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Exhausted Dad and kid wrangler running on adrenaline and caffeine. Clean GW 4 public health. Always stopping along the way to learn. PBS fanatic. Celebrating truthiness.
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With Alex Reinert on where immunity comes from
How the Supreme Court Made Alex Pretti’s Killing More Likely
ICE agents, like all federal agents, are protected by qualified immunity.
slate.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:54 AM
With Alex Reinert on where immunity comes from
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
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Fun fact: as a convicted felon it remains federally illegal for Donald Trump to posses a gun.
January 25, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Fun fact: as a convicted felon it remains federally illegal for Donald Trump to posses a gun.
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I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
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Many people are asking, "What's Happened to Global Temperatures?" so here's the answer in image form.
January 24, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Many people are asking, "What's Happened to Global Temperatures?" so here's the answer in image form.
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Divest! It’s not just for giant hypocritical NGO’s anymore. Do your part: drop investments in the Oiligarchy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bill Gates charity trust’s holdings in fossil fuel firms rise despite divestment claims
Trust had $254m invested in companies such as Chevron, BP and Shell in 2024, a nine-year record, analysis shows
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Divest! It’s not just for giant hypocritical NGO’s anymore. Do your part: drop investments in the Oiligarchy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
January 21, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
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"US Archbishop of the Military Services Timothy Broglio: US military personnel could disobey ‘immoral’ orders against Greenland"
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"US Archbishop of the Military Services Timothy Broglio: US military personnel could disobey ‘immoral’ orders against Greenland"
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
www.thetablet.co.uk/news/broglio...
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What a career! Geodesy is the science of determining the shape of the earth. Precise Orbit Determination requires an accurate geoid model of the gravitational field of the 🌍 . (Can be shape or density fluctuations.)
Dr West pioneered both POD & active radar measurements of ocean heights from space
Dr West pioneered both POD & active radar measurements of ocean heights from space
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 AM
What a career! Geodesy is the science of determining the shape of the earth. Precise Orbit Determination requires an accurate geoid model of the gravitational field of the 🌍 . (Can be shape or density fluctuations.)
Dr West pioneered both POD & active radar measurements of ocean heights from space
Dr West pioneered both POD & active radar measurements of ocean heights from space
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Ran some errands: protests all over Austin, come back to watch Trump just having a full 'old man yelling at cloud' on national TV.
It's just an incoherent rant where even he seems to have no idea why he's talking about things.
25th Amendment when?
It's just an incoherent rant where even he seems to have no idea why he's talking about things.
25th Amendment when?
January 20, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Ran some errands: protests all over Austin, come back to watch Trump just having a full 'old man yelling at cloud' on national TV.
It's just an incoherent rant where even he seems to have no idea why he's talking about things.
25th Amendment when?
It's just an incoherent rant where even he seems to have no idea why he's talking about things.
25th Amendment when?
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In California, both Dec & Nov-Dec periods were warmest on record--and by a considerable margin, too. The Central Valley, however, was *not* record warm due to the damp chill associated with weeks-long tule fog episodes (making statewide record all the more remarkable!). #CAwx
January 14, 2026 at 3:58 AM
In California, both Dec & Nov-Dec periods were warmest on record--and by a considerable margin, too. The Central Valley, however, was *not* record warm due to the damp chill associated with weeks-long tule fog episodes (making statewide record all the more remarkable!). #CAwx
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Thursday, January 8, 2026 front page of The Minnesota* Star Tribune
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Thursday, January 8, 2026 front page of The Minnesota* Star Tribune
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
January 4, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
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In particular, every school shooting should come with a chorus of us talking about Scalia, Thomas, and Gorsuch’s ties to gun-loving billionaires and hanging the gun violence epidemic around their necks.
As a parent who deals with shooting drills: parents are looking for people to blame.
As a parent who deals with shooting drills: parents are looking for people to blame.
January 2, 2026 at 12:38 AM
In particular, every school shooting should come with a chorus of us talking about Scalia, Thomas, and Gorsuch’s ties to gun-loving billionaires and hanging the gun violence epidemic around their necks.
As a parent who deals with shooting drills: parents are looking for people to blame.
As a parent who deals with shooting drills: parents are looking for people to blame.
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Before the 1990s, plane crashes caused by microbursts used to kill planeloads of people fairly regularly.
Dr. Ted Fujita and NCAR scientists figured out how to detect microbursts and warn pilots about them.
Since then? Zero airliner crashes from microbursts.
