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Peter Jacobs
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climate science (paleo, modern, future); public understanding of science (consensus, conspiracy theories, pseudoscience)

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6951-7126
Mastodon: fediscience.org/@peterjacobs
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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 2h
Hahahaha oh man

Reposted by A. E. Dessler, Peter Thorne, Peter Jacobs

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 3h
Unlike Andy, my name doesn't appear in the DOE Climate Working Group dump. But here are some things I found interesting:
andrewdessler.com Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 5h
Reading the emails from the DOE Climate Working Group and am glad to see I continue living rent-free in their heads
email from CWG that says: To no one's surprise Michael Mann and Andrew Dessler have dismissed the report based on the author names.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 4h
No one has accused Curry of possessing even a modicum of reading comprehension in the last 15 years or so.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 4h
Oh my god.

Reposted by Richard Waite, Peter Jacobs

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5h
bluesky: the premier social network for getting yelled at because you explained how a complex process you have no control over works

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 6h
"Call me Janet Yellen the way I don't see little people" works on two levels since 2023.

Reposted by Peter Jacobs

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Ferwen @ferwen.bsky.social · 6h
Revealing the hidden patterns of shark and ray diversity over the past 145 million years 🧪⚒️

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Revealing the hidden patterns of shark and ray diversity over the past 145 million years
Gardiner et al. reconstruct the diversity of sharks and rays across the past 145 million years using deep learning and an extensive dataset. Their results unveil previously hidden patterns, including ...
www.cell.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Sharrow, Elizabeth Saunders, David Dunning , and 22 more

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 8h
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 14h
The mass deportations will reorient domestic law enforcement while the slow motion destruction of NATO and the emboldening of Russia plays out internationally. This is all being openly planned.
sodrock.bsky.social Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 15h
Chat is it good when you ransack the state capacity charged with investigating serious crime and national security?
dbrauer.net David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 16h
Harrowing NY Times expose of the FBI, with some operational details of Minneapolis investigations & comments from ex-agents on the current federal occupation. The FBI is more fucked than you expect, which makes them less effective AND more dangerous. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (gift link)

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 15h
many such cases.
"They Don't Want Victory, They Don't Want Power, They Want To Endlessly 'Critique' Power is a quote from YouTuber ContraPoints (aka Contra) about resentment politics from a 2021 video. In the clip, Contra's seen with blonde hair, doing her makeup and speaking to the viewer." https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/they-dont-want-victory-they-dont-want-power-they-want-to-endlessly-critique-power .

Reposted by Jacob T. Levy, Peter Jacobs

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 15h
Chat is it good when you ransack the state capacity charged with investigating serious crime and national security?
dbrauer.net David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 16h
Harrowing NY Times expose of the FBI, with some operational details of Minneapolis investigations & comments from ex-agents on the current federal occupation. The FBI is more fucked than you expect, which makes them less effective AND more dangerous. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (gift link)
Kash Patel’s FBI Is Making America Less Safe, Current and Former Employees Say (Gift Article)
Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.
www.nytimes.com

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 19h
So the freezing rain line continues its inevitable march northwards to DC with the latest forecasts across models, huh?

Reposted by Julie Novkov, Peter Jacobs

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 19h
If you missed our webinar this week on 2025's climate in review and U.S. billion-dollar disasters, check out the recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=PA0D.... Sign up to join us next month :)
Climate Central’s Monthly Briefing Highlights: December 2025
YouTube video by climatecentral
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Reposted by Gavin L. Foster, Yuxin, Peter Jacobs

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 20h
🌊 Relatively warm deep-water formation persisted in the Last Glacial Maximum

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Relatively warm deep-water formation persisted in the Last Glacial Maximum - Nature
During the Last Glacial Maximum, the deep Northwest Atlantic was only about 2 °C colder than today, suggesting sustained production of relatively warm North Atlantic Deep Water during the Last Glacial...
www.nature.com

Reposted by Peter Jacobs

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d
NOAA Fisheries jobs are to be posted soon. New questions are now required to be answered by all applicants, see below
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/careers-more...

