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The world’s richest man is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the midterm elections in an effort to help Republicans hold on to their Senate majority. Elon Musk, the world’s first trillionaire, has reportedly funneled more than $366 million into Republican groups and his own super PAC.

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Elon Musk Becomes the Largest Known Donor to This Year’s Midterms

Alex Gibney, director of the new documentary Musk, discusses the rise of the world’s first trillionaire.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3h

🛑 UPDATE: Doctors have removed Pope’s lower lobe of the right lung.. The histological examination confirms the diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma. The operation went well and no complications occurred.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3h

English translation.

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 7h

Let's be clear that a big part of Guilfoyle scandal should be that Trump appointed this unqualified and corrupt nutjob to her position in the first place. But of course that also applies to: Hegseth Patel Kennedy... I could go on. newrepublic.com/post/216547/...

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Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns After Trump’s Fury Over Her Corruption

Donald Trump’s new press secretary dropped the bombshell during her first briefing.

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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 9h

This semester I taught kids about the Aztecs and how they would ritually kill people to perpetuate their society. I called it "ritual killing," not "human sacrifice," because most societies do it and the other term implies the Aztecs were somehow unusual in this. This is how *we* do ritual killing.

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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Folks, you should check out the podcast I'm on with @nickmortensen.com. It's a show about how the world is falling apart, and we can save it together, one deep dive at a time.

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 9h

"Zacharia, 41, a graduate of Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, has worked for a number of conservative organizations, according to her online resume. She served on the advisory board for an anti-abortion group...." MAGA women in particular are pathetic. www.npr.org/2026/10/12/n...

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New White House press secretary a 'devoted fan' of Trump and MAGA

Katie Zacharia worked for one of Trump's companies and raised her profile appearing on conservative-leaning talk shows. She also amplified right-wing conspiracy theories. Now she'll be the president's...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

BREAKING: Our @lukeradel.bsky.social was in the room when the new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia delivered her first briefing… before she ABRUPTLY LEFT after taking only a few questions

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11h

As Pope is admitted to Gemelli for surgery this afternoon, Vatican advises that further information will be forthcoming this evening.

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Vote to Save Democracy! @pismoelizabeth.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Question: What's the difference between GlobalX airlines in 2026 and cattle cars in 1941? Answer: The altitude

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 23h

Not often, if ever, do you see an Archbishop of the Military Services in the US meet with the Pope, then literally right after releasing a major statement obliging Catholics to not participate in a firing squad. These are the unfortunate times we find ourselves in.

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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 12/10/2026

HSI doing political theater on behalf of Trump this morning in DC reminds me of the last time I saw them up close, when they were raiding a local daycare center, with cooperation from our local police, in an operation that was cheered on by Gov. Walz.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 12/10/2026

For years, the Trump admin has launched slanderous attacks against Rep. Omar. This morning, the administration sent federal officials to raid her home. We cannot and will not accept this unprecedented abuse of power. I stand with @repilhan.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/ilha...

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Agents search Rep. Omar's Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she won't 'be silenced'

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will “not be silenced” and calls a search of her Washington home the “latest escalation” in President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 12/10/2026

Students at the Al-Amal School in central Gaza have returned to class, and WCK is there to make sure no one sits down to learn on an empty stomach. (1/2)

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

BREAKING WaPo: A federal judge just ordered the Trump admin to stop cutting down trees at East Potomac Golf Links after preservationists asserted that more than 500 were felled Saturday and "hundreds more" were slated for removal.

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Judge halts tree removal at D.C. golf course that Trump has proposed overhauling

Plaintiffs had said “hundreds more” were slated for the ax, and the judge ordered a stop to all tree removal until 7 a.m. Tuesday or until she issues another order.

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The Great Brehon @brehonthebear.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A reminder to move beyond symbolic land acknowledgments: listen to Native voices, support Indigenous-led mutual aid and landback initiatives, and commit to unlearning sanitized history. Indigenous sovereignty is living, present, and vital.

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 12/10/2026

Of the first 500 enslaved Indigenous people that Christopher Columbus sent back to Spain, 250 died en route. Over the following decades, hundreds of thousands more died working in the gold mines and sugar plantations of Hispaniola and resisting Spanish domination. Today, we honor their resistance.

crimethinc.com

“Each Crueler Than the Last”

As protesters tear down statues and "experts" debate their merits, we review the deeds of Christopher Columbus and the tycoon who commissioned the statue of him in modern-day St. Louis.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Shocking abuse of power from a fascist regime flailing in the lead up to an electoral wipeout. Accountability can't come soon enough.

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 12/10/2026

This is outrageous, despotic shit and everyone who played a role in it should lose their place in polite society. Show us the warrant. Who asked for it? What did they claim? Have there been grand jury proceedings? Who was in charge? And what judge, if any, signed off on the search warrant?

