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And Pisa: Roman ships found when excavating to expand the train station of San Rossore, just outside the wall, silted in when the maritime Republic of Pisa still had a port. Finally on display in a building along the Arno which was once a Medici arsenal. + leaning tower + tower of hunger...

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Florence: Capella Brancacci and pizza in nearby piazza Santo Spirito which has walls covered with local artists who imagined what plain facade of the church of Santo Spirito might look like had it been decorated.

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And the Vernaccia wine!

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An excerpt from my new piece for @thebulletin.org on Bill Gates' new climate missive:

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The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy
The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

Thinking of this tonight. Worth watching to the end.

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Opinion | Texas Hill Country Is Underwater, and America’s Emergency Lifeline Is Fraying

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...

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Depends on what the end goal is, or in econ speak, what is being "optimized". Which is never made clear.

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----- "Humans cannot possibly change the weather through greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change, that’s blasphemous"

Oh by the way and those same people ---- "Humans are changing the weather with weather machines, cloud seeding, and magical weather fairies with help from the groundhog"

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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

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Normalcy bias is dangerous

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Catastrophic Flooding In Texas - Were There Warnings? Deadly flooding in the flash flood alley of Texas is raising questions about warnings. Here's a preliminary (but not conslusive) analysis.

My deep dive on whether there were adequate weather warnings for the catastrophic flooding in Texas. Mentions Alan Gerard Balanced Weather and Jordan McLeod. I am really interested in your thoughts on my take.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

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And we need science to be able build for changing conditions. Natural infrastructure is critical because it can adapt.

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This is like Dave trying desperately to reboot HAL.

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lol

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I didn't meet him until 2002 during his first hard fought run for Congress - it was the reason I knocked doors for his campaign. And again in his hard fought primary run for Senate in 2016 I think.

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Elon, I'm gonna need you to provide 5 things you accomplished this week.

Looks like a lot of wasteful government spending.

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Near the end of the route waiting for Krewe due Vieux!

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Say no to clickbait 🎣 (episode 6) #elonmusk #greenscreenvideo #greenscreen #doge #fema #trump #medialiteracy #dei #politics TikTok video by Just Whelmed

Really effective video showing how to quickly research claims made by Elon, etc. using the shelter grant program as an example.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2AAfEgE/

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Especially agnorant engineers who think their credentials qualify them to "fix government" - I call it getting "musked"

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Did Musk or any on his team ever take the oath that all federal employees take? If not who even let them in?

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Meanwhile

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2023 Was One Of The Coldest Years Of The Rest Of Your Life Three global assessments confirm last year was by far the hottest in recorded history. β€œWe’re frankly astonished,” one scientist said of the findings.

Also quoted here: sg.news.yahoo.com/2023-one-col...

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Ok

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Certainly that’s a good sign for the New Year 😬

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Just imagine what might have been if Carter had won a second term, and how our current climate might have been different.

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Farmer who voted for Trump hopes he won't do what he promised
Farmer who voted for Trump hopes he won't do what he promised YouTube video by CNN

MAGA Dairy farmer who does not know if his workers are documented, expresses faith that Trump will not round up immigrants as promised.
So, MAGA voted for Trump with confidence that he was lying to them. Got it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dboh...

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If you’re surprised, you haven’t been paying attention.

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