Marshall Kirkpatrick
@marshallk.bsky.social
Climate action consultant http://earthcatalyst.co/
I'm developing an app with Claude Code and as I ask it to do something, it suggests a way to do it. It asks me if I want to make the change. I say "maybe, what do you think? How else might we accomplish our goal here?" And I'll be damned if it doesn't come up with great suggestions. Amazing.
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I'm developing an app with Claude Code and as I ask it to do something, it suggests a way to do it. It asks me if I want to make the change. I say "maybe, what do you think? How else might we accomplish our goal here?" And I'll be damned if it doesn't come up with great suggestions. Amazing.
I just ordered some holiday gift teas from this local indigenous group; good people, recommended: www.rooted-ways.org/alhalpam-apo...
Rooted Ways - al'halpam apothecary
Most items available for shipping! Email [email protected] to place your order
www.rooted-ways.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I just ordered some holiday gift teas from this local indigenous group; good people, recommended: www.rooted-ways.org/alhalpam-apo...
Seems like a weird strategy for dealing with global warming: “we’ve all got to agree on the plan, even Saudi Arabia!”
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Seems like a weird strategy for dealing with global warming: “we’ve all got to agree on the plan, even Saudi Arabia!”
Going from the Claude UI to Claude Code makes me feel like I can jump over buildings.
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Going from the Claude UI to Claude Code makes me feel like I can jump over buildings.
Look at the roots on that prairie grass!
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Look at the roots on that prairie grass!
New Trump policy would declare 91% of wetlands not wet enough to protect, says EDF blogs.edf.org/growingretur...
Trump’s new proposal will dismantle wetlands protections and increase flood risk | Growing Returns
The Trump administration has just announced that they will redefine which wetlands and waters have Clean Water Act protections in a new proposed Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. This rule cre...
blogs.edf.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
New Trump policy would declare 91% of wetlands not wet enough to protect, says EDF blogs.edf.org/growingretur...
Halfway through #COP30, how’s it going? I’m watching a great Ask Me Anything by the journalists of @carbonbrief.org Recommended. www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-carbon...
COP30: Carbon Brief’s second ‘ask us anything’ webinar - Carbon Brief
A recording of Carbon Brief's second “ask us anything” webinar, answering questions as COP30 reaches its midway point.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Halfway through #COP30, how’s it going? I’m watching a great Ask Me Anything by the journalists of @carbonbrief.org Recommended. www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-carbon...
It’s Sunday night, I’ve put on a kettle for tea, my sweetie will now do quilting while I read aloud book aloud.
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It’s Sunday night, I’ve put on a kettle for tea, my sweetie will now do quilting while I read aloud book aloud.
I’m sure the owners of the world’s largest beef company are in the VIP circle at #COP30 in good faith! earth.org/cop30-brazil...
COP30: Brazil Invites Beef Giants Linked to Deforestation to Talks
The owners of JBS, the world’s largest beef producer, are accredited by host country Brazil with access to the restricted area of COP30.
earth.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I’m sure the owners of the world’s largest beef company are in the VIP circle at #COP30 in good faith! earth.org/cop30-brazil...
"Designing a system for intrinsic responsibility could mean, for example, requiring all towns or companies that emit wastewater into a stream to place their intake pipe downstream from their outflow pipe." -Donella Meadows thesystemsthinker.com/dancing-with...
Dancing with Systems - The Systems Thinker
eople who are raised in the industrial world and who get enthused about systems thinking are likely to make a terrible mistake. They are likely to assume that here, in systems analysis, in interconnec...
thesystemsthinker.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
"Designing a system for intrinsic responsibility could mean, for example, requiring all towns or companies that emit wastewater into a stream to place their intake pipe downstream from their outflow pipe." -Donella Meadows thesystemsthinker.com/dancing-with...
DeSmog is so good. Eg www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m... yay @desmog.com.web.brid.gy
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
In the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil has kicked off the COP30 climate conference, a summit framed as a pivotal moment to reduce emissions and keep the Paris Agreement al...
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
DeSmog is so good. Eg www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m... yay @desmog.com.web.brid.gy
Methane Response Basecamps get $100M from Bloomberg. End-to-end systems for detection from space through on-the-ground trained teams to respond to super emitters with action & policy. Cool! www.globalmethanehub.org/2025/11/06/m...
Michael R. Bloomberg Launches Unprecedented End-to-End Global Methane Emissions Reduction Effort – From Space Detection to Rapid Response - Global Methane Hub
Belém, Brazil, and New York, NY (November 6, 2025) – UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions Michael R. Bloomberg today announced a new $100 million investment to accele...
www.globalmethanehub.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Methane Response Basecamps get $100M from Bloomberg. End-to-end systems for detection from space through on-the-ground trained teams to respond to super emitters with action & policy. Cool! www.globalmethanehub.org/2025/11/06/m...
Anyone who cares about climate will be pissed off about this bullshit www.desmog.com/2025/10/29/m...
