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Ido Liven

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Writer. Migrant. Dad for future. I have a weakness for wild berries. And climate justice. Views my own etc. 🌐 www.IdoLiven.com

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Jason Dove Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In my latest for the good folks @theatlantic.com, I talked to more than a dozen #climate leaders to understand what's next for global warming politics www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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What Does the Climate Movement Do Now?
Advocates are searching for a political wave to catch.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 29/09/2026
EU tells capitals to cut gas demand amid rising supply concerns or: your the periodical reminder that continued reliance on fossil fuels is a liability www.euronews.com/2026/09/27/e...
euronews.com
EU tells capitals to cut gas demand amid rising supply concerns
Although the EU is not facing immediate gas shortages, Energy Commissioner Jørgensen warned capitals that soaring prices driven by rising global demand could lead to shortages as winter approaches, ac...
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 26/09/2026
40 years of a global moratorium on commercial whaling and Japan, Norway and Iceland are still hunting whales. Upping my reporting from Iceland ahead of the @iwc-whales.bsky.social meeting starting tomorrow. idoliven.medium.com/captain-ahab...
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Captain Ahab’s Second Chance
In early December 2024, Iceland’s outgoing government green-lighted new whale hunting quotas through 2029. While there has been progress on…
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 26/09/2026
Weekend #longread: Humanity's Endgame | @henrywismayer.bsky.social www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...
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Humanity’s Endgame | NOEMA
A new history of societal collapse by an expert in existential risk argues that our globalized society is edging toward the precipice.
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Eoghan Gilmartin @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Our investigation out in the Guardian today: How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports At least a dozen IPCC lead authors are employed by or linked to Saudi Aramco, Saudi institutions and other oil & gas interests. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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Conflict and Environment Observatory @ceobs.org · 18/09/2026
What needs to be in place for the idea of environmentally sustainable conflict recovery to take hold? With @annackermann.bsky.social we examine why sustainable recovery processes are needed and whether lessons from #Ukraine could be applied to other conflict areas. ceobs.org/give-sustain...
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Give sustainable recovery a chance - CEOBS
What conditions are needed for sustainable conflict recovery? We look at whether lessons from Ukraine could be applied elsewhere.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 21/09/2026
"One minute for your safety. Do you know where to take shelter in an emergency?" A government banner in central Warsaw.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 19/09/2026
Weekend #longread: The End of the European Summer | @ericklinenberg.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The End of the European Summer
As extreme heat overwhelms the Continent’s great cities, they are racing to adapt to a climate that they were never built to withstand.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 18/09/2026
👀 “We simply don’t know how to model the endgame.” www.cnbc.com/2026/09/17/j...
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JPMorgan oil team gives up on forecasting Iran war endgame as Trump blows past economic redlines
JPMorgan assumed at the start of the war that several economic redlines would force President Donald Trump into an agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz.
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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Monday updates 3/4: another crucial call for inputs for #ClimateChange & #HumanRights - UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territory @franceskalbs.bsky.social is collecting evidence on environmental degradation in Gaza, incl transboundary & intergenerational impacts tinyurl.com/7z3bfbyb
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OHCHR | Call for input on environmental destruction and its human rights impacts in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
BackgroundIntentional destruction and degradation have long been integral to Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territory. Over decades Israel has systematically constrained Palestinians' ability ...
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 18/09/2026
Brilliant insights into the Jewish Israeli mindset ahead of next month's election:
haaretz.com
'Bibi or a Wannabibi?' • Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin on what the Israeli election is all about
The intensifying Israeli election campaign encompasses a long list of issues, but at its heart, the results of the vote on October 27 will be "about the transit
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 15/09/2026
I don't know if that ever materializes, but the Trump administration's intention to capture Iranian oil as part of the war is definitely there: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... It's already seized Venezuelan and Russian tankers before.
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US Aims to Revive Civil War-Era Court to Claim Iran Oil as Prize
The Justice Department is preparing to activate a long-dormant maritime war court to streamline military capture of Iranian oil tankers as US prizes, according to three people familiar with the plans.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 14/09/2026
"Climate disasters are getting bigger and more frequent, as was widely anticipated. There's often a hope that one of them will be a wakeup call, but a lot of us are wide-awake and a lot of the rest are deeply committed to ignoring or exacerbating this crisis" - @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
meditationsinanemergency.com
Climate: Who Dies, Who Fights, Who Surrenders, Who Sabotages
"Canadians will have to prepare for a future that's 5 C hotter, according to a new report summarizing the latest science on climate change," says a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation report on a Canadi...
