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A Funny Old Game @sidlambert.bsky.social · 2d

Gabriel Batistuta was unstoppable.

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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 1d

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 1d

"50 % of profits went to the wealthiest 1 % of individuals, predominantly through direct shareholdings and private company ownership. In contrast the bottom 50 % only received 1 %."

It was a cost-of-living crisis only for the many.

#Inequality

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Best of times, worst of times: record fossil-fuel profits, inflation and inequality

The 2022 oil and gas crisis resulted in record fossil-fuel profits globally that rehabilitated the oil and gas industry, obstructed the energy transit…

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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 2d

Part 2 of @drewfoundland.bsky.social piece on NL history and politics. An insightful conclusion with well-placed observations that are useful beyond the local geography.

PS: I wouldn't bet against the predicted incoming inductees to NL Boondoggle Hall of Fame.

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How N.L. became the life (and death) of the party – The Independent

We’re cutting through the undergrowth to find out why our political parties feel dead — and what might liven them up

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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 2d

Another fair take by @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social & Leila Beaudoin on where Newfoundland and Labrador parties stand on fisheries & ocean conservation issues as we head into the provincial election next week. Interesting read on what is said... and not said...
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N.L. parties agree we need more say on fisheries — but what about climate change? – The Independent

What three party leaders said about provincial fisheries and ocean priorities—and what they didn’t say

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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 3d

An interesting read on both the history of Imperial Oil, but mostly on what its demise may tell us about the future (or lack thereof) of the oil & gas industry in Canada.
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The fall of a Canadian giant www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/a...

The fall of a Canadian giant

The new Imperial Oil is essentially a collection of operating plants run out of “global business centres.” That is, not run from Canada or by Canadians. This isn’t just a corporate restructuring. It’s...

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 5d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 7d

"Our study reveals how the present-day Southern Ocean state impacts future climate change and suggests that previous constraints based on warming trends over recent decades have underestimated future warming and ocean heat uptake."

Jens Terhaar @polarocean.bsky.social · 8d

Future atmospheric and ocean warming over the 21st century might be larger than previously expected based on a new study by @linusvogt.bsky.social

Linus & I developed the idea during Linus research visit with me at @whoi.edu and turned it then into this paper:

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Increased future ocean heat uptake constrained by Antarctic sea ice extent

Abstract. The ocean takes up over 90 % of the excess heat stored in the Earth system as a result of anthropogenic climate change, which has led to sea level rise and an intensification of marine extre...

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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 6d

This is a rather niche piece that needs some knowledge of Newfoundland and Labrador history and politics to truly enjoy and appreciate, but is too good not to share with the broader world. @drewfoundland.bsky.social pieces are always a delight.

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Defining Newfoundland and Labrador’s political system in 2025 – The Independent

Can standard dichotomies like ‘left and right’, ‘nationalist and federalist’, or ‘populist and technocratic’ help us understand politics in the province?

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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 7d

Good analysis by @aaronwherry.bsky.social on what the pipeline-shaped political wedge Premier Smith is building means and implies.
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ANALYSIS | Is Mark Carney going to get tied up in pipeline politics? | CBC News

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's preferred framing for the issue of a new pipline creates a challenge and a potential trap for Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 7d

In the dark, by @deAdder open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 7d

You can agree or disagree with Lori Lee Oates here, but the premise of looking at politics as a class issue more than a left-right continuum one is something we should be applying and talking about much more often.
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Revolving Door: The problematic relationship between politics and business in N.L. – The Independent

The merchants are very much still here, and they’re making terrible decisions for the rest of us

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 8d

The world’s oceans face triple planetary crisis: Report

A new report on the state of the world’s oceans paints a grim picture. The ninth annual Copernicus Ocean State Report finds “No part of the ocean is untouched by the triple planetary crisis, as…

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 12d

"A new climate analysis — presented for the first time here — projects how humidity and heat will collide to form 'wet bulb' temperatures that will disrupt the norms of daily existence."

New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States

According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America...

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 12d

Presidents address the United Nations, by @deAdder open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

Presidents address the United Nations

The Globe and Mail

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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 12d

It seems we are really on a hurry to see what is the worst climate change can do…
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 13d

"it took about 65 years to exceed the 0.5-degree limit, just 28 years to reach the 1.0-degree limit, and it will be about 17 years if we exceed the 1.5-degree limit on a moving average in 2025 or 2026. This means that the period for each jump of 0.5 degrees is getting shorter and shorter."

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 13d

"At 3 degrees Celsius, this desert climate jumps into parts of Spain. In 2050, Brandenburg could be in a climate zone that we had in Spain in the 1970s. And Saarland could have the current climate of southern France"

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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 12d

Trump’s statement at the UN that climate change is “the biggest con job ever perpetrated against the world” sounds like projection to me. If you have spent your entire life pulling con jobs, everything you look at, you look at it through that lens. It tells more about him than about climate change.

Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 15d

Why are we so damn determined to answer Fermi’s paradox experimentally?
We have proven the point already, let’s just dial back now… please

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 15d

"...perturbations of Earth’s carbon cycle lead to mass extinction if they exceed... a critical size at short time scales...The modern critical size for the marine carbon cycle is roughly similar to the mass of carbon that... by the year 2100" 😟

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 15d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 15d

“We are facing a planetary emergency. The breach of the Ocean Acidification boundary is a stark scientific warning and a moral call to action. Without healthy oceans, peace, prosperity & stability are at risk everywhere. We must act now...to safeguard this life-support system for future generations"

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone

24.09.2025 - A new report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals that 7 of the 9 critical Earth system boundaries have now been b...

www.pik-potsdam.de

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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 15d

Haven’t read this in detail to have an informed opinion about this specific paper, but what strikes me is that the more we look at these problems, the conclusions seem to be fairly consistent. We are not heading in a good direction…and we are doing little about it.

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Cumulative impacts to global marine ecosystems projected to more than double by mid-century

Pressures from human activities are expected to increase substantially, affecting marine ecosystems globally. To plan for a sustainable future, we need to forecast the distributions of cumulative effe...

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Mariano Koen-Alonso (He/Him) @mkoenalonso.bsky.social · 19d

It may be biologist thing, but I always wear a variation of an olive/grey short sleeve shirt, cargo pants, and my hat no matter the occasion, hiking, everyday work, science conference, or international fishing management organization meeting. Fancy often means a Hawaiian shirt. Sort of works 🤪🤠

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20d

The BBNJ is now international law. It provides a framework for conservation and resource sharing, but like all things related to the high seas, enforcement is limited. And of course, the US hasn't ratified it (nor do I expect that it will).

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21d

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”

Nailed it.

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 21d

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 22d

🧪 New National Academies report concludes that rising greenhouse gas levels imperil public health and the 2009 endangerment finding “has stood the test of time.” Game on.

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Top Scientists Find Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are, in Fact, a Danger www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...

Top Scientists Find Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are, in Fact, a Danger

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