Profile avatar
rworthen.bsky.social
Happily married old geezer. Retired federal employee, Army vet. Engineer brained, Physics MS, Climate, Social Justice, Democracy, buying and reading books, particularly banned ones.
711 posts 350 followers 356 following
Prolific Poster

BIG NEWS: The Trump Administration is ordered to provide docs and depos as to its deal with El Salvador to imprison immigrants at terror prison. I break down this court order and why it’s going to make some important info very public: youtu.be/sca8xNYcMHg?...

DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one

I think a lot of of those folks dressing up like ICE are not even cops much less federal agents. The way they carry themselves. The way they are dressed. Something is off.

You can say, “Oh, I don’t care, that won’t be me,” but when millions lose healthcare, they still end up in the ER…just sicker, later, and with a higher price tag. And guess what? The system doesn’t eat that cost, everyone does. This isn’t just cruel. It’s economically idiotic.

😡😡😡😡

On top of all the damage they have done, and the stolen data, DOGE work so far has cost taxpayers $135 Billion. www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-cu...

Must watch.

Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth

Insects are having a moment ... "The declines witnessed by Janzen – and described by others around the world – are part of what some ecologists call a 'new era' of ecological collapse, where rapid extinctions occur in regions that have little direct contact with people."

19 companies that have pulled support of Pride parades, in whole or in part, this year: Lowe's Dyson Nivea Tiffany & Co. Toyota Capital One UPS Disney DoorDash Live Nation Anheuser-Busch Diageo PepsiCo Nissan PricewaterhouseCoopers Citi Mastercard Booz Allen Hamilton Deloitte

JUST IN: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues interim US Attorney Alina Habba for "false arrest and malicious prosecution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

We have a hurricane season because warm water is hurricane food. As global temperatures increase, the season gets longer and the risk of stronger hurricanes grows. I am happy to explain this to any senior government officials

Thinking about the victims, their families, and the Boulder Jewish community as we wait to learn more about what the FBI has called a targeted terror attack. Antisemitic hate and violence must have no safe harbor in America.

Breaking News! Code Yikes! May is over and my prediction for Manua Loa CO2 for the month is 430.51 (±0.01) ppm. This is also the peak for 2025 and likely the first month over 430 ppm in over 3 million years. In 2024, the peak was 426.90 ppm, so the peak-to-peak yearly gain was 3.61 ppm. Data:

Happy #Pride everyone. Nature is infinitely diverse.

Elon Musk's massive xAl data center is poisoning Memphis. It's burning enough methane gas to power a small city, with NO permits and NO pollution controls. Residents tell us they can't breathe and they're getting sicker!

that’s right

How understaffed is #airtraffic control at your airport? Map of #FAA data shows shortfalls. #safety www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

Trump pardoned this guy. He was convicted after pleading guilty. ksltv.com/local-news/u...

The National Weather Service costs every American a 🍔 and a 🥤per year: listen to what former director Joe Friday has to say about the NWS, and tune in as we enter the 24th hour of the Weather & Climate Livestream! wclivestream.com/watch

A recent report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37B in potential legal liability from 11 fed agencies as of Inauguration Day. As he exits, these agencies are still on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped investigations into his corporations. See what this was about?

Raskin investigating Trump meme coin event for foreign influence peddling. Trump Press Secretary publicly said event was on 47’s “private time”, so arguably not “within scope” of duties protected by corrupt SCOTUS immunity decision? apple.news/A4hnrOJZjSsK...

‘Chilling and dangerous’: Grassroots groups sue over Louisiana law that censors air quality data #Climate

Your 'moment of doom' for May 29, 2025 ~ Collapse! "Climate change is causing the glaciers - frozen rivers of ice - to melt faster and faster, and the permafrost, often described as the glue that holds the high mountains together, is also thawing." bbc.com/news/article...

Contrast this headline, with that of the NYT today which reads "A Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He’s Exiting Washington" ://www.ft.com/content/6b528d41-7b0b-43d5-8eac-8bba4c9dcb96

The planet is on fire. Our children's future depends on how we rise to this moment. If we stand strong together, we can end the stranglehold that fossil fuel interests have on American politics. Join the fight at janepac.com.

Our new reality.

Your 'moment of doom' for May 28, 2025 ~ F&%kery! "For the first time, the data also indicated a small likelihood that before 2030, the world could experience a year that is 2C hotter than the preindustrial era, a possibility scientists described as 'shocking'." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Federal weather & climate science is under threat. Starting TODAY at 3:00 PM ET, join a coalition of scientists--including AMS leaders--for a 100-hour livestream. Learn what federal science does for you, ask questions, and help build awareness to "Save Our Forecasts": wclivestream.com

CBS reporter Scott Pelley: This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”. If you haven’t already shared this, please do.

Fiona Hill, ex-White House official, says Trump fears Putin due to nuclear threat and misreads his goals. She warns Trump’s offers risk being exploited and criticizes his inexperienced team as unprepared to face Russia’s seasoned diplomats. news.yahoo.com/news/fiona-h...

Your 'moment of doom' for May 25, 2025 ~ Almost 40 feet. "This is almost certainly beyond the tipping points for the Greenland and west Antarctic ice sheets, and is expected to trigger what the researchers call a 'really dire' sea level rise of around 12 metres." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...

The fate of the $20 billion residential solar industry rests in the hands of moderate GOP senators. The House bill that strips away incentives for leased and purchased panels would gut the industry, execs and analysts say. My story: 🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Public pressure works! Keep it going.

Correct, Harvard today the rest of the universities tomorrow

Bravo, to Stanford faculty, led by physics, to ask their administrators to stand up and fight Trump. stanforddaily.com/2025/05/22/f...

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Musk bought twitter just so he could promote lies and hate like this. www.npr.org/2025/05/24/n...

In 2012 a herd of wild elephants marched for 12 hours to the home of Lawrence Anthony, the man who had once saved them. He had just died. They stood there in silence for two full day mourning. Exactly one year later to the day, they returned again, marching back to his house. viacharlietop10s

That didn't take long. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...

Stop calling kidnapping and trafficking people to countries they’ve never been to “deporting.” It’s criminal behavior by a country with no conscience. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...