Scott Akenhead
@scottakenhead.bsky.social
Canadian! Ecologist. Analyst. Pro-civilization.
Temple: Pacific Biological Station
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1218-3118
https://www.zotero.org/scottakenhead
Temple: Pacific Biological Station
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1218-3118
https://www.zotero.org/scottakenhead
Pinned
Global warming in North Pacific.
The Y axis is standard deviations (SD), related to chance of being observed given historical temperatures.
2 SD: 2.3 times in 100 years
3 SD: 1.3 in 1,000 years
4 SD: 3.2 in 100,000 years
5 SD: 2.9 in 10,000,000 years
6 SD: 1 in 1,000,000,000 years
Now is new.
The Y axis is standard deviations (SD), related to chance of being observed given historical temperatures.
2 SD: 2.3 times in 100 years
3 SD: 1.3 in 1,000 years
4 SD: 3.2 in 100,000 years
5 SD: 2.9 in 10,000,000 years
6 SD: 1 in 1,000,000,000 years
Now is new.
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USA House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson
as a model for young people… ?
– –> a generation of “Johnson Atheists” as part of
a generation of “Trump Democrats.”
as a model for young people… ?
– –> a generation of “Johnson Atheists” as part of
a generation of “Trump Democrats.”
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
USA House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson
as a model for young people… ?
– –> a generation of “Johnson Atheists” as part of
a generation of “Trump Democrats.”
as a model for young people… ?
– –> a generation of “Johnson Atheists” as part of
a generation of “Trump Democrats.”
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China has universal healthcare
Russia has universal healthcare
Even Belarus has universal healthcare
Russia has universal healthcare
Even Belarus has universal healthcare
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
China has universal healthcare
Russia has universal healthcare
Even Belarus has universal healthcare
Russia has universal healthcare
Even Belarus has universal healthcare
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Hulk Slogan is having a bad week! “Beauty, Eh!”🍁😂
"Instead of holding the government accountable, Poilievre’s Conservatives spent budget week imploding, distracted by infighting, defections, and blunders that left them off message when it mattered most." -CBC
"Instead of holding the government accountable, Poilievre’s Conservatives spent budget week imploding, distracted by infighting, defections, and blunders that left them off message when it mattered most." -CBC
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hulk Slogan is having a bad week! “Beauty, Eh!”🍁😂
"Instead of holding the government accountable, Poilievre’s Conservatives spent budget week imploding, distracted by infighting, defections, and blunders that left them off message when it mattered most." -CBC
"Instead of holding the government accountable, Poilievre’s Conservatives spent budget week imploding, distracted by infighting, defections, and blunders that left them off message when it mattered most." -CBC
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🍂 🐊 🌨️ 🧪
Florida residents were warned this week about *falling iguanas* 🦎 as an Arctic blast pushed into the state.
Cold that fierce so far south this early in Nov is exactly the kind of “weather shock” climate scientists say will become more common.
#ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Cold that fierce so far south this early in Nov is exactly the kind of “weather shock” climate scientists say will become more common.
#ClimateChange
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Floridians warned about falling iguanas as wintry weather hits eastern US
Cold and snow take hold in eastern two-thirds of the US, from the Great Lakes to Florida and Texas
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🍂 🐊 🌨️ 🧪
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That’s no spider! It’s a decoy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
That’s no spider! It’s a decoy
Arachnids build large lookalikes to ward off predators
www.science.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
That’s no spider! It’s a decoy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Raids by ICE on Home Depot 🇺🇸 stores to arrest people who congregate there for construction and home maintenance work.
Billionaire founders of Home Depot are contributors to the Republican Party:
Bernard Marcus
Arthur Blank
Ron Brill
Pat Farrah
Ken Langone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_De...
Billionaire founders of Home Depot are contributors to the Republican Party:
Bernard Marcus
Arthur Blank
Ron Brill
Pat Farrah
Ken Langone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_De...
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Raids by ICE on Home Depot 🇺🇸 stores to arrest people who congregate there for construction and home maintenance work.
Billionaire founders of Home Depot are contributors to the Republican Party:
Bernard Marcus
Arthur Blank
Ron Brill
Pat Farrah
Ken Langone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_De...
Billionaire founders of Home Depot are contributors to the Republican Party:
Bernard Marcus
Arthur Blank
Ron Brill
Pat Farrah
Ken Langone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_De...
