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Reposted by: David Johnson

amandaunderwood.bsky.social
A reminder to those who wonder at the cruelty, lack of moral justice & steely determination of the current administration that their methods come from a deeply religious zealotry.

Trying to attribute reason to their behaviour is pointless. They believe they are right.
Opus Dei and Project 2025
The relationship between religion and politics has been and continues to be a toxic and dangerous relationship. A key U.S. player in that relationship today is Kevin Roberts and his Heritage Founda…
foranothervoice.com
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by David Johnson — Reposted by: Michael E. Mann

infpwriter.bsky.social
“And if America continues down this path of anti-science, constituting an existential threat to the rest of the world, then other nations will have to make difficult decisions about what they choose to do about this..." - Prof. Michael Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social
‘US anti-science stance poses global existential threat’ - Research Professional News
Author of Science Under Siege warns that disinformation around science puts humanity at risk
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
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Reposted by: David Johnson

zacklabe.com
October has observed some of the largest warming trends in the #Arctic. This is greatest over areas with a lack of sea ice cover (nearly all of the Siberian Arctic). Arctic amplification is largest in the boreal fall.

Data: doi.org/10.24381/cds.... Info: doi.org/10.1175/BAMS....
Polar stereographic map of 2-m temperature trends in units of °C per decade over the Arctic for the month of October. Trends are calculated over the 1979 to 2024 period using ERA5. The largest warming is an areas of open water that were previously sea ice covered along the Siberian side of the Arctic. These trends exceed 2°C/decade in these areas.
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by Michael E. Mann — Reposted by: David Johnson, Michael E. Mann

michaelemann.bsky.social
"The Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World" | My interview about @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & my new book, #ScienceUnderSiege, with the legendary Ralph Nader on the #RalphNaderRadioHour: www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/the-five-m...
The Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World
Ralph welcomes Michael Mann, Professor in the “Department of Earth and Environmental Science” at the University of Pennsylvania and author along with Dr.
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
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Reposted by: David Johnson

zacklabe.com
Happy October! 🍂 Like other times of year, our planet is heating up this month… but some regions warm faster than others. Arctic amplification especially ramps up in October.

Maps show the changes in October temperature over the last 4 decades. Data used from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5.
Four global maps showing near-surface air temperature anomalies for the month of October in 1985-1994, 1995-2004, 2005-2014, and 2015-2024. Most all areas are observing long-term warming, which is largest over the Arctic region and Asia. Anomalies are calculated relative to 1951-1980 from ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis.
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by David Johnson — Reposted by: Michael E. Mann

infpwriter.bsky.social
"Discrediting science and scientists is an essential first step for authoritarian regimes to discredit any other forms of learning and truth and destabilize societies to keep them under control."
michaelemann.bsky.social
Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 3d
"Who is leading the war against science and what interest do they have" | Nice review of #ScienceUnderSiege by #SpotMedia: spotmedia.ro/en/news/soci...
Who is leading the war against science and what interest do they have
Who is leading the war against science and what interest do they have
spotmedia.ro
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by Michael E. Mann — Reposted by: David Johnson, Michael E. Mann

michaelemann.bsky.social
"Who is leading the war against science and what interest do they have" | Nice review of #ScienceUnderSiege by #SpotMedia: spotmedia.ro/en/news/soci...
Who is leading the war against science and what interest do they have
Who is leading the war against science and what interest do they have
spotmedia.ro
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Reposted by: David Johnson

coveringclimatenow.org
@UNESCO.org has designated 26 new biosphere reserves, including forests, savannahs, and estuaries, in 21 countries, and instituted a 10-year strategic action plan that includes studying the effects of climate change in the reserves... by @tjwebber.bsky.social
UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves amid biodiversity challenges and climate change
The UN cultural agency UNESCO has designated 785 sites in 142 countries, since 1971 — that are “home to some of the planet’s richest and most fragile ecosystems.”
buff.ly
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by David Johnson

infpwriter.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/mm5bV...
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YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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by David Johnson

infpwriter.bsky.social
"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world." - Dr. Paul Farmer
motherjones.com
Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d
Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is "abhorrent."

“He takes food and health care from the neediest and tries to, in his words, traumatize people—then he calls himself a Christian,” a neighbor told @isabelaalhadeff. “Pretty despicable.”
Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is "abhorrent."
The people living near Trump's "grim reaper" of government cuts have put up signs letting him know they stand with federal workers.
www.motherjones.com
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by Michael E. Mann — Reposted by: David Johnson, Michael E. Mann

michaelemann.bsky.social
"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead..."
-Thomas Paine.
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Reposted by: David Johnson

whitehouse.senate.gov
Wanna know whose shutdown this is?

Pay attention to who’s enjoying it.
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Reposted by: David Johnson, Brendan Nyhan, Christopher Wright , and 7 more

andycraig.bsky.social
Julius Caesar was the first Roman to put his own living face on coins, weeks before his death. It is one of the deepest cultural signifiers of something autocracies do and republics do not.

“Render unto Caesar.” A practice so notoriously arrogant Jesus himself dunked on it with snarky wordplay.
Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector
The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...
defector.com
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Reposted by: David Johnson

motherjones.com
Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is "abhorrent."

