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Bill in the PNW

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Trying to stay thoughtful and kind in a world on fire. Science/Tech nerd. Climate catastrophist. Social justice ally. Music omnivore. Media pro. Appreciate your following me!

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just popped in to say that The Heritage Foundation isn’t a think tank, it’s a septic tank. Carry on.
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has broken a 60-year record for the latest start to hurricane formation since satellite tracking began in 1966. This unprecedented quiet period is primarily driven by a very strong El Niño producing high wind shear that prevents Atlantic storms from organizing.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 22/09/2026
Continuing its voyage into uncharted waters, the latest preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly is now at a record 3.08°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. Models expect the Nino 3.4 anomaly to continue rising into at least mid-November. Then there will be dragons.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 21/09/2026
Yesterday's Nino 3.4 SST was 29.73°C (preliminary), setting the 114th consecutive daily record, 0.93°C higher than the previous daily high set in 2015 and 3.78σ above the 1991-2020 mean. The highest recorded sea-surface temperature for the Nino 3.4 region is 29.82°C, set on November 17, 2015.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
True yesterday, true today, true tomorrow.
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ANTIFA 🗳 licia @hellofelicia.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#MAGA, #GOP and their rapist lordt trump is are greedy, selfish, socio-psychopathic, bloodlusting rapists. They don't give a flyin' eff about anyone in the world, not even their own voters. Just watch their behavior and you'll learn this is #Fact
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Me too.
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mayor Mamdani is killing it in NYC.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 18/09/2026
99% of Republican politicians give the rest a bad name.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ouch.
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Whistler’s Mama @alphagal007.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This needs to be a much bigger story, folks.
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Nothing says, “We care about limiting collateral damage” like $3 Billion worth of 2,000 lb bombs.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Macklemore basically said Genocide is bad and that people aren’t a reflection of their government and Robert Kraft mustered up the strength to take a moment away from his massage parlor prostitutes to say “not on my watch will you have compassion and empathy for groups of people”
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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Reality doesn't care about your ill-informed opinions or beliefs. Gravity exists whether or not you 'believe' in it. Climate Change is happening whether or not you 'believe' it. Science is completely indifferent to what you choose to believe.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So, I live in California, and I've always known that sea levels would rise high enough to wipe out most coastal communities over the next few decades. But it's still surreal to see it happening right now in SoCal with Hurricane Marie and El Niño.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 14/09/2026
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "it is unimaginable that any month in the last few thousand years, maybe 100,000 years, has more [Precipitable water] in the atmosphere than August 2026." www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-atmosp...
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The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record
More water vapor means more rocket fuel for extreme rain — so this record is not good news
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Why isn’t Trump telling his supporters to “cheat like hell” the headline everywhere?
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Whatever Putin paid to own Donald Trump was a fucking bargain.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I can't share this enough. Also, if you want to bypass the first class mailing and risk it not being delivered, you can send it by priority mail.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
ARI FLEISCHER: "Never forget." HIS SECRETARY: "The check from Saudi Arabia has arrived." ARI FLEISCHER: [forgets]
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Bush Press Secretary Ari Fleischer Retires Annual 9/11 Commemorative Tweets Months After Getting Hired By Saudi LIV Golf Tour
For years, Ari Fleischer has recognized the anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks on Twitter by sharing his minute-by-minute recollection of the day, but announced this year he would be ret...
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You have the right to live your life like this if you want, but you do not have the right to force the rest of us to do it. Women's Suffrage was for the rest of us who don't want to be a man's chattel.
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Bernie✌️🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧☮️ @boomer1950.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
He said it better than I could...
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J @jennyquarx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It’s fake, this is the real photo with source. Please stop spreading misinformation. Just because you want it to be true doesn’t mean it is.
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Alex Papadopoulos @egeasri.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wind and solar are the fastest-growing sources of electricity in human history—scaling faster than gas, coal, or nuclear did at comparable stages of deployment. We should be talking about this more. #CleanEnergy www.carbonbrief.org/wind-and-sol...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/09/2026
I will always love Dolly Parton for this… “Of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No.”
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yes.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Fact.
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I’d love to teach evolution in church.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mitch McConnell is dead. The burden to prove otherwise rests with the GOP, not us. Let’s proceed accordingly.
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Apple Maps, Bing Maps, MapQuest, and even the US Geological Survey haven't sucked up to Trump by changing Lake Ontario's name. In contrast, Google just handed its balls over to Trump and said, "Here, take these." Shame on them.
Map of Google with Lake Ontario changed to Lake America
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Minnesota for the win once again.
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
By proudly releasing that appalling ad, Callaway and Good Good confirm that golf bros are every bit as misogynist and casually cruel as we thought they were.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
And none of us will be surprised by the pearl clutching, histrionics that will occur.
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Rebecca Thompson 🦋 @rebalynn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
R.I.P. 🌹
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The future is here, and it’s only going to get worse.
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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A gentle reminder: The El Niño 3.4 region in the Pacific has seen more than 83 consecutive days of daily sea surface temperature record highs, and is poised to see another 80+ days as runaway ocean heating drags on. #collapse
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Good morning☕
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The record breaking continues.
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
In one post, Donald Trump reveals his total ineptitude: He and Argentina undercut our beef industry - so much for buy American. He demands the beef be sold 25% below market value. Isn’t that Communism? He has long claimed tariffs don’t raise prices, but now brags taking tariffs away lowers them.
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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
21.5c in the North Sea in 2026 INCREDIBLE #ClimateCrisis #Metacrisis
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 21/08/2026
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "The accelerated warming rate will continue in at least the near future, as its proximate cause is the doubling of Earth’s energy imbalance, which is not declining." substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Super-Duper El Nino and the Bigger Problem
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Bill in the PNW @billpnwprogressive.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Vive la Resistance.
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
50 Senators let a Weekend News Anchorman run the Pentagon because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Can you guess how much the minimum wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If all income in excess of $400,000 were subject to the Social Security payroll tax, Social Security’s solvency would be guaranteed forever. We could also expand Social Security benefits. There’s no reason even to consider reducing Social Security benefits or raising the age of eligibility.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you’re hiding in a catering truck when you control the most powerful military in the world, you aren’t winning.
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