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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5h

“Living car-free is the most impactful behavior by far in terms of reducing emissions.”

WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 5h

🚲🥗🚗 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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Michael Morgenrot @michaelmorgenrot.bsky.social · 5h

Menschen mit diesen ausgeprägten Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen setzen sich durch, und lassen sich häufig in Führungspositionen finden - sei es in Unternehmen oder Parteien, wo Erfolg und Karriere stark von Konkurrenzkampf und Wettbewerb abhängen. Menschenfeinde werden so zu Entscheidungsträgern.

Die „dunkle Tetrade“ ist ein psychologischer Begriff, der die vier Persönlichkeitsmerkmale Narzissmus, Machiavellismus, Psychopathie und Sadismus umfasst. Diese sind durch Selbstbezogenheit, Empathielosigkeit und Manipulation gekennzeichnet, wobei Sadismus das neu hinzugefügte Merkmal neben den bereits bekannten der „dunklen Triade“ (Narzissmus, Machiavellismus, Psychopathie) ist.

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De Filmende Fietser @filmendefietser.bsky.social · 22h

Over 60 cyclists pass on this side of the street in under 30 seconds. And their flow only stops because the traffic light turned red.

An efficiency impossible to match if these people were driving.

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Julius Garbe @juliusgarbe.github.io · 8h

📢 OUT NOW: Global Tipping Points Report 2025

In this new report, we provide a check on the status of critical Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.

➡️ Full report: global-tipping-points.org

#GTPR2025 #COP30 @exeter.ac.uk @pik-potsdam.bsky.social

Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact

Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.

global-tipping-points.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 21h

Während in Berlin, Brüssel und anderswo über Verbote, Verzicht und Überforderung der Bürger:innen debattiert wird, haben wir in Hamburg etwas anderes gezeigt: Wir wollen Klimaschutz. Wir wollen verbindliche Ziele. Wir wollen eine lebenswerte Zukunft – und zwar jetzt.
katja-diehl.de/hamburg-hat-...

Hamburg hat entschieden: Ja zu Klimaschutz, ja zu einer lebenswerten Zukunft! — Katja Diehl

Die Mehrheit der Hamburger:innen hat heute beim Hamburger Zukunftsentscheid für verschärfte Klimaschutzziele gestimmt. Das ist mehr als ein lokaler Erfolg – ...

katja-diehl.de

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 22h

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution.
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New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

momentummag.com

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 1d

#India saw fossil generation fall in the first half of 2025, as clean power grew rapidly ⚡️🇮🇳

Clean power rose 40 TWh (+20%), outpacing demand growth more than THREE TIMES 📈

Coal generation and emissions fell, even as India’s economy kept growing.

https://loom.ly/c-MNZSk

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Joe @westmecklenburg-gegen-rechts.de · 1d

Nicolas Boden zum Thema Flood the Zone with Shit.

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 2d

🌍 Climate change and mental health

Climate models and policies miss systemic risks, like how food crises, pollution, and heat can harm mental health across generations. A systems approach is vital for true resilience.

🔗 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000722

#SciComm #Climate #MentalHealth 🧪

Systems-level risks of the climate crisis are currently missed: A mental health lens

A lack of accounting for the systemic risks of the climate crisis in climate risk models, government policy and planning means that such risks remain poorly understood and largely overlooked, with det...

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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 3d

You know the assignment 👍

It'd be a real shame if this photo of President Obama receiving his Nobel peace prize went viral today, for no particular reason

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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KarSteN Haustein @khaustein.bsky.social · 3d

Pielke Jr in his star role. Being a despicable slimy douchebag. Pretentious and baseless bullshit.

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 3d

When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.

ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social

www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

www.eenews.net

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 3d

When a collaborator is targeted because her scientific findings that attribute extreme weather to human-caused climate change is being used (effectively) in climate lawsuits against oil companies, you know times are dark indeed.

ICYMI @davidho.bsky.social

www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

www.eenews.net

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John Kennedy @micefearboggis.bsky.social · 3d

Quasi monthly update of the monthly climate dashboard

The first September updates are starting to come in. Globally another very warm month.

www.jkclimate.fr/MonthlyDashb...

Graph showing monthly global mean temperature anomalies from 1850 (in varying shades of yellow, green then dark blue with colours getting darker over time) to 2025 (shown in red). Data are from six data sets: HadCRUT5, NOAAGlobalTemp v5, GISTEMP, Berkeley Earth, JRA-3Q and ERA5. The latest month shown is September 2025.

Graph showing the ranking for monthly global mean temperature from six data sets between February 2023 and September 2025. Rankings are shown as coloured squares. Red is warmest on record (for that month and dataset), orange is second warmest, deep yellow (a beautiful shade that I want to call cadmium yellow but it's not toxic) means a top five month and pale yellow (the colour of sun-faded straw) is top ten. Nothing is outside that range. Every single warmest month in all datasets happened since July 2023.

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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 4d

Vision Zero - nö, lieber Ausreden, warum diese "unrealistisch" ist.

Wir erfahren von den acht Toten JEDEN Tag und den 1.000 bis zu Schwerstverletzten nur, wenn sie Promis sind. Ansonsten sind sie "eingepreist".

🖤Wanda Perdelwitz hinterlässt einen sechsjährigen Sohn.🖤
www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/wa...

Wanda Perdelwitz: »Großstadtrevier«-Star nach Fahrradunfall gestorben

Sie spielte die »Großstadtrevier«-Polizistin Nina Sieveking, hatte Rollen in Theater und Kino. Jetzt ist Wanda Perdelwitz tot. Sie erlag ihren Verletzungen nach einem »Dooring«-Unfall in Hamburg.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4d

Combustion is the past, electricity is the future, pass it on.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

#WarRavagedPortland

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KarSteN Haustein @khaustein.bsky.social · 5d

Who knew that being veggie gets you cancelled in the world of the deranged and deluded. Everyone who takes anyone of these lunatics still serious is part of the problem. Let's grow an effing spine and fight fiercely and ruthless! Remember, the idiocy and cruelty is their point!

Johannes Hillje @jhillje.bsky.social · 5d

“Eine Mehrheit aus Rechtsaußen-Fraktionen und Teilen der konservativen Fraktion um CDU und CSU stimmte am Mittwoch in Straßburg für eine entsprechende Gesetzesänderung”

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@Peg33 @peg33.bsky.social · 6d

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 5d

This should be an unremarkable streetscape found in nearly every decent sized city across the country.

Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 6d

I finally found some genuinely well-designed shared streets here in New York City.

Broadway in NYC. People sitting outside and bikes going by.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5d

How did someone as weird and creepy as Stephen Miller become president?

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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