Earthling
@ziyatong.bsky.social
Science broadcaster
Author of The Reality Bubble
New documentary: Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
Author of The Reality Bubble
New documentary: Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
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Earthling
@ziyatong.bsky.social
· Dec 20
Holy shit! Plastic People just made Variety’s list of Best Documentaries of 2024!!
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Black women told you this in 2018.
Home Office admits facial recognition tech issue with black and Asian subjects
Calls for review after technology found to return more false positives for ‘some demographic groups’ on certain settings
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Black women told you this in 2018.
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A team of 43 scientists says pesticide and plastic regulation needs a major overhaul. Full commercial formulations—often containing petrochemical waste and heavy metals—can be far more toxic than the tested active ingredients.
They call for stricter limits, full-formulation testing, & public data.
They call for stricter limits, full-formulation testing, & public data.
‘Silent epidemic of chemical pollution’ demands radical regulatory redo, say scientists
An international team of scientists has issued a stark warning that current toxicology and chemical regulatory regimes are failing to protect public health and the environment from a host of toxins…
news.mongabay.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
A team of 43 scientists says pesticide and plastic regulation needs a major overhaul. Full commercial formulations—often containing petrochemical waste and heavy metals—can be far more toxic than the tested active ingredients.
They call for stricter limits, full-formulation testing, & public data.
They call for stricter limits, full-formulation testing, & public data.
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This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
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Ask #AI why there's no money for the #ClimateCrisis?
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ask #AI why there's no money for the #ClimateCrisis?
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❄️ "Snow droughts" are increasing in the Himalayas ❄️
Scientists warn that they could have far-reaching impacts on both people & nature
Satellites reveal their frequent occurrence btw 3,000 and 6,000 meters across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas & a decline in snow cover days:
Scientists warn that they could have far-reaching impacts on both people & nature
Satellites reveal their frequent occurrence btw 3,000 and 6,000 meters across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas & a decline in snow cover days:
Snow droughts intensify across the Hindu Kush Himalayas
A new study finds the frequent occurrence of snow droughts and their hotspots across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas.
india.mongabay.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
❄️ "Snow droughts" are increasing in the Himalayas ❄️
Scientists warn that they could have far-reaching impacts on both people & nature
Satellites reveal their frequent occurrence btw 3,000 and 6,000 meters across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas & a decline in snow cover days:
Scientists warn that they could have far-reaching impacts on both people & nature
Satellites reveal their frequent occurrence btw 3,000 and 6,000 meters across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas & a decline in snow cover days:
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Quelle surprise 🙄
US follows up on Congo-Rwanda peace deal with plan to secure minerals reut.rs/4iGoOtH
US follows up on Congo-Rwanda peace deal with plan to secure minerals
The United States' development lender announced plans on Friday to take a stake in a new partnership to market Congo's minerals which could give U.S. end users the right of first refusal on copper and cobalt supplies.
reut.rs
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Quelle surprise 🙄
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Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta’s Danielle Smith is the climate sell-out of the century.
@sethdklein.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to break down everything it contains, including pipelines, AI data centres, and a rollback of almost every Trudeau-era climate policy.
@sethdklein.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to break down everything it contains, including pipelines, AI data centres, and a rollback of almost every Trudeau-era climate policy.
Mark Carney’s pact with Danielle Smith is climate carnage ⋆ The Breach
Author and analyst Seth Klein joins Desmond Cole to break down how Carney and Smith have fulfilled Big Oil’s entire wish list
breachmedia.ca
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta’s Danielle Smith is the climate sell-out of the century.
@sethdklein.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to break down everything it contains, including pipelines, AI data centres, and a rollback of almost every Trudeau-era climate policy.
@sethdklein.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to break down everything it contains, including pipelines, AI data centres, and a rollback of almost every Trudeau-era climate policy.
I hope there is a hell so he spends eternity there.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I hope there is a hell so he spends eternity there.
Hands down my new favorite vegan restaurant is Le Basque in NYC. Oh. My. God. Delicious. Foie gras, steak tartare, salmon rillette & lemon tart. All plant based, and no animals were harmed.
December 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Hands down my new favorite vegan restaurant is Le Basque in NYC. Oh. My. God. Delicious. Foie gras, steak tartare, salmon rillette & lemon tart. All plant based, and no animals were harmed.
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An apt example is the planned "net zero" C$11.5 bln ethylene cracker & plastic polymers facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, which will benefit from up to C$2.2 bln in tax credits & grants from fed. & provincial govts, including a C$1.8 bln grant under the Alberta Petrochemical Incentive Program.
Dow's Alberta petrochemical megaproject to get billions in government support
Dow's plan to expand capacity and decarbonize its petrochemical facility in Fort Saskatchewan getting up to $2.2B in tax credits and grants
edmontonjournal.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
An apt example is the planned "net zero" C$11.5 bln ethylene cracker & plastic polymers facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, which will benefit from up to C$2.2 bln in tax credits & grants from fed. & provincial govts, including a C$1.8 bln grant under the Alberta Petrochemical Incentive Program.
