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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 4d

“Capitalism is a system of self-destruction simply because it only understands doing, building and achieving. It is fundamentally incapable of undoing, fixing, stopping or reducing”

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 4d

What USA thinks it's #1 in (and its actual rankings):
Life Expectancy: 46th
FreePress: 42nd
Healthcare: 30th
Education: 26th
Happiness: 23rd
Freedom: 17th
What the USA is #1 in:
Military Spending
Number of Billionaires
Incarceration
Bankruptcy filings
Medical debt
Gun deaths
Funding israel

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Phil Weiser @philweiser.bsky.social · 6d

Together, we will defend our republic and ensure that, in America, there are #NoKings. More details here—https://philforcolorado.com/a-republic-as-long-as-we-can-keep-it/

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Scott Brassfield MD @climatemd.bsky.social · 6d

This is the just the Vermijo street 1/3rd of the No Kings crowd still SEISMIC after 2.5 hours @indivisible.org @indivisiblecs.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501cos.bsky.social Today’s No Kings is a whole new ball game from earlier protests

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Scott Brassfield MD @climatemd.bsky.social · 6d

By far our biggest protest!!!! @indivisiblecs.bsky.social @indivisible.org @50501cos.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

Scott Brassfield MD @climatemd.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic No Kings in Colorado Springs and just getting started 😻😻😻@

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Scott Brassfield MD @climatemd.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic No Kings in Colorado Springs and just getting started 😻😻😻@

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 9d

"The escalating fire occurrence, driven by climate change & unsustainable land use, threatens to push the #Amazon towards a catastrophic tipping point. Urgent, coordinated efforts are crucial to mitigate these drivers & prevent irreversible ecosystem damage" 🔥

#ClimateEmergency

EGUsphere - Extensive fire-driven degradation in 2024 marks worst Amazon forest disturbance in over two decades

egusphere.copernicus.org

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 9d

" #Brazil 🇧🇷 and #Bolivia 🇧🇴experienced the most severe impacts, with Bolivia seeing 9 % of its intact forest burned in 2024. Pan-Amazon fire-driven forest degradation released 643 million tons of CO2 in 2024, a seven-fold increase from the previous two years"

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 9d

"The escalating fire occurrence, driven by climate change & unsustainable land use, threatens to push the #Amazon towards a catastrophic tipping point. Urgent, coordinated efforts are crucial to mitigate these drivers & prevent irreversible ecosystem damage" 🔥

#ClimateEmergency

EGUsphere - Extensive fire-driven degradation in 2024 marks worst Amazon forest disturbance in over two decades

egusphere.copernicus.org

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Climate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 29d

JUST IN: We just disrupted this vile, vulture capitalist lovefest. David Rubenstein, Governor Youngkin, and Governor Moore all on stage together, plotting how to profit from our extinction. They were having such a nice time. We ruined it.

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Climate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 15d

BREAKING: We just shut down a major cancer gala honoring Trump EPA Chief Lee Zeldin.

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Climate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 11d

Sex is cool, but have you ever heckled Andrew Cuomo for 10 minutes straight?

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 12d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 13, 2025 ~ The end of coral.

"We are rapidly approaching multiple Earth system tipping points that could transform our world, with devastating consequences for people and nature..."

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

www.cnn.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 11d

Breaking News!
Code Yikes!

This last August saw a record low for average August Arctic sea-ice thickness, the first time below 1 meter, with data going back to 1979.

Still waiting for September data. Will we see a new all-time record low? The Climate 8-ball is drunk again.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 11d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 14, 2025 ~ When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang.

“Efforts to protect forests don’t stand a chance as long as our economic system keeps rewarding quick profits from forest destruction..."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

www.theguardian.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d

“Why aren’t you celebrating?”

( @krystalball.bsky.social with a counterpoint to Speaker Johnson’s push for Trump to get a prize after enabling the carnage in Gaza)

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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 11d

🪸 The planet is on the brink of its first catastrophic climate tipping point.

This will translate into more floods, droughts, heatwaves and wildfires in our backyards.

🇪🇺 We urge the EU leaders to be ambitious in their climate targets.
🚨There is no time to waste.

The coral reefs
are dying.

Before & after pictures of the Great Coral Reef

We are at a
tipping point.

Over 80% of reefs in over 80 countries
affected by extreme ocean temperatures.

They are
an essential habitat for marine life,
vital for food security,
protect the coasts from storms
contribute trillions to the global economy.

But they can’t survive
+1.5°C of global heating.

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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 13d

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Scott Brassfield MD @climatemd.bsky.social · 13d

Trump regime is so corrupt its hard to draw attention. This deal costs the American taxpayer billions to shore up right winger Milei, protect a friend of Treasury Sec Besent, and provide opportunity to Argentinians to cash out Argentine pesos and investments at our expense

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 13d

The international kleptocracy

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13d

The US has finalized its $20 billion bailout for Argentina.

Too bad it only benefits one American: a billionaire hedge fund manager, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 14d

CDC insiders say between 1,100 and 1,300 employees are being cut. Even government filings cite 1,100–1,200.

Entire programs may disappear.

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15d

Americans' opinion of the CDC just hit a record low https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/cdc-ranking-low-rfk-trump-vaccines

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 14d

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 14d

Jaw-dropping new research shows that Big Oil is not ‘part of the solution’. OK, perhaps this is not jaw-dropping news, but it’s helpful to have proof of what we intuitively understand as true and obvious.

@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
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Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’

New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.

open.substack.com

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Scott Brassfield MD @climatemd.bsky.social · 14d

This evisceration follows the one in September when RFK Jr fired Trump appointed CDC Director Susan Monares and four other top officials resigned and that followed the August gun attack when 180 shots were fired at the CDC and a police officer killed. It’s tragic for all of us

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Scott Brassfield MD @climatemd.bsky.social · 14d

This is the second CDC midnight massacre. The first was Sept 29 when Trump appointed CDC Director Susan Monarez was fired by RFK Jr then four other top officials resigned for policies reflecting politics instead of science

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 16d

My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).

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