Mark Iredell
@wellimback.bsky.social
retired meteorologist, religious naturalist
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Mark Iredell
@wellimback.bsky.social
· Feb 28
I retired from NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC in 2020. But I am wearing my old NWSEO shirt today in solidarity with nine excellent colleagues from the Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) who were arbitrarily let go yesterday with almost no notice. The community is behind you so please stay strong!
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Eight years ago today, the Saudi government directed the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Virginia resident and journalist dedicated to shining a light on the truth. As we honor his memory and courage, we must fight for accountability and defend press freedom worldwide.
October 2, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Eight years ago today, the Saudi government directed the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Virginia resident and journalist dedicated to shining a light on the truth. As we honor his memory and courage, we must fight for accountability and defend press freedom worldwide.
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Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
October 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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While displaying a callous, sneering disregard for international law, as of today, the Trump regime has murdered at least 234 people in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, claiming without a shred of evidence that they were drug smugglers.
Not the only killing the regime is doing, of course.
Not the only killing the regime is doing, of course.
September 24, 2026 at 1:13 PM
While displaying a callous, sneering disregard for international law, as of today, the Trump regime has murdered at least 234 people in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, claiming without a shred of evidence that they were drug smugglers.
Not the only killing the regime is doing, of course.
Not the only killing the regime is doing, of course.
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Just 10 billionaires have already poured over $600 MILLION into this year's midterms.
In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
But two states have a plan to take on Big Money. Watch.
In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
But two states have a plan to take on Big Money. Watch.
Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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July 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Just 10 billionaires have already poured over $600 MILLION into this year's midterms.
In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
But two states have a plan to take on Big Money. Watch.
In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million.
But two states have a plan to take on Big Money. Watch.
He has the gift of the stank eye
Trump is the antiMidas, everything he touches turns to shit. Quite remarkable
July 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
He has the gift of the stank eye
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
June 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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SO PROUD of my former colleague Derek Peterson for his graduation speech @umich.edu this weekend. @umich
The negative outcry is absurd. Derek offered a history of student activism from the 1st woman to apply for admission, to the 1st Jewish prof, to current pro-Palestinian activists.
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The negative outcry is absurd. Derek offered a history of student activism from the 1st woman to apply for admission, to the 1st Jewish prof, to current pro-Palestinian activists.
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Faculty Senate chair praises student activists at commencement
History professor Derek Peterson, outgoing chair of the Faculty Senate, congratulated pro-Palestine student protesters at spring commencement.
www.michigandaily.com
May 4, 2026 at 7:49 AM
SO PROUD of my former colleague Derek Peterson for his graduation speech @umich.edu this weekend. @umich
The negative outcry is absurd. Derek offered a history of student activism from the 1st woman to apply for admission, to the 1st Jewish prof, to current pro-Palestinian activists.
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The negative outcry is absurd. Derek offered a history of student activism from the 1st woman to apply for admission, to the 1st Jewish prof, to current pro-Palestinian activists.
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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.
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New from me: How a Quattrone Center criminologist got ChatGPT to falsely confess to a crime.
theintercept.com/2026/04/23/c...
theintercept.com/2026/04/23/c...
ChatGPT Confessed to a Crime It Couldn’t Possibly Have Committed
A renown criminologist’s experiment with ChatGPT demonstrates the destructive power of police to elicit false confessions.
theintercept.com
April 23, 2026 at 11:34 AM
New from me: How a Quattrone Center criminologist got ChatGPT to falsely confess to a crime.
theintercept.com/2026/04/23/c...
theintercept.com/2026/04/23/c...
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Jeff Bezos has $222 billion.
If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over.
And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.
If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over.
And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.
April 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Jeff Bezos has $222 billion.
If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over.
And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.
If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over.
And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.
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I'm not a political consultant but i feel like dems could probably get a lot of leverage out of pushing for green technologies that would wean the us off being dependent on oil in this particular moment
March 21, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I'm not a political consultant but i feel like dems could probably get a lot of leverage out of pushing for green technologies that would wean the us off being dependent on oil in this particular moment
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If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
March 15, 2026 at 12:07 AM
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
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On the menu tonight, a chef’s special: two hours of stolen valor.
February 25, 2026 at 2:35 AM
On the menu tonight, a chef’s special: two hours of stolen valor.
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VA ICU Nurse, #AlexPretti reading his patient his FINAL SALUTE with his loved ones.
Alex was one of America's best.
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Alex was one of America's best.
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Mandy Patinkin & Kathryn Grody & sometimes Gideon on Instagram: "Repost from @toussaintmorrison
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Alex Pretti Forever
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Alex Pretti Forever
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January 25, 2026 at 4:38 AM
VA ICU Nurse, #AlexPretti reading his patient his FINAL SALUTE with his loved ones.
Alex was one of America's best.
www.instagram.com/reels/DT6wOF...
Alex was one of America's best.
www.instagram.com/reels/DT6wOF...
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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All of this horror, murder, trump’s popularity, is based on the irrational (racist) notion that immigrants are bad, criminals and need to be purged from the nation. This must be challenged. We need new pragmatic understanding of citizenship and human mobility. #NomadCentury
January 25, 2026 at 10:41 AM
All of this horror, murder, trump’s popularity, is based on the irrational (racist) notion that immigrants are bad, criminals and need to be purged from the nation. This must be challenged. We need new pragmatic understanding of citizenship and human mobility. #NomadCentury
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In Trump's telling, the US are the equivalent of the Nazis
Trump: "No nation is in any position to be able to secure Greenland other than the US. We're a great power. Much greater than people even understand. I think they found that out 2 weeks ago in Venezuela. We saw this in World War 2 when Denmark fell to Germany after just 6 hours of fighting."
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
In Trump's telling, the US are the equivalent of the Nazis
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At the Powderhorn Art Sled Rally in Minneapolis, bowling pins with the names of politicians (Erdogan, Trump, Netanyahu, Putin, etc.) sledded down then were demolished by a big, slow-moving ball.
January 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM
At the Powderhorn Art Sled Rally in Minneapolis, bowling pins with the names of politicians (Erdogan, Trump, Netanyahu, Putin, etc.) sledded down then were demolished by a big, slow-moving ball.
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Can’t dominante in science if you’re run by climate deniers, the original anti-science meatheads.
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Can’t dominante in science if you’re run by climate deniers, the original anti-science meatheads.
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I have watched the video of the horrible ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis over & over.
It is grotesque to hear Kristi Noem justify her killing as a response to "domestic terrorism” & for Trump to spread further lies on social media. [1/2]
It is grotesque to hear Kristi Noem justify her killing as a response to "domestic terrorism” & for Trump to spread further lies on social media. [1/2]
January 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I have watched the video of the horrible ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis over & over.
It is grotesque to hear Kristi Noem justify her killing as a response to "domestic terrorism” & for Trump to spread further lies on social media. [1/2]
It is grotesque to hear Kristi Noem justify her killing as a response to "domestic terrorism” & for Trump to spread further lies on social media. [1/2]
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Joseph Goebbels would have been embarrassed if anybody who worked for him had presented such pitiful.fabrications as Homeland Security and our Outlaw Prez came up with in their lies about the ICE murder in Minnesota.
Rebuilding a democracy when these thugs are ousted will take many years.
Rebuilding a democracy when these thugs are ousted will take many years.
January 8, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Joseph Goebbels would have been embarrassed if anybody who worked for him had presented such pitiful.fabrications as Homeland Security and our Outlaw Prez came up with in their lies about the ICE murder in Minnesota.
Rebuilding a democracy when these thugs are ousted will take many years.
Rebuilding a democracy when these thugs are ousted will take many years.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.
www.inquirer.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...