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Julian Barg

@jbarg.bsky.social
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Climate disinformation scholar. Postdoc at U Miami.

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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Meanwhile in the real world: bsky.app/profile/zack...
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Classic business hack: they're losing money on every transaction but the high quantity makes up for that!
theverge.com
Anthropic made $4.6 billion in revenue last year, but lost $42 billion.
That’s according to a leaked IPO filing seen by Reuters, with $8.06 billion specifically highlighted in operating losses for 2025, more than double the $2.98 billion it reported in 2024. The AI startu...
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Framing the events directly in the context of climate change. What would it take to write an article like this every week with every new event?
reuters.com
Rising sea destroys homes, erases beaches in California. Is worse to come?
In Malibu, the Pacific Ocean opened a sinkhole near the home of movie star Nicolas Cage and wreaked havoc on beachfront property. Along Beach Road in the city of Dana ​Point, waves destroyed one home ...
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Support your local investigative journalists y'all, they're doing incredible work!
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
> Since Miami is built on limestone, which soaks up water like a sponge, walls are not very useful. In Miami, sea water will just go under a wall, like a salty ghost. Well this hits close to home... Great piece by @sarahlovescali.bsky.social and glad to see Amy Clement featured!
popula.com
Heaven or High Water
Selling Miami's last 50 years
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My take is that this judge has gone his whole life never having to resort to drinking water from the tap. Good for him I suppose but really?
thehill.com
Federal appeals court says clean drinking water is not a constitutional right
The ruling followed a lawsuit filed in 2022 by residents in Jackson, Mississippi, over the city’s lead-contaminated water system.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good news! Trump backs universal basic income!
bbc.co.uk
Trump says every adult American will get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms
Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just realized that the US has been targeting *full* oil tankers. Ignoring for a moment that the whole conflict is a farce, they could have just as well crippled the Iranian economy by targeting *empty* tankers. An avoidable environmental disaster, I suppose none of the decision makers care anyways.
stripes.com
US says it destroyed Iranian oil tankers after Navy ship was targeted
U.S. forces destroyed five Iranian tankers carrying crude oil in response to two attempts to hit a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles in as many days, U.S. Central Command said.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Worth reading yourself, but this is a good summary from Heated/What if we get it right.
ayanaelizabeth.substack.com
I read the new UN climate report so you don't have to.
TL;DR they are calling for radical transformation of our society.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At the moment we have no real idea how to scale up carbon removal--it's a hair on the mole of the ugly backside of the global hydrocarbon industry But we do know how to scale up solar panels and wind turbines and batteries. So that's our job billmckibben.substack.com/p/facts-on-t...
billmckibben.substack.com
Facts on the ground
Two things matter now: votes, and solar panels. (And wind turbines. And batteries)
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 08/09/2026
Update: The academic flight from Twitter is now complete and appears permanent. April 2023, after the pandemic research surge, we recorded 2,234,307 posts sharing research on Twitter. As of April this year, "X" had 896,741 posts about research. That's a 60% drop in traffic.
Graph showing cumulative research sharing across platforms, including Twitter - April 2023Graph of April 2026 cumulative research sharing including "X". One third of what it was.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
> Limiting global warming to 1.5°C remains a cornerstone of the Paris Agreement, yet under current policies and alternative near-term trajectories, exceedance of 1.5°C is now widely assessed as unavoidable. www.unep.org/resources/li...
unep.org
Limiting Overshoot - Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C remains a cornerstone of the Paris Agreement, yet under current policies and alternative near-term trajectories, exceedance of 1.5°C is now widely assessed as unavoida...
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just realized this is the first time I see the current economic system of the United States accurately described as state capitalism. The Wikipedia article has some interesting international/historical examples.
cnbc.com
Trump’s state capitalism comes to the oil industry with his unprecedented Venezuela deal
The deal comes eight months after Washington ousted former President Nicolás Maduro in a military raid.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Love this story. There are so many things we can do locally to protect the environment, or even the planet. My go-to example have always been pipelines. They cover vast areas and states just grant companies the permit. They don't have to, but they do it. (Admittedly a simplification but still...)
heated.world
Oil executives just accidentally exposed the industry’s greatest weakness
To keep drilling, Big Oil needs permission to dump treated fracking wastewater into rivers and onto cropland. We don’t have to give it to them.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My daughter started reading and now I need to get her fresh product every week! Scary how fast kids get hooked!
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 27/08/2026
Tonight I dug this script out of my visualization archives from four years ago. Sadly, I had to further extend the y-axis scale as rapid warming continues, with a new record this year. No surprise to many experiencing the extreme summer heat... Data from GISTEMPv4: data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/faq/
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A bar of Lindt chocolate is over $6 at my local supermarket. We don't talk about chocolate anymore 😔
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thanks ma'am, I just spent $18 on four items at the supermarket, the only thing I want to donate now is a Kidney.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I talked to this person years ago about a job writing about the ultra wealthy and he told me I was a bad fit because I was obviously going to make jokes about them. I remember this, to be honest, because the hat was present then too www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/b...
nytimes.com
Forbes Fired Top Editor After Discovering He Received Secret $6 Million Payment (Gift Article)
Randall Lane, the magazine’s chief content officer, received the money from the founder of Shook Research, which has worked with Forbes on content about wealth advisers.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Unfortunately, teachers do have to work though and I do feel for them.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
According to my beliefs, today is a traditional holiday for parents called "first day of school."
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I'm so tired of seeing all those uncritical lifestyle stories about the ultrarich. tf is even going on.
nytimes.com
She Makes the Impossible Happen for Her Ultrarich Clients
Olivia Ferney grew up a child of schoolteachers in Ontario. Now she’s an expert in private jets, luxury cabanas and champagne-soaked revels.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This brine-injected chicken is such a pain to cook, rendering all this water. They've made it so preparing tofu is easier than preparing chicken, amazing!
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
cause it's going 📉 for everyone? Fair.
thehill.com
Bessent says K-shaped economy is ‘over’
The letter “K” has become a popular way to describe uneven economic outcomes between high- and low-income Americans.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Was surprised that The Hill would have someone write something so timely and candid. Turns out it's a reader-submitted op-ed 🤷
thehill.com
The climate crisis is here, it’s accelerating, and it demands action
A California resident and an Illinois congressman are calling for urgent federal action, including a Climate Bill of Rights for Homebuyers and increased financial oversight, to protect Americans fr…
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just one more airstrike bro! I swear bro just one more, I swear.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Taps the sign: it's climate change, dummy!
apnews.com
Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate
Two new studies reveal climate change's fingerprints over extreme fire weather-triggering infernos in Spain and France.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
> The president told Ms. Prabhakar that he would not want his college-age daughter to read the story, the lawsuit says. You really have to be a graduate student to be old enough to read that story, I suppose...
nytimes.com
Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit Says
South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
When you want to discuss affordability, why write a human interest piece on a conservative think tank though? "Man gets money from conservative donors, corporations" — if that's why we should care, is that really the lead to *this* story?
nytimes.com
The Mamdani Resister
Reihan Salam loves New York. He loves the free market. And he’s very worried.
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Oli Frost @olifro.st · 21/07/2026
Ad agencies are getting rich selling Oil & Gas in a climate crisis. Why shouldn’t we? Try Petro at seriouspeople.co/meet-petro
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Don't want to be accidentally be moving in the right direction...
wsj.com
Honda Will Stop Selling Its Lone Electric Vehicle in the U.S.
Sales of the Prologue, an electric SUV, will end this year amid a pivot to hybrids.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What if I did just post all my random thoughts to Bluesky? What's wrong with a little bit of flow of conscious every now and then?
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Canada's Pathways CCS project. > could cost more than twice the $16 billion original estimate and sequester only a fraction of the oilsands’ carbon pollution initially promised Who could have guessed? (Me, I could have guessed that, and I'm guessing costs will keep rising. Go renewable!)
nationalobserver.com
Feds lower carbon capture project targets and offer new subsidies as costs double
Deal between Ottawa, province and oilsands heavyweights trades “expanded access” to global markets via West Coast pipeline for megaproject that will sequester a fraction of the carbon originally envis...
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Good news! The Strait of Hormuz is "open."
yahoo.com
Trump says Strait of Hormuz is 'open,' contradicting Iran
US President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that the Strait of Hormuz was "open," contradicting statements made by Iran which has said that it has closed the strategic waterway again after hostilities...
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
If protected areas can be arbitrarily modified, then there are no pieces in practice.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Taps the sign: it's climate change, dummy!
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Maybe it's time to go back to the basics?
jbarg.net
What is climate change? – Dr. Julian Barg, climate disinformation research
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It's also not the first instance of contacts between industry and CCS scholars, just the most significant one. Not sure I understand the criticism even...
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Bitcoin below $60k this week, does that mean global demand for drugs and ransoms is dropping off? What's gonna happen next to the giant space heater of the internet?
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Great new resource to follow in the spirit of climate.gov. I appreciate the simple climate climate dashboard. NOAA has not had the political independence necessary to speak openly about climate change in a while, this could be a great step.
climate.us
Climate.us launches independent website for trusted climate information
Built by members of the team behind NOAA’s Climate.gov, the new nonprofit resource is supported in part by more than 2,500 small donations from people who want reliable climate science information to ...
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Possibly the most interesting thing I have read all year. BP was so deeply involved with a landmark paper that at some point, the authors had offered co-authorship to a BP climate advisor! And that paper has changed how a generation of scholars thought about climate action, favoring CCS etc.
propublica.org
Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Well, at least we're clear then on what Anthropic's priorities really are...
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Russia's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is underway, and the guest list includes the Taliban, far-right European parties, and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Really the who is who of people you would not want to have at your international conference.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Really WP? This is the best headline that you could come up for with this story? God forbid you employ someone who has an opinion on anything.
washingtonpost.com
Courts may deliver the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest win
Groups demanding exemptions from vaccines on religious grounds are gaining steam, even as health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dials back his efforts.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Previous wording: "U.S. and Iran Exchange Attacks, Straining Peace Talks". What an understatement. The ceasefire... Was Trump just buying time to move more rockets into the area?
nytimes.com
Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Trade Attacks and Israel Threatens Beirut
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I missed this comment by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about climate hushers - people who avoid talking about climate change because they worry about their popularity. Despite the fact that yes, a broad populace recognizes climate change as the pressing challenge it is. x.com/SenWhitehous...
x.com
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
There are plenty of political pundits on the right who suspect a climate agenda behind any political move that is anything except 100% pro business. People not talking about climate change still often cannot escape the suspicion. Not a promising strategy to get elected on and make a change.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I was told that these data centers don't even need any water...
politico.com
A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure
Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses.
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Where is that sudden self awareness coming from?
wired.com
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Julian Barg @jbarg.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Apparently, the EU is now battling disinformation by... Posting a broken link to the EU web portal. Would love to see the toolkit though.
mission-adaptation-portal.ec.europa.eu
New EU Campaign: #ClimateFactsMatter to Counter Climate Disinformation
A new initiative, #ClimateFactsMatter campaign, is designed to counter climate disinformation and strengthen public understanding of climate science and EU climate action.
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