hayden and things of that nature
@hayden-higgins.bsky.social
a fraction of the sum // enlarger of the common life
communications @ WRI Finance
publisher @ 730dc
communications @ WRI Finance
publisher @ 730dc
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📋 #COP30 closed with mixed results. There was some movement on adaptation finance, climate and trade, and nature, but no agreement on fossil fuel or deforestation plans. Major gaps remain for global climate ambition.
Full analysis 👉 bit.ly/4ipD75Z
Full analysis 👉 bit.ly/4ipD75Z
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📋 #COP30 closed with mixed results. There was some movement on adaptation finance, climate and trade, and nature, but no agreement on fossil fuel or deforestation plans. Major gaps remain for global climate ambition.
Full analysis 👉 bit.ly/4ipD75Z
Full analysis 👉 bit.ly/4ipD75Z
incentives to ignore the climate crisis, vol 8 million
No kidding!
"Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
"Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
incentives to ignore the climate crisis, vol 8 million
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Great thread shouting out to the volunteer and NGO groups like Greenpeace and their vital role in telling the story of whaling to the masses.
Public pressure led to the ban, and that led to stopping the decline of whales across the globe.
🐳💚
Public pressure led to the ban, and that led to stopping the decline of whales across the globe.
🐳💚
This new reconstruction of global whale biomass shows that countries can successfully tackle environmental problems when they come together
But it's a story with an under-recognised hero
🧵 1/
But it's a story with an under-recognised hero
🧵 1/
October 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Great thread shouting out to the volunteer and NGO groups like Greenpeace and their vital role in telling the story of whaling to the masses.
Public pressure led to the ban, and that led to stopping the decline of whales across the globe.
🐳💚
Public pressure led to the ban, and that led to stopping the decline of whales across the globe.
🐳💚
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Me drunk quoting Baudrillard to my uncle between helpings of stuffing:
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Me drunk quoting Baudrillard to my uncle between helpings of stuffing:
"In Bangladesh and India, fishermen teach river otters how to chase prey into fishing nets. In the Ganges delta, villagers train river otters and keep them on leashes to hunt in the mangrove for fish and shellfish." www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
The Newest Member of Search and Rescue Is an Otter Named Splash
After training to detect odors under water, the aquatic animal has become a useful tool in the effort to locate missing people. He’s also super cute.
www.outsideonline.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"In Bangladesh and India, fishermen teach river otters how to chase prey into fishing nets. In the Ganges delta, villagers train river otters and keep them on leashes to hunt in the mangrove for fish and shellfish." www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
"As long as risks of climate systems “tipping” remain meaningfully non-zero, and the proper comprehensive risk assessment remains “systemic,” we should (must, really) treat our near-term warming trajectories as seriously, if not more seriously, than long-term ones."
www.keepcool.co/p/nothing-fo...
www.keepcool.co/p/nothing-fo...
Nothing for granted. Thanks for everything.
There are people on this Earth who absorb excess suffering so the rest of us, and the human organism at large, don’t have to. Even they have their limits. The same is true, perhaps even more so in Ear...
www.keepcool.co
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"As long as risks of climate systems “tipping” remain meaningfully non-zero, and the proper comprehensive risk assessment remains “systemic,” we should (must, really) treat our near-term warming trajectories as seriously, if not more seriously, than long-term ones."
www.keepcool.co/p/nothing-fo...
www.keepcool.co/p/nothing-fo...
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👀 If the NYC pension boards adopt the @nyccomptroller.bsky.social recommendations and move BlackRock's $42B mandate to other asset managers, it could be one of the most consequential climate-related actions ever taken by a pension fund in the US or anywhere in the world.
Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans.
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
👀 If the NYC pension boards adopt the @nyccomptroller.bsky.social recommendations and move BlackRock's $42B mandate to other asset managers, it could be one of the most consequential climate-related actions ever taken by a pension fund in the US or anywhere in the world.
man cannot live on vibes alone
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
man cannot live on vibes alone
TIL Four Tet, Burial, and the two founding members of Hot Chip all went to high school together! the guitarist from Dragonforce was there too, and the xx were there a decade or so later.
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
TIL Four Tet, Burial, and the two founding members of Hot Chip all went to high school together! the guitarist from Dragonforce was there too, and the xx were there a decade or so later.
really tough ballot -- leaning on vibes more than usual, for the @fangraphs.com ballot i voted for:
-Chase Utley, the best 2B of the first quarter of the 21st c
-Carlos Beltran, the best pre-Trout/2nd best CF of same
-Felix Hernandez, a franchise icon who was an absolute stud for 6 years
-Chase Utley, the best 2B of the first quarter of the 21st c
-Carlos Beltran, the best pre-Trout/2nd best CF of same
-Felix Hernandez, a franchise icon who was an absolute stud for 6 years
Everything you need to follow the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Tracker:
The Tracker team: @tonycal.bsky.social @shutthedore.bsky.social, @notmrtibbs.com
The full Ballot Tracker: tracker.fyi
Quick Tracker Summary/Leaderboard: bit.ly/hof26
The ballot:
The Tracker team: @tonycal.bsky.social @shutthedore.bsky.social, @notmrtibbs.com
The full Ballot Tracker: tracker.fyi
Quick Tracker Summary/Leaderboard: bit.ly/hof26
The ballot:
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
really tough ballot -- leaning on vibes more than usual, for the @fangraphs.com ballot i voted for:
-Chase Utley, the best 2B of the first quarter of the 21st c
-Carlos Beltran, the best pre-Trout/2nd best CF of same
-Felix Hernandez, a franchise icon who was an absolute stud for 6 years
-Chase Utley, the best 2B of the first quarter of the 21st c
-Carlos Beltran, the best pre-Trout/2nd best CF of same
-Felix Hernandez, a franchise icon who was an absolute stud for 6 years
look at how they use Neil's name
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
look at how they use Neil's name
corruption in american politics is nothing new
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
corruption in american politics is nothing new
decarbonize this: "now we're cooking with gas"
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
decarbonize this: "now we're cooking with gas"
"Some of the most urgent, structural risks stem from the complexity and interconnectedness of Earth’s climate system. These remain dramatically underpriced, and we’re not properly preparing for them." arcinit.substack.com/p/systemic-c...
