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Emissions, fossils fuels & deforestation are symptoms - not causes like cows & cars. That we discuss & treat symptoms only is a feature and not a bug. We don't want to change.

Mitigation & adaptation are the same:
- plant based
- local
- low tech
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US lost 90% of bumblebees in 20 years but they are not extinct yet.

US lost 80% of all bees in 2025 but bees are not extinct yet.

UK lost 63% of all flying insects biomass in 3 years, 2021-2024, but flying insects are no extinct yet.

The technical term is #extinction debt. #WalkingDead #Ghosts
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Nothing defines our age better than functional extinction. Extinction debt has made us functionally extinct.

Europe has only 1% old growth forest left. Canada less than 2.7%. Germany less than 0.6%. 8 out of 10 trees sick.

Walking dead. Ghosts in a shell.
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Like @fgusmao.bsky.social I am here because TwitterX wasn't happy with my animal rights messages. I didn't flee, I was exiled 😂 It can be tricky to have a livestock animal as your personal fact checker.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Anybody know why the UK lost 63% of all flying insects in just 3 years, 2021-2024? What caused it?

Is there any reason for us to not be interested in exploring this? Is there any reason for us to not be interested in discussing this? @royalsocietypublishing.org @rspb.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It takes 10 years for CO2 to reach 90% of temperature impact and hence the 2°C carbon budget is zero today. 2°C is committed based on past actions.

Most species on Earth will go extinct because of past actions too. Nature reserves (zoos) and wild gardens can trick us into thinking it's not so bad.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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The biodiversity aka Life-On-Earth collapse wave will hit us sooner and deadlier than expected™️ It will hit us together with the smaller climate change wave.

There will be no 1.5°C to pass because we never dared to define a benchmark other than 0% aka extinction. There is no extinction overshoot.
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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⏰ When insects are gone, there will be no "oops we just passed 1.5°C" moment.

When old growth forests collapse, there will be no "overshoot" or "geoengineering" discussion. There will be nothing.

The most non-empirical thing in the world is the idea of eternal life. We had to invent it. See why?
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than for wind or solar. Golf courses are sprayed with glyphosate - a broad spectrum antibiotic. We still deforest regions for new solar & wind projects.

Action -> reaction

No action -> ...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Climate change is a symptom of emissions which are a symptom of population & consumption growth. Having children, driving cars and eating cows.

We've added 800M more humans since 2015 (Paris) and eat 10% more meat/person (more old-growth deforestation). We also build 900M new cars (most not EVs).
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Unless we live close to our own nature aka in nature, we cannot escape self-licensing loops and other mental health issues and addictions.

We have traded joy for random pleasure seeking. We've traded thoughts & feelings for negotiating with ourselves all day long?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-li...
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We cannot avoid addictions (self-medications) without changing our environment, since we cannot change our animal nature.

Sedation: The political, corporate and economic motives which depoliticises, individualises, commodifies and pathologises our emotional distress
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPiU...
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Which one is better?
The original or the remake?
Be honest.

#COP30
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
COP3 vs #COP30
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
No binding agreements and no mention of fossil fuel phase outs. Some countries "offer hope"? All very sane.

1992 UN Rio Summit #COP30
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJG...
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Unless we can first show that we can reduce emissions by 10%-20% per year without a pandemic, SRM stands for "certain termination shock".

The IPCC claims that we have to produce & consume more to reduce more. The IPCC calls reducing by reducing "unrealistic". All very sane...
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Due to an eating disorder called "more protein" - 98% of Americans are #potassium (and fiber) deficient:
lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/micronut...

Every supplement sold today promises "more energy" but we ignore fruits and whole grains and eat less of them every year while searching for more protein.
The surprising reason our muscles get tired - Christian Moro
YouTube video by TED-Ed
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The health of all Americans, literally forever, is worth $60 million today. Great again?
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
⏰ When insects are gone, there will be no "oops we just passed 1.5°C" moment.

When old growth forests collapse, there will be no "overshoot" or "geoengineering" discussion. There will be nothing.

The most non-empirical thing in the world is the idea of eternal life. We had to invent it. See why?
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"It wasn't until 1998 that William Whitman et al published 12 years of data. They estimated that 95% of all prokaryotes (archaea & bacteria) live in the deep subsurface, 55% in the marine subsurface and 39% in the terrestrial subsurface."

We confirmed 13% of life 27 years ago. We know 0 about it.
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
There are valuable lessons we can learn from all this now that food systems will start collapsing globally and simultaneously due to biodiversity loss and climate change. A global Holodomor seems unavoidable now given all the irreversible ecosystem damages.

This time, the last woman standing loses.
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
US lost 90% of bumblebees in 20 years but they are not extinct yet.

US lost 80% of all bees in 2025 but bees are not extinct yet.

UK lost 63% of all flying insects biomass in 3 years, 2021-2024, but flying insects are no extinct yet.

The technical term is #extinction debt. #WalkingDead #Ghosts
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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What's interesting looking back is that it's rarely "the virus" that kills people but the following immune system weakness that leads to bacterial infections and inflammations?

HIV leads to a flu about 1 week after infection. HIV rarely kills directly unless one has severe pre-existing conditions.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Most climate reporting ignores life on Earth and primary production.
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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There’s a ‘staggering disconnect’ between racing to see natural wonders before they vanish and ignoring the damage we cause by racing to see them.
Glacier NP is a mirror. We overwhelm what we love… and annihilate what we don’t.
apple.news/AHnqFdP3zRc-...
Travelers are being warned not to visit this popular US site in 2026 — The Independent
The spot is congested, garbarge accumulates fast and wildlife there is being disturbed, according to one group
apple.news
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
As long as we abuse animals we will abuse humans. Not and never the other way around!
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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⏰ When we eat meat, we kill the last forests and wildlife left.
BREAKING: Sir David Attenborough FINALLY supports transitioning to a plant-based food system!
YouTube video by Animal Rising
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM