A curious squirrel
@skwuirrel.bsky.social
Interests: astronomy, terrestrial and exo-geology, sci-fi, engineering, transportation, rpdr. NYC-based and biased. Oh and cats, too.
Politics are dead, but entertaining.
Politics are dead, but entertaining.
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The Gladstone memorial on The Strand. Main plinth is Portland Stone, but the steps are a bit more exotic; Nabresina limestone from Istria with rudists, echinoids, fish teeth, gastropods, in fact, the whole frutti di mare pizza #urbangeology #london
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Gladstone memorial on The Strand. Main plinth is Portland Stone, but the steps are a bit more exotic; Nabresina limestone from Istria with rudists, echinoids, fish teeth, gastropods, in fact, the whole frutti di mare pizza #urbangeology #london
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#dontlookup at the #arctic - Petro-state #ffagenda Russia wants the #arctic ice to melt. See Russian climatologist Budyko (1964, 1974) geosciences research mid 1960’s to 1970’s on #albedo research that also theorised about an intentional geo-engineered melt - bsky.app/profile/samo...
ALARM!
Russia sees its Arctic not as a shared space but as its own trade path for Eurasian links, set by its own rules.
Sanctions have cut the speed, but not the goal. Home-grown tools, money from Asia, and nuclear icebreakers form a strong base.
thepowermap.substack.com/p/russias-ar...
Russia sees its Arctic not as a shared space but as its own trade path for Eurasian links, set by its own rules.
Sanctions have cut the speed, but not the goal. Home-grown tools, money from Asia, and nuclear icebreakers form a strong base.
thepowermap.substack.com/p/russias-ar...
Russia’s Arctic Plan in 2025: The Awakening Power
Key Security Needs, and the Shift Toward the East
thepowermap.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#dontlookup at the #arctic - Petro-state #ffagenda Russia wants the #arctic ice to melt. See Russian climatologist Budyko (1964, 1974) geosciences research mid 1960’s to 1970’s on #albedo research that also theorised about an intentional geo-engineered melt - bsky.app/profile/samo...
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Are we headed for an actual climate disaster? "Growth of GHG forcing has diverged dramatically from that scenario (RCP2.6), with reality being close to the extreme RCP8.5 scenario"
This is catastrophic. RCP8.5 will basically wipe out civilisation as we know it
jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
This is catastrophic. RCP8.5 will basically wipe out civilisation as we know it
jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Are we headed for an actual climate disaster? "Growth of GHG forcing has diverged dramatically from that scenario (RCP2.6), with reality being close to the extreme RCP8.5 scenario"
This is catastrophic. RCP8.5 will basically wipe out civilisation as we know it
jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
This is catastrophic. RCP8.5 will basically wipe out civilisation as we know it
jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
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The ICE/Stephen Miller project is ethnic cleansing. They do not care about legal status, only ethnicity.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The ICE/Stephen Miller project is ethnic cleansing. They do not care about legal status, only ethnicity.
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Who you brought home from the bar / who you woke up with the next morning
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Who you brought home from the bar / who you woke up with the next morning
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CROW: We wanted to start a conversation about the dangerous rhetoric this president is using and threats he's made to use our military in an unlawful way
BRENNAN: Specifically what?
CROW: Send troops into Chicago, into polling stations, kill terrorists' families, shoot peaceful protesters ...
BRENNAN: Specifically what?
CROW: Send troops into Chicago, into polling stations, kill terrorists' families, shoot peaceful protesters ...
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CROW: We wanted to start a conversation about the dangerous rhetoric this president is using and threats he's made to use our military in an unlawful way
BRENNAN: Specifically what?
CROW: Send troops into Chicago, into polling stations, kill terrorists' families, shoot peaceful protesters ...
BRENNAN: Specifically what?
CROW: Send troops into Chicago, into polling stations, kill terrorists' families, shoot peaceful protesters ...
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While the entire weather enterprise - it seems - is focused on extreme US cold - which may take weeks to materialize, the country has been roasting. Over the past 7 days 100s of heat records have been broken, and the nation as a whole has been ~4F above normal. +20F near the Ark-La-Tx!!
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November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
While the entire weather enterprise - it seems - is focused on extreme US cold - which may take weeks to materialize, the country has been roasting. Over the past 7 days 100s of heat records have been broken, and the nation as a whole has been ~4F above normal. +20F near the Ark-La-Tx!!
1/
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Should be 2025 at this point.
NEW — The Guardian of Forever sends Uhura to 1963 America in February's new #StarTrek one-shot comic THREADS OF DESTINY
blog.trekcore.com/2025/11/idw-...
blog.trekcore.com/2025/11/idw-...
IDW Announces Uhura Twist on “City on the Edge of Forever” In February One-Shot STAR TREK Comic THREADS OF DESTINY
The Guardian of Forever sends Uhura to 1963 America in February’s new STAR TREK one-shot comic THREADS OF DESTINY
blog.trekcore.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Should be 2025 at this point.
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Ukrainian medics are reporting cases of gas gangrene, a condition once closely associated with the trenches of the First World War and long thought to have been all but eradicated in Europe.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ukrainian medics are reporting cases of gas gangrene, a condition once closely associated with the trenches of the First World War and long thought to have been all but eradicated in Europe.
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Slugs and snails on little pots 🤎
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Slugs and snails on little pots 🤎
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Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.
“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Presidential Crimes - Boston Review
Torture must be addressed through legal instruments, not simply through the electoral repudiation of bad policy.
www.bostonreview.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I remember early on the Dueling Dinosaurs ceratopsian was believed to be a new taxon. There was a video with Pete Larson physically pointing to some supposedly diagnostic features.
When a few years later everyone agreed "jk it's just a Triceratops lol", I felt the whiplash.
When a few years later everyone agreed "jk it's just a Triceratops lol", I felt the whiplash.
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I remember early on the Dueling Dinosaurs ceratopsian was believed to be a new taxon. There was a video with Pete Larson physically pointing to some supposedly diagnostic features.
When a few years later everyone agreed "jk it's just a Triceratops lol", I felt the whiplash.
When a few years later everyone agreed "jk it's just a Triceratops lol", I felt the whiplash.
This is great
November 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This is great
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They keep hitting residential buildings in Kyiv, it got much more frequent, drones target lower floors on purpose. I have to admit that I am afraid, I don’t want to die.
October 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
They keep hitting residential buildings in Kyiv, it got much more frequent, drones target lower floors on purpose. I have to admit that I am afraid, I don’t want to die.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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It actually causes more deaths; a study showed that hurriances given female names are more deadly because people take the threat less seriously.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
October 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It actually causes more deaths; a study showed that hurriances given female names are more deadly because people take the threat less seriously.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Yet another spectacular image of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) over Suotojärvi Lake, northern Sweden, taken by Petr Horálek on October 24, with the sky lit up by the dazzling red and green Aurora Borealis.
☄️😮
www.petrhoralek.com?p=25820
#Astronomy
☄️😮
www.petrhoralek.com?p=25820
#Astronomy
October 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Yet another spectacular image of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) over Suotojärvi Lake, northern Sweden, taken by Petr Horálek on October 24, with the sky lit up by the dazzling red and green Aurora Borealis.
☄️😮
www.petrhoralek.com?p=25820
#Astronomy
☄️😮
www.petrhoralek.com?p=25820
#Astronomy
I’m not a journalist, but in Journalism 101 I am pretty sure I was told question marks in headlines do not work well.
October 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I’m not a journalist, but in Journalism 101 I am pretty sure I was told question marks in headlines do not work well.
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screaming.
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
screaming.
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I find it strange how EVERYONE admits that politicians are paid stooges and moneyed interests negatively co-opt movement but when you drill down to the specifics, no one ever assumes it is THEIR politician and movement.
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I find it strange how EVERYONE admits that politicians are paid stooges and moneyed interests negatively co-opt movement but when you drill down to the specifics, no one ever assumes it is THEIR politician and movement.
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Apparently Bluesky is seeing an influx of new users. Welcome!
If you're interested in science, journalism, and/or science writing, here are a bunch of folks worth following.
go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b
If you're interested in science, journalism, and/or science writing, here are a bunch of folks worth following.
go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b
October 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Apparently Bluesky is seeing an influx of new users. Welcome!
If you're interested in science, journalism, and/or science writing, here are a bunch of folks worth following.
go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b
If you're interested in science, journalism, and/or science writing, here are a bunch of folks worth following.
go.bsky.app/7Z8u31b
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A strange occurrence happened in 2025:
“Unprecedented suppression of Panama’s Pacific upwelling in 2025”
The not functioning of the panama’s pacific upwelling has consequences in nature. It’s the first time recorded or at least analyze within the last 40 years.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
“Unprecedented suppression of Panama’s Pacific upwelling in 2025”
The not functioning of the panama’s pacific upwelling has consequences in nature. It’s the first time recorded or at least analyze within the last 40 years.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
doi.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A strange occurrence happened in 2025:
“Unprecedented suppression of Panama’s Pacific upwelling in 2025”
The not functioning of the panama’s pacific upwelling has consequences in nature. It’s the first time recorded or at least analyze within the last 40 years.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
“Unprecedented suppression of Panama’s Pacific upwelling in 2025”
The not functioning of the panama’s pacific upwelling has consequences in nature. It’s the first time recorded or at least analyze within the last 40 years.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
He’s not mentioning the regular people in Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles that are getting arrested standing up to ice and police in general. Glad there’s a lot of commentary pushing back on this narrative.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
He’s not mentioning the regular people in Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles that are getting arrested standing up to ice and police in general. Glad there’s a lot of commentary pushing back on this narrative.