Jim Metzger
@spinner1922.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus Plant Science Ohio State University. Former department chair. Agriculture, climate & policy.
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If you relatively recently started studying politics and think you have discovered a simple trick to generate a perpetual majority party and then win elections forever, and a large portion of the world is just too stupid to see it, I would ask you to consider that you might be overconfident.
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If you relatively recently started studying politics and think you have discovered a simple trick to generate a perpetual majority party and then win elections forever, and a large portion of the world is just too stupid to see it, I would ask you to consider that you might be overconfident.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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70 years ago today, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, was brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. When you see “MAGA,” realize THAT was the America Trumpers are saying was “great.” I want a GREATER America than that. We all should.
August 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
70 years ago today, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, was brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. When you see “MAGA,” realize THAT was the America Trumpers are saying was “great.” I want a GREATER America than that. We all should.
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Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming.
Could these be the real culprits?
The evidence is in--and the answer is NO.
This thread explains! 🧵
Could these be the real culprits?
The evidence is in--and the answer is NO.
This thread explains! 🧵
May 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming.
Could these be the real culprits?
The evidence is in--and the answer is NO.
This thread explains! 🧵
Could these be the real culprits?
The evidence is in--and the answer is NO.
This thread explains! 🧵
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Guess where else it is also warming up???
June 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Guess where else it is also warming up???
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Chart showing the 1940-2024 temperature change averaged across all of Alaska. It's as if something has changed. 🤔
June 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Chart showing the 1940-2024 temperature change averaged across all of Alaska. It's as if something has changed. 🤔
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Corrupt, gerrymandered government destroys outcomes, Exhibit 34: “Ohio continues to do terribly in nearly every way possible, according to the latest state rankings from the U.S. News & World Report.”
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https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/05/23/ohio-continues-to-rank-terribly-among-the-states-from-the-economy-to-health-care/
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May 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Corrupt, gerrymandered government destroys outcomes, Exhibit 34: “Ohio continues to do terribly in nearly every way possible, according to the latest state rankings from the U.S. News & World Report.”
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“No, I said YOU get your ass onto an assembly line to be a real man,” explained the manicured conservative. “I will keep my comfortable desk job, thank you very much, and demonstrate my masculinity by being a dick to people on the internet.”
April 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“No, I said YOU get your ass onto an assembly line to be a real man,” explained the manicured conservative. “I will keep my comfortable desk job, thank you very much, and demonstrate my masculinity by being a dick to people on the internet.”
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In today's Berardelli Bonus...The ongoing flood event in the nation's middle is another example of a historic and very "rare" event. 1000 yr rain events are typically restricted to a very isolated area but
@jjrenie.bsky.social map shows just how widespread it was. 1/
@jjrenie.bsky.social map shows just how widespread it was. 1/
April 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
In today's Berardelli Bonus...The ongoing flood event in the nation's middle is another example of a historic and very "rare" event. 1000 yr rain events are typically restricted to a very isolated area but
@jjrenie.bsky.social map shows just how widespread it was. 1/
@jjrenie.bsky.social map shows just how widespread it was. 1/
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How many of the 12 calendar months show a warming trend over the last 75 years? For the vast majority of locations on Earth, the answer is all 12 months. 🔥🔥🔥
April 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
How many of the 12 calendar months show a warming trend over the last 75 years? For the vast majority of locations on Earth, the answer is all 12 months. 🔥🔥🔥
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“There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’”
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’ | Mehdi Hasan
It is a factually inaccurate and totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ and are ‘criminals’
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’”
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
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We now have data for 2024, real wage growth was extraordinarily strong at the bottom end of the wage distribution www.epi.org/publication/...
Strong wage growth for low-wage workers bucks the historic trend
Synopsis Findings: Between 2019 and 2024, there has been a notable reversal of long-term trends in wage growth. Low-wage workers experienced historically fast real wage growth (adjusted for infla...
www.epi.org
March 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We now have data for 2024, real wage growth was extraordinarily strong at the bottom end of the wage distribution www.epi.org/publication/...
