Jeff Borck
@jborck.bsky.social
Not an artist, but a dog-lover, and avid reader.
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DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the National Weather Service, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend flood risk. What’s more, they say it underscores the need to sustain funding to the crucial agency.
Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas
DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the flood risk in Texas.
www.wired.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the National Weather Service, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend flood risk. What’s more, they say it underscores the need to sustain funding to the crucial agency.
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People are going to die. Firing the experts and vowing to replace them with vaccine skeptics is dangerous.
RFK Jr. must stop undermining America’s public health system and take our lives and our health seriously.
RFK Jr. must stop undermining America’s public health system and take our lives and our health seriously.
In an unprecedented move, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 members of the CDC's expert panel of vaccine advisers, citing conflicts of interest. cnn.it/4mYohFy
June 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
People are going to die. Firing the experts and vowing to replace them with vaccine skeptics is dangerous.
RFK Jr. must stop undermining America’s public health system and take our lives and our health seriously.
RFK Jr. must stop undermining America’s public health system and take our lives and our health seriously.
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NEW: Saturn’s moon Titan has weather similar to Earth’s, but driven by methane evaporation and condensation. Astronomers have found evidence for clouds bubbling up over Titan’s northern hemisphere for the first time, using #NASAWebb and Keck observatory: webbtelescope.pub/3GofvQ1 🔭 🧪
May 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: Saturn’s moon Titan has weather similar to Earth’s, but driven by methane evaporation and condensation. Astronomers have found evidence for clouds bubbling up over Titan’s northern hemisphere for the first time, using #NASAWebb and Keck observatory: webbtelescope.pub/3GofvQ1 🔭 🧪
It's amazing what a fresh set of eyes on a problem can help produce:
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat...
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat...
Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture | Quanta Magazine
A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.
www.quantamagazine.org
March 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's amazing what a fresh set of eyes on a problem can help produce:
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat...
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat...
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Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.
February 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Air traffic controllers are required by law to retire at 56. It is a high-stress, high-intensity job that requires intense focus. The retirement rules are there to keep us all safe. This fucking guy has no clue what's he's doing.
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Happy tenth birthday to a real one
February 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy tenth birthday to a real one
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before the previous firings, CDC managers compiled a list of “mission critical” workers to assess necessary employees. they tell WIRED “none of it was taken into account.”
now, they’re working on a software…
now, they’re working on a software…
Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Is Working on Software That Automates the Firing of Government Workers
Operatives working for Elon Musk’s DOGE appear to be editing the code of AutoRIF—software designed by the Defense Department that could assist in mass firings of federal workers, sources tell WIRED.
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
before the previous firings, CDC managers compiled a list of “mission critical” workers to assess necessary employees. they tell WIRED “none of it was taken into account.”
now, they’re working on a software…
now, they’re working on a software…
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This sort of comic book corruption is quite literally illegal in every single country in the world that has written laws. I don't even know what else you say about this, it's amazing
February 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This sort of comic book corruption is quite literally illegal in every single country in the world that has written laws. I don't even know what else you say about this, it's amazing
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The lawsuit about this is going to be real fun, especially considering the tweets Musk is posting where he straight up brags about his no-bid corruption being a direct result of his role in the government
February 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The lawsuit about this is going to be real fun, especially considering the tweets Musk is posting where he straight up brags about his no-bid corruption being a direct result of his role in the government
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Not a bad return on a $250 million investment in the Trump campaign and a $44 billion investment in a pro-Trump media platform. Over 4 years this should pay off handsomely for our “anti-corruption” crusader in chief.
February 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Not a bad return on a $250 million investment in the Trump campaign and a $44 billion investment in a pro-Trump media platform. Over 4 years this should pay off handsomely for our “anti-corruption” crusader in chief.
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Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
February 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
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F--- 'em, I'll deadname the sh-- out of a mountain or an ocean. I still call it The Boston Garden.
Following President Trump’s order, the FAA is changing Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Denali to Mount McKinley.
February 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
F--- 'em, I'll deadname the sh-- out of a mountain or an ocean. I still call it The Boston Garden.
