Tim 🇬🇱
@timrote.bsky.social
Climate refugee living in reality in the PNW
Retired from serving the People of America as a California Public Defender (Trial lawyer) for 25 years.
Rescue Dogs are the best.
I post pictures and videos for fun.
Momento Mori
Resist
Retired from serving the People of America as a California Public Defender (Trial lawyer) for 25 years.
Rescue Dogs are the best.
I post pictures and videos for fun.
Momento Mori
Resist
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Tim 🇬🇱
@timrote.bsky.social
· Jan 14
This is the fundamental conflict of our time.
Resist any who don’t respect the right to exist.
Resist any who don’t respect the right to exist.
Quick reminder:
The best things in life are not things.
Happy Thanksgiving
The best things in life are not things.
Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Quick reminder:
The best things in life are not things.
Happy Thanksgiving
The best things in life are not things.
Happy Thanksgiving
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
As of November 25th, Arctic sea-ice extent just hit a new record daily low and is now more than 32,000 km² below the previous record low for the date, set in 2016.
Current extent is more than 1,360,000 km² below the 1991-2020 average.
Code Yikes!
As of November 25th, Arctic sea-ice extent just hit a new record daily low and is now more than 32,000 km² below the previous record low for the date, set in 2016.
Current extent is more than 1,360,000 km² below the 1991-2020 average.
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
As of November 25th, Arctic sea-ice extent just hit a new record daily low and is now more than 32,000 km² below the previous record low for the date, set in 2016.
Current extent is more than 1,360,000 km² below the 1991-2020 average.
Code Yikes!
As of November 25th, Arctic sea-ice extent just hit a new record daily low and is now more than 32,000 km² below the previous record low for the date, set in 2016.
Current extent is more than 1,360,000 km² below the 1991-2020 average.
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"We'll look for almost any reason not to change our attitudes; the inertia of the established order is powerful. If we can think of a plausible, or even implausible, reason to discount environmental warnings, we will."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
"We'll look for almost any reason not to change our attitudes; the inertia of the established order is powerful. If we can think of a plausible, or even implausible, reason to discount environmental warnings, we will."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
The End of Nature
Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, t…
www.goodreads.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"We'll look for almost any reason not to change our attitudes; the inertia of the established order is powerful. If we can think of a plausible, or even implausible, reason to discount environmental warnings, we will."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
"We'll look for almost any reason not to change our attitudes; the inertia of the established order is powerful. If we can think of a plausible, or even implausible, reason to discount environmental warnings, we will."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
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VICTORY: A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot make warrantless arrests of people in Colorado without probable cause as required by law.
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
VICTORY: A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot make warrantless arrests of people in Colorado without probable cause as required by law.
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Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 25, 2025 ~ and he is us
"the species extinction rate is estimated to be between 1 000 and 10 000 times higher than natural extinction rates – the rate of species extinctions that would occur if we humans were not around.”
www.2oceansvibe.com/environment-...
"the species extinction rate is estimated to be between 1 000 and 10 000 times higher than natural extinction rates – the rate of species extinctions that would occur if we humans were not around.”
www.2oceansvibe.com/environment-...
Gone, Gone...And Gone: The IUCN Drops Its 2025 Species Extinction List
Yes, this grim roll call of vanished species comes with a side serving of climate chaos and human meddling.
www.2oceansvibe.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 25, 2025 ~ and he is us
"the species extinction rate is estimated to be between 1 000 and 10 000 times higher than natural extinction rates – the rate of species extinctions that would occur if we humans were not around.”
www.2oceansvibe.com/environment-...
"the species extinction rate is estimated to be between 1 000 and 10 000 times higher than natural extinction rates – the rate of species extinctions that would occur if we humans were not around.”
www.2oceansvibe.com/environment-...
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Starting a war for no reason at all.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Starting a war for no reason at all.
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Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 20, 2025 ~ Bright green truths.
"A global pandemic, competing existential crises and the sinister spread of right-wing populism have exhausted so many of us, rendering us either too shell-shocked or cynical to engag with something so painful."
"A global pandemic, competing existential crises and the sinister spread of right-wing populism have exhausted so many of us, rendering us either too shell-shocked or cynical to engag with something so painful."
Is the world too exhausted to fight the climate crisis? - RUSSH
Journalist and author Elfy Scott traces the grief and resilience of climate activism in an age of political and environmental tumult.
www.russh.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 20, 2025 ~ Bright green truths.
"A global pandemic, competing existential crises and the sinister spread of right-wing populism have exhausted so many of us, rendering us either too shell-shocked or cynical to engag with something so painful."
"A global pandemic, competing existential crises and the sinister spread of right-wing populism have exhausted so many of us, rendering us either too shell-shocked or cynical to engag with something so painful."
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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The Epstein files went from being a hoax to a threat to national security if released.
Unbelievable
Unbelievable
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Epstein files went from being a hoax to a threat to national security if released.
Unbelievable
Unbelievable
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
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Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:
"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
www.npr.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:
"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
Feeling grateful for the saints.
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Feeling grateful for the saints.
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
CERES data just dropped for August, 2025, and the 36-month running average for Earth albedo just hit yet another new record low, now at 28.701%.
The Climate 8-ball says: "you're going to need a bigger y-axis."
Code UFB!!!
CERES data just dropped for August, 2025, and the 36-month running average for Earth albedo just hit yet another new record low, now at 28.701%.
The Climate 8-ball says: "you're going to need a bigger y-axis."
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
CERES data just dropped for August, 2025, and the 36-month running average for Earth albedo just hit yet another new record low, now at 28.701%.
The Climate 8-ball says: "you're going to need a bigger y-axis."
Code UFB!!!
CERES data just dropped for August, 2025, and the 36-month running average for Earth albedo just hit yet another new record low, now at 28.701%.
The Climate 8-ball says: "you're going to need a bigger y-axis."
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BREAKING: Magistrate orders DOJ to turn over grand jury materials to Comey, finding real prospect that "government misconduct" may have tainted the case.
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
BREAKING: Magistrate orders DOJ to turn over grand jury materials to Comey, finding real prospect that "government misconduct" may have tainted the case.
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4. There's a villain in the story and it must be told that way. Fossil fuel's climate denial fraud and dark money corruption are full-on villainous and we should say so.
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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"Chemists from the University of Warwick and Monash University have identified a promising new #antibiotic that can combat drug-resistant bacterial infections, including MRSA and VRE."
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It ...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"Chemists from the University of Warwick and Monash University have identified a promising new #antibiotic that can combat drug-resistant bacterial infections, including MRSA and VRE."
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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"An inspired piece of genius."
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"An inspired piece of genius."
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
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Well damn. Here is the President’s Lawyer (now the Assistant Attorney General of the United States) admitting in a tweet that the new evidence in the just released Epstein emails is a game changer. We live in wild times.
I was a trial lawyer and this is embarrassing.
#Epstein
I was a trial lawyer and this is embarrassing.
#Epstein
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Well damn. Here is the President’s Lawyer (now the Assistant Attorney General of the United States) admitting in a tweet that the new evidence in the just released Epstein emails is a game changer. We live in wild times.
I was a trial lawyer and this is embarrassing.
#Epstein
I was a trial lawyer and this is embarrassing.
#Epstein
Still setting new records for emissions.
Damn
Damn
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 13, 2025 ~ Stand not amazed.
"Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1% in 2025, reaching a record 38.1bn tonnes of CO2, according to the latest figures from the Global Carbon Project."
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-fos...
"Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1% in 2025, reaching a record 38.1bn tonnes of CO2, according to the latest figures from the Global Carbon Project."
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-fos...
Analysis: Fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to set new record in 2025, as land sink ‘recovers’ - Carbon Brief
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1% in 2025,...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Still setting new records for emissions.
Damn
Damn
Putting our military in a position where they have to wait in line for food from a food bank is one way to say “Thank you” I suppose.
Spare me the Veterans Day platitudes when we treat these people like this.
Spare me the Veterans Day platitudes when we treat these people like this.
This is the food distribution line at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas 11/7/25. This is what Trump doesn't want you to see.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Putting our military in a position where they have to wait in line for food from a food bank is one way to say “Thank you” I suppose.
Spare me the Veterans Day platitudes when we treat these people like this.
Spare me the Veterans Day platitudes when we treat these people like this.
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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
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.