Reposted by Hans TilstraScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Eliot Jacobson: Yesterday's Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly (preliminary) was a record 3.047°C above the 1991-2020 baseline, beating the previous record of 3.034°C set on November 19, 2015. 02617
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026C.S. Lewis’s advice to a young schoolgirl on how to become a better writer. In 1953 .... 001
Reposted by Hans TilstraRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it? 1259190755820
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Given the foreseeable threat of pandemics, why be so strangely uninterested in exploring why so many Americans died? www.economist.com/united-state...economist.comThe real covid-19 scandal is still unfoldingThe failure to reckon with lives needlessly lost will make the next pandemic deadlier 000
Reposted by Hans Tilstra852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Bro. People are cool as fuck. 274164512330
Reposted by Hans TilstraPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Sister Joan Chittister, who personally opposes abortion, said it best. Those who are more concerned about a fetus but not the health or welfare of the mother or the children are not pro-life. They are pro-birth. And that stance is morally lacking. This was from 2004. Still relevant. 🔥🎯 #pinks 10604267
Reposted by Hans TilstraKatherine @wordwatcher.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Eagle couples perform a dramatic aerial display known as “cartwheeling” or a “sky dance” to test their strength, build trust, and strengthen their lifelong bond. Mark Smith Photography. 1444180881
Reposted by Hans TilstraRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it. 626218006307
Reposted by Hans TilstraFared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Two Israeli soldiers posted an Instagram photo posing with a blindfolded Palestinian detainee. 107335
Reposted by Hans TilstraMatthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 27/07/202667 boat strikes 221 people killed EXCLUSIVE: Operation Southern Spear has not reduced the volume, availability, purity or price of cocaine arriving in the U.S., according to an internal DEA assessment and a closed-door Pentagon briefing for senators, and has made enforcement more difficultwashingtonpost.com67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise. 811055493
Reposted by Hans TilstraContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Photographer Martin Le-May was walking through a London park with his wife, hoping to show her a green woodpecker for the first time, when he snapped this incredible photo: a weasel riding a flying woodpecker. 1753931752
Reposted by Hans TilstraPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 18/07/2026Antisemitism must be confronted, but limiting ABC and SBS reporting on Gaza and Israel would undermine editorial independence and public trust, Greg Wilesmith writes. #auspol #ABC #Mediapearlsandirritations.comNo case for muzzling ABC and SBS reporting on IsraelClaims of ABC bias against Israel in its reporting of current Middle East conflicts defy the truth and the professional and impartial tradition of ABC staff reporters. 54926
Reposted by Hans TilstraAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026Newsmax talking head: "I've lived in Beijing. I can say the elections in Beijing are much better than California and the United States." 6541401217
Reposted by Hans Tilstra𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Are you wondering what the President is up to tonight? (This is why we need A.I. laws) 165456150
Reposted by Hans TilstraJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Well, I gotta admit it was worth the wait for that curtain to be removed. 255153053940
Reposted by Hans TilstraMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/06/2026Welcome to the greatest city on Earth. Here are some tips and tricks for how to get around and make the most of your time here. Learn more at nyctourism.com. 933101532
Reposted by Hans Tilstraonion person @junlper.beer · 26/05/2026zohran mamdani announced a plan to seize properties from bad landlords and private equity if tenents suffer from neglect and i genuinely do not think i’ve seen rightwing circles this mad in reaction to anything i’ve ever seen before lol 272189612583
Reposted by Hans TilstraDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 26/05/2026They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model. 563115623720
Reposted by Hans TilstraAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I’m 95% done with dinner I just have to decide what I’m eating, how I’m cooking it, and what store I want to shop at 2295309795
Reposted by Hans TilstraT.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 24/05/2026The tech bros gave us crypto currency that isn’t currency, artificial intelligence that isn’t intelligence, and prediction markets that are inside-trader scams. On the other hand, they have given us gigantic data centers that employ no one and destroy communities. So there’s that. 323108794039
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Which of the following best demonstrates successful integration into Australian society? A) Volunteering in your local community B) Complaining that Australia has “lost its culture thanks to migration” while eating a kebab in an Irish pub run by a Chinese family theshovel.com.au/2026/05/19/t...theshovel.com.auTaylor Proposes New “Australian Values” Test Requiring Would-Be Migrants To Blame Current Migrants for Nation's Problems — The Shovel“One of the central elements of being Australian is being able to identify a complex, multifaceted problem and then finding a creative way to blame it on brown people”. 000
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Who has ruined the country? A) Billionaires B) Decades of policy failure C) Migrants D) Cyclists theshovel.com.au/2026/05/19/t...theshovel.com.auTaylor Proposes New “Australian Values” Test Requiring Would-Be Migrants To Blame Current Migrants for Nation's Problems — The Shovel“One of the central elements of being Australian is being able to identify a complex, multifaceted problem and then finding a creative way to blame it on brown people”. 000
Reposted by Hans TilstraMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/05/2026Disturbing new video posted by Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shows him taunting detained pro-Palestinian flotilla activists being held in horrifying conditions. In the footage, Ben-Gvir can be seen shouting at the handcuffed activists while appearing to gloat over their detention. 1411870831
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026MAGA FOMO www.facebook.com/reel/2064893...facebook.com 000
Reposted by Hans TilstraJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/05/2026The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize. 198115073756
Reposted by Hans TilstraProject Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Climate Wayfinding is more than a guide; it's a collective movement towards action. Check out this beautiful book by Katharine Wilkinson today! Have you read Climate Wayfinding yet? Let us know! 👇 And watch the full Drawdown Ignite interview with Matt Scott here: bit.ly/49EDBlp 082
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I just joined the @quitgpt boycott. OpenAI's president was the biggest donor in Trump's Super PAC's year-end report. It's time to quit. Join us: quitgpt.org // #QuitGPTquitgpt.orgQuitGPT — ChatGPT takes Trump's killer robot dealJoin the movement. Delete ChatGPT. Cancel your subscription. It's time to quit. 000
Reposted by Hans TilstraAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The U.S. Forest Service isn’t managing forests anymore. It’s running a timber operation and poisoning everything else to do it. A yearlong investigation by Mother Jones found that the Forest Service and private logging companies are systematically spraying thousands of 22758732836
Reposted by Hans TilstraCabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't. 992272966879
Reposted by Hans TilstraShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 11/05/2026there's a study from the 2010s that showed that the number at which ppl start to consider themselves rich is about 20% more than the amount you'd need to never work again 1343356
Reposted by Hans TilstraAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/05/2026Internet rules dictate that whenever you see the Tom Holland Umbrella video, you have to share it. I'm just following the rules. 20836401002
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The realities of the lived economic experience of someone who just turned 30 in Australia put in a sobering perspective. Source: Chris Bradley, Director of McKinsey Global Institute and co-author A Century of Plenty shares this chart on LinkedIn. 000
Reposted by Hans TilstraPalantir Watch @palantirwatch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Palantir tracks everyone. So we built a site that tracks Palantir. They've been watching us. Now we can watch them. Contracts Lawsuits Executive Pay Global Footprint Lobbying Activity Media Strategies All in One Place ›› palantirwatch.org #privacy #government #surveillance #technologypalantirwatch.orgPalantirWatch — Tracking Palantir TechnologiesIndependent watchdog tracking Palantir's contracts, executives, lobbying, legal exposure, and global footprint. OSINT-driven public interest research. 10354211
Reposted by Hans TilstraBusiness Insider @businessinsider.com · 24/04/2026"Across the whole ecosystem, people feel this need to like check Twitter every single day to see what the absolute latest thing is," Cat Wu said. "There's more we can do to help people feel less like they're on this ever increasingly fast treadmill." bit.ly/3QkJopJbusinessinsider.comClaude Code's product chief says people have serious FOMO over AI's relentless paceIn the race to build the best AI tools, labs, Big Tech, and startups are shipping products faster than ever -- and in increasingly overlapping areas. 112
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 23/04/2026We're witnessing what happens when power goes to your head. The lack of inhibition & restraint and pursuit of spectacles. www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-wit...linkedin.comAre we witnessing the fall of Donald Trump?Every now and then Lord Acton’s line about power corrupting strolls back into relevance with unnerving ease. Watching Donald Trump is one of those moments. 020
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Meanwhile, in Australia, populist politician Pauline Hanson is surging in polls. In response, activist organisation GetUp! has turned on the BS detector. whoishanson.comwhoishanson.comWho Is Pauline Hanson? 000
Reposted by Hans TilstraHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The drunken Fox host, Pete Kegsbreath recited a Bible verse during a speech at a Pentagon church service. The problem: it's not actually from the Bible, it's from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. 141973343
Reposted by Hans TilstraDaniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 16/04/2026In case you missed it: first-person video footage of the U.S. Navy Divers Medical Team opening the hatch and entering inside the Orion Integrity capsule to meet the Artemis II heros U.S. Navy Courtesy Asset/ Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One www.dvidshub.net/video/100269... #Artemis 🧪🔭 1213574936
Reposted by Hans TilstraOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/04/2026Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a brief response to President Trump ⬇️ 17440148
Reposted by Hans TilstraMyPet Health by Vetcation @vetcation.com · 11/04/2026Can’t stop watching this.. 😊 5786351363
Reposted by Hans TilstraLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 09/04/2026"Light Fossils" dinosaur light painting by artist Darren Pearson, known as Darius Twin, using a unique photography technique. The artwork is created using long-exposure photography, where the camera shutter remains open while the artist moves handheld lights to "draw" the figures in real-time. 663330757
Reposted by Hans TilstraArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez: “The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🍿 544325507237