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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Universities should be safe for everyone. We need change.
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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The escalating demand for electricity in the world is being met through these fossil free energy systems but we're not getting off coal, oil and gas fast enough. That's the dilemma," says PIK's Johan Rockström in the BBC's The Climate Question. Full episode: www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Anyway, this was me about 4 hours ago
what did bob dylan weigh 

Did you mean: what did bob dylan weight

While there isn't a definitive, official weight for Bob Dylan, it's widely speculated that he weighed around 6 or 7 pounds. Some fans have noted his thin build in photos and videos, leading to discussions about his weight. It's important to remember that weight fluctuations can occur naturally, and this is just a general estimation based on
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 29/09/2026
When Watson writes to bemoan criticism of ‘people building Britain’s technological future’ he neglects to mention that his company’s vision of that future is as a vassal state under control of an authoritarian techno-theocracy run by a madman. Utterly disingenuous stuff, Watson is so disappointing.
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Kian Goh @kiangoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@katharinehayhoe.com shows her equation for climate action. As she says, we're doing fine on head, so-so on heart, very bad on hands... @uclaupdates.bsky.social @luskininnovation.bsky.social
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026
Our new policy limits student-facing AI use from 2-K through eighth grade, reflecting Norway’s approach: kids need to learn to think critically, use their imaginations, and stay curious.
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Jamie Woodhouse @jamiewoodhouse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you’re surprised that some major public intellectuals can be so casually, deeply, confidently wrong about AI, can I draw your attention to their long-held views on the ethics of nonhuman animal agriculture 🤷‍♂️
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Want to see what climate “non-solutions” look like? Here’s a list of weak ideas and greenwashing tricks, with the science behind why they’re not such a good idea. “Not Recommended” by Project Drawdown…. drawdown.org/explorer?cla...
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Drawdown Explorer™
We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.
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Douglas Main @dmain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reason enough (and there are many more) to not eat beef, or eat it less often / rarely
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Michael Bishop ☕ 📚 🚲 🌱 @michaelbishop.org · 25/09/2026
I have fought for over a year to delete my Facebook acct but I have been stuck using Marketplace to sell stuff. Craigslist was once the go to spot for the exchange of goods and services but lost people to FB Marketplace. I have decided that from today forward I will only use Craigslist to sell on.
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Michael Bishop ☕ 📚 🚲 🌱 @michaelbishop.org · 24/09/2026
People are foolish to think that politicians of any sort or corporations will save us from Climate Change. The corps only interest is profits and keeping their preferred politicians in office. It takes individuals banding together to change our way of life to be more sustainable. Be the change...
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Jamie Woodhouse @jamiewoodhouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One danger of seeing capitalism as the root of ALL evil is that you risk ignoring, making excuses for, or even enabling & supporting non-capitalist forms of authoritarianism, totalitarianism, imperialism, colonialism & oppression of other sentient beings, both human & not 🚨
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Alan Pater @alanpater.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've moved back to Vancouver, to a different neighbourhood this time. So it's been great exploring the new and newly changed in the city!
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Did you know that about half of the climate change we have seen to date is caused by OTHER greenhouse gases beyond CO2? We tend to underestimate the importance of methane, N2O, f-gases, and so on.
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Jenny Splitter @jennysplitter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm very excited to share some new reporting that Sentient has been working on for quite some time! Lots more to come but today we're launching a new interactive map where you can explore Iowa's nearly 11,000 factory farms and a whole lot of resulting manure: sentientmedia.org/five-takeawa...
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We Mapped All 11,000 Factory Farms in Iowa. Here Are Five Things We Learned.
Here’s what the data reveal about the country’s factory farm hotbed.
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Jamie Woodhouse @jamiewoodhouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Are we able to think honestly and with integrity about the facts and ethics of nonhuman animal agriculture?
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The idea that "regenerative" grazing is a climate solution has really taken hold in some quarters. But the science is clear: It doesn't work. Methane and land-use emissions just overwhelm any soil carbon benefits. Here's a great piece by @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social drawdown.org/insights/eig...
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Eight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendly
An influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits.
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 20/09/2026
Most fascinating and awful of all is that all of the people pushing hardest for the slop singularity are fucking fascists. What‘s with that? It’s all so tiring.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just think of all the talent, time, and treasure that has gone into producing nonsense — NFTs, Bitcoin, “prediction markets”, fast fashion, data brokers, most social media, and a good fraction of AI “solutions” — that could have been used to make the world better instead… What a lost opportunity.
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Alan Pater @alanpater.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"When you know a preventable crisis is bearing down on you, and you know what to do to stop it, the sensible thing to do is act, not to fiddle around with your shopping list and ignore it."
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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 17/09/2026
So you just learned about the AI cult, huh? Here is the longform explainer you need to make sense of the very, very strange ideas driving tech policy in 2026. Buckle up, it’s a wild ride. www.techpolicy.press/what-policym...
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What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI
Nathalie Maréchal asks, why are we betting the economy and the future of democracy on cult-like beliefs?
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good article, but there’s one understated piece: higher land use of organic ag means that if we shift toward organic at current consumption patterns, more natural ecosystems need to be cleared for farming, causing carbon losses, making total GHG emissions of organic usually higher vs. conventional.
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Alex Hemingway @1alexhemingway.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BC govt revenue as a share of GDP is substantially lower now than it was a quarter century ago, in part a result of huge tax cuts under the BC Liberals. If we’re serious about shared sacrifice in a trade war, asking more of the wealthy and corporations should very much be part of the conversation.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 14/09/2026
📝 New article on Our World in Data: Is organic farming better for the environment than conventional farming? One of the most common questions we’re asked about food systems is whether organic farming is better for the environment than conventional methods.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Nicholas D Carter @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Bottom line: we need to to grow more food on less land, in ways that protects soil & allows space for carbon sequestration & biodiversity. Put simply, that's more plant-based, & phasing away from animal-sourced foods. Latest from me with @projectdrawdown.bsky.social drawdown.org/insights/eig...
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Eight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendly
An influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits.
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A lot of people are asking whether regenerative grazing can solve beef's climate problem. 🐄 🌡️ 📈 In his latest Insights post, @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social, Drawdown Research Fellow, breaks down the peer-reviewed science behind the answer. Read more: bit.ly/3UDJbjB
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Alan Pater @alanpater.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
RT with your home river. Until a few years ago I lived alongside the Rio Chile, in Arequipa Peru.
A man by the side of the Rio Chile near Arequipa Peru.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wrote a thing about Gloria Steinem and how profoundly feminism changed and continues to change the world.
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Gloria Steinem Helped Transform the World for Everyone
To become old is to be an immigrant from a country that no longer exists, and to live among peers who sometimes remember that country and among younger people who mostly don't know how different the p...
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 04/09/2026
My latest for Technosphere Earth. I eagerly awaited @unep.org new Overshoot report. It delivers in many respects & should serve as an important reference. But it missed a major opportunity to frame the overshoot moment. www.technosphere.earth/overshoot-sh...
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Overshoot should mark the end of the road for supposed 'policy relevance'
But UNEP's Limiting Overshoot report keeps plodding along the same timid route
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 04/09/2026
So to summarize: - AI chatbots lie and cheat and have super-human capabilities to take over sensitive computer systems - They use an ungodly amount of energy and water - Their absence makes almost zero difference in the lives of anyone unless their boss tells them they need it to keep their job
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Generation Squeeze @gensqueeze.ca · 03/09/2026
Do you think Old Age Security payments should be based on need, not age? Want to add your support? www.gensqueeze.ca/fix_oas
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Fix Old Age Security To Deliver the Biggest Affordability Boost in Decades
Join 3 in 4 Canadians calling for OAS subsidies to be based on need, not age. Making OAS responsible, modern and fair will save enough to eliminate seniors’ poverty and grow housing and income securit...
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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 31/08/2026
"Cities are meant to stop traffic. That is their point. That is why they are there. That is why traders put outposts there, merchants put shops there, hoteliers erect inns there. Rationally one wants to have traffic *stop* there, not go *through*." —Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale
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Alan Pater @alanpater.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This might have potential.
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
One other idea, we could work to stop climate change and build a peaceful and equitable society instead. Just spitballing over here but we should probably try it
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
What to do? Well, I've served on the board of @oilchange.org for nine years. oilchange.org/about/
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My uncle was vaccinated and a week later he turned into a rhododendron tree. Before and After pics below.
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Nicholas D Carter @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Global protein consumption has increased by 1/3 since 1960 More than half of this new growth has come from animal sources, despite plant protein still making up 62% of all protein supply Reversing this trend & being clear on plant protein wins (fibre, planetary health, equal muscle gain) is key
"relative" change in protein supply, showing animal protein growing faster via: https://ourworldindata.org/food-supply

Other references: FAOSTAT & Poore & Nemecek (2018)
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Jessica Eaton @jessicaeaton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
DO IT
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Alan Pater @alanpater.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The world is getting crazier by the minute, I'm glad I got my updated MMR shot a year ago.
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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
They'll still vote Republican. It's time for Democrats to stop pandering to the 1% of Americans who produce food and start focusing on the 100% of Americans who consume food.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Former PM Jean Chrétien: #cdnpoli - If we’re going to have to stand on our own, we need to hit him where it hurts - when he excludes energy, oil, gas, and potash from his tariffs it’s because he needs them. - the advantage of export taxes is that they pay for them, not us.
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Alan Pater @alanpater.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ok Alberta, you better hurry up and get that bitumen pipeline to the west coast built!
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Elizabeth May @elizabethemay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Having watched the PMs press conference, we support actions by our government, but we call for a more strategic response. Dollar for dollar retaliation is reasonable, but insufficient. Retaliatory tariffs hurt consumers. #tradedeal #ElbowsUp
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/08/2026
Climate change is going to fuck up our infrastructure in ways that we can't even imagine in advance -- ways that are not captured in all the faux-precise climate-damage models. We were really stupid to run this uncontrolled, irreversible experiment.
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Why one highway exploded this summer — and why many more are at risk
Hotter summers are wreaking havoc across transportation infrastructure. One solution: Paint everything white.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 22/08/2026
Ottawa fires back after rejecting U.S. trade deal www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Ottawa fires back after rejecting U.S. trade deal
Trump administration imposes 50% tariffs on $28-billion of Canadian goods; Carney calls last minute proposals unfair, says Canada will respond ‘dollar for dollar’
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Oh look, one of the largest fish anyone has ever seen…so we killed it.
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Charter boat hauls in 1,260-pound blue marlin believed to be East Coast's largest catch
A Massachusetts charter fishing captain and a client have caught what they believe is the largest Atlantic blue marlin in U.S. East Coast history.
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Alan Pater @alanpater.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Very few "have to". end-of-fishing.org/en/
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hey, a species has come back from the brink of extinction. Let’s kill it!
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First bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire since 1960s ‘success story’ for marine conservation
Researchers laud return of giant tuna to North Sea after being fished almost to point of extinction
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