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Dave Vetter

@davidrvetter.bsky.social
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Climate and sustainability writing and communications; duck monitor.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 4h
Today, the Supreme Court will begin the fall session by hearing the case about climate accountability and if localities can sue Big Oil. It’s the first case and begins at 10am ET. Streaming should be here: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
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oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires I discovered via an FOI request that DEFRA’s commitment in the National Adaptation Programme to run a “wildfire risk programme” since 2023 “was not brought into effect”. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The rise in dengue in the US was predicted a quarter century ago by #climate scientists in the first US National Climate Assessment. This article doesn't mention climate change. thehill.com/policy/healt...
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Florida’s dengue outbreak reportedly largest US has seen in decades
A dengue fever outbreak in the state of Florida appears to have grown to the largest in the continental U.S. in decades, totaling 252 reported cases this year in the Sunshine State according to an …
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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cornell’s new era of transparency should begin with this guy admitting he hit Gaza protestors with his car on purpose and then lied about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/n...
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Cornell President Calls Rape Inquiry ‘Defining Moment’ for Campus
Michael I. Kotlikoff said in a video the university would be more transparent, hold Greek groups accountable and improve sexual assault prevention.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Can't stop laughing at this
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Paul Pharoah @paulpharoah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you accept this as her view, then it makes no material difference whether you are English or not. She clearly thinks you don't need to be English to be Prime Minister or any other senior job, so we can welcome all non English into society.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 02/10/2026
Which parts of Britain are benefiting most from electrotech? 👀 Wales is leading on rooftop solar, batteries and heat pumps. Scotland’s a close second 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 By playing to local strengths, Britain can electrify faster and benefit sooner. ember-energy.org/lat...
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UncleofJamiroquai @jessefarrar.com · 01/10/2026
It seems quaint now that we do all our banking and race science there, but, nevertheless, it's true: at one time, people mostly wrote jokes on Twitter. 10 years ago, I wrote one about an old asshole and it kinda changed my life. Not his, though. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
cnn.com
The tweet that defined a decade of Trump | CNN
It’s been 10 years since Jesse Farrar accidentally defined a political era with one pithy, prescient tweet. He wishes it never happened.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you're a news outlet and you *haven't* been banned from the Reform and Conservative conferences, is your organization actually doing journalism, or are you doing stenography?
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anticipate the majority of UK media to falsely blame higher bills on "net zero", when they're directly being caused by fossil fuels.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good morning
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/09/2026
I think if you want a demo of the mechanics of how AI doom-hype detracts from the climate push, listen to this Al Gore interview w/ @heatmap.news, where he dismisses the climate impacts (using a spurious comparison, imo) but treats the chatbot doom as serious and real heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
gas plant emissions estimates
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Breaking: Defra to buy 10,000 copies of The Very Hungry Caterpillar to improve advice to farmers.
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Liquid Bluesky
National Trust• @nationaltrust.org.uk 
Nobody has ever regretted a scone after a long walk.

Except someone with ceoliac disease
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@support.bsky.team Apparently if you're verified you can't change your display name? That is no good. For the month of October I wish to be known as 30 DAVES OF NIGHT
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remember when we thought investors might mobilize in ways sufficient to protect the world from climate change
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very pleased to see that this research from my Smith School colleagues is getting traction in national media.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
⛓️ In 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘤𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘴, Katy Shields exposes the economic ideology underpinning our crises, and looks at how we can free ourselves from its chains.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 28/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Justice Alito has recused from Suncor v. Boulder.
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Installing solar panels and a battery in a UK home saves £681 a year on average, the first study of its kind has found: www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
thetimes.com
Solar panels and a battery cut energy bills by two thirds
Private installations reduce costs even during winter months and would pay for themselves in 17 years, researchers found after analysing data from bills
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren calls for the removal of climate denier Matthew Wielicki as head of the US govt's climate research office. Wielicki has no training in climate science, and regularly uses AI to invent non-existent sources to support his claims.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Basing government policy on mindless racism isn't just morally indefensible, but economically illiterate.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lewis Goodall thinks that the "delay" to Heathrow's third runway is a signifier of the UK "falling behind."
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absurdly excited for this.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Almost crashed my car listening to @yourkickstartersucks.com where Badlands enters a pickle eating contest, downs a chocolate milkshake, subsequently evacuates himself while lifting his mother-in-law's Steinway, then claims "it could happen to anyone."
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wow they should look into why most lottery contestants don’t win the lottery next
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For the avoidance of doubt, you get your Bsky blue check after completing three tests: sewing a button onto a tunic; cooking the perfect spring egg; drawing a line of consistent thickness with a piece of charcoal. That is all.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The United Kingdom does not have a functioning Office of Communications. Broadcast media in Britain are at this point wholly unregulated.
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bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i think about this post all the time. you might too
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@DoBiddley1
I am paid a very high salary to design new ways to hurt innocent people. Please don't hurt me. I want to live. My job is to hurt your children. Please, don't do anything to me. I want to be safe. My job is to make your family sick. I want to live. Please, I deserve to live. Pleas
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This. The Defenders of Western Culture absolutely despise culture - not least Western culture.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As usual, this guy gets it.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No notes.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Timeline Cleanse: Autumn Dusk, Dozing Ducks
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Even the Telegraph describes "Tommo" as a "far-right activist." Not so the BBC - which has a track record of sending its own reporters to harass people trying to cross the channel.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In brief, it's looking like the choice for next UN Secretary General is coming down to a coterie of feeble-minded men versus a selection of extraordinary women.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
👀👀👀
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thought for the day: Every institution we rely on is shackled through the nose to continuity bias, and almost no one who runs those institutions even knows what continuity bias is.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No one would be able to say this stuff if the fossil fuel industry didn't own both the people saying it *and* the media ecosystem reporting it. But here we are.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Note: insurance only works when a large proportion of people don't file claims.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨NEW from me: in the satirical show SLICK, an ad agency invents a video game to teach kids that oil is "smart and good." But then writer Jessie Bluedorn discovered that the fossil fuel industry had already done that in real life. With @creatives4climate.bsky.social and @cleancreatives.bsky.social
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How A Climate Comedy Accidentally Scripted Real Fossil-Fuel Propaganda
Comedy series SLICK satirizes Big Oil's ad industry, and predicted a real fossil-fuel propaganda game before it existed. Inside the data behind the joke.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is how the BBC has chosen to frame a story about Somerset Council removing unauthorised flags from public infrastructure. What do you notice?
An Instagram post from BBC Bristol that reads "Putting a flag on a Bristol lamp post could land you in prison in the future. More than £50,000 has been spent on removing flags across Bristol. The city council is now considering taking a similar approach to Oxfordshire by obtaining a high court injunction which would prohibit flags on public furniture."
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The British people are electing Flat Earthers to public office. It's impossible to say whether this is good or not.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A striking thing about the various estimates of how many people Musk killed when he shuttered USAID is that, while of course the exact number is unknown, the estimates all point to a figure of about 750,000 deaths within a year, of which 500,000 were kids Mass murder isn’t “ill fated cost-cutting”
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
The outright refusal to treat white supremacy as an ideology which motivates action and treat it as generally objectionable is what allows this strategy to be viable for Elon Musk.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Making videos for my five (5) little nieces introducing them to house spiders (Tegenaria domestica). In the UK in autumn we'll see more of these guys scuttling round our houses trying to get comfy. Do not throw them outside!
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