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Gene Spesard
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Zillion year old retiree waiting for the Apocalypse or the end of 32 per cent.
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"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
...but it rhymes
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Interesting contrast, to be fair Comfort is downstream and had more notice and the flood arrived during daylight hours but the contrast is striking (and saddening).
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
In deadly Texas floods, one town had what some didn't: A wailing warning siren
Emergency officials are starting to focus on alert systems as they search for answers about how the flash flooding swept away so many.
www.nbcnews.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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A deep dive (1 hour + Q&A) into the meteorology of the Texas floods: www.youtube.com/live/OJEddh6...
Weather & climate office hour 7/7/25: Thoughts on Texas flood catastrophe & coming California heat
YouTube video by Weather West
www.youtube.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
genespesard.bsky.social
Darn! They sent me two right shoes.
June 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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A fight in a madhouse about who is Napoleon...
June 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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This evening in our backyard (Lesser Nighthawks, unless one of you expert birders corrects me)

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May 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Maybe hotter
Maybe wetter
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Climate Prediction Center - Seasonal Outlook
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May 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Under the weather?

www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
The National Weather Service Is Understaffed and Facing Huge Cuts—That Could Cost Lives
Weather experts warn that staff cuts at the National Weather Service that have been made by the Trump administration are a danger to public safety as tornadoes, hurricanes and heat loom this spring an...
www.scientificamerican.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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In spite of our dismal excuse for winter rain this year the prickly pear has managed to produce some blooms. The pads are looking pretty shriveled though.
Yellow prickly pear bloom in close up
May 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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I'll just note that on FB this is deleted the instant it is shared.
www.thenerdreich.com/trumps-crypt...
Trump's Crypto Heist: A Taxpayer-Funded Scam?
Trump's Strategic Crypto Scam isn't just about money
www.thenerdreich.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Musk In Your Computers: An Interview With Nathan Tankus
On risks to democracy nobody even thought about
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March 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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“What does it mean for western water management when the federal government becomes an unreliable partner?” Great question from @jfleck.bsky.social with a lot of implications for the Colorado River in particular but apples broadly www.inkstain.net/2025/02/what...
What does it mean for western water management when the federal government becomes an unreliable partner?
I got a text message yesterday afternoon about this, which is nuts: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District announced today that an unintended water release from Cochiti Dam may incre…
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March 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Over 120,000 Japanese Americans forced into imprisonment in internment camps simply because they were of Japanese heritage.
apiavote.bsky.social APIAVote @apiavote.bsky.social · Feb 19
On this Day of Remembrance, we honor the 120,000 Japanese Americans unjustly imprisoned during WWII because of their heritage. Their resilience remind us to never forget the lessons of history. We will continue to fight for justice, equality, and civil rights for all.
February 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Possible impact sites of 2024 YR4
February 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Stand with science. Always.
strandjunker.com Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Feb 13
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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February 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
Excerpt from a public letter Roald Dahl wrote encouraging people to vaccinate their children. Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. “Are you feeling all right?” I asked her. “I feel all sleepy,” she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead. The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her. On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunized against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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A reminder of all the harm Kennedy could, and likely will, do in the HHS secretary role. Of all the confirmations, this one is going to have the most noticeable impacts on people's daily lives. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is “a genuine catastrophe.”
As health and human services secretary, the “damage he could do is near infinite.”
www.motherjones.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 3
Perfectly captured.
February 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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It's National Serpent Day. We spotted this rather unique specimen several years ago in Colorado. flic.kr/p/2hvdj7e
Good thing there were signs up warning us of snakes!
Garden of the Gods, September 25 2019 Given that it's one of Colorado Springs prime tourist attractions and that it's free, it's crowded. We were fortunate to nab a parking space in the main lot whic...
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February 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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"...the Trump administration openly questioned the U.S. citizenship of Indigenous peoples as part of its defense of Trump’s executive order to suspend birthright citizenship in the U.S." Which is just fucking ridiculous. But unfortunately typical.

www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders
As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intensifies its efforts to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants throughout the country, concern is rising among Indigenous communities residing in u...
www.tucsonsentinel.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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So, on the weekend before the inauguration of 32% my credit union's "security center" (which I understand is out sourced) starts denying contributions through Actblue. Coincidence? Unlikely.
January 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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We visited Will Rogers State Park back in 1979. It's now all ash.

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January 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Hold the hype
earthskyscience.bsky.social EarthSky @earthskyscience.bsky.social · Jan 5
Social media's full of "rare upcoming planetary alignment" memes and videos. Is it true? Well ... no. Read more here: https://earthsky.org/tonight/planetary-alignment-january-25-2025/
Night sky chart showing 4 planets in the evening sky in January 2025.
January 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Misty Moon and Venus this evening, 1/3
Moon and Venus through light cloud
January 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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January 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM