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@camster.bsky.social
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Some fire stuff, some transport stuff, some climate stuff. Some other random science stuff. Probably too much of the one you’re not into.
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Cam @camster.bsky.social · Nov 14
Hello new followers!
Quick intro: currently working in (mostly) general science education, but prior to that focused more on fire, ecosystems & earth observation (all of which I remain interested in).
Also into sustainability, especially of transport, which inevitably leads to broader questions...
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Louise Matsakis @lmatsakis.bsky.social · 5h
this is the craziest thing I've read in a long time???? Meta projected that 10% of its revenue last year, $16 billion, came from scams. Meta intentionally charges the scammers MORE and knows that people who click on scams are more likely to see more of them www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Cam @camster.bsky.social · 3h
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Cam @camster.bsky.social · 3h
The SOP has? There's progress then.
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Cam @camster.bsky.social · 5h
Forced by current FFMV vehicle issues?
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Oxfam Australia @oxfamaustralia.bsky.social · 5h
The richest 10% consumed half of all global energy in the last
decade while the poorest 50% consumed just 8%, yet face the worst climate impacts.
The math is clear: the super rich and historic polluters must pay for a just transition. #MakeBigPollutersPay today @ oxfam.org.au/mbpp.
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Wanderfound @wanderfound.bsky.social · 10h
If you buy anything at all from Tesla, you are endorsing a corporation that chose to give a trillion dollars to this man:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d
The Palestinian groups’ YouTube channels hosted hours of footage documenting and highlighting alleged Israeli government violations of international law in both Gaza and the West Bank. interc.pt/4oUJNer
A collage of screenshots from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, overlaid with the headline, "YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations," and the DEK, "The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions."
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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 1d
Our bus network redesigns are increasing ridership!

humantransit.org/2025/11/our-...
Our Bus Network Redesigns Are Increasing Ridership! — Human Transit
Amid all the gloomy headlines about transit funding crises, some transit agencies are reporting great news.  Our firm has been behind many bus network redesigns that are bringing more people onto publ...
humantransit.org
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 1d
By 2040, your train journeys will be transformed:

📍 Copenhagen – Berlin: from 7hr to 4hr
📍 Paris – Rome: from 10hr50 to 8hr45
📍 Sofia – Athens: from 13hr40 to 6hr
📍 Vienna – Ljubljana: from 6hr05 to 4hr30

🔗 link.europa.eu/hDyYBG
High-speed rail plan
Connecting Europe, shortening travel time.
link.europa.eu
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Rohan Fisher @rohanfisher.bsky.social · 2d
Talked to ABC country hour today about the big fire season in the NT through October. The chat became short but neat story about the last few weeks of action. The hottest October on record, nowhere near the biggest fire year but still pretty big.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Eight million hectares burnt during record hot October in NT
Last month nearly 8 million hectares were burnt in the Northern Territory, an area bigger than the entire state of Tasmania.
www.abc.net.au
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Cam @camster.bsky.social · 2d
I recall a similar render and reality for an office fit out at a former employer. We just got the reduced desk space without the pleasantries. Then people wonder why WFH became so popular.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 2d
serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
darthbluesky.bsky.social darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2d
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d
not to bring the vibe down, but my guess is that after tonight Trump will probably double down on gerrymandering, voter suppression, and intimidation as tactics to disincentivize Dem turnout ahead of next year‘s midterms. (with margins like these, it won’t matter, but it’s a time to be vigilant)
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2d
Japan: "Wear a Mask"... Over 1,000 Schools Closed in Japan as Early Flu Cases Surge

Japan reported 24,276 new flu cases from Oct 20–26.

Since last month, 1,015 kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools have implemented class closures or temporary shutdowns to prevent influenza spread.
"Wear a Mask"... Over 1,000 Schools Closed in Japan as Early Flu Cases Surge
In Japan, where influenza (the flu) began spreading a month earlier than usual this year, the number of patients doubled in just one week. As the outbr...
cm.asiae.co.kr
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 2d
Michael Steele is on @msnbc.com correctly noting that one reason the GOP doesn’t seem concerned about plummeting poll numbers or tonight’s results is that they have been hard at work to out their finger on the scale in 2026.

Key election offices and observers have been MAGA-fied.
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RUOK Speedwagon @uberpaul.bsky.social · 2d
This was the best way to find out.
pixelatedboat.bsky.social pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 2d
A third plane has struck Dick Cheney
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · 2d
Oh look.

The thing that everyone with a smidgen of the smarts and common sense said was going to 100% happen ….. is 100% happening. 🤷🏼‍♂️
dell.bsky.social dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 2d
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.

In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.

By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3d
The whole thing is mind-blowing, but this part at the end…
The same day as the attack, the FBI agents who signed the paperwork for the Mar-a-Lago search warrant were evacuated temporarily from their homes for their own safety. Documents with their names had begun to circulate online. The agents' identities had been redacted from filings on the court's website, but a copy of the original paperwork was left at Mar-a-Lago. FBI officials surmised that Trump's team had leaked their names, endangering the agents and their families.
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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 3d
Bastards.

"Speaking of the dark reminders of the reality of racing, concern was raised for winner Half Yours after viewers noticed blood coming from his mouth. Images...clearly showed the gelding bleeding as punters and owners and trainers celebrated around him."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 3d
New study: Right-wing adherents tend to show stronger commitment to consuming meat and animal products, partly due to beliefs in human superiority over animals and resistance to the perceived threat that veganism/vegetarianism poses to traditional food norms

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Why the right resists veg(etari)anism: Ideological commitment to consuming animal products
Right-wing adherents — those higher in social dominance orientation (SDO) or right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) — tend to show stronger commitment to c…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 3d
How do the richest people on Earth get away with destroying the planet? They built a fortress of money, lawsuits, lobbyists, banks, propaganda, and hate. But every fortress has a weakness: us.
Join the campaign to #MakeRichPollutersPay
👉 bit.ly/47Lncer
Red background with image of a castle fortress. Text reads; "How do the richest people on Earth destroy the planet without consequences? They build a fortress, with six walls." Illustration of scales where a finger is pushing down one side. The page is split in two sections. Text 1 reads; "Wall 1: The money moat. Their wealth is invested in the companies burning the world. When polluters profit, so do they." Text 2 reads; "Wall 2: The legal shield. Pass an environmental law? They sue governments in secret corporate courts. They've won over $120 billion this way." Illustration of an oil barrell spilling out and the oil is in the shape of a dollar sign. The page is split in two sections. Text 1 reads; "Wall 3: The hired army. At COP29, fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered delegates from climate-vulnerable nations. The guards write the climate laws." Text 2 reads; "Wall 4: The banker's gate. Banks multiply their money by financing new drilling, new mines and new pipelines. Trillions of dollars pumped into pollution, while we get lectured on straws." Sillhouette of footprints. The page is split in two sections. Text 1 reads; "Wall 5: The distraction machine. When climate activism grows, the same donors fund hate and division. If we're fighting eachother, we're not fighting polluters." Text 2 reads; "Wall 6: the propaganda tower. Big oil invented carbon footprint to make you blame yourself. The message: It's your fault, don't look at us."
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 3d
It's Melbourne Fucup day
Honest Government Ad | The Melbourne Cup
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
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Paul Nadeau @pauljnadeau.bsky.social · 4d
The intimidation included threats that family members would lose visas, which is both in character and *friggin insane*
politico.eu POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 4d
European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO. 

This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting. 
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 4d
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