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

BREAKING: Trump administration cut down more than 500 trees on Saturday at the East Potomac Golf Course after giving less than a full-day notice, with more tree-cutting planned, so plaintiffs challenging the effort went to court seeking a TRO tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

EMERGENCY MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR A 14-DAY STAY UNDER SECTION 705 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
Plaintiffs hereby move the Court to enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, for a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705.
Despite the Court's admonitions not to "get to a point where someone is telling me, from
the government, that it's too late, too many things have happened and now we are, like, moving
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Document 76
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forward and we can't, you know, stop the trains," Status Conf. Tr. ("Apr. 13 Tr.") at 18:15-19:10,
Apr. 13, 2026, Defendants have begun irreversible damage to East Potomac Golf Course. At
4:55 p.m. on Friday preceding the holiday weekend, Defendants announced their intent to
begin-barely 12 hours later—a massive operation to clear 529 trees at East Potomac Golf
Course. Decl. of Dr. Kevin Griess, Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks,
National Park Service 920, ECF 74-1. Although they initially represented that their work would proceed in stages, Defendants in fact took down 529 trees on Saturday alone and have confirmed
to Plaintiffs that they intend to take down hundreds more.
Defendants' surprise tree-razing operation constitutes classic National Environmental
Policy Act segmentation: undertaking elements of a larger project piecemeal and insisting that they are independent and therefore need not be evaluated in a single NEPA review of the entire
project. Defendants cannot circumvent their NEPA obligations in this manner. Delaware
Riverkeeper Network v. F.E.R.C., 753 F.3d 1304, 1313 (D.C. Cir. 2014).

Therefore, and for the reasons explained in the Memorandum accompanying this Motion
and supporting exhibits, the Court should enter a 14-day temporary restraining order under Rule
65(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, alternatively, a 14-day stay under 5 U.S.C.
§ 705, enjoining Defendants from any further tree felling at East Potomac Park. In addition, the
Court should order Defendants to provide the Court and Plaintiffs no less than three business days' written advance notice before any irreparable modification to any permanent forms or
features of East Potomac Park.
If the Court believes a hearing would be appropriate, Plaintiffs request a hearing on this
motion at the Court's first availability. At the parties' meet and confer on Sunday afternoon, Defendants represented that the tree-clearing operation would continue this week until
completed. Defendants indicated during the meet and confer that rain foreclosed any work on
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Sunday, and that the possibility of doing work on Monday depended on weather and the course's
condition. Depending on Defendants' plans, then, it is possible that no work will occur on
Monday.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

“Nepal’s army said in a statement that it was continuing to rescue stranded people using helicopters &ground troops. They had rescued 49 people by Sunday afternoon. The agency said the flash flood was caused by a landslide that initially blocked the Budhi Gangaki River near the village of Chumchure”

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Flash flood hits northern Nepal, damaging bridges and sweeping away homes

Disaster officials evacuated villagers and warned others to move to safer areas. They said at least five people are reported missing.

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Democratic Club of Camarillo @camdemclub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here's a summary of the California Democratic Party recommendations for the November propositions. Share this picture, mark your calendars, and make a plan to vote early. Ballots will be here before you know it.

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Courage California @courageca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

⬇️ Download these free "California Know Your Vote" non-partisan voter resources to share with your family and friends this election season. Access these resources and download at ➡️ bit.ly/cci-2026camidterm

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 11/10/2026

Repeat after me: Yes on 40, no on 41 and 42, which are designed to cancel out 40!

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Prism @prismreports.org · 11/10/2026

Women who were detained in South Louisiana while pregnant told Prism that they were berated by guards; forced to wear shackles on their wrists, hands, belly & feet; & were made to eat inedible food. The eugenics movement has shaped the experiences of women in ICE detention, Edith Romero reports.

prismreports.org

Pregnant women in ICE detention face policies shaped by eugenics

The experiences of detained women show that the American eugenics movement remains an integral part of the system

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia

• Source Network: AS13238 YANDEX – Yandex LLC (Russian Federation)
• Traffic Breakdown: Prior to the drop, bot traffic accounted for roughly 99.6% of requests compared to 0.4% human traffic.
• Event Cause: The sudden plunge to zero on October 11, 2026, corresponds to a reported military/drone attack on Yandex's data center facility in Vladimir, Russia—marking the third reported attack on Yandex data infrastructure since October 8.

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Fascinating. I want to read this book. #BookSky

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

BREAKING from Pope Leo: “Dear friends, during some recent medical examinations, the doctors found a small, localized nodule in my lung. It was detected at a very early stage and is well-localized.”

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“I think some Black women have learned that exceptional performance provides at least some type of protection within racist and sexist institutions, like, ‘Work twice as hard, get the credentials, don’t give anyone a reason to question you,’”....

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 10/10/2026

Really glad to be writing this monthly column for Documented. The first one is up now.

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Max Bernhard @mxbernhard.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"Kennedy would never be able to do the trial in the US because of its significant ethical concerns, Offit added." "The Danish research ethics committee ... had never considered medical studies before, but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one." www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Facing massive hyperscale computing centers to fuel AI, officials in small communities across America often say they see few options. Here's the view from Alabama, New Jersey, Michigan, Oregon and Pennsylvania where Big Tech often overwhelms local efforts to corral the data center industry.

