Cary Hart
@werlkj.bsky.social
In Idaho; not Idahoan. Agender; she/her. Ex-editor/designer; now grower/maker/baker/[invisible]. Climate, morality, facts, LFC. Expect the worst.
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Get your fill of Global Carbon Budget 2025 figures and associated data here, released today:
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Get your fill of Global Carbon Budget 2025 figures and associated data here, released today:
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
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And for the carbon cycle community, here are (most of) your figures in units of carbon instead of CO₂:
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
And for the carbon cycle community, here are (most of) your figures in units of carbon instead of CO₂:
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
It has been dumbfounding to see unregulated 'gambling' embraced as the prime mechanism of economic growth. It is muddying any moral clarity and is certain to end badly.
It's hard to be optimistic about anything after reading this piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It has been dumbfounding to see unregulated 'gambling' embraced as the prime mechanism of economic growth. It is muddying any moral clarity and is certain to end badly.
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“Elections are determined by (1) your message, (2) the messenger, (3) the media environment, and (4) the moment. The only thing that political campaigns control is (1). There is a long-standing bad habit among pundits of treating it as the only thing that matters.” newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Why Centrist Democrats Keep Being Wrong About Elections
A new 60-page report insists the party is too radical. But the problem isn’t the party platform. The problem is the broader environment.
newrepublic.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“Elections are determined by (1) your message, (2) the messenger, (3) the media environment, and (4) the moment. The only thing that political campaigns control is (1). There is a long-standing bad habit among pundits of treating it as the only thing that matters.” newrepublic.com/article/2023...
... and located in a mosquito-infested area. Somehow I doubt the housing is designed to protect the "interned" homeless, much less provide anything to help them improve their status. Call it what it is: a grift.
you know things are bad when Romney's son is like "you guys are going to take money to intern the homeless?"
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
... and located in a mosquito-infested area. Somehow I doubt the housing is designed to protect the "interned" homeless, much less provide anything to help them improve their status. Call it what it is: a grift.
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“Kaitlynn Glover, NCBA executive director of natural resources and PLC executive director, said in a statement: ‘The established science is clear: grazing can reduce wildfire risk by up to 80 percent.’”
Source not cited 🤨
A 2024 USDA ARS study highlighted grazing benefits for *rangeland* fires.
Source not cited 🤨
A 2024 USDA ARS study highlighted grazing benefits for *rangeland* fires.
October 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Eating on demand, largely for entertainment, is simply unsustainable. A move toward conscious eating (to sustain health by prioritizing maximum freshness and nutrient availability) could help ensure reliable food availability in the future.
www.fb.org/market-intel...
www.fb.org/market-intel...
Specialty Crops: Mounting Cost Pressure, Limited Risk Protection
Specialty crop farmers face a cost price squeeze in 2025 as rising input and labor costs and weak safety nets threaten viability.
www.fb.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Eating on demand, largely for entertainment, is simply unsustainable. A move toward conscious eating (to sustain health by prioritizing maximum freshness and nutrient availability) could help ensure reliable food availability in the future.
www.fb.org/market-intel...
www.fb.org/market-intel...
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In 2026, the president plans to launch “TrumpRx,” a site that plans to promote low-cost prescription drugs. But it’s just another of Trump’s overhyped shams that won’t help the majority of consumers. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
trib.al/GfiKzyA
trib.al/GfiKzyA
‘TrumpRx’ Is Another Pretend Solution for High Drug Prices
The proposed government website will just refer people to the drug companies, which use direct-to-consumer pricing to distract from continued high profits.
trib.al
October 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In 2026, the president plans to launch “TrumpRx,” a site that plans to promote low-cost prescription drugs. But it’s just another of Trump’s overhyped shams that won’t help the majority of consumers. From @ddayen.bsky.social:
trib.al/GfiKzyA
trib.al/GfiKzyA
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US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
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“A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to shingles to sepsis”
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
“A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems. If correct, their hypothesis will change how we understand everything from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to shingles to sepsis”
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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The Gun Violence Archive estimates that only 0.11% of mass shooting suspects in the last decade were transgender.
A 2023 U.S. Secret Service report found that just one of 180 mass attackers at K-12 schools from 2016 to 2020 was transgender.
A 2023 U.S. Secret Service report found that just one of 180 mass attackers at K-12 schools from 2016 to 2020 was transgender.
August 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Gun Violence Archive estimates that only 0.11% of mass shooting suspects in the last decade were transgender.
A 2023 U.S. Secret Service report found that just one of 180 mass attackers at K-12 schools from 2016 to 2020 was transgender.
A 2023 U.S. Secret Service report found that just one of 180 mass attackers at K-12 schools from 2016 to 2020 was transgender.
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Sentient is sensing, not reasoning (cognition)
Check the dictionary
You are using it that way because a startrek episode (TNG S2E9: "The measure of a man") had a writing error and idiot nerds parroted it to sound smart
"Sentient" is the biggest tell that you've no idea what you're talking about
Check the dictionary
You are using it that way because a startrek episode (TNG S2E9: "The measure of a man") had a writing error and idiot nerds parroted it to sound smart
"Sentient" is the biggest tell that you've no idea what you're talking about
August 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Sentient is sensing, not reasoning (cognition)
Check the dictionary
You are using it that way because a startrek episode (TNG S2E9: "The measure of a man") had a writing error and idiot nerds parroted it to sound smart
"Sentient" is the biggest tell that you've no idea what you're talking about
Check the dictionary
You are using it that way because a startrek episode (TNG S2E9: "The measure of a man") had a writing error and idiot nerds parroted it to sound smart
"Sentient" is the biggest tell that you've no idea what you're talking about
The purposeful manipulation perpetrated by humans on other humans is yet another form of predation.
YouTube is secretly using AI to edit people's videos
• Skin is being smoothed or sharpened
• Features like ears are being altered
• YouTube confirmed there's an 'experiment' on Shorts to 'unblur' and 'improve' clarity
• There's currently no way to opt out
(via BBC)
• Skin is being smoothed or sharpened
• Features like ears are being altered
• YouTube confirmed there's an 'experiment' on Shorts to 'unblur' and 'improve' clarity
• There's currently no way to opt out
(via BBC)
August 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The purposeful manipulation perpetrated by humans on other humans is yet another form of predation.
A useful intro to wildfire impacts and monitoring for Idahoans and people living in the NW. The impacts of hotter wind and lower moisture are addressed in the 2nd half of the article. atmosphere.copernicus.eu/wildfire-imp...
Wildfire impact: How is it monitored & measured?
Wildfires have been receiving more attention in the media in recent years, with climate change-related extreme weather events contributing to an increase in their frequency and severity, particularly ...
atmosphere.copernicus.eu
August 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A useful intro to wildfire impacts and monitoring for Idahoans and people living in the NW. The impacts of hotter wind and lower moisture are addressed in the 2nd half of the article. atmosphere.copernicus.eu/wildfire-imp...
It is so dispiriting to constantly hear and read otherwise independent-thinking intelligent people talk about feeling they ought to buy/own/do something because "something something everyone else." It's such weak reasoning.
Poor impulse control and over-consumption are going to be the death of us.
Poor impulse control and over-consumption are going to be the death of us.
August 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It is so dispiriting to constantly hear and read otherwise independent-thinking intelligent people talk about feeling they ought to buy/own/do something because "something something everyone else." It's such weak reasoning.
Poor impulse control and over-consumption are going to be the death of us.
Poor impulse control and over-consumption are going to be the death of us.
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Thank you to the @slotkin.senate.gov staffer that setup this brutal interview. Just exquisite.
youtu.be/AFrEJTFbSTc?...
youtu.be/AFrEJTFbSTc?...
Krystal And Saagar GRILL Dem Senator On Epstein, Zohran, Israel
YouTube video by Breaking Points
youtu.be
July 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Thank you to the @slotkin.senate.gov staffer that setup this brutal interview. Just exquisite.
youtu.be/AFrEJTFbSTc?...
youtu.be/AFrEJTFbSTc?...
Anything helps, as does calls to our reps. They need to know that we are not ignoring this, and they shouldn't either. linktr.ee/thesameerpro...
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We are a donations based aid initiative for Gaza led by Palestinians,
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July 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Anything helps, as does calls to our reps. They need to know that we are not ignoring this, and they shouldn't either. linktr.ee/thesameerpro...
