Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776502128
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 26/09/2026🇹🇭 ⚠️ Bangkok authorities declared a flood disaster across the Thai capital on Saturday after almost 48 hours of heavy rain left canals full, roads submerged and residents wading through deep water ➡️ u.afp.com/S9N8 12720
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026I have a new piece out in Nature today on the record-breaking 2026/2027 El Niño, what impacts we should expect, and how governments can prepare. The Niño3.4 region is currently running more than 1C hotter than any prior event on record, and we remain months away from the peak www.nature.com/artic... 5237131
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneIsabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 20/03/2026I have studied China for years and have been banging the drum for buffer stocks in essentials like food and energy with Western policy makers. The response was always some version of market fundamentalism: it’s not efficient, it distorts prices etc. Well, here we are. peri.umass.edu/publication/... 721984
Reluctantwitnessoftheanthropocene @lucyhnz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Sad to share that lifting weights three times a week has indeed reduced my neck and shoulder pain and made me stronger. 040
Reluctantwitnessoftheanthropocene @lucyhnz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Spring flowers at Cornwall Park.n 043
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneDavid Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026For any organisation with data protection policies, having everything your employees are looking at- all confidential files, password entry fields, financial info, contracts, personal info - being sent to a foreign country by smart glasses wearers should absolutely be on the organisations radar. 312959
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneBronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · 01/07/2026To repeat: NZ finds itself at the bottom of the OECD on lobbying - we basically have no effective rules governing lobbying This is eroding voter trust in democracy. It is corruption in plain sight NZ needs fair transparent regulations-any political parties ensuring this will get voter support 1119191
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneAmish Super Model @amishsupermodel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Not to brag, but one time I picked the right Tupperware lid on the first try. 2092867174
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I especially love this diagram. 5248542011
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneMr MT @mremtee.bsky.social · 24/06/2026It’s good that more people in power are waking up to the need to take adaptation to climate impacts seriously. But it must not be at the expense of every possible action on mitigation. As the UK and Europe endure more record high temperatures, these words from @james-bg.bsky.social come to mind. 32217
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz in a proud voice: “All the villages near the Lebanese border are being systematically destroyed.” 28247154
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 16/06/2026The social internet got turned into a giant dopamine farm by a handful of companies who literally hired the same psychologists who design casino floor layouts, and the policy-makers just threw up their hands and said "guess we better ban kids from using the internet then" 152836851
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 12/06/2026Incredible - dramatic improvements in air quality in London are linked to a measurable impact on Londoners' health: 9.3% drop in heart-related emergency admissions 5.1% drop in hospital admissions of all illnesses and health conditions Cleaning up our air protects our future.theguardian.comEmergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggestsImperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones 24679260
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Concern about wealth inequality is not about jealousy over some guy having a bigger house. It is more about the fact that it may be a problem that one person has more economic power than entire countries. 520359
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Hawaii just passed the first state law in the country banning corporations from making political donations in state elections. Now a Koch-backed legal group is suing to overturn it. Big Money won't get out of our politics without a fight — one that we the people must win. (via @levernews.com) 393167635679
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/06/2026In January, Zohran Mamdani took action against bankrupt landlord Pinnacle, which was responsible for over 5,000 housing violations. Thanks to his intervention, Pinnacle's new owners have forgiven millions in tenants' back rent. This is what governing for the people looks like. 223189504524
Reposted by Reluctantwitnessoftheanthropocene🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Meanwhile.. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...abc.net.auAustralian households to get free electricity three hours a daySaying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers. 04921
Reluctantwitnessoftheanthropocene @lucyhnz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Imagine if the company designing the AI that decides on access to social services was racially biased. In fact, AI is already racially biased so you don't even need to imagine it. 010
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneMelinda-wvu @melinda-wvu.bsky.social · 08/06/2026💯💯💯 12464101143
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneAL Crew @alcrew.bsky.social · 08/06/2026#graff #StreetArt #graffiti 121171177
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Three years ago tomorrow, I very nervously gave this speech. I knew my career as a TV journalist was dunzo, cooked, filleted, kaput the morning I wrote it. (Thanks to Kat insisting I go for it anyway.) The end is awfully prescient at this exact second, though. Big ups to Scott Pelley for fighting. 313154503521
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 29/05/2026The Western European heatwave was so deviant for May it’s almost impossible to count all the records. Here’s a last 7-day review of all the records neared, tied, and broken. The pink are all-time May records! #heatwave #Europe 34939406
Reluctantwitnessoftheanthropocene @lucyhnz.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Funny how the dead dolphins only show up when you put cameras on the fishing boats. newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/18/c...newsroom.co.nzCameras on boats reveal second-highest Hector's dolphin bycatch in a decadeFisheries NZ reports eight Hector's dolphins caught in the 2025 fishing year, following 15 catches in 2024 140
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneWATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Turns out, if you stop tearing up the seabed, wildlife thrives: ten years after banning bottom trawl fishing, there are 3 times the number of sea creatures + double the number of species in the South Arran MPA, Scotland, than there were before the ban 👏🦪🐟 share.google/2M5WqP3CXwSH...share.googleSeabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected areaNearly a decade since Scotland established the South Arran Marine Protected Area and banned bottom trawling across much of it, life on the seafloor has thrived, a new study has found. Scientists surve... 131118503
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneDr. Art Garfunky @chimpvsdog.bsky.social · 14/05/2026The dismantling of USAID is a humanitarian crisis. Only the cartoonists are covering it. 20672942855
Reposted by Reluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneomgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Imagine having to get towed out by a minivan...🤣🤣 89576451791
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneCodfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 14/05/2026France is mandating solar panels on every large commercial car park in the country — turning millions of square metres of idle asphalt into one of Europe's most productive clean energy assets. I have been mentioning this for months - they are shooting up on all the supermarket car parks. 479121503390
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneTitania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 12/05/2026"Can you explain this gap in your resume?" Me: 14595661350
Reposted by Reluctantwitnessoftheanthropocenethe hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Please listen closely, as our menu options have changed. To be connected to a bot that will just annoy you and not help, press 1. To be connected to a bot that will just annoy you and not help, press 2. To be connected to a bot that will just annoy you and not help, press 3. To be connected to a bot 601538273
Reposted by Reluctantwitnessoftheanthropocenewomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Rachel Hayes, contemporary artist who creates textile based largescale outdoor (and indoor) site specific installations #WomensArt 2697121
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 13/05/2026By 2050, climate change could cost the global economy $38 trillion per year in damages. We are bankrupting the future to line the pockets of a few today. We have the solutions; what we lack is an industry willing to prioritize survival over surplus. 🛑📉 27549238
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneDavid Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 11/05/2026new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...webworm.coEverlee Has DisappearedEverlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared. 11752583809
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 08/05/2026Spiralling global temperatures (1850-2026) It is exactly 10 years since I first put this animated graphic of changes in global temperature online. #ClimateSpiral It instantly went viral. People watched it over and over again. It still offers the power to shock a decade on. 6726161499
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 07/05/2026🇪🇸 Spain's electricity in 2000: 56% fossil, 2% solar & wind. By 2026: 44% solar & wind, just 17% fossil. The crossover came in 2023. Gas now sets the price only 15% of the time vs 89% in Italy. More in my forthcoming Substack newsletter 👇 janrosenow.substack.com 6531361098
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneJosie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Costa Rica passed a law in 2018 that required electric utilities to install fast chargers every 50 miles on national highways. Tax breaks have made Costa Rica a pioneer in electric vehicles. Costa Ricans are buying electric vehicles at 3 times the rate of Americans. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/b...nytimes.comDriving Electric in Costa Rica Is Surprisingly Doable 15958141512
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneEthan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · 05/05/2026A limerick. Based on a true story. 44124283056
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/05/2026CEO pay rose 20 times faster than worker pay in 2025, per Oxfam. Overall, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025 — while CEO pay rose 54% during the same time. Trickle-down economics was always a sham. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comCEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ payAnalysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levels 14134381584
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years. 377203205132
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneDexerto @dexerto.bsky.social · 04/05/2026The Samsung founding family paid a record-breaking $8 billion (12 trillion won) inheritance tax bill The family said that “paying taxes is a natural duty of citizens” 34612
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneOur World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 05/05/2026Low-carbon electricity sources grew faster than demand in 2025, pushing fossil fuels into decline— Solar and wind energy have grown quickly in recent years, but global electricity demand has grown faster. 518057
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneAnneleise @anneleise.bsky.social · 02/05/2026We are here 042
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneLiz 💋 👣 Piper 🐾 Prudence 🐾 @cheekycatmom.bsky.social · 01/05/2026We are at a train station for the town with the longest name in Wales. 3469388
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneMad Cat 🌹 @madcatfanatic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Father & son 466101251667
Reluctantwitnessoftheanthropocene @lucyhnz.bsky.social · 02/05/20261 in 5 children experiencing food poverty. This feels shameful for a food producing and exporting nation. We need more genuine competition in our grocery sector. 3218
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneStace RN Resists 📎💙 OR @stacernresists.bsky.social · 30/04/2026 703129555
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneComanche @comance1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Saw this yesterday while driving home.👍 11565701353
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this: 9473051609
Reposted by ReluctantwitnessoftheanthropoceneMichael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Good news story from Lower Hutt about surviving descendents of 1970s Hochstetter's frog escapees www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...rnz.co.nzLower Hutt boy finds rare native Hochstetter's frog exploring creek near his homeGenetic testing confirmed the Hochstetter's frog was a descendant of a group which escaped captivity during a flood nearly 50 years ago. 13811