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Climate futurism. Narrative strategy and storytelling to get us visualizing a climate-stabilized future that is abundant, lush, and joyful.
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We’ve officially raised over $45 MILLION for local bookstores 🥳
We’ve officially raised over $45 MILLION for local bookstores 🥳
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
This is a big deal:
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It's also important to plan things to look forward to. Movies to watch, books to read, time with family and friends, meals, cuddles with a pet, a vacation; both short and long-term things that will bring you joy, comfort, and a sense of community. These are essential to making it through tough times
January 30, 2026 at 10:07 PM
It's also important to plan things to look forward to. Movies to watch, books to read, time with family and friends, meals, cuddles with a pet, a vacation; both short and long-term things that will bring you joy, comfort, and a sense of community. These are essential to making it through tough times
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Did you know NDAs between data centers and local governments are *common* and the issue’s never even really been litigated?
Elected officials should not be signing non-disclosure agreements with private interests. Period, full stop.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1701202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1701202...
An Alabama Mayor Signed an NDA With a Data Center Developer. Read It Here. - Inside Climate News
COLUMBIANA, Ala.—At first, no one knew about the non-disclosure agreement. Columbiana’s then-mayor, David Mitchell, had signed the secrecy agreement with DigiPowerX, a data center developer, without ...
insideclimatenews.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Did you know NDAs between data centers and local governments are *common* and the issue’s never even really been litigated?
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We could all use a little baby Bao right now. 💙
January 30, 2026 at 1:06 AM
We could all use a little baby Bao right now. 💙
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I feel very strongly that now is the time for NIMBY’s to shine. Every regulatory and procedural lever should be tested. Slow them down.
NEW: ICE has spent at least $172 million this month on warehouses that it plans to convert into immigration jails
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US Spends Millions on Warehouses in Historic Expansion of ICE Detention
Plans for ‘mega centers’ and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I feel very strongly that now is the time for NIMBY’s to shine. Every regulatory and procedural lever should be tested. Slow them down.
🔽 This right here 🔽
If you are a person who works in social media, and your job requires you to manage an account on Twitter/X, please ask your boss, in writing, to verify that you are required as a responsibility of your position to be on a platform that knowingly creates and monetizes child sexual abuse material …
January 29, 2026 at 7:19 PM
🔽 This right here 🔽
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Everyone i talk to feels like they are working too hard given how much is breaking down. We need us here for the long haul. It's ok to not finish that thing today. To try again tomorrow. To ask for more time. To let up the pressure on yourself and let someone else step in.
January 16, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Everyone i talk to feels like they are working too hard given how much is breaking down. We need us here for the long haul. It's ok to not finish that thing today. To try again tomorrow. To ask for more time. To let up the pressure on yourself and let someone else step in.
In case you needed to be reminded about positive forces for good in the world today:
Wikipedia had its first edit on January 15, 2001, and in the 25 years since, Wikipedia has been entirely edited by volunteers and has never been open to advertising. Wikipedia now hosts articles in 342 languages
#Wikipedia #Wikipedia25 #WikimediaFoundation #Wiki #NPtech #InternetFreedom
#Wikipedia #Wikipedia25 #WikimediaFoundation #Wiki #NPtech #InternetFreedom
January 16, 2026 at 1:03 AM
In case you needed to be reminded about positive forces for good in the world today:
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Visual Arts Grants Open January 1, 2026
Apply for up to $17,500 for creative works to be installed in Emeryville
For more info, please visit www.emeryville.org/News/Visual-...
Apply for up to $17,500 for creative works to be installed in Emeryville
For more info, please visit www.emeryville.org/News/Visual-...
December 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Visual Arts Grants Open January 1, 2026
Apply for up to $17,500 for creative works to be installed in Emeryville
For more info, please visit www.emeryville.org/News/Visual-...
Apply for up to $17,500 for creative works to be installed in Emeryville
For more info, please visit www.emeryville.org/News/Visual-...
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This! My local library has drop in language classes too, maybe yours does the same/you can request them!
bsky.app/profile/kcco...
bsky.app/profile/kcco...
You can check to see if your local library offers free subscriptions to any language learning apps! Mine has Mango Languages and it's great for learning the grammar along with the vocabulary
December 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This! My local library has drop in language classes too, maybe yours does the same/you can request them!
bsky.app/profile/kcco...
bsky.app/profile/kcco...
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On 14 July 2025, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration announced to have detected GW231123, a gravitational wave signal generated by the merger of the two most massive black holes ever observed.
With masses of approximately 100 and 140 times that of the Sun, these cosmic giants
🔭 🧪 #cosmology
On 14 July 2025, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration announced to have detected GW231123, a gravitational wave signal generated by the merger of the two most massive black holes ever observed.