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Ukrainians are without heat, light and sometimes water because Russia is waging a genocidal war of aggression and the West is pursuing a policy of stubborn cowardice and insane stupidity.
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ukrainians are without heat, light and sometimes water because Russia is waging a genocidal war of aggression and the West is pursuing a policy of stubborn cowardice and insane stupidity.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom in Brazil: “I come here with humility, coming from the United States. I’m very mindful that the Trump administration has abandoned any sense of duty, responsibility, or leadership. It’s an abomination, it’s a disgrace.”
(Credit @vincedmonroy.bsky.social / Threads)
(Credit @vincedmonroy.bsky.social / Threads)
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Gov. Gavin Newsom in Brazil: “I come here with humility, coming from the United States. I’m very mindful that the Trump administration has abandoned any sense of duty, responsibility, or leadership. It’s an abomination, it’s a disgrace.”
(Credit @vincedmonroy.bsky.social / Threads)
(Credit @vincedmonroy.bsky.social / Threads)
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So stupid, so corrupt, so ugly.
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
So stupid, so corrupt, so ugly.
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
make #COP30 the “Cop of Truth”, the moment we demonstrate the seriousness of our shared commitment to the planet.
COPs cannot be mere showcases of good ideas or annual gatherings for negotiators. They must be moments of contact with reality and of effective action to tackle #climate change.
COPs cannot be mere showcases of good ideas or annual gatherings for negotiators. They must be moments of contact with reality and of effective action to tackle #climate change.
The era of fine speeches and good intentions is over. Brazil’s Cop30 will be about action | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
This is our message to world leaders: make this the ‘Cop of truth’, before people lose faith, says the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Canada was measles free from 1998.
The loss of measles elimination status is the result of declining trust in public messaging about science and health, which has led to decreased vaccination rates.
The consequences of being anti vax spread far and wide.
We are not too far behind.
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The loss of measles elimination status is the result of declining trust in public messaging about science and health, which has led to decreased vaccination rates.
The consequences of being anti vax spread far and wide.
We are not too far behind.
🧪
Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall
Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Canada was measles free from 1998.
The loss of measles elimination status is the result of declining trust in public messaging about science and health, which has led to decreased vaccination rates.
The consequences of being anti vax spread far and wide.
We are not too far behind.
🧪
The loss of measles elimination status is the result of declining trust in public messaging about science and health, which has led to decreased vaccination rates.
The consequences of being anti vax spread far and wide.
We are not too far behind.
🧪
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Happy "Lights All Askew" Day to all who celebrate! (Headline in the New York Times from Nov. 10, 1919, brings Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity -- along with its alleged incomprehensibility -- to the public.) 🪐🔭🧠📰 #physics #science #histsci #lightsallaskew
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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global temperature:
now rising 0.027 °C/year
1 °C every 37 years
sea level:
now rising 4.5 mm/year
1 metre every 222 years
irreversibly.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
#climate #cop30 #globalwarming
now rising 0.027 °C/year
1 °C every 37 years
sea level:
now rising 4.5 mm/year
1 metre every 222 years
irreversibly.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
#climate #cop30 #globalwarming
COP30: The latest in climate science, from faster warming to coral collapse
With the pace of climate change speeding up, extreme weather and other impacts are taking an increasing toll on populations and environments across the globe. Here are some of the developments this year in climate science:
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
global temperature:
now rising 0.027 °C/year
1 °C every 37 years
sea level:
now rising 4.5 mm/year
1 metre every 222 years
irreversibly.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
#climate #cop30 #globalwarming
now rising 0.027 °C/year
1 °C every 37 years
sea level:
now rising 4.5 mm/year
1 metre every 222 years
irreversibly.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
#climate #cop30 #globalwarming
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Canada is run for the good of the country and Canadians. We don't have shutdowns.
#proudto_becanadians
#TeamCanadaStong
Canada is run for the good of the country and Canadians. We don't have shutdowns.
#proudto_becanadians
#TeamCanadaStong
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
bsky.app/profile/broa...
Canada is run for the good of the country and Canadians. We don't have shutdowns.
#proudto_becanadians
#TeamCanadaStong
Canada is run for the good of the country and Canadians. We don't have shutdowns.
#proudto_becanadians
#TeamCanadaStong