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Rayleigh Lord

@blueskyscattering.bsky.social
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Physicist. I know why the sky is blue.

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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
From 11/9/26: Just got a “Dear Colleague” email from the NSF. Read it and the linked information therein. I am especially dismayed by the plan for “Golden Ticket” funding for research that would not survive panel review. That means funding projects that support their atavism & corruption. Sigh.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"substantial knowledge deficits across multiple domains" sounds so much better than saying someone is willfully ignorant, or just plain stupid. I'll have to use that. Those referenced thusly probably won't even understand the slight.
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Dizzygirl @dizzygirl.myatproto.social · 03/10/2026
🤣 "Americans who subscribe to Christian nationalist beliefs tend to be characterized by lower education and substantial knowledge deficits across multiple domains." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Cognitive Ability and Christian Nationalism
Americans who subscribe to Christian nationalist beliefs tend to be characterized by lower education and substantial knowledge deficits across multiple domains. Building on research connecting lower ....
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 28/09/2026
“I already hoped Prop 1 would succeed in Idaho to protect women and human dignity;” Brad Price writes in an op-ed, “now, seeing this attempt at religious supremacy, I have another reason I hope it succeeds.”
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Voices: The LDS Church’s abortion message to voters is not peacemaking. It is coercive control at every level.
“I already hoped Prop 1 would succeed in Idaho to protect women and human dignity;” Brad Price writes in an op-ed, “now, seeing this attempt at religious supremacy, I have another reason I hope it succeeds.”
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The real transgression occurs when religion wants government to tell citizens how to live uniquely personal parts of their lives. The failure of Prohibition proves the futility of such an attempt when a majority or even a substantial minority happens to disagree.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What I gleaned from Trump’s speech at the UNGA: - He openly admitted ordering crimes against humanity - He is planning to order more - He remains an imbecile incapable of any truly human feelings - He’s still at least three layers short of a Maslow cake.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I saw something like this on that other place. I've recreated it here using the original NOAA graphic, annotated by me. I define 30-year averages or 30-year trends to be climate, not weather. Note the clear climate change trend now spans 45+ years. There is no question--the climate is changing!
Graphic from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global of average global temperature averages in Julys from 1850 through 2026, showing trend of increasing temperatures over the last 45 years.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just got a “Dear Colleague” email from the NSF. Read it and the linked information therein. I am especially dismayed by the plan for “Golden Ticket” funding for research that would not survive panel review. That means funding projects that support the administration’s atavism & corruption. Sigh.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am not surprised that Republican leadership swore an oath of support for Donald Trump, and to "cheat like hell" in Dallas last night. I am disappointed, but not surprised.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump's $5000 for each adult would pump over a trillion dollars cash into the economy, which would invariably lead to high inflation. We've seen this before. Recall the cash payments during covid, started by Trump and continued by Biden, ostensibly to prevent economic slide into recession or worse.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
And so we see that for Republican primary voters in at least one district in Michigan, racism is stronger even than Trump’s endorsement. I suspect this is true generally.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Rumor has it that the Trump administration will be updating the national motto to "Valorization of Stupidity" any day now.
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uppaalaska.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇺🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦 @uppaalaska.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Hillary Clinton’s fire and fury opening statement to the House Oversight Committee.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Hating America for what it is, Pining for a past that never was, Hoping for a future than can never be, Republicans.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Republicans. Greedy Old Pedophiles (GOP).
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2026
Rep. Randy Fine on Ilhan Omar getting attacked: "I blame Ilhan Omar for what happened"
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We are at another crossroads where we have to count on Senate Dems to hold the line, and that terrifies me more than anything else. Because the cowardice amongst Dems in office is like nothing I have ever witnessed. They don’t have to stand in -20 degree temperatures. All they have to do is vote
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ArizonaTerry.bsky.social @arizonaterry.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Republicans have always been the worst. Always accusing Democrats of what Republicans now openly support and do.
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SteeveH @juststeeveh.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I think it is now fair to say the the Republican Party is a terrorist organization. Trump is a terrorist. Everyone in his administration is a terrorist. Those supporting Republicans from now on are terrorists. Enemy domestic.
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Katie @looktogod.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Gadianton Robbers. Maybe that's what constituents from Utah should be saying to their leaders when calling in to tell them to stop supporting these thugs. @schotthappens.com @sltrib.com @alanwessman.bsky.social @nateforutah.bsky.social @pfstack.bsky.social @michellequist.bsky.social Alma 43:6 - CBP
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The Book of Mormon

