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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

37/ 🙌 This wide support for the resolution demonstrates that there remains an overwhelming majority of countries in favor of the rule of law & strengthened international cooperation grounded on legal obligations! It also highlights that only a very narrow minority seeks to hold progress hostage.

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Congratulations to Vanuatu, and to all Pacific Island students leading this effort. And I’m glad to see 🇸🇪 supporting this resolution. Multilateralism is still alive.

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

19/ Amb. Tevi concludes with a powerful statement: "This day will be remembered. It will be remembered as the moment the UN received the considered judgment of its highest Court on the defining challenge of our time...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/05/2026

Two fun stories to view side-by-side: - An Australian psychiatrist is refusing patients that don't agree to the use of an AI scribe - A new Canadian study finding AI scribes have a shockingly high failure rate www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/0...

Melbourne psychiatrist refuses new patients who don’t consent to AI note-taking
Registration form informs patients that if they do not wish AI to be used, they will need their referring doctor to refer them to a different service provider

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Sick and wrong: Ontario auditors find doctors' AI note takers routinely blow basic facts
60% of evaluated AI Scribe systems mixed up prescribed drugs in patient notes, auditors say

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The AI systems approved for Ontario healthcare providers routinely missed critical details, inserted incorrect information, and hallucinated content that neither patients nor clinicians mentioned, according to a provincial audit of 20 approved vendors’ systems.

The findings come from the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario, Canada, and are included in a larger report about the state of AI usage by public services in the province. They specifically address the AI Scribe program, the Ontario Ministry of Health initiated for physicians, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals across the broader health sector.

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Har skrivit i Forskning & Framsteg om önationers kamp för klimaträttvisa. Nästa vecka ställs frågan på sin spets i FN. En otrolig berättelse om studenter som gjorde det omöjliga, och om livet i klimatkrisens frontlinje. fof.se/artikel/stil...

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Stillahavsöarna som kämpar för att överleva | Forskning & Framsteg

Ett vulkanutbrott i norr, återkommande översvämningar, och på det ett hot direkt från Donald Trump. – Hur sover du om nätterna? frågar jag Vanuatus klimatminister …

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 07/05/2026

a new investigative journalism audit of the Kenyan SHA system-AI that calculates affordability for access to healthcare-just dropped & its scandalous "The AI income predictor systematically overcharged those who could least afford it while undercharging the well-off" sha.africauncensored.online

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Hiding Behind AI

How SHA Was Used to Load Health System Costs Onto Poorest.

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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

South American investigative journalists pioneered the use of satellite data and machine learning to expose illegal mining across the Amazon. Now, geospatial foundation models are making those same methods accessible to journalists around the world. www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/geos...

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Geospatial AI is reinventing the rainforest beat

Environmental journalists are pairing satellite imagery and machine learning to expose illegal mining across the Amazon.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Climate shocks are real (even if our Administration doesn’t believe in science)

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/04/2026

Fun fact: total global data centre power consumption is about double the power consumption of total global EVs (including two-wheelers, trucks, everything) (about the same, for hyperscalers only)

a chart showing total global ev consumption

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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I don’t want to point any fingers, but we used to be a country of genuine innovation.

Vintage Sixfinger toy (“The most amazing toy ever!”), which is a toy gun that looks like an index finger, that had swappable functions - including a cap bomb, a ballpoint pen, SOS, shooting a secret bullet, shooting a secret message, and shooting a fragmentation bomb

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Deepfakes, synthetic media, AI slop etc. have often been discussed in terms of a «crisis of truth» or an «erosion of trust». Fair enough. But in my impression, there’s something else that gets lost in waves of AI slop flooding our screens: a «sense of wonder» – surprise, amazement and awe 1/

Screenshot: «AI JUST COMBINED STAR WARS ITH LORD OF THE RINGS» - a hovercraft in front of bag end

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Nations are now waking up to the fact that electrification = national security. Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country.

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

My newsfeed here on Bsk is completely out of control. Threats of imminent WW3, internal academic jokes, chirping AI-news, and fashion tips.

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

“Serendipity doesn’t come from efficiency”. Exactly!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/04/2026

Why would I use "AI," I actually know how to fucking write

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/03/2026

Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, said American attacks on Iran justified his decision to expand his country’s nuclear arsenal despite international sanctions, state media reported on Tuesday.

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How North Korea’s Kim Jong-un Is Using the Iran War to Justify His Nuclear Arsenal

He delivered a lengthy speech at his country’s rubber-stamp Parliament, declaring that his nuclear power will shield his country from American hostility.

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Newsguard | Google’s reverse-image tool is producing inaccurate AI-generated summaries of fabricated and misleading visuals tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict. open.substack.com/pub/newsguar...

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Google’s “AI Overviews” Supercharge Iran Hoaxes

Prompted with reverse-image searches, Google’s AI summaries falsely identify fabricated and misleading visuals as authentic, NewsGuard found.

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

This is great reporting about local opposition towards data centres in the US. This is likely to become a huge issue in many parts of the world. New York Times | The Daily “When AI Comes to Town” open.spotify.com/episode/1XIh...

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When A.I. Comes to Town: The Backlash Over Data Centers

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia – New START – expires today. This is what we need to do: nobelassembly.org/declaration/

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I joined my friend Greg and other cartoonists to draw something to welcome Liam Ramos home, but ~3800 children remain in ICE custody, including at least three students from Liam's school (and 25 parents). Join us at #Comics4Liam !

Drawing by Shing Yin Khor featuring a person in a Spider-Man mask and sweater and bunny hat with fist upraised. Text reads "For Liam -- I hope you never have to be this scared again. We love you. #comics4liam / SYK / comics4liam.com

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Comix Action @comixaction.com · 01/02/2026

Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!

Graphic by Trung Le Ngyuen featuring a drawing of Liam Ramos with his bunny hat and Spidey backpack and a small smile. Text reads: "Comics 4 Liam / WE're asking artists to draw pictures for Liam Ramos that you think might make this particular boy feel happy and cared for. / Maybe drawings of things he might love; maybe pictures of Liam himself as you think he might like to be seen. / Please post your art with the hashtag #Comics4Liam and a link to comics4liam.com, which lists fundraisers for Liam and others victimized by ICE and links to organizations that support immigrants.

A few other guidelines: 1. Please avoid images of Liam in danger or sad. 2. Please avoid images that include violence or would otherwise by inappropriate for a five year old. 3. Please NO "A.i." USE AT ALL. 4. Please DO NOT POST YOUR IMAGE ON X (Twitter). Thank you!

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Symptomatiskt för Sverige ändå att vissa blir eld och lågor över att Bruce Springsteen skrivit en ny rocklåt i protest om Trump, men helt missat att de absolut bästa motståndssånger mot vansinnet i USA redan funnits ett tag - signerade Bad Bunny.

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The sound of the world’s smallest violin 🎻 🎶

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

"Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/t...

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Microsoft Pledged to Save Water. In the A.I. Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar.

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

People exposed to messages about AI as a labor-replacing (instead of labor-creating) technology end up distrusting democracy and show less willingness to engage politically with future AI developments. Interesting in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Perceiving AI as labor-replacing reduces democratic legitimacy and political engagement | PNAS

AI is expected to reshape society and labor markets, yet experts remain divided on whether AI will primarily displace human labor or generate new e...

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Over 10,000 doctoral-trained experts left their jobs last year as President Donald Trump dramatically shrank the overall federal workforce. The National Institutes of Health tops the list with more than 1,100 departures. www.science.org/content/arti...

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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office

A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Have only read the abstract, but this looks like a quite bold call!

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

As an immigrant myself, this photo truly breaks my heart.

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 22/01/2026

NEW | Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever. 🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago. ember-energy.org/latest-insights/eu…

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

“Make China great again”? Mind-blowing visuals in NYT about how China is winning the clean tech revolution. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Kai's write up and @cailinmeister.bsky.social's thread do a great job of summarizing our results. Rather than cover them a third time, I thought I'd clarify some misconceptions over our piece and COIS more broadly that keep cropping up scattered across replies. 🧵🧪

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is extremely interesting, and in need of deeper conversations amongst scholars and policymakers - yes, looking at you research funders and agencies.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India. It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s

‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The mirage of AI deregulation

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

NYT landing page right now. Just insane that a major US newspaper needs to put together a graphic and article like this.

Illustration showing men in uniform, showing differences between ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and more.

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

"The union also wants limitations on hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence."

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