David Tindall
@dbtindall.bsky.social
UBC sociology professor. Environment, social networks, social movements. Tweets on environment, climate change, social and political issues, & some satire.
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Protest against carbon markets outside the COP 30 venue this morning.
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Protest against carbon markets outside the COP 30 venue this morning.
Participants marching in to COP 30 in Belém, Brazil.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Participants marching in to COP 30 in Belém, Brazil.
They are not messing around at COP 30
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
They are not messing around at COP 30
The COP 30 arrival tunnel at the airport
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The COP 30 arrival tunnel at the airport
I've arrived in Belem (after three of travel)
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I've arrived in Belem (after three of travel)
Reposted by David Tindall
Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget.
Excellent climate analysis of today's federal budget from @hadrianmk.bsky.social...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
Excellent climate analysis of today's federal budget from @hadrianmk.bsky.social...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget
The budget makes clear that fossil fuel production for export is a central pillar of this government’s economic strategy — and that it won’t let climate measures get in the way.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget.
Excellent climate analysis of today's federal budget from @hadrianmk.bsky.social...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
Excellent climate analysis of today's federal budget from @hadrianmk.bsky.social...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...
Reposted by David Tindall
Confused or curious about the Bill Gates climate memo? I've got you covered! TOMORROW at 1:30pm PT, I'm talking with 4 great scientists. Sign up for an important convo w/ @katharinehayhoe.com @kimcobb.bsky.social @hausfath.bsky.social @weatherwest.bsky.social: coveringclimatenow.org/event/the-bi...
The Bill Gates Memo: Climate Scientists Respond With Urgency — Covering Climate Now
Ahead of this month’s COP30 summit in Brazil, billionaire investor Bill Gates is advising world leaders that global warming “will not lead to humanity’s demise” and that effort to reducing emissions a...
coveringclimatenow.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Confused or curious about the Bill Gates climate memo? I've got you covered! TOMORROW at 1:30pm PT, I'm talking with 4 great scientists. Sign up for an important convo w/ @katharinehayhoe.com @kimcobb.bsky.social @hausfath.bsky.social @weatherwest.bsky.social: coveringclimatenow.org/event/the-bi...
Another take on the Gates essay: time.com/7330386/bill...
There's More Than Meets the Eye in Bill Gates' Climate Memo
In the memo’s first page, Gates dismissed, in his words, the “doomsday view” that climate change would “decimate civilization”
time.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Another take on the Gates essay: time.com/7330386/bill...
This is a pretty good response to the Bill Gates piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
Opinion | Bill Gates Has a Point
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is a pretty good response to the Bill Gates piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
I went to a baseball game and it turned into a hockey game.
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I went to a baseball game and it turned into a hockey game.
I was in Langford for the big pumpkin smashing event today. Where they drop pumpkins from the sky!
November 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I was in Langford for the big pumpkin smashing event today. Where they drop pumpkins from the sky!
I saw this early last week (still in October).
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
November 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I saw this early last week (still in October).
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Reposted by David Tindall
I got mad enough about Carney's apology that I wrote about it here. open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
Canada adopts "Casey Foreign Policy": No Elbows At All
In doing so we prove, once again, that bullying works
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I got mad enough about Carney's apology that I wrote about it here. open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
Michael Mann's response to Bill Gates: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Michael Mann's response to Bill Gates: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
The Bill Gates piece that a lot of people are talking about: www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
www.gatesnotes.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Bill Gates piece that a lot of people are talking about: www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
At the time, it seemed like a good idea to stay up and watch until the baseball game ended.
October 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
At the time, it seemed like a good idea to stay up and watch until the baseball game ended.
Reposted by David Tindall
a new song to inspire a love of democracy! 📣youtu.be/vfi5otpMvHE #ABCDemocracy #FightFascism
Raffi - ABC Democracy (Official Music Video) ft. Good Lovelies
YouTube video by RaffiVEVO
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
a new song to inspire a love of democracy! 📣youtu.be/vfi5otpMvHE #ABCDemocracy #FightFascism
