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Without hope, the People wither and perish. Meteorologist. forced retirement. Struggling with depression, anxiety. Married to that guy in the avatar. We have two cat "children". Life is an ongoing challenge.
Location: Laurel, MD
Occupation: meteorologist (retired)
Groups: Climate Change News Roundup, State of the Skies, Maryland Kos, Climate Action Hub, Kos Diabetes Group, ClimateBrief, ClimateBriefWorkingAdminGroup
Hobbies: reading, politics, psychological topics, dystopian novels
Diaries published: 190 (2 days since last diary on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 03:36 PM PST)
Comments posted: 18941 (2 days since last comment on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 03:48 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 9131
Total Comment Ratings: 42223
Most Recommended Diary: Asked to Wear a Mask, 39 y/o Man Breaks Jaw of Sesame Street-Themed Teen Employee, 400 comments, 433 recommends
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It’s been quite awhile since I’ve done a climate diary. We’ve heard plenty of news stories addressing warming-related flooding, heat waves, and drought, and the impacts and future implications of these events, so for the holiday season I thought I’d...
by billlaurelMD
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on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 03:36 PM PST
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Well, it happened again a year later. My husband (who is on dialysis and immune suppressants for another condition) and I took a trip to Atlanta to attend the annual convention for the National Association of Black and White Men Together (NABWMT). It’s...
by billlaurelMD
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on Thu Aug 03, 2023 at 07:32 AM PDT
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The extreme right has the oddest way of deciding what’s in its own interests. What could that interest in altering a warning sign for road construction to a hate message to kill all of a specific minority? I’d love to hear your opinions on this, so I...
by billlaurelMD
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on Sat May 20, 2023 at 07:32 AM PDT
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Introduction: The problem with methane Some stories have come out recently about the melting of permafrost in the Arctic. Of course, one reason we’re worried about thawing permafrost is that the process releases methane into the atmosphere. I’ve...
by billlaurelMD
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on Fri Apr 01, 2022 at 12:19 PM PDT
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Editor’s Note: While climate is the focus of this diary, the impacts of deforestation and ecosystem destruction on the people of the forest and their livelihood are all important. Introduction: Deforestation of the Amazon from land use Deforestation of...
by billlaurelMD
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on Mon Mar 21, 2022 at 06:39 PM PDT
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Introduction: A quick overview of the last 30 years
If you look back at my story record from say 2010 through 2012, you’ll find some diary entries from 2010 through 2012 titled “News From the ...
by billlaurelMD
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on Fri Mar 11, 2022 at 01:06 PM PST
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- A new report from progressive UK.-based think-tanks IPPR and Common Wealth says profiteering played a major role in jacking up prices far above the rise in costs, reinforcing a previous but narrower study showing such an impact. Among other things, the...134 comments 429 Recs
- This is really down to Maudlin, who shared the following information.� With her kind permission, I am sharing it here and hoping that all of us who knew and loved Observerinvancouver will do a bit ...29 comments 162 Recs
- The Supreme Court heard what could be a radical challenge to the nation’s tax laws Tuesday, with the majority of justices—including most of the conservatives—seemingly looking for a way to rule as narrowly as possible, demonstrating restraint at a time...111 comments 406 Recs
- I’m not going to write a lot of my own text. I’m just going to excerpt from a court filing by Jack Smith’s team in the criminal trial of Trump in D.C. UPDATE: Michael Popok of MeidasTouch believes that Boris Epshteyn is the "Campaign Employee" in this...125 comments 477 Recs
- Glaciers in Svalbard, an archipelago between Norway and the Arctic Circle, are warming twice as fast as the Arctic, which is warming four times faster than the planet. A new study has found that this exceptional warming is in a vicious feedback loop...74 comments 250 Recs
- The latest ad from The Lincoln Project is titled “ Feeble ,” and it strings together a collection of Donald Trump’s “greatest hits” when it comes to stumbling over words, lurching around ...119 comments 493 Recs
- From Xitter: Above, CBS Congressional Correspondent, Scott MacFarlane, writes, “House GOP majority is about to shrink further. As former Speaker Kevin McCarthy announces he’s leaving Congress at end of year.” Wow — what’s the rush, Kevdawg? Some new...133 comments 159 Recs
- Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has been following up on the developing story out of Florida, where the head of the Florida state Republican Party, Christian Ziegler and his wife Bridget Ziegler, a founder of Moms for Liberty, were involved in a...171 comments 424 Recs
- Protecting insurrectionists:228 comments 449 Recs
- Cause sought of explosion that leveled an Arlington, Virginia, home as police tried to serve warrantHours before a massive explosion destroyed a duplex and shook a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., a suspect inside his home fired a flare gun 30 to 40 times into the neighborhood, drawing a large police response, officials said Tuesday. All officers...61 comments 106 Recs
