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stephvbothmer.bsky.social
@stephvbothmer.bsky.social
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science and arts: my love - my rock.
biologist in another life.
evidence-based practice is not green, woke, or leftist - democracy depends on data literacy.
fucking optimist, because we have solutions.
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stephvbothmer.bsky.social @stephvbothmer.bsky.social · Jul 4
2025: 7 of 9 boundaries crossed

Climate change
Novel entities
Modification of biogeochemical flows
Freshwater change
Land system change
Biosphere integrity
Ocean acidification

not (yet) crossed:
Stratospheric ozone depletion
Atmospheric aerosol loading
www.stockholmresilience.org/research/pla...
graph of planetary boundaries 2009: 7 boundaries assessed, 3 crossed 2015: 7 boundaries assessed, 4 crossed 2023: 9 boundaries assessed, 6 crossed not shown 2025: 9 boundaries assessed, 7 crossed crossed: Climate change, Novel entities, Modification of biogeochemical flows, Freshwater change, Land system change, Biosphere integrity about to be crossed (crossed by 2025) Ocean acidification not (yet) crossed: Stratospheric ozone depletion, Atmospheric aerosol loading
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kattascha.bsky.social
Warum heißt es eigentlich immer „minderjährige Frauen“ und nicht einfach Teenager, Jugendliche, Mädchen oder… Kinder? Die Formulierung „minderjähriger Mann“ hab ich irgendwie fast noch nie so gehört. 🤨
February 5, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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janoschdahmenmdb.de
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Peter Thiel wird in den Epstein Files über 2600-mal erwähnt. Ihr Netzwerk eng verwoben.

Dokumente zeigen seine Nähe zu Epstein, seinen Hass auf Demokratien und enge Kontakte zu russischen Akteuren.

Die Frage drängt sich auf: Ist Thiel ein Asset?
Search Full Epstein Library thiel Showing 1 to 10 of 2,682 Results.
February 5, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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janoschdahmenmdb.de
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Beide nehmen regelmäßig an den Bilderberg-Treffen teil und sitzen wie auch Palantir Gründer Karp gemeinsam im Steering Committee:
bilderbergmeetings.org/background/ste…
BILDERBERG MEETINGS Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), Chair and CEO, Axel Springer SE Heraty, Anne (IRL), Chair, Sherry Fitzgerald and IBEC Hoffmann, André (CHE), Vice-Chair, Roche Holding Ltd. Hobson, Mellody (USA), Co-Ceo and President, Ariel Investments LLC Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies Inc. Kostrzewa, Wojciech (POL), President, Polish Business Roundtable Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chair, Mediahuis and Umicore; Chair dsm-firmenich Likanen, Erkki (FIN), Chair, IFRS Foundation Trustees Micklethwait, John (USA), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP
February 5, 2026 at 6:45 AM
stephvbothmer.bsky.social
auf bundesebene sind grüne ausdrücklich

“generell gegen die polizeiliche automatisierte Datenauswertung, lehnen „jede Form digitaler Massenüberwachung ab, von Chatkontrolle über anlasslose Vorratsdatenspeicherung & öffentl Gesichtserkennung bis hin zum Einsatz von Palantir-Software“

#notopalantir
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
stephvbothmer.bsky.social
für den 25. februar vorgesehen: drohnen deal mit thiel.

wir brauchen die ukraine mehr denn je.

#did #digitalindependenceday #notopalantir #rückmerzgang
janoschdahmenmdb.de Janosch Dahmen @janoschdahmenmdb.de · 1d
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Dann soll der Bundestag beschließen, dass die Rüstungsfirma STARK 300 Millionen € für Drohnen erhält.

Zu den Eigentümern von STARK zählen u.a. Peter Thiel, die Familie Döpfner und die CIA.
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG: Bundeswehr Ein Drohnen-Deal mit Peter Thiel?
February 5, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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admirablewomen.bsky.social
Remembering Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani on #WorldCancerDay.

Dr. Mirzakhani was first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in #mathematics. She died in 2017 from #breastcancer at the age of 40.

stanford.io/2C0io2A #WomenInSTEM
A vibrant, composite portrait of the brilliant Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017), the first woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal. She is shown in a close-up head-and-shoulders view, facing the camera with a gentle, thoughtful expression—short brown hair, bright blue eyes, and a calm smile. She wears a navy blue fleece over a teal/green collared shirt. Overlaid transparently behind and around her is a dense blackboard filled with intricate handwritten mathematical equations in white chalk, featuring complex expressions involving binomial coefficients (e.g., n! / (k!(n-k)!)), factorials, summations, powers, and terms suggestive of hypergeometric series or combinatorial identities. The equations partially surround and frame her face, symbolizing her deep immersion in advanced mathematics, particularly in hyperbolic geometry, Teichmüller theory, and dynamical systems, while evoking the creative, exploratory nature of her work as a Stanford professor and groundbreaking researcher.
February 4, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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peterjelinek.bsky.social
„Wir werden die Wahllokale von ICE umstellen lassen.“

Im November wird es in den USA keine freien Wahlen geben – Punkt.
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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thomasbenner.bsky.social
Cartoon by Chris Britt | Creators
February 3, 2026 at 11:40 PM
stephvbothmer.bsky.social
“conspire to thwart competitn by “capture&kill tactics”:
buy renewable energy patents &restrict use
sue rivals to keep frm deploying EVs&renewables
mislead public abt fossilfuel risks
hire hackers to “surveil,intimidate &disrupt” investigations by journalists &activists

bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Michigan AG Dana Nessel sues big oil over ‘cartel’-like plot to kill clean energy
In a lawsuit expected to be filed today, Nessel alleges some of the world’s largest oil companies colluded to suppress the development of EVs and clean energy to keep Americans reliant on fossil fuels...
bridgemi.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
stephvbothmer.bsky.social
and trump administration preemptively sued michigan?
can’t make this up…

“Michigan accused ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP, and the American Petroleum Institute of choking out renewable energy competitors to illegally gain dominance over the market”

climateintegrity.org/news/view/mi...
Michigan sues Big Oil “cartel” for antitrust conspiracy to block clean energy | Center for Climate Integrity
Eleven states are now suing Big Oil for climate deception
climateintegrity.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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florianaigner.at
Monarchien sind Unsinn. Das gilt nicht nur für Staaten, sondern auch für Firmen. Oder für Zeitungen, wie die Washington Post, die von ihrem Monarchen Jeff Bezos gerade zerstört wird. Oder für Forschungsgruppen. Das Konzept "ein Herrscher befiehlt, die anderen gehorchen" muss raus aus unseren Köpfen.
February 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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samthielman.com
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
leahmcelrath.bsky.social Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
Michael Calderone & • 26m Executive editor Matt Murray just announced a "strategic reset" and cuts in meeting with Washington Post staff going on now Michael Calderone & • 20m The Post will be closing sports "in its current form" Michael Calderone • 17m The Post is shrinking international, restructuring metro Michael Calderone @ @mlcalderone X.com The Post is eliminating Books section 7:44 AM • 2/4/26 • 461 Views
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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admirablewomen.bsky.social
Rosa Parks was born #OTD in 1913.

She was arrested (1955) for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person (the law when a bus was full).

This sparked the Montgomery bus system boycott & led to the 1956 SCOTUS decision banning segregation on public transportation. #CivilRights #BHM
Black-and-white photograph from December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks, standing and wearing glasses and a coat, calmly has her fingerprints taken by a white police officer in Montgomery, Alabama, shortly after her arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger—an act that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became a defining moment of the Civil Rights Movement. Color photograph of Rosa Parks (1913–2005), the civil rights icon known for her pivotal role in the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, taken in her later years. The close-up portrait shows an older Black woman, smiling warmly and broadly with genuine joy, her eyes crinkled behind large, round, gold-framed glasses. Her silver-gray hair is neatly styled in an elegant braided updo or bun. She wears a deep purple or blue patterned high-necked blouse or dress with a subtle floral or abstract design, set against a neutral indoor background that keeps the focus on her radiant, dignified expression and infectious smile. The image captures her gentle strength, warmth, and enduring spirit in a candid, uplifting moment.
February 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
stephvbothmer.bsky.social
fuck the visa waiver program

keep our data safe!

