Bruce Pollock
@brucepollock09.bsky.social
Meteorologist and Risk Communicator TX->OK->NY. He/Him/His. All opinions are my own. 🏳️🌈
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Bruce Pollock
@brucepollock09.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Growing up, my family told me for years that my passion for meteorology was something to take pride in and something that would have immense job security. 1/13
Quite literally my favorite holiday movie.
::Me on my death bed::
Closer.
Come closer.
Closer.
Last Holiday is a perfect movie.
::dies::
Closer.
Come closer.
Closer.
Last Holiday is a perfect movie.
::dies::
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Quite literally my favorite holiday movie.
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Here's one office Dems could flip on Tuesday.
(No, it's not in TN!)
The Republican mayor of Roswell, a Georgia city of 90K, finished just one percentage point ahead of his Dem challenger on November 4. The runoff is in a few days.
One of my Dec elections to watch: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
(No, it's not in TN!)
The Republican mayor of Roswell, a Georgia city of 90K, finished just one percentage point ahead of his Dem challenger on November 4. The runoff is in a few days.
One of my Dec elections to watch: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Here's one office Dems could flip on Tuesday.
(No, it's not in TN!)
The Republican mayor of Roswell, a Georgia city of 90K, finished just one percentage point ahead of his Dem challenger on November 4. The runoff is in a few days.
One of my Dec elections to watch: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
(No, it's not in TN!)
The Republican mayor of Roswell, a Georgia city of 90K, finished just one percentage point ahead of his Dem challenger on November 4. The runoff is in a few days.
One of my Dec elections to watch: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter
It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
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Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.
Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.
THANK GOD
BREAKING: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the longtime MAGA ally who has recently drawn Trump’s ire for her criticism, says she’ll resign in January.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign in January
The Georgia Republican's resignation comes after butting heads recently with President Donald Trump.
nbcnews.to
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
THANK GOD
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The domino meme and the smallest domino is "Craigslist destroys classified ad revenue for local newspapers" and the big domino is, well, everything happening now
one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The domino meme and the smallest domino is "Craigslist destroys classified ad revenue for local newspapers" and the big domino is, well, everything happening now
God forbid im comfy when I fly.
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
God forbid im comfy when I fly.
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The Trump administration is enabling unprecedented corruption. The American people deserve better than this.
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Trump administration is enabling unprecedented corruption. The American people deserve better than this.
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"Do you love New York but wish it had fewer people, no big buildings and much worse humidity? Well do I have a state for you!"
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Do you love New York but wish it had fewer people, no big buildings and much worse humidity? Well do I have a state for you!"
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
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😶😶😶
Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are decided how to vote, Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement, but by 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release those files."
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
😶😶😶
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A party that couldn't endorse Mamdani. . . has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene
The party can burn in hell
The party can burn in hell
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A party that couldn't endorse Mamdani. . . has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene
The party can burn in hell
The party can burn in hell
The memes folks are coming up with are insane
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The memes folks are coming up with are insane
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No. 4 Alabama loses at home to No. 11 Oklahoma. Up next: No. 5 Georgia hosts No. 10 Texas. Follow AP for live coverage.
No. 4 Alabama loses at home to No. 11 Oklahoma. Up next: No. 5 Georgia hosts No. 10 Texas. Follow AP for live coverage.
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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No. 4 Alabama loses at home to No. 11 Oklahoma. Up next: No. 5 Georgia hosts No. 10 Texas. Follow AP for live coverage.
No. 4 Alabama loses at home to No. 11 Oklahoma. Up next: No. 5 Georgia hosts No. 10 Texas. Follow AP for live coverage.
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Checking in on this: the school board member who opposed the ban on trans athletes, and who was then challenged by the parent of the HS girl who'd complained, won reelection, 60 to 40%.
I'd totally missed this:
In Tumwater, WA, a HS student complained about a trans basketball player. Then, the local school board passed a resolution to ban trans girls from girl sports.
Now, the mother of that student is running against the sole school board member to vote against the resolution.
