After the election of our lifetime, it is now time to share some lighthearted humour with our southern neighbours 🇨🇦❤️🇺🇸

An update from the UW Climate Impacts Group on what proposed cuts to NOAA and USGS would mean for our work supporting climate resilience in the Northwest. At stake: both the NW Climate Adaptation Science Center and the NW Climate Resilience Collaborative (a NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership).

Art takes courage sometimes...

Freiburg, Germany, Central Station Bookshop (right @the center of the shop‘s entryway): “This is a selection of books which are banned at schools in the US“. #UniteAgainstBookBans #FreedomToRead @ala-pla.bsky.social @librarypolicy.bsky.social

Wonder how Narnia and Wakanda are faring?

There’s always a tweet.

Never 51.

Good news out of Colorado! A Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries. Good work! www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...

Depressed by news about global warming and #Trump's wrecking-ball denialism? Try this uplifting 6-minute video about a world in the 2060s where we've fixed #climate change. Thrilled to be interviewed in the longer version at www.thegreattransition.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs_N...

My latest for the good people at News Decoder, who are helping demystify world events for the voters -- and leaders -- of tomorrow. My thanks to @alisterdoyle.bsky.social and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (@cisl.cam.ac.uk) for their invaluable guidance.

When present-day life imitates 90-year-old art...

Haven't made the trek to Bethnal Green to check it out, but this is apparently real.

"The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia." - George Orwell, 1984

Word of the day is ‘pavonise’ (19th century): to strut about like a peacock, all puffed up with conceit.

I need say no more...

Happily joining the X-odus!