Daniel
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🌩️ Thunderstorm chaser 💻 IT geek 🏒 Beer League Hockey player 📡 Ham radio operator & home lab tinkerer 🚴♂️ Motorcyclist 🎶 music lover 🌮 Burrito/Taco consumer 🚗 Toyota/Lexus Enthusiast 🪐 Talks space & science, builds “stuff”,wallflower. Thinker 🤔
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Banning guns feels righteous. But in a nation with 400 million firearms, it’s a fantasy that fuels backlash and gridlock. If Democrats want to win (a requirement if we want to save Democracy)—and save lives—we need to drop slogans and pick up strategy.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Rep. Melissa Hortman's Assassination: Outrage Is Not Strategy-Why Pushing Bans Turns Moderate Voters Off, and We Can't Afford to Do That
The Jack Hopkins Now Newsletter #373
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June 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Banning guns feels righteous. But in a nation with 400 million firearms, it’s a fantasy that fuels backlash and gridlock. If Democrats want to win (a requirement if we want to save Democracy)—and save lives—we need to drop slogans and pick up strategy.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Egg prices down 59%??? News to me, and completely wrong. But whatever, facts don’t matter anymore.
April 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Egg prices down 59%??? News to me, and completely wrong. But whatever, facts don’t matter anymore.
Somehow, in some messed up weird delusional way, Trump and Vance left that meeting with Zelenskyy feeling like they did a good thing. This is insane. Proud to be an American? No, absolutely not at this moment, under this administration.
February 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Somehow, in some messed up weird delusional way, Trump and Vance left that meeting with Zelenskyy feeling like they did a good thing. This is insane. Proud to be an American? No, absolutely not at this moment, under this administration.
Congratulations to Canada for the 4 Nations win! What an incredible series. Bravo! 👏
February 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations to Canada for the 4 Nations win! What an incredible series. Bravo! 👏
The colors in the top corners of the TNT scoreboard for the 4 Nations game is correct for Canada (top left, red/white), but is using the Switzerland colors (top right, gold/blue) for Finland (white/blue). Or am I missing something here? #nhl #4nations #CANvsFIN #hockey #TNT #TNTSports
February 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The show, The Good Place, is a really good, cute show. I was hesitant to give it a chance, but once I did and was open enough to give it a chance, I’ve come to really enjoy it. At a time like the present, it’s nice to have a positive escape.
February 16, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The show, The Good Place, is a really good, cute show. I was hesitant to give it a chance, but once I did and was open enough to give it a chance, I’ve come to really enjoy it. At a time like the present, it’s nice to have a positive escape.
February 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I have become apathetic — whatever the future holds, this is what the voters wanted; at least I’d like to believe that is the case and not that the election was tampered with. But meh, whatever - see apathetic. 😑
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I have become apathetic — whatever the future holds, this is what the voters wanted; at least I’d like to believe that is the case and not that the election was tampered with. But meh, whatever - see apathetic. 😑
I guess this is what FAFO looks like. Prepare yourselves, it’s about to be a bumpy ride.
February 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I guess this is what FAFO looks like. Prepare yourselves, it’s about to be a bumpy ride.
International Space Station flyover for southern CA tomorrow night about 6:15pm! Should be a very good sighting assuming the weather cooperates. #temecula #murrieta #socal #iss #spacestation #internationalspacestation
January 31, 2025 at 4:21 AM
International Space Station flyover for southern CA tomorrow night about 6:15pm! Should be a very good sighting assuming the weather cooperates. #temecula #murrieta #socal #iss #spacestation #internationalspacestation
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If someone who voted for him is now suffering as a direct result, don’t gloat.
Invite them to organize with you.
The cruelty may have been his point, but it should never be yours.
Invite them to organize with you.
The cruelty may have been his point, but it should never be yours.
January 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
If someone who voted for him is now suffering as a direct result, don’t gloat.
Invite them to organize with you.
The cruelty may have been his point, but it should never be yours.
Invite them to organize with you.
The cruelty may have been his point, but it should never be yours.
