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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Unprovoked unpopular opinion: Sting’s version of Little Wing 🪽 is actually pretty cool.

Screen cap of Apple Music showing Sting “Little Wing” (expanded edition Oct 5, 1987)

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another healthcare provider who has zero bike parking. Fortunately they let me stash bike inside. #BikeParking

An e-bike with panniers is parked inside a medical waiting area

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Great day for May on the mound. Horrible day for Mey on the mound. #ThisIsMyCrew #Reds

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A longtime and local Brewer such as Counsell going to the Cubs should be scorned much like a Barça coach switching to Madrid or one from Marseille to PSG.

A dejected-looking Craig Counsell in a C&bs uniform.

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

So thankful that nothing like this is happening in the US. 🙏

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I quit following the Packers/NFL cold turkey about 10 years ago and have zero regrets.

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

As folks gear up for the new semester, a reminder if anyone needs it, my Ai statement is available for people to make use of in their own materials. It’s downloadable and printable from my site here spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - for that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

https://spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-syllabi/

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Post trip report: - Milwaukee rocks and the Brewers won - the Hank Aaron trail is functional and postindustrial urban corridor feel - Bublr was great! tho, the station is farther from stadium than it should be and our group snagged the last bikes, so they could use more!

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A driver wanted to be sketchy last night but I diffused the danger with good riding technique & made a video about to help teach others. Drivers 🚗: don't make stupid passes! Bikers 🚲 🏍️: be visible, position yourself correctly in the lane, signal, and check your shoulder. #BikeSky

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Elon Musk has bought a gas turbine company to bring even more pollution to a poor Memphis neighborhood, all so Grok can churn out porn, CSAM, and Nazi propaganda.

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Can’t recommend enough to climate and Wx folks to ride bikes! It is a great way to directly experience the phenomena we are interested in! 🌧️ ⚡️ 💨

Me in a bike helmet riding on a rainy side street in Reno

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Whoa, over a quarter million people (so far!) have left a comment on the egrgious openly fascist takeover attempt of the OMB. You can too! @standupforscience.net has instructions and everything you need. It's not hard, and it's critically important to science. fight2win.standupforscience.net

fight2win.standupforscience.net

Stand up for Science

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This sucks but also Cyclospora would have been such a great name for a big bike ride or open streets event. #BikeSky

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Shade is nice, but too often in our area, trees in close proximity to bike paths quickly result in massive damage to pavement rendering them uncomfortable and potentially dangerous/unridable above ~5 mph. Perhaps better engineering and silvicultural knowledge could avoid?

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I started working in extreme heat impacts looking at bird populations in the late 2000s. Did a ton of lit searches and results mostly about poultry death and how to avoid it.

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Tried unsuccessfully to convince the family to bike to Reno’s big Fourth of July show. So now we sit over an hour waiting for car traffic to clear. Next time! #BikingIsBetter

Tail lights of cars that are stuck as traffic

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Currently Blasting Cheb Mami, Soolking, and Cheb Khaled #TeamDZ 🇩🇿 ⚽️

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Omg pretty sure Andres Cantor just called the Bosnia and Herzegovina players “Serbios”. Did I hear that right? #MensWorldCup

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This IG account exists. Just sayin... #BrewersSky

Screencap of IG account called "joey-ortiz-admirer"
[photo of Joey Ortiz in Brewers cap
4 posts 48 followers 14 following
worshiper of 2026 Platinum Glove... [cut off]
Fan account, not yet affiliated...

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Pope Elwood IX @ekingsbury.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Blessed be Aaron Ashby Wins and all the prayers for Joey Ortiz Brewers 5 Reds 3

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Having a great time & learning a lot at American Association of State Climatologists meeting in Fairbanks, AK. Anyone part of AASC? Or just generally interested? Let's connect! #AASC #ClimateSky @climatologist49.bsky.social [photo: Eric Marshall U Alaska Fairbanks]

Approximately 90 people standing and smiling (squinting) for a group photo on steps on a sunny day. Credit: Eric Marshall

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This and jacking up the price of oil.

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Great thread on some issues of current French heat wave

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Visiting Milwaukee later this summer and staying downtown w/o car. Is Bublr #BikeShare a viable way to get to a daytime #Brewers game? via Hank Aaron Trail presumably? Any tips?

a docking station for bublr bike share system, with several bikes visible and a person checking out a bike on a sunny day.

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Generally like this place but dang this does not seem to be a place that is useful at all for early election return and election takes. At least for #NevadaElection results.

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This is absolutely wild and appalling.

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Anyway, the best thing about speaking French might be getting to say “hop là!”

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Ok so USC puts on a pretty good graduation show

Drone show Tommy Trojan and horse above LA Memorial Colliseum

Drone show spelling “Class of 2026” above LA Memorial Colliseum

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Will someone please tell me when they do this for album names because my answer will be: “Abbey Stroad”

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A bike ride with the dogs with no particular purpose: highly recommended! #BikeSky

A shadow of a bicycle carrying a small dog in front, a human, and a larger dog in back

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I was just thinking about how much I miss that account. It would be a full time job keeping up today!

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Maiden voyage for Benito (along with old hand Diego)! First time I’ve ever been outnumbered by whippets on a bike 🐾 🚴‍♀️ 🐾 #BikeSky

A puppy in front and an adult whippet in back on a cargo bike that is parked outdoors

A puppy looking to the side in the front basket of a bicycle pedaling down a suburban street.

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mollypeonies @mollypeonies.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

In January, MPD internal records show that show Priority 1 domestic abuse calls (categorized as Dabuse) in Minneapolis waited 30–88 minutes for a response. Priority 1 means immediate threat to life or safety—calls that are supposed to receive the fastest possible response.

Document titled “MPD Call Response Policy Adherence – 911 Response Call Log Memo.” It summarizes Priority 1 calls pending over 30 minutes for the week of January 3–9, 2026. It states 14 total calls exceeded 30 minutes, including 6 domestic abuse calls. Two example calls are listed: one waited 48 minutes and another 56 minutes before response. Portions of caller details are redacted.

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Meet Benito the Whippet (Diego's little bro) #WhippetSky

A ridiculously cute black and white whippet puppy with one light blue and one dark eye wearing a harness

a whippet puppy touches nose with an older whippet on a street.

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

High gas prices are in your face and the topic du jour, but they are miniscule compared to the additional expenses of car (and profit) bloat! #DriveLessRideMore

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

biggest #Earthquake I've experienced since living in Reno! (we're fine, but I hope it wasn't much worse elsewhere)

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Just caught some passive "accident" framing on a draft of piece referring to a motorist hitting and killing a person on a bike. I shared with them this excellent paper by @drtaragoddard.com and colleagues on the importance of language/framing: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

sciencedirect.com

Does news coverage of traffic crashes affect perceived blame and preferred solutions? Evidence from an experiment

Traffic crashes are one of the leading causes of preventable death in the United States. Nearly 20% of these roadway fatalities are people who were hi…

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Rachel @rsteve388.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

#Bikesky I am thinking about getting a Smart Helmet for visibility and ease of turn signals. I am looking at Unit 1 Aura. My commute is 2 hours via bike or public transportation so being able to ride sounds like a better option for the warmer months. Any insights regarding a smart helmet?

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Tom Albright @talbright.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Interesting but not shocking. That said I’ve learned to be more skeptical of studies that show what I want to believe. The winter thing is interesting and makes sense with higher speed on slippery roads I imagine. Also no class iii (🇺🇸) equivalent in Norway.

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