Brian Pointer
Sheril KirshenbaumWell, 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
Roadskater, Ph.D.@Sheril Once the groundhogs start getting accused of being liberal, or leaning-left, or OMG Democrats-in-fur, that narrative will change.
Toni M.
logienick@Sheril
Pretty sure there's government ministers in Westminster basing crucial economic, domestic and foreign policy decisions on the random spasms of lab rats given electro-shock stimulation... So we're not that different 😃
Pretty sure there's government ministers in Westminster basing crucial economic, domestic and foreign policy decisions on the random spasms of lab rats given electro-shock stimulation... So we're not that different 😃
Ursidinoj/The Bjornsdottirs@Sheril houndgrog day
edgeoforever 🍎@Sheril 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
Chris@edgeoforever @Sheril
They aren't different things at all.
Weather is an emergent property of climate. And an increasing incidence of extreme weather is an emergent property of climate change.
A nation's stupidity is an emergent property of policy choices that don't really value education and clear critical thinking.
however
-I like funny memes-
@Sheril 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.
Duncan Batey@gewalker @Sheril proof, if proof were needed: https://universeodon.com/@FakePlasticDunk/109796772480393186
Duncan Batey (@[email protected])
Attached: 4 images Feel my pain. And my hilarity. Any favourites? I think mine is 'SPACE IS FAKE'. #NormalForGlastonbury #Glastonbury #Somerset #England #UK #ConspiracyTheories #AntiScience
@FakePlasticDunk @Sheril so, to make my creds clear such as they are: I was raised Brethren in the southern US, including a hearty dose of both “young earth” creationism and “flood geology.”
@FakePlasticDunk @Sheril I am also the author of the highest rated answer to (roughly) “is earth 4.5 billion years old or 6000 years old” on quora (for whatever that’s worth).
@FakePlasticDunk @Sheril aside: no bullshit https://www.quora.com/Do-you-believe-that-the-Earth-is-4-5-billion-years-old-according-to-science-or-6000-years-old-according-to-the-Bible/answer/Gary-Walker-10?__nsrc__=4&__snid3__=48497227566
Do you believe that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old according to science, or 6000 years old according to the Bible?
Gary Walker's answer: It’s a mistake to say that the earth is 4.5 billion years old. It is a mistake, because this is not, in point of fact, what scientific inquiry tells us. Science tells us that some minerals on earth are at least 4.031±0.003 billion years old. Further inquiry tells us that som...
@FakePlasticDunk @Sheril and the idea I’m left with is that science denial is something in the brains of most people. They just don’t work that way.
@FakePlasticDunk @Sheril meh. That’s life. We all get dealt different hands. It’s a fundamental mistake to, a priori, assume you know someone which is wired into us from a time when “strangers” were a great deal more rare.
Matthew Nadler
Riley S. Faelan@Sheril: If only there was a groundhog furry who also happened to be a climate scientist ...
Jonathan Gerhardson@Sheril 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 Covalence Tracking Intent 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
Loukas (They/Them) 🏳️⚧️@Sheril its deja vu all over again.
Karen E. Lund 💙💛@Sheril 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
Administrator@Sheril Of course they do. The Groundhog tells people what they want to hear, 50% of the time.
CheryllC
Walter Dunham Ll.B.
Ms. Understood@Sheril and of course Bill Murray come to find out is quite a creep,the list Chucky Doll Limbaugh looking shot says it all
Rui Malheiro@Sheril to be honest, it's practically granted that a country that accepts weather predictions from a rodent is bound to deny #science.
@MatthewToad42
@MatthewToad42
Dom Scandinaro@Sheril so sad but so true…
Flatbush Gardener 🌈
Flatbush Fluffy, Imbolc 2019
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Jay Wendt@Sheril 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.
MJ@Sheril please follow @Climatologist49
ANDO 
@Sheril this was one of the best scenes of the howl movie
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌@Sheril Very likely nonsense won't ever win a cup taking on science.
Rich Stein (he/him)"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
@Sheril For #science ’s and #climatechange ‘s sake, would all #US #scientists please dress up as a #hedgehog and get their message out ☺️?
Nance miller@Sheril never goes out of style! Thanks.
Rocky 💜💙
Mark Ruffalo@Sheril A groundhog doesn't have the 100s of millions of dollars in fossil fuel money and dishonest politicians working toward denying Groundhog Day.
David Schlaepfer@MarkRuffalo @Sheril clearly this implies the existence of a Groundhog Illuminati
Bring on Climate Change Chuck!
If prophets for planetary change must come in the form of rodents, then that is what me must do.
Aviva Gary@Sheril Well in their defense, the groundhog is more fun... 🤔
Garidin@Sheril Today I learned they do this in Canada as well. I had no idea.
Bill Comeau (@[email protected])
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)
Greenest@Sheril to be fair, 6 more weeks of unstable weather is an accurate prediction.
Shingo Mouse 🌳@Sheril 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.
JJ Peterson@Sheril 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.
Ger@Sheril ground hog day is ridiculous since winter is over when winter is over. #dontmesswithmothernature
Derek 🌈
WWeiss53@Sheril and each UN Climate Conference is like (to quote Yogi Berra) deja vu all over again.
BJ Nicholls
mdhh_usa 🇺🇸Yep. Sadly.
Bathsheba BlueWell please stop sharing it. “We” don’t accept a groundhog’s weather predictions, and “we” don’t deny climate science. Only the GOP does.
ideaPDish@Sheril
and here I thought it was just a merecat
and here I thought it was just a merecat
Greg SpoonerSpeaking of listening to scientists about the #ClimateEmergency, yesterday @ScientistRebellion and others had a global day of action targeting private jet travel (including myself!)
