Lauren M
@elenem.bsky.social
Mum, cricket lover, cargo biker, gardener; always wanting more climate action, always wanting more climate justice. Re-skeets for interest, not always endorsement. Says 'fuck' a lot. Aotearoa/NZ.
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CLAIM: It's not a crime to party with mr. epstein
FACT CHECK: True! Many people who partied with epstein have escaped justice
FACT CHECK: True! Many people who partied with epstein have escaped justice
February 3, 2026 at 1:23 AM
CLAIM: It's not a crime to party with mr. epstein
FACT CHECK: True! Many people who partied with epstein have escaped justice
FACT CHECK: True! Many people who partied with epstein have escaped justice
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People have been shouting for years that no one should be a billionaire, that wealth on that level is personally poison and societally catastrophic, and now we have millions of terribly written emails demonstrating in the clearest terms that every one of those shouts was impossibly correct.
February 3, 2026 at 1:52 AM
People have been shouting for years that no one should be a billionaire, that wealth on that level is personally poison and societally catastrophic, and now we have millions of terribly written emails demonstrating in the clearest terms that every one of those shouts was impossibly correct.
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There's more.
On 31 March 2010, Lord Mandelson's principal private secretary sent him a note of a meeting between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Larry Summers, US Treasury Secretary.
Lord Mandelson forwarded it to Jeffrey Epstein five minutes later.
On 31 March 2010, Lord Mandelson's principal private secretary sent him a note of a meeting between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Larry Summers, US Treasury Secretary.
Lord Mandelson forwarded it to Jeffrey Epstein five minutes later.
February 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
There's more.
On 31 March 2010, Lord Mandelson's principal private secretary sent him a note of a meeting between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Larry Summers, US Treasury Secretary.
Lord Mandelson forwarded it to Jeffrey Epstein five minutes later.
On 31 March 2010, Lord Mandelson's principal private secretary sent him a note of a meeting between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Larry Summers, US Treasury Secretary.
Lord Mandelson forwarded it to Jeffrey Epstein five minutes later.
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One of the most surprising things I've learned from my research is that "how hot it's gotten so far" doesn't tell us much about "how hot it's going to get eventually". Long-ago, really weird climates can tell us a lot more about where we're headed.
Recent assessments have found the last glacial maximum implies a climate sensitivity of 2.4C (1.4C to 5.0C): www.science.org/doi/...
And the Pliocene implies a sensitivity of 3.1C (2.3C to 4.7C): www.pnas.org/doi/10....
Paleoclimate evidence generally provides the strongest constraint on high ECS.
And the Pliocene implies a sensitivity of 3.1C (2.3C to 4.7C): www.pnas.org/doi/10....
Paleoclimate evidence generally provides the strongest constraint on high ECS.
February 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
One of the most surprising things I've learned from my research is that "how hot it's gotten so far" doesn't tell us much about "how hot it's going to get eventually". Long-ago, really weird climates can tell us a lot more about where we're headed.
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Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
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more here
The Epstein Files and Russiagate are the Same Thing
For years the culture war has assigned these scandals to opposite teams.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:15 PM
more here
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seems like my university's search for a director of the center for the study of the "longer-range future" is either gonna go to a climate person or an AI person and its just like... yes... our two futures
February 2, 2026 at 11:07 PM
seems like my university's search for a director of the center for the study of the "longer-range future" is either gonna go to a climate person or an AI person and its just like... yes... our two futures
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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. 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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. 🧵
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This is the work.
This is the vow.
To stay human in inhuman times.
To carry light without blinding others.
To speak truth without losing soul.
To meet the moment
again,
and again,
and again
until the storm learns our name
and the child knows
they are safe to grow.
- Robin Theiss
This is the vow.
To stay human in inhuman times.
To carry light without blinding others.
To speak truth without losing soul.
To meet the moment
again,
and again,
and again
until the storm learns our name
and the child knows
they are safe to grow.
- Robin Theiss
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
This is the work.
This is the vow.
To stay human in inhuman times.
To carry light without blinding others.
To speak truth without losing soul.
To meet the moment
again,
and again,
and again
until the storm learns our name
and the child knows
they are safe to grow.
- Robin Theiss
This is the vow.
To stay human in inhuman times.
To carry light without blinding others.
To speak truth without losing soul.
To meet the moment
again,
and again,
and again
until the storm learns our name
and the child knows
they are safe to grow.
- Robin Theiss
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The GOP learned to lie--shamelessly and obviously--from three decades of climate denial.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/thinking-a...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/thinking-a...
Thinking about lying
Climate denial taught our leaders shamelessness
billmckibben.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM
The GOP learned to lie--shamelessly and obviously--from three decades of climate denial.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/thinking-a...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/thinking-a...
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I don't think people appreciate the extent to which coral reefs are screwed. Even if ocean acidification doesn't get them, increasing ocean temperatures will. How screwed they are is up to us.
There’s no tipping point beyond which ocean acidification kills corals, new research shows. With every creeping bit of acidification, corals just continue to die off. 🧪🌊 eos.org/articles/cor...
Coral Diversity Drops as Ocean Acidifies - Eos
As seawater becomes steadily more acidic, complex branching corals die off and are replaced with hard boulder corals and algae.
eos.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I don't think people appreciate the extent to which coral reefs are screwed. Even if ocean acidification doesn't get them, increasing ocean temperatures will. How screwed they are is up to us.
