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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I seem to remeber an impeachment around this sort of thing in his first term. Now it's just Thursday

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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Skipped the Nazis, huh.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Found America's tombstone in a gas station sales rack on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 substack.com/@sarahkendzi...

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RIP, Murica

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 06/09/2026

The latest Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature (preliminary) is 2.78°C above the 1991-2020 baseline, marking the 99th consecutive daily record, a full 0.79°C higher than the previous daily record set in 1997. The Climate Casino is taking the OVER on 3.0°C by the end of September.

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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 31/08/2026

· #AcademicSky · The loss of 111,000 international students in the school year that has just begun will cost the United States US$3.4 billion and almost 40,000 jobs, says a new study from NAFSA: Association of International Educators and JB International, a US-based education management company.

universityworldnews.com

US$3.4 billion loss from drop in international students

The loss of 111,000 international students in the school year that has just begun will cost the United States US$3.4 billion and almost 40,000 job...

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"Hell is empty and all the devils are here." Mladic might lonely down there, then

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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 12/08/2026

More than 80% of Alaska communities aren't on the road system. Up here, flying isn't a luxury – it's often the only way in or out. These cuts won’t just abandon our rural communities, they will disconnect entire regions from the outside world. It’s unacceptable. alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...

alaskapublic.org

Trump administration threatens deep cuts to program that funds air travel in rural Alaska

Last year, Congress rejected a proposal to reduce the Essential Air Service budget by over 50%.

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Rebecca John @rebeccajohn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

As Shell faces a landmark climate lawsuit, "confidential" documents from the 1960s show British scientist James Lovelock warning executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels. See his June 1966 memo published in full for the first time with my latest for @desmog.com

desmog.com

The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms

“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This goat was practicing a charge, but the cat thought it was a sign of affection. Original post

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

@kgrove80.bsky.social I saw your article in Political Geography - completely agree, and I am flattered for all the wrong reasons. The term goes back to postwar reconstruction work in 2008 - was shocked to realize I was seeing it in the US doi.org/10.1016/j.po...

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

We are in the End Times, epistemologically speaking

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I am sure everyone feels reassured

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Marco Rubio met Sergey Lavrov in the Philippines today. But same old, same old. US Sec of State "new ideas are needed" Russian FM: "Russia would agree to a political + diplomatic settlement if the parties agree to proposals from the meeting between Putin and Trump in Anchorage."

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Gingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The very definition of resilience targeting and intended to prevent reconstruction over the long term. Oh, and its illegal (as if they care)

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands @netherlandsmfa.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

On 17 July, we remember the 298 victims of the downing of flight #MH17. Our thoughts are with their families and loved ones. As we honour their memory, we reaffirm our enduring commitment to truth, justice and accountability.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The Sea Gull Lake site is very close to one of the fires near Boundary Waters in Minnesota, and registered an AQI over 2000 this morning. Anything over an AQI of 300 is Hazardous — the highest level on the AQI scale.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"Instead of analysing future #climate as a sequence of quasi-equilibria — as a system that will settle when the world stops emitting carbon — researchers must treat it as an unstable system that is reorganizing while society tries to phase out carbon-based energy." - @alevermann.bsky.social

nature.com

‘Climate free fall’: why the biggest risk to our economies is yet to be recognized

Increasing instability of the ocean, ice and atmosphere threatens farming, finance and society. We all need to wake up to that fact.

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Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Trump administration's new Balkans policy—cutting NATO's Kosovo force and lifting sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik—is unraveling decades of American-built security architecture in the region, creating risks for both Bosnia and Kosovo.

theins.press

Power vacuum: Trump is dismantling the security architecture in the Balkans

The announcement in June that NATO would reduce its military presence in Kosovo, together with disputes between the United States and its European allies over…

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Dostoevsky wrote Lindsey Graham’s epitaph in Crime and Punishment: “Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I bet MAGA will blame Ukraine for this

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The one time I saw Lindsey Graham in person was at Dulles airport in Dec 2018 - DCA had shut down and forced flights to transfer. Graham walked through the crowd to glares from EVERYONE That's how loved he was even before the 2nd term nazi revival

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

For the record, this is not normal

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🇸🇪🇺🇦 Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson: Russia is unwilling to negotiate but also unable to win against Ukraine. We need to be extremely prepared for a lot of different scenarios regarding Russia.

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Fellow authors: Without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP? "Her name was Lucia- that much I had garnered over the last hour, but little else from the worried figure sitting miserably in the rain across the table from me."

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"The city of Utrecht beat Copenhagen on the Copenhagenization Index– a competition to be the best at biking and urban mobility. We visit the city to steal the cheat codes to the top (so other cities can get back in the race). " With input from @dutchcycling.nl

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Inside the world's best cycling city

YouTube video by DW Planet A

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We have a peer-reviewed article, coming out (hopefully) soon on the national and global security implications of this silencing of climate science. A related interview with Nick Breeze: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KS...

