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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
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Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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"...we’re living through online the equivalent of the revelations about environmental poisoning that grew out of Rachel Carson and SILENT SPRING" which led to the EPA, but today "government and the social media platforms are actually unwinding the very few safeguards they’ve ever put into place."
This week's latest MAGA scandal is a good reminder: Caveat lector. Let the reader beware. The chances are that if you’re reading something that makes you mad on social media, it’s there because someone is being paid to make you mad. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-very-b...
The Very Big Business of Lying To You
Turns out "America First" is hugely profitable overseas
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"...we’re living through online the equivalent of the revelations about environmental poisoning that grew out of Rachel Carson and SILENT SPRING" which led to the EPA, but today "government and the social media platforms are actually unwinding the very few safeguards they’ve ever put into place."
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Rare agreement from both sides of the divide.
The Trump admin wants to open offshore drilling along the CA and FL coasts, and both Newsom & DeSantis are calling it out as a threat to the environment, tourism and coastal communities.
If these two are sounding the alarm together, you know it’s bad.
The Trump admin wants to open offshore drilling along the CA and FL coasts, and both Newsom & DeSantis are calling it out as a threat to the environment, tourism and coastal communities.
If these two are sounding the alarm together, you know it’s bad.
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Rare agreement from both sides of the divide.
The Trump admin wants to open offshore drilling along the CA and FL coasts, and both Newsom & DeSantis are calling it out as a threat to the environment, tourism and coastal communities.
If these two are sounding the alarm together, you know it’s bad.
The Trump admin wants to open offshore drilling along the CA and FL coasts, and both Newsom & DeSantis are calling it out as a threat to the environment, tourism and coastal communities.
If these two are sounding the alarm together, you know it’s bad.
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Uh oh… apple.news/Aq_PsEFFNS7G...
Historic Thanksgiving travel surge collides with coast-to-coast storm — AccuWeather
A cross-country storm could throw a wrench into Thanksgiving travel plans for millions in the coming days, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.
apple.news
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Uh oh… apple.news/Aq_PsEFFNS7G...
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President Donald Trump’s bizarre war on offshore wind is getting worse — and it’s screwing workers and anyone who uses electricity.
Trump's Vendetta Against Wind Is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
President Donald Trump’s bizarre war on offshore wind is getting worse — and it’s screwing workers and anyone who uses electricity.
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New study found that deep sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton zone would threaten the habitat of dozens of chimaera, ray & shark species.
Of the 30 species identified in the study, 2/3+ are already under threat; if mining begins, they could be lost.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/deep-se...
Of the 30 species identified in the study, 2/3+ are already under threat; if mining begins, they could be lost.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/deep-se...
Deep-sea mining threatens habitats of 30 sharks and rays species - Oceanographic
Deep-sea mining threatens to disrupt or destroy the habitats and nursing grounds of 30 species of sharks, rays, or chimaeras, a study finds.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New study found that deep sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton zone would threaten the habitat of dozens of chimaera, ray & shark species.
Of the 30 species identified in the study, 2/3+ are already under threat; if mining begins, they could be lost.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/deep-se...
Of the 30 species identified in the study, 2/3+ are already under threat; if mining begins, they could be lost.
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/deep-se...
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Shark Conservation Advances at International Atlantic Tuna Conference | Fishing nations agree to protect basking and white sharks, cut mako quotas, and improve compliance process sharkleague.org/2025/11/24/s...
ICCAT 2025: New Protections for Sharks Agreed
Fishing nations agree to protect basking and white sharks, cut mako quotas, and improve compliance process.
sharkleague.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Shark Conservation Advances at International Atlantic Tuna Conference | Fishing nations agree to protect basking and white sharks, cut mako quotas, and improve compliance process sharkleague.org/2025/11/24/s...
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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BTW if you are a conference organizer and want to see this kind of thing at your conference (and have funding to support the artists!!!) feel free to reach out to me.
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
BTW if you are a conference organizer and want to see this kind of thing at your conference (and have funding to support the artists!!!) feel free to reach out to me.
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
Especially if your conference is in driving distance of Philadelphia, but even if it's not, I'm down to collaborate!
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Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
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Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its strongest gusts neared record speeds
Hurricane Melissa’s 252-mph Gust Sets New Wind Record
Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its strongest gusts neared record speeds
www.scientificamerican.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its strongest gusts neared record speeds
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
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BIG news about vampire squid! I just learned their Japanese name "koumori-dako" means "bat-octopus," which is objectively better* and I'll be using it from now on. 🦇🐙
That's not the news though, the news is that scientists sequenced their genome and it's ENORMOUS 🧪🧵
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
That's not the news though, the news is that scientists sequenced their genome and it's ENORMOUS 🧪🧵
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Giant genome of the vampire squid reveals the derived state of modern octopod karyotypes
Marine organism; Genetics; Evolutionary mechanisms; Phylogenetics; Genomic analysis
www.cell.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
BIG news about vampire squid! I just learned their Japanese name "koumori-dako" means "bat-octopus," which is objectively better* and I'll be using it from now on. 🦇🐙
That's not the news though, the news is that scientists sequenced their genome and it's ENORMOUS 🧪🧵
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
That's not the news though, the news is that scientists sequenced their genome and it's ENORMOUS 🧪🧵
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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The Presidency was never intended to be a safe haven for criminals.
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Presidency was never intended to be a safe haven for criminals.
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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The trump mamdamni thing proves that we are all NPCs in somebody's first D&D campaign. He went in there with high charisma, rolled a 20 and the inexperienced DM had no option but to change the antagonist's entire character
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The trump mamdamni thing proves that we are all NPCs in somebody's first D&D campaign. He went in there with high charisma, rolled a 20 and the inexperienced DM had no option but to change the antagonist's entire character
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Found out about this a few weeks back per this CBS piece. Very nifty!
