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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 7h

The city of Kotzebue is under mandatory evacuation orders. That's as the community prepares for flooding the National Weather Service warns could be worse than last year's, which led to dozens of evacuations and two families losing their homes.

Mandatory evacuations ordered in Kotzebue as flooding from coastal storm begins

Water could rise as much as 10 feet above the high tide line, according the National Weather Service.

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 6h

Is the plywood in the room with us now?

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 9h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Sean for Congress (VA-01) @subletteweather.com · 8h

Impeach.
Convict.
Remove.

Do not pass Go.
Do not collect $200.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14h

BREAKING: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, five people with knowledge of the talks tell NBC News.

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 8h

The acting CDC Director has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health. Trump has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health.

Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.

Acting CDC boss wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots

Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’

www.independent.co.uk

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 16h

Physics FTW!

Tom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 16h

The Moai Statues on Easter Island Were Really “Walked” to Their Platforms , says study described on @zmescience www.zmescience.com/science/arch...

The Moai Statues Were Really "Walked" to Their Platforms

This ancient puzzle solved not with brute force, but with clever physics.

www.zmescience.com

Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 16h

SIX sigma is a lot of sigma.

Russ Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · 19h

Highly unusual situation approaching western Colorado with the moisture from Hurricane Priscilla. Grand Junction has never had precipitable water over an inch (25mm) so late in the year, but looks like it will be near that level on both Fri & Sat. Six standard deviations above average! #cowx 1/2

Global Ensemble Forecast System mean precipitable water and 700-mb winds valid on Saturday morning, 11 October 2025. A big plume of moisture will be transported into the southwest US ahead of decaying Hurricane Priscilla. From https://schumacher.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/ens.php

Standardized anomaly of precipitable water from the ECWMF ensemble mean on Saturday morning, 11 October 2025. It shows a broad swath of greater than +3 standard deviations in the western US. From https://schumacher.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/ecmwf.php

Ensemble forecast plume showing precipitable water at Grand Junction, Colorado in the members of the ECWMF ensemble. Values are predicted to be around 25-30 mm with high confidence on Friday 10 October through Saturday 11 October, far above the 90th percentile for the date. From https://schumacher.atmos.colostate.edu/weather/ecmwf.php

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 17h

If anyone’s struggled to keep up with my threads on why the genAI bubble
Is a bubble, here’s a simplified pictorial explanation, the plug is OpenAI and the sockets are Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Nvidia, and AMD

A power strip with the plug end plugged in to one of the sockets

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 16h

Paging Mr. Leopard. Mr. Leopard, please call your office.
@faceleopardwx.bsky.social @leopardsatemyface.bsky.social

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

“The American Farm Bureau Federation projects per-acre losses this year of $169 for corn, $114 for soybeans, $111 for wheat and $379 for cotton.

“Higher farm safety net programs passed in the One Big Beautiful Bill won't begin paying out until a year from now.”

www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...

Ag Groups Press for Aid While Some Raise Concerns About Long-Term Tariff Damage

President Donald Trump and members of his administration continue to tease that an aid package of up to $15 billion for farmers could be announced this week. More than 200 farm organizations wrote the...

www.dtnpf.com

Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 19h

Borrowers head back to riskier mortgages, looking for any potential savings

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/08/b...

Borrowers head back to riskier mortgages, looking for any potential savings

Mortgage demand weakened again but for those in the market, adjustable-rate loans are getting more popular, as they offer lower interest rates.

www.cnbc.com

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

www.nytimes.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Nate Howes TWN @natetwnclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Are the winds on the @bluejays.com' side in the Bronx? A subtle, south-southeast wind could play a quiet but meaningful role in Tuesday night’s @yankees.com - Jays showdown in New York. @50shadesofvan.bsky.social with the story. #NYwx #LetsGoBlueJays www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...

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Philippe Papin @pppapin.bsky.social · 1d

Its verification time. As of 15z Today Oct 7th, Tropical Storm #Jerry has formed with 40 kt winds.

Pretty clear at this point the #ECMWF has struggled with this genesis case, possibly due to the same amped up gravity wave issues that have plagued the model in the tropics for some time.

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a.s. @wxandbiscuits.bsky.social · 1d

CPC keeps the CAG TC risk going into late October.

CPC tropical cyclone potential next week (top) and Oct 22-28 (bottom). At least a 40% chance for development both weeks with the Central American after. Another Cabo Verde African wave storm could form behind Jerry.

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Alfred E. Neuman in a suit.

Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 1d

The price of gold reached $4,000 an ounce for the first time ever

Dollar continues shrinking.

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/07/g...

The price of gold reached $4,000 an ounce for the first time ever

Gold futures have gained more than 50% this year as President Donald Trump upends the global trade system and threatens Federal Reserve independence.

www.cnbc.com

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 2d

Data centers use 40% of Virginia's electricity.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Opinion | Has Your Energy Bill Gone Up? Show Us.

www.nytimes.com

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National Hurricane Center Bot @nhcbot.bsky.social · 2d

NHC outlook 8pm EDT Oct 6th: 1) System in C Tropical Atlantic (#AL95) has high genesis chance (90%🔴). Northern Leeward Islands should monitor. 2) Trough crossing Yucatan has low genesis chance (10%🟡) in Bay of Campeche before moving into... https://x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1975355238052946275

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cira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 2d

On September 27, 2025, Hurricane Humberto reached its peak intensity as a Category Five hurricane well northeast of Puerto Rico on its journey across the western Atlantic Ocean. The polar orbiting satellite Suomi-NPP captured a spectacular view of the clear eye of Humberto. (1/5)

This image of Hurricane Humberto contains the visible (band I1) product from the S-NPP weather satellite from 17:10 UTC on 2025-09-27.

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe we should focus on threats to Earth coming from right here on Earth?
#climatechange

Michael Battalio @battalio.com · 2d

If anyone is wondering why I'm being pissy about Loeb, it's his latest BS on arXiv. He proposed a coordinated study of interstellar objects. Great, actually. But he wants $380M, adopts the classification scale he named after himself (Yes, he calls it the Loeb scale), and control over telescopes.

arxiv.org

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 2d

No more fat EF4s or beardos! Our EF5s must meet the male combat physical fitness standards. They break things and kill people for a living! No more stupid chaser rules of engagement.

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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 2d

12 years is a long time. A good stretch. But the EF-5 “drought” has ended.

Also, this is a lesson to the Monday morning quarterbacks that this took *3 months* to confirm. Good analysis takes time. So save your hot takes immediately after an event.

IEMBot Grand Forks @fgf.weather.im · 2d

#FGF issues Public Information Statement (PNS) at Oct 6, 9:30 AM CDT ...Enderlin Tornado #1 Upgraded to EF-5... Link

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 2d

Hello, @jaketapper.bsky.social, Biden's age was an issue and you didn't comment about the implications of this?

CNN viewers demanded “proof of life” after the 79-year-old president conducted the interview entirely by text.
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-texts...

Trump’s Texts to CNN Host Renew Health Speculation

CNN viewers demanded “proof of life” after the 79-year-old president conducted the interview entirely by text.

www.thedailybeast.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

New CBS polling shows that voters have soured on Trump's handling of economic issues.

60% of voters now disapprove of his overall handling of the economy.

On inflation it's even worse for Trump, with 65% disapproving.

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