Ken McGary
@kenmcgary.bsky.social
Electronics engineer developing circuits and systems for environmental sensor networks. Also, hiker, biker, nature nerd (kensanfran on iNaturalist). 🏳️🌈
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If you’re wondering who exactly Trump and Republicans are looking out for…it’s probably not you. (@itep.org)
https://itep.org/impact-of-trump-policies-on-taxes-and-consumer-costs-2026/
https://itep.org/impact-of-trump-policies-on-taxes-and-consumer-costs-2026/
October 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
If you’re wondering who exactly Trump and Republicans are looking out for…it’s probably not you. (@itep.org)
https://itep.org/impact-of-trump-policies-on-taxes-and-consumer-costs-2026/
https://itep.org/impact-of-trump-policies-on-taxes-and-consumer-costs-2026/
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Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office:
Bill Clinton: ZERO
George W. Bush: ZERO
Barack Obama: ZERO
Donald Trump (first term): 517
Joe Biden: ZERO
Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day.
This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
Bill Clinton: ZERO
George W. Bush: ZERO
Barack Obama: ZERO
Donald Trump (first term): 517
Joe Biden: ZERO
Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day.
This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
September 16, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office:
Bill Clinton: ZERO
George W. Bush: ZERO
Barack Obama: ZERO
Donald Trump (first term): 517
Joe Biden: ZERO
Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day.
This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
Bill Clinton: ZERO
George W. Bush: ZERO
Barack Obama: ZERO
Donald Trump (first term): 517
Joe Biden: ZERO
Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day.
This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
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Tern it up 🔊 A couple hundred elegant terns can be quite noisy! Lovely jaunt out along the Alameda shoreline.
September 4, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Tern it up 🔊 A couple hundred elegant terns can be quite noisy! Lovely jaunt out along the Alameda shoreline.
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11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges.
This is his mugshot.
This is his mugshot.
August 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges.
This is his mugshot.
This is his mugshot.
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I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
August 2, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
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Impeach this corrupt villain
July 25, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Impeach this corrupt villain
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Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
July 17, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
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If Andy Beshear doesn’t call for a special election before August 3rd and force Mitch McConnell to prove he can speak in a video, then Andy Beshear becomes the new Merrick Garland.
I’m sorry but I make the rules.
I’m sorry but I make the rules.
July 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
If Andy Beshear doesn’t call for a special election before August 3rd and force Mitch McConnell to prove he can speak in a video, then Andy Beshear becomes the new Merrick Garland.
I’m sorry but I make the rules.
I’m sorry but I make the rules.
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July 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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(1/4) We just published our first #AirQuality data story, and it's a striking one. A landfill fire burned for a full month across Metro #Manila, and the Breathe Metro Manila network captured every hour of it.
👉 www.clarity.io/data-stories...
👉 www.clarity.io/data-stories...
Navotas Landfill Fire: What Metro Manila's air quality sensors measured
When the Navotas landfill caught fire, air quality sensors across Metro Manila captured the plume in real time. See exactly what the data showed — hour by hour, neighborhood by neighborhood.
www.clarity.io
July 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
(1/4) We just published our first #AirQuality data story, and it's a striking one. A landfill fire burned for a full month across Metro #Manila, and the Breathe Metro Manila network captured every hour of it.
👉 www.clarity.io/data-stories...
👉 www.clarity.io/data-stories...
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I need y'all to understand that I teach high school and there are teenagers already planning to leave the U.S. to because they will be studying science or medicine. They are SO serious about it - saving money, learning extra languages, and looking to see if there are familial connections abroad.
You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out.
There is still time to comment.
bit.ly/4v2X4nQ
There is still time to comment.
bit.ly/4v2X4nQ
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“
bit.ly
June 30, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I need y'all to understand that I teach high school and there are teenagers already planning to leave the U.S. to because they will be studying science or medicine. They are SO serious about it - saving money, learning extra languages, and looking to see if there are familial connections abroad.
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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%...
"That's just how it is."
June 28, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%...
"That's just how it is."
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CNN has an up-to-date tracker in case you're wondering if any ships are moving during the MOU in its current form. (They are not.)
www.cnn.com/world/strait...
www.cnn.com/world/strait...
June 19, 2026 at 11:39 PM
CNN has an up-to-date tracker in case you're wondering if any ships are moving during the MOU in its current form. (They are not.)
www.cnn.com/world/strait...
www.cnn.com/world/strait...
