TinJar
@tinjar.bsky.social
Scientist, advocate, and educator in the field of #climatechange. #Author of #solarpunk #novel "A New Faith." Read or download the novel for free at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
#booksky #climatefiction #sciencefiction #mystery #thriller
#booksky #climatefiction #sciencefiction #mystery #thriller
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Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval by Gaia Vince review – a world without borders
In an optimistic new work, the author of Adventures in the Anthropocene argues that planned mass migration is essential for humanity to inhabit a world 4C warmer
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"with new #cities constructed to accommodate the #climate #migrants and provide them with the opportunity to build new #lives." @wanderinggaia.bsky.social
"A New Faith" explores this theme in a #fiction format.
tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
#booksky #books
"with new #cities constructed to accommodate the #climate #migrants and provide them with the opportunity to build new #lives." @wanderinggaia.bsky.social
"A New Faith" explores this theme in a #fiction format.
tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
#booksky #books
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#Canada (and places such as #Norway #Sweden #Finland #Russia #Greenland ) can easily accommodate billions of #climate #migrants in the vast empty #land that is well-resourced and substantially more habitable than the region between the two Tropics.
#booksky
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#Canada (and places such as #Norway #Sweden #Finland #Russia #Greenland ) can easily accommodate billions of #climate #migrants in the vast empty #land that is well-resourced and substantially more habitable than the region between the two Tropics.
#booksky
Canada’s population drop reflects souring of attitudes to immigration
A country known for welcoming newcomers has reversed policy as immigration becomes increasingly a partisan issue
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December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Same newspaper has an article, literally, titled "It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced"
Go figure! 🤷🏾♂️
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #justice #law #youth #activists
Same newspaper has an article, literally, titled "It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced"
Go figure! 🤷🏾♂️
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #justice #law #youth #activists
As the US invests in fossil fuels, young climate activists push back in the courts
In this week’s newsletter: A generation is using the legal system to demand accountability for climate harm
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December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Same newspaper has an article, literally, titled "It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced"
Go figure! 🤷🏾♂️
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #justice #law #youth #activists
Same newspaper has an article, literally, titled "It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced"
Go figure! 🤷🏾♂️
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #justice #law #youth #activists
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"More #CO2 in the #atmosphere is making #food #crops more #calorific, less #nutritious and potentially more #toxic "
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration
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"More #CO2 in the #atmosphere is making #food #crops more #calorific, less #nutritious and potentially more #toxic "
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration
Higher CO2 levels are making our food more calorific and less nutritious Food crops
More CO2 in the atmosphere is making food crops more calorific, less nutritious and potentially more toxic.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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"More #CO2 in the #atmosphere is making #food #crops more #calorific, less #nutritious and potentially more #toxic "
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration
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"More #CO2 in the #atmosphere is making #food #crops more #calorific, less #nutritious and potentially more #toxic "
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration
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Sara, key character in "A New Faith", grew up in a #refugee #camp in #Sudan . Then she gets an opportunity to #migrate to Sequoia, a #fictional #city, for #climate #refugees .
#booksky #climatefiction #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration
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Sara, key character in "A New Faith", grew up in a #refugee #camp in #Sudan . Then she gets an opportunity to #migrate to Sequoia, a #fictional #city, for #climate #refugees .
#booksky #climatefiction #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration
The Politics of Hunger in Sudan – Transition Magazine
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December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Sara, key character in "A New Faith", grew up in a #refugee #camp in #Sudan . Then she gets an opportunity to #migrate to Sequoia, a #fictional #city, for #climate #refugees .
#booksky #climatefiction #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration
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Sara, key character in "A New Faith", grew up in a #refugee #camp in #Sudan . Then she gets an opportunity to #migrate to Sequoia, a #fictional #city, for #climate #refugees .
#booksky #climatefiction #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration
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Really interesting angle. The idea of people carrying their pasts into new futures feels super relevant right now. Gonna be thinking about this one 👀
December 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Really interesting angle. The idea of people carrying their pasts into new futures feels super relevant right now. Gonna be thinking about this one 👀
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Totally agree with that take. Wild how much our circles shape the way we see everything, especially in times of crisis.
December 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Totally agree with that take. Wild how much our circles shape the way we see everything, especially in times of crisis.
