Once the groundhogs start getting accused of being liberal, or leaning-left, or OMG Democrats-in-fur, that narrative will change.

Rodent a part, it's not so peculiar, I fear.

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houndgrog day

and once again I have to counteract this dumb meme by reminding people that weather and climate are two very different things: https://youtu.be/cBdxDFpDp_k

to be clear, lots of other people do the hibernating animal as spring warden thing. It’s very old. It’s the science denial that makes us exceptional.

@Sheril: If only there was a groundhog furry who also happened to be a climate scientist ...

how it works is a NOAA satellite passing Punxsutawney at an angle tangential to the sunrise uses high-resolution microsatellite cameras such as The Dragoneye (HR-250) from Dragonfly Aerospace to determine the precise angle and luminescence of the cast shadow. Meanwhile, ground cameras armed with Automatic Rodent-eye Convalence Tracking Capabilities (ARCTIC) feed a proprietary algorithm trained on data about how much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood and

its deja vu all over again.

In the realm of non-human weather forecasters I prefer to go with the Woolly Bear Caterpillar.

https://www.almanac.com/woolly-bear-caterpillars-and-weather-prediction

Of course they do. The Groundhog tells people what they want to hear, 50% of the time.

and of course Bill Murray come to find out is quite a creep,the list Chucky Doll Limbaugh looking shot says it all

to be honest, it's practically granted that a country that accepts weather predictions from a rodent is bound to deny #science.
@MatthewToad42

so sad but so true…

Also evergreen.
https://vimeo.com/314986883
#Imbolc #GroundHogDay #HandPuppet

So true. Now in US we have politicians deciding history and science with a court that figures that states can figure things out better than DC.

Did you know that the crack in the Liberty Bell was from a ray gun fired by the Russian Czar from Moscow in 1776? Pass it on.

please follow @Climatologist49

this was one of the best scenes of the howl movie

Very likely nonsense won't ever win a cup taking on science.

#ClimateChange

For #science ’s and #climatechange ‘s sake, would all #US #scientists please dress up as a #hedgehog and get their message out ☺️?

"The pleasure and pain of cinephilia: what happened when I [NB: not me!] watched Groundhog Day every day for a year" https://theconversation.com/the-pleasure-and-pain-of-cinephilia-what-happened-when-i-watched-groundhog-day-every-day-for-a-year-198668 Adam J. Daniel via @theconversationau #GroundhogDay

never goes out of style! Thanks.

A groundhog doesn't have the 100s of millions of dollars in fossil fuel money and dishonest politicians working toward denying Groundhog Day.

@Sheril

Bring on Climate Change Chuck!

If prophets for planetary change must come in the form of rodents, then that is what me must do.

#science #GroundHogDay #climatechange #globalwarming

Well in their defense, the groundhog is more fun... 🤔

Today I learned they do this in Canada as well. I had no idea.

https://mstdn.ca/@Billius27/109796237310724825

to be fair, 6 more weeks of unstable weather is an accurate prediction.

Now if only we can get the rodent to tell them #ClimateChange is real and a dire consequence, so that they will accept that and do something about it.

The Biden administration is not ignoring climate change and ignoring the billions and billions of dollars he’s targeted to be spent across government to transition the US to a renewable energy is also irresponsible and very bad for climate change.

ground hog day is ridiculous since winter is over when winter is over. #dontmesswithmothernature

and each UN Climate Conference is like (to quote Yogi Berra) deja vu all over again.

see also, Germany. https://www.german-way.com/history-and-culture/holidays-and-celebrations/groundhog-day-the-german-connection/

Yep. Sadly.

Well please stop sharing it. “We” don’t accept a groundhog’s weather predictions, and “we” don’t deny climate science. Only the GOP does.

and here I thought it was just a merecat

Love that movie!

Speaking of listening to scientists about the #ClimateEmergency, yesterday @ScientistRebellion and others had a global day of action targeting private jet travel (including myself!)