Willard
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Willard
@climateball.bsky.social
· Nov 27
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Acrylic on canvas
Partial gift of Snottie Drippen to the Tate Museum in memory of Twitter, 2024.
Acrylic on canvas
Partial gift of Snottie Drippen to the Tate Museum in memory of Twitter, 2024.
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This article made me realize that Bluesky is a retirement home for the Weather Twitter of yesteryear.
It was like this a decade ago. The only thing that changed was the names.
It was like this a decade ago. The only thing that changed was the names.
Yes, weather influencers exist, and their accounts have become increasingly popular. But are these meteorology hype-men providing accurate information or just entertainment? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/6q3WXr
The Forecast Wars on Weather Twitter
Traditional meteorologists speak in potentialities and probabilities. A new type of social-media influencer takes a different approach, exaggerating possibilities and fomenting hype in the lead-up to a big storm.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 PM
This article made me realize that Bluesky is a retirement home for the Weather Twitter of yesteryear.
It was like this a decade ago. The only thing that changed was the names.
It was like this a decade ago. The only thing that changed was the names.
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A drawing made with abandoned pens and pencils, found on the shelves of libraries in and around Manchester.
January 28, 2026 at 5:32 PM
A drawing made with abandoned pens and pencils, found on the shelves of libraries in and around Manchester.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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Girl swept away by flood at McGill
YouTube video by Spampeplowski
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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An eye-opening aspect of working closely with international colleagues on things like IPCC reports is that you can compare being hit by contrasting weather extremes in real time
- heatwaves & fires in Australia
- storms & floods in UK
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
- heatwaves & fires in Australia
- storms & floods in UK
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
Australian heatwave fans bushfires, towns evacuated, Melbourne endures hottest day in 17 years
A major heatwave across Australia's southeast stoked bushfires, forced hundreds of residents in rural towns to evacuate and brought record-breaking temperatures, with Melbourne recording its hottest d...
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:13 AM
An eye-opening aspect of working closely with international colleagues on things like IPCC reports is that you can compare being hit by contrasting weather extremes in real time
- heatwaves & fires in Australia
- storms & floods in UK
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
- heatwaves & fires in Australia
- storms & floods in UK
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
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Fun fact: at one point in the 1800s, ice was America’s second largest export, after cotton
www.rmpbs.org/blogs/scienc...
www.rmpbs.org/blogs/scienc...
How ice harvesting thrived — and then disappeared — in southern Colorado | Rocky Mountain PBS
For decades, laborers cut cakes of ice from frozen lakes to store for pre-appliance refrigeration.
www.rmpbs.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Fun fact: at one point in the 1800s, ice was America’s second largest export, after cotton
www.rmpbs.org/blogs/scienc...
www.rmpbs.org/blogs/scienc...
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Damage is estimated at $1.2 billion, joining the U.S. ice storm/arctic onslaught over the past week as the first billion-dollar disasters of 2026. There were 55 billion-dollar weather disasters globally last year.
‘Situation is dire’ for Sicily town teetering on cliff edge after landslide
1,500 people evacuated from Niscemi after battering by Cyclone Harry triggers 4km-long chasm in hillside
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Damage is estimated at $1.2 billion, joining the U.S. ice storm/arctic onslaught over the past week as the first billion-dollar disasters of 2026. There were 55 billion-dollar weather disasters globally last year.
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Bing has blocked neocities and all user subdomains from its search index.
We’ve spent months trying to resolve this through official channels and gotten nowhere.
Until this gets resolved, we are recommending that people do not use Bing.
Blog post with details: blog.neocities.org/blog/2026/01...
We’ve spent months trying to resolve this through official channels and gotten nowhere.
Until this gets resolved, we are recommending that people do not use Bing.
Blog post with details: blog.neocities.org/blog/2026/01...
