Farmers voted for this chuckfuckle and they will--like everyone who gets too close to the Orange God Who Rules Our Nation With His God-Like Benevolence-- be ruined, absolutely ruined, by him. Few businesses are more dependent on the weather than farming. Duh
Where are you located? Here in the lower Hudson Valley we're supposed to have a record-breaking high tomorrow along with substantial, but not record-breaking, rain.
Back in 2006, I had the pleasure of visiting NCAR and interviewing several of the top scientists there for a project I was working on. It was honestly my first time to actually delve deeply into climate science. Before that, I had just let me views be shaped by whatever news or article I happened to stumble across. These interviews and seeing the prediction models first-hand made an enormous impression on me. 1) Generally speaking, these scientists are apolitical. They are number nerds first and foremost. 2) so much so... that back then they admitted that they struggled to deliver effective messaging about the climate crisis. To them... the numbers should speak to the public as loudly as they did to them. 3) They practice what they preach. To get to work, they hiked, jogged or rode bikes up the mountain or used public transport to minimize carbon emissions. They used as little non-drinking water as possible, used only bio-degradable plateware, utensils etc. This was 2006 and that commitment was something I'd seen to that degree before. Good folks. Serious scientists with unbelievable CVs. They are also a bit nervous because even back then they were under attack by stupid conservatives like Inhoff. I feel for them right now. They can't be taking this well.
Temps reached near 50•F today. Rained all day getting rid of most of the snow. Wind to pick up later with 'snow squalls'tonight. Real feelz 10 below by morning.
Grass is still green due to foot of snow after Thanksgiving and the ground hadnt froze.
According to phenology. This is the same weather pattern as the last two Decembers. So warmer temps in January very little precipitation also.
I'm a little west of you. We had our high for the day about 3:00 AM, about 42° F. Now it's about 15°F, heading south. A little rain overnight. A dusting of snow, less than an inch, today. But getting ungodly windy. Tonight'll be a nasty night to be out.
We're looking at a 40+ degree temp swing, which is totally normal obvs, so I told the kid to wash her car yesterday and stay off the roads until tomorrow afternoon if possible.
You stay safe too, it's going to be a shitshow once the roads ice up!
Thank you Smoke ! You as well...Hoping wife gets to leave early today. I'm ready fir whatever happens. I have to make a trip to madison tomorrow, first graders Xmas concert. He plays the violin.
HOLY SHIT -- Fox News's John Roberts pushes Lutnick on the fact that Trump's claims about cutting drug prices by 600% are literally mathematically impossible.
Lutnick says "basically what he's saying, and we all know what he's saying, is we're hammering the price of drugs down."
.
The problem is, The Base is so profoundly ignorant they have no idea what any numbers mean, they'd have been happy with the still incredibly stupid "110%."
Lutnick, along with Bessent, Thiel, Andreesen, Musk et. al.; they got what they wanted. A complete non-entity to act as a distraction, a rodeo clown, while they steal everything they can.
So he's going to have to nod his head and wag his tail when their puppet says idiotic things.
Apparently you were never left handed at a catholic school
THWACK!!!!!THWACK!!!THWACK!!! Across the knuckles as Sister Margaret shouted "SINISTER!!!!"
True story..
A class mate took The Lord's name in vain once... Her reaction...it was the closest you could see a person spontaneously combust in rage without holding an explosive.
Evening spuggers, all well? Cold and windy here but the wood burner is on and we’re getting a fug up. Just back from the pub and a planning session for next summer’s rows.
The original headline was "No more public funds for sex-rejecting treatment for kids," so they've replaced Orwellian phrasing with a flatly dishonest suggestion that they care about The Children.
I've asked this before, I'll ask it again. Have any of these hateful idiots ever, I don't know, talked to a child or a teenager who is trans? Hearing their stories and experiences matters. Believe me topics of bathrooms or some advantage in sports never comes up.
From my experience, they need some services from their doctor, and they need (like every kid needs) to be loved by their parents.
Also like every kid, what they need from a cynical snake-oil salesman who used to be an accomplished physician but threw it all away to be a con-man; Nothing. The less the better. Please completely ignore them, Mehmet Oz. And while you're at it, that goes for all humanity. The more you ignore all of us, the better off we are, please.
It would be impossible to even ATTEMPT to quantify the overwhelming hatred and loathing I actually feel for that wilfully ignorant, manipulative mendacious motherFUCKER.
My father worked at NCAR for awhile. I think he really enjoyed it there.
Farmers voted for this chuckfuckle and they will--like everyone who gets too close to the Orange God Who Rules Our Nation With His God-Like Benevolence-- be ruined, absolutely ruined, by him. Few businesses are more dependent on the weather than farming. Duh
Ta, Dok. Everything is FINE. /s
“To effectively contain a civilization’s development and disarm it across such a long span of time, there is only one way: kill its science.”
Three Body Problem
• Cixin Liu
“To effectively contain a civilization’s development and disarm it across such a long span of time, there is only one way: kill its science.”
Three Body Problem
• Cixin Liu
We’re seeing record breaking rain and temps 10 degrees higher than normal RIGHT NOW. Spring plants are trying to bloom. The bees aren’t hibernating.
Nothing to see here. It’s probably fine.
Next fall’s fire season should be LIT. Next summer’s crops don’t need no happy bees to pollinate them.
Where are you located? Here in the lower Hudson Valley we're supposed to have a record-breaking high tomorrow along with substantial, but not record-breaking, rain.
She knows it. She can't even walk up the High Street without being stopped and fussed. She calmly takes it as her due.
It’s going to take at least a generation or two to recover from the damage this administration is causing, if we ever do.