Major American LNG Exporters Habitually Break Air Pollution Laws, Report Finds
With Trump propelling the U.S. LNG industry into a massive expansion, companies are flouting landmark environmental laws.
www.desmog.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Anyone who cares about climate will be pissed off about this bullshit www.desmog.com/2025/10/29/m...
FERC is advancing a huge controversial gas pipeline through 5 states in the South Eastern US, next to a 30 day comment period. No public hearings are scheduled. appvoices.org/2025/10/31/f...
FERC releases Environmental Assessment of new Transco SSEP pipeline
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released an Environmental Assessment for the methane gas pipeline Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, proposed for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, ...
appvoices.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
FERC is advancing a huge controversial gas pipeline through 5 states in the South Eastern US, next to a 30 day comment period. No public hearings are scheduled. appvoices.org/2025/10/31/f...
Nice: Google Earth pro users can now use Gemini AI chat to explore climate change consequences and plan disaster response. Good use of AI. grist.org/technology/g...
Google Earth gets an AI chatbot to help chart the climate crisis
New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could eventually predict disasters and identify the communities likely to be affected.
grist.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Nice: Google Earth pro users can now use Gemini AI chat to explore climate change consequences and plan disaster response. Good use of AI. grist.org/technology/g...
Interesting take on Gates from a real insider: this comparison between China's deployment-focused approach and Western innovation focus (pushed by Gates) paints a real picture for why the two countries have looked so different in terms of, well deployment.
His worst offense was reorienting the entire Paris agreement away from affordability toward innovation through his Mission Innovation side show in 2015. China went the route of deployment, we decided that we needed to focus on innovation instead.
www.wsj.com/articles/oba...
www.wsj.com/articles/oba...
Obama and Bill Gates to Launch Clean Energy Initiative
President Barack Obama and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will launch a multi-billion-dollar initiative Monday to accelerate clean-energy research and development as part of a global effort to fight ...
www.wsj.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Interesting take on Gates from a real insider: this comparison between China's deployment-focused approach and Western innovation focus (pushed by Gates) paints a real picture for why the two countries have looked so different in terms of, well deployment.
Devastating. Must-read gut punch of a post about a quiet hero, the nitty gritty of stand-out climate coverage, and the Trump era silencing of this stand-out voice in mainstream media.
Great coverage from @emorwee.bsky.social of the first entire unit to be let go at CBS News under new management: the climate team 🙃 heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
The fall of the CBS News climate team
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Devastating. Must-read gut punch of a post about a quiet hero, the nitty gritty of stand-out climate coverage, and the Trump era silencing of this stand-out voice in mainstream media.
Reposted by Marshall Kirkpatrick
Now imagine if that was said after Biden bulldozed the entire West Wing with zero approval/oversight. Now imagine this is happening while Biden is sending the military into “red” cities and blowing up boat after boat in international waters. It’s insane.
October 24, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Now imagine if that was said after Biden bulldozed the entire West Wing with zero approval/oversight. Now imagine this is happening while Biden is sending the military into “red” cities and blowing up boat after boat in international waters. It’s insane.
Great podcast: War on Cars interviewed on Volts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
Yes, you weenies: a war on cars
Podcast Episode · Volts · 10/20/2025 · 1h 9m
podcasts.apple.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Great podcast: War on Cars interviewed on Volts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
Disappointed by the internet, I just disabled comments on a WordPress blog. It has come to this.
October 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Disappointed by the internet, I just disabled comments on a WordPress blog. It has come to this.
Important, terrifying, depressing, important. www.liberalcurrents.com/sex-is-gay-r...
Sex Is Gay, Rape Is Epic, No Fatties: Young Right-Wing Men Are Obsessed With Male Power and Male Bodies
The group chat leak reveals what over a decade of incel messaging and Bronze Age Pervert have done to Young Republicans.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Important, terrifying, depressing, important. www.liberalcurrents.com/sex-is-gay-r...
Reposted by Marshall Kirkpatrick
Why do right's odious lies & horrifying claims break through not merely as rhetoric but policy? Because center-left keeps wielding thermometers to take temperature while right power up flame throwers to change it. New evidence from Germany:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Why do right's odious lies & horrifying claims break through not merely as rhetoric but policy? Because center-left keeps wielding thermometers to take temperature while right power up flame throwers to change it. New evidence from Germany:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
If you want good news: I just saved a bird’s life. My cat came home with one in his mouth, I made him drop it, and it flew away.
October 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If you want good news: I just saved a bird’s life. My cat came home with one in his mouth, I made him drop it, and it flew away.
Sign of the times: You can now get Scouting badges in AI and cybersecurity. Good. www.fastcompany.com/91421962/the...
The Boy Scouts' newest survival skills are surprising—and critical
The 115-year-old organization is debuting merit badges in AI and cybersecurity as it hopes to stay relevant in an increasingly digital world.
www.fastcompany.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sign of the times: You can now get Scouting badges in AI and cybersecurity. Good. www.fastcompany.com/91421962/the...
These floating solar panels move in the wind and capture sun both directly and reflecting off the water. Cool! www.designboom.com/technology/f...
October 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
These floating solar panels move in the wind and capture sun both directly and reflecting off the water. Cool! www.designboom.com/technology/f...