With masses of approximately 100 and 140 times that of the Sun, these cosmic giants
🔭 🧪 #cosmology
July 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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On 14 July 2025, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration announced to have detected GW231123, a gravitational wave signal generated by the merger of the two most massive black holes ever observed.
With masses of approximately 100 and 140 times that of the Sun, these cosmic giants
🔭 🧪 #cosmology
On 14 July 2025, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration announced to have detected GW231123, a gravitational wave signal generated by the merger of the two most massive black holes ever observed.
With masses of approximately 100 and 140 times that of the Sun, these cosmic giants
🔭 🧪 #cosmology
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A small change in lithium-ion battery design could reduce fires, researchers say: https://cnn.it/498ArFK
One small change in battery design could reduce fires, researchers say | CNN
Lithium-ion batteries can become unstable under certain conditions, leading to fires. Now, researchers have used new materials that they say can make batteries safer.
cnn.it
December 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A small change in lithium-ion battery design could reduce fires, researchers say: https://cnn.it/498ArFK
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BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
Boom Aerospace, which is building a supersonic plane, announces Superpower, a 42MW natural gas turbine using Boom's supersonic engine, to power AI data centers (Boom)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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The Jewel Box Cluster, NGC 4755 - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/dBvSPv
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Jewel Box Cluster, NGC 4755 - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/dBvSPv
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Interested in pursuing a Ph.D. that empowers you to couple environmental economics with interdisciplinary training in environmental sciences? Apply to join Bren by Dec 15! I'm specifically looking for students eager to advance forest conservation through econ.
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PhD Admissions | UC Santa Barbara Bren - Bren School of Environment
The Bren School PhD admissions team is here to answer your questions about eligibility, the application process, research, faculty sponsorship, and how to choose your path in a PhD program in environm...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Interested in pursuing a Ph.D. that empowers you to couple environmental economics with interdisciplinary training in environmental sciences? Apply to join Bren by Dec 15! I'm specifically looking for students eager to advance forest conservation through econ.
bren.ucsb.edu/phd-environm...
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Improving public transit is a climate solution! 🚎 Free buses “is not as sexy as something like solar. But these are the exact type of policies we’re going to need to actually address climate change, because it addresses people’s standards of living.” - Dan Jasper https://bit.ly/3KA1X6E
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December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Improving public transit is a climate solution! 🚎 Free buses “is not as sexy as something like solar. But these are the exact type of policies we’re going to need to actually address climate change, because it addresses people’s standards of living.” - Dan Jasper https://bit.ly/3KA1X6E
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Big business opportunity just kinda hanging out and waiting for anybody willing to make "Etsy, but no AI allowed."
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Big business opportunity just kinda hanging out and waiting for anybody willing to make "Etsy, but no AI allowed."
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AIvy League
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
AIvy League
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The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
capitalism + fossil fuel pollution + racism: hand in hand in hand
The CEOs of both Ford and Stellantis, who are there to celebrate the rollback of vehicle emissions standards (which will drive climate change), are standing right behind Trump as he makes these racist comments.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
capitalism + fossil fuel pollution + racism: hand in hand in hand
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lin manuel miranda as a rapping salieri in a new production of amadeus
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
lin manuel miranda as a rapping salieri in a new production of amadeus
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This is a great reframing. And also consider this same question within the framework of orbital debris. How many do we need knowing that once they are defunct there is a time delay before they are removed from the system.
There continues to be a lot of conversation on how astronomers and researchers must “deal” with the existing and incoming pollution caused by satellite constellations.
But I want to see this reframed into asking:
“Why do these companies need this many satellites in orbit?”
But I want to see this reframed into asking:
“Why do these companies need this many satellites in orbit?”
By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This is a great reframing. And also consider this same question within the framework of orbital debris. How many do we need knowing that once they are defunct there is a time delay before they are removed from the system.
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Barn Owls are one of the species that suffer the most rodenticide poisoning. We’re killing the best weapon we have against rodents w/ our inability to use proper pest control management. Help us change that by donating to our campaign #birds #birdsofprey #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison
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August 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Barn Owls are one of the species that suffer the most rodenticide poisoning. We’re killing the best weapon we have against rodents w/ our inability to use proper pest control management. Help us change that by donating to our campaign #birds #birdsofprey #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison
gofund.me/5e442bf9
gofund.me/5e442bf9
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I worked on WDFW's climate risk assessment so this is especially heartwarming. Every vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan should have accompanying works of art and poetry to celebrate implementation.
December 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I worked on WDFW's climate risk assessment so this is especially heartwarming. Every vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan should have accompanying works of art and poetry to celebrate implementation.