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D @wildfirediva.bsky.social · 10d

Just released: Provisional Initial Assessments (PIAs) for eight 2025 summer fires. USGS EROS and the USDA Forest Service Field Services & Innovation Center - Geospatial Office team up to map burn severity for fires across the United States. Get the data: ow.ly/FYWw50X3AOk

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h

The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival’s lawsuit alleges.

How a new firm with DHS ties won a $915 million contract to help immigrants "self-deport"

The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING📢 Crack team of climate scientists show "it is no longer defensible for companies proposing new or extended fossil fuel projects to claim the climate harms will be negligible. Our research shows the harms are, in fact, tangible and quantifiable – and no project is too small to matter"

For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project

The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.

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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 11h

“it is no longer defensible for companies proposing new or extended fossil fuel projects to claim the climate harms will be negligible. Our research shows the harms are, in fact, tangible and quantifiable – and no project is too small to matter.”
theconversation.com/for-the-firs...

For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project

The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.

theconversation.com

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 10h

If you haven't already completed this year's survey, please consider doing so soon (especially if you are a journalist or elected/appointed government official (or staff thereof) with whom I've engaged on weather, climate, wildfire, or etc.). Thanks again! ucanr.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Online Survey Software | Qualtrics Survey Solutions

Help the University of California and Daniel Swain understanding the effectiveness and reach of weather and climate communication efforts!

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 12h

"Hamburg voters have backed a citizen-led referendum that obliges Germany’s second largest city to step up climate action and reach climate neutrality by 2040, five years earlier than previously planned."

#ClimateAction

www.cleanenergywire.org/news/hamburg...

Hamburg referendum backs more ambitious climate action, 2040 net-zero target

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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 14h

Morally broken leaders talk of #Pipelines as #NationBuilding instead of burning but it's a disastrous economic bet as well. #CostOfClimate needs to be demonstrated the and time again. #BigOil will continue to just take the money and run #ClimateChange prospect.org/environment/...

Climate Change Will Bankrupt the Country

Climate-fueled disasters cost America almost a trillion dollars over the last year, far more than economists predicted.

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 15h

A common criticism of global warming is: “It’s only a few degrees”.
It may not sound like much but consider this…
Compare Earth’s escalating warmth to your body’s fever.
Now all of a sudden a few degrees is the difference between life and death!
Follow along for more… 1/

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 11h

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 10th lowest on record (JAXA data)

• about 120,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,440,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,540,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 3,080,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Line graph time series of 2025's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with purple for the 1980s, blue for the 1990s, green for the 2000s, and white for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2000 to 2024. 2025 is shown with a thick gold line. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between August and November by looking at the decadal average line positions.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 6h

If you haven't seen it yet, it's a good night to watch FISH WAR, the award-winning 2024 documentary about Northwest Tribes defending their treaty fishing rights through years of civil disobedience protest.

Poster for the documentary, "Fish War," highlighting its selection at several film festivals.

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 7h

A new study published in Nature Climate Action finds Woodside’s Scarborough gas project could cause 100s of heat-related deaths & exposed 500k people to unprecedented heat.

Govt can’t claim climate leadership while approving projects like this.
www.afr.com//policy/ener...

Forrest-backed study links Woodside mega-project to hundreds of deaths

The research, conducted by academics at ANU, suggests the massive offshore gas project off the coast of Western Australia will cause warming of 0.00039 degrees.

www.afr.com

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 6h

If your response to this is "why should we support coal workers," or "tell me who they voted for first," I would urge you to think about what differentiates you from the current regime that favors only the ones they deem worthy. Just transition for all is just transition for ALL.

J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 16h

New coal leases in the Powder River Basin have been paused after the first one had only a bid for 1/10th of a penny. They are trying to blame previous administrations, but the writing is on the wall. We should be supporting coal workers and communities not doing wtf this clown show is doing.

US postpones Wyoming coal lease sale after disappointing Montana auction

The Trump administration has postponed a scheduled sale of coal leases on federal lands in Wyoming two days after a disappointing auction in Montana, an Interior Department spokesperson said on Wednesday.

www.reuters.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h

Despite Alligator Alcatraz’s shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country—everything from the “Cornhusker Clink” to the “Speedway Slammer”

Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz

Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 6h

Solidarity is the only way

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 6h

Shearer was second author, so not to far off....

