Tartagus
@tartagus.bsky.social
Big picture, it's all about the environment and overshoot -- and their progeny, climate change, the most immediate problem. Locally for me, it's about family, cats, plants, and bugs.
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The intensity of today's summer-like heat in Florida was made 5X more likely by climate change, finds a Climate Shift Index analysis by Climate Central.
May 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The intensity of today's summer-like heat in Florida was made 5X more likely by climate change, finds a Climate Shift Index analysis by Climate Central.
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The lawsuit, filed by Elias Law Group on behalf of the three national Democratic committees, challenges an expansive executive order Trump issued earlier this month that would give him unprecedented power over key regulatory agencies that were designed to operate without direct White House control.
Democrats Sue Trump Over Attempt to Control Independent Election Agency
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The lawsuit, filed by Elias Law Group on behalf of the three national Democratic committees, challenges an expansive executive order Trump issued earlier this month that would give him unprecedented power over key regulatory agencies that were designed to operate without direct White House control.
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It's great to announce that @leonsimons.bsky.social is joining as another host of Climate Chat! Leon will do his own Climate Chat programs in addition to joining me from time to time. Welcome Leon!
www.youtube.com/@climatechat...
www.youtube.com/@climatechat...
Climate Chat
Climate Chat is a channel where we discuss all things climate with scientists, technologists, authors, advocates, communicators and others helping us understand and fight climate change.
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It's great to announce that @leonsimons.bsky.social is joining as another host of Climate Chat! Leon will do his own Climate Chat programs in addition to joining me from time to time. Welcome Leon!
www.youtube.com/@climatechat...
www.youtube.com/@climatechat...
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Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
February 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
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Just spitballing, but things that could happen today:
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
February 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Just spitballing, but things that could happen today:
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
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I always thought Elon Musk was the most dangerous man in America but I viewed him as a danger primarily in terms of his wealth and his disinformation power. I didn't realize he would pose an actual threat to our form of government, our national security, and our most sensitive personal data.
Sheesh.
Sheesh.
February 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I always thought Elon Musk was the most dangerous man in America but I viewed him as a danger primarily in terms of his wealth and his disinformation power. I didn't realize he would pose an actual threat to our form of government, our national security, and our most sensitive personal data.
Sheesh.
Sheesh.
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February 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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How hot are the oceans?
The blue lines represent the actual sea surface temperatures for each of the years 1982-2022.
The red line represents the lowest (minimum) sea surface temperature obtained for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The blue lines represent the actual sea surface temperatures for each of the years 1982-2022.
The red line represents the lowest (minimum) sea surface temperature obtained for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
January 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
How hot are the oceans?
The blue lines represent the actual sea surface temperatures for each of the years 1982-2022.
The red line represents the lowest (minimum) sea surface temperature obtained for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The blue lines represent the actual sea surface temperatures for each of the years 1982-2022.
The red line represents the lowest (minimum) sea surface temperature obtained for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025.
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The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
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Um. What the fuck?
“Elon was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. It was pretty good. Thank you to Elon.”
Did Donald Trump just admit he cheated in Pennsylvania?
“Elon was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. It was pretty good. Thank you to Elon.”
Did Donald Trump just admit he cheated in Pennsylvania?
January 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Um. What the fuck?
“Elon was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. It was pretty good. Thank you to Elon.”
Did Donald Trump just admit he cheated in Pennsylvania?
“Elon was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. It was pretty good. Thank you to Elon.”
Did Donald Trump just admit he cheated in Pennsylvania?
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(🎶) As we approach noon, I know some of you may be looking for more upbeat music. The Hounds song “Elon” has you covered. Many of you have heard it before, but its official international release is...today! Warning: explicit lyrics and earworm potential.
Full album: open.spotify.com/album/2PtU0i...
Full album: open.spotify.com/album/2PtU0i...
Elon
YouTube video by Hounds - Topic
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January 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
(🎶) As we approach noon, I know some of you may be looking for more upbeat music. The Hounds song “Elon” has you covered. Many of you have heard it before, but its official international release is...today! Warning: explicit lyrics and earworm potential.
Full album: open.spotify.com/album/2PtU0i...
Full album: open.spotify.com/album/2PtU0i...
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The 365-day running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly is back over 1.60°C, and the daily is back over 1.80°C.
The Paris Agreement is yesterday's news. The climate of the future is happening now.
The Paris Agreement is yesterday's news. The climate of the future is happening now.
January 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The 365-day running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly is back over 1.60°C, and the daily is back over 1.80°C.
The Paris Agreement is yesterday's news. The climate of the future is happening now.
The Paris Agreement is yesterday's news. The climate of the future is happening now.
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In case you had any doubt, the near perfect fit of the quadratic trendline makes it clear: global sea surface temperatures are accelerating.
The current rate of warming is about 0.32°C/decade, which comes out to somewhere around 275 million Hiroshima bombs worth of ocean heating in 2025.
The current rate of warming is about 0.32°C/decade, which comes out to somewhere around 275 million Hiroshima bombs worth of ocean heating in 2025.
January 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In case you had any doubt, the near perfect fit of the quadratic trendline makes it clear: global sea surface temperatures are accelerating.
The current rate of warming is about 0.32°C/decade, which comes out to somewhere around 275 million Hiroshima bombs worth of ocean heating in 2025.
The current rate of warming is about 0.32°C/decade, which comes out to somewhere around 275 million Hiroshima bombs worth of ocean heating in 2025.
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I'm not sure why the sea surface temperature of the sub polar region of the North Atlantic (the region just South of Greenland) is spiking, but it is.
January 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I'm not sure why the sea surface temperature of the sub polar region of the North Atlantic (the region just South of Greenland) is spiking, but it is.
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Your 'moment of doom' for Jan. 9, 2025 ~ Together, we're unlimited.
"As the climate crisis escalates, the interdependent atmospheric, oceanic and ecological systems that constrain human civilization will lead to compounding and regime-shifting changes that are difficult to predict in advance."
"As the climate crisis escalates, the interdependent atmospheric, oceanic and ecological systems that constrain human civilization will lead to compounding and regime-shifting changes that are difficult to predict in advance."
The Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compounded
Conditions for a January firestorm in Los Angeles like this have not existed before now, writes a meteorologist and climate journalist
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Jan. 9, 2025 ~ Together, we're unlimited.
"As the climate crisis escalates, the interdependent atmospheric, oceanic and ecological systems that constrain human civilization will lead to compounding and regime-shifting changes that are difficult to predict in advance."
"As the climate crisis escalates, the interdependent atmospheric, oceanic and ecological systems that constrain human civilization will lead to compounding and regime-shifting changes that are difficult to predict in advance."
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Yes, it's true. A new record daily high global surface temperature was recorded in the latest data available from Copernicus for January 4th.
Here's a close up look:
Here's a close up look:
January 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Yes, it's true. A new record daily high global surface temperature was recorded in the latest data available from Copernicus for January 4th.
Here's a close up look:
Here's a close up look:
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
The monthly methane number just came out from NOAA for September, 2024, at 1936.64ppb.
The bad news is that the annualized rate of methane growth is once again increasing. It's not just that methane is increasing, but the rate of increase is once again increasing too!
Code Yikes!
The monthly methane number just came out from NOAA for September, 2024, at 1936.64ppb.
The bad news is that the annualized rate of methane growth is once again increasing. It's not just that methane is increasing, but the rate of increase is once again increasing too!
January 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
The monthly methane number just came out from NOAA for September, 2024, at 1936.64ppb.
The bad news is that the annualized rate of methane growth is once again increasing. It's not just that methane is increasing, but the rate of increase is once again increasing too!
Code Yikes!
The monthly methane number just came out from NOAA for September, 2024, at 1936.64ppb.
The bad news is that the annualized rate of methane growth is once again increasing. It's not just that methane is increasing, but the rate of increase is once again increasing too!
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Oh, and that dip in the mid-1990's, that was Mount Pinatubo. Google is your friend.
January 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Oh, and that dip in the mid-1990's, that was Mount Pinatubo. Google is your friend.
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Here is the 36-month running mean for CO2 growth.
