Flaco in TX

Flaco in TX

@flacotx.bsky.social

White dude, married, GenX. Follows basic science, nature, politics, music, books, chess, soccer and running.

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Brandi Carlile's In These Silent Days came out in October 2021. The song This Time Tomorrow touched on the people we lost during the pandemic. #MusicSky

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Katie Phang on Blanche: What are you trying to hide? Who are you protecting? This is the permissive culture that is created, that is then buttressed by conduct by people like the AG to protect perpetrators, co-conspirators, enablers of crimes. Crimes against children, crimes against women.

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Jack Smith defends his team of prosecutors: "I'm extremely proud to have worked with them, and the fact that they have been targeted illegally, lost their jobs illegally, and had their lives turned upside down by this Department of Justice is an outrage."

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New Commentary out in Nature Climate Action: we now live in a fundamentally different climate system due to the burning of fossil fuels. Because of this, any extreme weather event now occurs in a changed climate and is influenced by fossil fuel-driven climate change to some degree.

nature.comThe next phase of climate attribution - npj Climate ActionAttribution science has transformed our understanding of how anthropogenic emissions shape extreme weather events, yet the field remains constrained by repeatedly demonstrating anthropogenic influence...

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El Niño is an absolute monster we have now surpassed the Super El Niño of 2015-2016 with peak expected in November-December 2026. We can’t truly know how significant the 1877-1878 El Niño was in equatorial Pacific clearly very significant, but this is at least strongest event in ~150 years.

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Gloria Steinem, the American writer, lecturer, activist and organizer who fought for gender equality and women’s civil and reproductive rights for more than five decades, has died, her foundation said. She was 92 years old. 🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3VbkZoE

Aurelio (Martinez Suazo) was a musician from Honduras who played Garifuna music. His album Landini came out in 2014. Unfortunately he died last year in a plane crash, much too young. #MusicSky

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"I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person" - Bill Murray..

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Thirty-five years ago today, Pearl Jam came out with their debut album Ten. I still remember the music store fronts were plastered with this album cover. #MusicSky

The Center for American Progress, an independent nonpartisan organization, is receiving a baseless threat from Trump. The National Guard were never supposed to be used as a police force anyway. bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

Trump has opened a new front in his campaign to intimidate political foes — threatening the Center for American Progress with a $5 billion defamation lawsuit over a report concluding that his deployment of the National Guard has had little effect on reducing violent crime.

These are challenging weeks for running in Texas. Last night I waited until sunset, when the temperature dropped to 100F, for my long run. Take it easy, and drink lots of water. #running

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The algorithm is bombarding us with Darlene Graham clips, but what folks need to do is immediately after watching one of those listen to Annie Andrews. Here’s one. Night and day: Unserious vs intelligent and thoughtful.