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Patrick Waeber
@powaeber.bsky.social

Scientist, conservationist, and activist exploring the intersections of nature, society, and sustainability. Passionate about diversity, complexity, and the beauty of change. Big fan of forests and their untold stories. 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇲🇬🏳️‍🌈 .. more

Environmental science 47%
Biology 13%
"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen."
www.publicnotice.co

Reposted by Patrick O. Waeber

It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵

This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
Amid these dark moments, something important is beginning to shift.

It's clearly the result of healthy political pressure - which we must sustain, and build.
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

I hear you.
Society needs fighters and carers. And thinkers, listeners, translators, early-warning readers. People who slow the noise, connect the dots, and read the signs before the storm hits full force. Critical thinking is a form of care too. So is refusing to be numb.
Teeth. Hands. Minds.

Word

Fact-checking after the fact isn’t journalism. It’s damage control.
Stop giving liars airtime.

Reposted by Patrick O. Waeber

Your 'moment of doom' for Jan. 25, 2026 ~ heat locally, warm globally

"This new study points out that while the overall effect on climate is small, the local effect on ocean temperatures in the tropics can be larger."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A bid to clean up shipping industry intensified a coral bleaching event on Great Barrier Reef, study says
The removal of sulphur from shipping fuels caused ‘a lot of extra sunlight’ to get through atmosphere and hit reef in 2022
www.theguardian.com
ICE uses extrajudicial violence and intimidation for political ends. It's unconstrained by the law, unaccountable to the public. Its crimes are endorsed at the highest levels. What does this tell us? That it's the force of paramilitary thugs all fascist movements & governments use. It is Trump’s SS.
Boycott the World Cup

Not a foot should be set in that country until the madness stops

Reposted by Patrick O. Waeber

I know not what to say after this day. Please accept some natural beauty.

We are but nothing,
We return to the great void,
Make the best of it.

#Photography #Auroraborealis #Haiku

Peaceful 💚🌿💚

We’re all behavioralists.
When fear runs the system, kindness feels risky and cruelty gets rationalized.

#BehavioralTruths #CrueltyNormalized

People struggle to be kind because the ultimate cause is fear: fear of loss, vulnerability, not having enough.

The proximate mechanisms are greed, power-seeking, and hatred, translating fear into behavior.

#FearPolitics
#PowerLogic

A friend just asked me this:
Why can’t people be kind to one another?

#GeopoliticalDecay #DictatorsPlaybook
#WarLogic #NormalizationOfEvil
You misspelled "BORED".
Board of Peace - Season 1

Reposted by Patrick O. Waeber

Wild places are the *real* gold in life.

Disgusting
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10

"mining the fertility"
Question: What formed Irish soils after the last Ice Age?

Answer: Natural ecosystems such as rainforest, over 1,000s of years.

Conclusion: Sheep grazing uplands (for eg) is just mining the fertility built up by the very nature it killed off and continues to keep out, while giving NOTHING back.

Reposted by Patrick O. Waeber

Question: What formed Irish soils after the last Ice Age?

Answer: Natural ecosystems such as rainforest, over 1,000s of years.

Conclusion: Sheep grazing uplands (for eg) is just mining the fertility built up by the very nature it killed off and continues to keep out, while giving NOTHING back.

Putin offers $1 billion for Gaza.
Generously sourced from frozen Russian assets in the USA.

Peace Board nods. Moral accounting achieved.

Nothing says justice like funding a Riviera
with someone else’s money,
for people who won’t be allowed to live there.

Truly inspiring.

Standing ovation. 🌴

Gaza flattened.
Two million people in tents.
Sixty million tons of debris.

But good news!
A Peace Board is dreaming big: Riviera vibes, airport selfies, shiny towers by the sea.

Minor details pending:
who pays, who decides, who profits…and where the Palestinians fit into this exciting new vision.