Murkowski's defense is pathetic. And the first couple comments are spot on
Wow. Please, PLEASE watch this two-minute video.
In which Lisa Murkowski, in a self-pitying way, admits to being everything that is wrong with the politics of this moment.
In which Lisa Murkowski, in a self-pitying way, admits to being everything that is wrong with the politics of this moment.
Sen. Murkowski admits Trump's budget bill is harmful after she folded and voted yes on it:
"I know that in many parts of the country, there are Americans that are not going to be advantaged by this bill"
"I know that in many parts of the country, there are Americans that are not going to be advantaged by this bill"
July 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Murkowski's defense is pathetic. And the first couple comments are spot on
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New CBO Analysis Shows Senate Bill Will Cut Medicaid by $930 Billion: A new preliminary analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows the Senate reconciliation bill will slash Medicaid by $930 billion — cuts that, added up, are much deeper than those in the package passed by the House.
Senate GOP Keeps Medicaid Cuts, Delays Implementation in Revised ‘Big Beautiful’ Bill
The wildly unpopular “Big Beautiful” reconciliation package has encountered possibly existential challenges,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
June 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
New CBO Analysis Shows Senate Bill Will Cut Medicaid by $930 Billion: A new preliminary analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows the Senate reconciliation bill will slash Medicaid by $930 billion — cuts that, added up, are much deeper than those in the package passed by the House.
Finally, some excellent reporting on the Teton Pass collapse and repair. It answers all the questions any resident and reader has had.
One year after Teton Pass collapsed, severing a vital route for commuters and commerce, WYDOT is ready to complete the "Big Fill."
To guard against future landslides, the project added drainage, micropiles and lighter-weight material.
To guard against future landslides, the project added drainage, micropiles and lighter-weight material.
Final fix for Teton Pass landslide will require a weekend closure - WyoFile
Closing Wyoming’s busiest two-lane highway for two-and-a-half days during the height of the summer tourism season will disrupt travel for thousands of
wyofile.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Finally, some excellent reporting on the Teton Pass collapse and repair. It answers all the questions any resident and reader has had.
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As well as being pro-protest their liquor is excellent (especially rye), check it out shop.republicrestoratives.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As well as being pro-protest their liquor is excellent (especially rye), check it out shop.republicrestoratives.com
Almost as though this administration is choosing the most divisive people they can find. cowboystatedaily.com/2025/06/04/b...
Billionaire Idaho Rancher Who Has Clashed With Forest Service Could Oversee Agency
Michael Boren, an Idaho rancher and tech billionaire who has a history of clashing with the U.S. Forest Service, has been nominated to oversee the agency.…
cowboystatedaily.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Almost as though this administration is choosing the most divisive people they can find. cowboystatedaily.com/2025/06/04/b...
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So, the numbers are still fuzzy as to how many incident management teams-the folks who manage large and long lasting wildland fires-cannot be supported this year, but it seems we'll be down at least 5-6. I suspect when we get to PL4 and PL5, the number of actual staffed teams will dwindle more. 1/
May 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So, the numbers are still fuzzy as to how many incident management teams-the folks who manage large and long lasting wildland fires-cannot be supported this year, but it seems we'll be down at least 5-6. I suspect when we get to PL4 and PL5, the number of actual staffed teams will dwindle more. 1/
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Nine months after Luke Seaborn starred in a video testimonial for Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the state’s Medicaid experiment, his opinion of the program has plummeted:
“I used to think of Pathways as a blessing,” he says. Now he’s not so sure.
“I used to think of Pathways as a blessing,” he says. Now he’s not so sure.
He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It.
A 54-year-old mechanic called Pathways to Coverage a “great program” at the governor’s press conference. But after getting kicked off the health insurance program for low-income Georgians twice,…
www.propublica.org
May 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Nine months after Luke Seaborn starred in a video testimonial for Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the state’s Medicaid experiment, his opinion of the program has plummeted:
“I used to think of Pathways as a blessing,” he says. Now he’s not so sure.
“I used to think of Pathways as a blessing,” he says. Now he’s not so sure.
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DOGE should not be allowed near the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
May 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
DOGE should not be allowed near the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...