Clearest Eye
3rd 2025 Cat 5 (2nd most)
4th Extreme Rapid Intensification Episide of 2025 (tied for 1st place)
1/
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"we don't have the votes to pack the court" becomes "we shouldn't even talk about it until we do". it's all fear reflex rationalizations because under this the only appropriate time to talk about something you want to fight for are when conditions are such that you have already won the fight
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"we don't have the votes to pack the court" becomes "we shouldn't even talk about it until we do". it's all fear reflex rationalizations because under this the only appropriate time to talk about something you want to fight for are when conditions are such that you have already won the fight
the president is saying he can do whatever he wants and openly seeking to use the powers of government to target all his enemies, and the SC says "Erm yes emergency order: prez. gets cake this time because it's an emergency."
September 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
the president is saying he can do whatever he wants and openly seeking to use the powers of government to target all his enemies, and the SC says "Erm yes emergency order: prez. gets cake this time because it's an emergency."
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On our trip to the Middle East, @merkley.senate.gov and I saw and heard firsthand how the Netanyahu government is engaged in a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza and America is complicit.
Here are just a few takeaways:
Here are just a few takeaways:
The Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. America is complicit.
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
On our trip to the Middle East, @merkley.senate.gov and I saw and heard firsthand how the Netanyahu government is engaged in a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza and America is complicit.
Here are just a few takeaways:
Here are just a few takeaways:
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It's hard to overstate just how off the charts warm the Pacific is right now. The swath of the basin from California to Japan (a HUGE area) from 25N to 60N is ~3F (1.6C) above normal. To put it into math terms that is 6 Sigma/ standard deviations above the mean. More… 1/
September 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It's hard to overstate just how off the charts warm the Pacific is right now. The swath of the basin from California to Japan (a HUGE area) from 25N to 60N is ~3F (1.6C) above normal. To put it into math terms that is 6 Sigma/ standard deviations above the mean. More… 1/
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The North Pacific Marine heat wave is absurd. Most of the northern half of the basin is at/ near records. Some of this is natural oscillation, some likely aerosol / greenhouse forcing and feedbacks 1/
September 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The North Pacific Marine heat wave is absurd. Most of the northern half of the basin is at/ near records. Some of this is natural oscillation, some likely aerosol / greenhouse forcing and feedbacks 1/
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Smoke from wildfires in Canada wrap around the circulation of Tropical Storm Dexter as it moves farther out over the North Atlantic Ocean.
August 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Smoke from wildfires in Canada wrap around the circulation of Tropical Storm Dexter as it moves farther out over the North Atlantic Ocean.
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The marine heat wave in the North Pacific is one of the most extensive, spanning the giant N Pacific, and in spots, the most intense, I’ve observed. Anomalies near Japan are 15 F (8C) above normal. (Japan just recorded its hottest temp on record.)
The reason for this N Pacific heat wave is… 1/
The reason for this N Pacific heat wave is… 1/
August 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The marine heat wave in the North Pacific is one of the most extensive, spanning the giant N Pacific, and in spots, the most intense, I’ve observed. Anomalies near Japan are 15 F (8C) above normal. (Japan just recorded its hottest temp on record.)
The reason for this N Pacific heat wave is… 1/
The reason for this N Pacific heat wave is… 1/
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You can’t overstate just how impressive this heat dome is. It covers 2/3 of contig. US, 80% of US population 90+ high temp (~260 mill people)
Peak intensity of heat dome record for SE US in late July. Peaked at 3.7 sigma which means this heat dome is extremely rare in our former climate of the 1900s
Peak intensity of heat dome record for SE US in late July. Peaked at 3.7 sigma which means this heat dome is extremely rare in our former climate of the 1900s
July 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
You can’t overstate just how impressive this heat dome is. It covers 2/3 of contig. US, 80% of US population 90+ high temp (~260 mill people)
Peak intensity of heat dome record for SE US in late July. Peaked at 3.7 sigma which means this heat dome is extremely rare in our former climate of the 1900s
Peak intensity of heat dome record for SE US in late July. Peaked at 3.7 sigma which means this heat dome is extremely rare in our former climate of the 1900s
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Meanwhile, here are the weather balloon launches from this morning. The red dots indicate locations that missed the launch today owing to short staffing. The blue dots indicate long-term outages.
July 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Meanwhile, here are the weather balloon launches from this morning. The red dots indicate locations that missed the launch today owing to short staffing. The blue dots indicate long-term outages.
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Losing ~1/2 of microwave satellite data used for hurricane forecasting represents a significant danger to public safety, increasing the odds of a ‘sunrise surprise'--a realization from first-light visible images that a system has become much better organized overnight--something IR imagery can miss.
A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️
Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated
U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts
michaelrlowry.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Losing ~1/2 of microwave satellite data used for hurricane forecasting represents a significant danger to public safety, increasing the odds of a ‘sunrise surprise'--a realization from first-light visible images that a system has become much better organized overnight--something IR imagery can miss.
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Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions.
