SoBoBob
@sobobob.bsky.social
Old White Guy, Humanist
Engineer, Explorer, Cyclist, Hiker, Skier, traveler, and opera buff (stories of bad decisions set to music). LotR and Hobbit fan Love learning the history of the peoples of the world as a series of wonderful (and scary) stories
Engineer, Explorer, Cyclist, Hiker, Skier, traveler, and opera buff (stories of bad decisions set to music). LotR and Hobbit fan Love learning the history of the peoples of the world as a series of wonderful (and scary) stories
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New data from @berkeleyearth.org:
🎃 3rd. That is the ranking October 2025 now sits for the WARMEST October of record GLOBALLY, behind 2023 and 2024.
🌍 4% of Earth saw a record-hot October average.
🌡️94%. That's the current odds that 2025 will go down as the THIRD warmest year on record GLOBALLY
🎃 3rd. That is the ranking October 2025 now sits for the WARMEST October of record GLOBALLY, behind 2023 and 2024.
🌍 4% of Earth saw a record-hot October average.
🌡️94%. That's the current odds that 2025 will go down as the THIRD warmest year on record GLOBALLY
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New data from @berkeleyearth.org:
🎃 3rd. That is the ranking October 2025 now sits for the WARMEST October of record GLOBALLY, behind 2023 and 2024.
🌍 4% of Earth saw a record-hot October average.
🌡️94%. That's the current odds that 2025 will go down as the THIRD warmest year on record GLOBALLY
🎃 3rd. That is the ranking October 2025 now sits for the WARMEST October of record GLOBALLY, behind 2023 and 2024.
🌍 4% of Earth saw a record-hot October average.
🌡️94%. That's the current odds that 2025 will go down as the THIRD warmest year on record GLOBALLY
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Col. Nicole Mann (USMC) is a pilot & NASA astronaut. She is the first #NativeAmerican woman to go into space & to go on a spacewalk.
US Naval Academy & Stanford grad (engineering), she is of Wailaki heritage (Round Valley Indian Tribes).
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy🚀
US Naval Academy & Stanford grad (engineering), she is of Wailaki heritage (Round Valley Indian Tribes).
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy🚀
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Col. Nicole Mann (USMC) is a pilot & NASA astronaut. She is the first #NativeAmerican woman to go into space & to go on a spacewalk.
US Naval Academy & Stanford grad (engineering), she is of Wailaki heritage (Round Valley Indian Tribes).
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy🚀
US Naval Academy & Stanford grad (engineering), she is of Wailaki heritage (Round Valley Indian Tribes).
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #WomenInSTEM #AstronautEnvy🚀
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November 23, 2025
November 23, 2025
“Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this ‘peace plan’ was written by Russians or Americans?” foreign affairs journalist Anne Applebaum asked ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
November 23, 2025
Monday morning report
The disconnect between consumers and investors keeps getting worse. weeklysift.com/2025/11/24/t...
The Vibecession and the AI bubble
Depressed consumers and record-setting stock markets don’t usually go together. Why are they both happening now? I recently came across these two facts: The stock market hit an all-time high …
weeklysift.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Monday morning report
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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So yesterday Trump was holding hands with MBS, and today he's demanding the execution of two Senators and four Representatives.
Seems like something rubbed off
Seems like something rubbed off
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So yesterday Trump was holding hands with MBS, and today he's demanding the execution of two Senators and four Representatives.
Seems like something rubbed off
Seems like something rubbed off
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“What’s most telling is Trump thinks it’s punishable by death for us to restate the law”
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“What’s most telling is Trump thinks it’s punishable by death for us to restate the law”
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In Front of Our Noses: A President Who Calls for the Execution of Members of Congress – Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com/in-front-of-...
In Front of Our Noses: A President Who Calls for the Execution of Members of Congress – Outside the Beltway
outsidethebeltway.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
In Front of Our Noses: A President Who Calls for the Execution of Members of Congress – Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com/in-front-of-...
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/11/18/l... Join @cclusa.org and work for progress like this.
Lessons from Denmark – the world leader in climate action
The pioneer of commercial wind energy says it will reduce emissions by at least 82% by 2035, relative to 1990 levels.
theprogressplaybook.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/11/18/l... Join @cclusa.org and work for progress like this.
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We've just kicked off today's program with an opening message from CCL Interim Executive Director Ricky Bradley and a fantastic keynote from @azevin.bsky.social!
Follow along with the rest of our virtual conference on our YouTube livestream:
Follow along with the rest of our virtual conference on our YouTube livestream:
@cclusa.org Fall Conference on YouTube: November 15, 2025
CCL's Fall Virtual Conference
YouTube video by Citizens' Climate Lobby
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We've just kicked off today's program with an opening message from CCL Interim Executive Director Ricky Bradley and a fantastic keynote from @azevin.bsky.social!
Follow along with the rest of our virtual conference on our YouTube livestream:
Follow along with the rest of our virtual conference on our YouTube livestream:
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This week, I will be lobbying Congress along with 100's of other members of @cclusa.org to get more clean energy and transmission lines on the grid so we can accelerate away from fossil fuels. Give your Reps and Senators a call here to give us a boost.
