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Bill Atkinson
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Centenarian born 1925 in NYC. OG #Antifa #WWII Now: Cambridge, MA.
Go to my website right now >> http://Atkinsopht.WordPress.com
Cornell BME 1950 #Engineer #Mountaineer #Astronomy #Gunks #B29 #ClimateCrisis #WetBulb #Psychrometrics
"In this candid interview on the Sidenote Podcast, environmentalist and geneticist David Suzuki delivers a stark and unforgiving assessment of the climate crisis."

www.collapse2050.com/david-suzuki...
David Suzuki on Systemic Collapse
"It's too late"
www.collapse2050.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"By today’s headlines, it’s time to ask a larger question: At what point does the accumulation of misconduct by Trump become so brazen, so corrosive, so frankly immoral & even criminal, that Republican elected officials and voters finally say, “Enough is enough?"
hartmannreport.com/p/when-does-...
When Does Trump Become Too Corrupt for the GOP?
He’s tested every limit of decency and democracy, and every time he does the GOP bends a little lower. At this point, the question isn’t just about Trump’s crimes; it’s about their complicity…
hartmannreport.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reality must have a better track record in these things than God and his invisible friends.
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 17, 2025 ~ Blaming invisible friends.

"Rather than blaming the climate crisis, attention in some quarters has turned to whether this descent into calamity is God sending a disapproving message."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up
As rainy season fails to bring relief, authorities try cloud seeding – while others across the country pray for a miracle
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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The 2-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly is still above 1.55°C.

Everything will be fine.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"President Trump’s second term has brought a period of turmoil and controversy unlike any in the history of the Justice Department."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"Instead, according to Whitehouse, the State Department refused to sponsor his United Nations credentials, making it “just logistically really challenging” to even get badged — a serious departure from usual practice."
@climatecasino.net @michaelemann.bsky.social
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Sen. Whitehouse Goes Solo to Climate Summit — and Says Trump’s State Dep't. Tried to Lock Him Out
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, one of the Senate’s loudest and most consistent voices on the climate crisis, landed in Belém, Brazil, this week as the lone, official federal U.S. presence at...
www.dailykos.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Heartbreaking. Please RP.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A harbinger, in microcosm, of the coming collapse of civilization wrought by mindless humans.
A huge section of a copper mine collapsed on workers in the DRC

According to various reports, between 30 and 50 people were killed, and dozens of miners are still trapped under the rubble.
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 16, 2025 ~ All joking aside.

"More than 150 countries are bound to cut their methane levels from 2020 by 30% by 2030, under the global methane pledge signed at Cop26 in 2021."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Unlike some Americans, we do not forget when other countries have come to our aid:

Thanks Boston!

#Canada
#Halifax
#Boston
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"But a far more threatening future looms, scientists and public health experts say: Prolonged exposure to high humidity, can hinder the ability of people to lead healthy, safe and productive lives."
In fact high humidity kills:
atkinsopht.wordpress.com/2020/01/01/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
What’s More Dangerous Than India’s Frequent Heat Waves? Heat Stress.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"The effort to create authoritarianism is more likely to lead to a breakup of the state than to a total regime change."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
snyder.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Were there not Americans who actually worked and cared and tried to live right, there would be nothing and no one to grift."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
snyder.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"What they thought was the bedrock protection of naturalization now feels more like quicksand."
apnews.com/article/natu...
Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief
As President Donald Trump reshapes immigration and the nation’s relationship with immigrants, some naturalized citizens are wondering if the country they made a commitment to when they took the oath o...
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 14, 2025 ~ Long time passing.

"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."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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 2:17 PM
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The Northern Hemisphere has been on a bit of a run lately.

Will we need a bigger y-axis? The Climate 8-ball is busy moving to Portugal.

www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
November 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"In Epstein’s emails, he boasts of offering to advise Russia’s senior-most officials about how to manipulate Trump."
hartmannreport.com/p/did-epstei...
Did Epstein’s Knowledge of Trump Become Putin’s Most Dangerous Weapon Against Ukraine?
From the halls of Mar-a-Lago to the ruins of Ukrainian hospitals, the toxic bond between Trump, Putin, and Epstein may have reshaped the world and cost the lives of countless children…
hartmannreport.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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"Epstein’s correspondences with Wolff about how Epstein’s knowledge of Trump’s involvement could be used against him (apparently to blackmail him, something Epstein apparently advised Putin how to do)—reveal a pattern we’ve seen throughout history."
hartmannreport.com/p/the-epstei...
The Epstein Affair Has Move From Sleaze to a Crisis for American Democracy Itself
This Epstein Affair has shown a pattern where men of wealth and power created a zone of impunity that protected them for decades while destroying vulnerable people like Virginia Guiffrey…
hartmannreport.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM