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Mark Shapiro

@mhshapiro2.bsky.social

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Scientist - retired physicist with publications in nuclear physics, nucleosynthesis, solid earth geophysics, atmospheric physics, and computational surface physics - creator of YouTube videos on #ClimateChange - APS Senior Fellow - amateur radio op K6OGD

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 15h

Oh joy!!!
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Dow falls nearly 900 points after Trump reignites trade war between the world’s two largest economies | CNN Business

US stocks closed sharply lower Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on imports from China, reigniting fears of a trade war that rocked global markets earlier this year.

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 20h

Connections
Puzzle #852
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🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tough one today.

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 21h

Wordle 1,574 3/6

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 22h

🧪 Not good news for #ClimateChange.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/c...

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica | CNN

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been und...

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 22h

Hmmm.
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Trump to visit Walter Reed for "routine yearly checkup" 6 months after annual physical exam

President Trump's annual physical examination in April showed his vital statistics were all within normal limits.

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 22h

Arghh.
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Consumer sentiment sours as government shutdown threatens economic damage

The fresh data marked three consecutive months of worsening shopper attitudes.

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 22h

The morning song: "Will Ye No Come Back Again" sung by Jean Redpath.
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Will Ye No Come Back Again

YouTube video by Jean Redpath - Topic

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 1d

Connections
Puzzle #851
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🟪🟪🟪🟪 Yet another one where the first three were easy, but I never would have guessed the last category.

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 1d

Wordle 1,573 3/6

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 1d

🧪 Does anyone wonder why?
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Trust in federal health leadership is failing under RFK Jr., new poll finds | CNN

Most of the American public does not approve of the way Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running the nation’s health agencies, according to a new KFF poll, and there’s erosion of trust in reliable vaccine inf...

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 1d

The morning song: "The Drinkin' Gourd" sung by The New Christy Minstrels.
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The Drinkin' Gourd by New Christy Minstrels on 1963 Columbia LP.

YouTube video by lrh1966

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Mark Shapiro @mhshapiro2.bsky.social · 2d

The Comey prosecution reminds me of the Soviet "show trials." But in this case the judge is not a tool of the prosecution.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...