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It’s almost like Trump planned all this from the very beginning.
Herzog solved this decades ago
Fitz the Hormuz
Absurd heat! Despite our best efforts, the monster heat dome is bound to be "undersold" by the meteorology community. Why? Because intensity like this is almost never seen. This thing has the potential to be Epic for Mid-March, and not in a good way… 1/
El Niño is coming, and it is shaping up to be a big one.
Over at The Climate Brink I've put together a compilation of the latest forecasts by different modeling groups. They suggest that we might see an event comparable in strength to what we saw in 2016: www.theclimatebrink....
Graph from California's water agencies snowing current statewide snowpack compared to the long-term average. Snow levels have risen rapidly when storms in late December/early January boosted snowpack, but much of that snow then melted. New storms in February rapidly boosted snowpack again, but again that snow has melted. Current levels are just half of normal, and the peak of snow season ends April 1.
What is happening with California snowpack this year is an example of #climatechange: more extreme storms that bring rain and snow; too little snow compared to rain; and rapid loss of snowpack due to rising temperatures. Snowpack is just half of normal & melting far more quickly than average.
#water
Janus without the J
SO much fun working on this one!
The "excursion" into fascism by an insurrectionist who unilaterally disqualified himself from occupying the office of president does feel a bit like a war on every value and institution of America.
When did the "steal the 2020 election" insurrection end exactly?
@schatz.bsky.social voted against the bill, saying the 350 homes cap is “bananas” & ultimately results in a ban on rental housing.
350 is bananas Brian, it should be closer to 5. What is bad for private investment gobbling up single family homes is good for new home owners.
Fix your brain Brian.
it took just over a year to get from "I'll lower costs on day one" to "I'm raising prices and it's good, actually"
Part 3: DELAY
Part 2: DOUBT
Good time to revisit FRONTLINE PBS's excellent three part documentary on The Power of Big Oil.
Part 1: DENIAL
I used to work for the government. In order to justify budgets, bad actors overspend at the end of the fiscal year. So the administration spent $93B on bullshit to justify massive Pentagon budget proposals, all while gutting health care and food assistance. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
DC folks actually sort of need to demand that heads roll over this. It’s a real problem if law enforcement in the capital is so pathetic, weak, and supine that their instinct is to act as stormtroopers for illicit federal power grabs.
SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.
My report:
This story cannot keep flying under the radar.
A ProPublica investigation uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars in financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they are supposed to regulate.
That is not just a conflict of interest. It is corruption, plain and simple.
Comparing '20 election lies that stoked the "steal the election" insurrection (which began well before J6th) vs '24 where Trumpstein thanked Elon for knowing the "vote tabulating machines" in PA is intellectually dishonest.
The evidence indicates they believed the lie enough to justify subversion.
The words coming out of Trump's mouth are 100% reactive, a reflection of what he believes will impress/pressure/deceive the people he's talking to. Again, the most useful comparison is an LLM trying to complete the prompt. He's doing autocomplete all the time, independent of truth or reality.
Wouldn't be surprised if Ratcliffe goes the way of Hanssen or if he is simply in lock step compliance with orders from the deeply compromised "Krasnov".
Crazy how far our nation has fallen to disinformation, vengeance and greed.
New cartoon: The cost of war. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to my Substack. open.substack.com/pub/kevinnec...
BILLIONAIRES: SYMPTOM OF AN AMORAL SYSTEM
- Buying elections
- Contributing massively to global heating
- Owning the means of communication
- Evading regulations, laws, and taxation
sojo.net/magazine/dec...
Cartoon showing a mountain with three tiers. The top of the mountain is flat and forms the first tier; a villa stands here with a pool on the roof; a lawn with trees and a tennis court surrounds it, as well as a high wall. The second tier is also surrounded by a wall and consists of middle class houses. The lowest and smallest tier is crammed full of slum dwellings. Sewer pipes and garbage chutes jut out from the first and second tier and rain down brown sludge and garbage onto the slums on the third tier. A large sign here shows a skull and crossbones and the word 'Trickle-down'.
Trickle-down society. Cartoon for @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...
#economy #TrickleDown #inequality #poverty
Healthy spaces trust you to think. Controlling spaces, fear that you will.