Caw Yar Bluff
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Cope with dogs, nature, humor, keyboards, books and Star Trek
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Epic take-down of Roger Pielke Jr's appallingly shoddy academic "work", which he's used--as an attack dog of the Koch Brothers-funded think tank AEI--to discredit the case for climate action:
In a 2024 paper criticizing the 'billion-dollar-disasters' database, Roger Pielke Jr. published analysis that is best described as a Russian-doll of errors.
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.
economicsfromthetopdown.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Epic take-down of Roger Pielke Jr's appallingly shoddy academic "work", which he's used--as an attack dog of the Koch Brothers-funded think tank AEI--to discredit the case for climate action:
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they're spending billions of dollars to reinvent powerpoints so three shittily dressed guys can buy a fifth property and lobby against their unhoused neighbors
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
they're spending billions of dollars to reinvent powerpoints so three shittily dressed guys can buy a fifth property and lobby against their unhoused neighbors
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“.. Paying for the house, the car, the necessity bills — I just couldn't do it anymore.”
@cbsnews.com
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November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“.. Paying for the house, the car, the necessity bills — I just couldn't do it anymore.”
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@cbsnews.com
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This man's entire family was killed in Russia's intentional strikes on civilian housing. Asking people like this man to live a life occupied by a force that wants you not to exist is a mockery of the word peace. If this is peace, then up is down, life is death.
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This man's entire family was killed in Russia's intentional strikes on civilian housing. Asking people like this man to live a life occupied by a force that wants you not to exist is a mockery of the word peace. If this is peace, then up is down, life is death.
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Sorry, MAGA doesn't even support democracy here anymore, I'm supposed to believe they support it in Venezuela? bsky.app/profile/katz...
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sorry, MAGA doesn't even support democracy here anymore, I'm supposed to believe they support it in Venezuela? bsky.app/profile/katz...
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“.. Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend .. would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.”
@bloomberg.com $DJT $WLFI
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@bloomberg.com $DJT $WLFI
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November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“.. Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend .. would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.”
@bloomberg.com $DJT $WLFI
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@bloomberg.com $DJT $WLFI
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The number of war crime investigations open in Ukraine at the beginning of the fall was 178,391, Kyiv's top prosecutor told CBS' "60 Minutes" in a program airing this evening.
Ukraine says it's investigating over 178,000 war crimes amid Trump peace plan talks
U.S. and Ukrainian officials are discussing Trump's peace proposal that includes accepting amnesty for Russians accused of war crimes.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The number of war crime investigations open in Ukraine at the beginning of the fall was 178,391, Kyiv's top prosecutor told CBS' "60 Minutes" in a program airing this evening.
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
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The price fossil fuel forces on everyone else.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The price fossil fuel forces on everyone else.
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Remember the whole “China will by 25 Million Metric tons of soybeans” thing they said to calm Farmers down?
So far? Not even close. And China never confirmed it. And Republicans are silent. @rustygrills @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @GovBillLee @RepFaison
So far? Not even close. And China never confirmed it. And Republicans are silent. @rustygrills @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @GovBillLee @RepFaison
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Remember the whole “China will by 25 Million Metric tons of soybeans” thing they said to calm Farmers down?
So far? Not even close. And China never confirmed it. And Republicans are silent. @rustygrills @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @GovBillLee @RepFaison
So far? Not even close. And China never confirmed it. And Republicans are silent. @rustygrills @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @GovBillLee @RepFaison
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imagine that. imagine that. imagine that! imagine that. did anybody say anything about this once or twice or thrice, hmm? did anybody talk about, this? no? hmm?
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
imagine that. imagine that. imagine that! imagine that. did anybody say anything about this once or twice or thrice, hmm? did anybody talk about, this? no? hmm?
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
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One fascinating aspect of the Trump administration is that the Secretary of State has multiple other jobs but multiple people also act like they’re Secretary of State.
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
One fascinating aspect of the Trump administration is that the Secretary of State has multiple other jobs but multiple people also act like they’re Secretary of State.
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“Trump’s family has deals to build luxury resorts and hotels in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. And their crypto firm will be used by the UAE to make a $2B deal— netting the Trumps hundreds of millions of dollars. His ‘diplomatic trips’ are blatant self-enrichment opportunities.” @rbreich.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Trump’s family has deals to build luxury resorts and hotels in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. And their crypto firm will be used by the UAE to make a $2B deal— netting the Trumps hundreds of millions of dollars. His ‘diplomatic trips’ are blatant self-enrichment opportunities.” @rbreich.bsky.social
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Nurses save lives every single day, and now the Dept. of Education wants to make their degrees harder to afford. In the middle of a national shortage. It makes ZERO sense.
I work beside these heroes. I see what they give. And I’m not staying quiet while Washington makes their path even harder.
I work beside these heroes. I see what they give. And I’m not staying quiet while Washington makes their path even harder.
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Nurses save lives every single day, and now the Dept. of Education wants to make their degrees harder to afford. In the middle of a national shortage. It makes ZERO sense.
I work beside these heroes. I see what they give. And I’m not staying quiet while Washington makes their path even harder.
I work beside these heroes. I see what they give. And I’m not staying quiet while Washington makes their path even harder.
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November 22, 2025
November 22, 2025
On Tuesday, six Democratic lawmakers, themselves veterans of the U.S.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
November 22, 2025
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Utterly lawless
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Utterly lawless
This makes me smile, weep, I am at peace.
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This makes me smile, weep, I am at peace.
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REUTERS: “The situation has sparked worries inside the administration and on Capitol Hill that Witkoff & Kushner skirted the interagency process and the discussions with Dmitriev resulted in a plan that favors Russian interests.” www.reuters.com/world/europe...
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
REUTERS: “The situation has sparked worries inside the administration and on Capitol Hill that Witkoff & Kushner skirted the interagency process and the discussions with Dmitriev resulted in a plan that favors Russian interests.” www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
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Both?
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Both?