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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4h

The point is adapting to the unavoidable consequences of climate change is going to be extraordinarily expensive no matter what we choose to either protect or abandon.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 6h

The other point, of course, is that if the National Academy HAD done a review, they would have blistered Koonin's DOE report as a piece of garbage. That's why the Trump government didn't ask the National Academy to do a review.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 6h

Fyi, not commenting on whether this design is good or bad, there's a real threat that sea level rise is going to wipe out the current Hwy37.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 9h

First Golden-crowned Sparrow of the winter season just arrived in my backyard. So there's hope.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 18h

I simply don't understand how the Republicans can refuse to seat an elected member of Congress.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 1d

"Let me look right into the camera and lie to your face."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 1d

"Let me look right into the camera and lie to your face."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 1d

I reject the implication that people with beards aren't fussy about grooming. 🧔

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry you can't read. Blocked.

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

"Just stand there in your wrongness and be wrong and get used to it."

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

If you're dissing The West Wing, "Just stand there in your wrongness and be wrong and get used to it."

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

For those complaining that they might have to hear some Spanish at halftime at the Super Bowl, English isn't the native language of America.
That would be Navajo, Yupik, Choctaw, Comanche, Shoshone, Iroquoian, and a hundred others.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

Get with it.
people.com/bad-bunny-cl...

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Bad Bunny Claps Back at Critics of His Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance, Jokes Viewers 'Have 4 Months to Learn' Spanish

Bad Bunny clapped back at critics of his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance during the Oct. 4 episode of 'SNL.' The rapper will take the stage at Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Cali...

people.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

For those complaining that they might have to hear some Spanish at halftime at the Super Bowl, English isn't the native language of America.
That would be Navajo, Yupik, Choctaw, Comanche, Shoshone, Iroquoian, and a hundred others.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, climate deniers are an easy block.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

Sure. But RFK Jr's just going to kill thousands of us while Miller's trying to kill all of democracy.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

You mean the major US navy base where they're having to spend literally hundreds of millions of dollars to adapt to the accelerating impacts of #climatechange on sea level and extreme events?

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

WATCH LIVE: Trump, Hegseth celebrate Navy's 250th anniversary at Naval Station Norfolk

President Donald Trump has decided not to let the government shutdown interfere with a stop in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to salute the Navy as it celebrates its 250th anniversary.

www.pbs.org

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

I think it's clear now that the most evil, malevolent, dangerous man in the US is Stephen Miller.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

I've had a beard for 40 years. Little did I know it would mark me as a member of the resistance.✊

www.axios.com/2025/10/02/h...

"No more beardos": Hegseth's comments stir religious, medical concerns

In some religions, a beard is more than facial hair — it's a critical part of one's faith.

www.axios.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

Poll.
61% of American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes, 40% say Israel is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians.

That's not antisemitism. That's moral and ethical responsibility.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds

Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

Vought wants to destroy the government. Miller wants to destroy all of democracy.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

I think it's clear now that the most evil, malevolent, dangerous man in the US is Stephen Miller.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me how ICE is different from the Gestapo?

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 3d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4d

Section 5114(b), Title 31, US Code restricts whose portrait may be printed on US currency:
"Only the portrait of deceased individuals may appear on United States currency and securities."
Politico was apparently to lazy to look up the law in this fawning article.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin

The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin.

www.politico.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, dietary choices have an impact on our use of resources.
So do choices of irrigation technologies. And where certain crops are grown. And the vast wastes & inefficiencies in the food processing and distribution system. And what goes bad in our kitchens.
Actions in all these areas are important.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3d

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.

The climate movement’s biggest weakness

What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.

www.vox.com

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