The Matrix Profile in Seismology: Template Matching of Everything With Everything

The matrix profile finds the maximum autocorrelation of every subsequence in a time series Peaks of high similarity in the matrix profile can be used to identify seismic events and similar event ...

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 6h

Machine learning in my field:
-does this wiggle match approximately wiggle from a known earthquake or is it from some other source?
-does this receiver function meet a particular set of "good" receiver functions?

Basically an advanced form of template matching.

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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 6h

And he was the first author on an interesting application of the approach:

Implications of a Reverse Polarity Earthquake Pair on Fault Friction and Stress Heterogeneity Near Ridgecrest, California

We identify a pair of 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake aftershocks at 10 km depth with reverse polarity P and S wavetrains at several stations The events are about 115 m apart and have opposing focal m...

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Slowtalking @slowtalking.bsky.social · 5h

In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Return the National Parks to the Tribes

The jewels of America’s landscape should belong to America’s original peoples.

www.theatlantic.com

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Arizona's Family 3TV & CBS 5 @azfamily.com · 6h

Recovering addicts are sounding the alarm about a supplement called kratom, claiming it's dangerous and can hit harder than heroin.

Arizona recovering addicts warn kratom is poorly marketed, dangerous

Recovering addicts are sounding the alarm about a supplement called kratom, claiming it's dangerous and can hit harder than heroin.

www.azfamily.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

Taxpayers aren’t supposed to deduct losses from something that has no hope of being a profitable business.

But billionaire-owned operations that look like expensive hobbies, like race horses, rack up business deductions by the tens of millions of dollars.

(Published 2023)

Private Planes and Luxury Yachts Aren’t Just Toys for the Ultrawealthy. They’re Also Huge Tax Breaks.

What’s the only thing better than having your own Gulfstream jet? Why, getting to claim millions in tax deductions for it. All you have to do is make a case you’re using it for business, which turns o...

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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 5h

#KavanaughStop

Maria Greeley, 44, ‘was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted ….
“I am Latina and I am a service worker," Greeley said. "I fit the description of what they're looking for now."
During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she "doesn't look like" a Greeley.’

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio
Street earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.
"I am Latina and I am a service worker," Greeley said. "I fit the description of what they're looking for now."
During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she "doesn't look like" a Greeley.
"They said this isn't real, they kept telling me l'm lying, I'm a liar," Greeley recalled. "I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, l have my credit cards, my insurance."

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 6h

“We already know what works to stop forest loss, but countries, companies, and investors are only scratching the surface. And even those initial efforts are facing strong pushback from the standard bearers of an economic system built on forest destruction.” 🌍 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

www.theguardian.com

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Jessica McCarty @jmccartygeo.bsky.social · 6h

This is basically all open ag burning and prescribed fires in timber areas within the southeastern U.S.

This is not wildfire smoke.

NOAA HRRR smoke forecast CONUS @conus-smoke-forecast.envismo.social · 6h

Near surface smoke forecast for the CONUS area.

Model run: 20251014T01:00 UTC

Data from NOAA's HRRR CONUS (https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/)

Note that this product comes with absolutely no guarantee of availability, accuracy or completeness.

#Wildfires #Smoke #AirQuality

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number. n.pr/4obbfnK

U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country

In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.

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Pia @cecallihelper.bsky.social · 8h

Official certification of @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social election results will be announced by the State of Arizona tomorrow.

Speaker Johnson claimed he will swear her in:
When State Certification is in
Whenever Grijalva wants
When Congress returns

No more delays, no more excuses! #Congress #law

Pia @cecallihelper.bsky.social · 8h

"218th Epstein Signature BLOCKED!" Speaker Johnson still denies @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social her rightful seat www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKW_... Congress Arizona

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The_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 7h

Carrie Romney, 64, was found dead next to a parking garage in the Town Center area of the neighborhood, according to ABC News.

Preliminary information indicated she may have jumped or fallen from the garage, according to sources.

Mitt Romney's sister-in-law found dead near Valencia parking garage

Mitt Romney's sister-in-law was found dead next to a parking garage in the Town Center area of Valencia, according to ABC News.

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