Kyle Thiem
@kylethiem.bsky.social
• Father, Husband, Goofball
• T&E Met @ Fire Wx Testbed
• Student of Severe & Fire Wx
• ❤️ Mother Nature & Scientific Exploration
• Cursed to care about football & politics.
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• T&E Met @ Fire Wx Testbed
• Student of Severe & Fire Wx
• ❤️ Mother Nature & Scientific Exploration
• Cursed to care about football & politics.
⛈🥾🐕🌪🚵♂️🔥🍻🔬🍑🚣🏻♂️🏈🏕🏔
📸📡📊🧗♂️🎮🌳🍽🏃♂️🍁☃️🎥🌬️🌎
Absolutely shocking to hear these detailed accounts of the corrosion and weaponization of the DOJ, corrupted by partisan leadership to harass, coerce and target people instead of pursuing justice.
Gift article linked.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift article linked.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Absolutely shocking to hear these detailed accounts of the corrosion and weaponization of the DOJ, corrupted by partisan leadership to harass, coerce and target people instead of pursuing justice.
Gift article linked.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift article linked.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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AI is guzzling energy for slop content – could it be reimagined to help the climate? #Climate
AI is guzzling energy for slop content – could it be reimagined to help the climate?
Some experts think AI could be used to lower, rather than raise, planet-heating emissions – others aren’t so convinced
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
AI is guzzling energy for slop content – could it be reimagined to help the climate? #Climate
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Firefighters in California were racing to control a fast-growing fire in Mono County near the Nevada state line that started at 10 acres on Thursday afternoon and quickly grew to 1,000 acres, prompting evacuations in the area, fire officials said.
California’s Pack Fire Spreads, Forcing Evacuations
The Pack fire has grown to 1,000 acres amid high winds, but a coming winter storm might help firefighters control the blaze.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Firefighters in California were racing to control a fast-growing fire in Mono County near the Nevada state line that started at 10 acres on Thursday afternoon and quickly grew to 1,000 acres, prompting evacuations in the area, fire officials said.
Earlier today, I read that economists were saying the AI boom is the only thing holding up the American economy.
Lovely combination we have here.
Lovely combination we have here.
There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Earlier today, I read that economists were saying the AI boom is the only thing holding up the American economy.
Lovely combination we have here.
Lovely combination we have here.
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Now that Trump has doubled his bailout for Argentina to 40 BILLION , every single American is paying over $100 in taxes to save a FOREIGN president from the economy he created.
Have two kids and a spouse?
Trump cost your family $400 to bail out Argentina.
Four. HUNDRED. DOLLARS. PER.
FAMILY.
Have two kids and a spouse?
Trump cost your family $400 to bail out Argentina.
Four. HUNDRED. DOLLARS. PER.
FAMILY.
October 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Now that Trump has doubled his bailout for Argentina to 40 BILLION , every single American is paying over $100 in taxes to save a FOREIGN president from the economy he created.
Have two kids and a spouse?
Trump cost your family $400 to bail out Argentina.
Four. HUNDRED. DOLLARS. PER.
FAMILY.
Have two kids and a spouse?
Trump cost your family $400 to bail out Argentina.
Four. HUNDRED. DOLLARS. PER.
FAMILY.
So if Dems don’t bow to every G0P demand to keep giving the executive unchecked power, this admin will destroy the careers of ~1M American civil servants, not including contractors, and let ~3M go w/o pay.
Our livelihoods are not freaking bargaining chips!
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Our livelihoods are not freaking bargaining chips!
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for a potential shutdown
In memo, the Trump administration says the Reduction-in-Force plans would go beyond standard shutdown furloughs.
www.politico.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
So if Dems don’t bow to every G0P demand to keep giving the executive unchecked power, this admin will destroy the careers of ~1M American civil servants, not including contractors, and let ~3M go w/o pay.
Our livelihoods are not freaking bargaining chips!
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Our livelihoods are not freaking bargaining chips!
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Our little guy’s up to 2nd place right now!!! 👀 🥈➡️🥇
And It’s x2 your vote for free day!
🙏 Help this tired, overworked, loving dad of “2 under 2” pad this little guy’s college fund by clicking our link and voting for Theodore!!!
babyoftheyear.org/2025/theodor...
And It’s x2 your vote for free day!
🙏 Help this tired, overworked, loving dad of “2 under 2” pad this little guy’s college fund by clicking our link and voting for Theodore!!!
babyoftheyear.org/2025/theodor...
Is Theodore the Baby of the Year?
Theodore Is A Showstopper!
His Laugh And His Smile Are Incredibly Contagious. The Booger Is Too Smart And Charismatic For His Own Good.
babyoftheyear.org
September 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Our little guy’s up to 2nd place right now!!! 👀 🥈➡️🥇
And It’s x2 your vote for free day!
🙏 Help this tired, overworked, loving dad of “2 under 2” pad this little guy’s college fund by clicking our link and voting for Theodore!!!
babyoftheyear.org/2025/theodor...
And It’s x2 your vote for free day!
🙏 Help this tired, overworked, loving dad of “2 under 2” pad this little guy’s college fund by clicking our link and voting for Theodore!!!
babyoftheyear.org/2025/theodor...
