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Well, it's Groundhog Day, again.*

“Only in America do we accept weather predictions from a rodent but deny #ClimateChange evidence from scientists.”

* I share this meme every year on February 2. Source unknown. #science
#science #climatechange
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Roadskater, Ph.D.
Roadskater, Ph.D.
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Once the groundhogs start getting accused of being liberal, or leaning-left, or OMG Democrats-in-fur, that narrative will change.
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logienick
logienick
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Content warning: Groundhog Day...

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edgeoforever 🍎
edgeoforever 🍎
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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

Weather Versus Climate Change | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the differences between weather and climate change.➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe➡ Get More Cosmos: http://bit.ly...
YouTube
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Gary E. Walker
Gary E. Walker
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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.
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Riley S. Faelan
Riley S. Faelan
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@Sheril: If only there was a groundhog furry who also happened to be a climate scientist ...
@Sheril Kirshenbaum
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Jonathan Gerhardson
Jonathan Gerhardson
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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
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Karen E. Lund 💙💛
Karen E. Lund 💙💛
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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

Woolly Bear Caterpillars and Weather Prediction

Learn about the woolly bear caterpillar and how they are used to forecast winter weather. The Old Farmer's Almanac investigates woolly bears as weather predictors.
Almanac.com
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Administrator
Administrator
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Of course they do. The Groundhog tells people what they want to hear, 50% of the time.
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Ms. Understood
Ms. Understood
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and of course Bill Murray come to find out is quite a creep,the list Chucky Doll Limbaugh looking shot says it all
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Rui Malheiro
Rui Malheiro
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to be honest, it's practically granted that a country that accepts weather predictions from a rodent is bound to deny #science.
@MatthewToad42
#science
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Flatbush Gardener 🌈
Flatbush Gardener 🌈
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Also evergreen.
https://vimeo.com/314986883
#Imbolc #GroundHogDay #HandPuppet

Flatbush Fluffy, Imbolc 2019

This is "Flatbush Fluffy, Imbolc 2019" by Flatbush Gardener on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Vimeo
#imbolc #groundhogday #handpuppet
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Jay Wendt
Jay Wendt
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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.
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Mark Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo
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A groundhog doesn't have the 100s of millions of dollars in fossil fuel money and dishonest politicians working toward denying Groundhog Day.
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Laura in Chennai
Laura in Chennai
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@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
#science #climatechange #globalwarming #groundhogday @Sheril Kirshenbaum
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Garidin
Garidin
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Today I learned they do this in Canada as well. I had no idea.

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

Bill Comeau (@Billius27@mstdn.ca)

In a perfect example of Canadian confederation, groundhogs in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Quebec proclaimed: - early Spring - late Spring - and in Quebec, the groundhog abstained (died)
Mastodon Canada
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Greenest
Greenest
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to be fair, 6 more weeks of unstable weather is an accurate prediction.
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Shingo Mouse 🌳
Shingo Mouse 🌳
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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.
#climatechange
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JJ Peterson
JJ Peterson
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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.
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WWeiss53
WWeiss53
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and each UN Climate Conference is like (to quote Yogi Berra) deja vu all over again.
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Bathsheba Blue
Bathsheba Blue
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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.
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Greg Spooner
Greg Spooner
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Speaking of listening to scientists about the #ClimateEmergency, yesterday @ScientistRebellion and others had a global day of action targeting private jet travel (including myself!)
#climateemergency @Scientist Rebellion

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