Josh Busby
@busbyj2.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Texas-Austin. Former Senior Climate Advisor DOD. Climate security, climate governance, clean energy, global health, US foreign policy. Author of States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security (Cambridge, 2022).
Probably more people will hear about this than had the original lecture been posted with the line in it. Trump is corrupt. Hard to deny.
BBC - A historian and author says he is "genuinely dismayed" after a comment about Donald Trump was removed from a lecture he delivered on BBC Radio 4. www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv...
Historian Rutger Bregman criticises BBC for removing Donald Trump line from Radio 4's Reith Lecture
Rutger Bregman says he is "genuinely dismayed" after a line about the US president was edited out.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Probably more people will hear about this than had the original lecture been posted with the line in it. Trump is corrupt. Hard to deny.
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The Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) secured $6.7 billion in sponsor capital at COP30, representing less than a quarter of the $25 billion initially required for a full-scale rollout.
Policy analysts warn that a smaller fund could likely lose the capacity to outpace deforestation drivers.
Policy analysts warn that a smaller fund could likely lose the capacity to outpace deforestation drivers.
Brazil’s forest fund faces a slow takeoff at COP30 despite initial support
Operational rifts and budget constraints choked ambitious funding from rich nations for TFFF at Belém’s summit.
news.mongabay.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) secured $6.7 billion in sponsor capital at COP30, representing less than a quarter of the $25 billion initially required for a full-scale rollout.
Policy analysts warn that a smaller fund could likely lose the capacity to outpace deforestation drivers.
Policy analysts warn that a smaller fund could likely lose the capacity to outpace deforestation drivers.
Okay, still mediocre at Portuguese but maybe this is the year for a breakthrough.
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Okay, still mediocre at Portuguese but maybe this is the year for a breakthrough.
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Alojoh: “EVs have expanded their market share in Europe for 10 consecutive months and have held above 20% for the past three months.”
#alwaysbecharging
#alwaysbecharging
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Alojoh: “EVs have expanded their market share in Europe for 10 consecutive months and have held above 20% for the past three months.”
#alwaysbecharging
#alwaysbecharging
Not a review request but a request to join a journal review board. I guess that sort of counts as 69th review request of 2025.
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Not a review request but a request to join a journal review board. I guess that sort of counts as 69th review request of 2025.
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
Finally able to watch Andor season 2 and bring @albertsonb2.bsky.social up to speed on both seasons. I love Star Wars for adults.
a poster for star wars andor shows a man in a blue jacket
ALT: a poster for star wars andor shows a man in a blue jacket
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Finally able to watch Andor season 2 and bring @albertsonb2.bsky.social up to speed on both seasons. I love Star Wars for adults.
Comey and James off the hook for now. Could come back if they get a lawfully appointed US attorney is my read of the article. wapo.st/480rI9g
Judge tosses cases against Comey and James, rules prosecutor appointment unlawful
The decision disqualifying Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney sets back Trump’s efforts to use the Justice Department to target perceived rivals.
wapo.st
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Comey and James off the hook for now. Could come back if they get a lawfully appointed US attorney is my read of the article. wapo.st/480rI9g
Rich people in Madagascar eating endangered lemurs. Need for a good campaign to persuade them w prominent local change agents who signal that eating lemurs is bad w some testing to identify what would persuade them to stop (risk of disease, being uncool, punishment).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/s...
Lemurs in Madagascar Face an Unexpected Killer
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Rich people in Madagascar eating endangered lemurs. Need for a good campaign to persuade them w prominent local change agents who signal that eating lemurs is bad w some testing to identify what would persuade them to stop (risk of disease, being uncool, punishment).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/s...
68 review requests and counting in 2025. Journals need to pay reviewers.
I think we need to pay reviewers.
25 no response out of 30 requests to review!
Drives me mad this selfish behaviour, which I also see as a journal editor. And it's almost always established folk with secure jobs, not least those endlessly brandishing their right-on-ness on social media
Drives me mad this selfish behaviour, which I also see as a journal editor. And it's almost always established folk with secure jobs, not least those endlessly brandishing their right-on-ness on social media
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
68 review requests and counting in 2025. Journals need to pay reviewers.
By this logic, Musk himself would be condemned to death many times over for dismantling USAID health programs that will directly lead to millions of deaths from AIDS and starvation.
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
By this logic, Musk himself would be condemned to death many times over for dismantling USAID health programs that will directly lead to millions of deaths from AIDS and starvation.
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Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Just more corruption from this administration. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just more corruption from this administration. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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What he doesn’t get into here (but does in his great book, “Winners Take All”) is that he himself had traveled in this world, been feted at conferences etc, and — unlike anyone else I know of — decided to tell the truth about it rather than play along and stay on the circuit.
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What he doesn’t get into here (but does in his great book, “Winners Take All”) is that he himself had traveled in this world, been feted at conferences etc, and — unlike anyone else I know of — decided to tell the truth about it rather than play along and stay on the circuit.
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Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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He went to Jared*
*who doesn’t currently hold any position in the govt??
*who doesn’t currently hold any position in the govt??
Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 AM
He went to Jared*
*who doesn’t currently hold any position in the govt??
*who doesn’t currently hold any position in the govt??
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We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Hope my bike makers makes it! www.geekwire.com/2025/boom-an...
The rise and fall of Rad Power Bikes: From breakout success to the brink of shutdown
Rad started as a scrappy hardware startup and grew into the largest e-bike seller in North America. But a series of missteps and macroeconomic challenges led to more than seven rounds of layoffs and a...
www.geekwire.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hope my bike makers makes it! www.geekwire.com/2025/boom-an...
A whole bunch of people with serious mental illness fabulists and tin foil hat types with too much of an audience and influence in this world.
Oh brother now she’s really lost it.
Candace Owens claims President and Mrs. Macron have paid for an assassination squad to kill her.
And of course the group includes an Israeli.
Candace Owens claims President and Mrs. Macron have paid for an assassination squad to kill her.
And of course the group includes an Israeli.
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A whole bunch of people with serious mental illness fabulists and tin foil hat types with too much of an audience and influence in this world.
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Find someone who looks at you like this fascist despot looks at the socialist mayor of New York.
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Find someone who looks at you like this fascist despot looks at the socialist mayor of New York.
This style executed well continues to impress. open.spotify.com/track/48Z9ix...
intro
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November 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This style executed well continues to impress. open.spotify.com/track/48Z9ix...
Glorious new track. open.spotify.com/track/5b2nQ3...
Lipdance
open.spotify.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Glorious new track. open.spotify.com/track/5b2nQ3...
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BREAKING
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will be resigning from Congress effective January 5, 2026.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will be resigning from Congress effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
BREAKING
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will be resigning from Congress effective January 5, 2026.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will be resigning from Congress effective January 5, 2026.