Behind the underwater sculpture park transforming concrete into a coral reef - CBS News share.google/FR9nLACMBG2X...
Behind the underwater sculpture park transforming concrete into a coral reef - CBS News share.google/FR9nLACMBG2X...
Behind the underwater sculpture park transforming concrete into a coral reef
According to a recent report, the world has reached its first climate change tipping point. Scientists point to the widespread bleaching of coral reefs due to rising ocean temperatures. Cristian Benav...
share.google
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Found out about this a few weeks back per this CBS piece. Very nifty!
Behind the underwater sculpture park transforming concrete into a coral reef - CBS News share.google/FR9nLACMBG2X...
Behind the underwater sculpture park transforming concrete into a coral reef - CBS News share.google/FR9nLACMBG2X...
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While others concluded COP30:
-This was the week from hell for environmental policy in the United States... Unless stopped by the courts, each of these proposed rollbacks will do irreparable harm to the nation’s water quality, endangered species and marine ecosystems.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
-This was the week from hell for environmental policy in the United States... Unless stopped by the courts, each of these proposed rollbacks will do irreparable harm to the nation’s water quality, endangered species and marine ecosystems.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
While others concluded COP30:
-This was the week from hell for environmental policy in the United States... Unless stopped by the courts, each of these proposed rollbacks will do irreparable harm to the nation’s water quality, endangered species and marine ecosystems.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
-This was the week from hell for environmental policy in the United States... Unless stopped by the courts, each of these proposed rollbacks will do irreparable harm to the nation’s water quality, endangered species and marine ecosystems.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
People losing lives & livelihoods from storms of unprecedented strength powered by warming seas. Coral reefs, lifeblood of islands’ food systems, culture economies at tipping point in dieback. Ecosystems at tipping point. Window to protect is closing”
People losing lives & livelihoods from storms of unprecedented strength powered by warming seas. Coral reefs, lifeblood of islands’ food systems, culture economies at tipping point in dieback. Ecosystems at tipping point. Window to protect is closing”
Cop30’s watered-down agreements will do little for an ecosystem at tipping point
Delegates made minimal headway on timetable for replacing oil and gas or on firm commitments to reducing carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
People losing lives & livelihoods from storms of unprecedented strength powered by warming seas. Coral reefs, lifeblood of islands’ food systems, culture economies at tipping point in dieback. Ecosystems at tipping point. Window to protect is closing”
People losing lives & livelihoods from storms of unprecedented strength powered by warming seas. Coral reefs, lifeblood of islands’ food systems, culture economies at tipping point in dieback. Ecosystems at tipping point. Window to protect is closing”
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Around 1000 markings on a slab of rock that was once a seafloor during the Cretaceous period may have been made by sea turtle flippers and swiftly buried by an earthquake
Ancient tracks may record stampede of turtles disturbed by earthquake
Around 1000 markings on a slab of rock that was once a seafloor during the Cretaceous period may have been made by sea turtle flippers and swiftly buried by an earthquake
www.newscientist.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Around 1000 markings on a slab of rock that was once a seafloor during the Cretaceous period may have been made by sea turtle flippers and swiftly buried by an earthquake
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The Trump administration just narrowed the definition of “waters of the U.S.,” stripping protections from many streams and wetlands. A win for polluters.
Dems won’t let this happen. We’ll fight to keep our waters clean, safe, and protected for everyone.
Dems won’t let this happen. We’ll fight to keep our waters clean, safe, and protected for everyone.
Trump narrows WOTUS definition, stirring Clean Water Act controversy | Capital Press
The federal government has narrowed the “waters of the U.S.” definition, potentially triggering a new legal battle over whether it’s scaled back Clean Water Act enforcement too far, experts say.
capitalpress.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Trump administration just narrowed the definition of “waters of the U.S.,” stripping protections from many streams and wetlands. A win for polluters.
Dems won’t let this happen. We’ll fight to keep our waters clean, safe, and protected for everyone.
Dems won’t let this happen. We’ll fight to keep our waters clean, safe, and protected for everyone.
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ICYMI: Trump Administration Moves To Weaken Federal Protections For Waterways And Wetlands #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics
Trump Administration Moves To Weaken Federal Protections For Waterways And Wetlands
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army on Monday announced a proposal to further define, and scale back, the number of waterways and wetlands protected by the federal government under the Clean Water Act, a bedrock environmental law.
dlvr.it
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
ICYMI: Trump Administration Moves To Weaken Federal Protections For Waterways And Wetlands #ctnewsjunkie #ctpolitics
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Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far.
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
📢 New paper on the impacts of AMOC collapse on European hydroclimate. 🌊
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
Changing European hydroclimate under a collapsed AMOC in the Community Earth System Model
Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is expected to weaken or even collapse under anthropogenic climate change. Given the importance of the AMOC in the present-day climate,...
doi.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far.
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊
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With the rest of the world at a climate summit, Trump announces major environmental rollbacks.
This week, the administration released a series of sweeping proposals to encourage oil drilling & roll back protections for wetlands & endangered animals
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...
This week, the administration released a series of sweeping proposals to encourage oil drilling & roll back protections for wetlands & endangered animals
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...
With the rest of the world at a climate summit, Trump administration announces major environmental rollbacks
This week, the administration released a series of sweeping proposals to encourage oil drilling and roll back protections for wetlands and endangered animals.
www.nbcnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
With the rest of the world at a climate summit, Trump announces major environmental rollbacks.
This week, the administration released a series of sweeping proposals to encourage oil drilling & roll back protections for wetlands & endangered animals
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...
This week, the administration released a series of sweeping proposals to encourage oil drilling & roll back protections for wetlands & endangered animals
www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...