RebeccaW
@rwclimate.bsky.social
Raising my voice for nature, justice, & a better way forward.
No one is coming to save us. We have to save ourselves.
#EndOligarchy #NoKings #ResistAI #AntiWar
#ClimateCrisis #Overshoot
#Nature #MutualAid #GeneralStrike #Degrowth #ActiveTravel 🚴♀️
No one is coming to save us. We have to save ourselves.
#EndOligarchy #NoKings #ResistAI #AntiWar
#ClimateCrisis #Overshoot
#Nature #MutualAid #GeneralStrike #Degrowth #ActiveTravel 🚴♀️
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RebeccaW
@rwclimate.bsky.social
· May 14
I often feel that the greedy destroyers in this world – those destroying nature &/or harming people – have not once in their lives felt at peace, or marveled at simple natural beauty, or felt humbled by it.
Yes, our collective power must stop their harm..., but it's also sad what they have become.
Yes, our collective power must stop their harm..., but it's also sad what they have become.
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National Parks are a mirror of democracy — owned by the people, protected for all. Which is why, in an age of privatization and neglect, they’ve never been more imperiled.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
National Parks are a mirror of democracy — owned by the people, protected for all. Which is why, in an age of privatization and neglect, they’ve never been more imperiled.
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Hear, hear, though it's concerning that most people calling for the end of fossil fuels still push the idea that we can keep everything else -- the same capitalism, growth economy, imperialism, inequality, production, consumption, & lifestyles.
That's not working out.
We need bigger changes, eg:
That's not working out.
We need bigger changes, eg:
Can Socialism Solve the Climate Crisis?
Governments globally are failing to combat climate change because they prioritise profit over the planet — for real change, the capitalist mode of production must be overhauled.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Hear, hear, though it's concerning that most people calling for the end of fossil fuels still push the idea that we can keep everything else -- the same capitalism, growth economy, imperialism, inequality, production, consumption, & lifestyles.
That's not working out.
We need bigger changes, eg:
That's not working out.
We need bigger changes, eg:
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Any politician who uses the word "hopefully" when dealing with the GOP in 2025 is an unserious person & needs to be voted out of office.
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet.” – Robert Greene
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet.” – Robert Greene
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Any politician who uses the word "hopefully" when dealing with the GOP in 2025 is an unserious person & needs to be voted out of office.
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet.” – Robert Greene
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet.” – Robert Greene
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America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
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This is what's happening in Chicago right now, with @katmabu.bsky.social.
Kat Abughazaleh on the Right to Protest
Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh on why more Democrats aren’t taking direct action and how leaders should be responding to the right.
interc.pt
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is what's happening in Chicago right now, with @katmabu.bsky.social.
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"Our politicians refuse to take action [on the #climatecrisis] because they are aligned with the capitalist class... We need a new way forward: build new mass-based political parties that can unite workers & environmentalists in a shared project of transformation..." - @jasonhickel.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Our politicians refuse to take action [on the #climatecrisis] because they are aligned with the capitalist class... We need a new way forward: build new mass-based political parties that can unite workers & environmentalists in a shared project of transformation..." - @jasonhickel.bsky.social
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"The good news is that these policies are highly popular and can form the basis of a winning political platform. Democratic socialism is a viable path — indeed, the only path — to a safe and just future."
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...
Can Socialism Solve the Climate Crisis?
Governments globally are failing to combat climate change because they prioritise profit over the planet — for real change, the capitalist mode of production must be overhauled.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"The good news is that these policies are highly popular and can form the basis of a winning political platform. Democratic socialism is a viable path — indeed, the only path — to a safe and just future."
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...
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When faced with the choice of changing our systems to save nature to save ourselves vs. business as usual govts (& most people) have chosen business as usual.
Because who needs a cold Arctic, right? /sarcasm
As a species, we are incredibly arrogant to think the harm we do to nature won't hurt us.
Because who needs a cold Arctic, right? /sarcasm
As a species, we are incredibly arrogant to think the harm we do to nature won't hurt us.
Arctic-Global Linkages | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
toolkit.climate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When faced with the choice of changing our systems to save nature to save ourselves vs. business as usual govts (& most people) have chosen business as usual.
Because who needs a cold Arctic, right? /sarcasm
As a species, we are incredibly arrogant to think the harm we do to nature won't hurt us.
Because who needs a cold Arctic, right? /sarcasm
As a species, we are incredibly arrogant to think the harm we do to nature won't hurt us.
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Folks. If you love your city and the people in it and feel helpless in the face of the fascist forces roaming your neighborhoods, read this piece and find some way to resist or to keep resisting or to support others who are. Be like Chicago. City of Broad Shoulders indeed.
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Folks. If you love your city and the people in it and feel helpless in the face of the fascist forces roaming your neighborhoods, read this piece and find some way to resist or to keep resisting or to support others who are. Be like Chicago. City of Broad Shoulders indeed.
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Here's a look at the extent of the "warmth" across the #Arctic in October. This map uses my normal anomaly scaling for each month, but it clearly doesn't work for something this extreme.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Here's a look at the extent of the "warmth" across the #Arctic in October. This map uses my normal anomaly scaling for each month, but it clearly doesn't work for something this extreme.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
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Think of the quote in the photo below as you listen to this young man.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Think of the quote in the photo below as you listen to this young man.
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🔥 "One thing I notice when I read history is this: The world is shaped primarily by people who believe things and then take action in accordance with their beliefs."
"Don’t think so much. Go fight. We have already lost way too much by failing to do this for too long."
– @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
"Don’t think so much. Go fight. We have already lost way too much by failing to do this for too long."
– @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🔥 "One thing I notice when I read history is this: The world is shaped primarily by people who believe things and then take action in accordance with their beliefs."
"Don’t think so much. Go fight. We have already lost way too much by failing to do this for too long."
– @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
"Don’t think so much. Go fight. We have already lost way too much by failing to do this for too long."
– @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
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@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social is on🔥: "Engaging with politics, to many voters, means stepping into the mind state of a political consultant ... I want to suggest a different mental model of politics: Think about what you want to happen. Then fight for that thing."
Do What You Believe In
How to navigate a complex political world.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social is on🔥: "Engaging with politics, to many voters, means stepping into the mind state of a political consultant ... I want to suggest a different mental model of politics: Think about what you want to happen. Then fight for that thing."
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Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
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Elon Musk Is repsonsible for the deaths of 600,000 human beings and yet is being rewarded by capitalists with 1000 billion dollars
bsky.app/profile/newy...
bsky.app/profile/newy...
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Elon Musk Is repsonsible for the deaths of 600,000 human beings and yet is being rewarded by capitalists with 1000 billion dollars
bsky.app/profile/newy...
bsky.app/profile/newy...
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Related article👇: The Planet Can't Afford AI. It hogs too much energy & water.
"Tech won’t save us. Human relationships built on love and reciprocity will. Mutual aid and parallel networks of care will. Connection to and reverence for the wild will. Encounters with soul will."
"Tech won’t save us. Human relationships built on love and reciprocity will. Mutual aid and parallel networks of care will. Connection to and reverence for the wild will. Encounters with soul will."
The Planet Can’t Afford AI
Time to put on the brakes
kollibri.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Related article👇: The Planet Can't Afford AI. It hogs too much energy & water.
"Tech won’t save us. Human relationships built on love and reciprocity will. Mutual aid and parallel networks of care will. Connection to and reverence for the wild will. Encounters with soul will."
"Tech won’t save us. Human relationships built on love and reciprocity will. Mutual aid and parallel networks of care will. Connection to and reverence for the wild will. Encounters with soul will."
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I didn't think the gap between climate science/reality & what people heard through mainstream media (not counting The Guardian) could get *worse* – yet here we are.
We're in la-la-land pretending fossil-fueled business as usual & endless economic growth are somehow compatible with a livable planet.
We're in la-la-land pretending fossil-fueled business as usual & endless economic growth are somehow compatible with a livable planet.
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I didn't think the gap between climate science/reality & what people heard through mainstream media (not counting The Guardian) could get *worse* – yet here we are.
We're in la-la-land pretending fossil-fueled business as usual & endless economic growth are somehow compatible with a livable planet.
We're in la-la-land pretending fossil-fueled business as usual & endless economic growth are somehow compatible with a livable planet.
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Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN
- Experts say 2023, 2024 and 2025 will be the three hottest years in 176 years of records, with 1.5C Paris agreement target now ‘virtually impossible’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Experts say 2023, 2024 and 2025 will be the three hottest years in 176 years of records, with 1.5C Paris agreement target now ‘virtually impossible’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN
Experts say 2023, 2024 and 2025 the three hottest years in 176 years of records, with 1.5C Paris agreement target now ‘virtually impossible’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN
- Experts say 2023, 2024 and 2025 will be the three hottest years in 176 years of records, with 1.5C Paris agreement target now ‘virtually impossible’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Experts say 2023, 2024 and 2025 will be the three hottest years in 176 years of records, with 1.5C Paris agreement target now ‘virtually impossible’
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Read the infuriating thread below from @hebagowayed.bsky.social about her experience with Time Magazine.
Then read Heba's article: "Zohran Mamdani Campaign and the Radical Idea that Muslims are Human" to support her & say thank you to @therumpus.net for publishing with integrity.
Then read Heba's article: "Zohran Mamdani Campaign and the Radical Idea that Muslims are Human" to support her & say thank you to @therumpus.net for publishing with integrity.
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Read the infuriating thread below from @hebagowayed.bsky.social about her experience with Time Magazine.
Then read Heba's article: "Zohran Mamdani Campaign and the Radical Idea that Muslims are Human" to support her & say thank you to @therumpus.net for publishing with integrity.
Then read Heba's article: "Zohran Mamdani Campaign and the Radical Idea that Muslims are Human" to support her & say thank you to @therumpus.net for publishing with integrity.
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JD Vance has always been the long-term plan for right-wing tech billionaires to cement a dictatorship in America.
“Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the US establishment with an authoritarian regime.”
“Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the US establishment with an authoritarian regime.”
JD Vance is the handpicked leader of the antidemocracy movement in America | Robert Reich
Rightwing tech lords are betting that Vance will be the Republican presidential pick in 2028. They’re probably right
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
JD Vance has always been the long-term plan for right-wing tech billionaires to cement a dictatorship in America.
“Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the US establishment with an authoritarian regime.”
“Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the US establishment with an authoritarian regime.”
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YOU HAVE TO LEARN AI NOW IF YOU DON'T PICK IT UP IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS YOUR BUSINESS WILL GET LEFT BEHIND the YouTube ad shrieks at me.
Yeah, what I'm hearing is that you have 18 months to make all these massively over-leveraged products turn a profit. And that's not a me problem.
Yeah, what I'm hearing is that you have 18 months to make all these massively over-leveraged products turn a profit. And that's not a me problem.
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
YOU HAVE TO LEARN AI NOW IF YOU DON'T PICK IT UP IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS YOUR BUSINESS WILL GET LEFT BEHIND the YouTube ad shrieks at me.
Yeah, what I'm hearing is that you have 18 months to make all these massively over-leveraged products turn a profit. And that's not a me problem.
Yeah, what I'm hearing is that you have 18 months to make all these massively over-leveraged products turn a profit. And that's not a me problem.