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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 22h

I bet God is SO RELIEVED that he doesn't have to follow DEI anymore.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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FEISTY😈 @crzyfkinworld.bsky.social · 1d

‘Where do bad rainbows go? To prism. It's a light sentence, but it gives them time to reflect.’

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 1d

Suspicious. Local bird emitting chemtrails!

Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 1d

I wish everyone could watch a Northern Harrier hunt over a marsh or open field. They fly low, weaving back and forth and sometimes hovering in one spot. Amazing! #birds

Dark brown raptor with face like an owl is coursing over a grassy field next to a lake. Wings are up over the body and its face is turned to look at the camera as it flies.

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 2d

I get totally crap engagement here. But I prefer the feed, so I stay 🤷‍♀️

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 2d

The 384-hr GFS forecast

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 3d

She was wearing heels. You can see one on the ground next to the car.

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 4d

Everybody freeze. Everybody down on the ground.

Well which one is it feller? If I freeze, I can’t get down. And if I get down on the ground, I’m gonna be a-moving.

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 4d

Have you not been familiar with hand boobs? Extraordinarily convenient for women with their hands full. A third hand pops right out of their boob to take over!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

This is AI.

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Brendon 🐻🌪️❄ @brendonme.bsky.social · 5d

One spot, four stories

Horses and a multi vortex tornado in the background

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 5d

Our house has been 100% EV for over a year now. Kinda wild that I haven't had to get gas for that long! I would say the biggest limitation is long-distance travel - finding fast charging. It was a peace of cake with the Tesla. Not as much for other EVs.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

we charge our hyundai ioniq 5 around once every two to three weeks at a muncipal charger and i’d say it runs about $9 for 250 miles of range.

How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State

www.nytimes.com

Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 5d

This is one of those climate.gov posts that I would visit frequently to help communicate potential snowfall patterns for our winters.

Haley Thiem @haleythiemwx.bsky.social · 5d

Really great article by a great former colleague @tdiliberto.bsky.social on what a weak La Niña could mean as far as snowfall goes this year, and the long term winter snowfall trend across the U.S.: www.climate.gov/news-feature...

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 6d

I see a new question coming on the form I fill out when I arrive at the ER: "Are you an illegal rabble rouser?" But what if I'm a legal rabble rouser or an illegal non-rabble rouser??

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 7d

A great comic about AI art from the amazing @theoatmeal.bsky.social theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_ar...

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Colorado Climate Center @climate.colostate.edu · 8d

Most of Colorado's lower elevations haven't yet had a freeze this fall, but it'll get cold sooner or later. Here's our blog post from last year on when first freezes tend to happen across the state. #cowx

First fall freezes - Colorado Climate Blog

Climatological fall has arrived, and although September thus far has been much warmer than normal across most of Colorado, it’s still time to be thinking about when the first freeze could happen. Now,...

climate.colostate.edu

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 8d

I think it's because, as stated elsewhere, we still have to go about our daily lives. I'm terrified by all this. But I'm grounded by my family, taking my daughter to volleyball, going to dance classes, and I'm in a bowling league! It's all kind of surreal!

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 11d

Would you use butter in place of shortening?

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 11d

The zoom-in went down from the 16 to the 17?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12d

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Chris Wicklund Auroras @wickydubswx.bsky.social · 12d

Wow… I never would have thought I’d get a shooting star with Aurora but last night blew away my expectations. We had such bright and tall pillars out here near Omaha Nebraska. I love this shot so much 🥹

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jon5cents @jon5cents.bsky.social · 13d

🪶 Ok, if the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Attitude, I have no choice but to repost attitude in avian form. This pine warbler wants to speak to the manager.
#birds #photography

A yellow pine warbler is on the top of a shepherd's hook in winter. It is cold, and the bird has its wings fluffed greatly. It is looking directly at the camera, and has an angry expression on its face.

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 13d

Any time I see a big ugly SUV speeding down the road, I sing "Canyon-errrrrrro."

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 13d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 13d

Check out that ass tho.

Tomatoes. One tomato has a big crease in it, making it look like butt cheeks.

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 13d

I think you may be right that people can't remember the cost of specific items, either yesterday or from 6 months ago. But they have a good sense of their grocery total. Especially if you do weekly shopping for everything, there's been an obvious shift in that total.

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 13d

As a matter of fact, if my husband-to-be said he wouldn't marry me if I didn't take his last name, I'd call it off, even if I was planning on taking his name.

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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 14d

Schumer: While Trump sends troops to American cities and continues to snatch people off the streets, I'm working hard on bending over for the next budget deal that will help none of you.

Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 14d

Chuck Schumer, in an hour from now: The president plans to flood the streets with military personnel to oppress innocent people, but what he should be flooding the streets with is tax credits for the middle class!

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