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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 15h

For #spacetober_challenge day 8 prompt propulsion, my portrait of #mathematician, aeronautical #engineer, philanthropist & Cherokee ‘hidden figure’ of the space race: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008).⁠ 🧪🐡🧮🔭👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci
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Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead his people on the

Linocut portrait of Mary Golda Ross looking over her shoulder in a gradient of green (at bottom) to gold (at top) surrounded by vehicles important to her career including P-38 Lighting fighter plane, and Agena rocket, important to Apollo missions in grey.

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Marc Kuchner | Author @marckuchner.bsky.social · 3h

A newly observed wave crossing the Milky Way may point to a galactic collision. www.aanda.org/articles/aa/... #astronomy #news

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 3h

Watching the way the Trump administration is using criminalization as a weapon ought to make clear how criminalization works even in normal times.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3h

And now there are reports of airstrikes.

Please keep all of the people in Gaza in your prayers. These last minute offensives tend to be quite brutal.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3h

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3h

Israeli "I believe Hamas more than I believe Netanyahu"

The wall is breaking.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 5h

The far right is pushing (both at the White House and by astroturfing local opposition) to make permitting clean energy projects terrible. A goal is to bully Dem Senators into voting for "permitting reform" laws that make it easier to build fossil fuel stuff but require a filibuster-proof 60+ votes.

John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 12h

"The White House is offering 'concierge, white glove service' to oil, coal and other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects, according to an energy official, while simultaneously slowing down or blocking solar and wind projects."

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dr. Sarah Fortner @erthsarah.bsky.social · 4h

An inequality engine amplifies with fossil love.

“Fossil fuel donors poured $96m into Trump’s 2025 presidential campaign and affiliated action committees, and contributed $11.8m to Trump’s second inauguration.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

www.theguardian.com

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 3h

Looking back at this article I wrote the day after the presidential election, it looks like I had pretty good foresight, which just came from paying attention:

Repeal of the IRA, withdraw from Paris Agreement, encouragement of pro-fossil fuel action abroad…

A Climate Scientist on What Trump’s Victory Means for Global Warming

Republicans might not actually repeal the Inflation Reduction Act’s green energy incentives. But Trump can do plenty of damage to international climate progress without that.

newrepublic.com

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Mirjam S. @teunemans.bsky.social · 3h

Filmpje (Instagram @alex1derland)

Only Israel…

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 8h

We probably need to go back to ~350 ppm CO₂ equivalent for temperatures to stop rising.

We are now above 573 ppm (GHG forcing of +4.1 W/m²).

That's without aerosols cooling things down.

There's too much uncertainty to be sure, but going back to 350 ppm is already a Herculean task.

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Sybrand Frietema @frietema.bsky.social · 10h

Wat je van Trump ook kan zeggen - en dat is veel en dat doe ik vaak - hij maakt wel een aantal vriendschappen opeens een stuk hechter én publieker.

De voorzitter van het Europarlement verwelkomde vandaag de leider van Groenland met alle egards.

(Ter vergelijking: Doetinchem heeft meer inwoners)

Roberta Metsola @president.europarl.europa.eu · 10h

The first time that a leader of Greenland has ever addressed @europarl.europa.eu 🇪🇺🇬🇱

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Mirjam S. @teunemans.bsky.social · 9h

Wow wow wow…. Prachtig…

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Sybrand Frietema @frietema.bsky.social · 10h

Qua cringe lukte het me niet om de stukjes video van dit interview uit te kijken.

Extra hulde dus voor interviewers die dit namens ons allen moesten aanhoren en er nog een leesbaar stuk van wisten te brouwen ook.

Lamyae Aharouay @lamyae.bsky.social · 10h

‘Ik ben geen populist’, zegt VVD-leider Dilan Yesilgöz. Pim van den Dool en ik interviewden haar voor NRC. Te lezen, bekijken (nrc op youtube) en te beluisteren (Haagse Zaken)

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

‘Ik ben geen populist’, zegt VVD-leider Dilan Yesilgöz

Dilan Yesilgöz | lijsttrekker VVD: Ze staat onder zware druk, door dalende peilingen en openlijke kritiek vanuit haar eigen partij. Toch houdt Dilan Yesilgöz vast aan haar inhoudelijke koers, hoewel z...

www.nrc.nl

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10h

Nnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooo

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 13h

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Mirjam S. @teunemans.bsky.social · 10h

Filmpje…

Mirjam S. @teunemans.bsky.social · 11h

No rest for the wicked, Hidde 😈

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Mirjam S. @teunemans.bsky.social · 11h

Hou je van podcasts?

(De fossil fuel lobby zit behalve achter het bewerken van beleidsmakers natuurlijk ook achter de smeercampagnes. Ik snap ook totaal niet waarom deze verkiezingen niet over het KLIMAAT gaan. Nou ja, wel dus.)

bsky.app/profile/keta...

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18h

The sheer amount of content coming out of @drilledmedia.bsky.social is incredible. A whole bunch of great interviews partic on climate obstruction and tactics. Haven't even finished the great 'carbon bros' series yet, too much good stuff damn it

pca.st/podcast/35c7...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 12h

“They stole my EpiPen from me...I said, 'I could die,' they said, 'We don't care'.”

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18h

The sheer amount of content coming out of @drilledmedia.bsky.social is incredible. A whole bunch of great interviews partic on climate obstruction and tactics. Haven't even finished the great 'carbon bros' series yet, too much good stuff damn it

pca.st/podcast/35c7...

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11h

Enjoy it while it lasts

Capitalism is in its death throes

Climate breakdown will bring it down

Extreme weather alone will cost $38 TRILLION by 2050 - a third of current global GDP

UK Institute of Actuaries predicts 2 billion dead by then for 2C rise
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

City of London approves plans for new Square Mile skyscraper

The new development at 130 Fenchurch Street is due to be completed in 2030.

www.bbc.co.uk

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WeatherMatrix @weathermatrix.bsky.social · 11h

More amazing ISS astronaut images, this time of Typhoon Halong yesterday. x.com/Astro_Kimiya...

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 7, 2025 ~ our yesterdays have lighted fools.

"The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is 'not due to a few bad apples', ... but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Kaj Leers @kajleers.bsky.social · 13h

Terwijl De Groene Amsterdammer in een prima artikel juist blootlegt waar partijen juist enorm verschillen over de aanpak van de woonproblematiek, en hoe elke aanpak winnaars en verliezers kent - en je dus heel goed politiek conflict kunt organiseren.

www.groene.nl/artikel/het-...

Dit zijn de échte oorzaken van de woningnood (spoiler: de huisvesting van vluchtelingen hoort daar niet bij)

Volgens Geert Wilders zijn het de buitenlanders, de SGP wijst naar echtscheidingen, terwijl voor anderen speculanten, boeren of riant behuisde senioren de boosdoener zijn. Waar ligt, voorbij de politi...

www.groene.nl

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 12h

⛑️The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said Tuesday that 29 of its medics and rescuers have been killed in Gaza since the start of Israel’s genocidal war two years ago.

In a statement marking the grim anniversary, the organization voiced “deep sadness and disappointment” at the international...

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Ton Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social · 12h

Geweldloos. Volkomen geweldloze vuurwapens. Alle 10

(Vergaten ze vertellen)

cc: alle wappies en sommige journalisten die ik hier niet bij naam zal noemen. (Het is al lullig genoeg voor "ik ben objectief verslaggever van beroep" Wierd Duk)

www.nu.nl/binnenland/6...

OM eist tot zes jaar cel tegen twintigers voor leveren wapens aan soevereinen

Het Openbaar Ministerie heeft celstraffen van zes en vier jaar geëist tegen Rinke L. (26) en Matthijs H. (28) voor onder meer het leveren van wapens aan een groep vermeende soevereinen. Dat gebeurde i...

www.nu.nl

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