Grant McKinney
@gwmck.bsky.social
Designer of spectrometers. Amateur astronomer. Builder of droids. Climate advocate. Born at 320ppm.
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My latest for @science.org: A remarkable set of high-resolution climate model runs, computed over 900 (!) days of supercomputing time, are revealing how warming-induced changes to Earth's wind patterns due can prime huge spikes in extreme rainfall.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
High-resolution climate model forecasts a wet, turbulent future
With details as fine as short-term weather forecasts, model achieves newfound accuracy
www.science.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My latest for @science.org: A remarkable set of high-resolution climate model runs, computed over 900 (!) days of supercomputing time, are revealing how warming-induced changes to Earth's wind patterns due can prime huge spikes in extreme rainfall.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
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…and then the rest of the White House press corps pushed back against the president’s gratuitous insult aimed at one of their colleagues?
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
…and then the rest of the White House press corps pushed back against the president’s gratuitous insult aimed at one of their colleagues?
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
MyShake lets me down again.
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
MyShake lets me down again.
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Trump hasn’t caved, he knows his ass is covered. He has Bondi opening new investigations, which means the DOJ/FBI can NOT release the files until those are done. Which, by the way, will be never. And if the House and Senate both vote to release the files? Trump can still veto. It's a rigged game.
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Trump hasn’t caved, he knows his ass is covered. He has Bondi opening new investigations, which means the DOJ/FBI can NOT release the files until those are done. Which, by the way, will be never. And if the House and Senate both vote to release the files? Trump can still veto. It's a rigged game.
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I saw a video of a Black person yet again using Leviticus 18:22 to justify their homophobia.
I will never ever understand this. If they had just moved on to the next Leviticus chapter 19.
They will come across 19:20, which was the scripture slave owners used to justify raping slaves.
I will never ever understand this. If they had just moved on to the next Leviticus chapter 19.
They will come across 19:20, which was the scripture slave owners used to justify raping slaves.
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I saw a video of a Black person yet again using Leviticus 18:22 to justify their homophobia.
I will never ever understand this. If they had just moved on to the next Leviticus chapter 19.
They will come across 19:20, which was the scripture slave owners used to justify raping slaves.
I will never ever understand this. If they had just moved on to the next Leviticus chapter 19.
They will come across 19:20, which was the scripture slave owners used to justify raping slaves.
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The list of things being sacrificed for shareholder profit is endless.
It’s literally everything that makes life worth living.
And, of course, it’s life itself.
Heartbreak & rage are the only rational responses.
It’s literally everything that makes life worth living.
And, of course, it’s life itself.
Heartbreak & rage are the only rational responses.
World’s landscapes may soon be ‘devoid of wild animals’, says nature photographer
Margot Raggett, whose latest compilation shows animals scrubbed from natural habitats, calls for rethink on UK accelerated housebuilding
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Not doing a good job today, MyShake. Just had felt another one. #earthquake
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Not doing a good job today, MyShake. Just had felt another one. #earthquake
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⚠Preliminary info: #earthquake (#sismo) about 20 mi NE of #Fremont (#California) 2 min ago (local time 09:38:43)❗MAGNITUDE NOT AVAILABLE YET❗Updates at:
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🌐https://m.emsc.eu
🖥https://www.emsc-csem.org
📱#appc.eu/#app" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://m.emsc.eu/#app
🌐https://m.emsc.eu
🖥https://www.emsc-csem.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
⚠Preliminary info: #earthquake (#sismo) about 20 mi NE of #Fremont (#California) 2 min ago (local time 09:38:43)❗MAGNITUDE NOT AVAILABLE YET❗Updates at:
📱#appc.eu/#app" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://m.emsc.eu/#app
🌐https://m.emsc.eu
🖥https://www.emsc-csem.org
📱#appc.eu/#app" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://m.emsc.eu/#app
🌐https://m.emsc.eu
🖥https://www.emsc-csem.org
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The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.
They’re refusing.
Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.
Starvation as a policy choice.
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Some people waited in line up for 14 hours to receive a food box from a church giveaway.
500 people volunteered to help and they still ran out of food.
Remember for every one person a food bank feeds, SNAP feeds 9.
By turning off food assistance the regime is starving Americans.
500 people volunteered to help and they still ran out of food.
Remember for every one person a food bank feeds, SNAP feeds 9.
By turning off food assistance the regime is starving Americans.
Woman sits in car for 14 hours to get food during New Birth Baptist church food giveaway
More than 2,000 people waited in their cars in line Saturday morning in order to receive food.
www.11alive.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Some people waited in line up for 14 hours to receive a food box from a church giveaway.
500 people volunteered to help and they still ran out of food.
Remember for every one person a food bank feeds, SNAP feeds 9.
By turning off food assistance the regime is starving Americans.
500 people volunteered to help and they still ran out of food.
Remember for every one person a food bank feeds, SNAP feeds 9.
By turning off food assistance the regime is starving Americans.
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Impact of flights on global warming severely underestimated by many carbon calculators & offset schemes that don’t properly account for taxiing, sub-optimal routing or non-CO2 climate effects which are larger component:
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
www.newscientist.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Impact of flights on global warming severely underestimated by many carbon calculators & offset schemes that don’t properly account for taxiing, sub-optimal routing or non-CO2 climate effects which are larger component:
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Research paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s432...
