Thomas Backhaus
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Ecotoxicologist, Environmental Scientist, Academic, Professor, Photographer.
@hossenfelder.bsky.social
is starting to get on my nerves. What an annoying hodgepodge of real issues, half-truths & mimimis. Mixed with a good dose of rumors, myths & a superficial understanding of how the EU functions. And, of course: the bottlecap. Every empty complainer's favorite subject.
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The Slow Agony of Living in Europe
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH0aij_A08A
about 12 hours ago
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Guido KĂŒhn
about 20 hours ago
Die GrĂŒnen in BaWĂŒ beschlieĂen mit der CDU den Einsatz der totalen Ăberwachungssoftware Palantir des Tech-Faschisten Thiel, dessen Firma wahrscheinlich als einzige weiĂ, was mit den Daten geschieht. Ich darf Arendt zitieren: Das Problem ist nicht, was unsere Feinde, sondern was unsere Freunde tun.
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POLITICO Europe
about 20 hours ago
Welcome to the new European Parliament. This week, by relying on the support of far-right groups to approve cuts to green rules, the center-right EPPÂ signed the death warrant of the cordon sanitaire. đ Â
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Benka
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Absage an 'Studis gegen Rechts' wegen NeutralitĂ€tsgebot - von einer UniversitĂ€t sollte man eigentlich mehr Intellekt und DemokratieverstĂ€ndnis erwarten dĂŒrfen.
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Petra Pinzler
about 20 hours ago
Ich habe diese Woche darĂŒber geschrieben, warum man die Stromwende nicht mit der Energiewende verwechseln sollte. Und warum die Hoffnung der Menschheit, das die Klimakrise doch nicht so schlimm wird. ausgerechnet in China liegt. (der Text ist hinter der Schranke).
www.zeit.de/2025/48/erne...
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Erneuerbare Energie : Unstillbarer Hunger nach Energie
Strom aus Wind und Sonne wird immer billiger. Trotzdem steigen die Treibhausgas-Emissionen. Ausgerechnet China ist Teil des Problems â und der Lösung.
https://www.zeit.de/2025/48/erneuerbare-energie-wind-sonne-billiger-gxe
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Environment for Development (EfD)
2 days ago
Scientists call on the European Union to protect people and nature from the hidden risks of
#chemical
cocktails. Every day, all living organisms are potentially exposed to dozens, or even hundreds, of chemicals â from
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www.gu.se/en/news/scie...
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Scientists call on better regulation for chemical cocktails in Europe
In a policy brief published in Science, scientists call on European Union for a new approach to protect people and nature from the hidden risks of chemical cocktails.
https://www.gu.se/en/news/scientists-call-on-better-regulation-for-chemical-cocktails-in-europe
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Quick reminder that the upcoming revision of the REACH Regulation offers an opportunity to improve the protection of human health & the environment. Simply by acknowledging the fact that we all are routinely exposed to complex chemical mixtures. New policy brief out in SCIENCE
@science.org
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Include a mixture allocation factor to improve EU chemical risk management
Revision of the REACH chemical regulation should enable more realistic understanding and management
https://www.doi.org/10.1126/science.aeb6374
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Ich habe durchaus gemischte GefĂŒhle, wenn ich so etwas lese...
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Which I could disagree to any of this...
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That's actually quite impressive. Would be nice if the US and the EU would try to compete with China also in this area.
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Der Volksverpetzer
10 days ago
FlĂŒchtlinge nehmen dir nicht deine Facharzttermine weg. Aber Rassismus nimmt dir deine FachĂ€rzte weg.
www.mz.de/lokal/zeitz/...
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ErschĂŒtterndes Signal: Fremdenhass zwingt syrischen Facharzt aus Zeitz zum Abschied
Ein Augenarzt verlĂ€sst Zeitz wegen Fremdenhass. Sein Abschied erschĂŒttert Patienten und Kollegen. Der ehemalige Chef findet klare Worte und hat eine deutliche Forderung.
https://www.mz.de/lokal/zeitz/augenarzt-rassismus-aerztemangel-praxis-4143687
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Mazeson
11 days ago
Kustmiljöerna Àr viktiga för att vi ska kunna bada, fiska och bibehÄlla en levande kust och skÀrgÄrd. Exploatering av kusten, bryggor, pirar och hamnar ökar i allt snabbare takt pÄverkar vÄra vÀrdefulla kustmiljöer och vÄra hav negativt.
www.havochvatten.se/arkiv/aktuel...
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VÀrldsunik kartlÀggning visar pÄ allt större pÄverkan pÄ miljön i svenska kusten
Kustmiljöerna Àr viktiga för att vi ska kunna bada, fiska och bibehÄlla en levande kust och skÀrgÄrd. Den svenska kusten, med en av vÀrldens största skÀrgÄrdar, Àr en viktig anledning varför mÀnniskor...
https://www.havochvatten.se/arkiv/aktuellt/2025-10-27-varldsunik-kartlaggning-visar-pa-allt-storre-paverkan-pa-miljon-i-svenska-kusten.html
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Das... Ăh... Wow, mir fehlen doch tatsĂ€chlich die Worte.
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Bernd Ulrich
11 days ago
Hoffnung ist in diesen Zeiten auch nicht mehr jedermanns Sache. Was man trotzdem aus dem spektakulÀren Wahlsieg von @mamdani lernen kann
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
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Zohran Mamdani: Hoffnung aushalten
Mit Zohran Mamdani hat in New York ein unverzagt radikaler Politiker gesiegt. Bevor wir seinen Erfolg mit vielen "Abers" zuschĂŒtten: Schnell noch ein paar Lehren ziehen.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-11/zohran-mamdani-wahlsieg-buergermeister-new-york-radikale-linke-rechtspopulismus-gxe
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Super Artikel von
@derbernd.bsky.social
ĂŒber den Wahlsieg von Zohran Mamdani. "Aber [...], aber [...], aber [...]... Ja genau, jetzt um Himmels willen nicht fahrlĂ€ssig hoffen, bloĂ nicht lernen, womöglich könnte man beim Trott zum Schafott ja ins Straucheln geraten."
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Zohran Mamdani: Hoffnung aushalten
Mit Zohran Mamdani hat in New York ein unverzagt radikaler Politiker gesiegt. Bevor wir seinen Erfolg mit vielen "Abers" zuschĂŒtten: Schnell noch ein paar Lehren ziehen.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-11/zohran-mamdani-wahlsieg-buergermeister-new-york-radikale-linke-rechtspopulismus-gxe/komplettansicht
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Besser als
@der-postillon.com
hĂ€tte man's nicht ausdrĂŒcken können... đ
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SPD völlig baff: Politiker gewinnt Wahl mit sozialdemokratischem Programm
New York, Berlin (dpo) - GroĂe Verwirrung im Willy-Brandt-Haus! Nach dem Wahlsieg von Zohran Mamdani bei den BĂŒrgermeisterwahlen in New York zeigte si
https://www.der-postillon.com/2025/11/mamdani.html
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Nicholas Thompson
12 days ago
"These are not the actions of mature adults. They are examples of crude people displaying their incompetence as they flail about in jobsâincluding the presidencyâfor which they are not qualifiedâ
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/11/trump-maga-insults-trolling/684786/?gift=SCYx-5scVta3-cr_IlgTyRW62E4OOJCaAPS5tc8Dzb8
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Absolut lesenswerte Kritik eines Interviews mit einem der groĂen Pseudo-Intellektuellen unserer Zeit. Danke
@florianaigner.at
fĂŒr die MĂŒhe!
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Andrew Cutting
12 days ago
Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect
#OurRightsAndFreedoms
for 75 years. Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continentđ đ
www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR
#ECHR75
@coe.int
@echr.coe.int
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And the worst: this torrent of crappy in-name-only review papers that floods the zone with sh*t comes at a time when good critical reviews are more needed than ever.
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Naomi Oreskes,
@naomioreskes.bsky.social
, is awarded the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize. Congratulation! Well deserved recognition of a voice that is crucial these days, now more than ever.
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Naomi Oreskes - Volvo Environment Prize
Harvard Professor Naomi Oreskes, a world-renowned earth scientist and historian, is the laureate of the 2025 Volvo Environment Prize. She is recognized for her influential work on the history of scien...
https://www.environment-prize.com/laureates/naomi-oreskes/
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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative
12 days ago
âThe cuts to EPA staffing are âthe biggest blow that agency has ever hadâ, says Christopher Sellers at Stony Brook University in New York, who interviews EPA scientists for the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative.â Read the article:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Dismantling of US federal agencies will âdestroy scienceâ
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03575-7
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Carl T. Bergstrom
15 days ago
Garbage in, garbage out.
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Too much social media gives AI chatbots âbrain rotâ
Large language models fed low-quality data skip steps in their reasoning process.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03542-2
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Florian Aigner
17 days ago
Wenn ein MultimilliardĂ€r erklĂ€rt: "es ist halt nicht genug Geld da, um das Klima zu retten UND Gesundheitsprogramme zu finanzieren! Entscheidet euch!" dann klingt das halt als wĂŒrde er seinen Golfplatz bewĂ€ssern und zu anderen sagen "Wasser zum Trinken UND zum Waschen? Geht nicht. Entscheidet euch!"
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Leana Hosea
19 days ago
After years of research, scientist Leonid Pshenichnov concluded Russia + China cannot continue fishing krill, the main food source of many marine creatures, at current rates without risking breakdown of entire ocean ecosystems. Russia had him arrested:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing
âTrumped-upâ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/26/russia-ukrainian-biologist-leonid-pshenichnov-arrest-treason-antarctic-krill-overfishing
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Oh.... what fresh hell is this??
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18 days ago
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Das wird langsam echt bizarr...
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Porsche will focus on comustion engines, instead of electric cars. Because "electric vehicles lacked the emotional thrill of noisy engines". Can we please stop subsidising such companies and let them go the way of the dodo? Can't happen soon enough.
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Porsche does U-turn on electric vehicles, will focus on gas engines
China weakness, US tariffs, and disappointing uptake of battery vehicles lurk in background.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/porsche-does-u-turn-on-electric-vehicles-will-focus-on-gas-engines/
24 days ago
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Mikael Karlsson
about 1 month ago
OcksÄ ett uttryck för regeringens klimatpolitik.
jarnvagar.nu/sj-staller-i...
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SJ stĂ€ller in nattĂ„gen till Berlin â JĂ€rnvĂ€gar.nu
SJ stÀller in nattÄgen mellan Stockholm och Berlin sedan regeringen föreslagit att det sÀrskilda anslaget till trafiken ska upphöra. 31 augusti nÀsta Är körs det sista tÄget.
https://jarnvagar.nu/sj-staller-in-nattagen-till-berlin/
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Jane Goodall, Renowned Ethologist, Conservationist and Animal Behavior Expert Passes Away at Age 91 - Jane Goodall Institute USA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEâŻ| Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Media Contact: Name⯠Dan DuPont SVP, Communications, Jane Goodall Institute USA 202-380-7558
[email protected]
 JANE GOODALL, RENOWNED ETHOLO...
https://janegoodall.org/jane-goodall-renowned-ethologist-conservationist-and-animal-behavior-expert-passes-away-at-age-91/
about 1 month ago
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Leon Simons
about 1 month ago
In a functioning society, this would have been front page news everywhere. In our society, this didn't make the fine print. As
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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Camille Perrin
about 1 month ago
Thinking of European Commission staff behind the Farm to Fork Strategy when they'll read the new
#EATLancet
report.... They had it all right, and it's a real shame the EU's blueprint for healthy, fair and environmentally friendly
#FoodSystems
was derailed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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âPlanetary health dietâ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds
Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/02/planetary-health-diet-could-save-40000-deaths-a-day-landmark-report-finds
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ECIU
about 1 month ago
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it would be canceling $8 billion in climate-related projects in 16 states, the latest funding cut by the administration after the federal government plunged into shutdown overnight.
www.cbsnews.com/news/govern...
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Trump administration cancels $8 billion for climate projects in latest shutdown cuts
The targeted climate-related projects are in 16 states, all of which voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-climate-cuts-8-billion/
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Energy Dept. adds âclimate changeâ and âemissionsâ to banned words list. Like a reverse rumpelstiltskin. If you don't mention it, it can't hurt you... Newsflash: It can. It will.
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POLITICO Pro: Energy Dept. adds âclimate changeâ and âemissionsâ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/09/energy-dept-adds-climate-change-and-emissions-to-banned-words-list-00583649
about 2 months ago
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PIK_climate
about 2 months ago
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached â ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today.
#PlanetaryBoundaries
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www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Florian Aigner
about 2 months ago
It's this time of the year again.