Willing to bet that humanity never tops 10 billion. The trends are heading in the wrong direction - #climatechange #inequality #authoritarianism #injustice #colonialism #apartheid #racism #fascism #war #conflict #misogyny #pandemic #healthcare #food #water #air #land #pollution #sanitation #housing
December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Willing to bet that humanity never tops 10 billion. The trends are heading in the wrong direction - #climatechange #inequality #authoritarianism #injustice #colonialism #apartheid #racism #fascism #war #conflict #misogyny #pandemic #healthcare #food #water #air #land #pollution #sanitation #housing
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@drvolt.bsky.social - "our political beliefs and behavior are thoroughly motivated and mediated by our social identities."
#booksky #books #climatefiction #climatecrisis #climatechange #adaptation
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@drvolt.bsky.social - "our political beliefs and behavior are thoroughly motivated and mediated by our social identities."
#booksky #books #climatefiction #climatecrisis #climatechange #adaptation
The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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@drvolt.bsky.social - "our political beliefs and behavior are thoroughly motivated and mediated by our social identities."
#booksky #books #climatefiction #climatecrisis #climatechange #adaptation
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@drvolt.bsky.social - "our political beliefs and behavior are thoroughly motivated and mediated by our social identities."
#booksky #books #climatefiction #climatecrisis #climatechange #adaptation
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
#Tax these #billionaires and build new #housing for the rest.
Provide #affordable #healthcare #food #water #energy #education #walk #bike #bus #train to everyone.
#democracy #humanrights #elections #cities
#Tax these #billionaires and build new #housing for the rest.
Provide #affordable #healthcare #food #water #energy #education #walk #bike #bus #train to everyone.
#democracy #humanrights #elections #cities
Palo Alto Confronts Billionaires Over Their Housing Compounds
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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#Tax these #billionaires and build new #housing for the rest.
Provide #affordable #healthcare #food #water #energy #education #walk #bike #bus #train to everyone.
#democracy #humanrights #elections #cities
#Tax these #billionaires and build new #housing for the rest.
Provide #affordable #healthcare #food #water #energy #education #walk #bike #bus #train to everyone.
#democracy #humanrights #elections #cities
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"#carbon footprint of #AI systems alone could be between 32.6 and 79.7 million tons of #CO2 #emissions in 2025, while the #water #footprint could reach 312.5–764.6 billion L."
#climate #climatechange #genai #meta #amazon #nvidia #microsoft #google #openai #anthropic
"#carbon footprint of #AI systems alone could be between 32.6 and 79.7 million tons of #CO2 #emissions in 2025, while the #water #footprint could reach 312.5–764.6 billion L."
#climate #climatechange #genai #meta #amazon #nvidia #microsoft #google #openai #anthropic
The carbon and water footprints of data centers and what this could mean for artificial intelligence
Company-wide metrics from the environmental disclosure of data center operators suggest
that AI systems may have a carbon footprint equivalent to that of New York City in
2025, while their water footp...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
"#carbon footprint of #AI systems alone could be between 32.6 and 79.7 million tons of #CO2 #emissions in 2025, while the #water #footprint could reach 312.5–764.6 billion L."
#climate #climatechange #genai #meta #amazon #nvidia #microsoft #google #openai #anthropic
"#carbon footprint of #AI systems alone could be between 32.6 and 79.7 million tons of #CO2 #emissions in 2025, while the #water #footprint could reach 312.5–764.6 billion L."
#climate #climatechange #genai #meta #amazon #nvidia #microsoft #google #openai #anthropic
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"How can #politicians square the circle of needing #immigrants but not wanting them? A second-tier #caste of single people with limited rights, living mostly outside #society, will inevitably suffer #abuses. These people can’t easily complain against #mistreatment."
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"How can #politicians square the circle of needing #immigrants but not wanting them? A second-tier #caste of single people with limited rights, living mostly outside #society, will inevitably suffer #abuses. These people can’t easily complain against #mistreatment."
Europe’s second-class citizens
Countries that looked down on the Gulf’s ‘kafala’ system are edging closer to creating their own
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December 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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"How can #politicians square the circle of needing #immigrants but not wanting them? A second-tier #caste of single people with limited rights, living mostly outside #society, will inevitably suffer #abuses. These people can’t easily complain against #mistreatment."
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"How can #politicians square the circle of needing #immigrants but not wanting them? A second-tier #caste of single people with limited rights, living mostly outside #society, will inevitably suffer #abuses. These people can’t easily complain against #mistreatment."
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"The 2023-2025 mean is +1.5°C relative to 1880-1920. We project a #global #temperature record of +1.7°C in 2027."
Let's find out why we are #accelerating #climatechange instead of reversing it!
