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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
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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 2h
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 · 2h
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
youtube.com

Reposted by Peter Jacobs

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 7h
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 · 9h
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 · 10h
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 · 10h
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 · 11h
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 · 11h
Snowzilla 2016, Snowmageddon 2010 was another fun one.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 11h
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 · 11h
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 · 11h
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 · 11h
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 · 11h
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 · 11h
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 · 12h
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.
bit.ly

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 12h
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 · 12h
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 · 12h
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 · 12h
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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Ru...
1999 Russian apartment bombings - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org

Reposted by Kevin Carey, Peter Jacobs

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Gene Park @gene.meme · 12h
hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.

my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
Donate to Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment, organized by Gene Park
Hi, my name is Gene Park. I’m a games critic at The Washington Post, and I’… Gene Park needs your support for Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment
www.gofundme.com

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, David Dunning, Euan G. Ritchie , and 11 more

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 12h
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.

Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 12h
Over the years, suspicion has lingered about a series of Russian apartment bombings in 1999 blamed on Chechen terrorism, which killed hundreds & kicked off the 2nd Chechen War. Many argue they resulted in Putin gaining control over Russia which he has held uninterrupted for the past quarter century.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 13h
Prior to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Western security services downgraded & released intelligence that Russia was planning series of false flag incidents in separatist heavy areas of Ukraine as a pretext to invade. On Feb 22 2022, Russia staged such an incident.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2022/02...
‘Exploiting Cadavers ’and ‘Faked IEDs’: Experts Debunk Staged Pre-War ‘Provocation’ in the Donbas - bellingcat
Russian media reported that a civilian car in the Donbas was destroyed by a Ukrainian IED in the days before the war. But damage to the vehicle doesn’t add up, and charred bodies show suspicious signs...
www.bellingcat.com

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Aaron Sojourner, Peter Jacobs

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 13h
Federal agents pinned a man to the ground in south Minneapolis and sprayed him with chemical irritants directly in the face.

Minnesota Star Tribune photographer Rich Tsong-Taatarii did not witness the man put his hands on agents.

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 13h
In 2014, prior to invading and annexing Crimea, Russia sent military forces known colloquially as Little Green Men inside the Ukranian border where they posed as "local" militia.
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
"Little green men" or "Russian invaders"? - BBC News
What to call the troops patrolling Crimea who look like Russian soldiers.
www.bbc.com

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 13h
Interesting to see what is, and what apparently is not, worth some people's outrage.

www.buzzfeednews.com/article/moll...
Staffers, Documents Show Amy Klobuchar’s Wrath Toward Her Aides
"It’s hard to explain the anxiety that permeates the office," a former staffer for the Minnesota Democrat told BuzzFeed News.
www.buzzfeednews.com

Reposted by Marina Jirotka, Robert C. Richards, Kate Jackson , and 3 more

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h
Breaking WaPo:

The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide
The report deeming an ICE detainee’s death in Texas a homicide comes the same day that a federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of two witnesses.
www.washingtonpost.com

Reposted by Gavin A. Schmidt, Timothy D. McBride, Peter Jacobs

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 13h
A 5-year-old preschool student was taken with his father by federal immigration agents shortly after arriving home from school, Columbia Heights school leaders said Jan. 21.
Preschooler and three other students detained by ICE, school district leader says
The detentions of Columbia Heights students come after weeks of heightened concern and enforcement presence near and on Twin Cities school property.
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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 15h
"an independent and now entirely extinct lineage of eukaryotes"
An image of three computer generated humanoid featureless figures standing together. Two are shown shaking hands and are labeled "OKAY" and "CRAZY" while a third stands behind seemingly introducing them. A caption reads "okay this is crazy"

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 16h
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.
pbump.com Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d
Congrats to the guy who helped Russia invade Ukraine. A real feather in the cap.
reuters.com Reuters @reuters.com · 1d
Lukashenko joins Trump's 'Board of Peace' as US eases his isolation reut.rs/3YLROYb

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Peter Jacobs @pjacobs.bsky.social · 16h
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.
kyledcheney.bsky.social Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d
Trump amplifies post that says NATO — not China or Russia — is part of the “real threat” to America.