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Ich hatte heute - Tiere im Gleis - Oberleitungsschaden - Stellwerksausfall, und - BrĂŒckenschaden. ...und ich hab' bislang nur 50% meiner Reise von Kiel nach Dessau zur
#SETACGLB
hinter mich gebracht. Da sind doch solche "Eilmeldungen" richtig super. Na ja, vielleicht auch einfach nur ehrlich.
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Zugverkehr: Bundesverkehrsminister Schnieder lockert PĂŒnktlichkeitsziele der Bahn
Eigentlich sollten nĂ€chstes Jahr 70 Prozent der DB-ZĂŒge pĂŒnktlich sein. Nun hat Minister Schnieder dieses Ziel verworfen â die Bahn darf sich mehr Zeit lassen.
https://www.zeit.de/mobilitaet/2025-09/schnieder-lockert-puenktlichkeitsziele-der-deutschen-bahn
about 2 months ago
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David Ho
4 months ago
Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the COâ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for centuries, and the climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.
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The country that had free speech. Once upon a time.
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That sounded quite different, just a couple of weeks ago. But ok, then I guess we'll see a systematic clean-up of that cesspool formerly known as twitter.
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Ist doch schön. So lassen sich das Klima und die deutsche Wirtschaft gleichzeitig ruinieren...
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jamelle
2 months ago
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
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Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didnât Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldnât Either.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/opinion/charlie-kirk-assassination.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lk8.syoh.898ezmQg_rnf&smid=url-share
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Zia Weise
2 months ago
NEW: Vote on 2040 climate target canceled after big EU governments â including France + Germany â blocked the decision to ensure leaders get a say. On Tuesday, countries will decide the fate of the 2035 Paris Agreement plan/NDC. Full story w/
@l-guillot.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/vote...
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Vote on 2040 climate target canceled after big EU countries block decision
Decision casts doubt over whether EU can present climate plan in time for U.N. gathering this month.
https://www.politico.eu/article/vote-on-eus-2040-climate-target-canceled-after-biggest-countries-block-decision/
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The New York Times
2 months ago
Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.
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$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
https://nyti.ms/3Ikfiie
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Jan-Werner Mueller
2 months ago
"Trump has been signaling for a decade or so that political violence committed by his supporters is acceptable and might even be rewarded...Trump and...his acolytes frame such conduct not as violence, but as legitimate...self-defense;...they portray themselves as perpetual victims." New column:
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Violence As Policy in Trumpâs America
Jan-Werner Mueller argues that the murder of Charlie Kirk has highlighted the fundamental asymmetry of contemporary US politics.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/right-wing-reaction-to-kirk-murder-stoke-more-violence-by-jan-werner-mueller-2025-09
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The reality deniers of the Trump administration desperately try to stop global warming. ...by shutting their eyes. Aka CO2-monitoring satellites.
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GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites
One scientist says itâs like buying a car and running it into a tree to save on gas money.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/gop-may-finally-succeed-in-unrelenting-quest-to-kill-two-nasa-climate-satellites/
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Petra Pinzler
2 months ago
Wir haben recherchiert, was an der Behauptung dran ist, dass der Staat angeblich die Linken pĂ€ppelt. Die kommt aus der AfD, wird aber von Teilen der Union ĂŒbernommen. Das Ergebnis: SchĂŒtzenvereine, BauernverbĂ€nde und andere bekommen deutlich mehr Geld
www.zeit.de/2025/39/oeff...
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Ăffentliche Finanzierung: Der Staat pĂ€ppelt nur die Linken? Von wegen!
StĂ€ndig gibt es Kritik an den ZuschĂŒssen fĂŒr die Omas gegen Rechts. Dabei flieĂt das meiste öffentliche Geld in ganz andere Organisationen.
https://www.zeit.de/2025/39/oeffentliche-finanzierung-organisationen-sportvereine-wohlfahrtsverbaende
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Prof Alex Ford
2 months ago
New paper from the
@ipcp.bsky.social
board - Corporate âCapture Strategiesâ Impacting Human and Ecosystem Health We highlight that capture strategies go beyond regulatory capture to include individuals, organisations, governments and intergovernmental meetings
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Florian Aigner
2 months ago
Sie haben friedliche Menschen gewaltsam attackiert! Was haben Sie zu Ihrer Verteidigung zu sagen? Ach? Sie dachten, das seien KlimaschĂŒtzer? Ach so! Na dann ist es gut. Das kann schon mal passieren.
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