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 14/09/2026
In the face of emergency, Tusk remains a populist that keeps kicking the can down the road.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 11/09/2026
Quite hard to believe that like 2000 people around the world took photos of the skies today -- because Cloud Appreciate Day. (See them all here: www.memorycloudatlas.org). Maybe there is some hope for humanity.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/09/2026
🚨 Europe’s latest carbon capture project is a dangerous distraction — and a pass to keep on polluting. The project in the Netherlands risks funneling millions in public money into speculative technologies rather than real decarbonization. Our reaction: bit.ly/4hds290 🧵👇1/4
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Opening of Europe's largest carbon capture project is a dangerous distraction - CIEL
CIEL experts warn that the opening Europe's largest carbon capture project, risks using billions in taxpayers’ money to fund a dangerous distraction that delays climate action.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 10/09/2026
Nepal petitions the Loss and Damage Fund for support following last month's horrific flood www.scmp.com/week-asia/he... That's on top of requests earlier filed by 119 countries for a total of $2.8bn. (see: ecoltdgroup.com/blog-loss-an...)
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Nepal puts UN climate fund to test after fatal US$2.5 billion flood
Nepal has petitioned the UN Loss and Damage Fund to ‘respond rapidly, directly and effectively’ after its worst natural disaster in decades.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 09/09/2026
I'd be surprised had Trump *not* personally benefited from this war. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/t...
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Trump's oil investments have gained millions during Iran war as his accounts keep trading
Donald Trump retained major oil and gas investments as the Iran war has moved energy markets. CNBC analyzed his holdings, trades and estimated gains.
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
After joining @nytimes.com in 2016, @malachy.bsky.social helped turn open-source reporting from a niche into a major form of investigative journalism. 10 years later, he reflects on the field’s evolution with @moniango.bsky.social. buff.ly/35W3QSO
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New York Times’s Malachy Browne on the future of visual investigations in the age of AI
When Malachy Browne started piecing together videos of the Arab Spring in early 2011, he wasn’t thinking about building a new kind of journalism. He was just trying to figure out what was real.What…
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 09/09/2026
Real exciting to have spotted bats in a cave. Triple, quadruple that watching the kid's awe meeting bats in the wild.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/09/2026
"Oh, you're criticising data centres? But you USED A DATA CENTRE to publish your post??? Hypocritical much????" Time to put this fossil fuel PR inspired talking point to bed forever. Why the 'Mr Gotcha' gambit is wrong in two very important ways:
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Richard Conniff @richardconniff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
You have less than a month to visit one of North America's great nature museum. richardconniff.substack.com/p/a-great-na...
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A Great Nature Museum Closes Its Doors
A university “saved” a major center of American science. Now it means to kill it.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 07/09/2026
So, Politico has a new energy newsletter and it's sponsored by an American fossil fuel lobby. There's a reason why public trust in mainstream media is plummeting.
A screenshot of Politico's latest newsletter Surge. Under the title of a recent sendout, a line that says "Presented by AFPM | We Make Progress", circled in red by yours truly. As per Wikipedia, "American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) is an American trade association, founded in 1902 as the National Petroleum Association. ... AFPM represents companies including Chevron Corporation, ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, Marathon Petroleum and Valero Energy".
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 06/09/2026
You know what could really reduce power plants' dependence on water for cooling? Stopping burning gas and coal and expanding solar and wind.
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Kristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Kalshi is partnering with The Weather Company to verify climate and weather-related trades. I asked some climate experts what they thought about that: www.fastcompany.com/91598237/cli...
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Climate scientists worry about 'gamification' of extreme weather as Kalshi moves to verify weather trades
A partnership between the prediction market and The Weather Channel is stirring worries of manipulation and the potential to further desensitize people.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 05/09/2026
Went to check out the views from Warsaw's newest lookout point (ostensibly, also the tallest building in the EU), and all I could see was vast potential space for solar.
A view from the top of Varso Tower towards southwest shows several building at the foreground with mostly flat, dark, empty roofs. In the center of the photo, a vast open, green space which is the Filtry waterworks complex, occupying around 30 ha. of the city center.
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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I wrote a quick goodbye to what may well have been the most normal summer of the rest of our lives newrepublic.com/article/2150...
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Goodbye to the Least Apocalyptic Summer of the Rest of Your Life
It’s been one disaster after another. And it may pale compared to what’s coming.
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If this is not the time to talk about climate change then when is? If this is not the time to talk about climate change then when is? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A glacier collapsed in Nepal but this is not the time to talk about climate change | First Dog on the Moon
It’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/09/2026
I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change. Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms. But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 26/08/2026
Now, imagine a world without oil.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 25/08/2026
Climate-fueled heatwaves have affected tens of millions, but some are less likely to survive them. In this case, women, folks aged 80+, living alone and in energy poverty -- and intersections of these profiles. Any adaptation measures or emergency relief need to be rooted in equity.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 24/08/2026
"Makeshift measures are not limited to combating the heat. Piles of rubble scattered around displacement areas have also become barriers that some families use to block sunlight and protect themselves from Israeli gunfire." www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
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REPORT - Scorching heat, scarce water add to hardship for displaced families in Gaza
Families struggle to cope with summer heat in makeshift shelters amid lack of cooling, scarce water and ongoing humanitarian hardship | Anadolu
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/08/2026
Europe's hottest town says climate change is reshaping daily life reut.rs/4xdcp72
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Europe's hottest town says climate change is reshaping daily life
Increasingly frequent and prolonged heatwaves are driving people indoors, leaving streets and piazzas deserted and prompting some residents of this Sicilian town to compare the extreme heat to a new form of lockdown.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 24/08/2026
"Elected leaders are facing growing scrutiny for their lackluster response to the deadly consequences of climate extremes, even as their parties continue to pursue policies that worsen the crisis." insideclimatenews.org/news/2108202...
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Extreme Heat Waves Fuel Political Tensions in Europe - Inside Climate News
At the limits of adaptation, governments face a choice: point fingers, or seize the moment for transformational change.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 23/08/2026
"the direction is clear: fuel supply is shrinking faster than demand" www.reuters.com/commentary/r...
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The Iran war energy crisis is just getting started
The Iran war has pushed the global oil refining industry to the brink, signalling that diesel and gasoline prices may remain elevated for years. Deal or no deal, the global energy inflation shock is f...
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 23/08/2026
Family achievement this weekend: finishing a puzzle that features all of Poland's 23 national parks. That was fun!
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 22/08/2026
Weekend #longread: Loitering towards war | Anton Cebalo aeon.co/essays/vienn...
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Vienna’s cafés inspired poets. Belgrade’s bred dissent | Aeon Essays
While Vienna’s coffeehouses bred modernism, in Belgrade’s kafanas grew conspiracy and rage. Their clash consumed Europe
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 21/08/2026
"The diaries have now been submitted to India’s National Human Rights Commission, urging it to recognise extreme heat as a human rights issue and recommend measures to protect people." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures
With heatwaves now recognised as disasters, personal testimonies are key to a new project that looks to protect those living in the most cramped districts of India’s capital
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 21/08/2026
After the closure of Hormuz, disruptions at Suez and Bab el-Mandab --
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/08/2026
The most important climate action you can take isn’t obsessing over your individual carbon footprint. We need to change the system so the easiest, most affordable choice for everyone is also the best choice. How do we change a system? It starts with your voice!
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Meryl Streep Say It Louder
Alt: Meryl Streep Say It Louder
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 21/08/2026
"The dangerous conditions inside these Los Angeles apartments led tenants to organize for a right to cooling [...] landlords will have to equip their properties to be able to maintain temperatures at or below 82 degrees, and tenants have the right to install their own portable cooling devices."
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 20/08/2026
For years, Romanian climate activists have been warning that Neptun Deep will be a liability. And then: www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Romania destroys marine drone near Neptun Deep gas project, minister says
Romania scrambled F-16 fighter jets to destroy ​a marine drone spotted a few hundred metres from the Black Sea gas ‌project Neptun Deep, Defence Minister Radu Miruta said on Thursday.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 20/08/2026
The latest reminder that coal is not just a climate wrecker, it also makes no sense. www.polskieradio.pl/395/7786/art... I don't know if the Polish gov prefers to simply let the coal sector die out rather than setting a phaseout date, but it should not preclude a just transition for coal workers.
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Poland becomes EU's last hard coal producer as sector struggles to stay profitable: study
Poland has become the European Union's last hard coal producer as the industry struggles to remain profitable, according to a new study.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 20/08/2026
"My reporting convinced me that viewing wildfires as entertainment or for profit has dangerous consequences. Gamifying something deadly and profiting off an event that destroys communities does not sit right with me" - @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social www.hcn.org/articles/i-u...
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I used to ignore prediction markets. Then I learned people were betting on wildfires - High Country News
My story on prediction market wildfire wagers exposed the gamification of natural disasters.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 19/08/2026
Nearly two years since the 2024 floods, the remains of a footbridge in Głuchołazy, southern Poland, are still hanging as a monument to climate chaos.
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Coda Story @codastory.com · 14/08/2026
1/ Nothing on Earth is as sure as night following day. An American tech start-up with military backing wants to change that. Not everyone thinks a brighter future is such a good idea.
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Darkness is losing its war with the light - Coda Story
Nothing on Earth is as sure as night following day. An American tech start-up with military backing wants to change that. Not everyone thinks a brighter future is such a good idea.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 18/08/2026
Yes, environmental amnesia - or the shifting baselines syndrome - can explain much about the deteriorating state of the planet (though, it has to expose the culprits, too). But I suspect it's insufficient the greater the pace of change.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 15/08/2026
Weekend #longread: They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked | @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social grist.org/article/exxo...
grist.org
They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked.
A decade after climate activists' emails were breached, a court case is shedding new light on who allegedly orchestrated the hacking.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 13/08/2026
To state the obvious, the most effective fire prevention measure is to stop the for-profit arsonists, the fossil fuel industry.
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Ido Liven @idoliven.com · 13/08/2026
Excellent conversation with @kcimc.bsky.social about his Apocalypse Early Warning System: youtu.be/BNRqB5Atklw
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Why track billionaire jets to predict the apocalypse | The Current
YouTube video by CBC News
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