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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe

@jonrk1.bsky.social
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Husband of Ed. Prof, Christine RK, Father of: Micah RK & Caleb RK, Chem Prof @ Purdue. Whitesox fan. EV enthusiast. Views & opinions are my own.

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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Batteries can now meet 75% of average grid demand and 44% of peak demand for 4 hours every day in the world's 4th-largest economy at a cost less than 1 percent the price of electricity More info www.caiso.com/documents/ke... web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j... www.youtube.com/shorts/GQeOj...
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
““… more pollutants such as smog, mercury and lead — a …. higher emissions of greenhouse gases, driving Earth’s warming to deadlier levels.” From: “EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants” The Associated Press.
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EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants — The Associated Press
The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action the agency said would save industr...
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“…the underlying driver remains our relentless burning of fossil fuels. Climate change makes every El Nino hotter, and until we stop burning coal, oil, and gas these record-shattering months will simply keep on coming,"
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At the moment we have no real idea how to scale up carbon removal--it's a hair on the mole of the ugly backside of the global hydrocarbon industry But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
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Facts on the ground
Two things matter now: votes, and solar panels. (And wind turbines. And batteries)
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hands down, The Weekly Show is one of the most informative Podcasts around. Week in and week out it educates, provokes, and provides pertinent perspective.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 06/05/2026
Here are the latest monthly-averaged observations of global methane (CH₄; a potent greenhouse gas)... January 2026 - 1940.4 ppb January 2025 - 1935.5 ppb + Data: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_... + Why the change in trends? doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Red colored line graph time series of global atmospheric methane abundance from January 1984 through January 2026. Methane abundance is measured in units of parts per billion. Current levels are 1940 ppb. A seasonal cycle is visible on the graph. There is also decadal variability and a long-term increasing trend.
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Highly talented professionals including doctors, professors, etc. are caught up in this unprecedented and unnecessary mess. It is hurting our country.
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Incredibly sad. 😢. We need to do more to stop shootings like these.
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Pathetic attack on the Pope by Trump.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/04/2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio at UFC in Miami tonight as diplomatic negotiations with Iran fail (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AFP via Getty)
pic of Dana White, Rubio, and Trump
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
By abandoning the JCPOA and then once again by starting this war, Trump has completely negated and inverted the incentives the Iranian regime once had to negotiate with us. ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/04/2026
Joe Kernen comes close to having a coronary on air as Pete Buttigieg dogwalks him all over the Squawk Box studio about Trump's economic mismanagement and inflation
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/04/2026
Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 10/04/2026
March's persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. to.pbs.org/3Ogo4AX
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The U.S. smashed heat records in March. Just wait for El Niño this summer
March’s persistent heat was unseasonably intense, and the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El Niño will reach superstrength.
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Silent = complicit
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Ashok Dadhwal @ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
After a massive U.S. honeybee die-off—about 1.6 million colonies lost and many beekeepers losing up to 60–80%—the Trump administration is moving to shut down a key federal bee research lab that historically helps identify causes and protect agriculture.
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Soon after massive honeybee deaths, Trump moves to close the nation's premier bee lab
When beekeepers saw widespread honeybee die-offs last year, researchers at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center stepped in to help. The Trump administration now plans to close the facility...
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If I was a member of the cabinet or Congress. I would be asking myself what I would say to my grandchildren when they asked, “what did you do when the president of the United States threatened to destroy a whole civilization?”
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Honestly, perhaps the most vile words uttered by an American president. This must stop.
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
An Easter message that most decidedly does not embrace Christian values nor is presidential.
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
"We're getting more calls from even parents of college kids, or even high school. They have no idea anything is going on, and then they're getting a call from a bookie who's saying 'Your child owes me $50,000. What are you gonna do about it?,' "
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Our use of fossil fuels is certainly a factor here
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This was achieved with help from us humans.
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 19/03/2026
biden total spend on ukraine: $180 billion the pentagon just asked for $200 billion for war in iran.
