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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

IPCC scenarios are projections, not predictions. "The future has not been written. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves." We get to decide what the world will look like in 2100. gmd.copernicus.org/articles/13/...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Noting the gap between the infected and the well, the Gates Foundation pledges at least $1 billion to help the uninfected join this exciting development in which Microsoft is so precariously invested."

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Attracta Mooney @attractamooney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

SCOOP: At least two multilateral development banks, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank, are in discussions about scrapping climate finance targets, people familiar with talks said. It follows a similar move by the World Bank during the summer as.ft.com/r/5799b285-6...

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US pressure on development banks to scrap climate finance goals

Multilateral lenders expected to follow the World Bank in ditching lending targets

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

House Democrats' new climate policy document has plenty of policies to address climate change. It just doesn't use the word "climate change." Less use of the words "climate crisis" or "Environmental justice" and in are "affordability" and "energy security" heatmap.news/politics/dem...

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Even Democrats Don’t Talk About ‘Climate Change’ Anymore

A new set of policy proposals from House illustrates a marked change in rhetoric since 2020.

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Katherine T. Tyson @katherinettyson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Democracy needs freedom to dissent & private wire tapping is illegal "Anthropic is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI The firm is also implementing a “pre-crime” approach, attempting to predict incidents before they happen."

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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect

New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Climate change is becoming a crisis. So we have a choice to make: 1. Pretend it’s not happening and do nothing. 2. See it’s happening, but spiral into “doomerism” and surrender. 3. See it’s happening and get to work fixing it. The third option is the right one. Join us. Drawdown.org

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff!

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Stop the Money Pipeline @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The solar industry just destroyed the political career of one of MAGAs most anti-clean energy acolytes in Congress. In a world where solar is the fastest growing form of energy, Kool Oil-drinking Republicans can expect much more of this: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

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Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman @mitchzuckerman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

At @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social and want to learn more about stakeholder knowledge, attitudes,& practices for Agrivoltaics? Come check out our talk in COS156 today at 10:15 in 250C

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Genuinely terrifying. And remarkably similar to how the Nazis began their criminalisation of dissent and their dehumanisation of any who resisted. It's happening. In the US. Right now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Three speeches on a single day signaled a dying American democracy | Robert Shpiner

Stephen Miller warned of a leftwing ‘cancer’ threatening civilization. As a critical care doctor, I have a response to his diagnosis

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Vannevar Bush rolling over in his grave.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Former NSF Graduate Research Fellow here: the idea that promising students will succeed without the support of diverse, federally funded, academically independent institutions of higher ed is absurd. Science doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Thriving research universities enable scientific success.

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Benjamin Cook @dustybowl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship applications are now open! cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc/annual-r... I was one about 350 years ago, and cannot not speakly highly enough of this program. Applications due October 16, 2026

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Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Program Recruitment Announcement | Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science (CPAESS)Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Program Recruitmen...

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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Tonight, he goes after the National Academy of Sciences, regarding climate change:

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

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Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman @mitchzuckerman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Suburban MD. Air quality in the very unhealthy zone from Canadian wildfires, w/ heat dome of high 36C & feels likes 42C. It is only early 2000s and climate change brings us this. Meanwhile our leaders vote on ending daylight savings, rant about elections they won, & give us arcs & patriot games.

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A contractor building Meta's data center flushed its "closed-loop" cooling system straight into Cheyenne's sewer. It carried a bacterium and knocked the city's water-reuse system offline for months. They sell these as sealed systems that barely touch the water. This one poisoned a city's.

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David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It is incredibly confounding. We are seeing signs of climate change that are palpably, searingly obvious to everyone, but everyone in power seems intent on downplaying the link, or making out it is about “woke air conditioner attitudes” or some such nonsense.

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

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Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman @mitchzuckerman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Hey @capitalweather.com can you map expected overnight temps and get the message out?

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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Record daytime high temperatures and heat indices are getting all the attention in this N American heatwave, as in the recent European heatwave. As big a health risk is the high overnight temperatures; inability to cool off overnight is a primary driver of sickness and death during heatwaves.

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The heatwave in Europe is so extreme, it's 25–32°F (14–18°C) above normal. You read that right. France recorded it's hottest day ever. The UK had its hottest ever June day. The ground is exceeding 122°F (50°C). People are dying. Tell me again why we shouldn't talk about climate change???

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

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Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE

She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 14/06/2026

"... the FCC should require full environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act because satellite megaconstellations can affect the atmosphere, the night sky, ecosystems and communities, yet are currently approved without a comprehensive analysis of those impacts" ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

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A Commercial Space Race Prompts a Thorny Question: Who Owns the Sky? - Inside Climate News

The surge in satellites brings pollution and risks of repeating destructive colonial practices, experts warn.

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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 07/06/2026

Yikes! The strong El Niño is materializing and has the potential to become the strongest in observed history. We'll definitely cover this Climate Chat today.

