Tom Albright
@talbright.bsky.social
geography, remote sensing, climate, sustainability, environmental justice, bikes, languages 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇳🇮🇮🇹🇹🇼🇯🇴, #TeamOM ⚽, #GetOutside. Academic, Board President: Truckee Meadows Bicycle Alliance
Even working in this space, this is still hard to come to grips with.
Expect this list to grow: Three of the top 5 deadliest heat waves in world history have been in Europe in the past five years. "Mitigating further global warming can reduce heat mortality, but mass mortality events remain plausible at near-future temperatures despite current adaptations to heat."
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Even working in this space, this is still hard to come to grips with.
Can't wait!
And don't forget the talk at @unevadareno.bsky.social Geography Wednesday at 4PM 😎
And don't forget the talk at @unevadareno.bsky.social Geography Wednesday at 4PM 😎
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Can't wait!
And don't forget the talk at @unevadareno.bsky.social Geography Wednesday at 4PM 😎
And don't forget the talk at @unevadareno.bsky.social Geography Wednesday at 4PM 😎
Reposted by Tom Albright
Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
When Santana went all-in on #YachtRock
Marathon is an underrated banger.
Marathon is an underrated banger.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
When Santana went all-in on #YachtRock
Marathon is an underrated banger.
Marathon is an underrated banger.
Reposted by Tom Albright
It can't be emphasized enough that ICE is disappearing people. When people are kidnapped, they are thrown in detention facilities where they have to pay for phone calls. If they have no money when they're taken, they have no way of contacting family members or lawyers.
“Many of them, [the manager] said, held legal status, but were unable to immediately produce their documentation to the agents.
‘Some people left their property, their work permits in their lockers here,’ he said. ‘I could bring it to them & get them released. But I don’t know where they are.’” 2/
‘Some people left their property, their work permits in their lockers here,’ he said. ‘I could bring it to them & get them released. But I don’t know where they are.’” 2/
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It can't be emphasized enough that ICE is disappearing people. When people are kidnapped, they are thrown in detention facilities where they have to pay for phone calls. If they have no money when they're taken, they have no way of contacting family members or lawyers.
So the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ad was apparently mostly in a Syrian version of Arabic. Heard lots of familiar words but I have zero calibration for different dialects or modern standard
Actually can anyone tell what version or Arabic that was? Was it fusha? Levantine of some sort?
#LearnArabic
#LearnArabic
Je kiffe trop! Chuis fada! Allez Zohran! ❤️ NYC
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM
So the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ad was apparently mostly in a Syrian version of Arabic. Heard lots of familiar words but I have zero calibration for different dialects or modern standard
Actually can anyone tell what version or Arabic that was? Was it fusha? Levantine of some sort?
#LearnArabic
#LearnArabic
Je kiffe trop! Chuis fada! Allez Zohran! ❤️ NYC
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Actually can anyone tell what version or Arabic that was? Was it fusha? Levantine of some sort?
#LearnArabic
#LearnArabic
Je kiffe trop! Chuis fada! Allez Zohran! ❤️ NYC
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Je kiffe trop! Chuis fada! Allez Zohran! ❤️ NYC
No kings!
(And allez l’OM!)
(And allez l’OM!)
October 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
No kings!
(And allez l’OM!)
(And allez l’OM!)
Join us at the University of Nevada, Reno! We are recruiting an Assistant Professor World Languages & Literatures (French)
#HigherEd #TenureTrack #Français
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
#HigherEd #TenureTrack #Français
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Join us at the University of Nevada, Reno! We are recruiting an Assistant Professor World Languages & Literatures (French)
#HigherEd #TenureTrack #Français
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
#HigherEd #TenureTrack #Français
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
When one of your titles is "Deputy State Climatologist"...
Good to know I have options I guess.
Good to know I have options I guess.
October 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
When one of your titles is "Deputy State Climatologist"...
Good to know I have options I guess.
Good to know I have options I guess.
Really excited I get to talk about bikes at next Nevada Climate Forum on Wed at 2pm (PDT).
As title suggests, bikes are a veritable "Swiss army knife" for sustainability -- personal, social, & environmental
#BikeSky
Join us free via (quick) reg link:
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/80fffc...
As title suggests, bikes are a veritable "Swiss army knife" for sustainability -- personal, social, & environmental
#BikeSky
Join us free via (quick) reg link:
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/80fffc...
![Nevada Climate Forum
Bikes: a Swiss Army Knife for Sustainability
Dr. Tom Albright [portrait photo]
Associate Professor & Deputy Nevada State Climatologist,
Department of Geography
University of Nevada, Reno
Wednesday October 15 2PM-3PM | Online Event
Partners for a Sustainable Nevada Together with Nevada Recycles
[PSN logo with environmental motifs in a Nevada outline.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uxq4kgovfdg2tp3mcjlmivrk/bafkreic4baiwygyhzkfqxgg4tv26xjt6gztav2ubcx2aui7sywfqgmed54@jpeg)
October 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Really excited I get to talk about bikes at next Nevada Climate Forum on Wed at 2pm (PDT).