Systemic Climate Risks are Underpriced and Underresearched
How climate philanthropy can catalyze the equivalent of portfolio insurance by funding prevention and intervention
arcinit.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"Some of the most urgent, structural risks stem from the complexity and interconnectedness of Earth’s climate system. These remain dramatically underpriced, and we’re not properly preparing for them." arcinit.substack.com/p/systemic-c...
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I'm dense when it comes to finance, so the fact that I got to a point of understanding how utilities earn profit and why they should or shouldn't earn less means you can too. I stayed up till 3am trying to explain in an accessible way. Hopefully it was worth it!
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
What If Utilities Just Made Less Money?
California energy companies are asking for permission to take in more revenue. Consumer advocates are having none of it.
heatmap.news
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I'm dense when it comes to finance, so the fact that I got to a point of understanding how utilities earn profit and why they should or shouldn't earn less means you can too. I stayed up till 3am trying to explain in an accessible way. Hopefully it was worth it!
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
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NEW from me: the proposed executive order to block states from regulating AI is indicative of the purchase of our government by tech overlords, & likely to spread to shield any business able to persuade Trump that because they use an algorithm or a computer, they're part of the AI revolution too.
Big Tech Poised to Win Immunity Shield From State AI Regulation - The American Prospect
The Trump administration is readying an executive order preempting constraints on AI. It could become a much more wide-ranging deregulatory tool.
prospect.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW from me: the proposed executive order to block states from regulating AI is indicative of the purchase of our government by tech overlords, & likely to spread to shield any business able to persuade Trump that because they use an algorithm or a computer, they're part of the AI revolution too.
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Actual research and reporting from @peterodrigue.bsky.social, and a rant from me, about the likely end of the District's streateries, which is closely related to the fact that it is basically impossible to close a street to cars here: ggwash.org/view/101524/...
Adams Morgan’s streateries are overwhelmingly popular. Forthcoming requirements put them and others at risk of vanishing
Pete’s on-the-street interviews find that streateries on 18th Street NW, which the District paid for but is, nonetheless, about to dismantle, are overwhelmingly popular. Alex ruminates on the connecti...
ggwash.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Actual research and reporting from @peterodrigue.bsky.social, and a rant from me, about the likely end of the District's streateries, which is closely related to the fact that it is basically impossible to close a street to cars here: ggwash.org/view/101524/...
what @70sbachchan.bsky.social has been saying: "While Washington backpedals and targets slip, the real action is now in countries like China, India, Brazil, and around a dozen critical middle-income countries: the new engines of the clean economy."
time.com/7332240/cop3...
time.com/7332240/cop3...
The Global South Is the Climate Future
The next phase of climate action is economic, and it's happening in the Global South, writes Ani Dasgupta.
time.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
what @70sbachchan.bsky.social has been saying: "While Washington backpedals and targets slip, the real action is now in countries like China, India, Brazil, and around a dozen critical middle-income countries: the new engines of the clean economy."
time.com/7332240/cop3...
time.com/7332240/cop3...
top concerts of 2025:
1. Slowdive
2. Gang of Four
3. Wilco
4. Boris
5. Patti Smith
6. Lcd Soundsystem
7. Cap'n Jazz
8. New Order
9. YHWH Nailgun
10. Nourished by Time
1. Slowdive
2. Gang of Four
3. Wilco
4. Boris
5. Patti Smith
6. Lcd Soundsystem
7. Cap'n Jazz
8. New Order
9. YHWH Nailgun
10. Nourished by Time
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
top concerts of 2025:
1. Slowdive
2. Gang of Four
3. Wilco
4. Boris
5. Patti Smith
6. Lcd Soundsystem
7. Cap'n Jazz
8. New Order
9. YHWH Nailgun
10. Nourished by Time
1. Slowdive
2. Gang of Four
3. Wilco
4. Boris
5. Patti Smith
6. Lcd Soundsystem
7. Cap'n Jazz
8. New Order
9. YHWH Nailgun
10. Nourished by Time
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November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
thought the newish cloakroom had an industrial outro track, turns out i just had noise canceling off and the contractors are working next door
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
thought the newish cloakroom had an industrial outro track, turns out i just had noise canceling off and the contractors are working next door
elites want inequality at home in part because it helps them maintain inequality abroad; domestic hierarchies support international hierarchies, which reinscribe themselves to the core ("boomerang," "blowback," etc)
www.devex.com/news/did-the...
www.devex.com/news/did-the...
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
elites want inequality at home in part because it helps them maintain inequality abroad; domestic hierarchies support international hierarchies, which reinscribe themselves to the core ("boomerang," "blowback," etc)
www.devex.com/news/did-the...
www.devex.com/news/did-the...
marcus thompson II, doing a little too much
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
marcus thompson II, doing a little too much
i've noticed that microsoft's grammar suggestions have been off more than usual -- plain wrong -- and wonder if they've handed it over entirely to "AI"...
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
i've noticed that microsoft's grammar suggestions have been off more than usual -- plain wrong -- and wonder if they've handed it over entirely to "AI"...
the virgin kanye ("thirty hours") versus the chad roy orbison ("i drove all night")
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
the virgin kanye ("thirty hours") versus the chad roy orbison ("i drove all night")