Dr. Ted Fujita and NCAR scientists figured out how to detect microbursts and warn pilots about them.
Since then? Zero airliner crashes from microbursts.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Before the 1990s, plane crashes caused by microbursts used to kill planeloads of people fairly regularly.
Dr. Ted Fujita and NCAR scientists figured out how to detect microbursts and warn pilots about them.
Since then? Zero airliner crashes from microbursts.
Dr. Ted Fujita and NCAR scientists figured out how to detect microbursts and warn pilots about them.
Since then? Zero airliner crashes from microbursts.
A good update from Sac’s Cap City Radio on the state of flu/Covid/RSV
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
What to expect as we head into the season for flu, COVID, and RSV
Last year was the most severe flu season in over a decade in the United States. And this year, a new strain of the flu is fueling concerns of another rough winter for respiratory viruses.
www.capradio.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
A good update from Sac’s Cap City Radio on the state of flu/Covid/RSV
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
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🌊 Sargassum in the north Sargasso Sea has dramatically declined since 2015, with seasonal growth cycles disrupted and biomass maxima shifting
…potentially driven by rising SSTs and marine heatwaves
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
…potentially driven by rising SSTs and marine heatwaves
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dramatic decline of Sargassum in the north Sargasso Sea since 2015 - Nature Geoscience
Sargassum biomass in the north Sargasso Sea declined drastically since 2015, co-occurring with related reductions in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and an expansion of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt,...
www.nature.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
🌊 Sargassum in the north Sargasso Sea has dramatically declined since 2015, with seasonal growth cycles disrupted and biomass maxima shifting
…potentially driven by rising SSTs and marine heatwaves
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
…potentially driven by rising SSTs and marine heatwaves
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pleasantly surprised by the roseville.wackytacky.net. Parents are able to sit down at tables and get some doodling and/or computing done.
Wacky Tacky – Indoor Playground & Private Parties
roseville.wackytacky.net
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Pleasantly surprised by the roseville.wackytacky.net. Parents are able to sit down at tables and get some doodling and/or computing done.
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Native to the Americas, the Portuguese brought a “turkey” to India; in Ottoman Turkish, they were called “chicken from the land of India.”
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
The turkey's journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
www.folger.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Native to the Americas, the Portuguese brought a “turkey” to India; in Ottoman Turkish, they were called “chicken from the land of India.”
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
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We’ve gone too far
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We’ve gone too far
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Henceforth I shall only refer to cranberries as "bog dwellers".
Why, yes, thank you, I will take a glass of bog dweller juice. 🧃
Why is canned bog dweller jello so popular?🥫
Have you heard about the spiders that plague bog dweller farmers? 👩🌾
Why, yes, thank you, I will take a glass of bog dweller juice. 🧃
Why is canned bog dweller jello so popular?🥫
Have you heard about the spiders that plague bog dweller farmers? 👩🌾
Cranberries are a staple in U.S. households at Thanksgiving – but how did this bog dweller end up on holiday tables? (from The Conversation in 2023)
https://to.pbs.org/40MVF7a
https://to.pbs.org/40MVF7a
The botany behind why cranberries became a Thanksgiving staple
Cranberries add color and acidity to Thanksgiving menus, but they also have many interesting botanical and genetic features.
www.pbs.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Henceforth I shall only refer to cranberries as "bog dwellers".
Why, yes, thank you, I will take a glass of bog dweller juice. 🧃
Why is canned bog dweller jello so popular?🥫
Have you heard about the spiders that plague bog dweller farmers? 👩🌾
Why, yes, thank you, I will take a glass of bog dweller juice. 🧃
Why is canned bog dweller jello so popular?🥫
Have you heard about the spiders that plague bog dweller farmers? 👩🌾
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PAHs in Early Triassic rocks from Svalbard show that wildfires continued after the Permian extinction. Sediment and climate modeling finds these fires shaped ecosystem recovery and questions the idea of a long fire free interval.
#Wildfire #Climate
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Paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#Wildfire #Climate
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Paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Early Triassic sediments reveal Earth's hidden wildfire past
An international team of scientists, including a senior researcher at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, has uncovered new evidence of ancient wildfires that reshapes our understanding of ...
phys.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
PAHs in Early Triassic rocks from Svalbard show that wildfires continued after the Permian extinction. Sediment and climate modeling finds these fires shaped ecosystem recovery and questions the idea of a long fire free interval.
#Wildfire #Climate
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Paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#Wildfire #Climate
🧪⚒️🔥
Paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...