It’s nearly 1am and I’m in bed “sleeping” (more like just relaxing, thinking), window is cracked open letting in the cool air. It’s finally raining for the first time in what seems like forever. It’s nice, peaceful pitter patter of the rain and a car went by on a few roads over.
January 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It’s nearly 1am and I’m in bed “sleeping” (more like just relaxing, thinking), window is cracked open letting in the cool air. It’s finally raining for the first time in what seems like forever. It’s nice, peaceful pitter patter of the rain and a car went by on a few roads over.
Picking paint colors for the bedroom is such a weird thing to do that causes me to second-guess what I’m liking right now. I just hope that in a month from now I’m still happy with how I feel today.
January 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Picking paint colors for the bedroom is such a weird thing to do that causes me to second-guess what I’m liking right now. I just hope that in a month from now I’m still happy with how I feel today.
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Seeing this power plant from the air one time was some real sci fi shit.
Obviously PV solar is just better, but I do appreciate the wildness of CSP.
Obviously PV solar is just better, but I do appreciate the wildness of CSP.
Once the future of solar power, the landmark Ivanpah solar thermal power plant along I-15 near the Nevada-California border is past its prime, left in the desert dust by cheaper solar PV. Now, two of the three units are scheduled to go offline in 2026. www.8newsnow.com/news/local-n... 🔌💡
Solar plant on I-15 near its end, shutting off in 2026, officials say
The landmark Ivanpah solar energy plant along Interstate 15 near the Nevada-California border is past its prime, left in the desert dust as more efficient technology is producing power cheaper thes…
www.8newsnow.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Seeing this power plant from the air one time was some real sci fi shit.
Obviously PV solar is just better, but I do appreciate the wildness of CSP.
Obviously PV solar is just better, but I do appreciate the wildness of CSP.
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This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.
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With another subpar snowpack, the #ColoradoRiver is creeping toward an interstate litigation tripwire. New stuff from Erick Kuhn, Jack Schmidt, and me: www.inkstain.net/2025/01/the-...
The January 2025 24-month study is a major caution sign for the Colorado River Basin
By Eric Kuhn, John Fleck, and Jack Schmidt On January 16th, the Bureau of Reclamation released the January 2025 24-Month Study. Based on the January 1st runoff forecast into Lake Powell, the projec…
www.inkstain.net
January 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
With another subpar snowpack, the #ColoradoRiver is creeping toward an interstate litigation tripwire. New stuff from Erick Kuhn, Jack Schmidt, and me: www.inkstain.net/2025/01/the-...
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SoCal showers now likely Sun-Mon! Decent soaking (0.5+ in.) possible mtns; lighter (0.2-0.5 in.) elsewhere. This will be a cold/convective system (w/showers + t-storms). Enough to tamp down but not end fire season; t-storm downpours may risk fire zone debris flows. #CAwx #CAfire
January 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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I’m not at all surprised. 💙
January 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’m not at all surprised. 💙
Successful day today playing with Docker getting all the containers organized and on the right networks. Backed up all the configs, put them on GitHub and started a new project.
January 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Successful day today playing with Docker getting all the containers organized and on the right networks. Backed up all the configs, put them on GitHub and started a new project.
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It’s been an interesting last couple of days here in SoCal. Yesterday at 11:30a, the power went out due to high winds. The power came back on 11:20a today. Meanwhile, there are (at least) 4 major wildfires in LA, 1,000’s of homes leveled. So devastating. Really bizarre times. Stay safe everyone.
January 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It’s been an interesting last couple of days here in SoCal. Yesterday at 11:30a, the power went out due to high winds. The power came back on 11:20a today. Meanwhile, there are (at least) 4 major wildfires in LA, 1,000’s of homes leveled. So devastating. Really bizarre times. Stay safe everyone.
Happy to see @myradar.bsky.social here on bsky! If you don’t have MyRadar, go to your App Store and get it. These guys have done some amazing work.
January 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Happy to see @myradar.bsky.social here on bsky! If you don’t have MyRadar, go to your App Store and get it. These guys have done some amazing work.