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B: 343ppm - @CALUWX 2x @KentState Alumnus - @TowsonU GEOG Climate - 412 Homer - 2023 Serbia @FulbrightPrgrm- Heat kills - #ActOnClimate 🚴‍♀️🍻🐝 📚

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Having lived in Serbia during Fulbright, I am excited to announce opportunity. Interested in learning about the Balkans, drink rakiya, visit Sarajevo, Tito's Bunker or a 16th-century Ottoman-era bridge? Share with networks that may be interested such topics. #professionaldevelopment #geography

This article is very well written and heat illnesses are largely preventable.

“rich nations of the Persian Gulf could easily implement the approach his organization has developed to protect workers.”

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Rising heat, failing kidneys: Climate’s hidden toll on migrant workers
Millions of migrants toil in grueling conditions in the Middle East, where brutal heat contributes to an alarming increase in kidney failure.
grist.org

We are approaching “That’s a January problem” time of year…

Don’t really know what’s going on @ 41st and Falls, but it’s going to be an ice rink if Baltimore City doesn’t address the water flowing down the hill by Thursday…

Welcome to the local watering hole, out of Towners back in town for the holidays…

Gobble Gobble.
Here comes old man winter…
Going Cold Turkey by Week’s End across the Eastern US!
Until then the warmth will persist here in Florida and the Southeast.

More astronauts.
Fewer alcoholics.
2026.
good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."

Is water dry?
Is the sky green?

Here’s what we know…

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Over 24 million Americans are enrolled in marketplace insurance plans, and more than 22 million qualify for the subsidies that help cover rising premium costs.
Will Republicans Address Rising Obamacare Premiums? What We Know
Over 24 million Americans are enrolled in marketplace insurance plans, and more than 22 million qualify for the subsidies that help cover rising premium costs.
www.forbes.com

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good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."

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Going Cold Turkey by Week’s End across the Eastern US!
Until then the warmth will persist here in Florida and the Southeast.

Rights? For passengers? Costing billionaire corporations?

Psh. I prefer common sense. 🥴
FOX: During the Biden administration, there was a push for greater passenger rights. They wanted to have airlines compensate people if there was a delay or cancelation. But that is something the Trump admin has said they don't want to do

DUFFY: We took a more common sense approach to it

Receipts.
Must be some other Senator Cassidy? 👀
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
FOX: During the Biden administration, there was a push for greater passenger rights. They wanted to have airlines compensate people if there was a delay or cancelation. But that is something the Trump admin has said they don't want to do

DUFFY: We took a more common sense approach to it
EPA now aiming for January to finalize Endangerment Finding repeal. Looking forward to seeing how they deal with the scientific underpinnings of the repeal failing to satisfy Information Quality Act requirements.
EPA falls behind schedule for repealing endangerment finding
The rule to end most climate regulations is not expected until January, slipping from a planned December deadline.
www.eenews.net

We eat insects all the time (peanut butter, tomato sauce, Starbucks). 👀

Any Baltimore restaurants challenging the food system?
www.ketv.com/article/omah...
'They're delicious': Omaha restaurant puts cricket quesadillas on menu
There is something new on the menu at Block 16, and it might send a chill down your spine.
www.ketv.com

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Steady Rainfall Leads to Flooding
At least 41 people have died in Vietnam after days of torrential rain triggered severe flooding and landslides, with more than 52,000 homes submerged, major roads blocked, and widespread power outages.
Read More: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...

U.S. media framing Ukraine -Russia “peace agreement”.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world: Capitulation.
Kyiv was scrambling on Friday to respond to a US proposal that would force it to effectively capitulate to Russia after almost four years of war, with Moscow telling Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate now or lose more territory on the battlefield ➡️ u.afp.com/ShoL

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Kyiv was scrambling on Friday to respond to a US proposal that would force it to effectively capitulate to Russia after almost four years of war, with Moscow telling Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate now or lose more territory on the battlefield ➡️ u.afp.com/ShoL

Tick-tock goes the climate clock.
Iran, Colorado River, geopolitics, and economy.
Water 101.

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This is what climate change looks like - seriously threatened water supplies. Images from Iran look similar to those of the Colorado River in the US, now in 26th year of hot drought.
www.intellinews.com/iranian-dam-...
Iranian dam effectively shut down due to ongoing drought
Iran's Amir Kabir Dam, commonly known as the Karaj Dam, has reached its dead storage level, leaving no safe capacity for further water extraction, ...
www.intellinews.com

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“The climate challenges outlined in this report transcend geopolitical borders and disciplinary silos. From the hollers of western Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay and Eastern Shore, the impacts [climate] has on communities, our economy, and our well-being.” www.gmu.edu/news/2025-11...
George Mason's Virginia Climate Center releases first-ever statewide climate assessment
George Mason’s Virginia Climate Center (VCC) has unveiled the commonwealth’s first comprehensive, peer-reviewed climate assessment—a landmark report that provides science-based insights into Virginia’...
www.gmu.edu

Excited to be part of the first Virginia Climate Assessment. Kudos to the team and effort. Share widely with all.
www.vaclimate.gmu.edu/virginia-cli...
The Virginia Climate Assessment — Virginia Climate Center
www.vaclimate.gmu.edu

Six workers were killed, and DOJ settled for $109 million.
Francis Scott Key Bridge 18 months later.

All the Empty Rooms

…memorializing the childhood bedrooms of children lost to school shootings.

Powerful. Infuriating. Motivating.
December 1 @netflix.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhpJ...
All The Empty Rooms | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
www.youtube.com

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MDTA police quickly shut down traffic but failed to notify construction workers on the Francis Scott Key Bridge that a massive container ship without power was careening toward a bridge support.
via @thebaltimorebanner.com
www.thebanner.com/economy/ntsb...
Key Bridge workers got no warning before collapse, NTSB says
Nearly 20 months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River, federal officials are poised to make a final ruling about how it happened.
www.thebanner.com

Recent family friend had a surgery that cost more than $100,000.
But sure, your $2,000 consumer payback will fix healthcare…. 🤡
Cassidy pitches new health care plan in line with Trump's
Cassidy pitches new health care plan in line with Trump’s
The Senate HELP chair’s proposal comes after the president has said he wants to send federal dollars to consumers instead of funding enhanced ACA subsidies. Senate HELP Committee Chair Bill Cassidy laid out his proposal Monday for putting money directly in Americans’ health savings accounts — the favored approach of President Donald Trump. It’s unclear how much support the Louisiana Republican’s plan would have on Capitol Hill — including among GOP moderates who are still pushing for an extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that are due to expire at the end of the year. But Cassidy’s proposal is the most substantive health policy to be publicly released by any Republican that aligns with Trump’s vision to lower health care costs. And it comes as congressional Republicans are locked in a fierce battle over the future of the credits, a central point of conflict during the lengthy government shutdown. Cassidy’s framework, an attempt to soften the blow of skyrocketing Affordable Care Act premiums, would directly fund individual’s tax-advantaged health savings accounts, as opposed to spending billions on extending expiring enhanced premium tax credits for ACA insurance. He told reporters Monday the proposal hinges on encouraging people enrolled in Obamacare plans to switch to bronze-level plans, which offer lower premiums and higher deductibles than other plans on the marketplace. And while Cassidy conceded that Trump has not explicitly endorsed his plan, he has been in “very intense conversations, from late last week over the weekend,” with administration officials. “If you look at the broad outlines of what I’m speaking of, it is clearly the broad outlines of what the president is speaking of,” Cassidy said Monday. “If you’re going to get it done by 2026, then you got to accept that which you’ve got to work with. And so it kind of pushes everybody in the same direction.” In arguing for a health policy that would send federal dollars directly to individuals, Trump told reporters over the weekend that “insurance companies are making a fortune” and that we should “just pay this money directly to the people of our country and let them buy their own health insurance.” Cassidy’s idea is that, with new funding in their HSAs, people enrolled in the bronze plans would be able to afford their higher out-of-pocket health care costs. But bronze plans by nature have high deductibles, and Cassidy’s legislative proposal does not yet have a cost estimate. Only bronze plans can accommodate an HSA. Cassidy is a member of the Senate Finance Committee, which under Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) has been hosting private discussions on health policy with panel Republicans. In the House, the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee is circulating legislation that would provide financial assistance to low-income ACA enrollees directly though their HSAs in lieu of subsidies that insurers apply on the back-end to peoples’ out-of-pocket costs. Lead Art: Senate HELP Committee Chair Sen. Bill Cassidy on Monday laid out a detailed GOP proposal to soften the blow of skyrocketing Affordable Care Act premiums. | AP
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Cassidy pitches new health care plan in line with Trump's
Cassidy pitches new health care plan in line with Trump’s
The Senate HELP chair’s proposal comes after the president has said he wants to send federal dollars to consumers instead of funding enhanced ACA subsidies. Senate HELP Committee Chair Bill Cassidy laid out his proposal Monday for putting money directly in Americans’ health savings accounts — the favored approach of President Donald Trump. It’s unclear how much support the Louisiana Republican’s plan would have on Capitol Hill — including among GOP moderates who are still pushing for an extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that are due to expire at the end of the year. But Cassidy’s proposal is the most substantive health policy to be publicly released by any Republican that aligns with Trump’s vision to lower health care costs. And it comes as congressional Republicans are locked in a fierce battle over the future of the credits, a central point of conflict during the lengthy government shutdown. Cassidy’s framework, an attempt to soften the blow of skyrocketing Affordable Care Act premiums, would directly fund individual’s tax-advantaged health savings accounts, as opposed to spending billions on extending expiring enhanced premium tax credits for ACA insurance. He told reporters Monday the proposal hinges on encouraging people enrolled in Obamacare plans to switch to bronze-level plans, which offer lower premiums and higher deductibles than other plans on the marketplace. And while Cassidy conceded that Trump has not explicitly endorsed his plan, he has been in “very intense conversations, from late last week over the weekend,” with administration officials. “If you look at the broad outlines of what I’m speaking of, it is clearly the broad outlines of what the president is speaking of,” Cassidy said Monday. “If you’re going to get it done by 2026, then you got to accept that which you’ve got to work with. And so it kind of pushes everybody in the same direction.” In arguing for a health policy that would send federal dollars directly to individuals, Trump told reporters over the weekend that “insurance companies are making a fortune” and that we should “just pay this money directly to the people of our country and let them buy their own health insurance.” Cassidy’s idea is that, with new funding in their HSAs, people enrolled in the bronze plans would be able to afford their higher out-of-pocket health care costs. But bronze plans by nature have high deductibles, and Cassidy’s legislative proposal does not yet have a cost estimate. Only bronze plans can accommodate an HSA. Cassidy is a member of the Senate Finance Committee, which under Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) has been hosting private discussions on health policy with panel Republicans. In the House, the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee is circulating legislation that would provide financial assistance to low-income ACA enrollees directly though their HSAs in lieu of subsidies that insurers apply on the back-end to peoples’ out-of-pocket costs. Lead Art: Senate HELP Committee Chair Sen. Bill Cassidy on Monday laid out a detailed GOP proposal to soften the blow of skyrocketing Affordable Care Act premiums. | AP
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Geography Awareness Week.
Something Ronald got right...
www.aag.org/geography-aw...
Geography Awareness Week 2025 - AAG
AAG - Geography Awareness Week 2025 - All -
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