6 And now, as the Amalekites were of a more wicked and murderous disposition than the Lamanites were, in and of themselves, therefore, Zerahemnah appointed chief captains over the Lamanites, and they were all Amalekites and Zoramites.


(This verse keeps echoing around in my head from years ago when they talk about CBP being even more vicious than ICE.)
(Years ago bc trauma and health mean my brain can't do scriptures at more than a single verse a day so it's been a while. But I'm still very familiar with the material. And that's why I'm so mad that so many refuse to see all the parallels and warnings that are *right there* calling out corrupted governments and leaders!)
(So what if you think it's fiction? We still look to plenty of fiction for insight and wisdom. Why not analyze this in a similar fashion, too?)
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
No person with even a modicum of integrity can remain a Republican, not any more. The GOP has abandoned its professed principles in fealty to Trump. Crooks, liars, and idiots are all that remain; why are you still there?
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I never considered using “what are your thoughts about suspension of habeas corpus” as a pick up line before, but here we are. I think it might be a very strong indicator one way or the other.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Best internet meme I’ve seen in a whopping long time. IYKYK.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This seems to be holding up quite well.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
MAGA neighbor was telling me about her trip to the Gulf Coast. She kept calling it the Gulf of Mexico; in front of children! Where do I report this crime? The FBI? Maybe ICE? Or just the sheriff, he's a good MAGA type. Calls himself a constitutional sheriff.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Noticed that the world map in the elementary school down the street still shows the historically correct Gulf of Mexico. When will the Governor of Utah mandate updates to all school maps? What a waste of money that unfunded mandate will be. Ignorance is strength!
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
NATO has been a bulwark against threats to democracies for my entire life, and decades before I was born. Now we are switching sides? We've always been at war with NATO? Ignorance is strength!
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I concur. I've had the same thoughts myself.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Sometimes integrity means doing what is right when no one will see. Other times integrity means doing what is right in the face of opposition. Having integrity means doing what is right regardless. I thank and praise those with integrity, now more than ever.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I'm wondering when we'll see an executive order forbidding external communications from the Bureau of Labor Stats. No inflation report means no inflation, right? No report of decreasing employment means all is well, right? Just like with no bird flu reports; ignorance is strength.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Historically when the debt ceiling was reached, Treasury would pay debts owed in a first-in first-paid sequence, since they had no way to prioritize some invoices over others. I'm betting Musk is going to be able to prioritize payments. Debt first, then favorites. No money for others until budget.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/02/2025
A mirror big enough to expose the hypocrisy, hate, and division being sown by those at the highest levels of our government.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
The Venn diagram of people that deny the safety and efficacy of vaccines, and people that flatly deny anthropomorphic climate change may not be a perfect circle; but it isn't far off.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
(3/3) Justice Robert Jackson in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624, Majority Opinion, item 3 (US 1943). 'Tis truly sad that so many voters seem to disagree.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
(2/3) One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
(1/3) The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts.
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Sab is making FINAL EDITS ✨ @sabrinamars.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Where's the romantasy writer starter packs?? Should we make some? #writingcommunity
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Nothing say "good time" like 25,000 geo-scientists wandering loose on the streets of DC! American Geophysical Union annual meeting at the Washington Conference Center in DC, December 9-13, 2024. See you there maybe. *holds up sign* "Will do geophysics for food"
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Rayleigh Lord @blueskyscattering.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Take a look at the rogues' gallery leading the Republicans. No honest person can be a Republican, not anymore. If you are not one of the crooks running the party, you have to be lying to yourself to justify supporting them.
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