Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson

@akjackson.bsky.social

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Retired geophysicist, data science hobbyist, writer of letters to the editor, troublemaker

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@katharinehayhoe.com I've been looking at the dam safety studies in Texas, www.tceq.texas.gov/compliance/i... which are (shudder) under the purview of the TCEQ. In their 140 page final report "Probable Maximum Precipitation Study for Texas" the words "climate change" never appear,...

Dam Safety Programwww.tceq.texas.gov Monitors and regulates both private and public dams in Texas.

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@blueheronfarm.bsky.social don’t know if you’ve seen this yet

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I once wrote a fact check of a Morgan Spurlock book. He included what he said was a direct quote from the FDA that aspartame causes cancer. I checked the footnote. An FDA newsletter did publish that claim — but *only to specifically refute it*. That’s basically how Barrett quotes Madison here.

These mistakes originalist justices are making aren’t about disputed interpretations of history, with evidence on both sides. They’re pulling quotes out of context to attribute ideas to founding figures that those figures adamantly opposed. (via @andycraig.bsky.social) reason.com/volokh/2024/...

The Supreme Court's Dubious Use of History in Department of State v. Munozreason.com Justice Amy Coney Barrett's majority opinion includes significant errors, and violates some of her own precepts against excessive reliance on questionable history.

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Biden has a bad debate night: calls to step down Documents released that show two underage women accused Trump of raping them on Epstein’s island, under oath: total media silence except in a few blogs and foreign news The media double standard is incredible to see

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You don't see GOPers publicly pulling their hair out over Trump praising Hannibal Lecter at every speech. They just push ahead to get their guy--their policy goals--in power. Dems need the same monomaniacal focus. Is Biden old? Yes. Does it suck? Yes. Does it actually matter here? No.

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Nicholas Bauer PhD

They see “Biden is old” bc the media frames it that way, and then self-defeating Dems hop on board. Trump is giving speeches that are UTTERLY INCOHERENT AND DERANGED. But the media ignores, and the Dems would rather worry abt the aesthetics of their guy than attack Trump. I mean: DE. RANGED.

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Twice in the past month I have been asked to do an interview for the New York Times. Citing their hard right turn, I declined both. Everything I have seen from that paper in the past month has only bolstered my confidence in those decisions.

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Saw an AI fireworks show and a guy lost all 7 fingers on one hand.

apnews.com/article/trac...

Black farmers' association calls for Tractor Supply CEO's resignation after company cuts DEI effortsapnews.com The National Black Farmers Association is calling on Tractor Supply’s president and CEO to step down, days after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and cli...

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Read this story and then ponder how many good apples in the police department and prosecutor's office *absolutely knew* who was the real murderer was and conspired to railroad this lady to protect him.

Just a jaw-dropper from the state whose attorney general is currently trying to execute an innocent man. innocenceproject.org/missouri-cir...

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Faine Greenwood

The whole child-raping thing sure seems bad: bsky.app/profile/star...

@alt-text.bsky.social

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Faine Greenwood

Seriously. He's so clearly more mentally fit than Trump. I say this as someone dealing with a parent with advanced dementia. Trump seems like he's got dementia, Biden seems like he's slowing down a normal amount for his age. You can argue they're both too old. They are! But those are the choices.

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It also makes me feel insane that the rat fuck around Biden’s age and mental capacity is being uncritically spread around by Democrats when Trump is *incredibly obviously* grotesquely mentally incapacitated, in a way that is genuinely terrifying.

It makes me feel very much unmoored from reality to see all this *buying into* the Biden Too Old ratfuck narrative, days after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump gets to be dictator for life, just weeks after Trump became a convicted felon (oh, and there’s the Epstein stuff that just came out).

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A lot has happened in this past week, but don't forget that Neil Gorsuch and the rest of the conservatives said cities can criminalize needing a blanket in the cold.

The Supreme Court's cold ruling criminalizing homelessness: Justice Gorsuch's horrifying opinion in the Grants Pass case recalls an earlier heartless dissent. www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...

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The Supreme Court's cold ruling criminalizing homelessness: Justice Gorsuch's horrifying opinion in the Grants Pass case recalls an earlier heartless dissent. www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...

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paper: The growing inadequacy of an open-ended Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale in a warming world Wehner+ doi.org/10.1073/pnas... "...a number of recent storms have already achieved this hypothetical category 6 intensity and ....more such storms are projected as the climate continues to warm."

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I can't for the life of me find it (I slim a lot of stuff) but someone in last day or so claimed that some law proposed by some right wing whacko would, effectively, make being transgender illegal vis a vis restrictions on what they consider "porn". IE, being transgender is pornographic.

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Steve Bannon is in prison for contempt and Rudy Giuliani just lost his N.Y. law license, but John Roberts insists that invisible ink in the Constitution prevents Donald Trump, the ringleader, from facing charges for virtually anything that Trump can claim was an official act.

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Rick Wilson of The Lincoln Project, former Republican and Republican strategist that I most loved to hate when he was doing political ads against my guy, said the Gop is planting the talking points and we’re just repeating them. You would think we would learn..

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New study: A Houston Cat 3+ would cause >$100 billion in industrial damage and "likely be the worst human, economic and environmental disaster in U.S. history." Solution: build a $3-$6 billion, 25' Houston Ship Channel barrier, paired with the $34 billion Ike Dike. bit.ly/3vu08AA

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FDA found infectious H5N1 at relatively high titers in bulk raw milk from 4 states with known infected herds. Pasteurization inactivates H5N1. Do NOT drink raw milk!!! www.fda.gov/media/179708...

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Yes. The more evolutionary experience a virus has with a given host, the more selection pressure to adapt to grow and transmit efficiently in that host.

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NYT: Joe should quit, he stutters Philly Inquirer: Trump is a fucking criminal what the fuck are we doing here

God Bless Paul Davies and the @PhillyInquirer: "The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump...There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be."

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race | Editorial Boardwww.inquirer.com Biden had a horrible night Thursday. But the debate about the debate is misplaced. The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump.

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I wrote to the Tractor Supply board today. Here is what I sent. Even if you've only ever bought one thing there, I encourage you to write, as a customer.

Fuck. This one's going to sting, but add another company to our boycott list. x.com/TractorSuppl...

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Blue Heron Farm

If it's so bad that you couldn't possibly vote against Trump to stop fascism and apartheid at home, then surely it has to be bad enough that you should stop paying for it. Otherwise it's just virtue signaling while admitting you're perfectly fine hurting people at home to do it.

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Opinion: To serve its country, New York Times Editorial Board should leave the paper. See also: Wall Street Journal.

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Tropical Storm #Beryl will likely become Hurricane Beryl, and it could even become a major hurricane as it moves into the Caribbean. Hurricane impacts are likely in the Windward Islands and Jamaica & elsewhere should monitor Beryl's progress. Our update: theeyewall.com/beryl-is-on-...

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I just used the new feature to turn off post replies after a post has gone if the rails and whooowheee does that feel good. Now I'm going to go back and block every person who says Biden and Trump are the same.