bigskyrad
@bigskyrad.bsky.social
Retired now. LOVED practicing and teaching diagnostic radiology. We love the great music in Cleveland, especially Apollo’s Fire and Cleveland Orchestra. Love CMA, CMNH, AMNH, and The Met museum. Instead of massive CO2-emitting “vroom-vroom,” we sailed.
A really, really, really devastating El Niño is needed to get the attention of the eagerly ignorant MAGAts.
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An El Niño is brewing
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
A really, really, really devastating El Niño is needed to get the attention of the eagerly ignorant MAGAts.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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MAGA morons, by electing Trump, have severely damaged the great scientific efforts of OUR government.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
These scientists saw a future in public service—until Trump’s ‘massacre’ hit
Last year’s mass firings of “probationary” federal workers sent researchers’ lives into turmoil
www.science.org
February 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
MAGA morons, by electing Trump, have severely damaged the great scientific efforts of OUR government.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Nice article in The Atlantic about the Trump Administration announcement that it doesn’t know where the sun goes at night.
February 15, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Nice article in The Atlantic about the Trump Administration announcement that it doesn’t know where the sun goes at night.
Just do it. Do it because you know it’s the right thing to do. Cancel your X and FB accounts.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it? | Frances Ryan
With so many platforms rife with racism, misogyny and far-right rhetoric, there must be a point where decent people walk away, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Just do it. Do it because you know it’s the right thing to do. Cancel your X and FB accounts.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Saw Stephen Miller ranting lies about criminality of immigrants. His twisted, vile hatred of “others” is sickening. He is truly a Nazi. In a just world he would be facing a Nuremberg trial.
February 14, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Saw Stephen Miller ranting lies about criminality of immigrants. His twisted, vile hatred of “others” is sickening. He is truly a Nazi. In a just world he would be facing a Nuremberg trial.
Skied Big Sky every year for decades, starting in 1995. But now offended by how fancy and pricey it is. i could afford it. But the extreme high expense would limit how much I could afford to donate to museums and fine musical arts organizations.
Priorities. Values
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Priorities. Values
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Ski days used to cost $5. Now lift tickets can be $300 – unless you decide to keep it real
From mom-and-pop ski hills to luxury resorts, pricing – and culture – have split the activity into different experiences. But some small mountains are still down-to-earth
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Skied Big Sky every year for decades, starting in 1995. But now offended by how fancy and pricey it is. i could afford it. But the extreme high expense would limit how much I could afford to donate to museums and fine musical arts organizations.
Priorities. Values
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Priorities. Values
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
During the negotiations over DHS budget, the Democrats MUST be shouting as loud as possible:
No compromise on Constitutional Rights
No compromise on basic human decency
No compromise with Nazis.
No compromise on Constitutional Rights
No compromise on basic human decency
No compromise with Nazis.
February 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
During the negotiations over DHS budget, the Democrats MUST be shouting as loud as possible:
No compromise on Constitutional Rights
No compromise on basic human decency
No compromise with Nazis.
No compromise on Constitutional Rights
No compromise on basic human decency
No compromise with Nazis.
Re the Trump administration repudiating the EPA endangerment finding on greenhouse gases. -
I sure hope there’s a very strong El Niño coming and that intentionally ignorant MAGA goons suffer a lot more than decent people.
I sure hope there’s a very strong El Niño coming and that intentionally ignorant MAGA goons suffer a lot more than decent people.
February 13, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Re the Trump administration repudiating the EPA endangerment finding on greenhouse gases. -
I sure hope there’s a very strong El Niño coming and that intentionally ignorant MAGA goons suffer a lot more than decent people.
I sure hope there’s a very strong El Niño coming and that intentionally ignorant MAGA goons suffer a lot more than decent people.
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I would much rather have a dozen noncitizens vote than millions of citizens not be able to.
February 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I would much rather have a dozen noncitizens vote than millions of citizens not be able to.
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
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“Samsung’s QD-OLED panel itself is phenomenal, if nothing special in 2026. The problem is the software. I would pay Samsung $100, right now, for this “smart” TV to be as dumb as the ones I grew up with. ”
Why I wish I hadn’t bought my Samsung OLED TV — The Verge
In June 2024, in a dusty TV shop empty of customers save myself, my wife, and my kids, I stared deep into the LG C3 and Samsung S90C. I went back and forth between the two OLED screens for easily 20 m...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
“Samsung’s QD-OLED panel itself is phenomenal, if nothing special in 2026. The problem is the software. I would pay Samsung $100, right now, for this “smart” TV to be as dumb as the ones I grew up with. ”
The lie of Creationism. The intentional ignorance about climate change. The gullibility about non-existing election “fraud” and immigrant crime. The insanity of the anti-vaccination goons. “Deplorable” is too nice a word.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
FDA refuses to consider Moderna flu shot in move experts claim is part of ‘anti-vaccine agenda’
Agency says application rejected due to lack of ‘adequate and well controlled’ trial, but experts say ‘they’re just coming up with reasons’
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:27 PM
The lie of Creationism. The intentional ignorance about climate change. The gullibility about non-existing election “fraud” and immigrant crime. The insanity of the anti-vaccination goons. “Deplorable” is too nice a word.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This is superb. Excellent. Please repost.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Can the clean-energy revolution save us from climate catastrophe?
Seven charts show the remarkable growth in renewable power and the challenges to ending the fossil-fuel age.
www.nature.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:35 AM
This is superb. Excellent. Please repost.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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When Pam Bondi was Florida's Attorney General, and was busy ignoring Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, much like now, she took a $25,000 bribe from Donald Trump to drop her investigation into consumer fraud at Trump University.
Donald knew she'd be a corrupt US AG and do as she was told.
Donald knew she'd be a corrupt US AG and do as she was told.
February 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
When Pam Bondi was Florida's Attorney General, and was busy ignoring Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, much like now, she took a $25,000 bribe from Donald Trump to drop her investigation into consumer fraud at Trump University.
Donald knew she'd be a corrupt US AG and do as she was told.
Donald knew she'd be a corrupt US AG and do as she was told.
Lee Zeldin at the EPA is committing environmental crimes against humanity, aided by the corrupt Supreme Court. If the politics of decency win back political power, there must be very severe consequences for those causing so much damage, and a good one to prosecute first would be Lee Zeldin.
February 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Lee Zeldin at the EPA is committing environmental crimes against humanity, aided by the corrupt Supreme Court. If the politics of decency win back political power, there must be very severe consequences for those causing so much damage, and a good one to prosecute first would be Lee Zeldin.
Saw this headline this morning. Right wing must attack any reporting that doesn't amplify its lies. There is a good reason the GOP hates fact checkers.
February 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Saw this headline this morning. Right wing must attack any reporting that doesn't amplify its lies. There is a good reason the GOP hates fact checkers.
Hey Fox “News” viewers and Tik-Tock addicts! This is what grownups look at to learn about climate change. A lot in here, but quick scan belies the silly right wing claim that climate scientists have been “alarmist.” The opposite has been true. Climate models have been “conservative.”
rdcu.be/e3FgM
rdcu.be/e3FgM
Weak self-induced cooling of tropical cyclones amid fast sea surface warming
Nature Geoscience - Tropical cyclones cool the ocean surface less than previously thought, indicating that current projections may underestimate their future intensity and frequency, according to...
rdcu.be
February 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Hey Fox “News” viewers and Tik-Tock addicts! This is what grownups look at to learn about climate change. A lot in here, but quick scan belies the silly right wing claim that climate scientists have been “alarmist.” The opposite has been true. Climate models have been “conservative.”
rdcu.be/e3FgM
rdcu.be/e3FgM
“… most people unaware…”
Wonder why?
- Idiotically getting all “news” from Tik-Tok or from right wing propaganda industry
- Ethical failure and unprofessionalism of most “mainstream” media
Please read “Science Under Siege” by Mann and Hotez. Please. It’s important
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wonder why?
- Idiotically getting all “news” from Tik-Tok or from right wing propaganda industry
- Ethical failure and unprofessionalism of most “mainstream” media
Please read “Science Under Siege” by Mann and Hotez. Please. It’s important
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:46 AM
“… most people unaware…”
Wonder why?
- Idiotically getting all “news” from Tik-Tok or from right wing propaganda industry
- Ethical failure and unprofessionalism of most “mainstream” media
Please read “Science Under Siege” by Mann and Hotez. Please. It’s important
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wonder why?
- Idiotically getting all “news” from Tik-Tok or from right wing propaganda industry
- Ethical failure and unprofessionalism of most “mainstream” media
Please read “Science Under Siege” by Mann and Hotez. Please. It’s important
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is extremely important: detailed reporting on the damage done by a notorious liar, one of the most horrible people alive.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
What Is Kari Lake Trying to Achieve?
The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.
www.theatlantic.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
This is extremely important: detailed reporting on the damage done by a notorious liar, one of the most horrible people alive.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Doesn’t matter if the zealous religious indoctrination is Jewish, Muslim, Christian…whatever. No tax scheme should fund madrasas.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Ohio tax scheme quietly funnels millions to private religious schools
Lawmakers created a secretive program allowing taxpayers to divert $21 million from public coffers to private education, bypassing voter scrutiny in what critics call an attack on public schools
www.cleveland.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Doesn’t matter if the zealous religious indoctrination is Jewish, Muslim, Christian…whatever. No tax scheme should fund madrasas.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...