HChedz
@hchedz.bsky.social
Watching everything go terrifyingly wrong.
We need to do private sufficiency, public luxury and listen to scientists. There, sorted it for everyone.
We need to do private sufficiency, public luxury and listen to scientists. There, sorted it for everyone.
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World needs UK to stay the course on climate
Although global clean energy momentum makes it likely that Trump will fail a second time to halt or slow climate action, the world still needs leadership from the UK, Brazil and others to get on track.
Although global clean energy momentum makes it likely that Trump will fail a second time to halt or slow climate action, the world still needs leadership from the UK, Brazil and others to get on track.
World needs UK to stay the course on climate
Although global clean energy momentum make it likely Trump will fail a second time to halt or slow climate action, the world still needs leadership from the UK, Brazil and others to get on track.
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April 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
World needs UK to stay the course on climate
Although global clean energy momentum makes it likely that Trump will fail a second time to halt or slow climate action, the world still needs leadership from the UK, Brazil and others to get on track.
Although global clean energy momentum makes it likely that Trump will fail a second time to halt or slow climate action, the world still needs leadership from the UK, Brazil and others to get on track.
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The scary concept of acid rain helped drive a successful campaign to regulate emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. Will plastic rain finally convince us enough is enough?
120 million water bottles are falling from the sky over our national parks and wilderness areas.
120 million water bottles are falling from the sky over our national parks and wilderness areas.
Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain
Researchers find that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic fall on 11 protected areas in the US annually, equivalent to over 120 million plastic water bottles.
www.wired.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The scary concept of acid rain helped drive a successful campaign to regulate emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. Will plastic rain finally convince us enough is enough?
120 million water bottles are falling from the sky over our national parks and wilderness areas.
120 million water bottles are falling from the sky over our national parks and wilderness areas.
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The IEA has released a new analysis on energy use in 2024, and it's full of interesting data and insights.
I urge people to check it out.
Here are my top-line reactions to it, below. A thread....
www.iea.org/news/growth-...
I urge people to check it out.
Here are my top-line reactions to it, below. A thread....
www.iea.org/news/growth-...
Growth in global energy demand surged in 2024 to almost twice its recent average - News - IEA
Growth in global energy demand surged in 2024 to almost twice its recent average - News from the International Energy Agency
www.iea.org
March 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The IEA has released a new analysis on energy use in 2024, and it's full of interesting data and insights.
I urge people to check it out.
Here are my top-line reactions to it, below. A thread....
www.iea.org/news/growth-...
I urge people to check it out.
Here are my top-line reactions to it, below. A thread....
www.iea.org/news/growth-...
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
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INCREDIBLE Ruling!
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
March 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
INCREDIBLE Ruling!
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
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This is immensely symbolic of the world’s efforts to protect the environment. Cut down a rain forest to build a road so the rich and powerful have an easier time getting to a conference where they will discuss the environment, take no action, and go back to what they’ve been doing.
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is immensely symbolic of the world’s efforts to protect the environment. Cut down a rain forest to build a road so the rich and powerful have an easier time getting to a conference where they will discuss the environment, take no action, and go back to what they’ve been doing.
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Just to put this in context, it would be five times the number who died in the Rwandan genocide, and about twice as many people as were killed over four years by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. It would only be surpassed in modern history by the Great Leap Forward and the Holocaust.
March 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Just to put this in context, it would be five times the number who died in the Rwandan genocide, and about twice as many people as were killed over four years by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. It would only be surpassed in modern history by the Great Leap Forward and the Holocaust.
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"Why are you deleting photographs of black Medal of Honor winners?" seems like an incredibly easy and straightforward question for any reporter covering Trump or Hegseth, or attending a White House or DoD press briefing, to ask publicly and repeatedly.
March 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"Why are you deleting photographs of black Medal of Honor winners?" seems like an incredibly easy and straightforward question for any reporter covering Trump or Hegseth, or attending a White House or DoD press briefing, to ask publicly and repeatedly.
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Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Mark Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros | John Naughton
Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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The Trump administration is out of control.
The Wilson Center was key to environmental security work since the 1990s, and I'd better go download all their publications before they're erased
Trump is eliminating Wilson Center, a stellar US foreign policy study establishment. Along with it goes the Kennan Institute - one of the best Russia study institutions.
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss
March 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Trump administration is out of control.
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I fear that this is a low estimate. For example, these numbers don’t count the long-term damage of cutting programs that foster stability in war torn regions or promote climate resilience in areas hit by climate change.
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I fear that this is a low estimate. For example, these numbers don’t count the long-term damage of cutting programs that foster stability in war torn regions or promote climate resilience in areas hit by climate change.
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The Trump regime will arrest you in the middle of the night because you spoke your mind.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
March 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Trump regime will arrest you in the middle of the night because you spoke your mind.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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Homeland Security seems not be able to articulate what Khalil did wrong -- or articulate much of anything.
this interview is incredible www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...
DHS official defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest, but offers few details on why it happened
Homeland Security deputy secretary Troy Edgar offered few details on the Trump administration's legal reasoning to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
www.npr.org
March 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Homeland Security seems not be able to articulate what Khalil did wrong -- or articulate much of anything.
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The NT government has quietly rolled back standards governing #fracking so that its massive Middle Arm #FossilGas project can proceed
#Climate bomb
$1.9 billion from AUS taxpayers
Profits go overseas
Few local jobs
@docsenvaus.bsky.social @yungenchee.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDK5...
#Climate bomb
$1.9 billion from AUS taxpayers
Profits go overseas
Few local jobs
@docsenvaus.bsky.social @yungenchee.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDK5...
STOP MIDDLE ARM TVC
YouTube video by Environment Centre NT
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The NT government has quietly rolled back standards governing #fracking so that its massive Middle Arm #FossilGas project can proceed
#Climate bomb
$1.9 billion from AUS taxpayers
Profits go overseas
Few local jobs
@docsenvaus.bsky.social @yungenchee.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDK5...
#Climate bomb
$1.9 billion from AUS taxpayers
Profits go overseas
Few local jobs
@docsenvaus.bsky.social @yungenchee.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDK5...
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www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
www.bbc.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
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RIT professor Christine Keiner discusses how the work of @noaa.gov helps to protect coastal communities from Alaska to Florida in her latest piece for the @us.theconversation.com.
theconversation.com/coastal-econ...
theconversation.com/coastal-econ...
Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it
NOAA’s work has kept fisheries from collapsing, helped coastal ecosystems survive extreme heat and battled invasive species, among many other tasks essential to coastal economies.
theconversation.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
RIT professor Christine Keiner discusses how the work of @noaa.gov helps to protect coastal communities from Alaska to Florida in her latest piece for the @us.theconversation.com.
theconversation.com/coastal-econ...
theconversation.com/coastal-econ...
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“This decision marks a monumental leap forward in climate litigation, placing some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies on track to face trial for their role in deliberately misleading the public about climate change while suppressing clean energy alternatives.”
cleantechnica.com/20...
cleantechnica.com/20...
Landmark Climate Litigation Case Moves Closer To Discovery
Climate litigation activity is heating up in the US as a lawsuit against coal and oil companies moves closer to the discovery stage
cleantechnica.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“This decision marks a monumental leap forward in climate litigation, placing some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies on track to face trial for their role in deliberately misleading the public about climate change while suppressing clean energy alternatives.”
cleantechnica.com/20...
cleantechnica.com/20...
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February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Remarkable resignation letter from the Justice Department's chief information officer in the immigration review division — a disabled veteran.
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
February 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Remarkable resignation letter from the Justice Department's chief information officer in the immigration review division — a disabled veteran.
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy: