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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Along with the rest of us Canadians in the US, my very important question is: was this in Canada, or do you have a secret butter tart provider in the US you're gatekeeping?

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/07/2026

Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.

nowtoronto.com

Ontario hardest hit as wildfires cost Canada billions | NOW Toronto

A new report estimates wildfire smoke has cost Canada $231 billion since 2014. See how much each province has spent.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 20/06/2026

A nearly +70 point differential. An undefeated record in qualifying games. Our very own New York Liberty are the hosts of this year’s @wnba.com Commissioner’s Cup. Let’s go Liberty.

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I know a lot of things need a lot of attention right now, but cutting a climate desk in these times is the last thing we need

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velveetasneeze.bsky.social @velveetasneeze.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Just hours before the 2026 #MetGala, hundreds gathered in the Meatpacking District to watch people walk down a different red carpet in custom couture. The "Ball Without Billionaires" - a runway show co-hosted by fashion stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson and 'Abbott Elementary' actress Lisa Ann Walter

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I had the pleasure of helping ASI get up and running, and I am so excited to see how they advance Arctic climate science 🧊

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Climate interventions are like AI: I'd rather we didn't use them, but they are inevitable. They should be rigorously researched, decoupled from profit, and not deployed until community + government structures are ready. Meanwhile, I'm stoked initiatives like ASI exist! heatmap.news/am/arctic-ge...

heatmap.news

Scoop: New Nonprofit Backs Unique Approach to Geoengineering the Arctic

On China’s H2 breakthrough, vehicle-to-grid charging, and USA Rare Earth goes to Brazil

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AL @jebushchrist.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/04/2026

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Men whose careers rely upon their very public image seem to assume assaulting women won't tarnish them. Dear god, I hope we stop proving them right.

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Dr Karen Pinder 🇨🇦 🔬 @drkarenpinder.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Picture of the century. 😍 📷 credit: Science Tube

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Living in a world with no consequences for actions is exhausting

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

America's oil execs have pocketed $1.4 billion selling stock during the Iran war, the WSJ reports This cash windfall won’t go primarily toward yachts and private jets, but toward political campaigns and lobbying orgs dedicated to blocking climate policy and fueling authoritarianism

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Chevron's CEO made $104 million while America bombed Iran

America's oil executives have pocketed $1.4 billion selling stock during the Iran war, a new investigation shows.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/04/2026

Yeah so he is just going to keep doing the thing where we are in a constant state of uncertainty, confusion, stress, and tension because that is what abusive people do and the people who are in a position to address this are asleep at the switch.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 07/04/2026

Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

All* the significant long-term trends in climate over the last 60 years or so are driven by human activity. *very minor caveats apply

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Kate is the absolute best, and I'm heartbroken for her and the state of climate science in general because of this government. Selfishly, though, I'm thrilled she's staying in NYC

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

This is what ecocide looks like.

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

New Yorkers: if you can do so safely, take a moment to step outside (even on your front stoop) for a moment and appreciate how quiet the city is right now. ❄️ Cities aren't loud. Cars are loud.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Geoengineering rightfully makes people uneasy, but at the rate we’re going, it would be foolish not to research our options–both to see what might be safe and to know what to avoid. Research ≠ deployment www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.com

We study glaciers. ‘Artificial glaciers’ and other tech may halt their total collapse | Brent Minchew and Colin Meyer

How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based ‘artificial glaciers’ could all play a role

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Support trans kids and get cookies?! Say less

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Dr Vicky Harris @drvickyharris.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

That’s the woman who said whatever that guy is saying, 5 minutes ago, but got ignored.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The amount of bad shit going on is doing constant psychic damage to anyone w/a shred of morals. Idk what to do other than try to focus on actions that will improve literally anything, whether that's getting people connected, fed, refueled for the marathon, or ecosystem action. Idk what else to do.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 17/12/2025

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

usatoday.com

Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado

The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The world’s favorite climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe recommends HUMAN NATURE!

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

No one deserves recognition more than Kate! Read her book. It comes highly recommended by my dad, which might actually be more meaningful than this Scientific American review

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Grace Loh Prasad @gracelp.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences

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Annie M Leonard @anniemleonard.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Iowa City, socialist hellhole www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly— I hope midterms are a referendum

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"The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human rights violation on Earth." - Jimmy Carter

"I am fortunate to have a lot of strong women in my life..." - George W. Bush

"I'm absolutely confident that for two years if every nation on earth was run by women, you would see a significant improvement across the board on just about everything..." - Barack
Obama

"Quiet! Quiet Piggy!" - Donald Trump

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

You know what would be nice? Repercussions for actions, just sayin’

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

why is COP still a thing?

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I’m sorry to be self promoting but I a) have never been seduced by a fascist with a brain worm b) am capable of crafting a decent sentence and c) wrote a book that did not earn me a fawning profile in the newspaper but is still pretty good bookshop.org/p/books/huma...

bookshop.org

Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet

Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique

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David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

“‘More people could have died in the past week in El Fasher, and this is without hyperbole, than died in the past two years in Gaza,’ says Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director at Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab.” open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

open.substack.com

Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know

Two experts on Sudan explain how the killing in El Fasher is worse than anyone knows.

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Can confirm it is not fun 🇨🇦

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

On the Blue Jays’ class toward Alex Vesia, who is away from the Dodgers while dealing with a family emergency right now:

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It was an incredible gesture by the Jays for a number of reasons. First, it showed a solidarity between all relief pitchers, who usually bounce around from team to team just
trying to stick somewhere. And second, it was a simple act of decency and caring about others in an American era where those two things are seen as weaknesses.
Our country has treated Canada like garbage this year, and we don't deserve this grace shown back in return. Athletes are often in the news for acting like buffoons. What the Jays did last night *to support their opponent during the World Series (!!!)* was extraordinary, and I wanted to mention it off the top so it didn't get lost in the shuffle.
What a classy team. Kindness is free.

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

A billionaire who thought we shouldn't give the poor free COVID vaccines, and hung out with Epstein, wrote some weird, vague stuff about how climate change "isn't that bad" and now the media is covering that rather than a record climate fueled hurricane. The age of oligarchy sure is exhausting.

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Has anyone done this yet? CO2 levels the last time the Blue Jays were in the World Series: 357 ppm CO2 levels today: 426 ppm

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

One of the most challenging aspects of the climate crisis is that it becomes harder to solve as it proceeds, both in terms of mitigation and adaptation. It isn't something that can be put off until tomorrow without serious penalty.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The wet tropical rainforests of Queensland are now a carbon source because CO₂ emitted from trees dying and decaying outstripped the CO₂ taken up by trees growing. 😕

abc.net.au

Australia's tropical trees emit more carbon than they absorb: study

Climate change is killing trees faster than they can be replaced leading to greater carbon emissions, according to a new study.

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

One of the things that frustrates me about the “things have been worse than they are now” discourse (other than the existential climate threat) is how it leaves out that capitalism and corporate greed have never been more unfettered

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

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

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10/09/2025

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

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