Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@aoc.bsky.social

A reminder to those who wonder at the cruelty, lack of moral justice & steely determination of the current administration that their methods come from a deeply religious zealotry.

Trying to attribute reason to their behaviour is pointless. They believe they are right.

October has observed some of the largest warming trends in the #Arctic. This is greatest over areas with a lack of sea ice cover (nearly all of the Siberian Arctic). Arctic amplification is largest in the boreal fall.

Data: doi.org/10.24381/cds.... Info: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS....

“And if America continues down this path of anti-science, constituting an existential threat to the rest of the world, then other nations will have to make difficult decisions about what they choose to do about this..." - Prof. Michael Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social

"The Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World" | My interview about @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & my new book, #ScienceUnderSiege, with the legendary Ralph Nader on the #RalphNaderRadioHour: www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/the-five-m...

Timeline cleanse. Tucson sunset

Wanna know whose shutdown this is?

Pay attention to who’s enjoying it.

Yup, it’s a Republican shutdown.

Happy October! 🍂 Like other times of year, our planet is heating up this month… but some regions warm faster than others. Arctic amplification especially ramps up in October.

Maps show the changes in October temperature over the last 4 decades. Data used from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5.

"Discrediting science and scientists is an essential first step for authoritarian regimes to discredit any other forms of learning and truth and destabilize societies to keep them under control."

@UNESCO.org has designated 26 new biosphere reserves, including forests, savannahs, and estuaries, in 21 countries, and instituted a 10-year strategic action plan that includes studying the effects of climate change in the reserves... by @tjwebber.bsky.social

Aside from all the other obvious points it strikes me as particularly cringeworthy to feel you need to put your own face on BOTH sides of the coin

"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead..."
-Thomas Paine.

"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world." - Dr. Paul Farmer

“GOP shut down the government to distract you. They shut the government down not because they care about spending but because… they don’t want you talking about the #EpsteinFiles, sluggish job growth, shrinking GDP, and the widening trade deficit that the tariffs were supposed to fix but [did not].”

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Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"

Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."

— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025

#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪

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Stunning image captured, at Arches National Park in Utah, by photographer Zach Cooley on 28 October 2020 when the Moon was in waxing gibbous phase with an illumination of 91%.

Precisely, 91% was the percentage illuminated by the Sun.

➡️ www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

🔭 🧪 #science #sciart

Ignorance fueled by arrogance is the cancer Americans must defeat.

"The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell

A government shutdown raises new questions about how the EPA can carry out its founding mission of protecting America’s health and environment with little more than skeletal staff and funding. https://to.pbs.org/42m01Eu

When they write the history of this Era, there will be lots of focus on how our poorly designed institutions (presidency, SCOTUS, SMD) caught up with us. There is no arguing that. However, a big part of the discussion will be about how so many people had a chance to stop this but *chose* not to. 1/3