Dr. Aaron Thierry
@thierryaaron.bsky.social
Graduate student at Cardiff University - researching the role of science and scientists in the climate movement. PhD in Ecology. Activism. Climate communications.
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Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
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I’m pleased to share my latest article in @uk.theconversation.com
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
Even in the darkest days of the Nazi regime ordinary people found ways to resist.
Non-compliance is always a choice.
Non-compliance is always a choice.
February 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Even in the darkest days of the Nazi regime ordinary people found ways to resist.
Non-compliance is always a choice.
Non-compliance is always a choice.
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
Spain on red alert as Storm Leonardo unleashes torrential rain and floods
Video. Spain on red alert as Storm Leonardo unleashes torrential rain and floods
Video. Storm Leonardo batters southern Spain, flooding Grazalema, forcing evacuations and school closures as red alerts and flash flood fears persist.
www.euronews.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Spain on red alert as Storm Leonardo unleashes torrential rain and floods
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
Applications now open for Summer Studentships 2026!
Successful applicants will be:
🌿In receipt of £504.38 per week for a studentship period of up to 6 weeks
🌿Invited to write a blog for the BiPS website
🌿Invited to attend and present at the next BiPS Conference
Apply here: bit.ly/4qf2ZDG
Successful applicants will be:
🌿In receipt of £504.38 per week for a studentship period of up to 6 weeks
🌿Invited to write a blog for the BiPS website
🌿Invited to attend and present at the next BiPS Conference
Apply here: bit.ly/4qf2ZDG
February 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Applications now open for Summer Studentships 2026!
Successful applicants will be:
🌿In receipt of £504.38 per week for a studentship period of up to 6 weeks
🌿Invited to write a blog for the BiPS website
🌿Invited to attend and present at the next BiPS Conference
Apply here: bit.ly/4qf2ZDG
Successful applicants will be:
🌿In receipt of £504.38 per week for a studentship period of up to 6 weeks
🌿Invited to write a blog for the BiPS website
🌿Invited to attend and present at the next BiPS Conference
Apply here: bit.ly/4qf2ZDG
Important new @annualreviews.bsky.social review on #AMOC collapse. 🌊⚠️
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
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🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
👇🧵
February 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Important new @annualreviews.bsky.social review on #AMOC collapse. 🌊⚠️
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
👇🧵
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
👇🧵
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Fundamentally flawed economic models mean #climatecrisis could crash global economy, experts warn
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Fundamentally flawed economic models mean #climatecrisis could crash global economy, experts warn
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
This article by Stern and Oswald captures just how much economics has been asleep at the wheel...
"Economists have been too silent on the greatest problem of our age. If we do not move quickly, we think the discipline will be judged harshly by the humans of the future "
"Economists have been too silent on the greatest problem of our age. If we do not move quickly, we think the discipline will be judged harshly by the humans of the future "
Why are economists letting down the world on climate change?
Action on climate change is arguably the greatest challenge for public policy of our times. But despite economic forces being the major driver of the carbon dioxide problem, this column argues that ec...
cepr.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 AM
This article by Stern and Oswald captures just how much economics has been asleep at the wheel...
"Economists have been too silent on the greatest problem of our age. If we do not move quickly, we think the discipline will be judged harshly by the humans of the future "
"Economists have been too silent on the greatest problem of our age. If we do not move quickly, we think the discipline will be judged harshly by the humans of the future "
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Nicely done by @thierryaaron.bsky.social - neat explanations of necropolitics, slow violence and the chthulucene
theconversation.com/preventable-...
theconversation.com/preventable-...
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Nicely done by @thierryaaron.bsky.social - neat explanations of necropolitics, slow violence and the chthulucene
theconversation.com/preventable-...
theconversation.com/preventable-...
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Why is no one talking about the IPBES Plenary in Manchester?
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...
February 5, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Why is no one talking about the IPBES Plenary in Manchester?
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...
