Cam
@camster.bsky.social
Some fire stuff, some transport stuff, some climate stuff. Some other random science stuff. Probably too much of the one you’re not into.
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Cam
@camster.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello new followers!
Quick intro: currently working in (mostly) general science education, but prior to that focused more on fire, ecosystems & earth observation (all of which I remain interested in).
Also into sustainability, especially of transport, which inevitably leads to broader questions...
Quick intro: currently working in (mostly) general science education, but prior to that focused more on fire, ecosystems & earth observation (all of which I remain interested in).
Also into sustainability, especially of transport, which inevitably leads to broader questions...
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Analysis of vegetation clearing in New South Wales 2010 - 2023: Implications for biodiversity.
Public vegetation clearing data in NSW indicates that almost 700,000 hectares of native vegetation were cleared between 2010 and 2023.
wentworthgroup.org/2026/02/anal...
Public vegetation clearing data in NSW indicates that almost 700,000 hectares of native vegetation were cleared between 2010 and 2023.
wentworthgroup.org/2026/02/anal...
Analysis of vegetation clearing in New South Wales 2010 – 2023
A spatial analysis of the impacts of land clearing on biodiversity in New South Wales.
wentworthgroup.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Analysis of vegetation clearing in New South Wales 2010 - 2023: Implications for biodiversity.
Public vegetation clearing data in NSW indicates that almost 700,000 hectares of native vegetation were cleared between 2010 and 2023.
wentworthgroup.org/2026/02/anal...
Public vegetation clearing data in NSW indicates that almost 700,000 hectares of native vegetation were cleared between 2010 and 2023.
wentworthgroup.org/2026/02/anal...
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Since Trump was re-elected, @forbes.com estimates—
💰His net worth is up $2 billion, to $6.3 billion
💰Eric’s has increased tenfold, to $400 million
💰Don Jr.’s has increased sixfold, to $300 million
💰19-year-old Barron Trump is worth $150 million
💰His net worth is up $2 billion, to $6.3 billion
💰Eric’s has increased tenfold, to $400 million
💰Don Jr.’s has increased sixfold, to $300 million
💰19-year-old Barron Trump is worth $150 million
(CNN) - The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
@cnn.com
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February 11, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Since Trump was re-elected, @forbes.com estimates—
💰His net worth is up $2 billion, to $6.3 billion
💰Eric’s has increased tenfold, to $400 million
💰Don Jr.’s has increased sixfold, to $300 million
💰19-year-old Barron Trump is worth $150 million
💰His net worth is up $2 billion, to $6.3 billion
💰Eric’s has increased tenfold, to $400 million
💰Don Jr.’s has increased sixfold, to $300 million
💰19-year-old Barron Trump is worth $150 million
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A friend of ours was able to be a test subject for an mRNA vaccine for an aggressive form of breast cancer. Completely worked. It is one of the greatest miracles of science and like 40% of the country turned it into The Jab because they are mushheaded simpletons.
February 11, 2026 at 5:11 AM
A friend of ours was able to be a test subject for an mRNA vaccine for an aggressive form of breast cancer. Completely worked. It is one of the greatest miracles of science and like 40% of the country turned it into The Jab because they are mushheaded simpletons.
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The president of OpenAI has donated almost as much to Trump as the DNC has cash on hand www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Democratic donors have spent a year frozen, largely out of justified anger at the consultant class, the spammy texts, and lack of leadership from some elected leaders.
That anger, however, is also hurting outside groups doing critical work — and that could hurt us in November.
THREAD 🧵
That anger, however, is also hurting outside groups doing critical work — and that could hurt us in November.
THREAD 🧵
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The president of OpenAI has donated almost as much to Trump as the DNC has cash on hand www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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you can find more on that, and links to the emails and supporting reporting here
Epstein clearly had more going on than working for the Russians, but it's impossible to ignore the evidence that he was a conduit for spy-shaped Russian women to to US oligarchs
niedermeyer.online/2026/02/10/m...
Epstein clearly had more going on than working for the Russians, but it's impossible to ignore the evidence that he was a conduit for spy-shaped Russian women to to US oligarchs
niedermeyer.online/2026/02/10/m...
There's more than a whiff of Musk in the Epstein Files
Explore the relationship between Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein, as documented in the Epstein Files.
niedermeyer.online
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
you can find more on that, and links to the emails and supporting reporting here
Epstein clearly had more going on than working for the Russians, but it's impossible to ignore the evidence that he was a conduit for spy-shaped Russian women to to US oligarchs
niedermeyer.online/2026/02/10/m...
Epstein clearly had more going on than working for the Russians, but it's impossible to ignore the evidence that he was a conduit for spy-shaped Russian women to to US oligarchs
niedermeyer.online/2026/02/10/m...
