Michael Khoo
@michaelkhoo.bsky.social
Sky chaser, earth lover, capitalism constrainer, agnotological luddist, counter-enshittification hobbyist, playlist junkie, piano player.
Co-founder, UpShift Strategies. Co-chair, Climate Action Against Disinformation.
Co-founder, UpShift Strategies. Co-chair, Climate Action Against Disinformation.
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António Guterres: info integrity is vital at COP30:
“We cannot achieve climate action without information integrity. We must preserve both the information environment necessary for democratic decision-making and the global cooperation essential for addressing the climate crisis."
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“We cannot achieve climate action without information integrity. We must preserve both the information environment necessary for democratic decision-making and the global cooperation essential for addressing the climate crisis."
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November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
António Guterres: info integrity is vital at COP30:
“We cannot achieve climate action without information integrity. We must preserve both the information environment necessary for democratic decision-making and the global cooperation essential for addressing the climate crisis."
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“We cannot achieve climate action without information integrity. We must preserve both the information environment necessary for democratic decision-making and the global cooperation essential for addressing the climate crisis."
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Good that Canada joins coalition to fight against climate disinformation (so maybe don't weaken greenwashing law?) www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Countries commit to tackling climate disinformation at COP30
It is the first time states have formally committed to information integrity and fighting back against climate disinformation.
www.euronews.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Good that Canada joins coalition to fight against climate disinformation (so maybe don't weaken greenwashing law?) www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
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After years leading FEMA's external affairs through environmental disasters like Hurricane Helene, Justin Ángel Knighten warns that tackling disinformation must be a priority.
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At COP, disinformation is the next crisis to tackle
If Canada steps up and joins co-signers like the U.K., France, and Spain, others will follow. Doing so would put the country’s resilience, strength, and democratic values on full display. This is how…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
After years leading FEMA's external affairs through environmental disasters like Hurricane Helene, Justin Ángel Knighten warns that tackling disinformation must be a priority.
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🚨 Our new report, Deny, Deceive, Delay: Demystified, is out now. 🚨
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🚨 Our new report, Deny, Deceive, Delay: Demystified, is out now. 🚨
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
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Macron and Lula warn of the dangers of climate disinformation ahead of COP30
"Climate disinformation today threatens our democracies, the Paris agenda and therefore our selective security"
"Climate disinformation today threatens our democracies, the Paris agenda and therefore our selective security"
Macron and Lula warn of the dangers of climate disinformation ahead of COP30
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November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Macron and Lula warn of the dangers of climate disinformation ahead of COP30
"Climate disinformation today threatens our democracies, the Paris agenda and therefore our selective security"
"Climate disinformation today threatens our democracies, the Paris agenda and therefore our selective security"
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Kinda impressive how OpenAI has managed to occupy a seemingly quantum state between "imperial project", "non-profit research foundation", and "criminal enterprise".
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Kinda impressive how OpenAI has managed to occupy a seemingly quantum state between "imperial project", "non-profit research foundation", and "criminal enterprise".
We will have Nuremberg trials over this, and their many other crimes.
Border Patrol aren't human
"I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
"I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
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November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We will have Nuremberg trials over this, and their many other crimes.
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Using a government jet to fly you to a girlfriends country music gig/wrestling match and then covering it up and rage tweeting about it on X is sort of a microcosm of Trumpism. thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel-fbi-director-private-jet-problem-nashville
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Using a government jet to fly you to a girlfriends country music gig/wrestling match and then covering it up and rage tweeting about it on X is sort of a microcosm of Trumpism. thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel-fbi-director-private-jet-problem-nashville
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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you love to see it
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
you love to see it
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Okay, yes, humanity did not enact the single best possible outcome in response to the single worst problem we have ever faced as a species
In no way was it wrong to try, and in no way is it wrong to continue trying to jam a wrench in the greedy fossil fuel economy. Everything is still on the table
In no way was it wrong to try, and in no way is it wrong to continue trying to jam a wrench in the greedy fossil fuel economy. Everything is still on the table
World ‘very likely’ to exceed 1.5C climate goal in next decade: UN
Despite Paris Agreement pledges, countries 'have landed off target' on climate goals multiple times, the UN warns.
www.aljazeera.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Okay, yes, humanity did not enact the single best possible outcome in response to the single worst problem we have ever faced as a species
In no way was it wrong to try, and in no way is it wrong to continue trying to jam a wrench in the greedy fossil fuel economy. Everything is still on the table
In no way was it wrong to try, and in no way is it wrong to continue trying to jam a wrench in the greedy fossil fuel economy. Everything is still on the table
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Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
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These were the obsequious headlines a Republican got for winning a race by less than 2%. Spanberger won by 15 tonight. The coverage should be absolutely apocalyptic for Rs tomorrow, but it largely wont be bc political news media sees Rs as their friends & allies & would never trash them like that
We damn well better get a blizzard of "bad news for Republicans" pieces tomorrow.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
These were the obsequious headlines a Republican got for winning a race by less than 2%. Spanberger won by 15 tonight. The coverage should be absolutely apocalyptic for Rs tomorrow, but it largely wont be bc political news media sees Rs as their friends & allies & would never trash them like that
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“In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light.”
Congratulations @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Congratulations @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
“In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light.”
Congratulations @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Congratulations @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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But also, tomorrow’s NYT headline: “Did Dems win too much? Anonymous consultants fear they may find it hard to govern everything they just won.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
But also, tomorrow’s NYT headline: “Did Dems win too much? Anonymous consultants fear they may find it hard to govern everything they just won.”
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Every race. It’s basically been every race.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Every race. It’s basically been every race.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
Governors. Mayors. Long-held GOP dog-catchers. School boards. Water boards. Flipped a dungeon master in a rural Iowa D&D club. State senators. State reps. A janitor in Duluth. State justices. Three GOP Uber drivers.
Just everything.
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"Canada told the fossil fuel industry greenwashing was illegal, and its response was that having to be honest and transparent would make it too hard to do business. Apparently the threat worked," says Phil Newell of @caadcoalition.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/n...
Carney scraps anti-greenwashing law despite public call for climate truth
Most Canadians want the federal government to do more about climate disinformation, especially during extreme weather, new research shows, even as the Carney government scraps Canada's laws against gr...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"Canada told the fossil fuel industry greenwashing was illegal, and its response was that having to be honest and transparent would make it too hard to do business. Apparently the threat worked," says Phil Newell of @caadcoalition.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/n...
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Insane that google has lit so much money on fire for this
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Insane that google has lit so much money on fire for this
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A group of 15 civil society organizations sent a joint letter calling on Ottawa to join the Global Initiative on Information Integrity on Climate Change. This UN and UNESCO-backed effort is putting information integrity in the global spotlight for the first time.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A group of 15 civil society organizations sent a joint letter calling on Ottawa to join the Global Initiative on Information Integrity on Climate Change. This UN and UNESCO-backed effort is putting information integrity in the global spotlight for the first time.
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DHS just got caught telling multiple lies about federal agents shooting a US citizen multiple times
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October 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
DHS just got caught telling multiple lies about federal agents shooting a US citizen multiple times
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October 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
