Dr Elisabeth Kosters
@elisabethkosters.bsky.social
Earth Scientist, living on the shore of hypertidal Minas Basin in Nova Scotia; writes about it on www.earthsciencesociety.com Born at 312ppm. Widow, (grand)mother, leftie. Fossil fuel burning causes global warming. 🇨🇦 🌈 🚲 🇳🇱
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Here we go again... another season with unusual warmth around the Hudson Bay and a corresponding record late start to the #Arctic sea ice freeze-up...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Here we go again... another season with unusual warmth around the Hudson Bay and a corresponding record late start to the #Arctic sea ice freeze-up...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
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At least two people died in Kyiv after Russian missile and drone attacks overnight, according to officials.
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
At least two people died in Kyiv after Russian missile and drone attacks overnight, according to officials.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Kinderdieb #Putin
Forscher lokalisieren russische Lager für ukrainische Kinder
Während des Angriffskriegs entführen russische Behörden etwa 36.000 ukrainische Kinder. US-Forschern gelingt es, für sie vorgesehene Lager in Russland zu orten. Seit dem Haftbefehl gegen Putin wird je...
www.n-tv.de
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Kinderdieb #Putin
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November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
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Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *2nd* lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *2nd* lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
“America’s children” are apparently all right-handed
(Yes, I’m left-handed. I came to the US in 1980 and found these contraptions - unbelievable! And now it’s 45 years later and they’re STILL standard?)
(Yes, I’m left-handed. I came to the US in 1980 and found these contraptions - unbelievable! And now it’s 45 years later and they’re STILL standard?)
America’s children seem to be struggling. But the broad national conversation around children’s mental health seems to ignore the environment where children spend most of their waking hours: school, writes Jia Lynn Yang. nyti.ms/49IQpbz
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“America’s children” are apparently all right-handed
(Yes, I’m left-handed. I came to the US in 1980 and found these contraptions - unbelievable! And now it’s 45 years later and they’re STILL standard?)
(Yes, I’m left-handed. I came to the US in 1980 and found these contraptions - unbelievable! And now it’s 45 years later and they’re STILL standard?)
Ok, so Doug Jones is a smart level-headed person who understands that 1+1 makes two and Tommy Tuberville is the dumbest legislator on the planet who probably doesn’t even know 1+1 makes 2 - so please, people of Alabama, show you’re smarter than Tommy T
Former Senator Doug Jones is running for Alabama governor, setting up a possible rematch with Senator Tommy Tuberville. nyti.ms/3XLPfVh
Former Senator Doug Jones Enters Alabama Governor’s Race
The move sets up a possible rematch between Mr. Jones, the last Democrat to win statewide office in Alabama, and Tommy Tuberville, the Republican who ousted him from the Senate in 2020.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ok, so Doug Jones is a smart level-headed person who understands that 1+1 makes two and Tommy Tuberville is the dumbest legislator on the planet who probably doesn’t even know 1+1 makes 2 - so please, people of Alabama, show you’re smarter than Tommy T
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Happy Origin Day! Published OTD in 1859
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Happy Origin Day! Published OTD in 1859
Chinese fishing vessels raping offshore Peru
This has to stop
This has to stop
Chine 🇨🇳
Pékin pille les ressources maritimes du Pérou. Dans cette vidéo, les points rouges montrent des navires de pêche Chinois qui s'agglutinent à la frontière maritime du Pérou pour piller les ressources de manière massive juste à la limite territoriale de Lima.
Pékin pille les ressources maritimes du Pérou. Dans cette vidéo, les points rouges montrent des navires de pêche Chinois qui s'agglutinent à la frontière maritime du Pérou pour piller les ressources de manière massive juste à la limite territoriale de Lima.
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Chinese fishing vessels raping offshore Peru
This has to stop
This has to stop
There is nothing you can’t do on or with a bicycle
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There is nothing you can’t do on or with a bicycle
The US Justice system worked today: www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...
Live updates: Judge dismisses case against former FBI head James Comey
Case against Trump's political foe dismissed without prejudice as judge rules US attorney improperly appointed.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The US Justice system worked today: www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...
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“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
A mother shares the terrifying reality that her internationally adopted son, raised in the U.S. since childhood, could be detained or deported by ICE because he was never granted citizenship. 35-70k adoptees remain in this legal limbo. Urge Congress to pass the PAAF Act. 🥚
I'm A U.S. Citizen. I'm Terrified My Adopted Son Will Be Snatched By ICE Due To A Heartbreaking Loophole.
"I lie awake at night worried that he’ll be snatched off the street and taken to a nightmarish prison in some other country, and I’ll never see him again."
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“I think most Americans would be stunned to learn that international adoptees have not all been automatically granted the same status as their U.S. parents. Several grown adoptees have already been deported, including individuals who came to the United States as infants”
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Meme Monday #2
I see things are going well over in Bot Land.
(Hope Blue Sky isn't getting too many)
I see things are going well over in Bot Land.
(Hope Blue Sky isn't getting too many)
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Meme Monday #2
I see things are going well over in Bot Land.
(Hope Blue Sky isn't getting too many)
I see things are going well over in Bot Land.
(Hope Blue Sky isn't getting too many)
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An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
File under #WhyAmINotSurprised
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
File under #WhyAmINotSurprised
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Franz Josef Glacier - Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere
ca 1867 | 2022
Impressive comparison between the first known photograph taken of one of the most iconic NZ glaciers and current situation! 🧊🔥
The rock on the right is Sentinel Rock, one of the roches moutonnées in the glacier forefield
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ca 1867 | 2022
Impressive comparison between the first known photograph taken of one of the most iconic NZ glaciers and current situation! 🧊🔥
The rock on the right is Sentinel Rock, one of the roches moutonnées in the glacier forefield
1/
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Franz Josef Glacier - Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere
ca 1867 | 2022
Impressive comparison between the first known photograph taken of one of the most iconic NZ glaciers and current situation! 🧊🔥
The rock on the right is Sentinel Rock, one of the roches moutonnées in the glacier forefield
1/
ca 1867 | 2022
Impressive comparison between the first known photograph taken of one of the most iconic NZ glaciers and current situation! 🧊🔥
The rock on the right is Sentinel Rock, one of the roches moutonnées in the glacier forefield
1/
www.bbc.com/news/article...
They’re GIRLS, they’re not just “children”, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social. This is expansionism by rape
They’re GIRLS, they’re not just “children”, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social. This is expansionism by rape
Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria
The raid on a Christian school came amid a surge of attacks by armed groups in the African nation.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
They’re GIRLS, they’re not just “children”, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social. This is expansionism by rape
They’re GIRLS, they’re not just “children”, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social. This is expansionism by rape
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Franz Josef Glacier
2022 | 2024
Rapid demise of the tongue of one of the most iconic glacier in NZ! 🧊😱
The 'Black Hole' that appeared in the early 2000s is no longer surrounded by ice... 🔥
The last advance of this glacier (1983-2008) is now just a very distant memory! 😰
📷 D. Norton
2022 | 2024
Rapid demise of the tongue of one of the most iconic glacier in NZ! 🧊😱
The 'Black Hole' that appeared in the early 2000s is no longer surrounded by ice... 🔥
The last advance of this glacier (1983-2008) is now just a very distant memory! 😰
📷 D. Norton
November 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Franz Josef Glacier
2022 | 2024
Rapid demise of the tongue of one of the most iconic glacier in NZ! 🧊😱
The 'Black Hole' that appeared in the early 2000s is no longer surrounded by ice... 🔥
The last advance of this glacier (1983-2008) is now just a very distant memory! 😰
📷 D. Norton
2022 | 2024
Rapid demise of the tongue of one of the most iconic glacier in NZ! 🧊😱
The 'Black Hole' that appeared in the early 2000s is no longer surrounded by ice... 🔥
The last advance of this glacier (1983-2008) is now just a very distant memory! 😰
📷 D. Norton
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Incredible timelapse showing the retreat of Franz Joseph Glacier (NZ) over only 7 years (2012-2019)! 🧊🔥
The ice flow velocity (up to 2 m/day!) combined with the incredible rate of retreat of the front (900 m over this period!) is simply mind-boggling! 🤪
📽️ Brian Anderson
vimeo.com/443262699?fl...
The ice flow velocity (up to 2 m/day!) combined with the incredible rate of retreat of the front (900 m over this period!) is simply mind-boggling! 🤪
📽️ Brian Anderson
vimeo.com/443262699?fl...
Franz Josef Glacier retreats 900 metres
A timelapse camera, installed in 2012, records the retreat of Franz Josef Glacier/Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere. Until 2019 the glacier retreated about 900 m. These…
vimeo.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Incredible timelapse showing the retreat of Franz Joseph Glacier (NZ) over only 7 years (2012-2019)! 🧊🔥
The ice flow velocity (up to 2 m/day!) combined with the incredible rate of retreat of the front (900 m over this period!) is simply mind-boggling! 🤪
📽️ Brian Anderson
vimeo.com/443262699?fl...
The ice flow velocity (up to 2 m/day!) combined with the incredible rate of retreat of the front (900 m over this period!) is simply mind-boggling! 🤪
📽️ Brian Anderson
vimeo.com/443262699?fl...
Well, that’s easy, I don’t even remotely want to be internet-famous. Proof is that my picture isn’t even up here, just my cute little logo (and my former Twitter image was the same)
The author John Green found an audience of millions making YouTube videos with his brother, Hank. As more people aspire to become influencers, Green warns that internet fame may make it feel as if everyone knows and loves you, “but in fact, no one knows you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/m...
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Well, that’s easy, I don’t even remotely want to be internet-famous. Proof is that my picture isn’t even up here, just my cute little logo (and my former Twitter image was the same)
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Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
Reposted by Dr Elisabeth Kosters
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall