Interesting contract job on gender and just transition at the UN in Nairobi: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

“The longer I live, the more convinced I am that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.” - George Bernard Shaw

Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

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Great thread

Just in case anyone was still under the illusion that they would only go after undocumented people

They don't care that the cover-ups are clumsy. Their goal isn't to take over the news, it's to destroy it. To destroy our sense-making capacity. To destroy truth.

I wrote to my representatives @hirono.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social, and Ed Case to tell them to stop the dismantlement of NCAR. You can do the same with your representatives at this link.

So proud to be part of this amazing network for a quarter century!

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

Resistance from Congress will be important especially as this should end up in the courts.

This is just horrific. Inestimable loss to climate science just when we need it the most.

This.

An important paper

Absolute thuggish behavior. An Independent judiciary is critical to any well functioning society but so vulnerable to powerful actors.

This was a stupid use of single use #plastic. The ban should go global. www.sfgate.com/hawaii/artic...

Great blog post on #EV #batteries from my colleague Lien De Brouckere. Second life batteries can help decarbonize the grid but we need policy and design changes first! www.no-burn.org/secondlife-b...

Since UN negotiations are failing, what about a plastics producers' cartel to control plastic production? A provocative idea from my colleague @jmsimonl.bsky.social jmsimon.substack.com/p/the-econom...

The fact that HOAs have such a universally bad reputation does not speak well for the possibilities of scaled-down democracy. This is a good move and should be unnecessary. calmatters.org/politics/202...

Absolutely. But it could get you labeled a "rootless cosmopolitan" and we know where that goes.

Some good news on the climate front for once. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Absolutely unconscionable. Even I'm shocked. But then, the cruelty is the point.

This seems like the definitive autopsy of the 2024 election. But there's no sign that the @democrats.org will learn from it; they are too beholden to corporate $$ and soothsaying consultants. We're gonna need to jailbreak the Dems to avoid a repeat. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The US has emboldened Saudi Arabia's anti-science agenda. This bodes ill for the #IPCC and other independent science bodies. www.bbc.com/news/article...

No more #styrofoam (aka #EPS) foodware in California! A small step in the right direction. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

Ditch your gas stove! Induction is far better. But I will admit, easier said than done. Rewiring requirements can be daunting and you need to navigate a host of contractors, government agencies, and utilities. California should make this as easy as one-click shopping. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

You love to see it. Mr “the third world needs more pollution” is finally getting his due.

7 y.o. Would like the world to see the outstanding skulls he found at the park today.

My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year. We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar. We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.

Gramps here, lecturing leftists who say the Dems can't change that in 56 it was aligned with Southern segregationists (who got the VP noms), but by 64 with MLK, because of successful social movement organizing. Take the party over, leftists. Else you're not actually involved in US politics.

The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years. Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class. The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.

🧪 Some serious carbon accounting finds that projects to offset CO2, (eg carbon credits, CO2 removal) are a “fatally flawed” approach and distort carbon pricing. “Mitigating climate change requires ending the burning of fossil fuels.” Tough love. Deal with it. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Unfortunately, I think this is the most likely outcome. The Dems will get handed a weak hand (again) and will just play it (badly, again) instead of seeking to switch up the game. And that will pave the way for a more competent version of Trump to succeed them.

Great profile of a terrific organization. If you're depressed about the state of the world, the antidote is to take action, and @climatecabinet.org is showing us how to win. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Good article by @daphnew.bsky.social She focuses on methane, but the larger point applies to the #plasticstreaty as well: there are effective routes to policymaking even without global consensus. As I've argued before, #multilateralism can succeed without polluters. medium.com/@climatesail...

It’s time for folks at DoD and in the IC to start lawyering up. If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer. If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.

Maybe the most surprising part of this story was learning about the advantages of having utilities do building decarb work. It's not just the $$. There are higher installation standards and layers of accountability. heatmap.news/energy/coned...

We need more people like Julie Liu. heatmap.news/energy/coned...

Love to see it. Keep going.

Another toxic tragedy in the long list of pollution disasters to feed the #capitalist #overconsumption machine. If Zambians weren't so poor, they might not risk their entire communities' well-being for a few dollars a day, and then where would our cheap stuff come from? www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you write a paper or a major report, make it available on PDF. You cannot expect to be taken seriously with a web-readable format alone. There's no way to download, annotate, index it. If it's not ephemera, make it a PDF. /rant

Nightmare before Christmas ☠️ 🌲 Happy holidays, everyone.

#wastecolonialism is back. As California strives for ever-higher #recycling targets, loopholes allow greater quantities of waste dumping abroad. The real solution is to cut production of #plastics. myemail.constantcontact.com/California-C...

Excellent point here about political economy. Economic models never factor in the potential for actors to intervene in their interest in non-market ways.

The true cost of globalization: waste colonialism. This is the cost of rich world consumption. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

OK I’m late to the game here but: alternatives to Spotify?

It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration. But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants. The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.

Once again, a handful of petrostates are holding back the progress we desperately need. But shifting negotiations from the climate #COP, where every country has a veto, to a coalition of willing countries, is not a step backward; indeed, it is the only way forward www.theguardian.com/environment/...