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Greg Butler
Greg Butler
@gmbutler.bsky.social
Curiosity is a great way to start conversations, certainty is a great way to end them.
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I'm actually glad neither of my parents, no longer alive, have to see what's become of what they worked so hard for.
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” ~President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. Image: Universal History Archive/Getty Images.
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Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/
…I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children Heard ten thousand whisperin’ and nobody listenin’ Where the executioner’s face is always well hidden.. And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall www.bobdylan.com/songs/hard-r...
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"Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary" @juddlegum.bsky.social for @popular.info
"Real men burn stuff and don’t worry if the process is dirty." ~ Paul Krugman
"So while MAGA’s attempt to strangle clean energy will increase the risks of global climate catastrophe, it will also increase the risks of U.S. economic stagnation, forcing our nation to remain wedded to obsolete energy technologies while other countries march into the future."
Profoundly ineffable how much he sucks… so now everyone shows “papers” in order to visit a National Park? Give me a fuckin break.
Trump truly sucks. It seems he always has to get involved and fix what is not broken. Donald Trump orders entry fee, DEI changes at national parks www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
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Guess who was right in the thick of the assault on @padilla.senate.gov? Corey Lewandowski. (He may have been the guy instructing that there's no recording at a press conference and seems to have realized how badly they fucked up.)
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A book review I wrote for Science. In defense of silly science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Totally fascinating. A proto-writing system, dating 20,000 years earlier than any other writing ever identified. blogs.bl.uk/living-knowl...
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IATP's Erin McKee: “It’s very shocking and devastating for our farmers, our kids, and our communities that they decided to cancel this promised funding... The thing that’s odd about this decision is everyone loves farm-to-school; it’s a bipartisan issue.” foodandpower.substack.com/p/usda-cuts-...
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Before it's taken offline, I want you to know about the NASA website where you can learn about the stratospheric ozone hole and check on how it's doing. It has cool movies like this one, showing the growth of the ozone hole during the Austral spring last year. ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/SH.html
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Instead of doomscrolling, watch this.
… but of course! Now we somehow need to asphalt over the Whitehouse Rose Garden. 💩🤡🤮 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/u...
I think collapsing the US is precisely the goal... they are aiming to turn everything into a profit generating "business"
USDA firing the newest hires across the board means they are purging experts relevant to new and emerging threats; e.g., people who combat the Citrus Greening disease that's collapsing Florida's citrus industry. Just the dumbest strategy imaginable. Unless the goal is to collapse the US.
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