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Andy Cobb

@andycobb.bsky.social
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Comic, writer. Lotsa politics. I used to be on another app, but it’s crawling with nazis now. AndyCobbonline.com

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Simon Owens @simonowens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Honestly don’t know how we continue functioning as a society with such a small number of people vacuuming up this much wealth. Basically the equivalent of the US defense budget was rerouted to 500 people in just the last nine months.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🌊 The concerning thing isn’t just that global SST is at a record-breaking +0.75°C above the 1991–2020 baseline. It’s the trajectory 🤯
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s astonishing how far ahead the 2026 El Niño is. The red line is 2026. The other warmest El Niños are the colored lines. It’s not even playing in the same league. Some of this is of course due to this natural El Niño cycle on top of long-term ocean warming… 1/
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 16/09/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 16, 2026 ~ Both Sides Now. "Passing 2°C of warming in the second half of the 2030s is therefore very likely, with significant implications for climate policy." drtomharris.substack.com/p/dimming-do...
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Dimming Down - How Albedo decline is accelerating warming and driving up climate sensitivity estimates
Disentangling aerosol unmasking from cloud feedbacks in the CERES satellite record and what a darker Earth means for accelerating warming and the Solar Geoengineering debate.
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is not a skeet it is poetry and should be recognized as such
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Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 14/09/2026
These people are the stupidest fuckers on the planet. Just absolutely godawful miserable people.
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I remember walking down Wells that morning and hearing a plane, every person on the street looked immediately at the Sears Tower like “oh shit”
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/09/2026
New evidence that wildfires are not only a consequence of climate change -- they are also accelerating it.
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Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds
Emissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In fairness, Friedman did talk to a lot of cab drivers about it.
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I would argue it was The Onion. It was a challenging time to make comedy (remember “irony is dead?”) but those folks led the way, we all followed their lead.
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I was writing a show at Second City on 9/11. Audiences shut down at any topical bit, we had a freakout of “how do we talk about this?” The Onion had a lil stand in the lobby. When a copy came backstage we were all “holy shit, they went right at it.” It was so smart and brave and inspirational. 🤘
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Agreed. But my timeline seems upset.
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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
August 2026 was the globes hottest month ever recorded, beating July 2023 by a bees whatsit. Sea surface temperatures also had their hottest day(s) ever recorded. Made possible by the burning of coal, oil and gas: it would not have happened by El Niño alone. climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-a...
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 10/09/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 10, 2026 ~ Until 2027 "August 2026 was a remarkable month in the global climate record. It was both the warmest August and the warmest month ever recorded, with global temperatures reaching 1.65°C above pre-industrial levels." climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-a...
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Copernicus: August was the world’s joint hottest month on record, pushing global temperatures back above 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels
August 2026 was the joint warmest month ever recorded, tied with July 2023.
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The Final Report @firehorse249791.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
'A staggering marine heatwave is ongoing off Baja California, where waters are up to 14°F (8°C) above normal. NOAA is categorizing it as a severe to locally extreme marine heatwave. These very warm waters extending up to SoCal are helping drive the region’s record-humid summer' Colin McCarthy [x]
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Completely screwed.” What shitty activism. No hope, no reason to take action, roll coal. Your emotional take is unhelpful and counterproductive.
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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Instead of giving up, scientists and UN officials recommend trying to limit excessive warming and then bring the temperature back down to the agreed-upon threshold. But it still will mean decades of increased weather-related disasters, rising seas, extinctions and melting ice and glaciers."
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For the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC News
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the...
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"we should rename Mar-a-Lago something funny, make Google display that" My brother in Christ, the Ontario legislature can declare Google's workers in Ontario to be unionized and assign their collective labour rights to whichever union will be most militant, think bigger
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024. And it's only going to get worse.
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Earth’s oceans just hit their hottest temperature ever recorded
The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024
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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Turns out that the soaring ocean temperature of 2023 wasn’t a fluke, just part of the trend, and is now hugely surpassed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s oceans hit hottest temperature on record in August
Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was 21.1C on Saturday, latest data finds
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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 23/08/2026
According to ERA5 global sea surface temperatures have set a new all time record. This is likely the warmest sea surface temperatures have been in at least the last 125,000 years. What’s more concerning is this will likely rise further in the coming months.
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Do it, this week they have the actual Kitty Godzillas, next week it's going to be some bullshit
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
(Tips hat) well played, well played.
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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Averaging over 104 F per day is not in any way normal.
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climateeconomy.bsky.social @climateeconomy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"As of August 5th, global sea-surface temperatures just set a new preliminary record high of 21.20°C [70.16F]." [Prof Eliot Jacobson] All the latest global #climatechange news here: climateandeconomy.com/2026/08/08/8...
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8th August 2026 Today's Round-Up of Climate News • Climate and Economy
Huge thanks to August’s sponsor, who wishes to remain anonymous. At his request, I’m sharing a link to his brief but fascinating essay about Shakespeare’s The Tempest and the origins of Britain’s ensl...
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
GOOD PARENTING RIGHT HERE,!!
A kid says his favorite band in public enemy and draws a picture of them
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 05/08/2026
Breaking News! Code: Bonkers! El Nino continues to spike towards an all-time record high anomaly, with the Nino 3.4 sea surface temperature more than 2.6°C above the 1991-2020 baseline as of August 4th, and more than 1.0C° above the previous August 4th record set in 1997.
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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 03/08/2026
Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The Arctic Circle just reached a temperature that once seemed almost impossible for such a frozen region: above 100°F, or 38°C … a shocking first … fragile regions are rapidly changing. Sometimes one number can tell a much bigger story … climate change is no longer distant. It’s here. It’s now.
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This is so stupid. The best bacteria with stem placenta is from Tibet, and everyone knows it.
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Christopher Cartwright @chriscartwright.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Ooooops we did it again New all-time high melting in #Greenland 19.07.2026 #ClimateCrisis #cryosphere #Metacrisis
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is a very good skeet. Kudos!
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Climate Action Now @climateactapp.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
- Wildfires in Canada - Catastrophic flooding in Texas - Smoke-filled skies from the Midwest to New York - Super Typhoon Bavi in China, Philippines, Taiwan - Heat dome in Europe - Extreme monsoon in South Asia This isn’t a hoax/scam/con job. This is climate-fueled July. #wildfires #climatecrisis
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On June 21, 2026, the average global sea surface temperature peaked at an astounding 21°C (70°F). According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, this sudden spike completely eclipses the previous record highs set in 2023 and 2024.
On June 21, 2026, the average global sea surface temperature peaked at an astounding 21°C (70°F). According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, this sudden spike completely eclipses the previous record highs set in 2023 and 2024.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
While scientists have long braced for climate change, the growing severity of its impacts is shocking them. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Extreme Heat Stuns Even Climate Scientists Who Saw It Coming
Record-breaking heat waves are even stunning scientists monitoring the acceleration of climate change.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The Climate Crisis is coming for you.
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The Pacific Ocean is running a fever. Why that’s an ominous sign. — The Washington Post
A marine heat wave covering an area eight times the size of the United States could soon fuel serious storms and extreme heat.
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Andy Cobb @andycobb.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
You. Can’t. Make. Me.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/07/2026
Take all your "cover parking lots with solar panels" energy and channel it to this instead:
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Stop incentivizing surface parking lots
They are draining the economic potential of our cities. We need to make them financially unsustainable.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This is absolutely terrifying The Nino 3.4 forecast temperature anomaly mean is now at 4C, when even the biggest historical super ninos have seen less than 3C I really have no idea what this is going to bring over the next 12 months, but it will be very, very, grim
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Not a fan of the “Hiroshima bombs per second” metric? The oceans are now absorbing heat at nearly 700 terawatts, up from ~315 TW in 2020. That's like the continuous output of 46 million offshore wind turbines or 230 billion kettles switched on at the same time.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/06/2026
We're now at day 28 of setting a new record daily global sea-surface temperature.
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Ms. Misanthrope 🇺🇸 @lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
107 degrees with humidity in the Midwest today. Poland: record temperatures. England: record temperatures. June 2026 is the 13th consecutive month of record global heat. NOAA's climate monitoring division has lost 40% of its staff since January 2025. The data is still being collected. Barely.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/06/2026
As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. But while this concept may sound practical, there is no conceivable way it can work. Here's why 👇 w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social
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False Promises: The “Solution” to the Climate Crisis That Won’t Work
As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound pr...
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The Red Line warns of coming destruction. and it is getting worse with each passing day.
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Earth’s atmosphere has officially crossed 430 ppm of CO₂ — a level scientists say humanity has never experienced before in recorded history. Researchers warn the planet may now be entering climate conditions not seen for millions of years, with rising temperatures, stronger heatwaves, melting ice.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The top frame is from 2015, when French meteorologists did a “forecast” from a #climate heated August 2050 - a warning on what could possibly happen in 35 years time. Bottom frame: well, it’s happened in barely a decade, only it’s already *much* worse than predicted. It’s a runaway train.
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Yellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Imagine there was a monster so extreme and unprecedented and torturous that 40 people died trying to momentarily escape from it. Now imagine the response from world leaders was either to ignore the monster, or... to feed it. Now stop imagining.
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40 drowning deaths reported in France as Europe swelters in heat wave
Millions in France are enduring extreme heat, with temperatures soaring and 40 drowning deaths reported since June 18.
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
France will be at the epicenter of the most significant heat anomaly on the planet over the next few days. The sheer extent of the country that could experience temperatures above 40°C is nothing short of astonishing.
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