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
“In China, more than half of new car sales are now electric. In Nepal, it's more than 70%. As oil prices rise, residents with EVs are less vulnerable than if they had to rely on fuel.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/03/2026
Gillibrand: "How they missed this was a girls' school is very concerning to me. If Sec. Hegseth did not cut the funding for this area of review by 90%, if he did not continually try to undermine the rules & procedures our service members & generals take - I think he should resign bc of this failure"
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Blood of innocent children on his hands! “The civilian mitigation teams – cut by 90%….Hegseth's decision to scale back those efforts meant that the U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East, had only one staffer assigned to civilian casualty mitigation operations.”
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 11/03/2026
Errors on your credit report can raise your interest rates, block you from renting, or cost you a job. The CFPB once forced credit bureaus to fix those mistakes. Now, under this administration, oversight is collapsing and the agency is handling fewer disputes even as complaints keep piling up.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 11/03/2026
Since the 2008 financial crisis, the CFPB has returned $21B to consumers by policing predatory lenders, junk fees, and scams. Now the administration is sidelining that watchdog and turning it into what @newyorker.com calls a “zombie regulator” just as debt and financial risks are rising.
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Trump’s Reckless Gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
As the cost of living continues to spiral upward, the White House is dismantling the government agency built to protect Americans from financial ruin.
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
These poor kids. This family did nothing wrong except believe in the United States.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño
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Jomboy Media (Unofficial) @jomboymedia-mirror.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This angle of Shohei Ohtani’s grand slam is pure chills
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Absolute shame that the White Sox let him go. Jason is so incredibly talented, distinct voice, sharp mind, and a genuinely good guy. During Covid, Jason even took time to record encouraging videos for any fan who messaged him. The White Sox blew it on this one.
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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports. tucson.com/news/local/b...
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Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says
An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This entire interview is so informative. If you want to understand the complexities of this war, and the mistakes the United States is making take a serious listen.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/03/2026
When the modern electric vehicle was still in its infancy, drivers worried that vehicles would need expensive battery replacements within a few years. But battery lifespans are exceeding expectations. n.pr/4r5CqBw
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How long do electric vehicle batteries actually last?
When the modern electric vehicle was still in its infancy, drivers worried that vehicles would need expensive battery replacements within a few years. But battery lifespans are exceeding expectations.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Got a cab near the Department of Education. Hadn’t seen the Charlie Kirk banner before.
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PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Infringing on our rights AND wasting our money. ICE is a failed experiment. Shut them down.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10/02/2026
Playing politics with disaster relief funding is a new low, even for the Trump Administration. Let’s call it for what it really is: a politically motivated decision that punishes thousands of Illinois families in a critical moment of need.
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Trump administration denies Illinois appeal for summer storms disaster relief
In two letters sent to President Donald Trump last year, Gov. JB Pritzker said the intense rainfall overwhelmed Chicago’s sewer system on the Southwest Side as well as in Cicero and other suburbs, hur...
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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum @baseballhall.org · 09/02/2026
We'll pick it up from here. Spring Training and the World Baseball Classic are right around the corner!
Closeup of a hand reaching down to grip a baseball. (Mike Zarrilli/MLB Photos)
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Absolutely vomitous
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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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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe @jonrk1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Not having any nuclear treaties is certainly not a recipe for safety and national security.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 05/02/2026
For the first time in more than half a century, there are no limits on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. to.pbs.org/49ZOkaW
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Expiration of U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons treaty sparks concerns of new arms race
For the first time in more than half a century, there are no limits on the world’s two largest atomic arsenals. The sole remaining nuclear arms treaty in the world, known as New START, is expiring bet...
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Why the fuck did no other media member in the room stand up for @kaitlancollins.bsky.social? This has been going on forever. Trump, the coward, is constantly throwing ugly sexist insults at female reporters. When the fuck will White House media members defend their female colleagues?
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.
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