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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 4m

What in the samhill was that, OU?!

Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 44m

Probably helps to have a politico in place who can advocate - but haven’t seen much evidence that OPM isn’t ultimately getting what they want.

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Alex McDaniel @alexmcdaniel.co · 1h

WE JUST BARELY BEAT THE HELL OUTTA YOU

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4h

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 1h

Amazing how on message MTG is.

Run everywhere, and hammer on this message:

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 18h

“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.”

Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 1h

To any of my colleagues who still think that the administration will not gut NOAA, NASA and NSF programs, I respectfully ask you to read this thread about what they just did to our federal health sciences.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

"The original #NoKings protest was 250 years ago. We've had democracy since then. Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it away—King Donald the First. Fuck that. Stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18."
👉👉 nokings.org

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 1h

kidnapping

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IEMBot Melbourne @mlb.weather.im · 2h

At 11:54 AM EDT, 2 E Port Canaveral [Amz552 Co, FL] Official NWS Obs reports Coastal Flood. The Trident Pier tide gauge reached 2.77 FT MHHW, or moderate flood stage. #flwx Link

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5h

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

reason.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3h

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat

ARLINGTON, VA—Saying the Pentagon had acted swiftly on an insider tip about the vessel having a “big adventure” planned, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Tuesday that the U.S. military had car...

theonion.com

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 7h

Reminder: it’s sun outage week. The sun will be directly behind geostationary satellites, which will cause some interference on Saturday.

This happens twice a year, and for our purposes, it usually happens during or around Red River.

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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 4h

C-SPAN 2 today at 2:40 CT, they will air my talk from the Galveston Historical Foundation on the 1900 Galveston Hurricane. www.c-span.org/event/americ...

1900 Galveston Storm

www.c-span.org

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Dan @danjoncon.bsky.social · 5h

LOL the first few seconds of this are pure chaotic joy and it's perfect.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 4h

OPM started laying off feds again yesterday - the administration and some Congressional leadership are acting like it's BECAUSE of the shutdown. I explain why that is nonsense and my concerns for how all this impacts federal science. Also discuss impactful wx East and West. tinyurl.com/yc7mtndv

OPM starts shutdown layoffs of federal employees

In weather: significant coastal impacts expected from East Coast storm, while rain and potential flash flooding continues in the Southwest

tinyurl.com

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 7h

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 6h

Awesome!!

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 9h

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

newrepublic.com

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WeatherMatrix @weathermatrix.bsky.social · 6h

New surge forecasts are in... some up, some down, most same.

Big news: Cape May is now forecast to have the highest gauge level in its 25-year record. Lewes, DE has fallen from #3 to #7.