@Nature could follow this up with a story detailing energy flow and trophic dynamics of the ecosystem of the Upsidedown. Maybe some sort of GIS stacked landscape layers showing incoming energy (from the red-blotched sky and internal heat) water, primary producer, and weird vine-like tendrils.

No one else is up on Dec. 25, so I think I'll read up on the enigmatic LRJ people from 45,000 years ago. www.sci.news/archaeology/...

Since I’m getting “what did I miss” from alot, Paramount Plus, owner of CBS spiked the El Salvador CECOT prison story yesterday on 60 minutes because it made the White House look bad. Cancel paramount plus Censorship. Bari Weiss

Yep. It's North-Korean-style state TV now. Legitimate journalists and production staff are jumping from this burning ship. I'll won't watch Steven Colbert live anymore. Next day YouTube from now on.

"The future's gonna be GREAT!!" Linn Brehmer-- Chicago's late, great radio DJ from WXRT

100% agree. His schedule seems open after May 2026, if anyone can do it, he could even win South Carolina. "Colbert Report" persona (and glasses) for red states. Straight-shooting "Late Show" Colbert for the blue ones. <Hears faint sound of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide">

When the time comes, I bet there will be many out there who will do this work for free. I'm starting to see hammers and chisels (and references to them) in my feed.

This is the feedstock for a viral political cartoon waiting to happen. #Release_the_real_Epstein_files

This. Thank you @ellecordova.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/AYm9w...

Yesterday, "...the House voted 211-204 to pass the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, which would strip protections from gray wolves across the country...." 1/n www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.

It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.

Another insane move from the Trump regime. One of NCAR's contributions to climate science is the development of the Community Earth System Model (CESM), which is used by researchers worldwide. Here's a simulation of air-sea CO₂ fluxes from CESM.

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

More evidence that the regime is scared of any institution that can call out its lies and propaganda. This is a terrible move for the country's long-term reputation.

The new GloSAT temperature dataset extends our observational estimates of global temperature change back to 1781 Blog: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/new-estima... Paper by Morice et al.: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

We need renewable energy to take a bite out of the climate crisis but also the authoritarianism crisis Right now we’re just doing oil piracy open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website. No US government website can be trusted for science information.

Maybe it's only two weeks away?

The Pacific Warning Center appears to have called off the tsunami warning from today's magnitude 7.6 quake near Japan. Are local officials also sounding the all clear? Anyone know yet? www.tsunami.gov?p=PAAQ/2025/...

Waiting for a pirated TV signal to break in with a similar disclaimer at major American news networks.

As sardonic journalism goes, there are few pieces better than this one. The Onion is funny because it's fake. This article is funny because every single line is both true and ridiculous. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream. Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads. Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?

You can impeach/remove or 25th for racism.

Signal boost. I passed out about 100 whistles from them a few weeks ago!

Casten brings up something that is not immediately obvious: Lower fuel standards = more gasoline used This further enslaves drivers to the fossil fuel industry It also makes commodities (transported by gas-dependent trucks) more sensitive to gas-price flux--since transport costs are passed on

Why become a geologist? Why get a degree in geology? It is certainly not a gateway to the easy life in the sciences. Never has been. Not sure such a path exists. There are those who (through hard work and opportunity) land career making jobs (looking at you, USGS!) but even then…

I have nothing against you or your regional culture but there is an unbreakable spiritual bond between anyone who has ever had to scrape ice off a windshield while hungover

This. All day. Also, Hernandez was the recently pardoned former Pres of Honduras. If this was about drugs, why pardon Hernandez. It's about oil---kinda like in Iraq back in 2003, except Orangie wants to use it to cover a multitude of his other sins.

A fantastic summary and comparison! #Richter vs #MomentMagnitude

Yeah. What's with the weird 1930's Teutonic "Mein Kampf" font?

Northwestern, like Columbia University, has capitulated, paying the WH $75 million "not as an admission of guilt, but as a condition of the agreement." --- If you are an alum who donates, consider stopping. Your hard-earned cash could be used for extortion payments. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

This. And this cruel buffoon of a president is also allergic to paragraph breaks.

Black Friday once again (w/"cyber week" on the horizon) Another chance for you to just plain skip it I get that this is a social thing & a good chance to buy holiday gifts Instead of benefitting some billionaire that oppresses his workers & trashes the planet--DARE to do something different🙂 1/

Some of the best advice.

The White House is already looking to use the shooting as an excuse for more NG troops. The prez kept the deployment going AFTER the courts ordered him to stop. The White House is at fault The shooter is at fault. Neither D.C., the NG, nor the country at large should be punished for this.

Biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn was born #OTD in 1948. She shared the 2009 #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the enzyme telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. This has 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 implications for the fields of #aging and #cancer research. #WomenInSTEM

Check out this awesome Brocken Spectre (also known as a glory) that I was able to snap as we descended into KC this AM. The image you see is the shadow of our plane on the clouds. (If you're interested in the nerdy stuff of how this happens, check out the link.) www.britannica.com/science/Broc...

⚒️ 🧪 A M6.6 earthquake just struck the subduction zone offshore Sumatra, causing some damage and injuries on Simeulue Island. How does this event fit into the mosaic of large earthquakes that have occurred on this fault over the last few decades? earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/m66-earthq...

If you're awake this early (7:00 AM CST), you're either working, cooking, taking care of young kids, or your morning involves an airport. Either way, you're getting it done today. Good luck, and maybe you can crash during Bengals/Ravens tonight. Happy Thanksgiving! 🇺🇸

I predict that Vegas is about to create a super-resignation pool.

In these times, leakers are doing the Lord's work.

Our fantastic new article on the Generation Z protests. One could almost call it a "2025 explainer" since it touches on so many cultural, political, economic, and demographic factors. #Britannica #GenZ #2025 www.britannica.com/event/Genera...

Because they need and want actual Nazis to enlist. Obviously.

Heard this segment with @bradplumer.bsky.social on NPR this afternoon. It was very informative. Kudos also to @npr.org for broadcasting about climate and COP30 twice in two hours today!

"I know you are, but what am I?" Rich ≠ genius

@meetthepress.com Kristen Welker had the perfect chance to pin Wyoming R senator John Barrasso to the wall on the LACK of a Republican replacement for #Obamacare... ...but she blew it. Again.

"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents. They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..." abc7.com/post/ontario...

Thought experiment: what do you think would happen if your local police chief announced that henceforth, they would be shifting the majority of their resources to crack down on underage drinking. Three things would logically follow:

So nothing from DHS about how forcible kidnapping is way up in metro areas right now? Maybe that should be a trackable statistic.