#climatecrisis #adaptation #migration #climate
"The 2023-2025 mean is +1.5°C relative to 1880-1920. We project a #global #temperature record of +1.7°C in 2027."
Let's find out why we are #accelerating #climatechange instead of reversing it!
#climatecrisis #adaptation #migration #climate
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
jimehansen.substack.com/p/global-tem...
"The 2023-2025 mean is +1.5°C relative to 1880-1920. We project a #global #temperature record of +1.7°C in 2027."
Let's find out why we are #accelerating #climatechange instead of reversing it!
#climatecrisis #adaptation #migration #climate
"The 2023-2025 mean is +1.5°C relative to 1880-1920. We project a #global #temperature record of +1.7°C in 2027."
Let's find out why we are #accelerating #climatechange instead of reversing it!
#climatecrisis #adaptation #migration #climate
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I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center
Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “clima...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.
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🤬I worked at NCAR briefly as a postdoc and then a researcher and it's one of the more amazing places I've ever worked (and I've worked at *several* NASA facilities, so that was some stiff competition). I just weep at all the destruction of science this nightmare administration is wrecking.
I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center
Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “clima...
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🤬I worked at NCAR briefly as a postdoc and then a researcher and it's one of the more amazing places I've ever worked (and I've worked at *several* NASA facilities, so that was some stiff competition). I just weep at all the destruction of science this nightmare administration is wrecking.
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Unfortunately, this DOES seem to be the currently acceptable compromise for the host country. In "A New Faith", I sketch out this scenario in Chapters 25 and 26. Then the protagonists develop a potentially much better idea that could work. tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
Unfortunately, this DOES seem to be the currently acceptable compromise for the host country. In "A New Faith", I sketch out this scenario in Chapters 25 and 26. Then the protagonists develop a potentially much better idea that could work. tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
Guest Worker Schemes Are a Machine for Labor Exploitation
European governments that have pledged to clamp down on immigration are still expanding schemes for workers to come on short-term visas. Their goal is to maximize predatory exploitation of migrant wor...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Unfortunately, this DOES seem to be the currently acceptable compromise for the host country. In "A New Faith", I sketch out this scenario in Chapters 25 and 26. Then the protagonists develop a potentially much better idea that could work. tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
Unfortunately, this DOES seem to be the currently acceptable compromise for the host country. In "A New Faith", I sketch out this scenario in Chapters 25 and 26. Then the protagonists develop a potentially much better idea that could work. tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
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"The delegates were everyday people from all walks of life, and I watched as they deliberated in a way I never saw among politicians: with dignity, integrity, and mutual respect."
#sortition #democracy #elections #voting #voters
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"The delegates were everyday people from all walks of life, and I watched as they deliberated in a way I never saw among politicians: with dignity, integrity, and mutual respect."
#sortition #democracy #elections #voting #voters
Sortition Can Help Cure What Ails Our Democracy
Americans are frustrated with our increasingly oligarchic political system. Selecting an assortment of lawmaking deliberative bodies through random lotteries could help fix it, by empowering ordinary ...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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"The delegates were everyday people from all walks of life, and I watched as they deliberated in a way I never saw among politicians: with dignity, integrity, and mutual respect."
#sortition #democracy #elections #voting #voters
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"The delegates were everyday people from all walks of life, and I watched as they deliberated in a way I never saw among politicians: with dignity, integrity, and mutual respect."
#sortition #democracy #elections #voting #voters
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#humanrights #justice #starvation #war #hunger #poverty #migration #displacement #disasters #climatechange
#humanrights #justice #starvation #war #hunger #poverty #migration #displacement #disasters #climatechange
December 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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#starvation #hunger #food #aid #justice #humanrights #humanity #worldfoodprogram
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#starvation #hunger #food #aid #justice #humanrights #humanity #worldfoodprogram
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
So they vote for assholes such as #Trump #Vance? Worship #musk #Tate #Rogan #Fuentes #Kirk etc.?
Make it make sense? Are these functioning humans at all? Do they have any sense of #community #empathy?
#men #women #gender #justice #equality #democracy
So they vote for assholes such as #Trump #Vance? Worship #musk #Tate #Rogan #Fuentes #Kirk etc.?
Make it make sense? Are these functioning humans at all? Do they have any sense of #community #empathy?
#men #women #gender #justice #equality #democracy
The Lost Generation
For fifteen years I’ve scalped tickets to pay the bills. But in January 2016 I almost managed a real career.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Instead of letting these #cities grow larger/worse in a #climatecrisis putting lives of 100s of millions in harm's way, what if we built newer and better cities in relatively safer parts of the #world that are right now sitting empty - e.g. within the Arctic Circle?
Instead of letting these #cities grow larger/worse in a #climatecrisis putting lives of 100s of millions in harm's way, what if we built newer and better cities in relatively safer parts of the #world that are right now sitting empty - e.g. within the Arctic Circle?
Why many Asian megacities are miserable places
And why Shanghai and Tokyo are not
www.economist.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Instead of letting these #cities grow larger/worse in a #climatecrisis putting lives of 100s of millions in harm's way, what if we built newer and better cities in relatively safer parts of the #world that are right now sitting empty - e.g. within the Arctic Circle?
Instead of letting these #cities grow larger/worse in a #climatecrisis putting lives of 100s of millions in harm's way, what if we built newer and better cities in relatively safer parts of the #world that are right now sitting empty - e.g. within the Arctic Circle?
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1/A better idea - sketched out in "A New Faith" - #EU #countries can rent #land to build new #cities for #climate #refugees who have non-citizen status in order to #finance #pensions etc. for #citizens who don't have to worry about being out-voted by the newcomers.
1/A better idea - sketched out in "A New Faith" - #EU #countries can rent #land to build new #cities for #climate #refugees who have non-citizen status in order to #finance #pensions etc. for #citizens who don't have to worry about being out-voted by the newcomers.
European pensions are in dire need of reform
Some countries are much better prepared for ageing than others
www.economist.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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1/A better idea - sketched out in "A New Faith" - #EU #countries can rent #land to build new #cities for #climate #refugees who have non-citizen status in order to #finance #pensions etc. for #citizens who don't have to worry about being out-voted by the newcomers.
1/A better idea - sketched out in "A New Faith" - #EU #countries can rent #land to build new #cities for #climate #refugees who have non-citizen status in order to #finance #pensions etc. for #citizens who don't have to worry about being out-voted by the newcomers.
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"#China’s policymakers have instead relied on unexpectedly strong #exports to keep growth on track. That could prove to be a mistake. If the #trade #war spreads to #Europe, or the #global #economy suffers from an #ai bust, #foreign #demand could easily falter."
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"#China’s policymakers have instead relied on unexpectedly strong #exports to keep growth on track. That could prove to be a mistake. If the #trade #war spreads to #Europe, or the #global #economy suffers from an #ai bust, #foreign #demand could easily falter."
Don’t fear China’s trillion-dollar trade surplus
It is a problem not for the rest of the world, but for China
www.economist.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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The correct word to describe this is #colonialism
In my #novel, "A New Faith", the #city of Sequoia is created for #climate #refugees The #villains are the #billionaires who want it to fail so that they could #enslave the residents.
tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
The correct word to describe this is #colonialism
In my #novel, "A New Faith", the #city of Sequoia is created for #climate #refugees The #villains are the #billionaires who want it to fail so that they could #enslave the residents.
tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
www.ft.com/content/b127...
The correct word to describe this is #colonialism
In my #novel, "A New Faith", the #city of Sequoia is created for #climate #refugees The #villains are the #billionaires who want it to fail so that they could #enslave the residents.
tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
The correct word to describe this is #colonialism
In my #novel, "A New Faith", the #city of Sequoia is created for #climate #refugees The #villains are the #billionaires who want it to fail so that they could #enslave the residents.
tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
THIS is what you get when #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs #corrupt #subvert #elections to destroy #democracy
No #money in elections. Better still - try #sortition instead of #popularity contests
No #money in elections. Better still - try #sortition instead of #popularity contests
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
THIS is what you get when #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs #corrupt #subvert #elections to destroy #democracy
No #money in elections. Better still - try #sortition instead of #popularity contests
No #money in elections. Better still - try #sortition instead of #popularity contests
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...
#Ford - make #small #EV. They will sell like hotcakes. Even your master #trump loves 'em.
#climatechange #oil #gas #car #fossilfuels #batteries
#Ford - make #small #EV. They will sell like hotcakes. Even your master #trump loves 'em.
#climatechange #oil #gas #car #fossilfuels #batteries
Ford Will Take $19.5 Billion Hit as It Rolls Back E.V. Plans
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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#Ford - make #small #EV. They will sell like hotcakes. Even your master #trump loves 'em.
#climatechange #oil #gas #car #fossilfuels #batteries
#Ford - make #small #EV. They will sell like hotcakes. Even your master #trump loves 'em.
#climatechange #oil #gas #car #fossilfuels #batteries