As title suggests, bikes are a veritable "Swiss army knife" for sustainability -- personal, social, & environmental
#BikeSky
Join us free via (quick) reg link:
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/80fffc...
As title suggests, bikes are a veritable "Swiss army knife" for sustainability -- personal, social, & environmental
#BikeSky
Join us free via (quick) reg link:
events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/80fffc...
What does an outlier look like?
October 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What does an outlier look like?
Turns out Diego is an effective spokeswhippet…
September 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Turns out Diego is an effective spokeswhippet…
Avoid Kafka International 🇨🇿✈️ at all costs!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEyF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEyF...
Prague's Kafka International Named Most Alienating Airport
YouTube video by The Onion
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September 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Avoid Kafka International 🇨🇿✈️ at all costs!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEyF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEyF...
Our dog Diego is the star of our local bike alliance's ad for the #BikeValet at our Reno, Nevada 🇺🇸 farmers market.
#BikeSky #WhippetSky
#BikeSky #WhippetSky
September 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Our dog Diego is the star of our local bike alliance's ad for the #BikeValet at our Reno, Nevada 🇺🇸 farmers market.
#BikeSky #WhippetSky
#BikeSky #WhippetSky
Salut la #TeamOM. T'as vu le maillot, hein??
C'est du licorne 🦄 ici aux USA ça!
Ce video a été tourné le jour de Real-OM.
C'est du licorne 🦄 ici aux USA ça!
Ce video a été tourné le jour de Real-OM.
In some positive news, my colleague @vanesadelacruz.bsky.social made a cool video about our #BikeRackBlitz community bike rack mapping/rating event. We got just under 20 folks organized to do this using bikerackmap.com and supplied them with pizza afterwards of course!
#BikeSky
#BikeSky
September 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Salut la #TeamOM. T'as vu le maillot, hein??
C'est du licorne 🦄 ici aux USA ça!
Ce video a été tourné le jour de Real-OM.
C'est du licorne 🦄 ici aux USA ça!
Ce video a été tourné le jour de Real-OM.
Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice
Not a band but: Earl Warren Zevon
Not a band but: Earl Warren Zevon
Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice
William Henry Moody Blues
William Henry Moody Blues
Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice
Byron White Stripes
Byron White Stripes
September 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice
Not a band but: Earl Warren Zevon
Not a band but: Earl Warren Zevon
In some positive news, my colleague @vanesadelacruz.bsky.social made a cool video about our #BikeRackBlitz community bike rack mapping/rating event. We got just under 20 folks organized to do this using bikerackmap.com and supplied them with pizza afterwards of course!
#BikeSky
#BikeSky
September 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In some positive news, my colleague @vanesadelacruz.bsky.social made a cool video about our #BikeRackBlitz community bike rack mapping/rating event. We got just under 20 folks organized to do this using bikerackmap.com and supplied them with pizza afterwards of course!
#BikeSky
#BikeSky
Less than one hour (extended to 11:59pm EDT 8 Sept) to voice your support for pike/ped safety in USA transportation infrastructure. Please take 5 minutes to add your voice now! #BikeSky
bikeleague.org/the-u-s-depa...
bikeleague.org/the-u-s-depa...
The U.S. Department of Transportation wants to hear from you! | League of American Bicyclists
Update: The deadline to comment has been extended to September 8, 2025 at 11:59pm ET! Every five years, the transportation reauthorization bill lays out the ensuing half-decade of transportation fundi...
bikeleague.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Less than one hour (extended to 11:59pm EDT 8 Sept) to voice your support for pike/ped safety in USA transportation infrastructure. Please take 5 minutes to add your voice now! #BikeSky
bikeleague.org/the-u-s-depa...
bikeleague.org/the-u-s-depa...
As good as this is, one of my favorite parts is the sagging shelves of CDs in the background. We can all relate.
September 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
As good as this is, one of my favorite parts is the sagging shelves of CDs in the background. We can all relate.
Whether we like it or not, AI is here and not going anywhere. The excellent colleagues behind @callingbullshit.bsky.social (@jevinwest.bsky.social & @carlbergstrom.com) now have a great resource to help us understand AI and how to deal with it. Highly recommended!
thebullshitmachines.com/index.html
thebullshitmachines.com/index.html
September 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Whether we like it or not, AI is here and not going anywhere. The excellent colleagues behind @callingbullshit.bsky.social (@jevinwest.bsky.social & @carlbergstrom.com) now have a great resource to help us understand AI and how to deal with it. Highly recommended!
thebullshitmachines.com/index.html
thebullshitmachines.com/index.html
My wife has great disciple to avoid eating unhealthy food that she buys. I have great disciple to avoid buying unhealthy food but not so much when it is in front of me.
Result: I’m eating a couple of churros that she bought. 🤷
Result: I’m eating a couple of churros that she bought. 🤷
August 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My wife has great disciple to avoid eating unhealthy food that she buys. I have great disciple to avoid buying unhealthy food but not so much when it is in front of me.
Result: I’m eating a couple of churros that she bought. 🤷
Result: I’m eating a couple of churros that she bought. 🤷