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Disaster #Climate #Chemicals #Policy #Climate #Environment
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Disaster #Climate #Chemicals #Policy #Climate #Environment
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
The Chemical Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates large-scale industrial chemical disasters, will close under Trump's orders.
grist.org
June 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions.
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Disaster #Climate #Chemicals #Policy #Climate #Environment
Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
grist.org/energy/trump...
#Disaster #Climate #Chemicals #Policy #Climate #Environment
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The 16-year-old was dragged away and arrested by Worcester PD because she kicked the car ICE was holding her mother in as her mom was taken away. The day earlier, ICE had taken her dad as well.
"She told MassLive that she, along with a crowd of other people, asked ICE to show a warrant for the arrest. She said the agents replied, 'We don’t have to show you anything.'" www.masslive.com/worcester/20...
Chaotic ICE arrest in Worcester leads to second arrest by local police
Witnesses believe that the two women who were arrested were mother and daughter, with ICE arresting the mother and Worcester police arresting the daughter.
www.masslive.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The 16-year-old was dragged away and arrested by Worcester PD because she kicked the car ICE was holding her mother in as her mom was taken away. The day earlier, ICE had taken her dad as well.
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The RAND Corporation’s new report finds that $79 trillion was taken from the bottom 90% of households.
So the problem isn’t a lack of “abundance” — it is the abundance being hoarded by the rich.
But that fact isn’t allowed in The Abundance Discourse.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
So the problem isn’t a lack of “abundance” — it is the abundance being hoarded by the rich.
But that fact isn’t allowed in The Abundance Discourse.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
Measuring the Income Gap from 1975 to 2023
The author extends the results of prior work on the income gap between the bottom 90 percent of workers in 2023 and what they would have earned with an even growth rate from 1975 to 2023. These worker...
www.rand.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The RAND Corporation’s new report finds that $79 trillion was taken from the bottom 90% of households.
So the problem isn’t a lack of “abundance” — it is the abundance being hoarded by the rich.
But that fact isn’t allowed in The Abundance Discourse.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
So the problem isn’t a lack of “abundance” — it is the abundance being hoarded by the rich.
But that fact isn’t allowed in The Abundance Discourse.
www.rand.org/pubs/working...
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People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
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Ultimately, the point of every philosophy throughout history that challenged the concentration of wealth has been to reintroduce & popularize empathy & cooperation as the foundation of human society.
Some would rather be king of a dead rock than share the fruits of Earth.
Some would rather be king of a dead rock than share the fruits of Earth.
They’re rebranding sociopathy as logical when it’s the reason we aren’t still living in caves. Archeologists have discovered skeletons from many thousands of years ago with physical problems where the person lived to old age because a community took care of them, empathy is what it is to be human
March 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ultimately, the point of every philosophy throughout history that challenged the concentration of wealth has been to reintroduce & popularize empathy & cooperation as the foundation of human society.
Some would rather be king of a dead rock than share the fruits of Earth.
Some would rather be king of a dead rock than share the fruits of Earth.
Earth is just one big trash bin for the lords of the billionaire class.
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Earth is just one big trash bin for the lords of the billionaire class.
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Hundreds of Mexican Firefighters arrived both today and yesterday in Southern California, to assist with the ongoing Wildfires in Los Angeles County. Most are with the National Forestry Commission and the Civil Relief Corps, with others coming from the Mexican Army.
January 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hundreds of Mexican Firefighters arrived both today and yesterday in Southern California, to assist with the ongoing Wildfires in Los Angeles County. Most are with the National Forestry Commission and the Civil Relief Corps, with others coming from the Mexican Army.
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A reminder that Los Angeles had its hottest summer in history last year. Southern California has received just 2% of "normal" rainfall during the current "rainy" season.
These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels.
We are in a climate emergency.
These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels.
We are in a climate emergency.
January 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A reminder that Los Angeles had its hottest summer in history last year. Southern California has received just 2% of "normal" rainfall during the current "rainy" season.
These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels.
We are in a climate emergency.
These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels.
We are in a climate emergency.
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Police killed more people this year than any other year on record, killing 3.4 people per day nationwide. mappingpoliceviolence.us
January 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Police killed more people this year than any other year on record, killing 3.4 people per day nationwide. mappingpoliceviolence.us
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Sorry to self quote by I wrote about this dynamic in 2023 and it’s easier just to re-post my thoughts
therealnews.com/advocating-i...
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January 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Sorry to self quote by I wrote about this dynamic in 2023 and it’s easier just to re-post my thoughts
therealnews.com/advocating-i...
therealnews.com/advocating-i...
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If you, or a family member, are seriously ill, you are stressed and exhausted. This is the point where America, unlike most other countries asks you to also be your own health care administrator. People intuitively regard this as unfair and enraging.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/o...
December 12, 2024 at 4:05 PM
If you, or a family member, are seriously ill, you are stressed and exhausted. This is the point where America, unlike most other countries asks you to also be your own health care administrator. People intuitively regard this as unfair and enraging.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/o...