In Tumwater, WA, a HS student complained about a trans basketball player. Then, the local school board passed a resolution to ban trans girls from girl sports.
Now, the mother of that student is running against the sole school board member to vote against the resolution.
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Checking in on this: the school board member who opposed the ban on trans athletes, and who was then challenged by the parent of the HS girl who'd complained, won reelection, 60 to 40%.
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Gee...she didn't seem so concerned when her political opponents were being targeted with threats
MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.”
@mediaite.com #GA14
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@mediaite.com #GA14
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November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Gee...she didn't seem so concerned when her political opponents were being targeted with threats
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Inside Politics does a detailed analysis of the new Texas map and concludes that, no, nothing about it looks like a dummymander.
Dems there could do better than the GOP expected, but even then the map would have shielded GOP from more losses. Important to be realistic:
Dems there could do better than the GOP expected, but even then the map would have shielded GOP from more losses. Important to be realistic:
Could Democrats Break the Texas Gerrymander?
Would a return to form among Latino voters help Democrats break the Texas GOP gerrymander?
www.insideelections.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Inside Politics does a detailed analysis of the new Texas map and concludes that, no, nothing about it looks like a dummymander.
Dems there could do better than the GOP expected, but even then the map would have shielded GOP from more losses. Important to be realistic:
Dems there could do better than the GOP expected, but even then the map would have shielded GOP from more losses. Important to be realistic:
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Thinking of the ICE videos of workers at car washes, laborers at Home Depot, ag workers running in fields, having the means to buy an average priced home in Pasadena at 1.2 million plus.
FOX NEWS: Do you believe that the number of people who came into the country illegally is one of the major factors that drove up housing prices?
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thinking of the ICE videos of workers at car washes, laborers at Home Depot, ag workers running in fields, having the means to buy an average priced home in Pasadena at 1.2 million plus.
Damn we really bout to watch her run for President arent we.
MTG IS NOW OFFICIALLY DEEMED AS A RINO!! 2025 could not be anymore turbulent and unpredictable than this!
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Damn we really bout to watch her run for President arent we.
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Wild to me how many headlines I saw this week celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting Kim Davis's bid to end marriage equality, when the Texas Supreme Court just decided that state court judges are free to refuse to perform weddings for same-sex couples from here on out
The Conservative War On Marriage Equality Never Needed Kim Davis
The Supreme Court rejected Davis’s bid to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. But in Texas and elsewhere, anti-gay activists are chipping away at the right that case protects.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Wild to me how many headlines I saw this week celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting Kim Davis's bid to end marriage equality, when the Texas Supreme Court just decided that state court judges are free to refuse to perform weddings for same-sex couples from here on out
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The right thinks the left will fight to protect Bill Clinton. The actual left thinks the middle will fight to protect Bill Clinton. But I want to believe — tonight as winter creeps closer, and even the tiniest glimmer of hope is impossibly precious — that nobody would protect Bill Clinton.
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The right thinks the left will fight to protect Bill Clinton. The actual left thinks the middle will fight to protect Bill Clinton. But I want to believe — tonight as winter creeps closer, and even the tiniest glimmer of hope is impossibly precious — that nobody would protect Bill Clinton.
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YOUR DAILY REMINDER: it is extreme weather, intensified by fossil fuels, that pose the greatest threat to grid security and causes the most blackouts.
The blatantly false idea that renewables cause blackouts is *itself* likely to cause more blackouts, by encouraging more fossil fuel use
The blatantly false idea that renewables cause blackouts is *itself* likely to cause more blackouts, by encouraging more fossil fuel use
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
YOUR DAILY REMINDER: it is extreme weather, intensified by fossil fuels, that pose the greatest threat to grid security and causes the most blackouts.
The blatantly false idea that renewables cause blackouts is *itself* likely to cause more blackouts, by encouraging more fossil fuel use
The blatantly false idea that renewables cause blackouts is *itself* likely to cause more blackouts, by encouraging more fossil fuel use
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this would wipe out entire universities’ eligibility for funding
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
this would wipe out entire universities’ eligibility for funding