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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Meiselas: The public pressure was mounting. A 9-0 decision by the Supreme Court. Your voice matters. Senator Van Hollen showing up matters. The Trump regime can mock and post all the memes they want, but at the end of the day, the right result is finally starting to happen.

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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Garry Kasparov lived through the way Putin turned Russia into an authoritarian state. And he has a message for America now: "Fight everywhere you can, always, or you will soon be as irrelevant." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia

Political pressure must be brought to bear—through the courts, the press, and the states, but also applied to legislators while they still have any power left.

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Yellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Brooklyn! Earth Day Night! Cap off your day of corporate-sponsored tree plantings (you were totally gonna go to those, right?) with a packed lineup of climate comedy, including a VERY SPECIAL SURPRISE HEADLINER. TICKETS (Save w/ code: APO15): www.eventbrite.com/e/apoha-haca...

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Nasty Chang @nastychang.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Federal judge orders immediate thaw of climate, infrastructure funds. President Donald Trump does not have “unfettered power to hamstring in perpetuity” duly passed funding laws, the judge ruled. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

politico.com

Federal judge orders immediate thaw of climate, infrastructure funds

President Donald Trump does not have "unfettered power to hamstring in perpetuity" duly passed funding laws, the judge ruled.

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Nasty Chang @nastychang.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Love seeing climate action ads at the Albany Amtrak Station. 🥰 #passnyheat

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

"the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis" harpers.org/archive/1941...

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Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 14/04/2025

Indonesia is promoting “reuse” as a key solution to its plastic waste crisis, with civil society and the Ministry of Environment launching a “reuse road map” to mainstream practices like refilling and returning containers, aiming to shift focus from recycling to more sustainable waste prevention.

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Indonesia bets on ‘reuse’ to curb plastic waste and build a circular economy

JAKARTA — With the Islamic month of Ramadan now over, a familiar sight has returned to the streets of daytime Jakarta: street vendors serving up chicken porridge, and everyone from office workers to…

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Climate Watcher @pmagn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This ouch bsky.app/profile/pmag...

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

TAKE YOUR TIME… I’M THE BOSS AROUND HERE

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The 245-year-old American Academy of Arts & Sciences releases a statement rejecting assaults on scholarly and cultural institutions, the rule of law, & open inquiry--and calls on all Americans to "help fortify" democratic civic culture. www.amacad.org/news/board-s...

A statement rejecting Trump's assault on universities, hospitals, and laboratories, censorship of scholarly and cultural institutions, curtailment of press freedom, and attempts to purge inquiry or ideas that challenge prevailing policies. The statement also reaffirms truth, freedom, constitutional values, and calls on all citizens to help fortify a democratic civic culture.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/04/2025

It is really wild that Google won't stop claiming that AI will reduce GLOBAL emissions by 5-10% I traced the origin of that claim and.....it is so much worse than I expected. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-rea...

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🚨 New White Paper Alert: AI for EU Climate and Competitiveness 🌍💪

I’m excited to share that Google has published a new white paper: The AI Opportunity for Europe’s Climate Goals - a policy roadmap outlining how European policymakers can enable, deploy, and guide AI to accelerate climate progress while strengthening Europe’s competitive edge.

AI has the potential to mitigate 5–10% of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030—equivalent to the EU’s total annual emissions. And with GenAI poised to add €1.2 trillion to Europe’s economy in a decade, the opportunity is massive.

Huge thanks to the experts and policymakers who contributed their insights, and to my Google colleagues for leading the research. The path forward is clear: better data access, infrastructure, skills development, and responsible AI deployment will unlock AI’s full potential for climate action. At Google we remain committed to helping realise this opportunity.

🧠 Learn more in our Keyword Blog
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📖 And Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/emGbsSJQ

The European Union has outlined ambitious goals to be carbon neutral by 2050 while, at the same time, boosting European competitiveness and productivity. Today, we’re publishing a policy roadmap — The AI Opportunity for Europe’s Climate Goals — that explores how AI can help the EU meet these twin goals.

Studies show that AI could help mitigate 5–10% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 — the equivalent to the total annual emissions of the European Union — and that GenAI technology alone could add €1.2 trillion to Europe’s economy in ten years. For an example of how these benefits could manifest more specifically: through effective AI adoption, European industry could increase efficiency and reduce energy usage in large buildings by 20-40%.

To realize this opportunity, we are recommending a three-pronged approach that EU policymakers can take to enable, deploy, and guide the sustainable development and implementation of AI technologies across various sectors:

Executive Summary
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools can help create a
competitive, prosperous, and sustainable future for
Europe. Studies estimate that AI could help mitigate
5–10% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
by 20301 - equivalent to the total annual emissions
of the European Union - while generative AI alone
could add €1.2 trillion to Europe’s economy in ten
years and boost annual productivity by up to 1.4%2
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Accelerated AI adoption under the EU’s 2024-2029
mandate can play a key role in fast-tracking progress toward its 2050 climate-neutrality goal while
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increasing competitiveness, resilience and security
– key priorities in its new Strategic Agenda.
Google operates 7 data centres and 12 cloud
regions across Europe, and has signed agreements
to purchase more than 3.7 gigawatts of clean
energy generation capacity3
. We are also pursuing
a bold goal to reach net-zero emissions across our
operations and value chain by 2030, supported
by a goal to run on 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE)
every hour of every day on every grid where we
operate.

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Steve Harrell @steveharrell.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Bizarre. The fossil fuel industry has long touted DAC as a "solution" to GHG emissions. But because it's associated with the dread concept of "climate change," they're trying to subvert their own sponsors' subterfuge. #bravenewchaos heatmap.news/carbon-remov...

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Trump Hollowed Out the Government’s Carbon Removal Team

Widespread federal layoffs bring even more uncertainty to the DAC hubs program.

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Dorian J. Burnette @djburnette.com · 08/04/2025

A bit of good news in science...GOES-19 moved to operational status earlier today as the new GOES East (GOES = Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)! See the article below. 🧪

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NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite now operational, providing critical new data to forecasters

Satellite covering GOES-East orbit

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

This week's Rare Earth will be all about concrete, & I've just worked out that every 3 hours on Earth, we pour as much concrete as 2 entire Hoover dams (221m high, 200m wide at the base). That's around 5600 Hoover dam's worth of concrete every year. Not a terraformed world but a concrete-formed one!

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

A year since the historic Swiss #climate verdict, a 2-ton stone will appear in Bern, 9 April With this "stumbling block" plaintiffs will call on their gov't to finally implement the ruling & will mark 25th Swiss Global Change Day #SGCD25 w/ @charlotteblattner.bsky.social & others‬: is.gd/Bin7w2

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How a Group of Elderly Swiss Women Won a Historic Human-Rights Verdict

Confronted by data on the plaintiffs’ vulnerability to climate impacts, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland “failed to comply with its duties.”

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

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lola1985.bsky.social @lola1985.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

This is a sad state of affairs.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/04/2025

"We have the government we deserve. The American age is over. And it ended because the American people were no longer worthy of it."

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The American Age Is Over

Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.

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Satan @thedevil.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The road to fascism is paved with bitches telling you “it’s not that serious”

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CPAC TV @cpac.ca · 04/04/2025

"We believe that if you make a profit in Canada, you should be able to contribute back to this country," says Jagmeet Singh as he pledges that an NDP government would crack down on offshore tax havens. #cdnpoli #elxn2025

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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

S. Korea gets rid of their seditious President Yoon. Again, Democracy working in places that the people rally, and here... SMDH

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Nasty Chang @nastychang.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Marco doesn’t know that we live in a global supply chain ⛓️‍💥 meaning that all the parts are sourced from different parts of the world to be assembled. And the GOP sent our assembly jobs to other countries 😜. #tarriffs #globaltrade www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...

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Video: Hear Rubio’s response to ‘crashing’ markets after tariff news | CNN Politics

At a NATO foreign ministers summit in Brussels, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded to a reporter’s question about the impact of President Trump’s recent tariff announcements on European marke...

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Nasty Chang @nastychang.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Happy Tomb Sweeping weekend. The Changs are so punk we don’t need dates or English 😉

Black tombstone with Chinese characters and a bouquet of gold, white and red.

Raymond’s reminder from 2015, “The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Now we’re talking 🔥

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Defence Ministry: Shoreline defence force Gentoo’s prepare mortars. Our Navy Seals conduct clandestine training, and teach tactical camouflage and concealment to juveniles. We stand ready. Flippers Up.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Other than Russia, everyone got tariffed.

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Nasty Chang @nastychang.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Bak tsang time. Tomb sweeping weekend. If you don’t honor your ancestors, consider doing so. #tombsweeping #ancestorveneration #gratitude

A bundle of dried bamboo leaves soaking in a tin bowl

10 peeled hard boiled eggs in a shallow dish

Pork belly, shitake mushrooms and boiled eggs marinating in dark braising sauce

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Nasty Chang @nastychang.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Woohoo Washington State’s Digital Equity 2SHB 1503 made it out of subcommittee is now scheduled for Ways & Means on Saturday, April 5th at noon (second to last on the agenda). Call to Action: 1. Sign in pro here by 11:00 a.m. Saturday: app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Senate?s...

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Nasty Chang @nastychang.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

American legends in the making.

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Our union brothers and sisters poured into the streets today to DEMAND that ICE release Rumeysa Ozturk. YOU can show solidarity and demand to #FreeRumeysa by sharing this post. We won’t stay quiet. #4The1st

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House Judiciary Dems @democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 01/04/2025

Only 15 judges have ever been impeached in U.S. history, and it was always for misconduct, never for decisions. Now, Trump wants to change that because he keeps losing in court.

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 01/04/2025

I just got off the Senate floor where I joined Senator Booker who has been speaking since last night. His words remind us: this is not a left or right moment—it’s a right or wrong moment. We must stand up and fight back.

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Candidly Tiff @tify330.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Shout out to Senator Cory Booker for representing us on the senate floor.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 31/03/2025

"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair. No place for self-pity. No need for silence. No room for fear. We speak. We write. We do language. That is how civilizations heal." - Toni Morrison

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