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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 25m

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 11, 2025 ~ Everything is fine.

"The invisible gas can be seen in streams of bubbles originating on the seafloor of Antarctica's Ross Sea ... describing the mechanism as 'seemingly widespread' throughout the region... "

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Researchers find methane leaking out of cracks in Antarctic seabed

One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic sea floor, researchers have found.

abcnews.go.com

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The End of the World Party, PhD @endoftheworldparty.bsky.social · 23m

Destroying America and the modern globalized economy will be the best thing for the environment that any president has ever done, but it still ends in total biospheric collapse.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27m

Next to where I’m working in Iceland is a whaling station. They didn’t slaughter any whales this year because the Japanese economy tanked, thanks to Trump’s idiotic actions.

So…Trump saves whales*. 🫠

*He also saved a lot of whales by cancelling offshore wind. 🙃

arcticportal.org/ap-library/n...

A dramatic landscape featuring a prominent rocky mountain under overcast skies, with a coastal area in the foreground. In the distance, a few buildings are visible near the water's edge.

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 29m

New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires #Climate

New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires

Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

insideclimatenews.org

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 35m

ANOTHER 38c day in CHINA

Brutal heat day and night continues in this insanely hot October,a month which is rewriting history.
Next days temperatures will increase even further, breaking dozens/hundreds of records again with peaks close to 40C.

Map credit:Jim Jiang

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1h

Russ Vought wasn't lying when he said he wanted to inflict "trauma" on our public servants.

This is what he is doing...with RFK Jr.'s permission at HHS. Last night, they destroyed our nation's ability to track and report emerging diseases/potential pandemics, among other things.

This cannot stand.

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 3d

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 1h

'Israel’s control over occupied waters in Syrian territories highlights the intersection of water, ag., & security interests which result in humanitarian & water instability issues. 🇮🇱’s water hegemony is an integral aspect of 🇮🇱’s influence in the ME.'

www.nextcenturyfoundation.org/occupied-wat...

Occupied Waters: Israel-Syria Water Conflict - Next Century Foundation

Israel’s control over occupied waters in Syrian territories highlights the intersection of water, agriculture, and security interests which result in

www.nextcenturyfoundation.org

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 11h

You dont get rapes of this scale without an official blind eye

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Kade @namelessactivist.bsky.social · 9h

'They treated us like animals' - Inside the epicentre of deportations in New York City au.news.yahoo.com/treated-us-a... via @@YahooNewsAU
TODAYS AMERICA, THE US WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS. HOW ANY COUNTRY CAN STILL BE DEALING WITH AMERICA I JUST DON'T KNOW.

'They treated us like animals' - Inside the epicentre of deportations in New York City

Chaotic scenes have become routine in a federal immigration court in Manhattan.

au.news.yahoo.com

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12h

Anne Frank and Underground Railroad analogies write themselves.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 18h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12h

I wonder how many ICE dudes read Anne Frank’s diary in high school and thought, “I’d have gotten her sooner.”

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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 12h

Fvck this a$$hole in particular.

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 14h

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 14h

I love this image.

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 17h

Disaster capitalism phase 1: profit from destroying Gaza

Disaster capitalism phase 2: profit from rebuilding Gaza

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WatchYourRepsSC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 15h

This is the worst I can remember without a massive hurricane blowing in. #ClimateChange folks.

WMBF News @wmbfnews.com · 15h

A look at the photos and videos of Friday's coastal flooding across the Grand Strand.

WATCH: Coastal flooding impacts Grand Strand communities

Coastal flooding impacted several communities across the Grand Strand on Friday.

www.wmbfnews.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17h

This morning, masked Border Patrol agents violently pinned a longtime WGN-TV producer to the ground after detaining another unidentified male in Chicago, eventually arresting her and hauling her off in an unmarked silver van.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

WGN-TV producer violently detained during Chicago ICE enforcement action

A DHS spokesperson said that Debbie Brockman was placed under arrest for ‘assault on a federal law enforcement officer,’ claiming the WGN employee threw objects at the agent.

www.independent.co.uk

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 13h

New Orwellianism just dropped

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Pema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, the Supreme Court okay’d this without explanation on the shadow docket

Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 1d

This is a crazy must-read from @nlanard.bsky.social:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 1d

Gigantic Solar Project In Nevada Has Been Canceled, BLM Says #Climate

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

heatmap.news

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

I know that some people see foreign aid as wasteful but limiting the spread of deadly diseases is in all our interests

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

More than eight months after President Trump cut U.S. foreign assistance to Africa, health officials are reporting a rise in deadly infections brought on by a shortage of medical supplies, including a new Ebola outbreak in the Congo that has already killed several dozen people.

U.S. aid cuts are being felt across Africa. Here’s where.

How the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. aid has affected disease preparedness and response in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jozef Imrich @jozefimrich.bsky.social · 2d

Jane Fonda joins other stars to revive a group that emerged during Hollywood's anti-communist panic www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Jane Fonda helps revive Hollywood's McCarthy-era free speech group

The original group was formed in October 1947 at a time when the US government worried that there were communists in Hollywood who were putting left-wing propaganda into the movies.

www.abc.net.au

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The End of the World Party, PhD @endoftheworldparty.bsky.social · 1d

Ostensibly absurd protests are a classic tactic to expose the deep insecure absurdity of fascism.

The frog and the chicken have truly done more to fight fascism this week than the Democratic Party has done in 30 years.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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