LMcLeod
@bannedscience.bsky.social
Geologist. STEM Teacher. Mother. Advocate for people with Down syndrome and for our planet.
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Seen on our research vessel
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Seen on our research vessel
This is a loss.
NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost
A Congressional bill restores funding for most NASA space science missions, but there is no money for returning samples already collected on the red planet.
www.nature.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This is a loss.
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“it is clear from our weather observations and climate models that human-induced global warming is impacting the UK’s climate”
"Since the start of the 21st Century, a new record has been set for UK annual mean temperature no less than six times – in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2022 and now 2025"
"Since the start of the 21st Century, a new record has been set for UK annual mean temperature no less than six times – in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2022 and now 2025"
2025 has broken historical climate records, with provisional Met Office figures showing it has been both the warmest and sunniest year on record for the UK.
Find out more: www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Find out more: www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
January 2, 2026 at 2:46 PM
“it is clear from our weather observations and climate models that human-induced global warming is impacting the UK’s climate”
"Since the start of the 21st Century, a new record has been set for UK annual mean temperature no less than six times – in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2022 and now 2025"
"Since the start of the 21st Century, a new record has been set for UK annual mean temperature no less than six times – in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2022 and now 2025"
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Major heat wave in the North Atlantic had widespread and lasting impacts on marine life | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Major heat wave in the North Atlantic had widespread and lasting impacts on marine life | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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By @iphigenesdream.bsky.social ! 🇦🇶
West Antarctica has collapsed before, and it wasn’t slow or quiet 😳
New research shows past ice loss triggered earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis, offering a stark warning that future melting could unleash sudden, catastrophic geological changes.
#climatesky buff.ly/IKMY9FI
New research shows past ice loss triggered earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis, offering a stark warning that future melting could unleash sudden, catastrophic geological changes.
#climatesky buff.ly/IKMY9FI
West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geology
A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.
buff.ly
January 2, 2026 at 1:10 PM
By @iphigenesdream.bsky.social ! 🇦🇶
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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It’s not about protecting anyone. It’s about full transparency and justice for the victims.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It’s not about protecting anyone. It’s about full transparency and justice for the victims.
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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“But the second he encounters someone with spine, someone with moral clarity, someone unmoved by bluster, he folds. He wilts. He sits there like a dog brought instantly to heel, panting for approval from the very man he swore he would obliterate.”
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
The Day Donald Trump Turned Into Mamdani’s Beta
A study in one man standing tall and another crumpling like a cellophane sack of half congealed bacon fat.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
“But the second he encounters someone with spine, someone with moral clarity, someone unmoved by bluster, he folds. He wilts. He sits there like a dog brought instantly to heel, panting for approval from the very man he swore he would obliterate.”
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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It was TRANSLATED by the US from Russian into English, not authored by the US.
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It was TRANSLATED by the US from Russian into English, not authored by the US.
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This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This kid is brilliant. Voice of a generation.
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Them: “I’m sick of subsidizing their groceries when mine cost so much”
SNAP does not drive up grocery prices.
That would be inflation, tariffs & corporate greed.
For every $1 spent on SNAP there’s a $1.50 going back into the economy.
While you’re blaming the poor, the rich are robbing everyone.
SNAP does not drive up grocery prices.
That would be inflation, tariffs & corporate greed.
For every $1 spent on SNAP there’s a $1.50 going back into the economy.
While you’re blaming the poor, the rich are robbing everyone.
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Them: “I’m sick of subsidizing their groceries when mine cost so much”
SNAP does not drive up grocery prices.
That would be inflation, tariffs & corporate greed.
For every $1 spent on SNAP there’s a $1.50 going back into the economy.
While you’re blaming the poor, the rich are robbing everyone.
SNAP does not drive up grocery prices.
That would be inflation, tariffs & corporate greed.
For every $1 spent on SNAP there’s a $1.50 going back into the economy.
While you’re blaming the poor, the rich are robbing everyone.
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And if that doesn’t work, try 202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And if that doesn’t work, try 202-224-3121
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Please don’t think this beltway game of having retiring Dem senators vote yes while everyone else votes no is going to shield leadership from the end result. We see what is happening and can’t be fooled by those games.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Please don’t think this beltway game of having retiring Dem senators vote yes while everyone else votes no is going to shield leadership from the end result. We see what is happening and can’t be fooled by those games.
Do not let them get away with this.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Do not let them get away with this.
@microsftsupport.bsky.social is there a phone number a senior citizen can call to get support with regaining access to an msn email account? My 85 year old mom is struggling with the online form for identification but needs access to the email. Thanks.
November 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
@microsftsupport.bsky.social is there a phone number a senior citizen can call to get support with regaining access to an msn email account? My 85 year old mom is struggling with the online form for identification but needs access to the email. Thanks.
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They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
October 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.
They get pardoned when they commit crimes.
They ignore the laws.
There is zero congressional oversight.
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What exactly was the reason we needed to fire artillery shells over I-5?
So JD Vance can feel like a real boy?
Couldn’t he and Hegseth have just done some pushups together?
So JD Vance can feel like a real boy?
Couldn’t he and Hegseth have just done some pushups together?
October 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
What exactly was the reason we needed to fire artillery shells over I-5?
So JD Vance can feel like a real boy?
Couldn’t he and Hegseth have just done some pushups together?
So JD Vance can feel like a real boy?
Couldn’t he and Hegseth have just done some pushups together?
Only in AL would that be worthy of an arrest.
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Only in AL would that be worthy of an arrest.
One of my 8th graders rescued this lovely eft from certain death on the wallyball court. #hopeforthefuture
September 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
One of my 8th graders rescued this lovely eft from certain death on the wallyball court. #hopeforthefuture
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Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.
September 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.
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Mosquitoes are the messengers that bring the news of climate change to your door via their infectious diseases.
Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe
Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome
www.science.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Mosquitoes are the messengers that bring the news of climate change to your door via their infectious diseases.