MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 09/07/2025It just hit 105F in our back garden in northern #FortCollins #COwx 121
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 08/04/2025This is what happens when you automate “support services”. Note that there is no facility for telling them *why* they rated a 2 out of 5. It was because I spent the better part of half an hour trying to figure out how to mark a comment as spam, with their “help”. 020
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 05/04/2025CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention effectively eliminated. Workers say no other HHS unit has capacity to respond to such public health crises.statnews.comCDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention effectively eliminatedThe CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention has been effectively eliminated as part of the layoffs at HHS. 030
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I, for one, welcome our penguin overlords…. www.wired.com/story/trump-...wired.comTrump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many PenguinsThe Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there. 072
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Sadly, this does not appear to be an April Fools post, although it’s is April and it is clearly the work of fools. www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...statnews.comHHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agenciesLayoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of HHS and its subsidiary agencies, with as many 10,000 workers potentially expected to be hit by the cuts. 010
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 29/03/2025This warms my heart. It’s a great thing Guster did. I wish I could see the musical. Hopefully, they’ve found another venue. 020
Reposted by MarHMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 28/03/2025The Social Security Administration snatched Alex Vukovich’s January payment right out of his bank account and hasn’t made February or March payments — because the government insists he's dead. (He's not)denverpost.comColorado man declared dead by Social Security still fighting to restart payments: “I’m at my wit’s end”Alex Vukovich’s Social Security check disappeared from his bank account in late January after the federal agency mistakenly placed him on its list of deceased recipients. 9362238
Reposted by MarHAlt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 28/03/2025Our hearts are with Myanmar today. Also filled with tremendous sorrow and shame for our country that USAID isn't there to help.medium.comMyanmar Is in Ruins. And America Isn’t Coming.A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar on March 27. Buildings pancaked in Mandalay. Temples in Bagan shattered. Entire villages buried. 381063366
Reposted by MarHThe Denver Post @denverpost.com · 27/03/2025President Donald Trump signed an executive order putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of an effort to “remove improper ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers and the National Zoo.denverpost.comTrump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with ‘improper ideology’Trump’s order puts Vice President JD Vance in charge of the effort. 385652
Reposted by MarHJustice in Aging @justiceinaging.org · 26/03/2025Yep! You can watch the full webinar and access the slides and transcript here:justiceinaging.orgWebinar: Medicaid on the Chopping BlockIn this webinar, Justice in Aging experts explain how proposed Medicaid cuts would harm older adults and outline key messaging strategies to protect this vital program. 111
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Opinion: Cuts to #Medicaid will set the U.S. back 35 years in #dementia care Reducing, rationing, or even closing services will be catastrophic for patients, families www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/a...statnews.comCuts to Medicaid will set the U.S. back 35 years in dementia care“We’re the richest country in the world. It’s callous to say it’s costing too much for poor disabled people to do chair yoga.” 153
Reposted by MarHCenter for an Informed Public @cip.uw.edu · 25/03/2025The @nytimes.com highlighted @cip.uw.edu co-founder @katestarbird.bsky.social's recent 2025 UW Faculty Lecture where she described how a “machinery of bullshit” has become "intertwined with digital media." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/b... [1/3]nytimes.comTrump Leads a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation in Second Term (Gift Article)President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes. 13619
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025How to… delete your 23andMe data But truly deleting your personal genetic information from the DNA testing company is easier said than done.technologyreview.comHow to… delete your 23andMe dataBut truly deleting your personal genetic information from the DNA testing company is easier said than done. 010
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 23/03/2025This is terrifying. What happens to the food supply if these lines aren’t maintained and we have a disaster or a pandemic worse than the last? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need. 0147
Reposted by MarHJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 22/03/2025I've started to realize that Anne Frank and her family wouldn't have been safe around a lot of people I know and loved and once respected. That's not something you get over. 639192263936
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Five books to help young readers understand #wildfirehcn.orgFive books to help young readers understand wildfire - High Country NewsAge-appropriate narratives and beautiful illustrations teach children how wildfire touches people’s lives. 030
Reposted by MarHLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Hearing that there are 700+ people at the empty chair town hall tonight for CA-03’s Rep Kiley…CA-03 is a R+4 district…. 20801111
Reposted by MarHThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/03/2025Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.nytimes.comRFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It SpreadThe health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say. 94154281633
Reposted by MarHThe Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 17/03/2025Critical fire danger expected for Colorado’s Southeastern plains ahead of “damaging” winds across dry landcoloradosun.comCritical fire danger expected for Colorado’s Southeastern plains ahead of “damaging” winds across dry landForecast of strong gusts that could shift suddenly has officials on alert this week for wind-driven, fast-moving wildland fires 2308
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 17/03/2025WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health. Trump moves will vastly undercut efforts to combat HIV, measles, and other diseases, agency says. www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w...statnews.comWHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global healthBreaking: The WHO issued its starkest warning yet on the consequences of the abrupt cessation of U.S. global health funding, saying it is threatening to reverse years of progress worldwide. 030
Reposted by MarHGo-Khan @go-khan.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Cat standoff! ⚔️ Orange thinks he has high ground. He strikes and Gray retreats... But it's just the opening gambit... #cats #catsofbluesky #cat #checkmate #4Dchess 37192271072
Reposted by MarHMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16/03/2025“Denying the Seriousness of Long COVID Is Dangerous for Me – and You” On Long COVID Awareness Day, pleased to publish this piece for Zeteo from @juliadoubleday.bsky.socialzeteo.comDenying the Seriousness of Long COVID Is Dangerous for Me – and YouWhat is Long COVID? Are there treatments? A guide to the illness that affects millions, but is hardly talked about. 672898814
Reposted by MarHLyn Ettinger-Harwell @lyneh1.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Always remember that you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ~ Christopher Robin ~ 224742
Reposted by MarHSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer. "Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead. 1076423439558
Reposted by MarHThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/03/2025Elon Musk met with the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command this week, an NSA spokesman said on Thursday, a sign that the effort to shrink the size of the federal work force could soon turn to a critical arm of the intelligence community.nytimes.comElon Musk Met With Head of National Security Agency This Week, Spokesman SaysThe talks suggest that the effort to shrink the size of the federal work force could soon turn to a critical arm of the intelligence community. 68328120
Reposted by MarHThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/03/2025A federal judge in Washington has ordered Elon Musk and operatives involved with his Department of Government Efficiency to hand over documents and answer questions about its role in directing mass firings and dismantling government programs.nytimes.comJudge Orders Musk and His Team to Turn Over Records and Answer QuestionsMr. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has largely been shrouded in secrecy, but court cases are one way opponents of President Trump’s overhaul efforts have sought clarity. 631346234
Reposted by MarHdell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:wired.comInside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI. 11740821721
Reposted by MarHJim Spad @jspad.bsky.social · 13/03/2025More please. Where are the rest of the Democrats? 132
Reposted by MarHThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 13/03/2025An hours-long outage Wednesday on , the federal website for student loans and financial aid, underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education, as President Donald Trump aims to dismantle the agency.bit.lyFederal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education DepartmentAn hours-long outage on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, has underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education. 46545213
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 12/03/2025USDA hires back all 6,000 fired workers from past month, including public land employeeswildfiretoday.comUSDA hires back all fired workers from past monthThe department's decision was forced by the MSPB, an independent federal court that focuses on employee complaints. Here's what we know. 140
Reposted by MarHCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 11/03/2025A foreign ruler tries to tell Canada what we can and can't do. Imagine the cheek. #elbowsup www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/poli...ctvnews.caTrump says Ontario ‘not allowed’ to slap surcharge on electricity sent to U.S. statesU.S. President Donald Trump is responding to Ontario’s decision to slap a 25 per cent surcharge on all electricity exports to the United States, threatening to “get it all back” with reciprocal tariff... 2522007488
Reposted by MarHPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants." In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans. 407122654060
Reposted by MarHJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Court says the Office of Personnel Management’s new director must testify in the case alleging the mass firing of probationary fed’l employees was illegal, violating the requirement that there be specific, individualized justifications for each firing. 422226542
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Glade Reservoir will bury highway, add recreation, impact Haystack Rock: What to expect #COwater #COroads #NoCo www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2...coloradoan.comGlade Reservoir will bury highway, add recreation, impact Haystack Rock: What to expectThe new Glade Reservoir in Larimer County will have plenty of impacts. Here's what to know about recreation, moving the highway and Haystack Rock. 010
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Marine #Microplastics Linked to Neurologic Dysfunction www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...medscape.comMarine Microplastics Linked to Neurologic DysfunctionHigh levels of marine microplastics have been linked to a higher prevalence of cognitive and other types of neurologic dysfunction in those living in US coastal communities. 030
Reposted by MarHThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more. 349159253986
Reposted by MarHColleen Hagerty @colleenhagerty.com · 04/03/2025The House Committee on Homeland Security is hosting a hearing this morning on the "Future of FEMA" featuring perspectives from emergency managers. Here is the livestream link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=snc9...youtube.comFuture of FEMA: Perspectives from the Emergency Management CommunityYouTube video by Homeland Security Committee Events 251
Reposted by MarHTom Fairman @itsnotfairman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Excellent first PhD paper from @aaronheap.bsky.social using Wilson's Prom as a case study to examine the long term impacts of high severity short interval fire - Diverse forest types all converge on a homogenised structural form and this persists for decades. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...sciencedirect.comShort-interval fires homogenise the structure of diverse temperate forestsChanging fire regimes can drive significant transformations in forest landscapes, including shifts to alternative stable states. However, these states… 02611
Reposted by MarHNathaniel Minor @nbminor.bsky.social · 03/03/2025FWIW - the internal GSA lists I've obtained list NOAA's Boulder, Colorado facility as "core." I wrote up what *isn't* core here: www.cpr.org/2025/02/27/t...cpr.orgTrump administration plans to sell about 20 buildings it owns in Colorado but retain much of Federal CenterThe federal government plans to move workers in the buildings into “privately owned leased space.” 2118
Reposted by MarHChris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Currently in Colorado: 🌬️ High Wind Watch 🍃 High Wind Warning 🔥 Red Flag Warning 🌨️ Blizzard Warning ❄️ Winter Storm Warning ☃️ Winter Storm Watch 🏔️ Winter Weather Advisory Quiet otherwise, though. #COwx 712715
Reposted by MarHyellowscenemag @yellowscenemag.bsky.social · 03/03/2025If everyone voted, they would never win again. So they are working to make it so everyone can't vote. 001
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Watching West Wind and CJ just told the First Lady to go on Sesame Street and said Diane Sawyer sang with Cookie Monster. I couldn’t find that but she did sing with Elmo and it was adorable. youtu.be/pqltNDD5Ycsyoutu.beSesame Street: It All Adds UpYouTube video by Sesame Street 000
Reposted by MarHTom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I was just on American flight 3083, for LaGuardia. As we touched ground, the plane suddenly sped up and climbed back up. The plane strained to quickly gain altitude. After something like five harrowing minutes, the pilot finally announced, “there was a plane in the ground that was too close to us.” 18542311037
MarH @theredelm.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Current #knitting project. This slip stitch scarf pattern is from issue 25 of Noro. I wanted to use the same colours as they used but that yarn isn’t sold in the US, so I use a different Noro yarn, in pale green and blue. 180
Reposted by MarHChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news. 8104066816914