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Dr. Earhart Sampson, PhD🌎 @earhart.bsky.social · 23h

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

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 2d

Good list, but where are voting for politicians who say they'll act on climate and joining groups to pressure politicians to deliver on promised climate action?

WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 2d

🚲🥗🚗 Small choices matter, but big change happens when systems support them.

WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.

See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC

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DJ Crimson @djcrimson.bsky.social · 1d

Good episode. I would add that we’re similarly bad at cost-benefit analysis for environmental requirements, stormwater management requirements, etc. A dense city full of stucco boxes is more sustainable than sprawling LEED Platinum single family homes.

Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social · 7d

This was a fun one! Check out our episode with @jessezwick.bsky.social about the organization responsible for US building codes, the 'International' Code Council. This conversation will leave you fired up to *entirely* rethink our approach to building standards. www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/10/08/9...

Episode 99: The 'International' Code Council with Jesse Zwick (Incentives Series pt. 3)

North American buildings are built different — literally. Councilmember Jesse Zwick explains how the organization behind our unusual standards is built to fail, and he makes the case for a new approac...

www.lewis.ucla.edu

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Michael DeMoor @michaeldemoor.bsky.social · 23h

I am utterly unqualified to comment on the substance, but “mature asset” seems like a darkly ironic euphemism for what we are dealing with here.

Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 1d

Meintzer said he’s especially concerned that the mature asset strategy’s report, in his view, may violate the polluter pays principle... “It's just going to be used as a way to offload company cleanup obligations onto the public,” he said. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CleanUpYourMess

Groups push back on Alberta’s strategy to deal with inactive oil and gas wells as plan moves forward | CBC Accessibility

A band of advocate groups are pushing back on the province's current plan to manage its inactive and aging oil and gas infrastructure.

www.cbc.ca

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Average new-vehicle manufacturer’s suggested retail prices hit an all-time high last month, reaching $52k, up 4.2% from last year.

(The best selling vehicle in the U.S. is a ford truck that sells for more than 65k)

All that “freedom” to be stuck in car dependency & traffic sure sounds expensive.

Average U.S. New Car Prices Top $50,000 For The First Time Ever

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

www.forbes.com

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Gordon Padelford @gordonofseattle.bsky.social · 23h

Forced car dependency is a making modern life unaffordable:

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Average new-vehicle manufacturer’s suggested retail prices hit an all-time high last month, reaching $52k, up 4.2% from last year.

(The best selling vehicle in the U.S. is a ford truck that sells for more than 65k)

All that “freedom” to be stuck in car dependency & traffic sure sounds expensive.

Average U.S. New Car Prices Top $50,000 For The First Time Ever

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

www.forbes.com

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Dr Grace Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 23h

From Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social.

Google said that its data center planned to use an estimated 169 liters of fresh drinking water per second to cool its servers. In other words, the data center could use more than one thousand times the amount of water consumed by the entire population of Cerrillos, roughly eighty-eight thousand residents, over the course of a year.

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 1d

A man was wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit for more than 40 years. As soon as he was exonerated, ICE picked him up to deport him to a country he has not lived in since he was a baby www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 1d

Solar and wind are growing so quickly that they outpaced all the growth in electricity demand this year. Which means they started eating into fossil fuelled power, leading to a modest drop in fossil generation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/13/o...

Our friendly neighbourhood fireball

Solar and wind are growing so quickly that they outpaced all the growth in electricity demand this year. Which means they started eating into fossil fuelled power, leading to a modest but significant ...

www.nationalobserver.com

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kdbnicol.bsky.social @kdbnicol.bsky.social · 1d

De Niro is cool.
Simply dead on.

And here in 🇨🇦, we didn’t have a revolution.
But we did negotiate peacefully to gain our independence, one of the first colonies to do so, & gained it.
It took a while before our king & queen receded into the background as a figurehead.
But we still agree:
#NoKings.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 6d

“King Donald The First. F*ck that.”

Robert De Niro wants to see you in the streets on October 18 to show the world that America has no kings, and power still belongs to the people: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 23h

Young men were red-pilled by using youtube algorithms & special interests like weight lifting & gaming. This began in the beauty & wellness space for young women. Israel & the Republicans are majorly funding this push in Swiftie spaces. Do not ignore this, we can’t lose a generation to fascism.

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 23h

Taylor Swift announced a docu series yesterday for the Eras tour which became overshadowed by the merch drop of a necklace with Nazi insignia. There is no question after this. Speak to the Swifties in your life. There will be gaslighting but there is no longer a reasonable or believable defence.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23h

"The richest man in the world and the owner of the most influential social media site in US politics is a nazi who openly supports and amplifies other nazis" would, on its face, seem to be rather newsworthy!

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 23h

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 1d

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate change. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/10/n...

Head of Carney’s Major Projects Office thinks Trans Mountain is good for climate

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate ch...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump thinks he’s all powerful. It’s up to us to remind him on October 18th that he’s not.

We will show him who really has the power in this country — and we will do it peacefully. nokings.org

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BikeBike In Calgary @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 23h

Throughout this entire #yyccc muni election campaign, I have not heard any candidates talk about school streets. Some have talked about bike infrastructure. Did I miss something? #yycbike

un Américain perdu à Paris @paris75009.bsky.social · 23h

Paris has achieved the goal of more than 300 “school streets”.

Lots of before & after pictures in this latest October 2025 update.

#paris #schoolstreets #15minutecity #urbanism #school #safety #safestreets #children

www.paris.fr/pages/57-nou...

Plus de 300 « rues aux écoles » dans Paris

Expérimentées dans le cadre du déconfinement pour lutter contre la pollution, améliorer la qualité de l'air et végétaliser la ville, les « rues aux écoles » se multiplient à Paris. Ces piétonnisations...

www.paris.fr

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 23h

"Penn community reflects on Michael Mann’s resignation [as Vice Provost for Climate], implications for institutional neutrality" by Norah Findley for the #DailyPenn: www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Penn community reflects on Michael Mann’s resignation, implications for institutional neutrality

Mann attributed the departure from his vice provost role to tension between his science policy advocacy work and Penn’s institutional neutrality policy. He remains a professor at Penn, and is the dire...

www.thedp.com

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kdbnicol.bsky.social @kdbnicol.bsky.social · 23h

#NoKings

m.youtube.com/watch?v=2nFb...

NO KINGS HERE! by Tom Paxton & Cathy Fink

YouTube video by Cathy Fink Marcy Marxer

m.youtube.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 1d

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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 1d

They’re calling it a “Hate America” Rally
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

They're calling it a "Hate America" Rally

Rubbish. We’re rallying on Saturday because we LOVE America

open.substack.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 5d

We’re eight days away from No Kings Day, and we have 2,500 protests planned in all 50 states and across the world.

October 18 is going to be the biggest day of nonviolent protest in US history — and we want to see you there. Find your local event: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

Yours truly, a narrow shouldered pale female person, has been perambulating the streets of San Francisco well into the evenings since 1980, and I haven't really had any problems of the mugging/personal assault kind in this millennium, but tech dudes are timorous.

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Tim Murphy @tmurp1953.bsky.social · 1d

Only a list of suspects so far…

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 1d

With the average new car at $50,000, let's look at the real costs of "freedom":

✅ Decades of debt
✅ Social isolation for every trip
✅ A leading cause of death & injury

Car dependency is a financially and socially crippling system, not a choice.

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

Average U.S. New Car Price Surpasses $50,000—An All-Time High Amid Surging EV Sales

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

www.forbes.com

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