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Our Mission:
To be a nonprofit successor to Climate(.)gov, delivering climate data and information to promote public climate literacy and to equip people to turn knowledge into meaningful conversations and climate-conscious actions.
Read more at Climate.us
To be a nonprofit successor to Climate(.)gov, delivering climate data and information to promote public climate literacy and to equip people to turn knowledge into meaningful conversations and climate-conscious actions.
Read more at Climate.us
September 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Our Mission:
To be a nonprofit successor to Climate(.)gov, delivering climate data and information to promote public climate literacy and to equip people to turn knowledge into meaningful conversations and climate-conscious actions.
Read more at Climate.us
To be a nonprofit successor to Climate(.)gov, delivering climate data and information to promote public climate literacy and to equip people to turn knowledge into meaningful conversations and climate-conscious actions.
Read more at Climate.us
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Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥
Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥
Intensifying Fire Season Aridity Portends Ongoing Expansion of Severe Wildfire in Western US Forests
Area burned by wildfire has increased in western US forests over recent decades. However, high-severity fire—fire that kills all or most trees—is also an important metric of fire activity given its d...
doi.org
August 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥
Please see our new paper just published in Global Change Biology: “Intensifying fire season aridity portends ongoing expansion of severe wildfire in western US forests”. 🧪🌍🔥
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Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds #Climate
Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds
Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists say
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds #Climate
Why would releasing a list of child sex predators and traffickers be a hostile act towards the president?
What a weird things to say.
What a weird things to say.
Trump warns Republicans that signing a petition to release the Epstein files will be viewed as a "hostile act" toward the president.
Hostile act? Like raping children?
Hostile act? Like raping children?
September 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Why would releasing a list of child sex predators and traffickers be a hostile act towards the president?
What a weird things to say.
What a weird things to say.
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September 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Modern day Blutorden.
Crazy how history repeats itself.
(If you don’t know, you should.)
Crazy how history repeats itself.
(If you don’t know, you should.)
I’ve seen a lot of fucked up shit in my day, but this might just take the cake.
August 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Modern day Blutorden.
Crazy how history repeats itself.
(If you don’t know, you should.)
Crazy how history repeats itself.
(If you don’t know, you should.)
Definitely a better use of taxpayer money than:
• Scientific Research
• Medicaid
• SNAP benefits
• Highway Projects
• Clean Energy Investment
• National Debt Reduction
• Filling 10s-100s of thousands of vacancies in fed government
• Education access
• Inflation Reduction
• Tech Upgrades
• USAID
…
/s
• Scientific Research
• Medicaid
• SNAP benefits
• Highway Projects
• Clean Energy Investment
• National Debt Reduction
• Filling 10s-100s of thousands of vacancies in fed government
• Education access
• Inflation Reduction
• Tech Upgrades
• USAID
…
/s
President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring “classical and traditional” architecture the preferred government styles, reviving and expanding his old fight against modernist government buildings.
Trump orders classical architecture for federal buildings
Trump signed an executive order expanding his campaign against modernism, overhauling design principles that have guided government construction since the 1960s.
wapo.st
August 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Definitely a better use of taxpayer money than:
• Scientific Research
• Medicaid
• SNAP benefits
• Highway Projects
• Clean Energy Investment
• National Debt Reduction
• Filling 10s-100s of thousands of vacancies in fed government
• Education access
• Inflation Reduction
• Tech Upgrades
• USAID
…
/s
• Scientific Research
• Medicaid
• SNAP benefits
• Highway Projects
• Clean Energy Investment
• National Debt Reduction
• Filling 10s-100s of thousands of vacancies in fed government
• Education access
• Inflation Reduction
• Tech Upgrades
• USAID
…
/s
I might actually be done w/ the Cowboys. B/w the:
• Horrific roster management
• Prioritizing publicity > winning
• Continuous lack of team discipline
• The constant drama
• Jerry’s gaslighting claims this will help the team THIS YEAR (HoF talent gone for future draft pics?)
I’m just can’t anymore.
• Horrific roster management
• Prioritizing publicity > winning
• Continuous lack of team discipline
• The constant drama
• Jerry’s gaslighting claims this will help the team THIS YEAR (HoF talent gone for future draft pics?)
I’m just can’t anymore.
Jones: Parsons trade will make Cowboys better
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said that trading Micah Parsons to the Packers for Kenny Clark and two draft picks will help Dallas have future playoff success.
www.espn.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I might actually be done w/ the Cowboys. B/w the:
• Horrific roster management
• Prioritizing publicity > winning
• Continuous lack of team discipline
• The constant drama
• Jerry’s gaslighting claims this will help the team THIS YEAR (HoF talent gone for future draft pics?)
I’m just can’t anymore.
• Horrific roster management
• Prioritizing publicity > winning
• Continuous lack of team discipline
• The constant drama
• Jerry’s gaslighting claims this will help the team THIS YEAR (HoF talent gone for future draft pics?)
I’m just can’t anymore.
