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RebeccaW
@rwclimate.bsky.social
Raising my voice for nature, justice, & a better way forward.
No one is coming to save us. We have to save ourselves.

#EndOligarchy #NoKings #ResistAI #AntiWar
#ClimateCrisis #Overshoot
#Nature #MutualAid #GeneralStrike #Degrowth #ActiveTravel 🚴‍♀️
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I often feel that the greedy destroyers in this world – those destroying nature &/or harming people – have not once in their lives felt at peace, or marveled at simple natural beauty, or felt humbled by it.

Yes, our collective power must stop their harm..., but it's also sad what they have become.
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Yup.
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.

“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Billionaire technofascists eg Thiel of Palantir have decided democracy is a threat to their freedom. They are "building the soft architecture of an authoritarian future" in the US, UK, etc.

Think Big Tech & billionaires are good guys?
They are NOT‼️ #EndBillionaires

cc @humanitymustwin.bsky.social
Peter Thiel, Would-Be Philosopher King, Takes on Democracy
Billionaire Peter Thiel insists that freedom and democracy are incompatible, and his portfolio of data mining and political bets puts that belief into practice. His is a program of authoritarian contr...
jacobin.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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'We do have a power. It’s people power, it’s collective power'

In 2021, conservationist turned activist @charliejgardner.bsky.social was detained at #COP in Glasgow for protesting with Scientist Rebellion. Read why he risks arrest for the climate, from our latest issue.

newint.org/action/2025/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Billionaire technofascists eg Thiel of Palantir have decided democracy is a threat to their freedom. They are "building the soft architecture of an authoritarian future" in the US, UK, etc.

Think Big Tech & billionaires are good guys?
They are NOT‼️ #EndBillionaires

cc @humanitymustwin.bsky.social
Peter Thiel, Would-Be Philosopher King, Takes on Democracy
Billionaire Peter Thiel insists that freedom and democracy are incompatible, and his portfolio of data mining and political bets puts that belief into practice. His is a program of authoritarian contr...
jacobin.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao

x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline

"There’s no agreement yet, but time marches on, and conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...
The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline
Negotiators for seven states say they're making progress in negotiations aimed at addressing the Colorado River's chronic water shortages. But they missed an initial deadline.
www.latimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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"You can’t solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it. Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth & build a fairer future."
- @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Perhaps even more true in the United States.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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National Parks are a mirror of democracy — owned by the people, protected for all. Which is why, in an age of privatization and neglect, they’ve never been more imperiled.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Hear, hear, though it's concerning that most people calling for the end of fossil fuels still push the idea that we can keep everything else -- the same capitalism, growth economy, imperialism, inequality, production, consumption, & lifestyles.

That's not working out.
We need bigger changes, eg:
Can Socialism Solve the Climate Crisis?
Governments globally are failing to combat climate change because they prioritise profit over the planet — for real change, the capitalist mode of production must be overhauled.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Any politician who uses the word "hopefully" when dealing with the GOP in 2025 is an unserious person & needs to be voted out of office.

"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet.” – Robert Greene
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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This is what's happening in Chicago right now, with @katmabu.bsky.social.
Kat Abughazaleh on the Right to Protest
Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh on why more Democrats aren’t taking direct action and how leaders should be responding to the right.
interc.pt
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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"Our politicians refuse to take action [on the #climatecrisis] because they are aligned with the capitalist class... We need a new way forward: build new mass-based political parties that can unite workers & environmentalists in a shared project of transformation..." - @jasonhickel.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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"The good news is that these policies are highly popular and can form the basis of a winning political platform. Democratic socialism is a viable path — indeed, the only path — to a safe and just future."

tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...
Can Socialism Solve the Climate Crisis?
Governments globally are failing to combat climate change because they prioritise profit over the planet — for real change, the capitalist mode of production must be overhauled.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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When faced with the choice of changing our systems to save nature to save ourselves vs. business as usual govts (& most people) have chosen business as usual.

Because who needs a cold Arctic, right? /sarcasm

As a species, we are incredibly arrogant to think the harm we do to nature won't hurt us.
Arctic-Global Linkages | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
toolkit.climate.gov
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Folks. If you love your city and the people in it and feel helpless in the face of the fascist forces roaming your neighborhoods, read this piece and find some way to resist or to keep resisting or to support others who are. Be like Chicago. City of Broad Shoulders indeed.
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Here's a look at the extent of the "warmth" across the #Arctic in October. This map uses my normal anomaly scaling for each month, but it clearly doesn't work for something this extreme.

Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Think of the quote in the photo below as you listen to this young man.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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🔥 "One thing I notice when I read history is this: The world is shaped primarily by people who believe things and then take action in accordance with their beliefs."

"Don’t think so much. Go fight. We have already lost way too much by failing to do this for too long."

@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM