PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Worldwide Annually
@tkovach.bsky.social
Climate dad to E, J, and C. Working on decarbonization and environmental justice in Cleveland. Founded the Cleveland Refugee Bike Project. Supports Juventus & Eintracht.
Opinions my own and probably wrong.
Opinions my own and probably wrong.
Pinned
When scheduling your next meeting, think:
Could this Zoom have been a phone call?
Could that phone call have been an email?
Could that email have been a text?
Could that text have been a skeet?
Could that skeet have been a thought?
Could that thought have not existed?
Could I simply cease to exist?
Could this Zoom have been a phone call?
Could that phone call have been an email?
Could that email have been a text?
Could that text have been a skeet?
Could that skeet have been a thought?
Could that thought have not existed?
Could I simply cease to exist?
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
As @peterbreuer.bsky.social writes in his new book, it takes 20x more energy to remove CO2 from the atmosphere as it would to prevent its release in the first place
"ETH researchers estimate the cost of removing 1 tonne of CO2 from the air in the year 2050 to be between 230 and 540 US dollars. This is twice as high as previous estimates"
"The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
As @peterbreuer.bsky.social writes in his new book, it takes 20x more energy to remove CO2 from the atmosphere as it would to prevent its release in the first place
Democracy Dies In Fartness
Feeling gassy after Thanksgiving? Take a fart walk.
Light exercise after a big meal can help. Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down.
Light exercise after a big meal can help. Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down.
Column | Try a ‘fart walk’ to ease the pressure after that big Thanksgiving meal
Whatever you do, resist the urge to lie down.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Democracy Dies In Fartness
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Mods are eating. Time to post bog
November 28, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Mods are eating. Time to post bog
I'd say I bet I could lose $500 billion to too, but honestly I'm not sure how you even do that
HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'd say I bet I could lose $500 billion to too, but honestly I'm not sure how you even do that
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
New nightmare unlocked
There are two methods for cranberry harvest- wet method and dry method. Pictured is the ‘wet harvest’ method where the cranberry bog is flooded and the plants are shaken to dislodge the submerged berries, which float. (Fun fact: in a flooded bog the workers become high ground for the spiders.)
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New nightmare unlocked
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The Great Lakes are unprotected. Decades of safeguards for rivers, lakes, wetlands & drinking water are being dismantled — leaving the region vulnerable to pollution, economic disruption, and threats that ripple nationwide. Read the series here: buff.ly/HSyh63X
#GreatLakes #WaterCrisis #CleanWater
#GreatLakes #WaterCrisis #CleanWater
November 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Great Lakes are unprotected. Decades of safeguards for rivers, lakes, wetlands & drinking water are being dismantled — leaving the region vulnerable to pollution, economic disruption, and threats that ripple nationwide. Read the series here: buff.ly/HSyh63X
#GreatLakes #WaterCrisis #CleanWater
#GreatLakes #WaterCrisis #CleanWater
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Catholic Charities is sharing 12,000 meals today at St. Augustine Hunger Center (1400 Howard Ave.) from 11 AM–1 PM.
Catholic Charities distributing 12,000 Thanksgiving meals – here’s how to get yours
Residents can sign up for a free Thanksgiving meal, to be eaten at the St. Augustine Hunger Center or delivered to their home, through Nov. 24.
www.cleveland.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Catholic Charities is sharing 12,000 meals today at St. Augustine Hunger Center (1400 Howard Ave.) from 11 AM–1 PM.
If you were hoping to spend your Thanksgiving reading a 200+ page regional climate action plan for Northeast Ohio, then I have good news for you
www.eneo2050.com/capmaterials
www.eneo2050.com/capmaterials
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www.eneo2050.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If you were hoping to spend your Thanksgiving reading a 200+ page regional climate action plan for Northeast Ohio, then I have good news for you
www.eneo2050.com/capmaterials
www.eneo2050.com/capmaterials
What the hell? The deadline is Monday, and tomorrow is Thanksgiving!
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What the hell? The deadline is Monday, and tomorrow is Thanksgiving!
"To date, the program has deployed $145 million in capital on nearly 54 megawatts’ worth of solar projects that are expected to help save a collective $57 million in energy cost."
Connecticut’s pioneering model for publicly owned, small-scale solar
The Connecticut Green Bank goes beyond grants and loans to directly develop solar for towns and schools — a model other states could follow.
www.canarymedia.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"To date, the program has deployed $145 million in capital on nearly 54 megawatts’ worth of solar projects that are expected to help save a collective $57 million in energy cost."
Data center-heavy regions at most risk of winter power outages
Report: Data center-heavy regions at most risk of winter power outages
The power grid region including Michigan is not named among the highest-risk regions for energy shortfalls during winter storms.
www.freep.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Data center-heavy regions at most risk of winter power outages
@actualnames.bsky.social this is my wife's 13th grandfather
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@actualnames.bsky.social this is my wife's 13th grandfather
"Automakers and their suppliers have known for almost three decades that recyclers were releasing lead into the air as they melted down old batteries.
Time and again, car and battery manufacturers opted not to act and blocked efforts to address the problem."
Time and again, car and battery manufacturers opted not to act and blocked efforts to address the problem."
The Auto Industry Was Warned: Battery Recycling Was Poisoning People
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"Automakers and their suppliers have known for almost three decades that recyclers were releasing lead into the air as they melted down old batteries.
Time and again, car and battery manufacturers opted not to act and blocked efforts to address the problem."
Time and again, car and battery manufacturers opted not to act and blocked efforts to address the problem."
'“I’m not interested in her incredibly bad writing," Nair said. "Real people are going to become disabled, sick, and die as a consequence of this.” And it could be years before we see the true scale of the damage.'
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
'“I’m not interested in her incredibly bad writing," Nair said. "Real people are going to become disabled, sick, and die as a consequence of this.” And it could be years before we see the true scale of the damage.'
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
Early drafts of Wilco songs:
Urbain Germery
France, Mayenne, Parish and Civil Registration, 1427-1897
France, Mayenne, Parish and Civil Registration, 1427-1897
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Early drafts of Wilco songs:
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
“Shelley is accessible, but it’s kind of pedestrian amongst the scripts...the connecting strokes from letter to letter are largely relatively weak,” he explained. Sripts tend to be a little more elegant when they’re a little more compressed.”
What’s going on with Trump’s gold ‘Oval Office’ sign?
We asked design experts to read the writing on the White House wall and tell us what they see
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Shelley is accessible, but it’s kind of pedestrian amongst the scripts...the connecting strokes from letter to letter are largely relatively weak,” he explained. Sripts tend to be a little more elegant when they’re a little more compressed.”
Natural gas use for electricity generation is down 17% in California this year, even as overall generation has increased. Solar is eating natural gas' lunch.
Natural gas use for electricity in California falls as solar generation rises - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
www.eia.gov
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Natural gas use for electricity generation is down 17% in California this year, even as overall generation has increased. Solar is eating natural gas' lunch.