“He takes food and health care from the neediest and tries to, in his words, traumatize people—then he calls himself a Christian,” a neighbor told @isabelaalhadeff. “Pretty despicable.”
Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is "abhorrent."
The people living near Trump's "grim reaper" of government cuts have put up signs letting him know they stand with federal workers.
www.motherjones.com
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Reposted by: David Johnson

drnereide.bsky.social
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Stunning image captured, at Arches National Park in Utah, by photographer Zach Cooley on 28 October 2020 when the Moon was in waxing gibbous phase with an illumination of 91%.

Precisely, 91% was the percentage illuminated by the Sun.

➡️ www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

🔭 🧪 #science #sciart
The photo shows the Moon in waxing gibbous phase with an illumination of 91%, captured at Arches National Park in Utah, on 28 October 2020. The Moon creates the effect of a giant eye as it passes behind a rock arch.
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Reposted by: David Johnson

andreadevon.bsky.social
Watching this makes it clear. They are gaslighting America over pennies while immigrants pay billions they’ll never use. It’s a distraction from the Epstein files, job losses, shrinking GDP and the widening trade deficit.

Don’t get distracted. Stay focused.
#EpsteinFiles #TrumpsShutdown
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by David Johnson

infpwriter.bsky.social
Ignorance fueled by arrogance is the cancer Americans must defeat.
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by David Johnson

infpwriter.bsky.social
"The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell
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Reposted by: David Johnson

whitehouse.senate.gov
This is the moment Republicans have been dreaming about…🤢
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Reposted by: David Johnson

pbsnews.org
A government shutdown raises new questions about how the EPA can carry out its founding mission of protecting America’s health and environment with little more than skeletal staff and funding. https://to.pbs.org/42m01Eu
How a shutdown affects the EPA's effort to protect America's air, water and land
Former EPA officials express concerns that polluters may exploit the situation with an agency that has already seen massive staff cuts and dramatic shifts in policy.
www.pbs.org
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Reposted by: David Johnson

earther.bsky.social
(where I live)

"What makes the Climate Commitment Act central to the state’s climate strategy is that it forces polluters to fund the energy transition.... It is designed to cut statewide emissions by 95 percent below 1990 levels by 2050...."

tinyurl.com/s4shkzd4

@nickengelfried.bsky.social
Will Washington’s Groundbreaking Climate Law Inspire Other States?
The Evergreen State is creating a road map for phasing out fossil fuels while boosting renewable energy
tinyurl.com
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Reposted by: David Johnson, Joe R. Feagin, Brendan Nyhan , and 12 more

atrupar.com
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
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by David Johnson

infpwriter.bsky.social
"If you want to understand how misinformation works in general… and anyone who cares about democracy should right now… there’s no one better to talk to than researchers who have been studying climate misinformation for years..."
drilledmedia.bsky.social
Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 6d
In this week's episode, we dig into the psychology of mis/disinformation and why it works so well. We thought we knew a lot about disinformation, and then we talked to these experts!

drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep3 | The Psychology of Misinformation: Why Does It Work So Well?
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
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by David Johnson

infpwriter.bsky.social
Such respect and admiration for #AOC, who gives me hope for humanity. As a young boy who delivered newspapers in a small Massachusetts town in 1964, I won a contest as one of a half dozen kids who signed up new customers. The prize... a bus trip to Washington D.C. and a terrific tour of the Capitol.

Reposted by: David Johnson

drnereide.bsky.social
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Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"

Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."

— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025

#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪
The photo features Jane Goodall and infant chimpanzee Flint reach out to touch each other's hands. Flint was the first infant born at Gombe (Tanzania) after Jane arrived. With him, she had a great opportunity to study chimp development. Photo source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/jane-goodall/
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Reposted by: David Johnson, Silvia Secchi

drilledmedia.bsky.social
In this week's episode, we dig into the psychology of mis/disinformation and why it works so well. We thought we knew a lot about disinformation, and then we talked to these experts!

drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep3 | The Psychology of Misinformation: Why Does It Work So Well?
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
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by David Johnson

infpwriter.bsky.social
AOC: "We have to be the consequences!"
allinwithchris.bsky.social
All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 7d
WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.
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by David Johnson

infpwriter.bsky.social
"Diets high in ultra-processed foods have been linked to disruptions in insulin signaling, chronic low-grade inflammation and alterations in the gut microbiome, all of which are mechanisms implicated in #cancer development. What we eat affects how our cells grow, how our immune systems function..."
theguardian.com
The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d
Colon cancer is on the rise among young people – and research points to one major culprit | Devi Sridhar
Colon cancer is on the rise among young people – and research points to one major culprit | Devi Sridhar
If smoking was the cancer villain of the 20th century, eating ultra-processed food may be its 21st-century counterpart, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by: David Johnson, Joe R. Feagin, Peter Thorne , and 9 more

vanhollen.senate.gov
If Harvard bows down to this lawless president, it will cover itself in shame and betray its motto “Veritas.”

Don’t pretend to stand for truth if you’re going to surrender to this bully. Appeasement only feeds the beast and puts us all at greater risk.
Trump Says a Deal With Harvard Is Close
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by: David Johnson

sciam.bsky.social
A fresh analysis of old data has found rich organic chemistry within the hidden ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Is Life inside Enceladus? Saturn’s Ocean Moon Is Awash with Biology’s Raw Ingredients
A fresh analysis of old data has found rich organic chemistry within the hidden ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus
www.scientificamerican.com
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