#notopalantir
profjacob.bsky.social Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 2d
🚨🚨Given current situation and with the sharply deteriorating situation in #trumpland, I think it is unwise, imprudent and just a very bad idea for the EU to go ahead with plans to grant #US border authorities unprecedented access to Europeans’ data. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
EU plan to share data with US border force sparks surveillance fears
Washington is demanding access to sensitive data as ICE heightens fears in Europe.
www.politico.eu
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
Bhattacharya tries to worm his way out of *gasp* telling the truth.

RFK Jr.'s HHS is allergic to evidence: it shouldn't take a Senate hearing under oath for Americans to get accurate public health information — especially when lives are on the line.
Bernie Sanders: Do vaccines cause autism? Yes? No? Jay Bhattacharya: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism... Bernie Sanders: Nuh-uh-uh. I didn't ask about measles. Do VACCINES cause autism? Jay Bhattacharya: I have not seen a study that suggests that any single vaccine causes autism.
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
Oil-rich Saudi Arabia as a battery storage powerhouse? Never going to happen many have thought.

Yet new data shows Saudi Arabia has gone from zero grid-scale batteries in 2024 to one of the world’s top deployers in 2025, adding almost 3 GW in a single year and commissioning a 7.8 GWh mega-project.
February 4, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
"The planned hyperscale facilities of north and west Texas, if fully built out, could be among the largest emissions sources in both the country and the world, Bird said"

“I’d be hard-pressed to think of a bigger emitter"
Huge Texas data centers will get their own gas power plants
The developer of one project, in Pecos County, calls it the largest power project in the U.S. Data centers are sparking a surge of gas power plant construction in Texas.
www.texastribune.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
stephvbothmer.bsky.social
over 800 flying foxes died in this colony alone.

the bats start dying at 42°c, australia faced 50°c

we are bringing irreparable damage to our ecosystems everywhere
February 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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peterjelinek.bsky.social
Was die EU-Kommission hier (Hand in Hand mit dem Chef der größten Fraktion im EU-Parlament, Manfred Weber) durchdrückt, ist die Vernichtung von Milliardenwerten im Aufbau der Cleantech-Industrie & das Absägen von Klimazielen.

Alle Firmen, die investiert haben, werden vor den Kopf gestoßen.
EU will kostenlose Zertifikate um Jahre verlängern Die EU schwächt nach Handelsblatt-Informationen ihr wichtigstes Klimaschutzinstrument ab und verlängert kostenlose Zertifikate. Vor allem energieintensive Unternehmen hatten darauf gepocht.
February 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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astriddeilmann.bsky.social
Ein Paukenschlag:
Bekämpfung schädlicher Algorithmen; striktere Strafverfolgung bei Grok, TikTok, Instagram; uvm.

Und das alles schon ab nächster Woche.

Spanien macht vor, wie aus den Sonntagsreden über digitale Souveränität Taten folgen. 🇩🇪 & 🇪🇺 sollten sich ein Beispiel nehmen.
February 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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terre-strial.bsky.social
“With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for ‘the positive affirmation of peace.’”

— The Nation
February 3, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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uedio.bsky.social
Die EU entkernt ihre Klimapolitik weiter
www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...
Emissionen: EU will kostenlose Zertifikate um Jahre verlängern
Die EU schwächt laut Handelsblatt-Informationen ihr wichtigstes Klimaschutzinstrument ab. Vor allem energieintensive Unternehmen hatten darauf gepocht.
www.handelsblatt.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
This isn’t about awards it’s about the idea that ordinary people, standing together, can push back against fear, defend their neighbors, and demand accountability from those in power. That’s how democratic values stay alive!
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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pmagn.bsky.social
Major health risks linked to plastics emissions set to soar by 2040

New study has highlighted the extensive health issues associated with plastics.. again driven by greenhouse gases, air pollutants and toxic chemicals released throughout its lifecycle

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Major health risks linked to plastics emissions set to soar by 2040
A new study has highlighted the extensive health issues associated with plastics
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 6:29 AM