Always thinking-nonfiction-reading fiction writer. Reduce GHGE, tax the oligarchy, end mis/disinfo. Stop reaching across the aisle to a party that wants your annihilation. Fight with the ruthlessness of the enemy but with the moral center of a democracy.
At risk of sounding arrogant, the #FOTW contains urgent info about where our climate, our world, and our society are headed, which everyone needs to hear But it is getting very little traction 😞 Please help share and promote 🙂 @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @jporritt.bsky.social @anthonyhorowitz.com
Totally and utterly unnecessary We don't need and we don't want these ridiculous and dangerous Californian tech gimmicks and job destroyers www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England’s pathsExclusive: Safety campaigners concerned about plan for widespread deployment on already crowded pavementswww.theguardian.com
More research showing climate models are not in line with NASA CERES satellite observations. The rate of global heat uptake is increasing much faster than in the real world than in models. This should be front page news everywhere, but won't be covered anywhere.
Dr. Aaron Thierry"Based on observational constraints, the relationship suggests that models with climate sensitivities of 3 to 5 K best simulate the observed energy imbalance." #ClimateEmergency
Your 'moment of doom' for June 29, 2026 ~ We have cookies. "This is not simply another climate statistic. It is a direct measure of the planet becoming darker." substack.com/home/post/p-...
We Are Losing Our EarthshineAs our planet loses its natural reflectivity, it absorbs ever more of the Sun's energy.substack.com
Old Chester Bridge will be gone soon new one open July 11 @landsteward.earth / @labarnitz.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social
BobSI've crossed that bridge a few times. Its structure reminded me first of the Alton IL bridge but without the familiar bend at its end. Long gone now.
I remember when the CEO of the IAB called privacy professionals "Extremists." When your business model is built in privacy violations ("surveillance capitalism") then every reasonable pushback, every regulation, every lawsuit, is a threat to that model. bsky.app/profile/olds...
Rita, antifascist🏴Flock CEO calls Deflock a "terrorist organization"
Those of us who remember the late 70s and the 80s know that assaulting nuns was a favored tactic of the military juntas of El Salvador and Guatemala, when they weren't busy unleashing death squads on the rest of the populace.
Rachel MaddowTo be crystal clear here -- the nun was **wearing her habit** and walking to Sunday mass when ICE arrested her and hauled her off: apnews.com/article/nun-...
With Elon Musk becoming our first trillionaire, I talked to American users of the rapidly growing “Almost Homeless” subreddit, who are struggling to stay housed amid a brutal job market and with social services slashed to the bone. They say this online community is crucial to their mental stability.
The ‘Almost Homeless’ Subreddit Is a Stark Glimpse at Soaring Wealth InequalityAs the billionaire class gets richer, the growing online community is offering tips on how to survive with very little.www.wired.com
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas caught walking through the House side of the Capitol where the Speaker's and GOP Reps' offices are. He didn’t say why he was there, replying that he was meeting with “nobody.” www.reddit.com/r/law/commen...
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What I state from time to time: we not anymore in the linear trajectory but in the exponential trajectory of Earth system changes Non-linearity of abrupt subsystem shifts increases now fast inside the system Johan Rockström also points this out in his latest presentation... #climate #Earth
Earth’s Tipping Point: Johan Rockström on the Science of Planetary BoundariesYouTube video by Villars Institutewww.youtube.com
We're all learning together.
Leon Simons🚨 Using IPCC methodology, the total greenhouse gas forcing in 2025 was 4.11 W/m²‼️ That's equal to a doubling of CO₂ relative to pre-industrial. Why is this not clearly being communicated? Why is the strong TROPOSPHERIC ozone forcing omitted?
Your 'moment of doom' for June 23, 2026 ~ But, is it El Niño? “There’s a sad inevitability to all of this, with scientists like me trotting out the same quotes year after year. Yes, it’s climate change, yes it’s us, no it’s not El Niño." www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
40C in June must be wake-up call on climate crisis, scientists warnSoaring temperatures should be seen as public health threat, expert warns as temperatures expected to smash records set in June 1976www.independent.co.ukWe always knew that the new “Base Services Charge” would cause bills to go up for millions of Californians. Now the utilities have admitted what this Utility Tax will really do. www.youtube.com/shorts/NDJVe... Tell you state legislator to Stop the Big Utility Tax: solarrights.org/blog/2026/05...
PG&E just admitted what their Utility Tax will really doYouTube video by Solar Rights Alliancewww.youtube.com