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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

new William Gibson book opening line dropped

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Kehari @postvulpine.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The best part of that article? When it talks about how poor people are running out of money, then suggests investing in gold and real estate to help.

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jmgilligan.org · 20/05/2026

"The author of a nonfiction book about the effects of artificial intelligence on truth acknowledged on Monday that he had included numerous made-up or misattributed quotes concocted by A.I. ... and said that he had started his own investigation." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...

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Suspect Guilty GIF

Alt: GIF of Tim Robinson, dressed in a hot-dog outfit, saying, "We're all trying to find the guy who did this."

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Mike DiGirolamo @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

“[The]cruel irony here [is] that the world cannot get its act together to address these threats … people are dying, animals are suffering, we’re losing rainforest … these are all interconnected threats,” @conservationdoc.bsky.social tells me on the @mongabay.com Newscast, after an Ebola outbreak:

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Measures must be taken now to prevent pandemics at the source, says epidemiologist

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🎶𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 🎶 A beautiful global choir singing 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 to celebrate Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday, including our London Climate Choir. The finished film and more are on this website. #davidattenborough #naturalworld

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A Global Choral Celebration of Sir David Attenborough's 100th Birthday Overview We are celebrating the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough's on May 8th 2026 by coming together as a global commu...

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Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman @mitchzuckerman.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Exploring a new patch of College Park’s urban forest - City Planning & Community Development just acquired this lot and we’ll work with them on community engagement, ecosystem services assessment, restoration/maintenance plan and get to bring in a few UMD capstone groups too!

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ACCR @accr.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Jefferies is telling clients to double down on clean energy stocks despite the current surge in oil and gas prices, citing the prospect of a new wave of investment in renewables. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman @mitchzuckerman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Recent press piece on our new study looking into farmer and other stakeholder knowledge, attitudes and practices towards #agrivoltaics - We held a series of focus groups and found that while AgPV may have many benefits, most practitioners see it as an unproven practice in the mid-Atlantic.

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UMD Research Shines Light on Agrivoltaics In Maryland

A new study from the University of Maryland provides the first clear picture of attitudes and barriers to agrivoltaics—the dual use of land for farming and solar energy—in Montgomery County, Maryland....

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

JOB OPENING! If you want to work as a reporter with Nature's US news team, this is a VERY RARE opportunity. The beat is physical sciences/energy & environment/technology. DC or NYC location. Deadline 3/27. Join our awesome team! #journojobs springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/es/SpringerN...

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Job Title: Reporter, Nature Location: Washington DC or New York (Hybrid Working Model) Application Deadline: March 27, 2026 About Springer Nature Springer Nature is one of the leading publishers of re...

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Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman @mitchzuckerman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Thank you to the donors and supporters that have helped me reach 50% of my goal! Help me get to 100% #GivingDayUMD: givingday.umd.edu/s/meixnerpro...

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Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman @mitchzuckerman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Hegseth is wholeheartedly endorsing the core premise of fascism: industry, as part of the private sphere, must be subordinated to the military objectives of the state.

In a long tweet about Anthropic, Pete Hegseth, through the offical "SecWar" Twitter account says "the Department of War must have full, unrestricted access to Anthropic’s models for every LAWFUL purpose in defense of the Republic."

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

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FOX: Do you agree with Florida ending all childhood vaccine mandates?

MEHMET OZ: I would definitely not have mandates for vaccinations

4:03 PM • Sep 3, 2025

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 15/01/2026

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Mark Kelly puts out a statement saying "The President of the United States just overthrew a foreign ruler and explained to the American people that this is about taking control of the oil reserves of a foreign nation." This is probably the strongest statement alongside Gallego's I've read.

“The President of the United States just overthrew a foreign ruler and explained to the American people that this is about taking control of the oil reserves of a foreign nation. He said that the U.S. will “run the country” until a proper transition can take place and went right into how U.S. oil companies will benefit from this takeover. He doesn’t understand the risks and costs involved with these poorly thought-out decisions that don’t make Americans any safer today than they were yesterday.

“Nicolás Maduro is a brutal, illegitimate dictator who deserves to face justice. I want the people of Venezuela to be free to choose their own future, but if we learned anything from the Iraq war, it’s that dropping bombs or toppling a leader doesn’t guarantee democracy, stability, or make Americans safer. More often, it leads to chaos or drags the U.S. into a war and lengthy occupation. I don’t trust that this administration has a plan, timeline, or price tag for what comes next.

“Over the past year, Trump’s foreign policy has been reckless, chaotic, self-serving, and unconstitutional. Congress should vote this week to reassert its authority on behalf of the American people before he oversteps again. I also want to recognize the professionalism and skill of the American service members involved in this operation. While I don’t agree with the administration’s justification for this, I’m thankful that no service members were killed or seriously injured.”

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Trump just said what it is all about. The sooner the world sheds its addiction to fossil fuels, the better. The alternatives are available, plentiful and cheaper.

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