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Andre C

@caseopia23.bsky.social

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Concerned human. UK resident. Born 314.8 PPM. 🌱☯️🐈‍⬛ ‘Doomer adjacent’ but I resist labels. ‘Delicacy & dignity are taught by the heart & not by the dancing master’

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Andre C @caseopia23.bsky.social · Feb 7

‘True leaders
Are hardly known to their followers.
Next after them are the leaders
the people know & admire;
after them, those they fear;
after them, those they despise.’

Tao Te Ching trans. Ursula K LeGuin.

#booksky
#UrsulaLeGuin
#Taoism

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 1h

“In harmony with the Tao,
the sky is clear & spacious,
the earth is solid & full,
all creatures flourish together,

When man interferes with the Tao,
the sky becomes filthy,
the earth becomes depleted,
the equilibrium crumbles,
creatures become extinct.”
Lao Tzu

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

www.theguardian.com

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Andre C @caseopia23.bsky.social · 26m

‘You’re plastic people
And oh baby it’s such a drag.’

Words of Frank Zappa.

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do

www.theguardian.com

Andre C @caseopia23.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, but correlation is not causation.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 10, 2025 ~ Joining the party.

"We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade... This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests..."

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows

Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.

www.independent.co.uk

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Andre C @caseopia23.bsky.social · 3h

Suspended.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 2d

From that time forth he believed that the wise man is one who never sets himself apart from other living things.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Hugo @nonviolence.bsky.social · 1d

Context.

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 1d

'More than half of all bird species are in decline, according to a new global assessment, with deforestation driving sharp falls in populations across the planet.

...scientists have issued a fresh warning about the health of bird populations, with 61% of assessed species now recording declines'

The Final Report @firehorse249791.bsky.social · 2d

More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis www.theguardian.com/environment/... #ClimateCrisis #Deforestation #Wildfire #Habitat #Birds #Extinction #Worldwide

More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis

Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’

www.theguardian.com

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 1d

'Heavy rainfall during late Sept & early Oct 2025 triggered extensive flooding across S Chad...

...at least 22 people have died and 19 others were injured. The floods have displaced approximately 720 residents, destroyed more than 9 800 houses, and affected around 123 000 people in 549 villages.'

The Final Report @firehorse249791.bsky.social · 2d

[Africa] Severe floods destroy nearly 10 000 homes, kill 22 in southern Chad watchers.news/2025/10/09/s... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Flood #Mandoul #Chad #Africa

Severe floods destroy nearly 10 000 homes, kill 22 in southern Chad

Flooding in southern Chad has killed 22 people and affected approximately 123 000 across 549 villages in Mandoul and Moyen-Chari provinces, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination…

watchers.news

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Andre C @caseopia23.bsky.social · 3d

Done. A nasty one.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 4d

Monitoring changes in UK temperature

To (almost) no-one’s surprise, multiple sources of data agree on the long-term trends in UK temperatures.

climatelabbook.substack.com/p/monitoring...

Monitoring changes in UK temperature

Multiple sources of data agree on long-term observed trends

climatelabbook.substack.com

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 4d

2) Soil temperatures monitored across the UK since 1959 show the same long-term trend with slightly smaller variations from year-to-year as the soil integrates weather fluctuations.

Should we use soil temperatures more for climate monitoring?

Details: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/monitoring...

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 4d

'Tens of thousands were left stuck at home or fleeing floodwaters that reached the tops of cars & rooftops in areas of the city of Thai Nguyen, about 80km N of the capital Hanoi.
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The environ't ministry said 8 people were killed in flash floods & landslides in Vietnam's mountainous north since Mon'

The Final Report @firehorse249791.bsky.social · 4d

Record floods leave eight dead in northern Vietnam > www.manilatimes.net/2025/10/08/w... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Typhoon #Matmo #Flood #Hanoi #Vietnam

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 4d

Ocean heating is - literally - off the chart.

We only get to do this to our planet once - front row seats to the greatest fuck-up in the history of our species; brought to us by decades of corporate greed, political corruption & public apathy, & paid for by the futures of children we claim to love.

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Hugo @nonviolence.bsky.social · 5d

For some reason, #PFAS are still not illegal. The lobby won, but you don't have to lose immediately.

Most PFAS are in meat & dairy. But food paper wrapers are full of PFAS. Do NOT eat out of them. Never with a fork. Do NOT #recycle this as paper. This is NOT paper anymore but pure toxins ☣️

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 5d

I prefer to save talking till I know what I’m talking about.

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Andre C @caseopia23.bsky.social · 5d

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 6d

And I am telling you ...

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 7d

The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel. The rabbit shrieks dying in the green meadows. The mountains clench their great hands full of hidden fire. There are sharks in the sea, and there is cruelty in men’s eyes.

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