Peter Jacobs
@pjacobs.bsky.social
climate science (paleo, modern, future); public understanding of science (consensus, conspiracy theories, pseudoscience)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6951-7126
Mastodon: fediscience.org/@peterjacobs
Bird Site: https://twitter.com/past_is_future
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6951-7126
Mastodon: fediscience.org/@peterjacobs
Bird Site: https://twitter.com/past_is_future
DID YOU KNOW? At over 4 meters long & tipping the scales at 500kg, the largest invertebrate alive today was previously believed to be the colossal squid.
However, as of November 9, 2025 this enormous cephalopod lost the title of 'biggest spineless creature' to Schumer's Senate Democratic caucus.
However, as of November 9, 2025 this enormous cephalopod lost the title of 'biggest spineless creature' to Schumer's Senate Democratic caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
DID YOU KNOW? At over 4 meters long & tipping the scales at 500kg, the largest invertebrate alive today was previously believed to be the colossal squid.
However, as of November 9, 2025 this enormous cephalopod lost the title of 'biggest spineless creature' to Schumer's Senate Democratic caucus.
However, as of November 9, 2025 this enormous cephalopod lost the title of 'biggest spineless creature' to Schumer's Senate Democratic caucus.
They're calling it 'levels of divorced never before witnessed' and 'the cringiest shit in human history'.
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
They're calling it 'levels of divorced never before witnessed' and 'the cringiest shit in human history'.
It seems the jury didn't take kindly to the officer telling such an... open faced lie. 😏
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It seems the jury didn't take kindly to the officer telling such an... open faced lie. 😏
Yes, it's Emily Bazelon's son but it would be unseemly to imply he had some sort of advantage in getting his foot in the door of US domestic political punditry.
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Yes, it's Emily Bazelon's son but it would be unseemly to imply he had some sort of advantage in getting his foot in the door of US domestic political punditry.
Note Cohn pitching his Nov 5th post:
"Everyone knows that winning Virginia by 15 percent and having 64 delegate seats is better than winning by less than 2 and holding 52 seats. But what my piece presupposes is... what if it isn't?"
"Everyone knows that winning Virginia by 15 percent and having 64 delegate seats is better than winning by less than 2 and holding 52 seats. But what my piece presupposes is... what if it isn't?"
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Note Cohn pitching his Nov 5th post:
"Everyone knows that winning Virginia by 15 percent and having 64 delegate seats is better than winning by less than 2 and holding 52 seats. But what my piece presupposes is... what if it isn't?"
"Everyone knows that winning Virginia by 15 percent and having 64 delegate seats is better than winning by less than 2 and holding 52 seats. But what my piece presupposes is... what if it isn't?"
Nate Cohn arguing that Spanberger and Virginia Democrats should wish they performed like Youngkin is peak NYT politics brain.
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Nate Cohn arguing that Spanberger and Virginia Democrats should wish they performed like Youngkin is peak NYT politics brain.
Genuinely hadn't given this nepobaby Third Way copycat that much of a look before these elections but, man. Revising my view from 'another cynically - grifting - off - of - reactionary - centrism consultant' to 'oh dang he's really just not very bright huh'.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Genuinely hadn't given this nepobaby Third Way copycat that much of a look before these elections but, man. Revising my view from 'another cynically - grifting - off - of - reactionary - centrism consultant' to 'oh dang he's really just not very bright huh'.
If I send you this it means even though people might blame me for sabotaging you, we both know you earned being a loser all on your own.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If I send you this it means even though people might blame me for sabotaging you, we both know you earned being a loser all on your own.
The lying lame stream media won't tell you this but George Soros and Big Train Commute have successfully transfered the Biden symbiote into MGT like Dax from Star Trek: DS9
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The lying lame stream media won't tell you this but George Soros and Big Train Commute have successfully transfered the Biden symbiote into MGT like Dax from Star Trek: DS9
You think Grey Poupon is a luxury good? Of course you do, you're twelve.
October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
You think Grey Poupon is a luxury good? Of course you do, you're twelve.
Grim update on #Melissa conditions immediately before landfall 😔
Hope people were able to get out in time.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
Hope people were able to get out in time.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Grim update on #Melissa conditions immediately before landfall 😔
Hope people were able to get out in time.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
Hope people were able to get out in time.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
The forecast for #Melissa looks potentially quite worrying for Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba as the slow moving storm taps greenhouse gas warmed waters and intensifies into a hurricane, likely a major (Cat 3+) one.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
October 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The forecast for #Melissa looks potentially quite worrying for Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba as the slow moving storm taps greenhouse gas warmed waters and intensifies into a hurricane, likely a major (Cat 3+) one.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
@veryimportant.lawyer's "everyone is 12 now" theory undefeated
October 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
@veryimportant.lawyer's "everyone is 12 now" theory undefeated
The Tea Party rallies were tiny in comparison to the current era's but are misremembered as larger because of the outsized impact the astroturfed campaign had on political coverage and elections, including the 2010 midterms.
![Tea Party and 2010 midterm election
Sarah Palin at the Americans for Prosperity-run Wisconsin 2011 Tax Day Tea Party Rally on April 16, 2011.
AFP helped transform the nascent Tea Party movement into a political force.[77][78]
AFP supported the Tea Party movement by obtaining permits and supplying speakers for rallies.[95] AFP helped organize and publicize a "Porkulus"-themed protest on the state capitol steps in Denver, Colorado on February 17, 2009, in conjunction with Obama signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.[96]: 31 [97] Within hours of CNBC on-air editor Rick Santelli's remarks on February 19, 2009, that criticized the Act and called for a "Chicago tea party," AFP registered and launched the website "TaxDayTeaParty.com," calling for protests against Obama.[96]: 32 AFP had a lead role in organizing Taxpayer Tea Party rallies in Sacramento, Austin, and Madison in April 2009.[14][98] AFP was one of the leading organizers of the September 2009 Taxpayer March on Washington, also known as the "9/12 Tea Party," according to The Guardian.[6] On April 16, 2011, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was the keynote speaker at an AFP annual tax day tea party rally at the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin.[76][99]
In the 2010 midterm elections, AFP played a major role in achieving a Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. AFP supported tea party groups, purchased political advertisements,[56] and sponsored a nationwide bus tour themed "November is Coming" to recruit organizers and canvassers.[100] AFP helped Tea Party groups organize voter registration drives.[11] An AFP website offered "Tea party Talking Points." The organization provided Tea Party activists with education on policy, training in methods, and lists of politicians to target.[9] In October 2010, AFP sponsored a workshop on the political use of the internet at a Tea Party convention in Virginia.[73] AFP said it spent $40 million on rallies, ph…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uhg5hca7y57yncreaen663g7/bafkreifbjlg7i55m2kkbqrki6ox5x2kmp2vwlyhlbjtxepjq3dfony6n4m@jpeg)
October 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Tea Party rallies were tiny in comparison to the current era's but are misremembered as larger because of the outsized impact the astroturfed campaign had on political coverage and elections, including the 2010 midterms.
Musk is using a brief cloud services outage to try to convince people to abandon secure messaging platforms in favor of using his own services. In 2022 while secretly chatting up Russia & bankrolling dark money right wing orgs, he selectively leaked private chats from Twitter users / employees. 😒
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Musk is using a brief cloud services outage to try to convince people to abandon secure messaging platforms in favor of using his own services. In 2022 while secretly chatting up Russia & bankrolling dark money right wing orgs, he selectively leaked private chats from Twitter users / employees. 😒