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The center-white punditocracy spent ~2 decades sarcastically scare-quoting through takes like "Oh, sure, Oberlin students. Eeeverything's about gender and race. Eeeverything's about how white men perform their masculinity & their whiteness."
Next thing you know: Pete Hegseth & UFC White House Night.
Next thing you know: Pete Hegseth & UFC White House Night.
June 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The center-white punditocracy spent ~2 decades sarcastically scare-quoting through takes like "Oh, sure, Oberlin students. Eeeverything's about gender and race. Eeeverything's about how white men perform their masculinity & their whiteness."
Next thing you know: Pete Hegseth & UFC White House Night.
Next thing you know: Pete Hegseth & UFC White House Night.
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In 2017, I had to abandon ship. I was lost at sea. Caribbean fishermen, in the dead of night, risked their safety to pull me out of the ocean.
Ever since the first illegal boat strike, I've been haunted by the betrayal of our duty to render aid and what it means for the safety of life at sea.
Ever since the first illegal boat strike, I've been haunted by the betrayal of our duty to render aid and what it means for the safety of life at sea.
It's Out! To rebuild trust in maritime policy, the US must ratify the Law of the Sea:
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
thehill.com/opinion/nati...
June 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
In 2017, I had to abandon ship. I was lost at sea. Caribbean fishermen, in the dead of night, risked their safety to pull me out of the ocean.
Ever since the first illegal boat strike, I've been haunted by the betrayal of our duty to render aid and what it means for the safety of life at sea.
Ever since the first illegal boat strike, I've been haunted by the betrayal of our duty to render aid and what it means for the safety of life at sea.
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OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA
June 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA
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The Center and our allies sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop a land trade that would hand 715 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in south Texas to #SpaceX.
Help support our fight. ➡️ biodiv.us/4okSIXf
Help support our fight. ➡️ biodiv.us/4okSIXf
June 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
The Center and our allies sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop a land trade that would hand 715 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in south Texas to #SpaceX.
Help support our fight. ➡️ biodiv.us/4okSIXf
Help support our fight. ➡️ biodiv.us/4okSIXf
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Some call it sleeping. I call it rehearsing.
June 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Some call it sleeping. I call it rehearsing.
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"Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System--The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research". | Eric Niiler for @nytimes.com:
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2026 at 5:38 PM
"Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System--The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research". | Eric Niiler for @nytimes.com:
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
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Perhaps the fact that we are conducting an unprecedented experiment with the only home we have, by digging up and burning massive amounts of fossil fuels that is driving global change at rates 10X faster than the most recent warming of this magnitude that occurred oh about 55 million years ago? 🧐
Why temperature records are being not only broken but smashed
The combined effects of a heat dome and climate change have brought extreme warmth to western Europe.
www.bbc.com
May 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Perhaps the fact that we are conducting an unprecedented experiment with the only home we have, by digging up and burning massive amounts of fossil fuels that is driving global change at rates 10X faster than the most recent warming of this magnitude that occurred oh about 55 million years ago? 🧐
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My new house is 95% built.
All it needs is walls, floors, and a roof.
All it needs is walls, floors, and a roof.
May 25, 2026 at 11:07 PM
My new house is 95% built.
All it needs is walls, floors, and a roof.
All it needs is walls, floors, and a roof.
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Based on my decades of personal experience, you absolutely can! And then just sit back and watch them lose their damn minds about it and have a meltdown.
Also, pronouns are a renewable resource with no known environmental impacts, so it's quite sustainable.
Also, pronouns are a renewable resource with no known environmental impacts, so it's quite sustainable.
May 23, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Based on my decades of personal experience, you absolutely can! And then just sit back and watch them lose their damn minds about it and have a meltdown.
Also, pronouns are a renewable resource with no known environmental impacts, so it's quite sustainable.
Also, pronouns are a renewable resource with no known environmental impacts, so it's quite sustainable.
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Strait Status: still all but closed.
May 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Strait Status: still all but closed.
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Always loved this series of maps. 👁
Also: Comics!
h/t @anuncivilphd.bsky.social & @iansociologo.bsky.social
Also: Comics!
h/t @anuncivilphd.bsky.social & @iansociologo.bsky.social
May 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Always loved this series of maps. 👁
Also: Comics!
h/t @anuncivilphd.bsky.social & @iansociologo.bsky.social
Also: Comics!
h/t @anuncivilphd.bsky.social & @iansociologo.bsky.social
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
May 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.