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@1074j.bsky.social

Astrophotographer, pilot, meteorologist. The last house on the powerline.

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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

Let's do this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...

30.01.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10601    πŸ” 3503    πŸ’¬ 662    πŸ“Œ 721
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#Aurora over the #Alps πŸ’ƒπŸ»πŸ’œπŸ’š
I saw her dancing for the first time of my life πŸ₯Ή
Location: 46Β°N Koralpe, Carinthia/Austria.
@aswogeosphere.bsky.social @chrisoutofspace.bsky.social @vincentledvina.bsky.social @uwz.bsky.social @nikzimmer87.bsky.social @manueloberhuber.bsky.social @alpenwetter.bsky.social

20.01.2026 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5

Wow, excellent time-lapse.

20.01.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Aurora visible from far south eastern Arizona tonight. #Aurora

20.01.2026 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

16.11.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 59620    πŸ” 36482    πŸ’¬ 1305    πŸ“Œ 2909
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Major dust storm just occurred in far south eastern Arizona. Taken from Paradise, Arizona #azwx

13.07.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Additionally, some of NOAA's very high resolution convective-resolving models (designed specifically for this purpose) were the ones that best predicted this incipient disaster. Yet these very same models are on the chopping block this year with the proposed NOAA budget.

05.07.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 311    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Predicting such storms is at the cutting edge of science right now, and the stakes are rising in a warming world in which they are intensifying. Yet this is precisely the kind of research that NOAA/NSF have funded in the U.S. over decades that is at imminent risk of disappearing.

05.07.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 412    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8

She put the Elantra out of its misery by hitting a rock and putting a hole in the transmission. Maybe on purpose??? Anyways, we replaced it with a 2016 Corolla with only 65K miles.

19.06.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing but problems with my daughter's 18 Elantra. Paint peeling, engine starting problems (ECM replaced), catalytic converter issues, and the stupid ignition switch security problem. I guess we should be happy that the engine hasn't let go. It never ends.

19.06.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you having a stroke?

19.06.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Of note is the full complement of Mexican upper air stations seen above. Historically, Mexico struggled with the reliability of its sounding network. Over the last few years, there has been a vast improvement, and now, it is the United States that is struggling to regularly launch balloons. #azwx

19.06.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Due to staffing issues, the Tucson NWS is no longer sending up a 12Z sounding. This sounding is a meteorologist's most important short-term monsoon forecasting tools. This data is also critical for the accurate weather modeling of monsoon thunderstorms.
#azwx
@timsteller.bsky.social

19.06.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Trump administration is kidnapping and trying to deport American citizens who look β€œforeign.”

No warrant. No due process. No rights.

Americans voted for cheaper eggs, not for a night of broken glass.

#MAGAKidnappers

18.06.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2536    πŸ” 1110    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 116

We can dream.

21.05.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Video of landspout β€œtornado”. Less of a tornado more of a dust devil. #azwx #nmwx. South of I 10 along the New Mexico Arizona border.

04.04.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Landspout. I hesitate to call a tornado! South of I 10 near the New Mexico Arizona border. #azwx #nmwx

04.04.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

03.04.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 46944    πŸ” 11607    πŸ’¬ 993    πŸ“Œ 683
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Fire season in the SW will be BAD, especially AZ/NM.
#azwx #nmwx

03.04.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have used TP WAY less since I got mine.

03.04.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Tim Steller's column: Time to stand up for freedom of speech, not fold to threats For Star subscribers: The Trump administration is targeting outgroups and disloyal elites for arrest, harassment, deportation and extortion. Now is the time to fight, not fold.

Column: "I'm going to keep writing till they take me away in handcuffs." A trans writer's fighting spirit, spoken on the U of A campus during the Tucson Festival of Books, is what we need as people are detained and deported for their free expression in America.
tucson.com/news/local/s...

23.03.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elbows up, Canada.

22.03.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 52349    πŸ” 13361    πŸ’¬ 1483    πŸ“Œ 2288

I10 is/was closed from near the
AZ border to El Paso.

19.03.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You got Simena'ed.

12.03.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pennsylvania is getting Sinema'ed. We here in AZ got rid of her. Pennsylvania needs to do the same with your turd.

12.03.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ad seen in London

12.03.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 10503    πŸ” 2237    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 96

We here in the SW are screwed. The fire season is going to be horrific.

02.03.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I personally know 3 people on the chopping block. Two have over 30 years of experience and had just changed positions. One left NOAA for NCAR and he said his NOAA replacement was let go since it was a recent promoted to fill the vacant position. He had over 30 years as well. Insanity.

28.02.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The now-confirmed and rumored additional cuts to come at NOAA/NWS are spectacularly short-sighted, and ultimately will deal a major self-inflicted wound to the public safety of Americans and the resiliency of the American economy to weather and climate-related disasters.
11/11

28.02.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 553    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 9
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Nebulosity near the star Atik in Perseus. Besides the H II nebula, there is also a lot of obscuring dust. The image is mainly LRGB using a Esprit refractor. #astrophotography

24.02.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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