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a thing i think about a lot is that the median tech billionaire enjoys a level of privilege, wealth and comfort that even the most profligate medieval king could not have dreamt of, with absolutely none of the responsibilities that king would have had, while constantly demanding to be thanked for it
I was thinking about this over the weekend and I was finding myself drawn back to one line -
People like Jeff Bezos have been rewarded for their industry disruption by never having to worry about money ever again, and yet they also want the rest of the world to personally congratulate them for it.
People like Jeff Bezos have been rewarded for their industry disruption by never having to worry about money ever again, and yet they also want the rest of the world to personally congratulate them for it.
February 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
a thing i think about a lot is that the median tech billionaire enjoys a level of privilege, wealth and comfort that even the most profligate medieval king could not have dreamt of, with absolutely none of the responsibilities that king would have had, while constantly demanding to be thanked for it
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the stratification and segregation of nz society is one of the most destructive effects of neoliberalism in my view. policies which prioritise funding restraints above ensuring a child- every child!- is given an equal opportunity to fulfil their potential is an inexcusable violation of their rights
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 AM
the stratification and segregation of nz society is one of the most destructive effects of neoliberalism in my view. policies which prioritise funding restraints above ensuring a child- every child!- is given an equal opportunity to fulfil their potential is an inexcusable violation of their rights
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Just to close the loop here. A cozy club of just the very worst people.
February 2, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Just to close the loop here. A cozy club of just the very worst people.
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Studied 1,000s of comments across dozens of posts on social media around the anti-immigration rally in Auckland over the weekend, incl. speech by Brian Tamaki. TLDR; it's an imported, Trumpian, far-right rhetoric. Of significant concern are attempts to undermine this year's electoral integrity.
February 2, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Studied 1,000s of comments across dozens of posts on social media around the anti-immigration rally in Auckland over the weekend, incl. speech by Brian Tamaki. TLDR; it's an imported, Trumpian, far-right rhetoric. Of significant concern are attempts to undermine this year's electoral integrity.
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The partisans of the "center left" (aka the courtiers of Abundance) won't tell you this, or even try to account for it, but:
Taylor Rehmet, who just flipped a district in TX that Trump took by 17 points, ran on "strong unions and worker power" as well as "environmental justice."
1/3
Taylor Rehmet, who just flipped a district in TX that Trump took by 17 points, ran on "strong unions and worker power" as well as "environmental justice."
1/3
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The partisans of the "center left" (aka the courtiers of Abundance) won't tell you this, or even try to account for it, but:
Taylor Rehmet, who just flipped a district in TX that Trump took by 17 points, ran on "strong unions and worker power" as well as "environmental justice."
1/3
Taylor Rehmet, who just flipped a district in TX that Trump took by 17 points, ran on "strong unions and worker power" as well as "environmental justice."
1/3
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As long as our political 'leaders' keep supporting the fossil fuel industry, major 'donors' to political parties, people, communities, wildlife and ecosystems will all face increasing dangers. It's basic physics, chemistry and ecology.
Duty of care, anyone?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Duty of care, anyone?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We shouldn’t be surprised’: bushfires in Victoria push threatened species to the brink
The impact of fires on wildlife can be ‘catastrophic’, with some plant species feared extinct
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
As long as our political 'leaders' keep supporting the fossil fuel industry, major 'donors' to political parties, people, communities, wildlife and ecosystems will all face increasing dangers. It's basic physics, chemistry and ecology.
Duty of care, anyone?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Duty of care, anyone?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Will the MSM NOW accept that if they're sticking with the "Climate 200-supported candidates" narrative, they have to acknowledge the "Advance-supported candidates" as well? Of which there are MANY (looking at you, Freedom Boy).
February 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Will the MSM NOW accept that if they're sticking with the "Climate 200-supported candidates" narrative, they have to acknowledge the "Advance-supported candidates" as well? Of which there are MANY (looking at you, Freedom Boy).
This comment is about Trump shitting himself but honestly it sums up what the right are doing on a planetary scale
February 2, 2026 at 1:05 AM
This comment is about Trump shitting himself but honestly it sums up what the right are doing on a planetary scale
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Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth.
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
Accounting for methane from natural gas infrastructure in United States greenhouse gas emission estimates
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that United States net greenhouse gas emissions have declined over the last two decades and are no…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth.
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
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Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
Apropos of nothing, god it's nice when it just says right there 'Why are they doing propaganda?' rather than pretending any of this shit is normal or fine
February 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Apropos of nothing, god it's nice when it just says right there 'Why are they doing propaganda?' rather than pretending any of this shit is normal or fine
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It was a Luxon Govt decision not to sign up to the road map away from fossil fuels (so don't just blame Jones). Along with all the other climate stupidity policies. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Shane Jones shut down NZ involvement in 'road map' away from fossil fuels
Australia signed up to the 'road map' away from fossil fuels, but Shane Jones did not want New Zealand to join.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
It was a Luxon Govt decision not to sign up to the road map away from fossil fuels (so don't just blame Jones). Along with all the other climate stupidity policies. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
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Oh look, the guy who got famous by yelling about how we shouldn't do anything to mitigate the effects of climate change is in the Epstein Files.
February 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Oh look, the guy who got famous by yelling about how we shouldn't do anything to mitigate the effects of climate change is in the Epstein Files.