The saga has ended…
The Fire Weather Testbed furniture has finally arrived!!! 🎉
After 2+ years of planning, pestering, patience, and persistence, the saga has finally ended. So excited to see the vision of this space coming to fruition!
The Fire Weather Testbed furniture has finally arrived!!! 🎉
After 2+ years of planning, pestering, patience, and persistence, the saga has finally ended. So excited to see the vision of this space coming to fruition!
August 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The saga has ended…
The Fire Weather Testbed furniture has finally arrived!!! 🎉
After 2+ years of planning, pestering, patience, and persistence, the saga has finally ended. So excited to see the vision of this space coming to fruition!
The Fire Weather Testbed furniture has finally arrived!!! 🎉
After 2+ years of planning, pestering, patience, and persistence, the saga has finally ended. So excited to see the vision of this space coming to fruition!
Kudos to this group for continuing the #Climate (.)gov (who’s content team was terminated & the site effectively discontinued earlier this year) mission to share critical information and support to those who need & welcome it.🙏
If you support #climatescience 🌎, give this page a follow 👍
If you support #climatescience 🌎, give this page a follow 👍
Welcome to our page! We are glad you are here.
Stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
In the meantime, check out our bio and follow us here and on our other social channels:
climate.us
Stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
In the meantime, check out our bio and follow us here and on our other social channels:
climate.us
August 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Kudos to this group for continuing the #Climate (.)gov (who’s content team was terminated & the site effectively discontinued earlier this year) mission to share critical information and support to those who need & welcome it.🙏
If you support #climatescience 🌎, give this page a follow 👍
If you support #climatescience 🌎, give this page a follow 👍
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From the #DragonBravoFire to the #LeeFire, #GiffordFire, and #GarnetFire, the West is burning hotter and longer. Resilience may lie in blending ancient practices with modern science. #Wildfires
Read more 👉 medium.com/@alanworldvi...
Read more 👉 medium.com/@alanworldvi...
Fighting Fire with Trees and Native American Wisdom
How Native American prescribed fire and fire-adapted and drought-resilient trees can reduce wildfire risks and support ecosystem recovery.
medium.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
From the #DragonBravoFire to the #LeeFire, #GiffordFire, and #GarnetFire, the West is burning hotter and longer. Resilience may lie in blending ancient practices with modern science. #Wildfires
Read more 👉 medium.com/@alanworldvi...
Read more 👉 medium.com/@alanworldvi...
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Welcome to our page! We are glad you are here.
Stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
In the meantime, check out our bio and follow us here and on our other social channels:
climate.us
Stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
In the meantime, check out our bio and follow us here and on our other social channels:
climate.us
August 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Welcome to our page! We are glad you are here.
Stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
In the meantime, check out our bio and follow us here and on our other social channels:
climate.us
Stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
In the meantime, check out our bio and follow us here and on our other social channels:
climate.us
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Just dreadful satellite imagery of the rapidly escalating wildfire outbreak across parts of northern Portugal and western Spain.
Look at the size of that smoke plume!
Look at the size of that smoke plume!
August 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just dreadful satellite imagery of the rapidly escalating wildfire outbreak across parts of northern Portugal and western Spain.
Look at the size of that smoke plume!
Look at the size of that smoke plume!
Great news on the #LeeFire🔥
Containment ⬆️ to 31% w/ N & E flank control!
& Hwy 13 on the E side opened today!
0.05-0.1" of 🌧️ observed & highest RH recovery in last 2 wks helping suppress #wildfire behavior. S flank remains most active as crews strengthen lines w/ lessened thermal activity. #COwx
Containment ⬆️ to 31% w/ N & E flank control!
& Hwy 13 on the E side opened today!
0.05-0.1" of 🌧️ observed & highest RH recovery in last 2 wks helping suppress #wildfire behavior. S flank remains most active as crews strengthen lines w/ lessened thermal activity. #COwx
August 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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gift link of Denver Post story about the drought in northwest Colorado 🎁
Western Colorado is at the ‘epicenter of drought’ as a hot, dry summer saps water supplies — and fuels wildfires
“If we have another year like this next year and Wolford (Mountain Reservoir) gets drawn down farther, then we’re in a precarious spot.”
www.denverpost.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
gift link of Denver Post story about the drought in northwest Colorado 🎁
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Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems
@us.theconversation.com
@fkearns.bsky.social
theconversation.com/grand-canyon...
@us.theconversation.com
@fkearns.bsky.social
theconversation.com/grand-canyon...
Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems
Water systems are vulnerable to melting plastic components, toxic contamination and failures that can leave firefighters without flowing water.
theconversation.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems
@us.theconversation.com
@fkearns.bsky.social
theconversation.com/grand-canyon...
@us.theconversation.com
@fkearns.bsky.social
theconversation.com/grand-canyon...
The #LeeFire is now the 2nd largest #wildfire in the US, just ~5,200 acres shy of CO's 3 largest in recorded history at 133,841 acres (+72,865 vs last wk)
An incredible job by firefighters holding the S end, significantly slowing growth in extreme drought conditions (ERCs in 99.9th percentile!)
An incredible job by firefighters holding the S end, significantly slowing growth in extreme drought conditions (ERCs in 99.9th percentile!)
August 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM