I think I'm losing the thread. In general.

When Trump says only the Democrats are in the Epstein files, remember two things. First he always lies. Second, he used to be a Democrat.

Conflicts over freshwater resources are accelerating. Data from the new update of the Pacific Institute Water Conflict Chronology. www.worldwater.org

Trump's Expensive Thanksgiving. www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...

The US defense and intelligence community has long acknowledged that #climatechange is a threat to national security. They still think so. They just can't say it out loud right now. www.gleick.com/blog/censors...

The current #water crisis in Iran is the most severe on the planet at the moment, threatening not just the people but the legitimacy of the government. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The Republicans desperately trying to redefine "pedophile" speaks volumes to what must be in the Epstein files.

Shorter and more accurate headlines would be: "Trump admits his tariffs raised food prices for Americans."

So they're releasing the bad stuff to distract us from the truly horrendous stuff they're trying hard not to release.

Dramatic increase in conflicts over #water in 2024 compared to previous years. pacinst.org/announcement...

The efforts of MAGA/GOP to completely destroy American science plows on. www.science.org/content/arti...

I've been on the road so I'm behind the times—but if you wanted to destroy US science, I can think of no more expedient action. Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways. www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations

So they're releasing the bad stuff to distract us from the truly horrendous stuff they're trying hard not to release.

Water-related violence reached record highs around the world in 2024. Update from @pacificinstitute.bsky.social . www.circleofblue.org/newsletter/t...

Even if they cost 4 cents to make, you can be sure if Trump's face was on the penny instead of Lincoln's, we'd still be minting them. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Got to get to paragraph 6 before they mention the big drop in Texas vaccination rates. abcnews.go.com/US/whooping-...

New report identifies major surge in water-related conflicts. Violence over water is reported in every region of the world. Pacific Institute releases an update to the Water Conflict Chronology, now documenting over 2750 cases over more than 4000 years. #water www.worldwater.org/water-confli...

Breaking. New Pacific Institute analysis finds surge in water-related violence worldwide. Just released: a major update to the Water Conflict Chronology database. 20% increase in #water conflicts since 2023 pacinst.org/announcement...

The news is relentlessly bleak, but I can sit in my home office, overlooking my garden, and watch the #birds. Today's highlights: Townsend's Warbler, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and the usual Lesser Goldfinches, White-crowned Sparrows, Juncos, Mourning Doves, etc. 🪶

By me: Israeli armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, new data reveals @pacificinstitute.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Incidents of water-related violence are surging globally... “Ensuring access to safe, affordable water for all and safeguarding civilian water systems in accordance with international law are critical to preventing further expansion of violence.” Peter Gleick www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

New report identifies major surge in water-related conflicts. Violence over water is reported in every region of the world. Pacific Institute releases an update to the Water Conflict Chronology, now documenting over 2750 cases over more than 4000 years. #water www.worldwater.org/water-confli...

Breaking. New Pacific Institute analysis finds surge in water-related violence worldwide. Just released: a major update to the Water Conflict Chronology database. 20% increase in #water conflicts since 2023 pacinst.org/announcement...

I can't tell you how thrilled I am that someone as wonderful as Joyce Carol Oates has gotten under Elon Musk's skin.

Trump/GOP have so much power now they don't even care about the optics. They embrace taking away healthcare, in a call from Trump relaxing on his Florida golf course. They are trying desperately to stop the government from feeding the poor, including now trying to claw back allowed payments.

Two more days

Not sure how desperately trying to keep food from hungry Americans helps the GOP but hey, that's just me.

Musk immediately confirms Joyce Carol Oates' assessment.

I know most of my followers probably know this, but just in context: A billion is a thousand million. A trillion is a thousand billion.

Not sure how desperately trying to keep food from hungry Americans helps the GOP but hey, that's just me.

New pressure to start a #water war with Mexico over water that simply isn't available, in part due to climate-change reductions in flows (not mentioned in the article). www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/t...

Here's a tease: Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources. The news isn't good. Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.

Happy little javelina.

Any theraphosidologists out there? What is this tarantula? (Found in Sedona, Arizona. Small: about the size of a quarter.) Black Canyon Black T?

Trump/GOP air chaos coming. Brand it now.

Maths... If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars. If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars. Tax the rich.

I know most of my followers probably know this, but just in context: A billion is a thousand million. A trillion is a thousand billion.

Sandwich guy not guilty. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

A primer in why MAGA/GOP loves the government shutdown: They hate anything in govt that works. Bad job/economic statistics won't be reported. Healthcare premiums rise, threatening Obamacare. The poor won't get food support. They can continue to destroy govt programs without oversight. Add your own:

Imagine, if you will, this headline with the word “Jews” substituted for the word “women”: “Did Jews Ruin the Workplace?” Disgusting, right? Well, it’s just as disgusting that this is an acceptable question to debate about women. The misogyny is staggering — and so normal. Still.

No food aid for the poor. Disruptions to air travel for vacations or to see family or for business Deteriorating conditions at national parks, the National Weather Service, and other critical federal functions. More layoffs. All so the Republicans and MAGA can destroy Obamacare at last.

Has Cuomo moved to Florida yet?

Here's a tease: Next week we're releasing a major update of the Pacific Institute's Water Conflict Chronology -- the best open-source database on violence over water resources. The news isn't good. Any journalists interested in getting embargoed info prior to the release, reach out to me.

The Ganga River, which sustains the lives of at least 600 million people, is facing its worst dry spell and lowest streamflow in 1,300 years because of over-extraction of #water and #climatechange. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

The Democratic landslides tonight were precisely because Trump WAS on the ballot.

My first science job was as a summer undergraduate intern here working on the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite.

Dear Bill Gates, If Trump loves your climate statement and you say he misunderstood it, and if climate scientists don't like your climate statement and you say they also misunderstood it, maybe the problem is your #climate statement.

Dick Cheney's greatest achievement is avoiding being charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

Is there anything that highlights how pathetic, weak, and hollow Republican attacks are than rolling out the tired "He's a communist" theme? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

You might have seen (since she gets so much undeserved attention) Kim Kardashian's new BS about the moon landings being faked? Here is Phil Plait's takedown of what he calls "a huge flaming load of ulcerous garbage." Thank you, Phil. @philplait.bsky.social badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/kim-kardas...