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10 years ago they told us AI and self-driving cars were going to wipe out up to half of all jobs. They didn’t.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
I'm not even saying that's the most *likely* possibility, but it's just very clear that the likelihood of that outcome as increased and even if there's, like, a 1 in 10 change that "AI replaces most to all white collar jobs in 10 years" that's an *enormous* risk to the social order!
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
10 years ago they told us AI and self-driving cars were going to wipe out up to half of all jobs. They didn’t.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
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One reason Greg's analysis here is so important is that it's a great example of how a proxy measure can become reified. It starts as "If we make it easy to move around, that'll improve how much access people have to things" and over time this morphs into MOAR CARS MOAR FASTER
Our argument is simple but radical: transportation policy should maximize access, not movement.
For a century, we’ve measured success by car throughput and speed. But that's only a means. The end is connecting people to destinations they value.
We've been measuring, then building, the wrong thing.
For a century, we’ve measured success by car throughput and speed. But that's only a means. The end is connecting people to destinations they value.
We've been measuring, then building, the wrong thing.
February 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
One reason Greg's analysis here is so important is that it's a great example of how a proxy measure can become reified. It starts as "If we make it easy to move around, that'll improve how much access people have to things" and over time this morphs into MOAR CARS MOAR FASTER
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Our latest publication:
“Air Pollution and Transportation: Evaluating Different
Factors from a COVID-19 Outbreak Perspective,” ASCE (doi.org/10.1061/JUPDDM.UPENG-5385).
It indicates that more mixed development, green space, green transport and limiting car travel can reduce transport emissions.
“Air Pollution and Transportation: Evaluating Different
Factors from a COVID-19 Outbreak Perspective,” ASCE (doi.org/10.1061/JUPDDM.UPENG-5385).
It indicates that more mixed development, green space, green transport and limiting car travel can reduce transport emissions.
Air Pollution and Transportation: Evaluating Different Factors from a COVID-19 Outbreak Perspective | Journal of Urban Planning and Development | Vol 152, No 2
Abstract This paper examines how the COVID-19 outbreak affected air pollution. People around
the world experienced severe changes in daily activities due to COVID-19 being an
infectious disease. From ...
doi.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Our latest publication:
“Air Pollution and Transportation: Evaluating Different
Factors from a COVID-19 Outbreak Perspective,” ASCE (doi.org/10.1061/JUPDDM.UPENG-5385).
It indicates that more mixed development, green space, green transport and limiting car travel can reduce transport emissions.
“Air Pollution and Transportation: Evaluating Different
Factors from a COVID-19 Outbreak Perspective,” ASCE (doi.org/10.1061/JUPDDM.UPENG-5385).
It indicates that more mixed development, green space, green transport and limiting car travel can reduce transport emissions.
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This is regulatory failure. Blame NHTSA and Congress.
Tesla never should've been allowed to sell driver assistance systems misleadingly called Autopilot or Full-Self Driving. Of course people got confused!
Competitors like Ford would be far more cautious Tesla had paid a price for its deception.
Tesla never should've been allowed to sell driver assistance systems misleadingly called Autopilot or Full-Self Driving. Of course people got confused!
Competitors like Ford would be far more cautious Tesla had paid a price for its deception.
Hands-Free Driving Systems Confuse Drivers, but Carmakers Push for More
The NHTSA is investigating Ford’s product after deadly crashes. The company’s research during development showed the technology can be misunderstood.
www.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
This is regulatory failure. Blame NHTSA and Congress.
Tesla never should've been allowed to sell driver assistance systems misleadingly called Autopilot or Full-Self Driving. Of course people got confused!
Competitors like Ford would be far more cautious Tesla had paid a price for its deception.
Tesla never should've been allowed to sell driver assistance systems misleadingly called Autopilot or Full-Self Driving. Of course people got confused!
Competitors like Ford would be far more cautious Tesla had paid a price for its deception.
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So the Heritage Foundation is basically the Taliban.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
So the Heritage Foundation is basically the Taliban.
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"Yeah, everyone just go ahead and delete TikTok now if you haven't already."
TikTok Refuses to Confirm or Deny That It's Providing User Data to ICE
TikTok refuses to confirm or deny that ICE is obtaining detailed information about its users via private data brokers.
trib.al
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 AM
"Yeah, everyone just go ahead and delete TikTok now if you haven't already."
We all know who Freedom Boi supports
February 11, 2026 at 10:37 AM
We all know who Freedom Boi supports
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NEW STUDY: Climate change is fueling deadly fires that threaten some of the world’s oldest living things: the ancient Alerce trees of Patagonia, which can live for over 3,000 years.
Our analysis shows that human-induced warming is making weather conditions more conducive to fire. 1/5
Our analysis shows that human-induced warming is making weather conditions more conducive to fire. 1/5
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
NEW STUDY: Climate change is fueling deadly fires that threaten some of the world’s oldest living things: the ancient Alerce trees of Patagonia, which can live for over 3,000 years.
