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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2h

“We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade after extreme weather, telling a story of escalating #climate impacts that farmers are unable to cope with”.

Tick. Tock.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows

Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.

www.independent.co.uk

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 3h

It's the 'Scientists Responsibility Summit' today.

Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵

Scientist Rebellion Germany @scientistrebger.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow: Scientists Responsibility Summit!

What is the appropriate stance of scientists in the polycrisis? Let's develop practical paths for a transformative role of academia.

🏛️Attend in-person at HU Berlin: blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsre...
💻 Streaming (Webex): tinyurl.com/nh5kpt4e

Scientists Responsibility Summit
Berlin
11. October 2025 9:00-18:00
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dorotheenstr. 24, 10117 Berlin
https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsresponsibilitysummit/

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 18h

Inspired by @marcwatkins.bsky.social and wanting to share his piece with my newsletter subscribers, I put my two cents in. open.substack.com/pub/engagede...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Profit Greenly @profitgreenly.bsky.social · 23h

~40% of the ENTIRE corn crop of the US is used to make ethanol. This gets blended with gasoline to power well under 10% of our vehicle miles. If we converted 100% of our vehicles to EVs installing solar on a small fraction of the land this corn is grown on would power them all.

US domestic corn use graph from 1980 to 2020. The orange bar representing "Alcohol for fuel use" (aka ethanol) starts growing in early 2000s, explodes before 2010 and stays huge through the graphs 2022 end. This explains most of the increased corn production in the US.

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 22h

I'm not sure a Leninist revolution is the sort of positive social tipping point Tim has been talking about @wimcarton.bsky.social 😆
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7105...

The case against the ‘climate realists’

In their new book, two prominent eco-Marxists examine just how reasonable it is to think we can ‘solve’ environmental breakdown without changing the w...

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 1d

The attack on @frediotto.bsky.social was seeded years ago by Roger Pielke Jr, who started arguing that this table from a recent @ipcc.bsky.social report proved that climate science cannot attribute extreme weather to climate change.

But Roger is of course lying. And we know this for 2 reasons.

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CLIMATEWIRE
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking
disasters to global warming
By LESLEY CLARK, SARA SCHONHARDT, CHELSEA HARVEY | 10/09/2025
06:22 AM EDT Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose
work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

Table 12.12 | Emergence of CIDs in different time periods, as assessed in this section. The colour contesponds to the confidence of the region with the highest confidence: white cells indicate where evidence is lacking or the signal is not present, leading to overal bu confidence of an emerging signal.

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 1d

Irrespective of impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, this rapid change in energy systems is going to fundamentally affect political power systems & geopolitics.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 15d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 2d

This (IMHO) is why European car manufacturers are if not doomed then facing serious risks. Because EV performance is largely driven by battery performance and it is China that is miles (literally) ahead when it comes to vertical integration of battery tech and EV development. BYD is coming...

Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 2d

Useful comparison

A graphic showing the enormous improvements since the launch of the original Nissan Leaf 14 years ago the new one goes four times further charges three times faster has two times more power and is 36% cheaper than the original

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2d

here’s a great, informative interview with @mark-bray.bsky.social published yesterday

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2d

Mark Bray — scholar of European history and radicalism, and the author of several books including ‘ANTIFA — the anti fascist handbook’ — on the rise of antifascist movements from the 1930s to today, and why Trump's terror designation recalls authoritarian crackdowns through history

What exactly is Antifa? | CBC Radio

In late September, Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization. Today, we’re tracking the meaning and history of antifascist protest — from 1930’s Europe, to today — and asking: how ...

www.cbc.ca

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 2d

Free screening of climate change documentary System Update with discussion afterwards with me and director Paul Maple this Sunday (12th), Exeter Phoenix. Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/system-upd...

System Update: Reboot Our Future, Free Screening

A bold new documentary film exploring how we can transform our politics, economics and society to meet the climate crisis head-on.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 2d

What are 'derailment risks' and how are they rapidly increasing? Join me for an in-person & online panel discussion at Chatham House, London: 28 OCTOBER 2025 — 5:00PM TO 6:00PM
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

How should the world confront climate derailment risks?

In this event, expert panellists discuss climate derailment risks, and how these risks can be tackled.

www.chathamhouse.org

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 2d

Was thinking this evening how retched 2016 was. Deaths of: Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, George Michael, Alan Rickman, Carrie Fisher, Victoria Wood, Caroline Ahern. Brexit in summer Trump in winter.

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 2d

UK intelligence chiefs warn that the climate & nature crisis poses a severe threat to UK national security.

Food shortages and economic turmoil around the corner.

That’s why national security is central to the National Emergency Briefing, 27 Nov.
👉 nebriefing.org
Forewarned is forearmed

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 2d

That is very sad. But the end of its life was the best it could have been because of the actions you took. 🙏

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 2d

What are 'derailment risks' and how are they rapidly increasing? Join me for an in-person & online panel discussion at Chatham House, London: 28 OCTOBER 2025 — 5:00PM TO 6:00PM
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

How should the world confront climate derailment risks?

In this event, expert panellists discuss climate derailment risks, and how these risks can be tackled.

www.chathamhouse.org

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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 3d

There is a lot of talk about a peak in Chinese fossil CO2 emissions.

Carbon Monitor already has estimated a decline in Chinese CO2 in 2024 (last year) of -0.44%.
carbonmonitor.org/variation

The Global Carbon Budget has a 0.7% increase in 2024.

Across two datasets, we don't know if up or down!

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 2d

Perhaps one way of increasing clarity is to focus on how much generating capacity we may need to replace legacy systems, with an understanding that this capacity is going to vary a lot in different places/time. Can still hammer the inefficiency of fossil generation - how much energy it 'looses'.

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 2d

Interesting to consider this in the context of arguments that we will not need to replace 100% of fossil fuel energy systems because renewables are much more efficient.

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 4d

1/ New research @lut.fi presents the first global analysis of inter-annual storage for #100RE systems in 145 regions doi.org/10.1016/j.ap.... Strategic generation overcapacity is a significantly more cost-effective solution than building massive storage.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 3d

🚨New report: how the fossil fuel industry duped successive UK governments into pumping money into costly CCS schemes to ensure continued reliance on oil and gas.

InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 3d

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

influencemap.org

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EL Miller @elmiller.bsky.social · 3d

Found it

bsky.app/profile/folk...

Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 6d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 3d

owls, not ows - it wasn't painful.

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 3d

Wonderful! Extra points for it being middle of the night and in the highlands.