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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 15d

“There’s this tragedy of killing freedom of speech. … The reason this is happening is because [Trump officials] don’t have the superpower of comedy,” said Staci Roberts-Steele of @weareyellowdot.bsky.social

I got to interview some very cool comedy writers and experts for today’s story. 🎭

Can climate comedy still work? This offshore wind ad suggests it can.

The satirical video starring Samuel L. Jackson pokes fun at offshore wind disinformation right as the Trump administration is targeting both comedy and…

www.canarymedia.com

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 15d

You can stream all 10 episodes of the Emmy-winning docuseries from PBS and NorCal Public Media. Or tune in when the show airs nationally starting in February.

And you should, it's great!

Climate California

Climate change demands new solutions - and new stories. We hit the road in search of both.

www.pbs.org

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 15d

For the latest episode of #ClimateCalifornia, we joined Sam and Ale from @goodluckmedia.bsky.social to talk about our podcast #SABOTAGE, and how storytelling can speed the pace of change.

Watch it here: www.pbs.org/video/now-8p...

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 15d

Donny, you are out of your element.

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 19d

The Trump administration’s attacks on national parks continue

This time, they’ve removed both physical signs and website mentions describing how climate change is damaging the parks

Because if you remove the info, famously, the problem goes away

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

National parks remove signs about climate, slavery and Japanese detention

The removals come after President Donald Trump issued an executive order in March seeking to remove “improper partisan ideology” from federal institutions.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 22d

Sun Day is 9/21. Find an action near you here:

Sun Day

Together, we will change the future of climate change. Join the largest movement for climate action.

sunday.earth

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 23d

Today's media apocalypse makes it a good day for everyone to watch this 1998 SNL animation that Robert Smigel and Adam McKay managed to get on national TV once, before it was yanked off the air forever.

www.cracked.com/article_4100...

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 23d

@billmckibben.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov in "The Light Won't Dim," a new 30 minute documentary from our friends at Fossil Free Media, exploring the promise and urgency of solar power, and how the power of the sun is transforming lives and energy access around the world. Watch:

The Light Won't Dim | Solar Power & Clean Energy Documentary

YouTube video by Fossil Free Media

www.youtube.com

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 23d

Our energy choice: "An extraordinary development for humanity" or "insanity."

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 24d

Full episode of Heated Conversations with Esteban Gast, featuring the one and only Moses Storm:

Comedian Moses Storm Overshares About Hollywood in a Sauna | Heated Conversations

YouTube video by Heated Conversations

youtu.be

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 24d

We 🔥 Moses Storm.

His time in the sauna was wacky, honest, and hilarious. In other words, it was just like a Moses Storms standup set, but with a little more sweat, and a lot more robe.

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 25d

If you work in the creative industry and don't want to help burn down the only world you can live on, take the pledge not to work with fossil fuel polluters.

Clean Creatives

The future of creativity is clean. It's time for PR and ad agencies to drop fossil fuels.

cleancreatives.org

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 25d

"Madmen fueling the madness. I call on these companies to stop acting as enablers to planetary destruction... I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising." - António Gutteres

UN chief calls for fossil fuel ads to be banned like cigarette ads | CBC News

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres took aim at fossil fuel advertising in a major speech on Wednesday that gave ammunition to critics who have been calling for tighter restrictions in C...

www.cbc.ca

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 25d

"It's honestly a pretty sick gig." (If you're a sicko.)

Sketch by Zivon Toplin and @jamesrehwald.bsky.social

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 25d

POV: You work at Edelman and do PR for Exxon.

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · Sep 11

Oil companies love to call solar "alternative energy" as if it's less than oil, gas, and coal. In fact, fossil fuel is the alternative.

The sun is the source of all energy on Earth, including fossil fuels. They are a fart in the wind compared to how much energy we get continuously from the sun.

Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · Sep 10

"0.3 per cent of the world’s land area – yes, just the land – would be needed to meet the current energy demand from solar alone, which is LESS THAN THE CURRENT LAND FOOTPRINT OF FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE."

Why solar power is the only viable power source in the long run

Not only is solar more than capable of supplying all the world’s energy, in the long term it is the only power source that won’t fry the planet

www.newscientist.com

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · Sep 10

"At this pace, CA will be 100% [clean energy] 24/7/365 by 2035."

And we're barely even trying! Imagine what California (or anywhere) could do if all leaders actually called out the danger of fossil fuels, ended subsidies, and made the biggest polluters actually pay for the damage they've done.

Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · Sep 10

179th day of the year that the California ISO grid WindWaterSolar supply exceeds 100% of demand for part of the day.

CA is meeting 55.9% of all demand this year with WWS, vs 51.7% in 2024 and 47.1% in 2023. At this pace, CA will be 100% WWS 24/7/365 by 2035.

Gas is down 20% vs '24 & 38% vs '23

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · Sep 10

"If you take into account the fact 60% OF FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY IS LOST WHILE CONVERTING IT TO USEFUL POWER, then Earth receives 18,000 times as much energy from the sun as would be needed to meet the current energy consumption."

Fossil Fuels are dumb, actually.

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · Sep 10

"0.3 per cent of the world’s land area – yes, just the land – would be needed to meet the current energy demand from solar alone, which is LESS THAN THE CURRENT LAND FOOTPRINT OF FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE."

Why solar power is the only viable power source in the long run

Not only is solar more than capable of supplying all the world’s energy, in the long term it is the only power source that won’t fry the planet

www.newscientist.com

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · Sep 10

Episode 3 of #HeatedConversations with Esteban Gast ft. Parvati Shallow is now live! Watch here:

Survivor Winner Parvati Melts Down And Gets Vulnerable In A Sauna | Heated Conversations

YouTube video by Heated Conversations

www.youtube.com

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · Sep 10

And that's why she's the 2x Survivor champion and GOAT!

Even when subjected to extreme temperature and alarming facts, Parvati Shallow still offers a 🎯 analysis of the human psyche and motivations of Big Oil executives.

Full #HeatedConversations episode:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdov...

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · Sep 9

Chris Wrong is technically accurate, though Chris Liar would be more precise.

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · Sep 9

No no let's keep getting our energy the way we always have:

Drill mile deep holes in the ground, pump them full of toxic fluid to get oil & gas, ship it, toxically refine it, ship it again, toxically burn it releasing pollution that heats the world to mass extinction. 🧠
www.msn.com/en-us/scienc...

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · Sep 9

"The Black Widow." A two-time Survivor champion. Considered by many to be the Survivor GOAT.

But can Parvati Shallow survive the 200° sauna? And how much will she dance in it!?

Episode 3 of Heated Conversations with Esteban Gast drops TONIGHT at 5 pm PT on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/@heated.conv...

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's easy (and fun) to dunk on these tossers for not knowing what batteries are, but the truth is worse. They are lying, they know they are lying, and they are doing so in order to keep selling us an inferior energy product that IS KILLING US.

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