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TinJar
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Scientist, advocate, and educator in the field of #climatechange. #Author of #solarpunk #novel "A New Faith." Read or download the novel for free at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

#booksky #climatefiction #sciencefiction #mystery #thriller
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"Homoploutia describes the situation in which the same people (homo) are wealthy (ploutia) in the space of capital and labor income - makes traditional division between capitalists and laborers less relevant today."

#democracy #justice #tax #billionaires
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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"#Climatechange is compounding and multiplying the challenges faced by those who have already been #displaced, as well as their hosts, particularly in #fragile and #conflict-affected settings." #solarpunk #booksky #migration #adaptation #humanrights #scifi #clifi
Embargoed: No Escape II – The way forward | UNHCR
www.unhcr.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Nuclear power plants almost always run safely and cheaply, while coal-fired plants always kill when working as designed.

There is no reason to shut down nukes before their design lifetimes expire, except in cases of environmental hazard, like being built on an earthquake fault.

Just

#NoNewNukes
I agree with you. I was calling it "clean" relative to coal, oil, and methane. One of the ongoing dilemmas is about whether to keep existing nuclear around or not. Because shutting them down may lead to more coal/methane/oil use. From a #climate perspective, it is a difficult decision.
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Cheapest source of #electricity is #solar

How do we know this?

The poorest folks in the world are deploying it like crazy without government support of ANY kind. See #Pakistan #SouthAfrica for example.

#solarpunk #democracy #justice #humanrights #climatechange
The Electric Bill Election - The American Prospect
On Tuesday, the soaring cost of power was a key factor in several races, including those in Georgia, Virginia, and New Jersey. Democrats have a plan that can match their economic populist rhetoric.
prospect.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
www.404media.co/openais-sora...

All those trillions spent for this? Of course, they are! Did you really think that #ai #genai was actually to help humanity?

#openai #chatgpt #google #meta #amazon #microsoft #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I meant all yang and no yin, but nobody in the West is going to understand that part either.
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Yeah. It's clean. Right up to the moment when it's not. And nuke proponents don't want to talk about the nuclear waste left behind at each power plant even after said plants age out and are dismantled. The REAL costs never end.
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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BO-O-O-O-OGUS. Nuclear power is in no way clean.

Uranium mining kills miners. Nukes create mountains of toxic waste.

#NoNewNukes
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Three top-notch scientists present a clear and cogent critique of the infamous Gates memo on #climatechange

#Tax the #billionaires and we can address most problems such as #poverty #health #food #water #sanitation #education #housing #climate quite easily.
Scientists criticize ‘straw man’ arguments in Bill Gates climate memo
Tech billionaire relying on ‘false binary’ with call to focus less on emissions and more on aid for poor, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
newrepublic.com/article/2028...

Never really understood how #nuclear is a part of the #affordability argument when it is one of the most expensive sources of electricity even after decades of being deployed worldwide. #Clean - sure. But #cheap?

#climatechange #solar #wind #batteries #EV
Democrats Just Realized They Have a Winning Climate Message
Energy affordability propelled Mikie Sherrill and several others to victory on Tuesday.
newrepublic.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
www.ft.com/content/f85a...

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"#Just #Energy #Transition" has become the alias for "no one can EVER be even slightly inconvenienced". Everyone can use it and no one can question it.

#climatechange #democracy #justice #humanrights
Why Latin America can’t quit oil
As COP30 approaches, Brazil and Colombia offer competing visions of a ‘just energy transition’ for developing countries
www.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Obscene amounts of money in the hands of nincompoops leads to megalomania instead of actually helping the ones who need the most help. And this money is from #oil which itself is burning the #world down.

#humanrights #justice #democracy #climatechange #fascism
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...

How about this deal for #AI #genai evangelists - for every percent increase in #unemployment (above the starting point of 4%), the #tax on them goes up by 5% which is used to implement a universal basic income #UBI policy.

#justice #democracy #humanrights #jobs
Advances in AI will boost productivity, living standards over time
Artificial intelligence offers the potential to improve people’s living standards. Such advances can be approximated by changes in GDP per capita over time. Using that common measure, AI could enhance...
www.dallasfed.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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That was kinda fast - going from astronomical growth and solving ALL of the world's problems to "we need help from taxpayers"?

#ai #genai #chatgpt #openai #google #amazon #meta #nvidia #alphabet #jobs #employment
OpenAI probably can’t make ends meet. That’s where you come in.
If you thought the 2008 bank bailout was bad, wait til you see the 2026 AI bailout
garymarcus.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...

"Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S." This is exactly how gangs of thugs work. NO DIFFERENCE! #US #climatechange #democracy #humanrights #justice #oil #fossilfuels #shipping
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
www.thenation.com/article/envi...

"while more than two-thirds of Americans want stronger climate policy, less than a third of them say they see coverage of the issue in the media at least once a week"

#climatechange #humanrights #justice #democracy #media #socialmedia #journalism
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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"New taxes on the super-rich, #fossilfuels, financial transactions and highly polluting and carbon-intensive activities should be explored as key ways of raising the finance needed to help poor countries"

#climatechange #justice #democracy #humanrights #tax #billionaires
unfccc.int
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Neal Stephenson literally wrote a #scifi #book on this "Termination Shock" warning about the deadly outcomes. But just like #metaverse - these idiots seem to look at scifi as inspiration instead.

#climatechange #humanrights #democracy #justice #geoengineering
Solar geoengineering in wrong hands could wreak climate havoc, scientists warn
Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM