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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 57m

here’s a great, informative interview with @mark-bray.bsky.social published yesterday

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 1h

Mark Bray — scholar of European history and radicalism, and the author of several books including ‘ANTIFA — the anti fascist handbook’ — on the rise of antifascist movements from the 1930s to today, and why Trump's terror designation recalls authoritarian crackdowns through history

What exactly is Antifa? | CBC Radio

In late September, Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization. Today, we’re tracking the meaning and history of antifascist protest — from 1930’s Europe, to today — and asking: how ...

www.cbc.ca

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 17h

Timeline cleanser

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 21h

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says she's leading the department's "final mission" to shut down. But @megomatz.bsky.social and I found it's more than that: Political appointees from ultraconservative groups are in power at ED now, and they hope to dismantle public schools.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 21h

Also, bsky.app/profile/nycs...

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23h

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 2d

New Yorker cartoons nail it again.

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RL Miller @rlmiller.bsky.social · 7d

Is it the Epstein files? Or is MAGA Mike Johnson simply afraid of a powerful progressive woman of color in Congress? Sign our petition NOW actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 7d

Half of the increased heat wave intensity is linked to the largest fossil fuel companies. Both the intensity and probability of heatwaves is increasing globally, for a large part due to greenhouse gas emissions of the 180 largest fossil fuel companies.

www.climatechangepost.com/news/half-of...

Half of the increased heat wave intensity linked to largest fossil fuel companies

www.climatechangepost.com

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 9d

this is a really good video about how increases in CO2 affect plant growth. the channel only has a few dozen subscribers, which is criminal.

How Rising CO2 Affects Plants: The Full Story

We've all heard, and probably believe, that at least one benefit of CO2 is that it will be good for plants. And sometimes, it will be. Or at least, it was. Some titles cut to save space. -- Point 0: FACE vs greenhouse studies: (Long 2006) "Food for Thought: Lower-Than-Expected Crop Yield Stimula

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 10d

Yes, with a fitting Mar-a-Lago face.

Call me ignorant, but I've only today learnt about the face trend. Here is a short video that captures the phenomenon. www.tiktok.com/@interstella...

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 10d

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Gene Gaudette @synaphai.com · 12d

And now, a public service announcement NOT from the Food & Drug Administration:
#tylenol #autism #Trump #RFKJr

Photo of Elon Musk, Trump, Don Jr and RFK Jr eating McDonalds food, with caption:
"KETAMINE. COCAINE. ADDERALL. HEROIN. THIS IS THE GROUP TELLING YOU NOT TO TAKE TYLENOL."

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12d

“Trump’s U.N. speech was a textbook example of what’s come to be known in science communication circles as the ‘gish gallop,’ wherein anti-science promoters attempt to overwhelm you with a fire hose of plausible-sounding but fundamentally false claims and talking points.” — @michaelemann.bsky.social

I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation

OPINION: “What Trump is really doing is advancing a plan laid down years ago by plutocrats and polluters. And making a mockery of our country as he does so,” Michael E. Mann writes.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 12d

Left unchecked, openAI and other infotech providers will destroy any remnants of the American education system that manage to escape the Trump administration.

Read the full thread.

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 12d

OpenAI's VP for education recently said the company wanted to become "core infrastructure" for schools and universities. Any infrastructure, though, always depends on habituating users to its technical affordances - so I've been trying to track how it's doing that 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...

Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.

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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 14d

Fujiwhara?? When two hurricanes interact, they can sometimes pivot around one another. Next week there will likely be 2 tropical cyclones (perhaps 2 hurricanes) offshore. If they are strong enough, and are close enough, a #Fujiwhara may happen.

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · 15d

During each of the summers of 2022, 2023 and 2024, more than 50,000 Europeans died because of the heat, of which more than two-thirds in southern Europe.

www.climatechangepost.com/news/more-th...

More than 50,000 heat-related deaths in Europe’s recent summers

www.climatechangepost.com

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 17d

Not to mention that the second one has a more compact stair design and does not insist on having one bathroom for each bedroom. All of these make the second appear, and to be, more spacious.

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 18d

+1 🇸🇪

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 19d

Record heat never ends in JAPAN and it persists in the South (and will go on for any foreseeable future into October).

Today September hottest day in history again in the Chichijima Island with 33.1C.

A new heat wave is expected next week.

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 20d

HR figured filling the newsroom with influencers is a win-win strategy. 🤷‍♀️

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 24d

There are hundreds of reasons to decry the impact of social media on journalism, but something that's really been irking me lately is what I call (in my head) influencer solutionism -- the idea that there is no benefit to documenting or revealing a problem unless you also have the solution ready...🧵

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 24d

It appears so. eu.azcentral.com/picture-gall...

Charlie Kirk’s casket arrives at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on Air Force Two

The casket of Charlie Kirk arrived in Phoenix on Sept. 11, accompanied by Vice President JD Vance and Kirk's family.

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 24d

They even flipped the image, as if we drive on the left side. SMH

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 24d

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 26d

They’re literally using the funeral procession of a fallen NYPD officer to push disinformation about Charlie Kirk.

This isn’t just shameless it’s an insult to Officer Didarul Islam and his family.
The truth matters.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26d

They can’t stop lying about Charlie Kirk…

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accidentalflyer 🇨🇦🇹🇼🇺🇦 @accidentalflyer.bsky.social · 25d

Gifted article. WSJ has good coverage: www.wsj.com/business/air...

Toxic Fumes Are Leaking Into Airplanes, Sickening Crews and Passengers

Doctors compare brain effects to concussions in NFL players. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows such incidents are increasingly common.

www.wsj.com

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 25d

Same with insurance in most states.

Moira Birss @moira.bsky.social · Aug 29

Plus, insurers use many factors beyond climate risk (like credit score!) to price home insurance policies - how are people supposed to parse the supposed climate risk signal?
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Penalized: The Hidden Cost of Credit Score in Homeowners Insurance Premiums - Climate and Community Institute

New research from Consumer Federation of America and Climate and Community Institute shows that a typical homeowner with a low credit score will pay nearly $2,000 …

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 28d

“particles spewed by Canadian wildfires killed 82,000 people in 2023, according to a study published in Nature on Wednesday. The long tendrils of smoke choked towns not just in Canada and the US, but also across the Atlantic. The pollution was responsible for 22,000 early deaths in Europe alone.”

Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 28d

Every avoidable death is a tragedy. Smoke from Canada’s wildfires killed nine-year-old Carter Vigh – and 82,000 others around the world. #EndFossilFuels.

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Smoke from Canada’s wildfires killed nine-year-old Carter Vigh – and 82,000 others around the world

Toxic particles spewed by 2023’s wildfires were even responsible for 22,000 early deaths in Europe, researchers say

www.theguardian.com

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