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Matt Schlegel @climatto.bsky.social · 5h

Ha ha, it's just never too early to start drinking anymore🍻😕

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 9h

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"... a gang of looming, catastrophic ecological tipping points, system flips that could set off chain reactions beyond our control, destabilizing the biosphere and climate and destroying civilization as we know it."

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/665274...

Under the Sky We Make by Kimberly Nicholas PhD: 9780593328170 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

** Los Angeles Times bestseller ** It's warming. It's us. We're sure. It's bad. But we can fix it. After speaking to the international public for close to fifteen years about sustainability, climate...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Matt Schlegel @climatto.bsky.social · 5h

Not Zero

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 6h

NOAA did not post a CO2 average for September, 2025. Based on all of the available data, CO2 averaged 424.41 ppm for Sept., 2025, a gain of 2.38 ppm from Sept., 2024.

The mean rate of CO2 growth (ppm growth per 3 years) is near an all-time high.

gml.noaa.gov/webdata/ccgg...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

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Alida Cantor @alidacantor.bsky.social · 1d

Joined a micro #NoKings rally in Portland OR with a bunch of kids and parents and grandmas. For those not fluent in kindergarten writing: "Yes ice cream, No ICE."

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 6h

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Matt Schlegel @climatto.bsky.social · 6h

Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff called for National Guard troops to be sent into San Francisco. This poem commemorates Mark's insecurities.

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 1d

'The summer of 2025 was the hottest ever recorded in Japan, with the nationwide average 2.36°C hotter than average since records began in 1898. The central city of Isesaki, NE of Tokyo in Gunma Prefecture, setting a new national record high of 41.8C (107.2F) on August 5.'

www.dw.com/en/japanese-...

Japanese fear for future as summers grow longer, hotter – DW – 10/16/2025

Heat lingers on in Japan after its hottest summer on record, with many voices warning of the impact on agriculture, fishing, public health and even extreme weather events such as typhoons.

www.dw.com

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marc konijn @marckonijn.bsky.social · 1d

In the last 10 years Swiss glaciers lost a quarter of their ice volume

The warming is accelerating!

From now on, I publish my articles in English as well

Free accessible. The only thing I ask is a push on the repost button

(the donation button is ❤️)

reportersonline.eu/2025-another...

2025 another disastrous year for glaciers in Switzerland - Reporters Online

The glaciers in the Swiss Alps suffered significant damage again last summer. In the melt season of 2025 a total of 1.4 cubic kilometers of ice has melted – a reduction of 3 percent of Switzerland's t...

reportersonline.eu

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Matt Schlegel @climatto.bsky.social · 9h

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Matt Schlegel @climatto.bsky.social · 1d

Have they released the Epstein files, yet🤔

#releasethefiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
@the-wolves.bsky.social

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 1d

CHINA HEAT WAVE
While a cold front is advancing,the heat is being squeezed south of the Yangtze River
Minimums locally >28C and maxes >35C
35.5C at Fuzhou is its 75th day >35C of the year and latest for any Chinese provincial capital:Historic

Tomorrow local record warm nights

Map:Weatherman Xinxin

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tali-deu.bsky.social @tali-deu.bsky.social · 1d

#Spain #Granada #Íllora #flood #rain #weather #climate #destruction #anomaly #climatechange

🇪🇸 Flash flood
On October 17, heavy rains triggered a flash flood in the municipality of Íllora, Granada province, Spain. Torrents of water flooded streets and entered homes, causing localized damage.

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 10h

Wind interrupts play at a beach tennis tournament in Ribeirão, Brazil

reheissergaspard.bsky.social @reheissergaspard.bsky.social · 13h

🌪️💨 Seven Injured as Stadium Roof Collapses During Squall in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10h

Another update for changes in land ice mass observed by GRACE(-FO) satellite in Antarctica (left) and Greenland (right)...

My visualization can also be downloaded: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 2d

This morning's GFS shows the Northern Hemisphere more than 1.64°C over the 1981-2010 baseline on October 23, which is more than 2.2°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline.

The Climate 8-ball is smoking.

www.karstenhaustein.com/climate

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 18, 2025 ~ That sinking feeling.

"The decline in phytoplankton, or even significant shifts in their populations, threaten ecosystems and hundreds of species, from sea turtles and birds to giant marine mammals."

insideclimatenews.org/news/1710202...

Earth’s Oceans Lose Some of Their Luster - Inside Climate News

New research reveals that a key biological carbon pump is weakening, threatening ecosystems and the climate.

insideclimatenews.org

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Your 'doom quote' for today:

"With a broken planet, we will have no gay rights, no feminism, no respect for trans people, no attempt at fairness and justice for people of colour. What we will have is a fight to survive and a lot of violence."

www.amazon.com/This-Not-Dri...

This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook

This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook [Extinction Rebellion] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 1d

Just back from No Kings here in Santa Barbara. I'd estimate about 2000 to 3000 in Alameda Park and more showing up when I left.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 9h

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 19, 2025 ~ Glacial collapse.

"The downward trend ... towards less meltwater will pose significant challenges for hydropower generation, agricultural irrigation, transportation on main rivers, and ecology..."

reportersonline.eu/2025-another...