Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/03/2025Hi, broken record here. The same degraded information environment that led to Trump being elected is still in place. Most people still aren't being told what's happening, who's at fault, or what the effects will be. And there's zero reason to think traumatic events will "wake people up." 592471621
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringDana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 01/03/2025For anyone looking for the timeline for mass federal layoffs (no, they haven’t happened yet), first purge comes on March 14. Read it all here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTrump team orders huge government layoffs: how science could fareNature talks with scientists inside US agencies about what the latest directive could mean for their staff members and budgets. 12810
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringJon Corsiglia (he/him/el) | Eco-Economy Insider @ecoeconomyinsider.com · 01/03/2025“The applause is for all of you. You have done an amazing job,” said the Cop16 president, Susana Muhamad of Colombia. She called it a “historic day”, adding: “We achieved the adoption of the first global plan to finance the conservation of life on Earth.” www.theguardian.com/...theguardian.comCop16 nature summit agrees deal at 11th hour but critics say it is not enoughUN biodiversity conference in Rome ends with fragile accord but questions remain over whether funding will emerge 1389
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringMónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social · 01/03/2025We’re in this mess in large part bc the average American is uninformed about fundamentals of civics, history, basic biology, economics, etc, and media and the internet are not meeting the moment. Is anyone organizing teach-ins or similar for the general public, whether irl or online? 511186162888
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 01/03/2025My new article on Trump's treasonous meeting with Zelensky: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-is-n... 341545381
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringInternet Archive @archive.org · 28/02/2025💾 ⬇️ www.democracynow.org/2025/2/28/in...democracynow.orgWayback Machine Saves Thousands of Federal Webpages Amid Purge of Government Data Under TrumpThousands of informational government webpages have been taken down so far in the second Trump administration, including on public health, scientific research and LGBTQ rights. Amid this mass erasure ... 221922496
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringHalle Parker • Journalist @halleparker.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Straight climate denial has diminished. @michaelemann.bsky.social, a leading climate scientist, talks about how there are other D's now for obstructing climate action. Division, deflection, doomism and *delay.* That's why journalists & members of the public have to scrutinize calls for new tech.vox.comA climate scientist on how to recognize the new climate change denialDelay, deflect, downplay, and other ways fossil fuel companies block climate action. 13112
Reposted by Marion Van de Wetering𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎✩ @allmylovesteph.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Tomorrow (and everyday) would be a great day to support Small/Local Businesses. Pay with cash but no credit cards in solidarity with the economic blackout. They can’t afford to lose sales. They’re the backbone to your community. With Love, A Small Business Owner 🩵 1253392
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Good for intensity; not so good for direction 1124052
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringRay E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 28/02/2025A historian's duty? "To tell the truth about the past as best he (she) can--and let the chips fall where they may." Arthur Schlesinger Jr. 774180
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringBlack Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 28/02/2025Listen, I know every Black person's head turned when they heard that line 744771723
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Please fold this into stories about Trump’s little performance yesterday. 942236891
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringAutistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 01/03/2025Today is Disability Day of Mourning, when our community remembers disabled people lost to filicide. Join us for our virtual vigil tonight at 6pm ET: youtu.be/MXGAnBRM5zM 111780
Reposted by Marion Van de WeteringMark Bourrie @drmarkbourrie.bsky.social · 01/03/2025I am going to get my act together and fully migrate to BlueSky. I want to use all social media to promote my book. There's no point doing this much work and let it be lost inall the noise. People need to know it exists, then make the choice of whether to buy and read it. I'm grateful for any shares. 29314188