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How to answer a loaded question.
(This is Joe Neguse, Congressman for Colorado's 2nd District.)
(This is Joe Neguse, Congressman for Colorado's 2nd District.)
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How to answer a loaded question.
(This is Joe Neguse, Congressman for Colorado's 2nd District.)
(This is Joe Neguse, Congressman for Colorado's 2nd District.)
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By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
www.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
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Our world is at its hottest in around
125,000 years.
CO2 levels their highest in MILLIONS of years.
We’re looking at tipping points, 4C & a billion deaths this century.
It’s not unreasonable to demand politicians work flat out tackling this, instead of serving the corporations profiting from it.
125,000 years.
CO2 levels their highest in MILLIONS of years.
We’re looking at tipping points, 4C & a billion deaths this century.
It’s not unreasonable to demand politicians work flat out tackling this, instead of serving the corporations profiting from it.
November 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Our world is at its hottest in around
125,000 years.
CO2 levels their highest in MILLIONS of years.
We’re looking at tipping points, 4C & a billion deaths this century.
It’s not unreasonable to demand politicians work flat out tackling this, instead of serving the corporations profiting from it.
125,000 years.
CO2 levels their highest in MILLIONS of years.
We’re looking at tipping points, 4C & a billion deaths this century.
It’s not unreasonable to demand politicians work flat out tackling this, instead of serving the corporations profiting from it.
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"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
'Give your money away,' Billie Eilish tells billionaires
The singer called on the mega wealthy to donate more to charity, during a speech at the WSJ Awards attended by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and George Lucas.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
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Indiana Jones, Han Solo, and Dr. Richard Kimble call Donald Trump the greatest criminal in history for his attacks on science and climate policy.
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Indiana Jones, Han Solo, and Dr. Richard Kimble call Donald Trump the greatest criminal in history for his attacks on science and climate policy.
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Left: Causes of death in the US in 2023. Heart diseases and cancer are leading the way.
Right: What the New York Times covered in 2023. Homicide and terrorism cover about 60% of all news.
I don't ask for the two bars to totally be the same, but more reality in reporting would be beneficial.
Right: What the New York Times covered in 2023. Homicide and terrorism cover about 60% of all news.
I don't ask for the two bars to totally be the same, but more reality in reporting would be beneficial.
October 31, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Left: Causes of death in the US in 2023. Heart diseases and cancer are leading the way.
Right: What the New York Times covered in 2023. Homicide and terrorism cover about 60% of all news.
I don't ask for the two bars to totally be the same, but more reality in reporting would be beneficial.
Right: What the New York Times covered in 2023. Homicide and terrorism cover about 60% of all news.
I don't ask for the two bars to totally be the same, but more reality in reporting would be beneficial.
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2009: HOW DARE YOU SAY THE TEA PARTY IS ABOUT RACISM!?
2025:
2025:
BREAKING: The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 7,500 and they will be mostly white South Africans.
Trump administration limits number of refugees to 7,500 and they're mostly white South Africans
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 7,500 and they will be mostly white South Africans.
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
2009: HOW DARE YOU SAY THE TEA PARTY IS ABOUT RACISM!?
2025:
2025:
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This might be my favorite JWST image from the nearby Universe so far. You’re seeing the late stages of evolution of a star like the Sun, after it’s exhausted its nuclear fuel. This is a transient phase where it’s ejected its outer gas layers, which are then irradiated by the hot stellar remnant.
Another STUNNING image from JWST, this time of the Red Spider Nebula—the vast, wispy, gaseous remains of a now-dead star, the white dwarf core still glowing in the centre.
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This might be my favorite JWST image from the nearby Universe so far. You’re seeing the late stages of evolution of a star like the Sun, after it’s exhausted its nuclear fuel. This is a transient phase where it’s ejected its outer gas layers, which are then irradiated by the hot stellar remnant.
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If they don't care about feeding hungry kids that are already here, stop calling them pro-life.
Cutting SNAP benefits is atrocious.
Cutting SNAP benefits is atrocious.
October 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
If they don't care about feeding hungry kids that are already here, stop calling them pro-life.
Cutting SNAP benefits is atrocious.
Cutting SNAP benefits is atrocious.
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Jamaica is responsible for less than 0.03% of global CO₂ emissions but faces almost unimaginable loss and damage in coming days at the hands of wealthy nations.
It's heartbreaking and utterly damning.
It's heartbreaking and utterly damning.
Hurricane Melissa is forecast to strengthen into a rare Category 5 hurricane, threatening Jamaica with potentially catastrophic flash floods and landslides: https://cnn.it/47sseLE
Hurricane Melissa forecast to become a rare Category 5 tonight, seek shelter now in Jamaica | CNN
Melissa rapidly intensified going into Sunday morning and is now a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds. The US National Hurricane Center expects it to strengthen into a rare Category 5 hurricane o...
www.cnn.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Jamaica is responsible for less than 0.03% of global CO₂ emissions but faces almost unimaginable loss and damage in coming days at the hands of wealthy nations.
It's heartbreaking and utterly damning.
It's heartbreaking and utterly damning.
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