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Josh Busby

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Professor at the University of Texas-Austin. Former Senior Climate Advisor DOD. Climate security, climate governance, clean energy, global health, US foreign policy. Author of States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security (Cambridge, 2022).

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · Jun 13

At a time when some are questioning why we should care about this problem, I recently gave a talk for TEDx for why climate change is a national security concern. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ne...

Climate Change and National Security | Josh Busby | TEDxSouth Congress

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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William Nomikos @wnomikos.bsky.social · 5m

Goosebumps watching this. Chicagoans fighting for this country. Mass collective action is the only thing that can keep fascism away.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 28m

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 36m

I am and always anti-fascist. We are Spartacus.

Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 37m

Just to be on the record, I am now, and always have been, anti-fascist.

Aren’t you?

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 3h

Listening to this. open.spotify.com/episode/0FAE...

How China’s Power Grid Really Works

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 6h

Good fun electro dance track. open.spotify.com/track/70EG3K...

I Like It Like That

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h

Holy crap that’s bad.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 6h

Dolly Parton releases proof of life video: "I ain't dead yet!" www.instagram.com/reel/DPjkor...

Dolly Parton on Instagram: "I ain’t dead yet!"

132K likes, 8,937 comments - dollyparton on October 8, 2025: "I ain’t dead yet!".

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20h

I was completely unprepared for the threat posed by the Antifa super soldiers.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 21h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21h

Happening in America. Right now. To us.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 22h

Shot a priest in the head with a pepper ball, just for fun.
There was absolutely no threat here.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like DoD maybe with money from OBBBA.

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

Would appreciate more detail on what funds are supporting these endeavors.

Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 1d

"The Trump administration was taking a “real capital markets focus” to establish domestic supply chains for critical minerals, said one former DOE official. That was a marked change from the government’s recent approach of avoiding perception of “picking winners”.
www.ft.com/content/8951...

US government to take 10% stake in Canada’s Trilogy Metals

Alaskan road project opening remote areas for mining approved as US looks to break dependency on China for critical resources

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 1d

Including Trump's first Surgeon General.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

wapo.st

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

To your point. www.reutersconnect.com/item/protest...

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

Must read. Gift link. No easy answers as opposition needs extreme discipline to avoid violent reprisals. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 3d

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

Will be interesting to see how this plays out. Climate finance and clean energy should remain a core part of development banks’ portfolios and be expanded.

Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 1d

EU to push development banks' climate focus despite US opposition, draft shows

The European Union will double down on its support for reforming global development banks to do more to fight climate change, a draft EU document showed, a stance that puts Brussels at odds with the U.S. ahead of World Bank and IMF meetings this month.

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

Parmer, my kingdom for an edit function!!!

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

Helpfully reminded by readers that I grabbed the wrong photo in the first link. Nary a dosa in that photo but I can attest the ones we had like the ones below were delicious. Up on Palmer about 20 minutes north of campus. Mine was spicy potato. Mysore masala dosa.

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

Plenty more where that came from!

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

That was my error looking at the photo on my phone!

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

You know what makes America great? Tacos! This place Salsa Limón is a mile from my house.

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

Dosa here! Grabbed the wrong stock photo.

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

Corrected in thread.

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 1d

Oops! Grabbed one of their stock photos. I had a spicy masala dosa that looked like this.