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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hey folks! There's an alllllmost total lunar eclipse this Thursday night, and it's visible to all of America. I wrote about it in today's newsletter, and put that article above the fold so everyone can see it. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/watch-the-...
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Watch the (nearly total) lunar eclipse Thursday night!
Also: An eclipse from Mars… of Earth. Kinda.
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rainfisher.bsky.social @rainfisher.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Read every word of this, twice. 🎁🔗
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Opinion | America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
There is no way to do anything interesting in any sustained way in any field without immersion in that field. That's just a fundamental fact of being human, and there's no getting around it.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Current climate projections via @climateinteractive.org: climateactiontracker.org/media/images...
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School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology @soest.hawaii.edu · 24/04/2026
Oceanographers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa discovered the answer to how species diversity can be so vast and sustained in a seemingly homogeneous environment like the open ocean. 🌊
soest.hawaii.edu
‘Tis the season: Sharing resources sustains ocean microbial biodiversity
Oceanographers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa discovered that microbial communities–from the sunlit surface to extreme depths–in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre exhibit robust seasonal cyc...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/04/2026
Usha Vance Catches Husband Measuring Her Skull Again
Usha Vance Catches Husband Measuring Her Skull Again
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 03/04/2026
If you're wondering what's happening with the US Forest Service and why it matters, read this:
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/03/2026
Remember, the GOP is the unpredictable, violent father. You're not allowed to question him, unless you want a beating. So everyone -- EVERYONE -- displaces their angst or anxiety or fear or resentment onto mom, ie, the Dems. Why isn't she fixing everything?!
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
So good. Very much worth your time. RIP. 🪦
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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
According to this @washingtonpost.com survey, the ongoing destruction of our public health system and the scientific basis of our society is not even on the radar of ordinary Americans. We asked 2,300 Americans about the best and worst things Trump has done. wapo.st/4qXs4DL
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We asked 2,300 Americans about the best and worst things Trump has done. Here’s what they said.
Immigration was the most divisive issue, with supporters calling it Trump’s best action and critics deeming it his worst.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team. The Post sent layoff notices to at least 14 #climate journalists. open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
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Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Everything that actually made America great is being destroyed
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
"22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there's still time to act" | Nice article on our new #Bioscience article by @saschapare.bsky.social for @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there's still time to act
Earth's systems are nearing tipping points that could plunge the planet into a "hothouse" regime — but there's still time to prevent that from happening, scientists say.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
What did Bill Gates actually write? What is right and what is bizarre about it? And how was it then distorted by the media? Climate Adam explains it in his inimitable way. Check it out!https://youtube.com/watch?v=9MmqKEkOtwo
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Climate Scientist Responds to Bill Gates
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
As I've often said, there is no path forward in the U.S. on climate, or any of the defining challenges we face, that doesn't go through a functioning democracy.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The answer was the whole apparatus of footnoting, peer-review, showing data & reproducing findings. The idea wasn't that *I* could check it, but that anyone competent cd. The science *might* still be wrong,but there was no rational reason to prefer my own judgment. But all that's now under assault
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
There was a lot of debate about this in the 19th century, when there was also strong suspicion of vaccines. People like John Stuart Mill wrote about how we could reconcile a healthy distrust of authority, and the idea that infringements on liberty must have democratic consent, with expert knowledge
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
It's a massive problem. "Do your own research!" sounds like excellent advice, but most of us are simply not competent to research complex questions of medical science. So the question becomes, how do we establish forms of authority to which it is rational to give free consent? [...]
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Martin Stendel @martinstendel.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Melting over 80.6% of the area of the Greenland Ice Sheet. This is the highest value in our data set, which starts in 1981. @polarportal.bsky.social
Screenshot from polarportal.dk, a website that makes research on the Arctic research conducted by Danish institutions available to the public and researchers. The image shows Greenland in tan and the Greenland Ice Sheet in red and white. The red part indicates melting and covers all except about 20% in the northeast, which is roughly the area higher than 2500 m above Se level.

Below the map is a chart that compares 2025 melting to the 1981-2010 average. The average melting peaks in mid-July at about 35%. For the last few days, melting has occurred over roughly 80% of the area of Greenland, with a maximum melt area of 80.6% on 24 July 2025. This is the highest value in our dataset, which starts in 1981.
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Caring Doctors @caringdoctors.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com explains the basics of climate change for beginners and those in need of a refresher. In this time of political polarisation and climate denial, we need to inform as many as possible and push for climate action. 🧪 coveringclimatenow.org/resource/cli...
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Climate Science 101
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe explains the basics of climate change for beginners and those in need of a refresher.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 27/07/2025
“Svalbard is at the front line of the climate crisis, warming at six to seven times the global average rate" www.404media.co/scientists-r...
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Scientists Report Surreal Scenes In the World’s Most Northern Town
Researchers witnessing warming in Svalbard worry that “we have been too cautious” with climate warnings.
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Jay Famiglietti @jayfamiglietti.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
After a long absence from Twitter, I'm now on Bluesky. Looking forward to sharing thoughts, research, and rants about the lack of attention paid to water. Let's kick this off with a new paper alert. Please share widely. Title says it all. Please help me grow followers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Unprecedented continental drying, shrinking freshwater availability, and increasing land contributions to sea level rise
Drying continents, extreme drought, and groundwater depletion are shrinking water availability and increasing sea level rise.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 30/06/2025
This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
If they close all these research labs, you can't just undo it four years later. Decades of expertise and tons of specialized equipment will be scattered to the wind. Rebuilding would take ages.
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barnett1950.bsky.social @barnett1950.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The entire Trump administration !
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Captain Blood @captainblood.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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NPR @npr.org · 11/04/2025
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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Olexandr Isayev 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @olexandr.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Backpropagation 101 #machinelearning with #cats #caturday
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
True ✅
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/04/2025
Finally figured out how to bring down capitalism. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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Michael Freeman @afreeparticle.com · 05/07/2023
Favorite memes to explain stuff? 🧪 #iTeachPhysics #eduSky
Car suddenly turning into exit meme, with car labeled “car moving at constant speed” straight labeled sigma F = 0, and exit ramp labeled sigma F = mv^2/r
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bones some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology
The picture shows six needles of different sizes. They were made of  bone resemble their modern descendants with an eye at one end and a tapered end.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 13/10/2024
“Miss Iris Davis… spends a great deal of time recovering cats with the aid of a “lassoo” from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued six hundred of these feline strays, 8 November 1940.“ www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Black and white photo of a laughing young white woman with curly blonde hair. She is descending a gigantic pile of building rubble holding a lasso and an unhappy white and black cat. She’s doing all this while wearing a dress and dress shoes.
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UT Climate Centre @utclimate.bsky.social · 09/10/2024
‘The 2024 state of the climate report’: “We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled.” By: @michaelemann.bsky.social @rahmstorf.bsky.social etc. Free download at: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2024
Same WSJ columnist, two weeks apart: (via @parkermolloy www.readtpa.com/p/when-pundi...)
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/07/2024
“…past predictions of global warming have proved largely correct. To persist with scepticism is immoral and stupid. Even a free-market fanatic cannot deny that environmental externalities are a form of market failure. Climate is the biggest externality of all.”
ft.com
Market forces are not enough to halt climate change
Investor returns imply that the welfare of future human beings is close to irrelevant
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 23/06/2024
This alone should make the choice in November the no-brainer of all no-brainers: if we want a habitable planet, the only hope is to reelect Joe Biden. Elect Trump, and it's "game over" for climate...democracy...lots of things. bluevirginia.us/2024/06/sund... h/t @michaelemann.bsky.social
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 23/06/2024
“Game over for climate action”: top climate scientist on 2nd Trump term | My interview this morning with the great @AliVelshi on @MSNBC @VelshiMSNBC: www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
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'Game over for climate action': top climate scientist on 2nd Trump term
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe, super-charged by human-caused warming. According to Michael Mann, presidential distinguished professor at the University of Pennsylvania, ...
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