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The worlds oldest mountain weather monitoring station is in Germany at Hohenpeissenberg. It's records go back to the mid 1700s and an almost continuous record since the late 1700s. p.s. Yes, human induced climate change is real. Source: www.dwd.de/EN/research/...
March 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The worlds oldest mountain weather monitoring station is in Germany at Hohenpeissenberg. It's records go back to the mid 1700s and an almost continuous record since the late 1700s. p.s. Yes, human induced climate change is real. Source: www.dwd.de/EN/research/...
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Arctic 50-year average temperature change for winter, updated to include 2024-25. Warming in excess of 11ºC (!) in the Barents Sea and Svalbard areas due to mid-winter sea ice loss. No warming since the mid-1970s in eastern Siberia and parts of Greenland. Data from ERA5. #Arctic #ClimateChange
March 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Arctic 50-year average temperature change for winter, updated to include 2024-25. Warming in excess of 11ºC (!) in the Barents Sea and Svalbard areas due to mid-winter sea ice loss. No warming since the mid-1970s in eastern Siberia and parts of Greenland. Data from ERA5. #Arctic #ClimateChange
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Pete Hegseth has ordered a massive review of DOD computer archives in an attempt to “align” the department with Trump’s directive to eliminate anything related to DEI. What are America's warfighters so afraid of?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Pentagon’s DEI Panic
What are the nation’s warfighters so afraid of?
www.theatlantic.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Pete Hegseth has ordered a massive review of DOD computer archives in an attempt to “align” the department with Trump’s directive to eliminate anything related to DEI. What are America's warfighters so afraid of?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Dec-Feb 2024-25 period was the second warmest Dec-Feb on record. Just barely behind last year's value. A record low 15% of the globe was cooler than normal.
March 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The Dec-Feb 2024-25 period was the second warmest Dec-Feb on record. Just barely behind last year's value. A record low 15% of the globe was cooler than normal.
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Only the best people.
March 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Only the best people.
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Something to bookmark:
Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
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Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
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Trump won’t admit it, but Canadian potash fuels American agriculture
More than 80 per cent of the potash used by U.S. farmers comes from Canadian mines, and the costs could skyrocket should tariffs happen
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Something to bookmark:
Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
{gift link}
Potash is essential for modern agriculture.
**Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*.
{gift link}
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I’ve displayed these flags together since the final week of February 2022 following Russia’s invasion. Today, my Ukrainian neighbor saw me outside and she gave me a hug with tears in her eyes. All I could do was apologize to her for what we all witnessed today.
February 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I’ve displayed these flags together since the final week of February 2022 following Russia’s invasion. Today, my Ukrainian neighbor saw me outside and she gave me a hug with tears in her eyes. All I could do was apologize to her for what we all witnessed today.
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In a world of filled with JD Vances, be a Zelensky.
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
In a world of filled with JD Vances, be a Zelensky.
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Local NWS Anchorage meteorologist just made it past his 1-year probationary period. Still fired.
February 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Local NWS Anchorage meteorologist just made it past his 1-year probationary period. Still fired.
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The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
February 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
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As I kid I wanted to work as a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Alaska. Thanks to the timing of my birth, through good times and bad, I spent more than more than 30 years doing just that. Today, hundreds of similar dreams were shattered. To all of you, I am so sorry. #NOAA #Alaska
February 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
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Folks are getting worked up about my recent claim that U.S. National Weather Service costs $3-4 per person/year. Well, some math: NWS budget of ~$1.3 billion, ~160 million tax returns, & ~345 million Americans means ~$8/taxpayer, or (indeed) ~$3.75/person. That's...quite a deal.
February 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Folks are getting worked up about my recent claim that U.S. National Weather Service costs $3-4 per person/year. Well, some math: NWS budget of ~$1.3 billion, ~160 million tax returns, & ~345 million Americans means ~$8/taxpayer, or (indeed) ~$3.75/person. That's...quite a deal.