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icymi bsky.app/profile/seth...

That handful being on this chart. (Src by @dpcarrington.bsky.social here www.theguardian.com/environment/...)

Impressive work from ABC: an article describing a new hottest year in Australia without any mention of climate changes! Of course, the Australian policy is more coal and gas! www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

Recommended reading for the weekend If you have not yet started reading, we suggest you use the weekend to do so: “How the Commodification and Financialization of Nature endanger the Rights of Nature” by Maude Barlow. see here: blue-community.net/2...

The Rappahannock Tribe is the first in the U.S. to enshrine the rights of nature into their constitution. What sets this framework apart is its enforceability. Tribal members can bring legal cases on behalf of the river. news.mongabay.com/2024/11/rapp...

There are 7 million annual deaths from air pollution. I agree w David Boyd: “Air #pollution on today’s scale, clearly violates the rights to life and health, the rights of the child & the right to live in a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment” www.dailypioneer.com/2024/columni...

Saudi Arabia Leads Pushback Against Global Plastic Treaty

Fascinating. Is there a similar petition for Canada I wonder.

i’ve not been here much been down in a land of moss & fern #naturephotography #moss

So, I deleted my twitter today. Only been there since 2008, but good riddance.

Wish I didn’t have to write this (again!) but here we are (again!)

NEW REPORT 🧵: Here's what Koch seemed to *know* about climate science, using documents from the 1970's, 80's and 90's vs what Koch *said* about climate science, and what Koch *did* to fight climate mitigation. From Brown University Climate Social Science Network: cssn.org/koch-and-cli...

Interesting article by @hannahritchie.bsky.social on the potentials for #upcycling old solar panels. I agree that it’s likely too optimistic, but is this what an upwards spiral looks like? 🌀 #solar #energy #recycling

Sri Lanka tried RFK Jr.'s food plan, and it was catastrophic. Productivity plummeted, causing food shortages, skyrocketing prices, lost exports, and an economic collapse. Farmers faced huge losses, forcing the government to reverse the ban and import costly emergency food.

cynicism is poison

and the double jeopardy answer is, What is a ruse?

some more about “rejected energy” for the kids at the back of the class www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-mea...

Seems pretty clear that newsrooms are going to face more threats in the years ahead. Please support news orgs you love, hopefully including @propublica.org Trump threatens NYTs, Penguin Random House over critical coverage www.cjr.org/the_trump_re... via @columjournreview.bsky.social

It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners. I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette. Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

Working on a feed of trending links, its not personalized yet (working on that!). But if you wanna see the most popular links people are sharing for now, you can check this out:

aka the amazon killer

"My thesis supervisor Jürgen Habermas has told me recently he would not have succeeded in today's academia. He has never applied for a grant in his life and he writes long books" - Patrizia Nanz, President of the European University Institute, in a speech today

Has BlueSky reached critical mass for a hive mind exercise in international law? Let's try. I love the fact that most treaties are equally binding in several languages. Particularly when the language versions diverge. What is your favorite example of such a divergence? I'll give you an example /1

The scale of China’s EV revolution is a fascinating backdrop to the recent regressive turn in US politics that has promoting fossil fuels as a core principle… 🧐 (graph source: evboosters.com/ev-charging-...)

This echoes what @sarahkendzior.bsky.social said and even though I’m not in the US rn, Canada’s a few months away fm likely repeating a similar drama. And already, I can feel it, the twisting in the lower stomach, the effect that the fascist turn has when your state pivots that way decisively.

The hate is a virus.

“The long arc of history is not something that moves on its own volition, but is a force bent and shaped by real people, for better and for worse. “And it is our job, our ethical obligation, to move it for the better.” — Sarah Kendzior substack.com/home/post/p-... @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

The least shocking turn of events is the rapidity of the shift from "I've got nothing to do with Project 2025" to "every appointee wrote two chapters of Project 2025"