“There’s a tendency in certain government departments to trivialise the impacts of #climate on the economy so as to avoid making difficult choices today. This is a big problem – the consequences of delay are catastrophic.” - Mark Campanale, CEO of @carbontracker.bsky.social
"The #climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures & compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – & could undermine the foundations of economic growth” - Dr Jesse Abrams, @gsiexeter.bsky.social
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:44 AM
“There’s a tendency in certain government departments to trivialise the impacts of #climate on the economy so as to avoid making difficult choices today. This is a big problem – the consequences of delay are catastrophic.” - Mark Campanale, CEO of @carbontracker.bsky.social
"The #climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures & compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – & could undermine the foundations of economic growth” - Dr Jesse Abrams, @gsiexeter.bsky.social
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:40 AM
"The #climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures & compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – & could undermine the foundations of economic growth” - Dr Jesse Abrams, @gsiexeter.bsky.social
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“Where the GOP learned to lie as a matter of course is an interesting question, and I’m afraid I’ve had a front row seat. I think it’s the climate fight, more than anything else, that taught them to regard reality as optional.”
Read @billmckibben.bsky.social on how we reached this moment
Read @billmckibben.bsky.social on how we reached this moment
Thinking about lying
Climate denial taught our leaders shamelessness
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:32 AM
“Where the GOP learned to lie as a matter of course is an interesting question, and I’m afraid I’ve had a front row seat. I think it’s the climate fight, more than anything else, that taught them to regard reality as optional.”
Read @billmckibben.bsky.social on how we reached this moment
Read @billmckibben.bsky.social on how we reached this moment
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The Washington Post has laid off least 14 climate journalists, newsroom sources told @sammyroth.bsky.social, effectively decimating one of the most important reporting teams in American climate journalism.
A sad, terrifying, enraging day for the planet.
A sad, terrifying, enraging day for the planet.
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The Washington Post has laid off least 14 climate journalists, newsroom sources told @sammyroth.bsky.social, effectively decimating one of the most important reporting teams in American climate journalism.
A sad, terrifying, enraging day for the planet.
A sad, terrifying, enraging day for the planet.
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
Super helpful perspective here on the rising normalization of attacks on protest globally, and what the spectrum of those attacks looks like
It's hard to feel like anything but punching Nazis matters right now, so we @drilledmedia.bsky.social have been busy connecting the dots between climate and everything we're seeing around the world. Today: repression of protest w/ @berglundoscar.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkbF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkbF...
How the Backlash to Climate Protest Laid the Groundwork for What's Happening in U.S. Cities Today
YouTube video by Drilled
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Super helpful perspective here on the rising normalization of attacks on protest globally, and what the spectrum of those attacks looks like
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, and not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, and not nearly enough space in cities.
In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes aren’t fit for office
Amid the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike lanes — as in Montreal municipal election campaign — aren’t fit for office.
cultmtl.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
ICYMI: “In the era of the climate crisis, politicians campaigning against bike-lanes aren’t fit for office.”— @taylornoakes.com in @cultmtl.com
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, and not nearly enough space in cities.
Also in an era of worsening urban traffic, pollution, city noise, exploding public costs, competition among cities, and not nearly enough space in cities.
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
Why yes, tech billionaires *are* serving wild new forms of greenwashing and climate denial - featuring space and fusion reactors and AI gods. Time to update the playbooks!
Want a how-to guide? Check out my Q&A with science journo @adambecker.bsky.social @desmog.com.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Want a how-to guide? Check out my Q&A with science journo @adambecker.bsky.social @desmog.com.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic technolog...
www.desmog.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Why yes, tech billionaires *are* serving wild new forms of greenwashing and climate denial - featuring space and fusion reactors and AI gods. Time to update the playbooks!
Want a how-to guide? Check out my Q&A with science journo @adambecker.bsky.social @desmog.com.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
Want a how-to guide? Check out my Q&A with science journo @adambecker.bsky.social @desmog.com.
www.desmog.com/2026/02/04/q...
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I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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Climate reporters are some of the kindest, most selfless, and most hardworking people around.
We need MORE of their work, not less. I'm grateful to everyone who has read and subscribed to support any kind of climate coverage over the years, ours or another newsroom's. Thanks for not turning away.
We need MORE of their work, not less. I'm grateful to everyone who has read and subscribed to support any kind of climate coverage over the years, ours or another newsroom's. Thanks for not turning away.
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Climate reporters are some of the kindest, most selfless, and most hardworking people around.
We need MORE of their work, not less. I'm grateful to everyone who has read and subscribed to support any kind of climate coverage over the years, ours or another newsroom's. Thanks for not turning away.
