Niall Quinn
@heavybaby.bsky.social
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We know you would, that's the entire problem
April 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We know you would, that's the entire problem
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
"Climate disasters are inevitable; they do not have to be catastrophic."
"Climate disasters are inevitable; they do not have to be catastrophic."
Extreme weather is our new reality. We must accept it and begin planning | Gaia Vince
As wildfires, floods, droughts and record-breaking temperatures have shown, the post-climate change era has arrived. Now we need honesty and action from our leaders
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
"Climate disasters are inevitable; they do not have to be catastrophic."
"Climate disasters are inevitable; they do not have to be catastrophic."
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The publication of this letter by leading oceanographers warning that the risk of AMOC collapse has been "greatly underestimated" deeply shook me.
Astonishingly, it barely made a ripple in the world's media.
ca.news.yahoo.com/tipping-poin...
Astonishingly, it barely made a ripple in the world's media.
ca.news.yahoo.com/tipping-poin...
Dangers of Atlantic Ocean current collapse have been ‘greatly underestimated’, scientists warn
AMOC collapse would bring severe global climate repercussions, with Europe bearing the brunt of the consequences.View on euronews
ca.news.yahoo.com
December 23, 2024 at 10:01 AM
The publication of this letter by leading oceanographers warning that the risk of AMOC collapse has been "greatly underestimated" deeply shook me.
Astonishingly, it barely made a ripple in the world's media.
ca.news.yahoo.com/tipping-poin...
Astonishingly, it barely made a ripple in the world's media.
ca.news.yahoo.com/tipping-poin...
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1/ Repression of climate & env protest is a global phenomenon carried out through new legislation, repurposing existing laws (e.g. terrorism), harsher policing, changes to court procedures & (in Global South) killings
There are "remarkable similarities" globally
Why? Because it's coordinated
There are "remarkable similarities" globally
Why? Because it's coordinated
Repression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the world
Our new research identifies four ways these protests are being criminalised and repressed.
theconversation.com
December 23, 2024 at 11:19 AM
1/ Repression of climate & env protest is a global phenomenon carried out through new legislation, repurposing existing laws (e.g. terrorism), harsher policing, changes to court procedures & (in Global South) killings
There are "remarkable similarities" globally
Why? Because it's coordinated
There are "remarkable similarities" globally
Why? Because it's coordinated
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Conservation works! If it was more than a minor, utterly marginal preoccupation for society, we might actually be able to reverse the loss of nature
‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories
From new butterfly habitats in the Cotswolds to arctic willow planting in the Scottish Highlands, there are increasing numbers of places where humans are giving nature a helping hand to re-establish i...
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Conservation works! If it was more than a minor, utterly marginal preoccupation for society, we might actually be able to reverse the loss of nature
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“Historically, the most terrible things – war, genocide, and slavery – have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn
December 13, 2024 at 12:07 PM
“Historically, the most terrible things – war, genocide, and slavery – have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.”
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn
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December 13, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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This is concerning. They’re using Briana Boston as a warning to scare the rest of us. She’s a mom with a clean record, but after getting denied by Blue Cross, she made a comment and got arrested the same day. They’re threatening her with 15 years in prison.
December 13, 2024 at 9:32 PM
This is concerning. They’re using Briana Boston as a warning to scare the rest of us. She’s a mom with a clean record, but after getting denied by Blue Cross, she made a comment and got arrested the same day. They’re threatening her with 15 years in prison.
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Another example of "taxing rich people to fund public services produces good results."
In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich
In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
www.npr.org
December 13, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Another example of "taxing rich people to fund public services produces good results."
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‘Poverty charges interest’
What a great way to describe it. Much better than ‘the poverty premium’.
What a great way to describe it. Much better than ‘the poverty premium’.
December 13, 2024 at 1:59 PM
‘Poverty charges interest’
What a great way to describe it. Much better than ‘the poverty premium’.
What a great way to describe it. Much better than ‘the poverty premium’.
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Abundance agenda lobbyists use the putatively reasonable languages of economics and wonkery to try to shape public discourse about the climate crisis.
But unless they grapple with the physics of global heating, which they don't, their policy recommendations will remain unserious. And wrong.
/fin
But unless they grapple with the physics of global heating, which they don't, their policy recommendations will remain unserious. And wrong.
/fin
December 8, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Abundance agenda lobbyists use the putatively reasonable languages of economics and wonkery to try to shape public discourse about the climate crisis.
But unless they grapple with the physics of global heating, which they don't, their policy recommendations will remain unserious. And wrong.
/fin
But unless they grapple with the physics of global heating, which they don't, their policy recommendations will remain unserious. And wrong.
/fin
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Yes it is
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Clean energy is very cheap. Climate advocates would like to make it more abundant. But who exactly is impeding this, one might ask? www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now...
Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA
The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.
www.carbonbrief.org
December 8, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Yes it is
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2/ First, we often hold back from speaking about these things with friends, family and colleagues because, since they don't speak about them themselves, we assume they don't care
But our default assumption should be that they DO care, because that's statistically likely
But our default assumption should be that they DO care, because that's statistically likely
Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular climate policy support by nearly half - Nature Communications
A new study finds that Americans underestimate how many are concerned about climate change as well as support for major climate policies by nearly half, with climate policy supporters significantly ou...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:20 PM
2/ First, we often hold back from speaking about these things with friends, family and colleagues because, since they don't speak about them themselves, we assume they don't care
But our default assumption should be that they DO care, because that's statistically likely
But our default assumption should be that they DO care, because that's statistically likely
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Christmas shopping is going swimmingly in Washington💀
The aspect of collapse that scares me the most is being around enraged and confused humans with nothing to lose💀💀
The aspect of collapse that scares me the most is being around enraged and confused humans with nothing to lose💀💀
December 7, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Christmas shopping is going swimmingly in Washington💀
The aspect of collapse that scares me the most is being around enraged and confused humans with nothing to lose💀💀
The aspect of collapse that scares me the most is being around enraged and confused humans with nothing to lose💀💀