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
Tell Congress to Work on Clean Energy Permitting Reform
We made progress on clean energy permitting reform last Congress, but we need to move faster with a new, bipartisan legislative package in this Congress.
citizensclimatelobby.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This week, I will be lobbying Congress along with 100's of other members of @cclusa.org to get more clean energy and transmission lines on the grid so we can accelerate away from fossil fuels. Give your Reps and Senators a call here to give us a boost.
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
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Thanks to Peter Trapp from @crow.house.gov 's office for meeting with volunteers from @cclusa.org this morning. Thanks for sharing your insights on energy infrastructure permitting reform and forest policy.
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thanks to Peter Trapp from @crow.house.gov 's office for meeting with volunteers from @cclusa.org this morning. Thanks for sharing your insights on energy infrastructure permitting reform and forest policy.
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Thanks to @slondagin.bsky.social, Megan Day, and Ashton Knepell of @senatorhick.govpeeps.us's office for meeting with @cclusa.org this morning. We appreciated hearing your insights on permitting reform and forest policy.
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thanks to @slondagin.bsky.social, Megan Day, and Ashton Knepell of @senatorhick.govpeeps.us's office for meeting with @cclusa.org this morning. We appreciated hearing your insights on permitting reform and forest policy.
Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org Colorado Members had a good discussion with Senator Bennett's @bennet.senate.gov staff on permitting reform. Together we hope to make desperately needed and sensible changes to our aging electrical grid
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org Colorado Members had a good discussion with Senator Bennett's @bennet.senate.gov staff on permitting reform. Together we hope to make desperately needed and sensible changes to our aging electrical grid
Thanks to Shane Londagin, Ashton Knepell, and Megan Day from Senator John Hickenlooper's @hickenlooper.bsky.social office for meeting with @cclusa.org this morning. We appreciated hearing your insights on energy permitting reform and forest policy.
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Thanks to Shane Londagin, Ashton Knepell, and Megan Day from Senator John Hickenlooper's @hickenlooper.bsky.social office for meeting with @cclusa.org this morning. We appreciated hearing your insights on energy permitting reform and forest policy.
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It’s almost like something dramatically changed after the Industrial Revolution! (figure via Ed Hawkins)
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It’s almost like something dramatically changed after the Industrial Revolution! (figure via Ed Hawkins)
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📣What do we want?
🗣️The political will for evidence-based policies that would reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by diverting money away from fossil fuels, like industrial carbon pricing, climate-aligned finance, and methane regulations!
📣When do we want it?
🗣️Now!
🗣️The political will for evidence-based policies that would reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by diverting money away from fossil fuels, like industrial carbon pricing, climate-aligned finance, and methane regulations!
📣When do we want it?
🗣️Now!
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
📣What do we want?
🗣️The political will for evidence-based policies that would reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by diverting money away from fossil fuels, like industrial carbon pricing, climate-aligned finance, and methane regulations!
📣When do we want it?
🗣️Now!
🗣️The political will for evidence-based policies that would reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by diverting money away from fossil fuels, like industrial carbon pricing, climate-aligned finance, and methane regulations!
📣When do we want it?
🗣️Now!
Sobering essay.
"Paper Girl" is a compassionate look at the forgotten America. weeklysift.com/2025/11/17/b...
Beth Macy Goes Home Again
The author of Dopesick goes back to her small Ohio home town and wonders: Could a troubled teen do today what she did decades ago? Maybe. But the hurdles to jump are higher now. In the Broadway mus…
weeklysift.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Sobering essay.
Monday report!
This week: Paper Girl, aftermath, Epstein, and a few cracks in Trump’s support. weeklysift.com/2025/11/17/o...
Obliviousness
Urbana is basically the country club and the ghetto, and neither group has any idea that the other group exists. – Beth Macy, Paper Girl,on returning to the Ohio town where she grew up This w…
weeklysift.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Monday report!
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This week: Paper Girl, aftermath, Epstein, and a few cracks in Trump’s support. weeklysift.com/2025/11/17/o...
Obliviousness
Urbana is basically the country club and the ghetto, and neither group has any idea that the other group exists. – Beth Macy, Paper Girl,on returning to the Ohio town where she grew up This w…
weeklysift.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This week: Paper Girl, aftermath, Epstein, and a few cracks in Trump’s support. weeklysift.com/2025/11/17/o...
last reminder! The November Boulder @cclusa.org Chapter meeting is tomorrow! Saturday, November 15, 10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Register for the Watch Party here: tinyurl.com/Nov15WatchPa...
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
last reminder! The November Boulder @cclusa.org Chapter meeting is tomorrow! Saturday, November 15, 10:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Register for the Watch Party here: tinyurl.com/Nov15WatchPa...
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Tonight’s stupendous aurora-fest as seen in Louisville CO. As always, the phone camera makes these far more vivid than they actually looked to the naked eye. Still plenty bright—the most colorful I’ve seen anywhere, anytime.
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Tonight’s stupendous aurora-fest as seen in Louisville CO. As always, the phone camera makes these far more vivid than they actually looked to the naked eye. Still plenty bright—the most colorful I’ve seen anywhere, anytime.
I've played this game on I-70 in Kansas and Colorado and I-80 in Nebraska and Wyoming
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I've played this game on I-70 in Kansas and Colorado and I-80 in Nebraska and Wyoming