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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 16d

„This is a national security issue!“ says Dame Angela McLean, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, about the collapse risk of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre.
Interesting discussion on Forecasting Arctic Tipping Points - Building an Early Warning System for Everyone, at #ArcticCircle.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · Oct 2

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Madame_Birdy @claireburdett.bsky.social · Oct 2

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How Hamas Is Navigating Trump’s Gaza Ultimatum

In an exclusive interview, veteran Hamas official Mohammad Nazzal discusses strategy, red lines, and Israel’s attempt to assassinate Palestinian negotiators.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 21

The explosion in CEO pay relative to the pay of workers isn’t because CEOs have become so much more valuable than before.

They've just gamed the system to line their pockets.

Is it any wonder why so many working people feel the game is rigged against them? (It is.)

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Aug 20

Another Russian attack on #Ukraine and terror against civilians.

▪️ In Okhtyrka, Sumy region, 14 people were injured as a result of a Russian drone strike, including children aged 5 months, 4 and 6 years.

▪️ In Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, a KAB airstrike destroyed five apartment buildings.

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M3T4TR0N @m3t4tr0n.bsky.social · Aug 20

Bill Barr was a former member of Kirkland and Ellis.
Kirkland and Ellis represented Jeffery Epstein.
Kirkland and Ellis represented Trumps company before he was President.
Kirkland and Ellis represented Alfa Bank
Kirkland and Ellis represented every Oligarch named in the Mueller report.
#ConflictDuh

Bill Barr accused of helping
Trump 'cover up' major scandal
by ex-prosecutor

Photo of Bill Barr

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Madame_Birdy @claireburdett.bsky.social · Aug 20

Fabulous 🙌

Wolfgang Bremer @wolfgang.bremer.co · Aug 19

Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest. Stunning! 🤩

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Aug 19

Female graduates in the UK fall behind men from the very start of their careers, even when they have taken the same courses, and are out-earned after studying more than four-fifths of university subjects (1/3) www.ft.com/content/cb0e...

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zensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · Aug 19

Siegfried Woldhek nails it.

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Madame_Birdy @claireburdett.bsky.social · Aug 19

Well said #Boston ! 🙌

Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · Aug 19

Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.

The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Aug 19

Texas Dem Rep. Nicole Collier held hostage at
Texas capitol by GOP

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Aug 18

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen:

"Thousands of Ukrainian children have been abducted...Every single child has to go back to their family. This should be one of our main priorities in these negotiations to make sure the children come back to Ukraine."

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · Aug 16

All our climate goals will fail as long as leaders & politicians are free to be lobbied by those profiting from perpetuating & accelerating the climate crisis.

It’s obvious to the point of absurdity: end fossil fuel & corporate money in politics or end our kids’ chances of a survivable future.

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · Aug 18

Great, renewables have almost caught up with coal. So why isn’t coal use dropping?

Because capitalism just ramps up production to consume ALL available energy, so we get renewables added to coal when they could be replacing it.

We’re doomed until we build a system around NEED instead of growth.

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MacGregor @reelmacgregor.bsky.social · Aug 18

I mean, there’s video. You can watch him say it. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

On Putin's advice, Trump launches assault on mail-in ballots and voting machines

Trump's action comes after his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, where the Russian leader told him that mail-in ballots led to his electoral defeat in 2020, Trump said.

www.latimes.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · Aug 13

The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Leigh Harrison Helberg @leighhelberg.bsky.social · Aug 9

Our citizens are being snatched off of our streets illegally. The rest of the country says it isn’t happening. We in Los Angeles know the truth.

Please share.
Our people are terrified.

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · Aug 9

Investors, Boards and CEOs are unequivocal: Diversity, equity and inclusion, DEI or by any other name is a business imperative.

Shareholders of 30 companies worth $13 trillion voted 30-0 to defeat anti-DEI proposals in 2025, most by margins of 99-1 percent.

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Shareholders of 30 companies worth $13 trillion vote 30-0 to defeat anti-DEI proposals -

By Nancy Levine Stearns, June 26, 2025 (First published by The Queen Zone) Conservative activist Robby Starbuck was interviewed in March by Nikkei Asia. “Using DEI practices to artificially raise disa...

www.impactivize.org

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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #FBR #NAFO @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · Aug 9

Many Europeans fear a war with Russia, but what if the people of Europe themselves will give Russia what it wants with their own hands?

This article examines how Russia is influencing European minds to destabilise our continent. It was first published on the website of the Kent Bylines.

From troll farms to politicians - Russia’s conquest of European minds - FBPE Blog - Follow back pro EU

From troll farms to politicians: Russia’s ‘conquest’ of European minds Russia is waging a silent war across Europe – not with tanks, but with propaganda, disinformation, AI, and political influence image by Halfpoint. Licensed by Shutterstock [SD] In the age of ubiquitous technology where people are bombarded with information through social media, Russia is mastering… Continue reading From troll farms to politicians – Russia’s conquest of European minds

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Madame_Birdy @claireburdett.bsky.social · Jun 30

All this and more if you can 👇

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Jan 9

I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.

Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!

We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚

A list of the most effective ways an individual can catalyze change at the scale we need to effectively tackle climate change, based on social science.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Jun 19

In the past year we've had a series of papers with results that've shocked #climate scientists - the globe is heating #FasterThanExpected & we don't fully know why

The public discourse is not keeping up.

Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵

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Madame_Birdy @claireburdett.bsky.social · Jun 30

This is why is getting hotter every darn year.

Everyone needs to be lobbying, supporting activists and fighting to change our governments and their dinosaur mindsets, and support all the brilliant initiatives we already have to help slow things down and reset

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · Jun 26

'The World Is Warming Up. And It’s Happening Faster'

They still underestimate the rate of warming, but at least the consensus now agrees about acceleration.

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · Jun 29

The new Senate bill doesn’t just gut renewables. It includes massive giveaways to the fossil fuel industry.

It exempts oil and gas drillers from paying corporate taxes. It gives coal companies a tax credit for burning more coal.

It uses your tax dollars to subsidize climate destruction.

The Senate is about to destroy clean energy to give tax cuts to billionaires

The bill could pass within the next 24 hours.

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Madame_Birdy @claireburdett.bsky.social · Jun 30

Please share, this is REALLY important 🤯 #renewables #bigoil

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Jun 29

Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind.

I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.

Please share! This is really important!!!

@heatmap.news

How the Senate GOP’s New Tax on Renewables Could ‘Kill’ the Industry

As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.

heatmap.news

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Madame_Birdy @claireburdett.bsky.social · Jun 30

Wow!