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Weaponising Confusion: How Cognitive Warfare Hijacks Our Minds on Climate and War – Prof Chad Briggs

YouTube video by Nick Breeze ClimateGenn

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Sitting here in the Philippines, on the receiving end of El Nin̈o and a never-ending supply chain crisis re Iran, the next months will be rough

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Trump administration is planning to cut down DC's oldest cherry tree to make way for a new Trump golf course.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 27/06/2026

The big papers all ignored the Gillibrand story. Big mistake, since corrupting people through their family is an old trick that is very popular crypto strategy these days. Just ask the Trumps.

Semafor: The still-evolving deal is not expected to cover the president's adult children, people familiar with the talks told Semafor on Wednesday, even though most of the Trumps' crypto business is conducted by his sons and, as a result, would likely remain mostly unaffected. A Democratic staffer involved in the talks said "there's no way" for lawmakers to write the adult children into the legislation, noting that "there's not a single ethics rule or law that does so."

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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 15/06/2026

Yulia Svyrydenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine 💬 "Right now, as russians continue to strike #Kyiv with over a dozen of ballistic missiles, the Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv‑Pechersk Lavra — a #UNESCO World Heritage site and priceless cultural landmark — has been struck and is burning.

Aerial nighttime view of the Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra engulfed in flames and smoke, with its iconic golden domes illuminated against the dark sky. The scene captures the devastating impact of a missile strike on this UNESCO World Heritage site, a priceless cultural and religious landmark in Kyiv, Ukraine. Source: The Guardian

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Michele Wucker @wucker.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Important new @brookings.edu research quantifying economic damages from the Trump ICE surge. Spending tens of billions of dollars to destroy lives, tear apart families and communities, and damage businesses and hurt the economy.

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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The ocean observatories help scientists, fishery managers, coastal hazard planners & the military plan & prepare: e.g. calculating fish harvest amounts or when a marine heatwave or giant wave action may be occurring. 🌎🧪 insideclimatenews.org/news/0906202...

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Alaskans Reel From the Loss of National Science Foundation Ocean-Monitoring Instruments - Inside Climate News

With its multi-billion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities, scientists say the federal government’s decision leaves Alaska flying blind.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A Russian drone struck Ukraine’s centralized spent nuclear fuel storage facility in the Chornobyl zone overnight, damaging a building and triggering a fire. Ukrainian officials say the hit targeted critical nuclear infrastructure, calling it another deliberate strike on sensitive sites.

euromaidanpress.com

Russian drone strikes nuclear fuel storage site in Chornobyl zone - Euromaidan Press

A Russian drone hit a key nuclear infrastructure site in the Chornobyl zone, reigniting concerns over Moscow’s attacks on sensitive facilities.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/06/2026

We need ~30 years of data from the AMOC to be able to finally determine if it's actually collapsing. We're at 20 years of data. Removing this now means we can't definitively determine a potential AMOC collapse that could result in substantial climate disruptions. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

livescience.com

Tump administration to remove 900 deep sea monitoring instruments that would have studied the collapsing Atlantic current

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This is, by a mile, the most important thing you won't see in the news today. It's terrifying for several reasons, but perhaps most of all because when added to fertilizer/oil issues, it could spell disaster for food production, esp. in the global south. We have to change course now.

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Nick Breeze @nickbreeze.genn.cc · 04/06/2026

New on Climate Genn: Professor Chad Briggs on cognitive warfare & The Gorgon Trap. 3 attacks combine to trap us in paralysis: white noise is a flood disinformation, black noise removes trust & pattern injection feeds us false narratives. The goal is cognitive paralysis. youtu.be/A0KSzOodz-E

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Dr. Scandal Piñata @dr-g.myatproto.social · 03/06/2026

OK guys, today stories are circulating (via professional societies) that the administration has leaked that they will retaliate against scientists who public comment. a) you can comment anonymously b) comments are protected speech c) die on your feet or live on your knees

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Chad Briggs @chadmbriggs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Trump admin actively spending funds to silence climate monitoring - don't believe anyone who says this is "saving money" - and this will take a generation to put back into place maritime-executive.com/article/trum...

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Trump Administration Invests in Removing Ocean Research Buoys

Moving the objectives of Project 2025 one step closer to completion, the National Science Foundation is removing 900 ocean data collecting buoys that...

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Dr Andrew Mahon @andyantarctica.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This one hits home to the Polar Programs community.... "NSF continues to offer fellowship opportunities ...in the fields of engineering, entrepreneurial research, mathematics and physical sciences. ..postdocs in biology are available only if they involve the use of artificial intelligence." 🧪🌎🇦🇶🌊

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NSF Eliminates Geoscience Postdocs - Eos

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has eliminated its postdoctoral fellowship funding for Earth scientists.

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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

elizabethginexi.substack.com

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule

Russell Vought is going destroy American Science

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