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Dune Monitoring in Lomonosov Crater
This stunning image shows part of a massive dune field located near the center of the even larger Lomonosov Crater. This image was requested for seasonal dune and frost monitoring.
uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_07...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
This stunning image shows part of a massive dune field located near the center of the even larger Lomonosov Crater. This image was requested for seasonal dune and frost monitoring.
uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_07...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
February 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Dune Monitoring in Lomonosov Crater
This stunning image shows part of a massive dune field located near the center of the even larger Lomonosov Crater. This image was requested for seasonal dune and frost monitoring.
uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_07...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
This stunning image shows part of a massive dune field located near the center of the even larger Lomonosov Crater. This image was requested for seasonal dune and frost monitoring.
uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_07...
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
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Clearest image of Mars ever taken.
🔭 🧪
🔭 🧪
February 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Clearest image of Mars ever taken.
🔭 🧪
🔭 🧪
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“Perverse scene of despair and violence” - Caroline Kennedy
The sick pattern of collecting animal carcasses and now hearing he put baby mice in a blender is a sign of someone sadistic and unhinged—not to be trusted with lives and safety.
HARD NO ON RFK JR.
The sick pattern of collecting animal carcasses and now hearing he put baby mice in a blender is a sign of someone sadistic and unhinged—not to be trusted with lives and safety.
HARD NO ON RFK JR.
February 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Perverse scene of despair and violence” - Caroline Kennedy
The sick pattern of collecting animal carcasses and now hearing he put baby mice in a blender is a sign of someone sadistic and unhinged—not to be trusted with lives and safety.
HARD NO ON RFK JR.
The sick pattern of collecting animal carcasses and now hearing he put baby mice in a blender is a sign of someone sadistic and unhinged—not to be trusted with lives and safety.
HARD NO ON RFK JR.
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look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls
Contrary to some info I've seen, 19-yr-old Doge staffer "BigBalls" Edward Coristine did not delete his X account, it's just renamed and is private.
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
February 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls
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We need to amplify this—the Republican House refused Secretary Buttigieg’s request for safety improvements at Reagan International.
January 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We need to amplify this—the Republican House refused Secretary Buttigieg’s request for safety improvements at Reagan International.
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Response from Pete Buttigieg
January 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Response from Pete Buttigieg
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The truth of January 6th can't be erased. Watch the pardoned criminals brutally attacking police inside the Capitol and see what some call 'patriotism.' No spin, just facts.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/revisiting...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/revisiting...
Revisiting January 6th: The Truth in Motion (Videos Of Pardoned Criminals)
Uncovering the Lies, Confronting the Violence, and Standing Firm for Democracy
adamkinzinger.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The truth of January 6th can't be erased. Watch the pardoned criminals brutally attacking police inside the Capitol and see what some call 'patriotism.' No spin, just facts.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/revisiting...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/revisiting...
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The ESA #Gaia mission has delivered the best Milky Way maps to date and taken its last starlight before spacecraft retirement 🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
January 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The ESA #Gaia mission has delivered the best Milky Way maps to date and taken its last starlight before spacecraft retirement 🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
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Webb is solving mysteries it created. Remember “little red dots?” They seemed too big to exist in the early universe... and maybe theory couldn’t account for them. It turns out they may be a new class of galaxy containing growing supermassive black holes. https://t.co/OXo6TzNgus https://t.co/Y
January 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Webb is solving mysteries it created. Remember “little red dots?” They seemed too big to exist in the early universe... and maybe theory couldn’t account for them. It turns out they may be a new class of galaxy containing growing supermassive black holes. https://t.co/OXo6TzNgus https://t.co/Y
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The high level of violent crime Trump keeps talking about will be an easy problem to solve because Trump made it up. Violent crime has been falling sharply and is at historically low levels.
January 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The high level of violent crime Trump keeps talking about will be an easy problem to solve because Trump made it up. Violent crime has been falling sharply and is at historically low levels.
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Happy New Year!
P.S. Here’s us last night below.
P.S. Here’s us last night below.
January 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Happy New Year!
P.S. Here’s us last night below.
P.S. Here’s us last night below.
December 18, 2024 at 6:59 PM