Our analysis shows that human-induced warming is making weather conditions more conducive to fire. 1/5
Our analysis shows that human-induced warming is making weather conditions more conducive to fire. 1/5
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Time to revive a classic
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Time to revive a classic
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🔥Climate change is fueling deadly fire conditions that threaten some of the world’s oldest trees🌳
New analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social has found that climate change made the weather that accompanied recent wildfires in Chile and Argentina about 2.5-3 times more likely 🧵
New analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social has found that climate change made the weather that accompanied recent wildfires in Chile and Argentina about 2.5-3 times more likely 🧵
February 11, 2026 at 10:23 AM
🔥Climate change is fueling deadly fire conditions that threaten some of the world’s oldest trees🌳
New analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social has found that climate change made the weather that accompanied recent wildfires in Chile and Argentina about 2.5-3 times more likely 🧵
New analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social has found that climate change made the weather that accompanied recent wildfires in Chile and Argentina about 2.5-3 times more likely 🧵
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Climate crisis linked to fall in southern right whale birth rates as researchers raise ‘warning signal’
Climate crisis linked to fall in southern right whale birth rates as researchers raise ‘warning signal’
Lead author of Australian study says breeding slowdown is linked to climate-driven changes in ‘magnificent’ whale’s foraging grounds
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After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes in the Southern Ocean.
After being hunted to near extinction by commercial whaling in the 19th and 20th centuries, southern right whales remained endangered in Australia. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Climate crisis linked to fall in southern right whale birth rates as researchers raise ‘warning signal’
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Decades of car-first planning have left our cities with traffic, pollution, and communities cut off from one another. But cities don’t have to be this way. By designing streets that put people first, we can create vibrant, healthy, and connected urban spaces.
www.itdp.org/multimedia/u...
www.itdp.org/multimedia/u...
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Decades of car-first planning have left our cities with traffic, pollution, and communities cut off from one another. But cities don’t have to be this way. By designing streets that put people first, we can create vibrant, healthy, and connected urban spaces.
www.itdp.org/multimedia/u...
www.itdp.org/multimedia/u...
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WINDOWS NOTEPAD APP REMOTE CODE EXECUTION VULNERABILITY
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id...
now then. WHAT'S THE NETWORK ELEMENT in FUCKING NOTEPAD
WHAT BIT COULD IT BEEEEEEEE
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id...
now then. WHAT'S THE NETWORK ELEMENT in FUCKING NOTEPAD
WHAT BIT COULD IT BEEEEEEEE
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
WINDOWS NOTEPAD APP REMOTE CODE EXECUTION VULNERABILITY
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id...
now then. WHAT'S THE NETWORK ELEMENT in FUCKING NOTEPAD
WHAT BIT COULD IT BEEEEEEEE
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id...
now then. WHAT'S THE NETWORK ELEMENT in FUCKING NOTEPAD
WHAT BIT COULD IT BEEEEEEEE
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As with everything with Trump, it’s about corruption.
A billionaire family that owns a bridge crossing between Michigan and Canada has wanted Trump to stop a new bridge — and Trump is now threatening to block its opening (with authority he doesn’t have). www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Trump Threatens to Block Opening of New Bridge to Canada
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:58 PM
As with everything with Trump, it’s about corruption.
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Srsly, do not come here for the World Cup. Do not come here for the LA Olympics. Just don't. It's not safe
ICE director refuses to commit to pausing operations for 2026 World Cup
Acting ICE director Todd Lyons told a congressional committee that his agency was ‘key’ to World Cup security plans
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Srsly, do not come here for the World Cup. Do not come here for the LA Olympics. Just don't. It's not safe
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Really have to hand it to the @WeRateDogs guy, who's consistently using his massive platform for good. In this case discussing how Ring is trying to manufacture consent for using its products for immigration—AND ABORTION—monitoring.
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Really have to hand it to the @WeRateDogs guy, who's consistently using his massive platform for good. In this case discussing how Ring is trying to manufacture consent for using its products for immigration—AND ABORTION—monitoring.
They literally make nothing I want to buy anymore.
Ford reports worst quarterly earnings miss in four years, guides for better 2026
Ford reports worst quarterly earnings miss in four years, guides for better 2026
Investors will be watching for updates on Ford's 2026 forecast and on its F-Series pickup trucks after a supplier fire has impacted business.
cnb.cx
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
They literally make nothing I want to buy anymore.
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Severe teen ADHD symptoms predict lower income and higher arrest rates by age 40
Severe teen ADHD symptoms predict lower income and higher arrest rates by age 40
A longitudinal study reveals that severe ADHD symptoms in adolescence are linked to substance abuse, criminal behavior, and financial struggles in adulthood, highlighting the need for better long-term monitoring.
www.psypost.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Severe teen ADHD symptoms predict lower income and higher arrest rates by age 40