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Matthias Standfest 🌍

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Save the krill, ban or sink Chinese trawlers.

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 20h
Pesticide omnibus: EU governments put people & nature health on the back burner, as they push for more pesticide use against the warning of over 500 scientists Despite 75% fall in insects in Europe EU puts profit of pesticide industry above all else friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
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Pesticide omnibus: EU governments put people & nature health on the back burner - Friends of the Earth Europe
Despite repeated warnings from scientists, public health experts, and civil society organisations, EU Member States have chosen today to weaken safeguards against pesticides. Just earlier this month, ...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“If A.I. promises to transform the entire society, then the entire society is entitled to have a say, even a decisive one, over the use, development and direction of the technology.” Another banger from @jamellebouie.net, this time on AI. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
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Opinion | New Matrix, Meet the Old Matrix (Gift Article)
The railroads were once the octopus that A.I. is now.
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Glenn Branch @glennbranch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record," writes Andrew Dessler (@andrewdessler.com) at The Climate Brink.
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The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record
More water vapor means more rocket fuel for extreme rain — so this record is not good news
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Thomas Wiegold @wiegold.de · 05/09/2026
Als deutsche Hochschule würde ich mir schon Sorgen machen.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Its not AI This is called progress growth and development Borneo's tropical rainforests have existed for an estimated 140 million years Now being eradicated in months Leaving nothing but death and destruction In such a rush Indonesia even brings in the army to speed up logging
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026
What a great idea
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
World’s most-used weedkiller Glyphosate disrupts honeybee brains Across a whole hive, that decline could reduce honey production, weaken pollination, and threaten long-term survival. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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World’s most-used weedkiller disrupts honeybee brains
Glyphosate was long thought to be safe for honeybees because they lack the enzyme the chemical targets in weeds. However, researchers found that exposed bees foraged 13 percent less after only three d...
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Stephen Colbert has a few thoughts on billionaires . . . (Video - 2:41)
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 11/08/2026
The Government™ has made an ad about Ai Data Centres, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
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Honest Government Ad | Ai Data Centres
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
How bad is the economy right now? Based on the latest jobs report... I'm worried.
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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 05/08/2026
As sea surface temperatures reach “astonishing” levels 4 months before this El Niño peaks, perhaps it’s a good idea to revisit these findings from Dec 2025. Risks of climate regime shifts are high! These shifts can be catastrophic. We are not ready for any of this. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Super El Niño events drive climate regime shifts with enhanced risks under global warming - Nature Communications
Super El Niño events greatly increase the likelihood of global climate regime shifts, revealing their amplified impact and risks in a warming world.
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Hanna Herbst @hhumorlos.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What the fuck? „Unter dem Decknamen ,Project Panama' kaufen nordamerikanische Tech-Giganten systematisch europäische Buchbestände auf. Das Ziel ist so simpel wie erschreckend: Einscannen, KI füttern – und das Papier danach vernichten.“
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Schlimmer als bei Ray Bradbury: Kaufen, scannen, vernichten – wie KI-Unternehmen deutsche Antiquariate plündern
Unter dem Codenamen „Project Panama“ saugt Anthropic europäisches Buchwissen in seine KI-Systeme. Juristen sehen darin einen Verstoß gegen das Urheberrecht.
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
A horrible sight - when will we ever learn that human made climate change is something that has to be addressed?
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Thomas Knorra @thomasknorra.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Ja, ihr habt euch nicht verlesen: >Fahrenheit 451 im Silicon Valley: Wie KI-Konzerne unsere Antiquariate plündern und Bücher schreddern< www.fr.de/ratgeber/buc...
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Schlimmer als bei Ray Bradbury: Kaufen, scannen, vernichten – wie KI-Unternehmen deutsche Antiquariate plündern
Unter dem Codenamen „Project Panama“ saugt Anthropic europäisches Buchwissen in seine KI-Systeme. Juristen sehen darin einen Verstoß gegen das Urheberrecht.
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 30/06/2026
The Government™ has made an ad about Palantir, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
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Honest Government Ad | Palantir
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Fuck Spacex,Save Our Wildlife......
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 04/06/2026
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"Erin Brockovich took on a corporation poisoning a town's water supply and won. Now she's turning her attention to the infrastructure powering artificial intelligence. She's launched Brockovich Data Center Reporting — a project designed to ma ..." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph... via Rate the Audits
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Chevy Jaxon @chevy-jaxon.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
"Elephant declines could trigger wider ecosystem losses in African savannas, 15-year test shows" "Researchers found that plots without elephants contained 67% fewer dung beetles, 51% less beetle biomass, and 23% fewer beetle species." phys.org/news/2026-05...
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Elephant declines could trigger wider ecosystem losses in African savannas, 15-year test shows
For decades, ecologists have theorized that the extinction of one important species could set off a chain reaction of losses throughout an ecosystem. Now, new research offers some of the clearest real...
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
🚨 Alarm bells are ringing in the Horn of Africa. Farms are no longer yielding, pests are spreading, and tropical diseases are emerging. Climate change is real, and it’s destroying lives. #ClimateCrisis #GlobalAction
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Shark populations have declined by more than 70% since 1970, with more than one-third of all shark and ray species now threatened with extinction Yet each year, Chinese-flagged vessels catch, brutally fin, and discard thousands Sanction China now arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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China’s shark finning could lead to US seafood sanctions
A formal petition to the US government calls for sanctions on Chinese seafood imports.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
You can get to a high-warming world without high emissions . That's the part of this week's "RCP 8.5 is implausible" discussion that's getting missed. A short thread on why the relief is premature 🧵
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Big worry for Antarctica as increasing relatively warm seawater moving underneath floating ice shelves This hidden process happens underwater Warm ocean currents are creeping beneath massive glaciers and ice shelves slowly weakening them from the bottom upward www.natureworldnews.com/articles/729...
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Antarctica Melting From Below Is Worse Than Scientists Expected as Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting Accelerates
Scientists warn Antarctica melting from below is accelerating faster than expected as Antarctic ice shelf melting worsens, raising new concerns about Antarctica climate change and rising sea levels.
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Comparing the devastating 1877 El Niño that killed millions with where we’re headed in 2026 is like comparing 2 different planets. We should be worried. But we should also be furious. Decades & decades have been squandered, & now we’re on track to lose everything.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Its been heartbreaking to see so many majestic Ash Trees die from disease So its great to hear this Fantastic news - hope for the return of the Ash tree after so many gone Hundreds of thousands of seedlings can be produced in weeks not years www.channel4.com/news/hope-fo...
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Hope for Britain’s Ash trees thanks to scientific ‘eureka’ moment
Scientists at the John Innes Centre in Norwich have found a way to speed up the germination of seeds, allowing disease-resistant Ash trees to grow, writes Alex Thomson.
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Özden Terli @terliwetter.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Zu El Niño nehmen die Berichte zu. Kein Wunder, die Auswirkungen sind massiv. Die Modellrechnungen zeigen in eine ungute Richtung, es könnte einer der Stärksten oder sogar der stärkste werden. Ein "Super El Niño" - aber was ist das eigentlich?
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Matthias Standfest 🌍 @mstandfest.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Only irresponsible tech companies move to Texas
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"Almost every major climate model points to El Niño arriving by May, with average sea surface temperatures on track to rise 1.5°C by early summer. This would constitute a “strong” El Niño, which would have serious implications for global temperatures & weather patterns. But it could be even worse"👇
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This Growing El Niño Could Irreversibly Alter Earth’s Climate, Experts Warn
Research has shown that severe El Niño events can have lasting effects on Earth’s systems—potentially locking the global climate into a warmer regime.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Indonesia biofuels program targets 5.7 million acres of protected forests Absolutely criminal - these wonderful animals will be left homeless, without food, with no future other than a miserable death This is what bio fuels fanatics call green news.mongabay.com/2025/02/indo...
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Indonesia targets 2.3m hectares of protected forests for food & biofuel crop production
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government is targeting protected forest areas as part of its plan to convert 20 million hectares (50 million acres) of forest into “food and energy estates,” a move that coul...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Disturbing Experiment Bolsters The Case Lobsters Feel Pain After All Electric shocks – trigger a strong escape response in the animals Then stop boiling them alive or putting live lobsters sealed in plastic packaging www.sciencealert.com/disturbing-e...
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Disturbing Experiment Bolsters The Case Lobsters Feel Pain After All
Common human painkillers significantly change the way Norway lobsters respond to an unpleasant stimulus, scientists have found.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 10/04/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Apr. 10, 2026 ~ Down under. "The mass drowning of emperor penguin chicks as sea ice is melted by the climate crisis has led the International Union for Conservation of Nature to declare the species officially in danger of extinction." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction
Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 24/03/2026
Breaking News! Code UFB! Global sea surface temperatures continue breaking daily records, with Mar. 23 having a preliminary SST of 21.141°C, ahead of the previous daily record of 21.118°C set in 2024. This graph shows how fast SSTs are rising compared to pre-2023 temperatures.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 19/03/2026
Breaking News! Code UFB!!! January, 2026, data just came in from CERES, and the 36-month running average for the Earth albedo (reflectivity) just hit another new record low. This is mainly due to the loss of low-level cloud cover and decreasing snow/ice. Yikes too!
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Efforts in EU to stamp out illegal, fishing in its supply chain are being undermined by European-owned vessels operating under flags of convenience, within tax havens, and in high-risk foreign countries. www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 21/02/2026
Global Sea Surface Temperatures have reached the pre-2023 record daily high two weeks earlier than during the 2016 Super El Niño! While La Niña is just ending. I'm afraid my extrapolation of this ANNUAL average ending up higher than the pre-2023 DAILY record could come true...
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Matthias Standfest 🌍 @mstandfest.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
new research page: archilyse.standfest.science this is for all researchers/students working with the modified or original swiss dwellings dataset, and/or the archilyse pipeline. We aggregated all necessary information at a single place to improve the onboarding experience for data science in AEC.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Tapirs have existed for over 56 million years But no surprise Because of human activity they are now threatened with extinction Only 2,500 left and rapidly disappearing Nothing can survive humans and ultimately not even humans themselves earth.org?endangered-s...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
China is spending billions to destroy the deep sea ocean and Trump is fast tracking mining of the deep sea ocean without any safeguards They will destroy not just the deep sea ocean but entire ocean eco system and main stream media will not even report it
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This is a critical mistake - last untouched place on Earth Nodules that creates oxygen for deep sea life and took millions of years to form will be destroyed in seconds Marine life above too will be smothered A critical carbon sink will be destroyed fueling global warming
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VonDeckard @vondeckard.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
It appears that Elon's Grok is powered by his personal illegal methane gas turbine powerstation. That emits shitloads of nitrogen oxide. What a fucking dumb time we live in. And grateful living in a safe and sane country. Denmark. youtube.com/shorts/jBJxX...
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Grok is even worse than you think.
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/01/2026
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Dobby Does Doom @sonofscience.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Ed Conway cuts through all the media BS around the US invasion of Venezuela in 5 minutes #overshoot #collapse youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?...
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The real reason Venezuela matters
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide Sea urchins play a crucial role in the ocean, As they feed on seaweed and seagrass, they trim back algae and help protect slow-growing species such as corals and certain calcifying algae. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide
A sudden, unexplained mass die-off is decimating sea urchins around the world, including catastrophic losses in the Canary Islands. Key reef-grazing species are reaching historic lows, and their abili...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Chinese fishing firm Kaichuang reports nearly 200% increase in krill catch in Antarctica with profits jumping 270% Absolutely disgusting they are taking essential food from the whales and penguins and leaving them to starve www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
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Chinese fishing firm Kaichuang reports nearly 200 percent increase in krill catch, aligning with nationwide ambitions
Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International has largely expanded its krill catch in 2025, causing its profits to soar.
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 06/12/2025
This provides both a strong indication of a higher aerosol forcing (change) and a higher climate sensitivity (mainly from stronger cloud feedbacks). If the aerosol forcing isn't stronger than in CMIP6 models, NASA CERES data indicates that ECS could be >6°C‼️ DOI: 10.1126/science.adt0647
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changegamer.bsky.social @changegamer.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I’ve always hated this! Should be illegal! Factory trawler fishing should be banned. There are over 10,000 illegal Chinese vessels “fishing” right now! People can’t see it so there is no outrage and protest. Thanks for posting
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
💔Blue whales are going eerily silent Blue whale vocalizations dropped nearly 40% alongside a collapse in krill and anchovy populations "it’s like trying to sing while you're starving,” Ryan adds “They were spending all their time just trying to find food" www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Blue whales are going eerily silent—and scientists say it’s a warning sign
A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?
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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 22/11/2025
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