Ron Mannhalter
@manny695.bsky.social
SSN 695 Plankowner #ClimateChange born at -314 ppm CO₂ @MSassociation "Slava Ukraini” 🇺🇸🇺🇦 🌵😎 Retired
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This jaw-dropping story has become ProPublica's most-read article of 2026, with more than 2.2 million views in the first day, a spokesperson tells me
Read the full story for more details on the wedding and Kremlev — including his earlier years in a Russian government-backed bike gang called the Night Wolves:
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
www.propublica.org
September 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
This jaw-dropping story has become ProPublica's most-read article of 2026, with more than 2.2 million views in the first day, a spokesperson tells me
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Temperatures across the Tropics set another monthly record in August 2026. The long-term warming trend is also very clear for all times of the year (i.e., human-caused climate change), which leads to growing heat stress impact concerns.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
September 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Temperatures across the Tropics set another monthly record in August 2026. The long-term warming trend is also very clear for all times of the year (i.e., human-caused climate change), which leads to growing heat stress impact concerns.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
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A longer perspective for August #Arctic sea ice extent (since the year 1850)...
You can access this dataset at doi.org/10.7265/jj4s...
You can access this dataset at doi.org/10.7265/jj4s...
September 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM
A longer perspective for August #Arctic sea ice extent (since the year 1850)...
You can access this dataset at doi.org/10.7265/jj4s...
You can access this dataset at doi.org/10.7265/jj4s...
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On Monday, Aug 31 at 3pm PT, I'll have a live virtual office hour focused solely on potential for an East Pacific tropical storm or hurricane to affect California next weekend (mostly likely indirectly, but with slight chance of a more direct approach). .
Will a tropical storm affect California next weekend? Maybe, but most likely indirectly... - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 08/31/2026 topic: I...
youtube.com
August 30, 2026 at 10:13 PM
On Monday, Aug 31 at 3pm PT, I'll have a live virtual office hour focused solely on potential for an East Pacific tropical storm or hurricane to affect California next weekend (mostly likely indirectly, but with slight chance of a more direct approach). .
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UPDATE: The ICE Air flight (EAL8282) has now landed in Bangui, CAR, marking the 3rd time third country nationals, including Afghans, have forcibly been transferred there. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/u...
Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa
The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic.
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2026 at 11:31 PM
UPDATE: The ICE Air flight (EAL8282) has now landed in Bangui, CAR, marking the 3rd time third country nationals, including Afghans, have forcibly been transferred there. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/u...
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Trump’s plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil reserves could pump significantly more planet-warming CO2 into the atmosphere. “Such a move would lock in decades of high emissions at precisely the moment when science demands a swift transition away from fossil fuels.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
US plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil could eat up 13% of carbon budget to keep 1.5C limit
Exclusive: ClimatePartner analysis shows how move would risk plunging Earth further into climate catastrophe
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Trump’s plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil reserves could pump significantly more planet-warming CO2 into the atmosphere. “Such a move would lock in decades of high emissions at precisely the moment when science demands a swift transition away from fossil fuels.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Because of hotter and larger fires:“Recent studies estimate that as much as 40 percent of Western conifer forests will turn into shrubland by 2100 as a result.”
2100 feels awfully close www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/c...
2100 feels awfully close www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/c...
Wildfires Are Turning Forests in the American West Into Shrubland (Gift Article)
Towering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” one researcher said.
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Because of hotter and larger fires:“Recent studies estimate that as much as 40 percent of Western conifer forests will turn into shrubland by 2100 as a result.”
2100 feels awfully close www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/c...
2100 feels awfully close www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/c...
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🚨 Preliminary daily data shows we just broke the all-time highest global sea surface temperature in this record...
Download high-resolution graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... This data (extrapolar ocean) is provided by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5. 🌊
Download high-resolution graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... This data (extrapolar ocean) is provided by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5. 🌊
August 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🚨 Preliminary daily data shows we just broke the all-time highest global sea surface temperature in this record...
Download high-resolution graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... This data (extrapolar ocean) is provided by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5. 🌊
Download high-resolution graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... This data (extrapolar ocean) is provided by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5. 🌊
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Yah, it's horse.
August 21, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Yah, it's horse.
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The El Nino is off the charts. Can people see the real issue and accept the implications? We may be getting closer. See the Bigger Problem – mailchi.mp/caa/super-du...
Also available on Substack:
jimehansen.substack.com/p/super-dupe...
Also available on Substack:
jimehansen.substack.com/p/super-dupe...
August 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The El Nino is off the charts. Can people see the real issue and accept the implications? We may be getting closer. See the Bigger Problem – mailchi.mp/caa/super-du...
Also available on Substack:
jimehansen.substack.com/p/super-dupe...
Also available on Substack:
jimehansen.substack.com/p/super-dupe...
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Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 13th lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 150,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 870,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,860,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 150,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 870,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,860,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
August 21, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 13th lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 150,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 870,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,860,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 150,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 870,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,860,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Looks like the determent punishment can start even sooner than the detention center. The abuse of these gloves is certain given the admin history.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Looks like the determent punishment can start even sooner than the detention center. The abuse of these gloves is certain given the admin history.
AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
apnews.com
August 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Looks like the determent punishment can start even sooner than the detention center. The abuse of these gloves is certain given the admin history.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Looks like the determent punishment can start even sooner than the detention center. The abuse of these gloves is certain given the admin history.
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Big new press freedom restrictions in Pakistan - foreign media journalists will need to apply for permission to travel and report anywhere outside the three major cities www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/w...
Pakistan Starts Sweeping New Crackdown on Journalists
With a protest movement in Kashmir challenging its authority in the region, Pakistan restricts independent reporting by local and foreign media.
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Big new press freedom restrictions in Pakistan - foreign media journalists will need to apply for permission to travel and report anywhere outside the three major cities www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/w...
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When the EPSTEIN scandals are all fully adjudicated, as they eventually will be, there will be more convictions & people imprisoned than there were in the Watergate matter.
Accountability IS coming: November 3rd 2026 Midterms
Make sure you're registered & VOTE! Go to: Iwillvote.com
#tickticktick ⌛
Accountability IS coming: November 3rd 2026 Midterms
Make sure you're registered & VOTE! Go to: Iwillvote.com
#tickticktick ⌛
August 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
When the EPSTEIN scandals are all fully adjudicated, as they eventually will be, there will be more convictions & people imprisoned than there were in the Watergate matter.
Accountability IS coming: November 3rd 2026 Midterms
Make sure you're registered & VOTE! Go to: Iwillvote.com
#tickticktick ⌛
Accountability IS coming: November 3rd 2026 Midterms
Make sure you're registered & VOTE! Go to: Iwillvote.com
#tickticktick ⌛
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For those that need a blatant clue:
August 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
For those that need a blatant clue:
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🚨 The last three months have averaged the highest global mean sea surface temperature on record relative to any other May-June-July period since records started in 1850...
Data from the new @noaa.gov ERSSTv6. 🌊
Data from the new @noaa.gov ERSSTv6. 🌊
August 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
🚨 The last three months have averaged the highest global mean sea surface temperature on record relative to any other May-June-July period since records started in 1850...
Data from the new @noaa.gov ERSSTv6. 🌊
Data from the new @noaa.gov ERSSTv6. 🌊
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A small (14-seat) Talon jet that departed Alexandria, LA this morning has just landed in Bangor, ME, likely to refuel before carrying out a deportation. We are monitoring this flight and will add updates to this thread.
August 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
A small (14-seat) Talon jet that departed Alexandria, LA this morning has just landed in Bangor, ME, likely to refuel before carrying out a deportation. We are monitoring this flight and will add updates to this thread.
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Wednesday El Niño update - Record warmth continues in the key monitoring region called Niño 3.4, which is due to both the long-term warming of the tropics (climate change) and the developing El Niño. Over the last 7 days, there has been a steady warming across the central Pacific.
Data: OISSTv2.1 🌊
Data: OISSTv2.1 🌊
August 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Wednesday El Niño update - Record warmth continues in the key monitoring region called Niño 3.4, which is due to both the long-term warming of the tropics (climate change) and the developing El Niño. Over the last 7 days, there has been a steady warming across the central Pacific.
Data: OISSTv2.1 🌊
Data: OISSTv2.1 🌊
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UPDATE: It’s confirmed that the ICE Air flight (flight #165 per Venezuelan govt) arrived in Barcelona, Venezuela with 147 Venezuelan nationals, marking the 1st U.S. deportation flight there since the devastating earthquakes on Jun 24.
August 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
UPDATE: It’s confirmed that the ICE Air flight (flight #165 per Venezuelan govt) arrived in Barcelona, Venezuela with 147 Venezuelan nationals, marking the 1st U.S. deportation flight there since the devastating earthquakes on Jun 24.
Check out this article from azcentral:
Mark Lamb's critics were asked to speak. Then they were silenced at GOP meeting
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p... Turning Point endorsement. No surprise here!
Mark Lamb's critics were asked to speak. Then they were silenced at GOP meeting
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p... Turning Point endorsement. No surprise here!
Mark Lamb's critics were asked to speak. Then they were silenced at GOP meeting
House candidate Mark Lamb's critics were barred from speaking at a GOP district meeting by Turning Point allies, who voted not to hear them.
www.azcentral.com
July 20, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Check out this article from azcentral:
Mark Lamb's critics were asked to speak. Then they were silenced at GOP meeting
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p... Turning Point endorsement. No surprise here!
Mark Lamb's critics were asked to speak. Then they were silenced at GOP meeting
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p... Turning Point endorsement. No surprise here!
Alaska wants to seize a pilot's plane over a 6-pack of beer. The Supreme Court will hear his case
apnews.com/article/alas... This is nuts…
apnews.com/article/alas... This is nuts…
Alaska wants to seize a pilot's plane over a 6-pack of beer. The Supreme Court will hear his case
The Supreme Court has agreed to review an Alaska bush pilot’s claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight ...
apnews.com
July 20, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Alaska wants to seize a pilot's plane over a 6-pack of beer. The Supreme Court will hear his case
apnews.com/article/alas... This is nuts…
apnews.com/article/alas... This is nuts…
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