THIS 👇 HERE, PETE BUTTIGIEG....

Hansen expects the El Niño of 2026/27 to be larger than 2015/16, but not 1997/98. The concern is that Ocean Heat Content (OHC) since 2016 will make 2026/27 have a far greater impact. The MEI shows how small 2024 was as an El Niño event. Paul Beckwith explains this well youtu.be/-mSiNLRvaQc

Rudy Sovinee@rudysovinee.bsky.social · 2w ago

Continuing our conversation by highlighting the EEI and OHC that Leon Simons and James Hansen say is significantly coloring your images above. Earth's Energy Imbalance is heat accumulation, which has more than tripled! bsky.app/profile/leon...

Looking at the tax charts I posted yesterday, I believe strongly that the millionaires after WWII still had a good life. There is wealth, then there is excessive accumulation, enough to buy legislation to get even more wealth. It takes courage to be a politician calling for a tax on excessive wealth

Rudy Sovinee@rudysovinee.bsky.social · 2d ago

Here is a pair of graphs making it visually easier to imagine the impact of US tax policies. 1st to the corporate vs individual pointed to by Robert Reich. The 2nd image shows it is worse. The individual tax rates also show favoring the rich by flattening the tax brackets.

A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.

60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals

Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity

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We’re more sure that greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet than we are that smoking causes cancer. Also, when the Earth warms, heat waves get more frequent and intense. Warm air can hold more water vapor, so more moisture can be dumped on us during heavy downpours.

Kate Marvel@drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 2d ago

Extreme weather is complicated (there are over 150 definitions of drought in the literature!), the Earth system is complex, models are imperfect, and we still have much to learn. But it's remarkable how spot-on most of our predictions have been: drawdown.org/insights/is-...

Q: Do lawyers for Trump wind up being disbarred? A: Not all of them. But many of them.

Hawaii SC “Weakening protections for those with less power. Fortifying those with more. ... A court that systematically dismantles democratic safeguards, steamrolls constitutional liberties, and tramples human dignity” is one “driven by agenda and intent on swiping power that belongs to the people.”

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2d ago

The case before the Hawaii Supreme Court did not warrant such an impassioned condemnation of the U.S. Supreme Court. But Associate Justice Todd Eddins and his colleagues wanted to send a message to the country. Read it.

The next time a climate change denier comes at you with that excuse:

Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 3, 2026 ~ Let them eat beans on toast "Farms across the country were affected by floods over the winter, making planting extremely difficult, and now in many areas they do not have access to water as irrigation is being restricted due to drought."

Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn

Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue

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Warning: the President of the United States is kidnapping American citizens off the streets of blue states. Some of them return —most do not. Some are murdered in concentration camps owned by the President’s cronies. All of it is one big fat crime. None of our electeds will stop him. Will you?

WATCH — @redstateupdate.bsky.social (Murfreesboro): “Millions of people have already lost their insurance. And when this ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ kicks in after the midterms? Good Lord… How are they gonna say they don’t have enough money for Medicare when they’re painting statues gold?” 🤷🏼

I knew it was bad, but this is way beyond what I had imagined. So horrible. #fires #wildfires

🚨NEW: Todd Blanche’s new order rescinds the May 18 Anti-Weaponization Fund—but quietly leaves the May 19 IRS immunity settlement intact. Instead of rescinding it, the accompanying memo reaffirms DOJ’s interpretation, arguing the immunity applies only retroactively and only to the parties involved.1/

I remember when people were excited and concerned about 2014. It is the same story, told yet again, but the storms, droughts, heatwaves, floods and accompanying consequences continue being more extreme. This year I expect crop yields will be down, leading to food shortages in poorer regions.

Leon Simons@leonsimons.com · 3d ago

How manny will keep denying acceleration of global warming is real if this central estimate of global temperature above pre-industrial materializes in 2027?

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

The Netherlands and Germany are suffering the consequences of a European heat wave that has brought dought and sparked devastating wildfires. For the Dutch the dry conditions are a threat to hundreds of miles of dikes that protect the low-lying country from flooding in the winter.

Dry, hot summers are putting Dutch dikes at risk and threatening German river trade

The Netherlands and Germany are suffering the consequences of a European heat wave that has brought dought and sparked devastating wildfires in France, Spain, Portugal, Crete and elsewhere.

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Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels

From February: Her contribution was not discovering the process, which was already known, but identifying and improving the most efficient bacterial strains for tropical soils and proving that they could work reliably at commercial scale. Emissions linked to fertilizer production and runoff fell.

SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@covid19disease.bsky.social · 4d ago

🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

Would it fit as a possibility that the goal of reducing the safety net is to cull the population of the poor and elderly. AI robots means less need for human workers. Margaret Atwood gave what seems a prophetic preview of the humans who will fit into the authoritarian society that MAGA elite admire.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 4d ago

Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.

The significance of the article is nicely introduced.

Third Act Oregon@taothirdactoregon.bsky.social · 4d ago

Amazon and Walmart refuse to pay their workers a living wage, so the taxpayer... that's you and me... get to kick in. But we don't get any of those companies' profits, though, do we? Don't you love how this works?

This makes a lot of sense (far more than cents) On July 21, Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey introduced MediKids, which would guarantee healthcare for every child in America through automatic enrollment at birth.

Senator Andy Kim | American Conversations

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Jeanne Gibson, beloved “Rosie the Riveter,” passed away on July 29, 2026 at 100. Gibson became a welder at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, helping build destroyers for the Allied war effort during WWII. Gibson helped pave the way for millions of women who stepped into critical wartime roles.

Blanche should be disbarred as suggested by one judge over the fraudulent "settlement" He should not be AAG let alone AG. His obstruction regarding Epstein Files, I think deserves prison time. Katie Phang goes through what was released and some of the excuses for redactions. youtu.be/oAEHQXlYWK0

🚨 AG Blanche HANDS Judge UNREDACTED Epstein Files In MY LAWSUIT!!!

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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Politico@politico.com · 5d ago

Blanche vote is rescheduled, but there’s no deal

For the enlightenment of the 💩🤡s going after Fauci:

Authoritarians deny government services to those not supporting them. They also proactively prosecute their opponents. Trump is seeking to access that power. SSA, DOJ, IRS, FEMA, etc applied against individuals

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.

A data-driven picture of our rapidly changing planet - updated through June 2026... Download the graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...

This is common sense and the truth.

And the courts serve us again. You can understand this branch of government is not one Trump likes/ is trying to subvert.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 5d ago

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another big victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-19 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...