JRafferty

@johnrafferty.bsky.social

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Born 320ish CO2 ppm. Educational content creator / Earth and Life Sciences. Weather, Climate, Biodiversity, Natural Hazards, Ecology, Verts, and the politics (unfortunately) that goes with them. Also: maps, dinos, telecasters, etc. My views.

Top 7 AQI ranks for 7/15/2026
Graph detailing the temperature anomalies of several El Nino events.
Text describing a part of Thomas Paine's Common Sense.
Pantone color 86-4547
Excerpt from New York Times article noting that Fox Commentator mistakenly called the Democratic Republic of Congo as Doctor Congo in a live broadcast.
Part of the memo and its annotation.
Pelley statement text 1
A 2024 Bureau of Land Management report banning the use of M-44 "Cyanide Bomb" pest-control devices from federal lands.
Atmospheric CO2 measurement on May 4, 2026. Chicago's western suburbs. 455 parts per million
General Strike notice for May 1, 2026.
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ONI_v5.php
Map of UAE and Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz showing terrain.
Snapshot of current traffic concentration in the Strait of Hormuz at 16:38 UTC April 9, 2026.
Voting sticker over car dash. Illinois Primary March 17, 2026.
Brendan Carr, FCC chair, threatens broadcaster licenses. This is a violation of the First Amendment.
March 6 crude oil futures trading price on NYMEX. $90.59 USD per barrel.
Turner Classic Movies evening schedule for 2/24/2026. 7:00 PM CST "Gaslight" (1944)
U.S. Senate office phone number list
Strawman argument definition and example (with image) from https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawman
Graphic describes a male figure demonstrating a variety of exercises without weights.
"For the layman, (relative) warm blocking in the Arctic “displaces” the tropospheric Polar Vortex, forcing cold southward into the US."
Most requested items list for local pantry in suburban Chicago, IL.
Scene from "Patterns of Force" a Star Trek episode from 1968 in which the Enterprise lands on a planet whose leadership is patterned after Nazi Germany.