Andrew
@alphawhiskey.bsky.social
My dream job is lighthouse keeper. 👬 ⛰ ✈️ 🌲
We should start naming heat waves after oil & gas companies.
It’s So Hot That Japan Needs a New Word for It
Japan this week recorded its first kokushobi, a term that means “cruel heat day,” as temperatures reached 104 degrees. It is not the only country that has scrambled for a new summer vocabulary.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
We should start naming heat waves after oil & gas companies.
Very normal behavior by an entirely apolitical and non-authoritarian Justice Department, nothing to see here, move right along.
The Times says federal agents turned up on the doorsteps of several of its journalists to force grand jury testimony next week over their coverage of the Air Force One plane gifted to Trump by Qatar. n.pr/4bwYQ9F
Justice Department subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One reporting
The Times says federal agents turned up on the doorsteps of several of its journalists to force grand jury testimony next week over their coverage of the Air Force One plane gifted to Trump by Qatar.
n.pr
July 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Very normal behavior by an entirely apolitical and non-authoritarian Justice Department, nothing to see here, move right along.
And let’s not overlook that wind is ~2x coal and also growing. Texas contains multitudes.
LATEST DATA | Solar power has overtaken coal power in Texas
In the twelve months to March 2026, Texas solar (68.3 TWh) produced more electricity than coal (66.8 TWh).
Just five years ago, coal was still more than 7x larger than solar.
In the twelve months to March 2026, Texas solar (68.3 TWh) produced more electricity than coal (66.8 TWh).
Just five years ago, coal was still more than 7x larger than solar.
May 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
And let’s not overlook that wind is ~2x coal and also growing. Texas contains multitudes.
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I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane:
The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...
The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...
March 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane:
The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...
The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...
"Solemn articles were written about the supposed significance of Greenland, for example, as if Trump’s interest in the Arctic island were not entirely derived from the fact that it looks very large on a Mercator projection."
There is no unifying strategy, plan, or idea. There never has been.
There is no unifying strategy, plan, or idea. There never has been.
Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done
Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.
www.theatlantic.com
March 18, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"Solemn articles were written about the supposed significance of Greenland, for example, as if Trump’s interest in the Arctic island were not entirely derived from the fact that it looks very large on a Mercator projection."
There is no unifying strategy, plan, or idea. There never has been.
There is no unifying strategy, plan, or idea. There never has been.
Such Stable Genius, so Greatness and Success.
If Obama had posted even 1/10th of something like this…
If Obama had posted even 1/10th of something like this…
Trump: "THEY ARE NOT MAGA, I AM, & MAGA includes not allowing Iran, a Violent Terrorist Regime, to have a Nuclear Weapon... MAGA is about stopping them cold, & that's what we're doing. GOD BLESS OUR GREAT MILITARY, WHICH I HAVE REBUILT SINCE BEGINNING OF MY FIRST TERM, TO ACHIEVE EVERLASTING PEACE"
March 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Such Stable Genius, so Greatness and Success.
If Obama had posted even 1/10th of something like this…
If Obama had posted even 1/10th of something like this…
The @volts.wtf podcast is one of my nerdy favorites and I found this ep to be particularly fascinating. “Maybe we should plan for this instead of just winging it?”
The fate of fossil fuel systems in the
Podcast Episode · Volts · March 4 · 1h 15m
podcasts.apple.com
March 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The @volts.wtf podcast is one of my nerdy favorites and I found this ep to be particularly fascinating. “Maybe we should plan for this instead of just winging it?”
The playbook is fear, at every level. They want you to be afraid, every waking moment.
ICE’s surveillance technology goes beyond facial recognition
Federal immigration agencies are using a vast surveillance network in Minnesota – from facial recognition technology to ‘stingrays’ that collect data by impersonating cell phone towers.
sahanjournal.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The playbook is fear, at every level. They want you to be afraid, every waking moment.
It's time to call a spade a spade.
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
It's time to call a spade a spade.
This is the note a fourth grader gives to a frenemy kicking them out of the Cool Kids Club.
January 23, 2026 at 2:22 AM
This is the note a fourth grader gives to a frenemy kicking them out of the Cool Kids Club.
This is the thing that utterly vexes me. How do you engage with and counter people, organizations, systems that are so *willfully* stupid?
I just gave my 20yo a rundown of the day's news, and he said, "It's all so dumb, it's hard to take seriously and so it's hard to fight. We'd be better at fighting smarter authoritarians!"
"We'd be better at fighting smarter authoritarians" is going to stick with me.
"We'd be better at fighting smarter authoritarians" is going to stick with me.
December 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is the thing that utterly vexes me. How do you engage with and counter people, organizations, systems that are so *willfully* stupid?
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
I have noticed a significant degradation in winds aloft accuracy recently, especially on transcons. I wondered if this was the reason and it seems to be. Not a huge deal by itself but the trend toward less atmospheric observation is disturbing. (gift link)
What we lose when weather balloons don’t fly
Meteorologists are launching fewer weather balloons across the United States as the National Weather Service loses staff. Some worry forecasts will suffer.
wapo.st
May 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I have noticed a significant degradation in winds aloft accuracy recently, especially on transcons. I wondered if this was the reason and it seems to be. Not a huge deal by itself but the trend toward less atmospheric observation is disturbing. (gift link)
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.