When Canada says its energy will be “green” they are talking about trying to decarbonize upstream emissions, during extraction, production & processing. As @chrishatch.bsky.social notes, 80% of emissions come from burning fossil fuels. /1
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
When Canada says its energy will be “green” they are talking about trying to decarbonize upstream emissions, during extraction, production & processing. As @chrishatch.bsky.social notes, 80% of emissions come from burning fossil fuels. /1
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READ: An Israeli attack on her shelter caused the amputation of both of Nibal’s hands, forcing her to lose the thing she held most dear: the ability to hold her young daughter. Her story is one of hundreds of amputee women in Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/the-...
The genocide in Gaza cost this Palestinian woman her hands. She lost so much more than her limbs.
An Israeli attack on her shelter caused the amputation of both of Nibal’s hands, forcing her to lose the thing she held most dear: the ability to hold her young daughter. Her story is one of hundreds…
mondoweiss.net
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
READ: An Israeli attack on her shelter caused the amputation of both of Nibal’s hands, forcing her to lose the thing she held most dear: the ability to hold her young daughter. Her story is one of hundreds of amputee women in Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/the-...
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The Trump administration's strikes in Venezuela were ordered without Congress, without transparency, and without any justification to the public. These actions are reckless, unconstitutional, and dangerous for our national security.
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Trump administration's strikes in Venezuela were ordered without Congress, without transparency, and without any justification to the public. These actions are reckless, unconstitutional, and dangerous for our national security.
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The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights armed with a slew of commercial surveillance systems
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights armed with a slew of commercial surveillance systems
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The least satisfying “I told you so” in the history of the entire Universe will be when the right wing finally understands that the climate crisis has led to economic, environmental & civilizational collapse.
December 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The least satisfying “I told you so” in the history of the entire Universe will be when the right wing finally understands that the climate crisis has led to economic, environmental & civilizational collapse.
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Big Oil is "wildly desperate to dodge the growing array of lawsuits over the damage caused by their decades-long scheme to deceive the public about climate change," writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.
Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big conflicts of interest on that front.
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Big Oil is "wildly desperate to dodge the growing array of lawsuits over the damage caused by their decades-long scheme to deceive the public about climate change," writes @aaronregunberg.bsky.social.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
The fossil fuel industry is again urging the Supreme Court to help them escape accountability.
I have discovered some 2012 pasta in the cabinet. I will try it tonight. I’m sorry if you don’t hear from me again. Let this knowledge live on for those in the Apocalypse bunkers.
December 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I have discovered some 2012 pasta in the cabinet. I will try it tonight. I’m sorry if you don’t hear from me again. Let this knowledge live on for those in the Apocalypse bunkers.
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No mention of fossil fuels in the Cop30 deal... a week later and more than 1100 people dead across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia after torrential rain and catastrophic floods. We are not all in this together #climateinjustice
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100
Millions of people affected by torrential rainfall in Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
No mention of fossil fuels in the Cop30 deal... a week later and more than 1100 people dead across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia after torrential rain and catastrophic floods. We are not all in this together #climateinjustice
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Is YouTube somehow getting *more* white supremacist? It's had 20 years to figure out what my likes, and *daily* now it tries to serve me Charlie Kirk, Ben Shapiro and Andrew Tate-adjacent hate-slop. This website is a clear threat to civilization.
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Is YouTube somehow getting *more* white supremacist? It's had 20 years to figure out what my likes, and *daily* now it tries to serve me Charlie Kirk, Ben Shapiro and Andrew Tate-adjacent hate-slop. This website is a clear threat to civilization.
Ran out of parsley while making brunch. Thought to try my luck, and look what I found under the snow in the vegetable garden!! My first December harvest!! Yay!! 🌿
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ran out of parsley while making brunch. Thought to try my luck, and look what I found under the snow in the vegetable garden!! My first December harvest!! Yay!! 🌿
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I've been thinking for a while that fighting the fossil fuel propaganda war is the most important climate fight to be having. The other side is well funded (and hence well armed) and we need to be as well.
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I've been thinking for a while that fighting the fossil fuel propaganda war is the most important climate fight to be having. The other side is well funded (and hence well armed) and we need to be as well.
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Another great summary & critique of last week's Fed-Alberta energy deal, courtesy of @thenarwhal.ca. I highly recommend the embedded video too:
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
A guide to Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Another great summary & critique of last week's Fed-Alberta energy deal, courtesy of @thenarwhal.ca. I highly recommend the embedded video too:
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
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In a pilot study, A.I.was able to accurately predict the type of coda, the whale’s vocal clan and the individual whale with over 90% accuracy.
... it might be possible to use A.I. to find patterns within the vocal data and eventually translate what whales were saying to one another.
#incroyable
... it might be possible to use A.I. to find patterns within the vocal data and eventually translate what whales were saying to one another.
#incroyable
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
In a pilot study, A.I.was able to accurately predict the type of coda, the whale’s vocal clan and the individual whale with over 90% accuracy.
... it might be possible to use A.I. to find patterns within the vocal data and eventually translate what whales were saying to one another.
#incroyable
... it might be possible to use A.I. to find patterns within the vocal data and eventually translate what whales were saying to one another.
#incroyable
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BBC News - I have high levels of forever chemicals in my blood - what can I do about it? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I have high levels of forever chemicals in my blood - what can I do about it?
The chemicals would
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BBC News - I have high levels of forever chemicals in my blood - what can I do about it? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“It holds bountiful oil, gas, minerals & fish. And it promises to shorten global shipping routes”.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“It holds bountiful oil, gas, minerals & fish. And it promises to shorten global shipping routes”.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.