At what point do even the Republicans start talking about the 25th amendment?
When a Dem is POTUS
Back in 2006, I had the pleasure of visiting NCAR and interviewing several of the top scientists there for a project I was working on. It was honestly my first time to actually delve deeply into climate science. Before that, I had just let me views be shaped by whatever news or article I happened to stumble across. These interviews and seeing the prediction models first-hand made an enormous impression on me. 1) Generally speaking, these scientists are apolitical. They are number nerds first and foremost. 2) so much so... that back then they admitted that they struggled to deliver effective messaging about the climate crisis. To them... the numbers should speak to the public as loudly as they did to them. 3) They practice what they preach. To get to work, they hiked, jogged or rode bikes up the mountain or used public transport to minimize carbon emissions. They used as little non-drinking water as possible, used only bio-degradable plateware, utensils etc. This was 2006 and that commitment was something I'd seen to that degree before. Good folks. Serious scientists with unbelievable CVs. They are also a bit nervous because even back then they were under attack by stupid conservatives like Inhoff. I feel for them right now. They can't be taking this well.
So, how about pure grain alcohol, Mandrake?
Temps reached near 50•F today. Rained all day getting rid of most of the snow. Wind to pick up later with 'snow squalls'tonight. Real feelz 10 below by morning.
Grass is still green due to foot of snow after Thanksgiving and the ground hadnt froze.
According to phenology. This is the same weather pattern as the last two Decembers. So warmer temps in January very little precipitation also.
Sure Jan... this is Wisconsin.
Im from the other side of "the lake effect" it is 50°f here too.
Thanks for the heads up.
I hope we have a "white Christmas" this year in PA
I'm a little west of you. We had our high for the day about 3:00 AM, about 42° F. Now it's about 15°F, heading south. A little rain overnight. A dusting of snow, less than an inch, today. But getting ungodly windy. Tonight'll be a nasty night to be out.
We're looking at a 40+ degree temp swing, which is totally normal obvs, so I told the kid to wash her car yesterday and stay off the roads until tomorrow afternoon if possible.
You stay safe too, it's going to be a shitshow once the roads ice up!
Thank you Smoke ! You as well...Hoping wife gets to leave early today. I'm ready fir whatever happens. I have to make a trip to madison tomorrow, first graders Xmas concert. He plays the violin.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
HOLY SHIT -- Fox News's John Roberts pushes Lutnick on the fact that Trump's claims about cutting drug prices by 600% are literally mathematically impossible.
Lutnick says "basically what he's saying, and we all know what he's saying, is we're hammering the price of drugs down."
.
The problem is, The Base is so profoundly ignorant they have no idea what any numbers mean, they'd have been happy with the still incredibly stupid "110%."
I work in drug development. The cost of CRISPR is $3500/mg for clinical grade material.
You can't overrule that with a Truth Social Screech
Lutnick, along with Bessent, Thiel, Andreesen, Musk et. al.; they got what they wanted. A complete non-entity to act as a distraction, a rodeo clown, while they steal everything they can.
So he's going to have to nod his head and wag his tail when their puppet says idiotic things.
So you're telling me he's innumerate. All big numbers are the same big numbers to him. 20%, 1500%, he groks no difference between them.
Youge, bigly. Same as it ever was
OT.
Mormans, ISIS, Scientology, Pentecostalism.
And people tell me being a Roman Catholic is strange?
It’s the rosary beads
Oh boy, the beads....those are painful.
Apparently you were never left handed at a catholic school
THWACK!!!!!THWACK!!!THWACK!!! Across the knuckles as Sister Margaret shouted "SINISTER!!!!"
True story..
A class mate took The Lord's name in vain once... Her reaction...it was the closest you could see a person spontaneously combust in rage without holding an explosive.
And she was the nice nun teacher.
Hahaha. Good times.
Evening spuggers, all well? Cold and windy here but the wood burner is on and we’re getting a fug up. Just back from the pub and a planning session for next summer’s rows.
"planning session for next summer’s rows"
You guys are so meticulous about your arguments.
We have a spreadsheet and everything.
[bows head in deepest respect/giggles with snarky delight...]
OT. Aw, fuck no, Washington Post.
𝗠𝗲𝗵𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗢𝘇: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱
The original headline was "No more public funds for sex-rejecting treatment for kids," so they've replaced Orwellian phrasing with a flatly dishonest suggestion that they care about The Children.
I've asked this before, I'll ask it again. Have any of these hateful idiots ever, I don't know, talked to a child or a teenager who is trans? Hearing their stories and experiences matters. Believe me topics of bathrooms or some advantage in sports never comes up.
Let me guess, they need creepy white men preying upon them?
From my experience, they need some services from their doctor, and they need (like every kid needs) to be loved by their parents.
Also like every kid, what they need from a cynical snake-oil salesman who used to be an accomplished physician but threw it all away to be a con-man; Nothing. The less the better. Please completely ignore them, Mehmet Oz. And while you're at it, that goes for all humanity. The more you ignore all of us, the better off we are, please.
Answer: Mehmet Oz to shut the fuck up and finish his crudites;
What they need is for these assholes to shut the fuck up
We all need that. Solidarity and beyond.
You beat me to it by a hair my friend.
....for starters.
It would be impossible to even ATTEMPT to quantify the overwhelming hatred and loathing I actually feel for that wilfully ignorant, manipulative mendacious motherFUCKER.
That guy could use a visit from some flying monkeys.
Huh?
This country will not recover from this in my lifetime. And possibly in no one currently alive's lifetime.
Fair bet given the coming lowered life expectancy numbers Americans have to look forward to.