Rasmus E. Benestad
@brasmus.bsky.social
Climate scientist, physicist, statistics nerd, and code developer. Contributor to RealClimate.org and leader of Tekna Klima. Working for the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
Will lessons about a renegade and mad president in South Korea be appreciated in the USA? The specimen in South Korea was impeached.
January 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Will lessons about a renegade and mad president in South Korea be appreciated in the USA? The specimen in South Korea was impeached.
What disgusts me with XAI/Grok is that it must have been trained on volumes of pictures of naked minors. How else woulf it be able produce pics of undressed kids? I hope there will be investigation into its training material.
January 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
What disgusts me with XAI/Grok is that it must have been trained on volumes of pictures of naked minors. How else woulf it be able produce pics of undressed kids? I hope there will be investigation into its training material.
Reposted by Rasmus E. Benestad
Nature gives a review of how the Trump administration caused seismic disruptions to the world’s premier scientific superpower during 2025. 🧪
Grant cuts, arrests, lay-offs: Trump made 2025 a tumultuous year for science
How the Trump administration caused seismic disruptions to the world’s premier scientific superpower.
go.nature.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Nature gives a review of how the Trump administration caused seismic disruptions to the world’s premier scientific superpower during 2025. 🧪
Reposted by Rasmus E. Benestad
2025 was third hottest year on record, climate experts see no relief in 2026
The past 11 years were the warmest on record, with temperatures exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels on average.
#climate #ClimateChange 🧪
www.france24.com/en/environme...
The past 11 years were the warmest on record, with temperatures exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels on average.
#climate #ClimateChange 🧪
www.france24.com/en/environme...
2025 was third hottest year on record, climate experts see no relief in 2026
The world recorded its third-hottest year on record in 2025, extending an unprecedented streak of global heat with no relief expected in 2026, US and EU climate scientists said on Wednesday. The past…
www.france24.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 AM
2025 was third hottest year on record, climate experts see no relief in 2026
The past 11 years were the warmest on record, with temperatures exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels on average.
#climate #ClimateChange 🧪
www.france24.com/en/environme...
The past 11 years were the warmest on record, with temperatures exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels on average.
#climate #ClimateChange 🧪
www.france24.com/en/environme...
Hvis Grok kan lage nakenbilder av barn, betyr det vel at den er blitt trent på pedobilder. Jeg synes Musk og hans gjeng er skikkelig ekkel.
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Hvis Grok kan lage nakenbilder av barn, betyr det vel at den er blitt trent på pedobilder. Jeg synes Musk og hans gjeng er skikkelig ekkel.
Jeg mener at @arbeiderpartiet.bsky.social og statsråden enten lurer folk når de snakker om olje- og gassutvinningen, og klimautslippene som følger, eller at de ikke skjønner sammenhengene. Fossilpropaganda, slik jeg hører deres misledende påstander.
January 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Jeg mener at @arbeiderpartiet.bsky.social og statsråden enten lurer folk når de snakker om olje- og gassutvinningen, og klimautslippene som følger, eller at de ikke skjønner sammenhengene. Fossilpropaganda, slik jeg hører deres misledende påstander.
Hvis man tror at fortsatt leting og utvinning av olje og gass på sokkelen skaper forutsigbarhet har ikke innsett at klimaendringene de skaper gjør været mindre forutsigbart. Det påvirker matsikkerhet og migrasjon. Mer konflikter. @arbeiderpartiet.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Hvis man tror at fortsatt leting og utvinning av olje og gass på sokkelen skaper forutsigbarhet har ikke innsett at klimaendringene de skaper gjør været mindre forutsigbart. Det påvirker matsikkerhet og migrasjon. Mer konflikter. @arbeiderpartiet.bsky.social
It's good to see Minesota pushing back on tyrant-style behaviour from a mad man.
January 12, 2026 at 9:58 PM
It's good to see Minesota pushing back on tyrant-style behaviour from a mad man.
The outlook points to a new El Nino brewing at the end of this year. A quick-and-dirty evaluation of last year's prognosis suggests that the ensemble embedded the true outcome, but only barely.
January 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The outlook points to a new El Nino brewing at the end of this year. A quick-and-dirty evaluation of last year's prognosis suggests that the ensemble embedded the true outcome, but only barely.
Spectacular northern lights over Norway tonight
January 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Spectacular northern lights over Norway tonight
A serious concern is what data it has used for training its deep fakes and where it got access to such.
Europe could also block grok due to risk of propaganda and disinformation... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content
Move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the AI tool and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:06 PM
A serious concern is what data it has used for training its deep fakes and where it got access to such.
Europe could also block grok due to risk of propaganda and disinformation... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content
Move comes after governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned the AI tool and some have opened inquiries into sexualised content
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Europe could also block grok due to risk of propaganda and disinformation... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Why are there not any more websites which show how the rainfall and temperature have changed where people live and how it will change in the future if we continue to utilise fossil fuels? Here is one example for historical data ocdp.met.no
OpenClimateDataPrototype
ocdp.met.no
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Why are there not any more websites which show how the rainfall and temperature have changed where people live and how it will change in the future if we continue to utilise fossil fuels? Here is one example for historical data ocdp.met.no
Reposted by Rasmus E. Benestad
"Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year" | Great piece by Johnny Sturgeon of @insideclimatenews.org on our new ocean heat article: insideclimatenews.org/news/0901202...
Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year - Inside Climate News
Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs. Global ocean heat content (OHC) increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2025, a...
insideclimatenews.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:34 PM
"Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year" | Great piece by Johnny Sturgeon of @insideclimatenews.org on our new ocean heat article: insideclimatenews.org/news/0901202...
Ikke bare olje, men visstnok også med Big Tech og våpenindustrien... Og hva skjedde med Epsteinsaken, forresten? www.energiogklima.no/meninger-og-...
Trump vil sikre USAs makt med fossil dominans
Donald Trump vil dominere verden gjennom fossil energi. At USA forlater FNs klimaorganisasjoner og tar Venezuelas olje er to sider av samme sak.
www.energiogklima.no
January 9, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Ikke bare olje, men visstnok også med Big Tech og våpenindustrien... Og hva skjedde med Epsteinsaken, forresten? www.energiogklima.no/meninger-og-...
Who would have expected an account like this from the White House 10 years ago. Perhaps only in a dystopian movie. Here is obviously Sir Hiss in action since Prince John is taking a break thinking about Greenland www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Vance snarls and swipes in defence of Ice agent – was the boss impressed?
The vice-president went ballistic against the media and the left – a version of Trump with even more menace
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Who would have expected an account like this from the White House 10 years ago. Perhaps only in a dystopian movie. Here is obviously Sir Hiss in action since Prince John is taking a break thinking about Greenland www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Reposted by Rasmus E. Benestad
Thoughtful piece by my @science.nature.org colleague Rob et al. discussing the implications of global autocratization for science.
We face a clear choice, they say: keep our heads down and hope to weather rough political waters...or choose to actively support academic freedom + sustainability.
We face a clear choice, they say: keep our heads down and hope to weather rough political waters...or choose to actively support academic freedom + sustainability.
January 8, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Thoughtful piece by my @science.nature.org colleague Rob et al. discussing the implications of global autocratization for science.
We face a clear choice, they say: keep our heads down and hope to weather rough political waters...or choose to actively support academic freedom + sustainability.
We face a clear choice, they say: keep our heads down and hope to weather rough political waters...or choose to actively support academic freedom + sustainability.
It would be better if they withdrew from their overseas bases, leave Greenland alone, and stop terrorizing other countries.
The Trump administration announced that it will withdraw the U.S. from dozens of international organizations and bodies associated with the United Nations as Washington retrenches from global cooperation on everything from climate change to cotton.
Trump announces U.S. will leave dozens of international organizations
The White House announced it is withdrawing participation and funding from 66 multilateral bodies on everything from climate to cotton.
wapo.st
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
It would be better if they withdrew from their overseas bases, leave Greenland alone, and stop terrorizing other countries.
Reposted by Rasmus E. Benestad
Interesting, brief summary of the delaying tactics used by the Trump administration against anything green.
Viewpoint: US uses delays against 'green' policies | Latest Market News
President Donald Trump's administration has increasingly used regulatory delays to impede the growth of renewable energy projects, while giving fossil fuel companies years of additional time to comply...
www.argusmedia.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Interesting, brief summary of the delaying tactics used by the Trump administration against anything green.