Steve Orr
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Writer in Rochester. Tweets are mine.
Rochester, New York
Joined July 2009
Check out the new plan for High Falls State Park on the #GeneseeRiver in Rochester. It’s going to be awesome!
highfallsstateparkny.com
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The new Kodak bobsled sponsorship has an interesting story. Kodak isn't really the sponsor -- noted businessman and philanthropist Phil Saunders is. He bought the sled for the U.S. team, and asked if it could wear the Kodak logo. https://t.co/o2gR7o16V6
usabs.com
LAKE PLACID, NY (September 3, 2025) - USA Bobsled/Skeleton (USABS) is proud to recognize Phil Saunders for his remarkable commitment to supporting our team. After attending the 2025 Bobsled and...
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Thanks to all who joined us Sunday for a successful Genesee River cleanup, and special thanks for super co-sponsor Walking for Rochester! For those who like to paddle, RiverWater is sponsoring a special outing in the beautiful Lower Genesee this Saturday. https://t.co/8EqreZyPAx
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Spend a late-summer afternoon paddling the Genesee River or walking its shoreline - for a good cause. Join us on Sunday, August 31 for the inaugural Cleanups on the Water. The event runs from 2 to 4 pm and is based at Genesee Waterways Center in Genesee Valley Park.
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Power all over central @townofbrighton is off and on, and some homes have power to some circuits but not others. AC, traffic signals are out. What the heck's going on, @RGandE?
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Hey @jasonbenetti - I think you mentioned BB writer Peter Morris during a recent broadcast. From him this lifelong Tigers fan learned how I accidentally led to the advent of the baseball radar gun. Ask me how!
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This makes no sense at all. This is pure nihilism.
We knew this day could come but here we are. The 2026 proposed @NOAA budget shutters all world-class federally funded meteorological, oceanographic, and climate labs in America. Included is @HRD_AOML_NOAA, a fixture for over 50 years in Miami. Hundreds of top scientists tossed.
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Similar but lesser derailment near Rochester in 2017 caused by non-derecho wind event. https://t.co/CA8RzQPo2A
democratandchronicle.com
A CSX freight train derailed near Batavia at the height of the windstorm.
Destructive hurricane-force winds knocked a train off the tracks and completely destroyed buildings as a powerful derecho moved through eastern North Dakota on Friday night. 🎥: @AaronRigsbyOSC
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Please zoom into this photo, at the young student, the freshly plaited hair, the rubble in the background, the determined step.
Once again, a perfect braid, styled by a mother who rose early in her displacement tent to prepare a future scholar for her makeshift classroom Hungry, likely without even having had dinner last night, yet neat, beautiful, and more determined than ever to chase her education
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Join us May 28 at our annual Genesee River Basin Summit and hear from a young @UofR scientist who took to the river in kayak to conduct some groundbreaking research. Learn more, and sign up to attend (for free): https://t.co/P5yvGZs2zT
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Join us at our May 28 Genesee River Basin Summit to learn about the implications of the unusual exchange of water between the Genesee and Erie Canal. Learn more about the summit and the canal talk here: https://t.co/Inmy3HDq8r
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Genesee RiverWatch's annual river summit is May 28 at RIT's conference center, and you're invited! Hear four engaging speakers, learn about our latest work, view exhibits and enjoy lunch on us. To learn more and sign up: https://t.co/dLbsWG7W8a
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"You might need to have another crack at that intro..."
Today is the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and also the 160th anniversary of the most buried lede in the history of journalism. AP's dispatch from 1865:
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This is in the @smh and @theage today in the Traveller letters. The Traveller team want to hear from others — you can get in touch at the link below. https://t.co/9kaPRBQrP9
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#$%!. This looks apocalyptic for NOAA's climate research. Trump's near-final budget proposal would end NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. https://t.co/PNUjd0R6zt
science.org
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
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singapore pm with some of the most sensible analysis responding to us tariffs i’ve seen from a global leader.
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Ohhhhh Canada - we ❤️ you so. Signed, your crack house of a neighbor at your southern border 🍁 🇨🇦 ❤️ @brittlestar ❤️
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Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us. So we
It's also important to understand that the tariff rates that foreign countries are supposedly charging us are just made-up numbers. South Korea, with which we have a trade agreement, is not charging a 50% tariff on U.S. exports. Nor is the EU charging a 39% tariff.
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The guy that ICE arrested and accused of being in a violent Venezuelan gang — because he had an Autism Awareness tattoo for his autistic brother — also worked at a swim club for neurodivergent children. He was disappeared to a Salvadoran torture prison without a single hearing.
A friend of Neri Alvarado, the young Venezuelan man with an autism awareness tattoo sent to El Salvador, shared this video from members of the swim club where he worked with neurodiverse children. It's in Spanish but I think the meaning should be clear to anyone.
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