Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This joins a growing pile of decisions that almost universally affirm the basic principle that the federal government cannot force state and local governments to use their resources to support ICE. 71266325
Reposted by Gamle Ode Aquavitsjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/09/2026i hate this thing they do where they pretend like they are fulfilling some long and pent up demand. just own that you’re engaged in naked idolatry 1664600701
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsNPR @npr.org · 04/09/2026The price of diesel has reached an all-time high, a result of the war in Iran and Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries. That will matter across the supply chain. n.pr/4ykjqmTn.prThe price of diesel hits a record highThe price of diesel has reached an all-time high, a result of the war in Iran and Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries. That will matter across the supply chain. 1618358
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsNPR @npr.org · 04/09/2026The global effort to end child marriage is in the news. In the U.S., there's a new bill before Congress (but it's controversial). And the U.N. is designating a day dedicated to ending the practice. n.pr/4yoJoFVn.prWhatever happened to the U.S. campaign to ban child marriage?The global effort to end child marriage is in the news. In the U.S., there's a new bill before Congress (but it's controversial). And the U.N. is designating a day dedicated to ending the practice. 2521968
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsCovering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 02/09/2026This summer, many, many news reports failed to make the connection between extreme weather events and climate change. So we wondered — have journalists made the connection between the deadly glacier collapse and flooding in Nepal and climate change? The good news? Many. Here's a thread... 37431
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026Every single human alive today has existed in this era of trying to avoid worsening fossil fuel use, and then cutting it out ASAP. "Okay we're in this, but how do we stop as much extra harm as possible from happening" 0489
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026If by 'climate change is unstoppable' you mean 'there are some impacts that are already locked in', then that was true like, early in the middle of the previous century? We missed the window to avoid *literally any* impacts of fossil fuel use around world two, that is a weird metric to judge by 29317
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Very good point here: A lot of university leaders will think, "the Trump administration just wants us to make some vague statements - we can live with that." They are not counting on the DOJ using those statements as the basis for legal investigations. Which this DOJ will be willing to do. 191104275
Reposted by Gamle Ode Aquavitsjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/09/2026an entire party culture defined by a debilitating fear of confrontation www.offmessage.net/p/elon-musk-...offmessage.netI Am Going To Lose My F****** MindCan someone make the madness end? Or are we simply doomed to demented discourse and intolerable double standards and spineless opposition forever? 442255352
Reposted by Gamle Ode Aquavitsjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/09/2026i think much of the democratic party's low ratings reflects a palpable sense that it is institutionally incapable of standing up for itself or going on the hunt 621983234
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"By Nov 3, there’s every chance that Trump will be more unpopular than he is today. His mental deterioration in just these last few weeks is noticeable, and in two more months, he may literally be drooling." Good @mjtoma.bsky.social case that things will get worse: newrepublic.com/post/215132/...newrepublic.comDonald Trump Has No Idea of the Tidal Wave That’s Coming for HimThere are three groups of voters who matter in this election, and each of them is going to punish the president severely. 2425081
Reposted by Gamle Ode Aquavitstaylr @taylordahlin.com · 04/09/2026i maintain that north minneapolis has the best views of the skyline and now i can add that they have the best developed trails along the riverfront too. what a beautiful place 515312
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 04/09/2026Sometimes lone jurors are completely irrational and want to be the center of attention and cajoling, demanding special attention despite the risk of tanking a high-profile trial! Ask me how I know. 172686
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone pumping out workslop with Claude who was temporarily delayed yesterday because the 100% fossil-fuelled ultra-polluting data centre in a black community in the US that powers them had a lil boo boo 48632
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 03/09/2026The people clamoring all over my comments about the importance of academic integrity a few weeks ago are curiously silent about these allegations of data fabrication. I’m not qwhyte sure why. (Part 1) 17323
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/09/2026fun fact! Musk's fossil fuelled data centres almost certainly emit more climate pollution than is saved by all Tesla vehicles ketanjoshi.co/2026/03/02/m... 12225119
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/09/2026Fossil fuel are significantly more costly than non-fossil alternatives in general, but the 2020s have seen more acute, crippling fossil price spikes than ever before. People hate that! The physical destruction caused by their use is also a cost people do not like paying! 15211
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsDanny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I hear talk that we need UK data centers for IT 'sovereignity'. But irrespective of whether your files are stored on a computer in San Jose or Slough, if (e.g.) Microsoft get instructed to cut your access to Office365, your organisation is cooked. 54314
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsDanny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"If Trump wants Greenland, he can just order Microsoft to switch off Office 365 for the country and every ministry and significant firm will be shuttered in an instant, along with many households" @doctorow.pluralistic.net pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/b...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Preparing for a post-Trump internet (03 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 59642
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Norway is considering a ban on camera-enabled wearable “pervert glasses”.techcrunch.comNorway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable 'pervert glasses' | TechCrunchThe Nordic country says wearable camera headsets need to be regulated given their privacy risks. 16949220
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsCAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026two headlines on the same day 1519653
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026The amount of oil use avoided by EVs in China in the first half of 2026 is the same as the amount of oil USED BY THE ENTIRE UK www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi... 14510217
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Spain wants to tax fossil fuel producers in order to fund climate adaptation An application of the 'polluter pays' principle Economists estimate cost of climate-change induced drought in Europe this summer was €50bn, one bank says €180bn Someone's got to pay for it www.ft.com/content/86da...ft.comSpain pushes for EU oil and gas tax to pay for climate change responseRising extreme weather costs fuel campaign ahead of new resilience strategy 9284126
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsRachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Revealed! How companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England. Companies use 2.6 billion litres of public water a day, many not required to report or cut their use. Less than 1% use same amount of water as 10 million people. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRevealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit EnglandExclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply 2187104
Reposted by Gamle Ode Aquavitspippaneill.bsky.social @pippaneill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Less than 1% of businesses in England use more water than the daily needs of 10 million people The biggest users include oil refineries, chemical plants and paper mills, and some face no requirement to cut their consumption. @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRevealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit EnglandExclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply 14020
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026One of the most persistent problems with data centre development: we have no idea what they actually do in there. If it's being planned now it's probably *something* related to GenAI, but what exactly? It's all kept secret. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 67727
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026And as always a reptition of one of the worst habits of academics: "[x] shouldn't be a replacement for mitigation but an addition to it" Just blurting that out doesn't make it true. If a technology promises to keep fossil fuels going it will ALWAYS default to killing off climate action. **always** 1356
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026I see a lot of these pieces that are pretty clearly trying to mask and downplay what feels like active advocacy for geoengineering deployment. Not Musk-like move-fast-ism but still a position that basically implies that scientists and governments could do it well if we just let themtheconversation.comAs global heating heads to 1.8C, is it time to consider the ‘Voldemort’ of climate policy?The case for large-scale technologies that reflect solar radiation back into space rests on global warming’s grim reality. 75820
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 04/09/2026It's rare to see a mainstream news broadcaster explicitly referencing loss-and-damage finance, climate justice and big-emitter responsibility in its reporting. So this moment on the BBC's News at Ten really caught my attention. Report by @azadehmoshiri.bsky.social in Nepal 7437177
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsAaron Blackshear @aaronblackshear.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Takes biggest bong rip in history, more and more weed keeps getting added, doctors are claiming it isn’t possible for human lungs to inhale this much smoke, the water is evaporating, it’s been three days, still hitting, finally pulls away and takes that last little breath in and… 3305
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/09/2026Nice new report that includes this lovely little bit: by 2035 we could erase 100% of Hormuz oil and ~1,000% of Hormuz gas by switching to clean tech, EVs, energy efficiency etc. www.energy-transitions.org/wp-content/u... 316459
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 04/09/2026The Supreme Court, in every money-in-politics ruling: 215833
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsMark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026No other world leader speaks as clearly about the climate emergency right now as Pope Leo 05516
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsGET OUT OF MY WAY! @getoutofmyway.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This president will grab and pocket money from everyone. Even his gullible supporters. Nice work pulling back the curtain, Comer. 719339
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsBerny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The most important piece I’ve come across on Trump’s new election interference push. Please read this from @andycraig.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.nettheunpopulist.netTrump Can't Easily Steal the Midterms But He Can Sow Chaos and DoubtThe courts are stopping his illegal executive orders, but he is still attempting one of the biggest political crimes in American history 6394125
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 04/09/2026It's probably the only honest thing they've done 5268
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/09/2026For the first time since its inception in 1991, the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony was held outside the United States because organizers feared that it is unsafe for foreign guests to visit the United States under the Trump regime.yahoo.comOptimised urinals and buried underwear at 2026 Ig NobelsUnderwear buried to test soil quality and urinals scientifically designed to prevent splashing were among the projects honoured as the Ig Nobel prizes again put a spotlight on the quirky side of scien... 123084
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsAarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026"According to the City of Oulu, measures to reduce emissions from transport and heating have contributed to the city’s good air quality. These include an extensive district heating network, public transport and investment in cycling infrastructure." #Oulu #AirQuality yle.fi/a/74-20244664yle.fiOulu has Europe’s cleanest air for second year runningFinland had six cities in the list's top ten. 34724
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Both of my kids have benefited immensely from CHOP — my daughter had surgery for thyroid cancer there, for instance — so I would like to take this moment to tell Senator John Fetterman to go fuck himself 1093087509
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsDarren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026bsky.app/profile/pamh... 0585
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsDarren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026To think that we live among idiots who think that "elite institutions" have been "captured by leftist ideologues" lmao 331745
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fetterman is an Israel lackey. Why would he care about a children's hospital if he can't bomb it? 12326107
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Thomas Rose, a 37-year-old assistant professor at MIT and an expert in the archaeometallurgy of copper, has died after being hit by a driver while riding his bike at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Ave.bostonglobe.comMIT professor hit while riding his bicycle in Cambridge last month has died, university officials say - The Boston GlobeThomas Rose, 37, joined MIT in January and was set to begin teaching courses this fall. 23953186
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026fun part if you ask me: higher ed institutions in secular democracies are the closest approximation of a 'marketplace of ideas' as you are likely to find this side of a global revolution and a lot of people who claim to like that idea do not seem to love its results 251756361
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsTaylor Carik @taylorcarik.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#bienvenidosdystopia 011
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsClimate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fantastic! For those interested in detailed geological analysis about exactly what happened and what the causes are, this video is exceptionally well made. Worth watching: 0193
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsProf Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026...there are systemic reasons, grounded in racism and other forms of discrimination, that make certain people more 'at-risk' from heat stress (incl. death) than others. Tschakert proposes 'Thermopolitical expendability' for this. Check out the paper for more - there is a lot to reflect on. /FIN 182
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsProf Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026...because choices are constantly being made about who should live and who should not (biopolitics and necropolitics). When we talk about 'at-risk groups, frontline communities' in the context of heat, we are making it seem like it is a coincidence that these people are 'at risk' -but it is not...3/ 192
Reposted by Gamle Ode AquavitsKatie @ohweebeasties.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I like how the farm issues a bunch of statements afterward claiming they are not political. 1923