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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mags Campbell @magscampbell.bsky.social · 6h

Writer's Request :-

This is a bit of a weird one but I'm trying to name a character. I need a female name that's a flower, preferably European. BUT it must be a girl's name in two languages.
One flower that's a different word in two languages, both girl's names. Preferably a wildflower.

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Marc Jones @marcehjones.bsky.social · 14h

I predict we may end the season with a better away record than home record.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d

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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 New episode from @drilledmedia.bsky.social: The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction.

@aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social join @amywestervelt.bsky.social to discuss why understanding the media’s role in blocking climate action is crucial to solving the crisis.

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S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 2d

It’s extraordinary but not shocking that it isn’t seen as a massive story that one of the most senior politicians in Farage’s party was an active Russian agent for pay, asking questions in the European Parliament on the Kremlin’s behalf, organising pro-Russian events.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Marc Jones @marcehjones.bsky.social · 2d

Me too. It's a great idea! 👍

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Marc Jones @marcehjones.bsky.social · 2d

Right wingers often talk about #freedom but in reality the only freedom they believe in is the freedom of the wealthy to do whatever they want including leveraging power over others with less wealth.
#Granbury
#Texas
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Trash Panda @trashiepanda.bsky.social · Jul 25

Crypto is killing the world.

We went to a small Texas town where one Bitcoin mining facility uses as much power as the entire city of Austin.

Everyone in town is affected by the constant noise from the crypto facility, even the animals.
One resident told us: "Every person here is sick."

I Live 500 Feet From A Bitcoin Mine. My Life Is Hell.

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

www.youtube.com

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Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 5d

Published today: our new paper showing a 44-year trend of increasing global wildfire disasters (fatalities and economic losses) due to climate change-induced extreme weather. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires

Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

www.science.org

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · Nov 22

Ok, I’m loving the starter packs! This one is for women (inclusively defined) in Ocean Science.

You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks.

If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 3d

Got my mug. Mmmmm, that coffee tastes good!

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 12d

this is sooooooo f'ing sweet. every time Sec. Chris Wright lies about the DOE Climate Working Group report, reporters cite our response.

Mr. Wright falsely claimed that critics of an Energy Department report — written by five researchers who reject the established scientific consensus that the burning of oil, gas and coal is dangerously heating the planet — did not dispute any of the report’s data or facts.

“They just didn’t like that the conclusion of our report was, climate change is a real physical phenomenon that’s unfolding, it’s just not the crisis it’s often sold to be.”

In fact, 85 scientists submitted a sweeping critique of the report detailing a litany of inaccuracies, including claims that sea level rise is not accelerating; that more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will help plants grow; and that computer models exaggerate future temperature increases. The American Meteorological Society, a leading science organization, also outlined what it called “foundational flaws” in the report. And the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the nation’s leading scientific advisory body, also contradicted the Energy Department report, saying the evidence that greenhouse gases threaten human health has only grown over time.

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Marc Jones @marcehjones.bsky.social · 3d

Support climate scientists, facts, and evidence.

#ClimateDisinformation threatens science as a whole.

Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 16d

Listen wherever you get your podcasts:

Youtube: youtu.be/u3Z76N0GRvU?...;

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4cGx...;

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

Liars and blockers: The rising threat of climate disinformation and misinformation

YouTube video by TRACK CHANGES - climate + sustainability podcast

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Marc Jones @marcehjones.bsky.social · 3d

In 14 years' time (after two more El Niños) I suspect there will be many scientists that wish they have done more to support and promote the evidence for #GlobalWarming & #ClimateChange. Far too many still keep their heads down and don't get involved because they don't directly research climate.

Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 16d

Experts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social @aronczyk.bsky.social and @johnfocook.bsky.social speak with @trackchangesmedia.bsky.social on the rising threat of climate disinformation in the media, solutions misinformation, and the attack on climate science and scientists themselves.

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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 16d

Experts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social @aronczyk.bsky.social and @johnfocook.bsky.social speak with @trackchangesmedia.bsky.social on the rising threat of climate disinformation in the media, solutions misinformation, and the attack on climate science and scientists themselves.

