Phryno
@phryno.bsky.social
Recently retired, now working on 2nd BS, hiker, reader, knitter, ally, political activist, environment and education advocate, and seeker of tasty food and drinks.
Stop the EPA's Attack on Climate Science & Public Health secure.ucs.org/a/2025-stop-...
Stop the EPA's Attack on Climate Science & Public Health
The Environmental Protection Agency wants to obliterate the science basis of key climate policies. Tell the EPA to protect science, our climate, and our communities.
secure.ucs.org
August 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Stop the EPA's Attack on Climate Science & Public Health secure.ucs.org/a/2025-stop-...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Lisa Murkowski and her eternal shame
July 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Lisa Murkowski and her eternal shame
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NASA’s iconic Goddard Institute for Space Studies—home to Jim Hansen and hundreds more scientists, creator of the GISS model and keeper of the global temperature record—has been evicted from its longstanding NYC office above the “Seinfeld” restaurant.
Why? The government told them to move out.
Why? The government told them to move out.
May 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
NASA’s iconic Goddard Institute for Space Studies—home to Jim Hansen and hundreds more scientists, creator of the GISS model and keeper of the global temperature record—has been evicted from its longstanding NYC office above the “Seinfeld” restaurant.
Why? The government told them to move out.
Why? The government told them to move out.
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The Trump administration’s billion-dollar cuts to the National Institutes of Health include a $2.7 billion blow to the National Cancer Institute slashing more than a third of its funding. “For the past 50 years, every significant medical breakthrough, especially in the treatment of cancer,
May 31, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Trump administration’s billion-dollar cuts to the National Institutes of Health include a $2.7 billion blow to the National Cancer Institute slashing more than a third of its funding. “For the past 50 years, every significant medical breakthrough, especially in the treatment of cancer,
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Jasmine Crockett exposes the truth—
Side by side, she plays footage of the violent January 6th rioters next to Rep. LaMonica McIver at Delaney Hall—
a stark contrast between criminals and congressional oversight.
The difference couldn’t be clearer.🗣️
Side by side, she plays footage of the violent January 6th rioters next to Rep. LaMonica McIver at Delaney Hall—
a stark contrast between criminals and congressional oversight.
The difference couldn’t be clearer.🗣️
May 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Jasmine Crockett exposes the truth—
Side by side, she plays footage of the violent January 6th rioters next to Rep. LaMonica McIver at Delaney Hall—
a stark contrast between criminals and congressional oversight.
The difference couldn’t be clearer.🗣️
Side by side, she plays footage of the violent January 6th rioters next to Rep. LaMonica McIver at Delaney Hall—
a stark contrast between criminals and congressional oversight.
The difference couldn’t be clearer.🗣️
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Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States.
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
April 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Oh no! Several of the Regional Climate Centers have had their funding lapse through DOC/NOAA. These institutes are critical for connecting weather and climate data and services to local communities across the United States.
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
Spread the word to drive attention and support!
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Temperature anomalies exceeded 10°C above the 1981-2010 climatological average in February 2025 from Svalbard toward the North Pole! 🔥
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
March 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Temperature anomalies exceeded 10°C above the 1981-2010 climatological average in February 2025 from Svalbard toward the North Pole! 🔥
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
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Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
NOAA firings hit the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting
Dismissed researchers were improving severe weather predictions
www.science.org
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week.
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
"...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"
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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
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Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.
March 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.
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Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)
• about 570,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,140,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,670,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,040,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🧪
• about 570,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,140,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,670,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,040,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🧪
February 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)
• about 570,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,140,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,670,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,040,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🧪
• about 570,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,140,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,670,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,040,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🧪
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed to lead the Department of Health & Human Services. The U.S. Senate has betrayed the American people, approving a dangerous conspiracy theorist with no scientific training who is obsessed with unfounded health claims to be our nation’s voice on public health.
February 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed to lead the Department of Health & Human Services. The U.S. Senate has betrayed the American people, approving a dangerous conspiracy theorist with no scientific training who is obsessed with unfounded health claims to be our nation’s voice on public health.
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“Why do I need NOAA? I’ve got a weather app.”
Is equivalent to asking
“Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.”
www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...
Is equivalent to asking
“Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.”
www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...
About our agency
NOAA is an agency that enriches life through science. Our reach goes from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor as we work to keep the public informed of the changing environment aro...
www.noaa.gov
February 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“Why do I need NOAA? I’ve got a weather app.”
Is equivalent to asking
“Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.”
www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...
Is equivalent to asking
“Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.”
www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...
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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"
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No, the world has not breached the 1.5C global warming target.
It’s a climate target - which means it’s an average that must be sustained over at least a decade.
We currently sit at 1.2 C. Which is already very bad.
The science is clear: every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
It’s a climate target - which means it’s an average that must be sustained over at least a decade.
We currently sit at 1.2 C. Which is already very bad.
The science is clear: every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
World breaches 1.5C global warming target for first time in 2024
https://www.ft.com/content/fd914266-71bf-4317-9fdc-44b55acb52f6
https://www.ft.com/content/fd914266-71bf-4317-9fdc-44b55acb52f6
World breaches 1.5C global warming target for first time in 2024
Data for warmest year sparks fears climate change is accelerating faster than expected
www.ft.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
No, the world has not breached the 1.5C global warming target.
It’s a climate target - which means it’s an average that must be sustained over at least a decade.
We currently sit at 1.2 C. Which is already very bad.
The science is clear: every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
It’s a climate target - which means it’s an average that must be sustained over at least a decade.
We currently sit at 1.2 C. Which is already very bad.
The science is clear: every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
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Top-notch photography is often about choosing the right angle and perspective.
this choice of photos by the Carter Center is shadier than a Georgia peach tree in summer
January 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Top-notch photography is often about choosing the right angle and perspective.
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Excellent new review from @weatherwest.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social @climatechirper.bsky.social on one of the most useful organizing concepts I've run across for understanding climate impacts on extreme events - the "expanding atmospheric sponge" 1/🧵
Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions — ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ — have marked environmental and societal impacts. This Review outlines observed and projected changes in hydr...
www.nature.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Excellent new review from @weatherwest.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social @climatechirper.bsky.social on one of the most useful organizing concepts I've run across for understanding climate impacts on extreme events - the "expanding atmospheric sponge" 1/🧵
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The incoming Trump administration plans to target the National Climate Assessment so that it can't be used to defend regulations in court. Russ Vought, Trump's OMB pick, wants to personally approve a team of climate denialists to rewrite it. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research
A top aide to the president-elect wants tighter control over the National Climate Assessment.
www.eenews.net
January 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The incoming Trump administration plans to target the National Climate Assessment so that it can't be used to defend regulations in court. Russ Vought, Trump's OMB pick, wants to personally approve a team of climate denialists to rewrite it. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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10 INCREDIBLE ways to BOOST your immune system:
The Measles vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Tetanus vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Tetanus vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
December 1, 2024 at 9:19 PM
10 INCREDIBLE ways to BOOST your immune system:
The Measles vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Tetanus vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
The Measles vaccine
The Mumps vaccine
The Rubella vaccine
The Tetanus vaccine
The Diphtheria vaccine
The Polio vaccine
The HPV vaccine
The Pneumonia vaccine
The Hepatitis B vaccine
The Covid-19 vaccine
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Not only is helping Ukraine positive for the US economy as a whole, it individually helps a bunch of red states.
So naturally, the GOP hates it.
So naturally, the GOP hates it.
November 29, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Not only is helping Ukraine positive for the US economy as a whole, it individually helps a bunch of red states.
So naturally, the GOP hates it.
So naturally, the GOP hates it.
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have proposed a strategy that would allow companies to bypass environmental regulations by having the government simply choose not to enforce its own rules. They suggest that a potential Trump administration could “immediately pause the enforcement” 1/3
November 29, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have proposed a strategy that would allow companies to bypass environmental regulations by having the government simply choose not to enforce its own rules. They suggest that a potential Trump administration could “immediately pause the enforcement” 1/3