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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 1h

I’ve always wanted to live in a theocracy. 🥲

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/trumps-crusaders-christian-nationalists-are-gaining-a-solid-foothold-in-washington-a-643ab80d-fd36-4b45-924a-20fcef6b2e03

Trump's Crusaders: Christian Nationalists Are Gaining a Solid Foothold in Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump has opened the doors of power to far-right Christian nationalists. Their goal: an American theocracy. The separation of church and state in America is at risk.

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 2h

I lot of great NOAA scientists I know have left or are going to leave soon. This is bad news for all of us.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/us/politics/senate-neil-jacobs-noaa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r08.mXnh.l2wevVbS0cay&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 3h

We will have a webinar on October 23, 2025 to discuss the Principles for Responsible and Effective Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Development and Governance.

Sign up here: https://hub.wri.org/events/2025/10/principles-responsible-and-effective-marine-carbon-dioxide-removal-development-and

The image features a blue paper titled "Principles for responsible and effective marine carbon dioxide removal development and governance." It includes the logos of the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy and details about the lead coordinating authors, lead authors, and contributors.

David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 8h

RFK Jr. fired Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, after she filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that the Trump regime had undermined vaccine research and defied court orders. Dr. Marrazzo’s dismissal is part of a pattern of […]

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 16h

Tubular tires are not totally tubular, dude.

https://www.thecyclingweek.com/post/after-a-century-of-dominance-tubular-tires-vanish-from-the-tour-de-france

After a Century of Dominance, Tubular Tires Vanish from the Tour de France | The Cycling Week

After dominating pro cycling for over a century, tubular tires have vanished from the 2025 Tour de France. Discover why no team is riding them anymore and what really caused their downfall.

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 1d

An inconsiderate former iPhone owner used the Find My app to prevent the repatriation of over 2,000 mobile phones from the UK to their native China. 🙃

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20vlpwrzwdo

One iPhone led police to gang who sent 40,000 snatched phones to China

BBC News is given access to what the Met Police says is the UK's largest operation against mobile phone thefts.

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Whisper: Maybe we should stop messing with the radiative balance of Earth.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-06/sequoia-backed-startup-faces-pushback-over-plan-to-reflect-sunlight-to-earth

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 1d

The Trump regime’s tariffs and the elimination of the de minimis exemption are hindering interlibrary loans, trapping books in foreign countries. This disruption to international resource sharing hinders academic progress and limits access to information for researchers […]

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Even when it’s windy, freezing, and miserable, Iceland looks very beautiful in pictures.

Two workers in bright yellow jackets and hard hats stand on a pier by the water, facing the sunset. A third worker crouches nearby, working on equipment. The background features a scenic view of hills and a wooden dock extending into the water.

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Federal agents charged and knocked down two 84-year-olds (84!) as they peacefully protested on Saturday in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland, just blocks from their home. Psychopaths […]

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Meat is a blind spot for people who care about climate. When I used to have dinner with my colleague Wally Broecker, the climate scientist who coined the term “global warming”, he would always order a steak.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/463643/eat-lancet-plant-based-diet-climate-week

The climate movement’s biggest weakness

Here’s a sobering fact: Even if the entire world transitions away from fossil fuels, the way we farm and eat will cause global temperatures to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels — the critical threshold set in the Paris Climate Agreement. The further we go above that limit, the more intense the effects of […]

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Like all other CO₂ removal (CDR) techniques, significantly more research is needed over the next few decades to determine whether enhanced rock weathering is a viable method for CDR.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00713-7

Challenges and opportunities in scaling enhanced weathering for carbon dioxide removal - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Commercial investment in enhanced rock weathering for carbon dioxide removal on agricultural lands is growing rapidly. This Review explores the potential of large-scale deployment, outlining the challenges faced in science, policy and governance to scale the technology.

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 5d

The natural weathering of ALL THE ROCKS in the world removes almost 1 billion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere every year. Enhanced rock weathering is an attempt to use a minuscule fraction of ALL THE ROCKS to remove many times more CO₂ […]

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 6d

There are a few people that are inspirations to almost all scientists that I know, and Jane Goodall was one of them. RIP. 😢

https://apnews.com/article/jane-goodall-obit-78698397851bc7634717206f7eba07b2

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 7d

This area where the Trump Library is expected to be built is projected to be flooded in about 100 years due to sea level rise, and I'm sad I won’t be around to see it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/miami-property-trump-library.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE8.HLxj.Qqb0chTg5R9w

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Today is my last day at [C]Worthy, the nonprofit research organization that I co-founded to develop freely available tools for verification of marine CO₂ removal (mCDR). I will not be making any public comments, but I now have opinions about mCDR.

A large explosion characterized by a bright, fiery mushroom cloud against a dark background.

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 7d

They look bored and unamused, like they're at a faculty meeting.

A group of military officers in formal uniforms sits in an auditorium, showcasing various military decorations on their uniforms. They look bored and unamused.

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Jesus!

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/climate/trump-coal-revival.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk8.Ck_V.cow2ckEbwHhi&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Lol

https://www.vice.com/en/article/tesla-bros-attempt-coast-to-coast-trip-in-self-driving-mode-crash-right-away/

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 11d

This makes zero sense.

https://wapo.st/4nRaUpZ

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 11d

Shareholder capitalism makes everything terrible.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/business/trump-disney-paramount-shareholder-capitalism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.o08.WTyb.JKibFna3Qw10

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 11d

Headline: Trump says he’s out for justice, not revenge, but he’s a liar.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/us/politics/trump-comey-revenge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pE8.QnNI.RKQA6L9epQl9

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 11d

British Cycling, sponsored by a fossil fuel company and a bank that provides billions in financing to the fossil fuel industry.

A cyclist in a white and blue racing outfit with sponsors Shell and Lloyds prominently displayed navigates a rocky road, followed by two other cyclists in a similar attire. Onlookers, including a young boy and two men, observe from the side of the street lined with buildings and hills in the background.

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 11d

Headline: The fascist conservative justices on the Supreme Court voted to allow Trump to withhold $4 billion in foreign aid that congress had appropriated […]

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David Ho @davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 13d

Privatizing a vital public utility is never a good thing.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/25/united-utilities-underspent-work-windermere-water-company-pollution

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