We need MORE of their work, not less. I'm grateful to everyone who has read and subscribed to support any kind of climate coverage over the years, ours or another newsroom's. Thanks for not turning away.
"The country is continuing to add significant coal-power capacity, with a record 95GW added to the grid last year and another 291GW in the pipeline,meaning units that have been proposed, are actively under construction or have already been permitted."
February 5, 2026 at 2:34 AM
"The country is continuing to add significant coal-power capacity, with a record 95GW added to the grid last year and another 291GW in the pipeline,meaning units that have been proposed, are actively under construction or have already been permitted."
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Tragic 😢
A colony of about 1,000 flying foxes in a South Australian town has been shattered by the intense heat that gripped south-eastern Australia last week, with more than 80% of the camp at Naracoorte wiped out.
#extremeheat
#lovebats 🦇
#endfossilfuels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A colony of about 1,000 flying foxes in a South Australian town has been shattered by the intense heat that gripped south-eastern Australia last week, with more than 80% of the camp at Naracoorte wiped out.
#extremeheat
#lovebats 🦇
#endfossilfuels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 80% of flying fox colony wiped out as January heatwaves kill thousands of bats
Only 180 bats survived intense heat in South Australian town, including 34 babies that carers say face months of recovery
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Tragic 😢
A colony of about 1,000 flying foxes in a South Australian town has been shattered by the intense heat that gripped south-eastern Australia last week, with more than 80% of the camp at Naracoorte wiped out.
#extremeheat
#lovebats 🦇
#endfossilfuels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A colony of about 1,000 flying foxes in a South Australian town has been shattered by the intense heat that gripped south-eastern Australia last week, with more than 80% of the camp at Naracoorte wiped out.
#extremeheat
#lovebats 🦇
#endfossilfuels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
@thierryaaron.bsky.social argues
vulnerability to climate change isn’t fate - it's a political choice.
theconversation.com/preventable-...
@thierryaaron.bsky.social argues
vulnerability to climate change isn’t fate - it's a political choice.
theconversation.com/preventable-...
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
@thierryaaron.bsky.social argues
vulnerability to climate change isn’t fate - it's a political choice.
theconversation.com/preventable-...
@thierryaaron.bsky.social argues
vulnerability to climate change isn’t fate - it's a political choice.
theconversation.com/preventable-...
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
🛢️Renewable power is now cheaper to build and operate
☀️Solar adoption is reaching tipping points
💰Climate-resilient housing helps families save money in the long run
So, the question is: Can climate solutions help with lowering costs?
Find answers in this year's #StoriesToWatch: go.wri.org/26-stw
☀️Solar adoption is reaching tipping points
💰Climate-resilient housing helps families save money in the long run
So, the question is: Can climate solutions help with lowering costs?
Find answers in this year's #StoriesToWatch: go.wri.org/26-stw
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
🛢️Renewable power is now cheaper to build and operate
☀️Solar adoption is reaching tipping points
💰Climate-resilient housing helps families save money in the long run
So, the question is: Can climate solutions help with lowering costs?
Find answers in this year's #StoriesToWatch: go.wri.org/26-stw
☀️Solar adoption is reaching tipping points
💰Climate-resilient housing helps families save money in the long run
So, the question is: Can climate solutions help with lowering costs?
Find answers in this year's #StoriesToWatch: go.wri.org/26-stw
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
Thank you to everyone who donated and attended the reading of Hannah Arendt's essay "Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship" last night. Here's the recording: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship Playback
A special reading group in solidarity with Minnesota
substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Thank you to everyone who donated and attended the reading of Hannah Arendt's essay "Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship" last night. Here's the recording: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
The Gorton & Denton by-election is Green vs Reform.
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The Gorton & Denton by-election is Green vs Reform.
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❗️BREAKING -- Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of burglary at Elbit weapons factory in Bristol.
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
❗️BREAKING -- Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of burglary at Elbit weapons factory in Bristol.
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
BREAKING: NO CONVICTIONS AS VERDICTS COME IN FOR FILTON24 TRIAL
After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge.
Defend Our Juries comment to follow.
After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge.
Defend Our Juries comment to follow.
February 4, 2026 at 12:47 PM
BREAKING: NO CONVICTIONS AS VERDICTS COME IN FOR FILTON24 TRIAL
After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge.
Defend Our Juries comment to follow.
After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge.
Defend Our Juries comment to follow.