This is why the tech bros are in bed with Cheeto admin. Public resources to offset private losses: “The tech industry’s big spending on computing infrastructure for AI startups that aren’t yet profitable has fueled concerns about an AI investment bubble.” apnews.com/article/anth...

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 “Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to benefit public TV stations hurt by cuts in federal funding.” apnews.com/article/bob-...

“ California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he is stunned by eight senators’ decision to break with Democrats and end the government shutdown and warned they are not alarmed enough about President Donald Trump’s political norm-shattering.” apnews.com/article/news...

“As lawmakers in Washington,D.C., plodded toward resolving the record government shutdown that interrupted food aid for tens of millions of people, tribal leaders on rural reservations across the Great Plains were culling their cherished bison herds to help fill the gap.” apnews.com/article/shut...

Newsom's latest troll 😆

“The White House released a list of 37 donors, including crypto billionaires, charitable organizations, sports team owners, powerful financiers, tech and tobacco giants, media companies, longtime supporters of Republican causes … .” apnews.com/article/dono...

“According to the survey, only about two-thirds of Republicans, 68%, said they approve of Trump’s government management, down from 81% in March. Independents’ approval dropped from 38% to 25%.” apnews.com/article/trum...

“Some Democrats, usually the younger ones, want to aggressively fight President Donald Trump’s agenda, reflecting the intense pressure from an enraged base. Yet other, more establishment-minded Democrats, don’t think “standing up to Donald Trump” worked, … “ www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

NOAA peeps, looks like we’ve been notified that we may be reporting for duty tomorrow after the #GOPShutdown. Keep watching for verification, but plan to go in tomorrow morning. Gird your courage and put on your game face. Not going to be fun. It’s going to be a shitshow. But we got this. 💙

This is actually a pretty good summary of impacts to NOAA, so far, although some impacts are not documented here. It will be interesting to see the story continue to emerge on Wikipedia. FY26 will be a wild ride, I’m afraid, for NOAA. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA_in...

I was unaware of this division of NOAA. The Space Weather Prediction Center. This is where you can find the forecast of the Northern Lights for the Northern Hemisphere & the Southern Hemisphere. #NorthernLights #NOAA #SpaceWeatherPredictionCenter www.swpc.noaa.gov/homepage

Meanwhile, by the dawn's early light ... NOAA in the second Trump administration en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA_in...

Tormentas solares ocasionan auroras boreales pero también pueden afectar las telecomunicaciones: NOAA EFE.- Las tormentas geomagnéticas, conocidas más popularmente como ‘tormentas solares‘, son responsables de las amables y espectaculares auroras boreales, y raramente son causantes…

¿Cómo organizar una observación de auroras boreales con el mapa de NOAA? alpoma.net/carto/?p=7913 (recién publicado en La Cartoteca).

That's a lot of red over Canada and the northern US! www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aur...

Yup. Between BLS and funding cuts to NIH and NOAA, lots of science papers over the next few decades will have to explain how they handled the “mid-2020s data gap.”

Heads up: the show could be quite dazzing tinight. #aurora #auroraborealis https://www.newsweek.com/noaa-issues-rare-severe-geomagnetic-storm-alert-11031824

Bowhead whales can live to be more than 200 years old. A new study reveals their ability to repair damaged DNA, preventing cancer and other age-related illnesses. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...

🌍 The UN’s climate summit #COP30 may be in full swing, but did you know 5,000+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been given access to these climate summits over the years? 🤯👇🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Many observers believe the most likely next phase of Trump’s campaign – … – will be some kind of air strike, perhaps targeting a military installation or guerrilla base.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Let em’ know.

600 Paramount employees quit instead of returning to office full time #TheHill

Common Power is coming to Tennessee to knock doors for Aftyn! Download our Common Power action app at your App Store and join us! We are going to flip this seat! See you in Tennessee 😎

You think maybe this is a biggie as far as solar storms go? You'd be right. It is! One of the five biggest of the current solar cycle, SC25. In terms of rate of energy dissipation though it isn't up to the May 10-11 event of 2024. That was a G5-level storm. Stay tuned for tomorrow.

ICYMI, UNITED STATES: “This New Map Makes Finding Food Pantries Near You Easier Than Ever” www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a692670... - Good Housekeeping #FoodAid #FoodSecurity #Hunger #SNAP

“In Texas, CDC funds to stem a measles outbreak weren’t available until after the crisis had subsided and two children had died. A project to protect Alabamans from raw sewage and hookworm was abandoned…Time-dependent surveys on HIV and maternal mortality were halted…”

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump has broad unreviewable powers to flood U.S. cities with National Guard troops, the Department of Justice (DOJ) argued in an expansive new filing to the Supreme Court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

UPDATE — Here are the at least 11 congressional Democrats, 11 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 6 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:

Absolutely wild naked eye visible pillars all the way down here on the Oklahoma/Texas border. Cell phone shot here. #aurora

Why does minnesota get orange? We get clouds and purple. No fair.

She needs to be in leadership. She executes plans. She knows and adheres to the law. And, she listens to people not consultants. Let women lead.

It appears that campus protests will now get those universities investigated by their regional Joint Terrorism Task Force for suspected support of anti-fascism / "terrorism." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...

👀 www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.

Bombshell report reveals Trump 'loyalty test' hidden in interviews of judge nominees

Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying. www.wired.com/story/all-my...

Just re sharing this as it comes to light just how vulnerable the BBC is to capture by anti democratic forces ...

🚀 NOTICE: Federal US website newly registered. https://trumpaccounts.gov Action taken by the Department of the Treasury at or around 2025-11-12 06:13:07.

A little something for your morning;

It's driving me batty that nobody except Heather Cox Richardson, the Washington Monthly, and myself is covering Trump's race to sell off (for likely demolition) "the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal," w/ murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, etc. I've furnish links below to help reporters get started.

1.) Here are my two original pieces: newrepublic.com/article/2010... newrepublic.com/article/2012... 2.) Here's a followup I wrote for my Substack, Backbencher: timothynoah.substack.com/p/more-shahn... 3.) Here's what Heather Cox Richardson wrote: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

There is a phishing attempt going through @bsky.app DMs. Please mind your opsec. If @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team have issues with your account, you should receive an email from them as opposed to a random DM. Stay frosty.

As seen on US17 in Gloucester VA @glodemsva.bsky.social

Employees are optimistic about the FEMA act.But we hate the narrative about putting control back to the states with FEMAs assistance. Thats how it already works. Fema needs reform but it needs to be intentional,thoughtful while safeguarding taxpayers money. federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/202...

“The Pew Research Center estimates that veterans make up nearly a quarter of the federal government’s civilian workforce. In other words, disrespecting the federal workforce is disrespecting veterans. And it’s been happening a lot lately.” federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2...

Feds, here is the alternative to FEVS, which the admin eliminated. “Because of this decision, the Partnership created the Public Service Viewpoint Survey to fill this critical gap…” Survey window: Nov. 10 to Dec. 19, 2025 ourpublicservice.org/public-servi...

A very interesting explanation of our modern two-party political system. It offers an explanation of Democrats inexplicable failure to hold the line during the shutdown. It also highlights how politics is so expensive, yet so unproductive for Americans. Have a look… www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCrin...

As if our oceans haven’t suffered enough at human hands, a new act of vandalism is now damaging a fragile coral reef in the Philippines futurism.com/science-ener...

I just pledged to learn more about Florida's coral reefs and how I can help protect them. Join me? floridascoralreef.org/get-involved...