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Outmaneuvered, outmatched and outspent: How data centers are overwhelming small-town America

When small American communities say no to big data centers, some tech companies won’t take no for an answer.

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Just saw this. Can't wait to read it.

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❌👑 Suz Brockmann @suzbrockmann.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I’ll be there, tomorrow! I’m showing up a little late because I’m going to the noon to 1 pm weekly indivisible led protest in Natick center first, but I’ll be phonebanking with Fated States after that! Join me, even just for a short time!!

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Connie M @mconniem.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I love the recent release "No Line Change"--such a fun, beautiful, well written hockey MM romance. I love all of Heard's books but this one is spectacular! #BookSky

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Indivisible Colorado @indivisible-co.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

www.commondreams.org/news/nationa... @commondreams.org @aclu.org The DC Board of Elections is responding to complaints of National Guard troops stationed outside a ballot drop box. “Armed troops do not belong near ballot boxes,” the head of the District of Columbia ACLU told Common Dreams.

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‘Affront to Democracy’: Trump's National Guard Troops Seen in Front of Ballot Box in DC | Common Dreams

"Armed troops do not belong near ballot boxes," the head of the District of Columbia ACLU told Common Dreams.

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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 09/10/2026

A shackled detainee was thrown to the ground, placed in a WRAP full-body restraint, and carried onto today's ICE Air flight at MSP. This is the first time we've seen the device used in Minnesota. If a loved one may have been aboard, full loading sequence is here: youtube.com/watch?v=MEMv2ngB1GI

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 09/10/2026

There is another tropical system set to impact the West Coast. Tropical Storm #Rachel will be approaching southern California later this weekend. Tropical Storm Watches have been issued for southern California. Get the latest at hurricanes.gov and weather.gov.

$Note: The cone contains the probable path of the storm center but does not show the size of the storm. Hazardous conditions can occur outside of the cone. Details & Current Information:Storm: Tropical Storm Rachel Date & Time: Friday October 09, 2026, 8 AM PDT Advisory 50 Issuer: NWS National Hurricane Center Center Location: $22.8^\circ\text{N}, 124.6^\circ\text{W}$ Max Sustained Wind: 50 mph Movement: NE at 5 mph Forecast Positions:8 AM Fri: Tropical Storm ('S') 5 AM Sat / 5 PM Sat / 5 AM Sun / 5 PM Sun: Tropical Storm ('S') Watches & Warnings:Tropical Storm Watch (Yellow): Baja California Peninsula coast and Southern California coastline Map Description: Forecast cone showing Tropical Storm Rachel moving northeast from the Eastern Pacific toward the northern Baja California Peninsula and Southern California/Nevada region.$

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Tropical Storm Watch (Yellow):

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A Tropical Storm Watch is issued when tropical storm conditions are possible, typically within 48 hours.

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Prepare your home by securing loose items outside or moving them indoors. Have an emergency supply kit ready and charge your devices.
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Tropical Storm Winds Possible.

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Tropical Storm Warning (Blue):

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A Tropical Storm Warning is issued when tropical storm conditions are expected, typically within 36 hours.

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Follow the advice of local officials and be ready to seek shelter in a sturdy structure.
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Tropical Storm Winds Expected!

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Laura Lee @lauraleeactor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

WAY TO GO, ANTIVAXXERS!

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026

Aminata Seck has been freed. "I'm just ready to go back to school, get my master's and get this surgery done,” she said. ICE kept her in pain in detention for two months for no reason. www.espn.com/womens-colle...

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Kentucky State player released on bond from ICE custody

Kentucky State University women's basketball center Aminata Seck was released on bond Wednesday after spending two months in ICE custody.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026

NEW: The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement firmly condemning plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan. Archbishop Paul Coakley calls the decision “a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.” www.usccb.org/news/2026/us...

United States
Conference of
Catholic Bishops
READINGS
WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the U.S.
Department of War announced that the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the man convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, would be publicly livestreamed. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement sharply condemning the decision of the U.S. government:
"It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War's decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan's actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered. The word of God exhorts us: 'do not repay anyone evil for evil' (Romans 12:17). The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.

United States
Conference of
Catholic Bishops
READINGS
"It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War's decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan's actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered. The word of God exhorts us: 'do not repay anyone evil for evil' (Romans 12:17). The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people.
"I pray for the intercession of Our Lady of Good Counsel that we as a nation may always choose life even in the most trying times and circumstances."

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I have finally found an acceptable hotel wifi connection, and will have a short-notice livestream at Noon Pacific Time today (Oct 9) on Tropical Storm Rachel and the growing potential for significant Southern California impacts this weekend. #CAwx

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Late-breaking developments regarding Tropical Storm Rachel's close approach on Southern California - YouTube

The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 10/09/2026 topics: ...

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Maxmax @maxmax.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Flooding on Balboa peninsula in Orange County, CA on October 9, 2026.

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