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Jocelyn Fox @jfoxtales.bsky.social · 3d

The stock market is vibing while job openings flatline—and somehow the top 1% just casually hit $52 trillion in wealth.

It’s not magic. It’s stock buybacks, tax loopholes, and corporate profits are soaring while wages are still waiting to be called into the game.

Screenshot of a CNBC article titled “The wealth of the top 1% reaches a record $52 trillion,” published October 3, 2025. The key point below states that the top 10% of Americans gained $5 trillion in wealth in Q2 as the stock market soared—highlighting how the biggest investors continue to benefit disproportionately. Image could also be captioned: “Meanwhile, you’re checking your bank account like it’s a horror movie.”

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Marc Jones @marcehjones.bsky.social · 5d

Yep, Melania just walked up without a fuss.

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 5d

My latest on The Climate Brink:

Is this the most embarrassing error in the DOE Climate Working Group Report?

The DOE CWG authors confuse detection and attribution with emergence.

Is this the most embarrassing error in the DOE Climate Working Group Report?

mistaking detection for emergence

www.theclimatebrink.com

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ClimateHope @climatehope.bsky.social · 5d

Another excoriating article from @andrewdessler.com about the appalling mistakes in the DOE report.
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/is-this-th...

Is this the most embarrassing error in the DOE Climate Working Group Report?

mistaking detection for emergence

www.theclimatebrink.com

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 8d

AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...

World Heritage Officer in Dorchester | Dorset Council

View details and apply for this World Heritage Officer vacancy in Dorchester. Join a passionate and collaborative team at the heart of Dorset's environmental and heritage work. As part of the Dor...

www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 9d

This below is from a 1982 newspaper article

"When C02 has doubled, possibly between 2030 and 2080 depending on the rate of fossil fuel use, the average global temperature increase will be two to three degrees C."

Can't say we were not warned...

Breeders gonna run to the sourdough about now...

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Marc Jones @marcehjones.bsky.social · 9d

Obrigada!

Marc Jones @marcehjones.bsky.social · 9d

This study evaluates 275,000 glaciers worldwide & shows that glaciers are retreating globally & that ice loss has accelerated:
- Zemp et al. 2017:
cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Six decades of glacier mass-balance observations: a review of the worldwide monitoring network | Annals of Glaciology | Cambridge Core

Six decades of glacier mass-balance observations: a review of the worldwide monitoring network - Volume 50 Issue 50

cambridge.org

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Marc Jones @marcehjones.bsky.social · 9d

Further retreat of Blomstrandbreen and other #glaciers in Svalbard is likely.
- agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- nature.com/articles/s41...
- nature.com/articles/s41...
- tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
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Pervasive glacier retreats across Svalbard from 1985 to 2023 - Nature Communications

This study analyses 124,919 glacier calving front positions to reveal widespread retreats and seasonal cycles across Svalbard since 1985, emphasising the crucial role of ice-ocean interaction and glaciers’ sensitivity to significant climate anomalies.

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Marc Jones @marcehjones.bsky.social · 9d

The Blomstrandbreen glacier has retreated >2 km since 1928 and >3 km since 1861.
- tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Aerial map of Blomstrandbreen with lines drawn on to showing the glacial fluctuations between 1861 and 2006. Data is based on landsat imagery and aerial photographs. It shows that the glacier has retreated over 2 km since 1928 and over 3 km since 1861. Image is from Burton et al. (2016) Marginal fluctuations of a Svalbard surge-type tidewater glacier, Blomstrandbreen, since the Little Ice Age: a record of three surges. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 48: 2,
411-426. DOI: 10.1657/AAAR0014-094

Plot showing the mean distance of the margin of Blomstrandbreen from the LIA maximum in the western channel (black) and the eastern channel (green), using recorded extents between 1861 and 2006. There were surges in the 1920s, 1960s, and 2010s but overall the glacier has retreated over 2 km since 1928 and over 3 km since 1861. Image is from Burton et al. (2016) Marginal fluctuations of a Svalbard surge-type tidewater glacier, Blomstrandbreen, since the Little Ice Age: a record of three surges. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 48: 2, 411-426. DOI: 10.1657/AAAR0014-094

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