PhENtastic.bsky.social
@phenominal.bsky.social
You don't know me... but i unfortunately know a lot about climate denial, propaganda and rightwing disinformation
billion dollar boss baby president
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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💡 How climate disinformation tried and failed to FLOP #COP30.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
Climate disinformation: who tried to FLOP COP30 but didn’t stand a chance
The breakthroughs of a historic COP for climate information integrity
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November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
💡 How climate disinformation tried and failed to FLOP #COP30.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
"America" has been sold for $12million, making it the most expensive toilet I've ever used.
Solid gold toilet named 'America' sells at auction for $12M
An 18-karat gold working toilet sculpture entitled "America" by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan sold Tuesday evening for a whopping $12,110,000.
abcnews.go.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"America" has been sold for $12million, making it the most expensive toilet I've ever used.
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On Friday, I am talking with @timmonsroberts.bsky.social about this magisterial recent report on the origins & nature of climate obstruction. Basically: who has sabotaged climate action, how, and why.
Got questions?
Got questions?
Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
cssn.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
On Friday, I am talking with @timmonsroberts.bsky.social about this magisterial recent report on the origins & nature of climate obstruction. Basically: who has sabotaged climate action, how, and why.
Got questions?
Got questions?
Klein's messaging is indistinguishable from fossil fuel ads. Literally: caad.info/analysis/new...
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Klein's messaging is indistinguishable from fossil fuel ads. Literally: caad.info/analysis/new...
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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“This is the first COP in history where information integrity is one of the guiding principles of the negotiations. This issue will not disappear with this COP. It is important that this is not the first & the last in which this topic has been placed as an important pillar.”
COP30 Launches Declaration Against Climate Misinformation
The Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate calls on governments to create policies of transparency and safety for journalists.
ift.tt
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“This is the first COP in history where information integrity is one of the guiding principles of the negotiations. This issue will not disappear with this COP. It is important that this is not the first & the last in which this topic has been placed as an important pillar.”
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🤝 Today on COP30’s first ever official Information Integrity Day, over 195 individuals and 189 organisations have joined us to urge governments to codify information integrity, counter climate disinformation, and put public health and human rights first.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🤝 Today on COP30’s first ever official Information Integrity Day, over 195 individuals and 189 organisations have joined us to urge governments to codify information integrity, counter climate disinformation, and put public health and human rights first.
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Oh and also, 1 in 25 COP30 attendees is a fossil fuel lobbyists.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
RELEASE: Fossil fuel lobbyists flood COP30 climate talks in Brazil, with largest ever attendance share | Kick Big Polluters Out
kickbigpollutersout.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Oh and also, 1 in 25 COP30 attendees is a fossil fuel lobbyists.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
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95% hostile: "Murdoch’s TalkTV and Radio really outdid themselves on COP30 – 84 of 89 segments were hostile... So while some 97% of climate scientists agree it’s a crisis, 95% of Talk coverage insists its not worth fixing. How balanced!"
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Climate Action Against Disinformation |
COP LOOK LISTEN ISSUE 05 | 14 NOV 25
caad.info
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
95% hostile: "Murdoch’s TalkTV and Radio really outdid themselves on COP30 – 84 of 89 segments were hostile... So while some 97% of climate scientists agree it’s a crisis, 95% of Talk coverage insists its not worth fixing. How balanced!"
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Living the disinfo beat dream!
It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Living the disinfo beat dream!
I understand there's a row in the UK over biased media?
95% hostile: "Murdoch’s TalkTV and Radio really outdid themselves on COP30 – 84 of 89 segments were hostile... So while some 97% of climate scientists agree it’s a crisis, 95% of Talk coverage insists its not worth fixing. How balanced!"
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Climate Action Against Disinformation |
COP LOOK LISTEN ISSUE 05 | 14 NOV 25
caad.info
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I understand there's a row in the UK over biased media?
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Attention to climate disinformation is finally getting its day at the #UNFCCC negotiations. Countries are signing on for this crucial initiative
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Attention to climate disinformation is finally getting its day at the #UNFCCC negotiations. Countries are signing on for this crucial initiative
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💡 @timmonsroberts.bsky.social makes 3 points at the @caadcoalition.bsky.social & @ucs.org presser #COP30:
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
💡 @timmonsroberts.bsky.social makes 3 points at the @caadcoalition.bsky.social & @ucs.org presser #COP30:
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
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Today at #COP30 colleagues
launched the opposite of the disinformation playbook from @ucs.org. Congratulations to our fellow @caadcoalition.bsky.social members for making it clear how ad agencies and brands can align their influence with climate science. www.creativesforclimate.co/creative-int...
launched the opposite of the disinformation playbook from @ucs.org. Congratulations to our fellow @caadcoalition.bsky.social members for making it clear how ad agencies and brands can align their influence with climate science. www.creativesforclimate.co/creative-int...
