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You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
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A view of this year's extreme sea surface temperatures and recent warming across the North Pacific... 🌊
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-October period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-October period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A view of this year's extreme sea surface temperatures and recent warming across the North Pacific... 🌊
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-October period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-October period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
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A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood.
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work.
[source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...
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“.. Tesla’s current Robotaxi crash rate .. is about 2x higher than Waymo’s, despite in-car supervisors that prevent an unknown number of crashes.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
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@electrek.co $TSLA
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November 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“.. Tesla’s current Robotaxi crash rate .. is about 2x higher than Waymo’s, despite in-car supervisors that prevent an unknown number of crashes.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/11/17/t...
@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/11/17/t...
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Must read: anyone who has been paying attention has been shocked and dismayed by the generational damage that Trump's wrecking crew has been doing to D.O.J. and the rule of law. But the details are astonishing and horrifying.
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Must read: anyone who has been paying attention has been shocked and dismayed by the generational damage that Trump's wrecking crew has been doing to D.O.J. and the rule of law. But the details are astonishing and horrifying.
Mid-Atlantic particularly affected.
Many brown lawns in the DMV.
Many brown lawns in the DMV.
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Mid-Atlantic particularly affected.
Many brown lawns in the DMV.
Many brown lawns in the DMV.
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“WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau” — current.org/2025/11/weta...
WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau
The restructuring includes the elimination of 34 positions, following another round of cuts made in September.
current.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau” — current.org/2025/11/weta...
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Gotta love how Jon Karl and ABC News had this graphic ready to go *the very moment* that Hassett rolled out his Walmart anecdote.
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Gotta love how Jon Karl and ABC News had this graphic ready to go *the very moment* that Hassett rolled out his Walmart anecdote.
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The notion that someone who is in their 20's can't have experienced climate change (supposedly due to an IPCC definition) is utter crap. It's embarrassing for a supposedly serious academic to be so disingenuous.
"AEI Fellow Roger Pielke Jr.’s Talk at Cornell Climate Impact Speaker Series Sparks Controversy" by Andrea Kim for the #CornellSun: www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
AEI Fellow Roger Pielke Jr.’s Talk at Cornell Climate Impact Speaker Series Sparks Controversy
Roger Pielke Jr. spoke at Cornell Atkinson’s Climate Impact Series on Wednesday, eliciting concerns from members of the scientific community due to his ties to the American Enterprise Institute and it...
www.cornellsun.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The notion that someone who is in their 20's can't have experienced climate change (supposedly due to an IPCC definition) is utter crap. It's embarrassing for a supposedly serious academic to be so disingenuous.
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This headline asks a question that makes investor-owned utilities squirm. Nice work from my colleague @blancabegert.bsky.social:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...
Why Are Rates Rising Faster at Investor-Owned Utilities Than at Public Utilities? - Inside Climate News
Case studies from California offer a look into the pros and cons of public and private utilities.
insideclimatenews.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This headline asks a question that makes investor-owned utilities squirm. Nice work from my colleague @blancabegert.bsky.social:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Chris Murphy thank you for reading
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Chris Murphy thank you for reading
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8:30 PM ET Aurora update:
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
8:30 PM ET Aurora update:
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Congrats to Miami, FL, for tying their record low for the date. This is their first record low since Feb 20, 2015. Since the previous record low, they have set or tied a daily high temp record 182 times.
2015: 14
2016: 11
2017: 13
2018: 6
2019: 27
2020: 24
2021: 9
2022: 21
2023: 36
2024: 14
2025: 7
2015: 14
2016: 11
2017: 13
2018: 6
2019: 27
2020: 24
2021: 9
2022: 21
2023: 36
2024: 14
2025: 7
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Congrats to Miami, FL, for tying their record low for the date. This is their first record low since Feb 20, 2015. Since the previous record low, they have set or tied a daily high temp record 182 times.
2015: 14
2016: 11
2017: 13
2018: 6
2019: 27
2020: 24
2021: 9
2022: 21
2023: 36
2024: 14
2025: 7
2015: 14
2016: 11
2017: 13
2018: 6
2019: 27
2020: 24
2021: 9
2022: 21
2023: 36
2024: 14
2025: 7
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Satellite image of a wake free of cold-air stratocumulus clouds surrounding Florida. These clouds form when cold air moves over warm water.
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Satellite image of a wake free of cold-air stratocumulus clouds surrounding Florida. These clouds form when cold air moves over warm water.
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November 11th, 1940:
An Armistice Day storm raged across the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Midwest. A blizzard left 49 dead in Minnesota, and gales on Lake Michigan caused shipwrecks, resulting in another 59 deaths. Up to 17" of snow fell in Iowa.
An Armistice Day storm raged across the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Midwest. A blizzard left 49 dead in Minnesota, and gales on Lake Michigan caused shipwrecks, resulting in another 59 deaths. Up to 17" of snow fell in Iowa.
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
November 11th, 1940:
An Armistice Day storm raged across the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Midwest. A blizzard left 49 dead in Minnesota, and gales on Lake Michigan caused shipwrecks, resulting in another 59 deaths. Up to 17" of snow fell in Iowa.
An Armistice Day storm raged across the Great Lakes Region and the Upper Midwest. A blizzard left 49 dead in Minnesota, and gales on Lake Michigan caused shipwrecks, resulting in another 59 deaths. Up to 17" of snow fell in Iowa.
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The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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The NWS Chicago area forecast discussion is WILD
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The NWS Chicago area forecast discussion is WILD
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Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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WaPo puts the Sleepy Trump piece on Page One.
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
WaPo puts the Sleepy Trump piece on Page One.
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How it's going.
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
How it's going.
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@joeroganhq.bsky.social is spreading climate denial and disinformation. Let’s help get him on board saving a livable climate — spread this widely. Send it to people who listen to him. #climate
Five ways Joe Rogan misleads listeners about climate change » Yale Climate Connections
Rogan exposes millions to climate denial. Let’s break down his tactics.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
@joeroganhq.bsky.social is spreading climate denial and disinformation. Let’s help get him on board saving a livable climate — spread this widely. Send it to people who listen to him. #climate