Reposted by Martin Tomko, Alan Richardson, Peter Jacobs

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d
Six monarchs, three ex-Soviet apparatchiks and a leader sought by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes — those are among the inaugural members of the US president’s rival to the UN, which he is expected to unveil at Davos. ft.trib.al/acCThWH

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Sanford F. Schram, Michael Kevane , and 3 more

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 1d
A lot of fake pics and videos but Kamchatsky in Russia recently got a ton of snow and the legitimate news outlets have some great pics if you want to relive those days.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 1d
Definitely more than one. I remember buying a chicken salad sandwich at my nearest bodega just to eat some sort of leafy vegetable (topping in this case) because where we were the big grocery store wasn't able to get delivered for quite a while, and the buses didn't restart for what felt like ages.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 1d
Snowzilla 2016, Snowmageddon 2010 was another fun one.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 1d
In all seriousness wait for < 72hr consensus forecast before getting snow hopes way up. The difference between a lot of snow in DC and a bunch of miserable freezing rain this far out is relatively thin. We're in for something, but the specifics are TBD.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 1d
The mass deportations will reorient domestic law enforcement while the slow motion destruction of NATO and the emboldening of Russia plays out internationally. This is all being openly planned.
thestudyofwar.bsky.social Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 1d
MORE: The Kremlin remains committed to its original war aims and is not publicly showing any new willingness to commit to meaningful compromises to end its war against Ukraine. 🧵(1/4)

Reposted by Peter Jacobs

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 1d
MORE: The Kremlin remains committed to its original war aims and is not publicly showing any new willingness to commit to meaningful compromises to end its war against Ukraine. 🧵(1/4)

Reposted by Peter Jacobs

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Jeremy DeHart @jeremydehartwx.bsky.social · 1d
Would anticipate that Thursday night's 00Z runs will be important with missions planned tomorrow for both the Baja low and the thermo profiles in the Gulf

Reposted by Peter Jacobs

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Jeremy DeHart @jeremydehartwx.bsky.social · 1d
Today's 53 WRS winter storm mission went as planned, and all 25 sondes will be assimilated for tonight's 00Z runs of the GFS and ECMWF. Bit of caution though, one round of sondes isn't a magic pill. Helps with initial conditions, but could take a few runs to lock in the pattern...

Reposted by Timothy D. McBride, Peter Jacobs

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 1d
An attempted traffic stop by two ICE agents did not involve the man they ultimately shot in north Minneapolis.

Details from a FBI agent's sworn affidavit contradict what DHS officials initially stated — and later repeated for several days — about the highly charged encounter.
FBI reveals how mistaken identity by ICE led to chase, shooting of Venezuelan immigrant in north Minneapolis
A federal affidavit details what precipitated the alleged broom attack of an agent that ended with him firing a single shot, wounding a man who was not the original target.
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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 1d
It can feel impossible to be skeptical of exotic claims absent extraordinary evidence while unquestionable conspiracies unfold before our eyes. And yet we must.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 1d
Conspiracy theories now run rampant at the highest level of power, inside and outside of governments, at home and abroad. It can feel like a nightmare parsing fact from fiction.

As events continue to deteriorate & once trusted sources are ruined by billionaires, unfortunately it will get harder.

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner, Nathan Richardson, Peter Jacobs

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d
NEWS: Illinois investigating allegation that South Shore apartment owner and management tipped federal officials about the presence of Venezuelan immigrants in the building in order to intimidate and coerce the building’s Black and Hispanic tenants into leaving.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 1d
Unlike the 2014 & 2022 incidents which were unequivocal false flags, Russian state involvement in some or all of the 1999 bombings, or at least their connection with the Ryazan incident, has not been conclusively demonstrated thus far.

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1999 Russian apartment bombings - Wikipedia
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