Neocities Is Blocked by Bing
Over the past few months, the Bing search engine has completely blocked the domain neocities.org, including the front site and all user subdomains (example.n...
blog.neocities.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Bing has blocked neocities and all user subdomains from its search index.
We’ve spent months trying to resolve this through official channels and gotten nowhere.
Until this gets resolved, we are recommending that people do not use Bing.
Blog post with details: blog.neocities.org/blog/2026/01...
We’ve spent months trying to resolve this through official channels and gotten nowhere.
Until this gets resolved, we are recommending that people do not use Bing.
Blog post with details: blog.neocities.org/blog/2026/01...
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*stares in food and land use systems making up one-third of global GHG emissions*
"We argue that the main focus of climate action in 2026 and beyond should be on accelerating the clean-energy revolution. And the rate at which clean energy displaces fossil fuels in the global economy should become the key measure of climate progress."
I have mixed feelings about this.
I have mixed feelings about this.
As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets
Actionable goals are needed to guide the world towards what needs to happen most quickly: shifting economies to clean energy sources.
www.nature.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:41 AM
*stares in food and land use systems making up one-third of global GHG emissions*
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Pretty annoying when fortune cookies give you advice rather than a fortune. I don’t need a cookie to tell me to broaden my horizons.
January 27, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Pretty annoying when fortune cookies give you advice rather than a fortune. I don’t need a cookie to tell me to broaden my horizons.
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A who’s who of “who?”
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
A who’s who of “who?”
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Always the minimalist.
January 27, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Always the minimalist.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
the four authors have well-known Climateball players
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About this paper: as I show in The Language of Climate Politics—and as @noahqkaufman.bsky.social explained broadly in The Atlantic a few weeks ago—there is NO EVIDENCE that economic growth will continue at past rates (or even at all) if the planet heats up to unprecedented temperatures.
So...
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So...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:08 PM
the four authors have well-known Climateball players
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How many Lowe's could Rob Lowe rob if Rob Lowe could rob Lowe's
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 PM
How many Lowe's could Rob Lowe rob if Rob Lowe could rob Lowe's
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It was a People With Hair meeting.
January 27, 2026 at 5:28 AM
It was a People With Hair meeting.
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Vexations...
Punch time clock when entering and leaving. Refunds will be figured for elapsed time thus registered at the rate of 5¢ for each twenty minutes.....
Punch time clock when entering and leaving. Refunds will be figured for elapsed time thus registered at the rate of 5¢ for each twenty minutes.....
January 25, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Vexations...
Punch time clock when entering and leaving. Refunds will be figured for elapsed time thus registered at the rate of 5¢ for each twenty minutes.....
Punch time clock when entering and leaving. Refunds will be figured for elapsed time thus registered at the rate of 5¢ for each twenty minutes.....
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Everybody knows the Honda is the real hero in all of this.
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Everybody knows the Honda is the real hero in all of this.
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Have you heard about our savior Epicurus?
January 27, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Have you heard about our savior Epicurus?
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🔥3.8 billion people will be exposed to extreme heat by 2050. Great to see my @smithschool.ox.ac.uk colleague and teacher Radhika Khosla interviewed by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social for the Guardian.
Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds
Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:24 AM
🔥3.8 billion people will be exposed to extreme heat by 2050. Great to see my @smithschool.ox.ac.uk colleague and teacher Radhika Khosla interviewed by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social for the Guardian.
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One of my favorite paintings ever:
Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, known as il Sassetta (ca.1392–1450), The Blessed Ranieri frees the poor from a Florentine jail, 15th century
Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, known as il Sassetta (ca.1392–1450), The Blessed Ranieri frees the poor from a Florentine jail, 15th century
January 27, 2026 at 2:35 AM
One of my favorite paintings ever:
Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, known as il Sassetta (ca.1392–1450), The Blessed Ranieri frees the poor from a Florentine jail, 15th century
Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, known as il Sassetta (ca.1392–1450), The Blessed Ranieri frees the poor from a Florentine jail, 15th century
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