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Ralf Loserth

@captainsnackbar.bsky.social

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ADHD and Chronic Illness Advocate. Wrongful Conviction Advocate. ADHD - it's not a lifestyle, it's misery. Support one another! #Veteran!! #engineer Proud Veteran - Curiosity is a gift! 🇺🇸 🇩🇪

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Nov 16

This is my dream home. #libraries are a great escape from this crazy world. Books and more books keep the #adhd curiosity well fed.

Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · 6d

Live Updates: Melissa Is Churning Toward Cuba as Jamaica Tries to Assess Its Destruction
The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 after carving a path of destruction across Jamaica.

#HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica #Cuba

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Live Updates: Melissa Is Churning Toward Cuba as Jamaica Tries to Assess Its Destruction

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Dr. Stephen Bieda III @drwildcatwx.bsky.social · 7d

6:10 PM EDT, 10/27: Sunset satellite view of #HurricaneMelissa, with central pressure of 906 mb and maximum sustained winds of 175 MPH. #Category5 #Caribbean #Meteorology

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · 7d

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · 7d

Live Updates: Hurricane Melissa Turns Toward Jamaica, Bringing 175 M.P.H. Winds and Catastrophic Rains.

#HurricaneMelissa #hurricane
#Jamaica

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Hurricane Melissa Turns Toward Jamaica, Bringing 175 M.P.H. Winds and Catastrophic Rains

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · 8d

Why Hurricane Melissa’s intensification en route to Jamaica is so extraordinary.
It threatens to make a direct strike on Jamaica as the most powerful storm in its history. See its strength and path.

#hurricaneMelissa #noaa #Jamaica

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Why Melissa’s intensification en route to Jamaica is so extraordinary

Hurricane Melissa threatens to make a direct strike on Jamaica as the most powerful storm in its history. See how strong it will become and where it’s headed.

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · 9d

Tracking Hurricane Melissa:

Melissa was a Category 2 hurricane in the Caribbean Sea Saturday evening Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.

#HurricaneMelissa #hurricane #noaa

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Tracking Hurricane Melissa

See the likely path and wind arrival times for Melissa

www.nytimes.com

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Alerts from NWS New York NY (UNOFFICIAL) @okx.nws-bot.us · 22d

OKX issues Area Forecast Discussion (AFD) at Oct 12, 11:05 PM EDT ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · 22d

US East Coast tropical wind and rainstorm to bring top-5 storm surge, major travel disruptions

#NewEngland #NewYork #NewJersey #tropicalstorm

accuweather.com/en/hurricane/u… via @accuweather

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · 23d

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error. The layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to disease outbreaks and running an influential journal. Officials said the mistaken dismissals were being rescinded #CDC

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Oct 4

Autism, A.D.H.D., Anxiety: Can a Diagnosis Make You Better? As our diagnostic categories expand to include ever milder versions of disease, researchers propose that the act of naming a malady can itself bring relief.

#ADHD #Autism #neurodivergent

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/h...

Autism, A.D.H.D., Anxiety: Can a Diagnosis Make You Better?

www.nytimes.com

Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Sep 23

Late night random #insomnia post. #ballet and #dance offers a respite from the noise.

Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Sep 1

#bipolardisorder Moving from manic to deep bipolar depression in a hurry, being blindsided by it and no one noticing because you've alienated everyone you know but didn't mean to.

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Aug 24

From an X post.

Sunday evening with ADHD: rehearsing every mistake, planning Monday like an anxiety screenplay. Then staring at dishes instead of scenes.

#adhd #mentalhealth #anxiety

Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Aug 20

Just in general. I'm grateful for the blessings I have, including all of my friends and family.

Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Aug 16

#mood

Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Aug 1

NASA’s Europa Clipper Radar Instrument Proves Itself at Mars.

#nasa #mars #europa #europaclipper #solarsystem

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NASA’s Europa Clipper Radar Instrument Proves Itself at Mars - NASA

The agency’s largest interplanetary probe tested its radar during a Mars flyby. The results include a detailed image and bode well for the mission at

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Jul 20

Watch a rare fire tornado touch down in Utah. The fire-induced tornado produced winds up to 122 mph, making it an EF2 on the 0-to-5 scale for twister intensity.

#Wildfire #tornado #firetornado
Watch a rare fire tornado touch down in Utah wapo.st/4594vQy

Watch a rare fire tornado touch down in Utah

A rare fire tornado brought destructive winds up to 122 mph.

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Jun 18

Intel Set to Lay Off Up to 20% of Its Factory Workforce
Up to 11,000 factory workers could lose their jobs as Intel tries to address its financial troubles.

www.pcmag.com/news/intel-s...

Intel Set to Lay Off Up to 20% of Its Factory Workforce

Up to 11,000 factory workers could lose their jobs as Intel tries to address its financial troubles.

www.pcmag.com

Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Jun 12

Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season. The agency entered hurricane season understaffed & underprepared, after months of turmoil, plummeting morale & workforce reductions.

#Trump #FEMA #hurricaneseason2025 #DisasterResponse

www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/p...

Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year’s hurricane season, offering the clearest timeline yet for his administration’s l...

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Jun 6

Spurs Robert Horry www.espn.com.sg/video/clip?i...

On this date: Horry's clutch 3-pointer wins Game 5 for Spurs - ESPN Video

On June 19, 2005, Robert Horry hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with less than six seconds to go in the game to carry the Spurs to a Game 5 victory over the Pistons in the NBA Finals.

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Jun 1

Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

www.nytimes.com

Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · May 31

A code Word Can Protect against AI Impostor Scams. Fraudsters are using AI voice-cloning services to steal identities. Code words can thwart this deception.

#ai #SCAMMER #PersonalFinance #CyberSecurity

www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-sa...

Defend Yourself against AI Impostor Scams with a Safe Word

Fraudsters are using AI voice-cloning services to steal identities. Code words can thwart this deception

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · May 31

World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts.
With the welcome mat withdrawn for promising researchers from around the world, America is at risk of losing its longstanding pre-eminence in the sciences.

#Trump #research #sciences

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/w...

World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts

www.nytimes.com

Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · May 28

New contagious COVID-19 variant now circulating in CA, health experts warn: Here's what to know. Scientists are keeping close tabs on NB.1.8.1, a substrain detected in China last month, and now is circulating in the Bay Area.

#NB181 #COVID19 #SARSCoV2

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New contagious COVID-19 variant now circulating in CA, health experts warn: Here's what to know

Scientists at Stanford have detected a new COVID variant that experts say is already evident in wastewater samples in California, even as access to vaccines is restricted.

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Ralf Loserth @captainsnackbar.bsky.social · Apr 21

NYC MTA - An Inside Look at the Subway’s Archaic Signal System. Seeing the metal levers on a hulking machine that was installed nearly a century ago. New York City.

#MTA #subway #commuter #NYC

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An Inside Look at the NYC Subway’s Archaic Signal System

Vast swaths of the subway still rely on signal equipment from the Great Depression. A multibillion dollar plan, now at risk, hopes to bring the system into the 21st century