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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 20h

I’ve got a short piece up in The Conversation on the catastrophic flooding in Southwest Alaska from ex-typhoon Halong and the challenges of recovery work. #akwx #ExtremeWeather #Alaska #AlaskaSky

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Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

‘As the storm approached Alaska, everything went sideways,’ leaving people no time to evacuate and little time to prepare. An Alaska meteorologist explains what happened and the challenges ahead.

theconversation.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Manda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 9h

Too busy golfing to go to the beach smh

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 12h

“When crops are burned for fuel, new land can be needed to grow new crops for food or fuel. This can lead to indirect land clearance and deforestation. Staggeringly, biofuels globally therefore today emit 16% more CO₂ emissions than the fossil fuels they replace.”

From: https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/crop30-why-burning-food-for-land-hungry-biofuels-is-fueling-the-climate-crisis

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 10h

The State Department said Tuesday it has revoked six people's visas for making incendiary social media comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Trump administration revokes 6 visas over comments about Charlie Kirk

The State Department said Tuesday it has revoked six people's visas for making incendiary social media comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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NASAWATCH @nasawatch.bsky.social · 16h

JPL Hit With Another 550 Layoffs as NASA’s Budget Crisis Deepens
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JPL Hit With Another 550 Layoffs as NASA’s Budget Crisis Deepens

The 11% staffing cut is the fourth round of layoffs at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory since January 2024. And we’re supposed to beat China back to the Moon?

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Manda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 1d

Please watch his full interview 🤬🤬🤬

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

Ed Krassenstein

This is insane!

Don Lemon interviews an American citizen who was rounded up by ICE and thrown in the back of a moving truck with 40 other people.

This is not what America is about!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

4/ Ok, so then the obvious next step is to negotiate a compromise. That's how we've always avoided shutdowns. And Republicans need to convene those talks, bc they're in charge.

But here's the kicker - Trump is telling them to BOYCOTT NEGOTIATING. And they are following orders.

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Manda @theweathermanda.bsky.social · 1d

Quite an interesting read

www.9news.com/article/news...

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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 1d

Former professor pleads guilty in DUI crash that killed Golden police officer trib.al/KNAGnvi

Former professor pleads guilty in DUI crash that killed Golden police officer

Stephen Geer pleaded guilty Monday to charges related to a drunk driving crash last November that killed Golden police Officer Evan Dunn and injured three other people last November.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 1d

Stalked by an obsessed fan, Fox31 meteorologist Kylie Bearse is frustrated by the justice system trib.al/hvrnvWm

Stalked by an obsessed fan, Fox31 meteorologist Kylie Bearse is frustrated by the justice system

Data shows that Denver prosecutors charge stalking cases less frequently than neighboring jurisdictions, and advocates worry that stalking isn’t always taken seriously by those in power.

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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 3d

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 3d

So to summarize:

- There is a pattern where Vought makes the RIFs too wide, apparently to flood the zone with sh*t and see who will draw protests.
- They restore some people after outrage and work by us.
- But we are still left with many who remain fired at the end.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

Vance could not give a straight answer to questions about:

➡️ Tom Homan's alleged acceptance of a bribe
➡️ Trump's accusations that J.B. Pritzker is a criminal
➡️ Layoffs at the CDC

Read/Watch: bit.ly/4nMSVl9

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition…

We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

The 21 museums operated by the Smithsonian Institution, many of them top tourist attractions in Washington, closed on Sunday as the federal government shutdown stretched into its second week.

Smithsonian Museums Close as Government Shutdown Persists

The institution operates some of the most popular sites in Washington and beyond, including 21 museums, 14 education and research centers and the National Zoo.

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 2d

Who was President that day, Pumpkin?????

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s fraud stunt with the tariffs on China, cost the US economy $1.65 trillion, which was wiped out in seconds.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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