Leslie Anthony
@docleslie.bsky.social
Biologist and science/environment/adventure travel writer for Canadian Geographic and others, tracking the intersecting climate and biodiversity crises; my books stray into fields like herpetology, invasive species and... skiing (weird, eh?).
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This is a crucial investigation. Dembicki brings the literal receipts for Exxon using the #AtlasNetwork to break climate action in the Global South. Lomberg’s presence is telling. He is present at the end of “Merchants of Doubt” as the latest of a few cooperative “scientists”.
#Auspol #NZpol
#Auspol #NZpol
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is a crucial investigation. Dembicki brings the literal receipts for Exxon using the #AtlasNetwork to break climate action in the Global South. Lomberg’s presence is telling. He is present at the end of “Merchants of Doubt” as the latest of a few cooperative “scientists”.
#Auspol #NZpol
#Auspol #NZpol
Just going to leave this rather frightening reference about the change in global mammalian biomass from 1860 to now here. 😳🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Just going to leave this rather frightening reference about the change in global mammalian biomass from 1860 to now here. 😳🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Be like Juli. Do it anyway.
Eight years ago today, while in the Trump motorcade, I saw a bicyclist give the bird to the president's vehicle. I tweeted an AFP photographer's picture of Juli Briskman. It went viral. She got fired. Then she got elected. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Be like Juli. Do it anyway.
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"The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny."
~ Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father
~ Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father
October 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny."
~ Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father
~ Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father
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Canadians, too . . .
Heatdome 2021 . . .
Heatdome 2021 . . .
One of the many things @ninalakhani.bsky.social does so well is show the very real, very now cost of climate change at the most human level. This story is devastatingly good: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story
Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Canadians, too . . .
Heatdome 2021 . . .
Heatdome 2021 . . .
I wrote about how this was happening in my 2017 book on invasive species, but seeing how far things have advanced on this front is frightening indeed.
Zika, Chikungunya, Dengue, West Nile and other viruses have already reared their heads in unexpected areas—what else is coming our way?
Zika, Chikungunya, Dengue, West Nile and other viruses have already reared their heads in unexpected areas—what else is coming our way?
Globalization has accelerated the spread of mosquito species that transmit human diseases. An analysis in Nature Communications shows that 45 disease-vector mosquito species have been introduced to non-native regions worldwide. go.nature.com/4hn6ogW 🧪
October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I wrote about how this was happening in my 2017 book on invasive species, but seeing how far things have advanced on this front is frightening indeed.
Zika, Chikungunya, Dengue, West Nile and other viruses have already reared their heads in unexpected areas—what else is coming our way?
Zika, Chikungunya, Dengue, West Nile and other viruses have already reared their heads in unexpected areas—what else is coming our way?
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I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
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Watch this.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Watch this.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
Open your eyes to this brutality.
ICE beats up, drags & abducts this disabled visually impaired man.
Now share this.
Everyone must see the brutality of this administration & ask themselves what they are doing to push back.
You have power.
Even sharing this video exerts that power.
We all know this is toxic, depraved and malign behaviour.
But at this point I'm worried that this is what kids growing up in America and beyond will think of as normal politics. A whole new dimension to the generational damage he is causing.
But at this point I'm worried that this is what kids growing up in America and beyond will think of as normal politics. A whole new dimension to the generational damage he is causing.
Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
October 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We all know this is toxic, depraved and malign behaviour.
But at this point I'm worried that this is what kids growing up in America and beyond will think of as normal politics. A whole new dimension to the generational damage he is causing.
But at this point I'm worried that this is what kids growing up in America and beyond will think of as normal politics. A whole new dimension to the generational damage he is causing.
Not a good look, world. 🧪
Heat-driven functional extinction of Caribbean Acropora corals from Florida’s Coral Reef | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Heat-driven functional extinction of Caribbean Acropora corals from Florida’s Coral Reef | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Heat-driven functional extinction of Caribbean Acropora corals from Florida’s Coral Reef
In 2023, a record-setting marine heat wave triggered the ninth mass coral bleaching event on Florida’s Coral Reef (FCR). We examined spatial patterns of heat exposure along the ~560-kilometer length o...
www.science.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Not a good look, world. 🧪
Heat-driven functional extinction of Caribbean Acropora corals from Florida’s Coral Reef | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Heat-driven functional extinction of Caribbean Acropora corals from Florida’s Coral Reef | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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“The president demolished the White House.”
“The president politicized the FBI and DOJ to go after his opponents.”
“The president is why life is more expensive today.”
“The president was besties with Epstein.”
Messaging isn’t hard and makes you wonder why Dems aren’t saying this every day.
“The president politicized the FBI and DOJ to go after his opponents.”
“The president is why life is more expensive today.”
“The president was besties with Epstein.”
Messaging isn’t hard and makes you wonder why Dems aren’t saying this every day.
October 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“The president demolished the White House.”
“The president politicized the FBI and DOJ to go after his opponents.”
“The president is why life is more expensive today.”
“The president was besties with Epstein.”
Messaging isn’t hard and makes you wonder why Dems aren’t saying this every day.
“The president politicized the FBI and DOJ to go after his opponents.”
“The president is why life is more expensive today.”
“The president was besties with Epstein.”
Messaging isn’t hard and makes you wonder why Dems aren’t saying this every day.
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If you’re driving around in unmarked cars, wearing masks, and kidnapping people, you’re not one of the good guys.
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If you’re driving around in unmarked cars, wearing masks, and kidnapping people, you’re not one of the good guys.
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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This Day in History...
October 12, 2007: Democrat Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in raising international awareness about the global climate crisis.
October 12, 2025: Donald Trump continues hoping a Nobel Prize for racism will be created.
October 12, 2007: Democrat Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in raising international awareness about the global climate crisis.
October 12, 2025: Donald Trump continues hoping a Nobel Prize for racism will be created.
October 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This Day in History...
October 12, 2007: Democrat Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in raising international awareness about the global climate crisis.
October 12, 2025: Donald Trump continues hoping a Nobel Prize for racism will be created.
October 12, 2007: Democrat Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in raising international awareness about the global climate crisis.
October 12, 2025: Donald Trump continues hoping a Nobel Prize for racism will be created.
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Just for the chaos, they should randomly give Obama a second Nobel peace prize. Screw it.
October 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Just for the chaos, they should randomly give Obama a second Nobel peace prize. Screw it.
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
Duh.
“A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Duh.
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I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”
October 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”
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It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!
Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.
Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!
Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.
Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.
Seamounts are cool — and super important to undersea eco- and biodiversity.
Seamounts of Cabo Verde: A review of their ecological and economic significance, anthropogenic impacts, and conservation needs
#openaccess
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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#openaccess
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌊 🦑
October 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Seamounts are cool — and super important to undersea eco- and biodiversity.
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If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.
October 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.
Hey conservatwats!
You can’t get into Heaven if you go around arresting innocent people and pardoning guilty ones.
October 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hey conservatwats!