Creative Integrity Playbook — Creatives for Climate
An Action Guide for Agencies & Brands to Align Influence with Climate Science
www.creativesforclimate.co
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Today at #COP30 colleagues
launched the opposite of the disinformation playbook from @ucs.org. Congratulations to our fellow @caadcoalition.bsky.social members for making it clear how ad agencies and brands can align their influence with climate science. www.creativesforclimate.co/creative-int...
launched the opposite of the disinformation playbook from @ucs.org. Congratulations to our fellow @caadcoalition.bsky.social members for making it clear how ad agencies and brands can align their influence with climate science. www.creativesforclimate.co/creative-int...
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🐄 New analysis from @desmog.com shows how food and farming corporations, trade groups and initiatives are set to navigate COP30.
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Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
In the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil has kicked off the COP30 climate conference, a summit framed as a pivotal moment to reduce emissions and keep the Paris Agreement…
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🐄 New analysis from @desmog.com shows how food and farming corporations, trade groups and initiatives are set to navigate COP30.
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A new @caadcoalition.bsky.social report warns climate disinformation fuels a 'false social reality': 89% want more action, yet most think they’re in the minority. Tackling info integrity is now on the COP30 agenda. #ClimateAction #Disinformation
🔗 www.caad.info/analysis/rep...
🔗 www.caad.info/analysis/rep...
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A new @caadcoalition.bsky.social report warns climate disinformation fuels a 'false social reality': 89% want more action, yet most think they’re in the minority. Tackling info integrity is now on the COP30 agenda. #ClimateAction #Disinformation
🔗 www.caad.info/analysis/rep...
🔗 www.caad.info/analysis/rep...
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"That’s why it’s so important that, for the first time, information integrity has made it to the [COP] Action Agenda."
👇 Report on how Big Carbon (=Big Oil & Big Agro) uses disinformation to sabotage climate action at the int. level down to the local, and poisons ☠️ our digital info environment.
👇 Report on how Big Carbon (=Big Oil & Big Agro) uses disinformation to sabotage climate action at the int. level down to the local, and poisons ☠️ our digital info environment.
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"That’s why it’s so important that, for the first time, information integrity has made it to the [COP] Action Agenda."
👇 Report on how Big Carbon (=Big Oil & Big Agro) uses disinformation to sabotage climate action at the int. level down to the local, and poisons ☠️ our digital info environment.
👇 Report on how Big Carbon (=Big Oil & Big Agro) uses disinformation to sabotage climate action at the int. level down to the local, and poisons ☠️ our digital info environment.
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Big Tech And Big Carbon Fueling #COP30 Misinformation, Groups Claim
#climatecrisis
@caadcoalition.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/emmawo...
#climatecrisis
@caadcoalition.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/emmawo...
Big Tech And Big Carbon Fueling COP30 Misinformation, Groups Claim
With the COP30 climate conference kicking off in Brazil this week, misinformation and disinformation are swirling.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Big Tech And Big Carbon Fueling #COP30 Misinformation, Groups Claim
#climatecrisis
@caadcoalition.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/emmawo...
#climatecrisis
@caadcoalition.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/emmawo...
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After four years of monitoring disinformation around the annual UN COP negotiations, CAAD’s pre-COP30 report represents a turning point in the struggle to confront climate disinformation. Read the report and sign up for regular disinformation bulletins during #COP30 here: act.ucsusa.org/4ozdxOj
Climate Action Against Disinformation |
Deny, Deceive, Delay: Demystified
act.ucsusa.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
After four years of monitoring disinformation around the annual UN COP negotiations, CAAD’s pre-COP30 report represents a turning point in the struggle to confront climate disinformation. Read the report and sign up for regular disinformation bulletins during #COP30 here: act.ucsusa.org/4ozdxOj
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🚨 Our new report, Deny, Deceive, Delay: Demystified, is out now. 🚨
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🚨 Our new report, Deny, Deceive, Delay: Demystified, is out now. 🚨
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
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“Researchers have defined this kind of systemic misunderstanding of how others think as a perception gap, and one result is that politicians calculate that they can continue to cater to corporate interests and preserve the fossil fuel status quo.”
🌍 The vast majority of people want governments to take climate action, but most wrongly think they're in the minority.
Amy Westervelt explores the media's role in this “perception gap" in this piece for @thenation.com
Amy Westervelt explores the media's role in this “perception gap" in this piece for @thenation.com
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Researchers have defined this kind of systemic misunderstanding of how others think as a perception gap, and one result is that politicians calculate that they can continue to cater to corporate interests and preserve the fossil fuel status quo.”
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Dana Nuccitelli (@dananuccitelli.bsky.social) debunks nineteen climate myths propagated by "two octogenarian fringe climate contrarians" on Joe Rogan's podcast.
Debunking Joe Rogan, Dick Lindzen, and Will Happer
Joe Rogan has one of the most popular podcasts on the Spotify and Apple Podcasts platforms, and a combined 50 million followers on YouTube, Spotify, and Instagram. And like nearly all of the most popu...
skepticalscience.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dana Nuccitelli (@dananuccitelli.bsky.social) debunks nineteen climate myths propagated by "two octogenarian fringe climate contrarians" on Joe Rogan's podcast.