It's time we called a spade a spade. The people advocating for oil and gas as climate policy are not centrists. They are extremists who align with these types of forces. They are against international consensus and the IPCC. They are not centrists, they are extremists.

What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things

Never trust people who want to “de-politicize,” climate change. This has always been true but especially now. They will try to trick you into thinking they are the adults in the room but they are either disqualifyingly naive or in the pocket of fossil fuel interests.

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“reflexive qualitative research is a distinctly human practice, undertaken by humans, with or about humans (e.g., through interviews, focus groups or textual data), and for the benefit of humans.”

This is stupid—it’s like closing the fire department because it’s a source of “fire alarmism”—but it’s by now an entirely recognizable form of stupid, says @billmckibben.bsky.social of Trump's shuttering of NCAR.

Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 #AGU25 #climate

An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth

Dear early career researchers, something is definitely up with publishing lately. In 12 yrs of publishing academic articles, I can count on one hand the # of desk rejections I've received. That # has doubled ... since September. (AI glut, I suspect.) Try not to take it personally & stay the course!

Yes, we make these systems, and can remake them.

This is Mr. Paworotti. His favorite Christmas song is Howl-lelujah. If you'll excuse him, his solo is coming up. 13/10 (TT: therealpaworotti)

If tech billionaires get to write history, Elon Musk will be better than Jesus Christ, smarter than Albert Einstein, and fitter than LeBron James. Beware the twin terrors of bad AI—Artificial Information and Artificial Ideology. gizmodo.com/grok-says-el...

You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?

AI is like this giant fucking boat we all were forced to get on, and it's a boat they stole, and also it barely floats, and also it's not going anywhere good. So it either takes us somewhere we hate, or it fucking sinks, so either way, fuck AI.

Yes, and thanatos (death drive). The urge towards self-destruction.

What's your most niche and unimportant crusade? Mine: There's an appropriate use of "less" vs. "fewer"

Hydrology Paper of the Day @carlietrott.bsky.social on the idea of ecopolitical psychology to understand intersections of water, politics, climate change and economic systems: landscapes of risk in context of human behavior; understanding patterns of inequality and perception; and power differences.

#AcademicSky: Has anyone ever had an article languish in administrative review (before getting to the editor) for weeks? Today, it's been 3 wks since I submitted a new paper & it hasn't moved. Never happened before!

Sickening, really. "When Zane confided that his pet cat – Holly – once brought him back from the brink of suicide as a teenager, the chatbot responded that Zane would see her on the other side. “she’ll be sittin right there -— tail curled, eyes half-lidded like she never left.”"

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"who radicalized you" Nothing radicalized me, I was born with basic empathy. The world decided that was radical.

Instead of taking us back to the 1950s, they want to go back to the 1590s. Feudalism for everyone. Serfs up.

"Democracy ... [is] being systematically hollowed out and replaced. The question now is whether democratic societies can recognize this formation for what it is—and build alternatives before the infrastructure of control becomes too deeply embedded to dislodge."

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

Today is my birthday. (Ever so much better than the last.) Celebrating by watching this full speech. "Hope over tyranny."

Sound on

The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight

BREAKING: DECISION DESK HQ CALLS NYC MAYORAL RACE FOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI.

I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.

Please, PLEASE, I am begging you as both a parent and someone who is sick of all this THIS, go vote for your school boards. Even if you don't have kids, that's how these reactionary dipshits got their feet in, that's where the book bans and library cuts start.

i'm a very biased party here but pretty much everything about the Mamdani campaign and the discourse around it thus far is a pretty thorough vindication of Africana Studies

good time to respectfully tap the "please support worker-led, billionaire-free, independent news" sign

I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT

I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]

This is just mind-bendingly wrong-headed. ‘Let’s just adapt, tech will save us’ has always been a reckless strategy, but as evidence mounts that natural carbon sinks are failing it really does start to sink into a form of climate denialism. www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...

Saying we need to focus more on economics and less on climate change is just saying you don't understand either.

"Let’s not forget that there are those to hold accountable for disasters like this: the policymakers and fossil fuel companies who have long obstructed climate action, lied about climate science, and left communities to face the destruction of extreme disasters."

What happened to Marie Antoinette, again?

Pretty much sums it up.

Rockin' rollin', splishin', splishin' Over the horizon, what can it be? #NoKings

50% of American adults are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life. Just 10% are more excited than concerned. 🧪

This book finally got published today - free for download here cssn.org/news-researc... A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)

I’m just a small-town international political economy professor, but I worry about a potential Fed chair who seems not to recognize that every meeting he has & every topic he discusses is deeply political.

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened. This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

🎥 We need to choose #climate resilient development (1) PL RP🩷💚💙 #ClimateAction original graph by IPCC @pumpkinplanet.bsky.social @notoriousron.bsky.social @johnscottg.com @bethbramble.bsky.social @billydillydally.bsky.social @carlietrott.bsky.social @debbie292d.bsky.social @hamkold.bsky.social

🚨 New Publication Alert🚨 This excellent thread reminded me to announce a new paper, out last week, "What would it mean to win? Envisioning alternative ecopolitical futures with young climate justice activists," featured in a book I co-edited on community-engaged research for climate justice. 1/2

🚨 New Publication Alert🚨 This excellent thread reminded me to announce a new paper, out last week, "What would it mean to win? Envisioning alternative ecopolitical futures with young climate justice activists," featured in a book I co-edited on community-engaged research for climate justice. 1/2