1) Compute the running mean level of atmospheric CO2 over 36-months.
2) For any given date's 36-month running mean of CO2, subtract the running mean from 36 months earlier and plot that point.
3) Freak out that CO2 growth is increasing again!
1) Compute the running mean level of atmospheric CO2 over 36-months.
2) For any given date's 36-month running mean of CO2, subtract the running mean from 36 months earlier and plot that point.
3) Freak out that CO2 growth is increasing again!
January 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Here is the 36-month running mean for CO2 growth.
1) Compute the running mean level of atmospheric CO2 over 36-months.
2) For any given date's 36-month running mean of CO2, subtract the running mean from 36 months earlier and plot that point.
3) Freak out that CO2 growth is increasing again!
1) Compute the running mean level of atmospheric CO2 over 36-months.
2) For any given date's 36-month running mean of CO2, subtract the running mean from 36 months earlier and plot that point.
3) Freak out that CO2 growth is increasing again!
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Three issues to watch in global health in 2025, according to STAT News:
"There’s little reason to expect a period of calm."
"There’s little reason to expect a period of calm."
December 26, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Three issues to watch in global health in 2025, according to STAT News:
"There’s little reason to expect a period of calm."
"There’s little reason to expect a period of calm."
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Few had it +0.12C above 2023.
Though it's within the bandwidths, unlike most estimates for 2023.
h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
Though it's within the bandwidths, unlike most estimates for 2023.
h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
December 26, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Few had it +0.12C above 2023.
Though it's within the bandwidths, unlike most estimates for 2023.
h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
Though it's within the bandwidths, unlike most estimates for 2023.
h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
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We're ending 2024 with record high North Atlantic sea surface temperatures.
A possible slogan for 2025: "Charting the unchartable."
A possible slogan for 2025: "Charting the unchartable."
December 26, 2024 at 4:13 PM
We're ending 2024 with record high North Atlantic sea surface temperatures.
A possible slogan for 2025: "Charting the unchartable."
A possible slogan for 2025: "Charting the unchartable."
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There's very little reason to assume 30-year linear warming extrapolation.
Emissions, forcings, Earth's Energy Imbalance and (especially variability corrected) temperature observations all indicate acceleration of global warming.
We should prepare for reaching +2.0°C soon!
Emissions, forcings, Earth's Energy Imbalance and (especially variability corrected) temperature observations all indicate acceleration of global warming.
We should prepare for reaching +2.0°C soon!
December 14, 2024 at 11:52 AM
There's very little reason to assume 30-year linear warming extrapolation.
Emissions, forcings, Earth's Energy Imbalance and (especially variability corrected) temperature observations all indicate acceleration of global warming.
We should prepare for reaching +2.0°C soon!
Emissions, forcings, Earth's Energy Imbalance and (especially variability corrected) temperature observations all indicate acceleration of global warming.
We should prepare for reaching +2.0°C soon!
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"A wilingness to live without hope allows me to accept the heartbreaking truth of our situation, however calamitous it is. Grieving for what is happening to the planet also now brings me gratitude for the smallest, most mundane things."
thenewpress.com/books/end-of...
"A wilingness to live without hope allows me to accept the heartbreaking truth of our situation, however calamitous it is. Grieving for what is happening to the planet also now brings me gratitude for the smallest, most mundane things."
thenewpress.com/books/end-of...
The End of Ice | The New Press
After nearly a decade overseas as a war reporter, the acclaimed journalist Dahr Jamail returned to America to renew his passion for mountaineering, only to find that the slopes he had once climbed hav...
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December 15, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"A wilingness to live without hope allows me to accept the heartbreaking truth of our situation, however calamitous it is. Grieving for what is happening to the planet also now brings me gratitude for the smallest, most mundane things."
thenewpress.com/books/end-of...
"A wilingness to live without hope allows me to accept the heartbreaking truth of our situation, however calamitous it is. Grieving for what is happening to the planet also now brings me gratitude for the smallest, most mundane things."
thenewpress.com/books/end-of...
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She also wrote: “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.”
November 30, 2024 at 3:13 AM
She also wrote: “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.”