Joy Rutledge
@joyrutledge.bsky.social
studying how agriculture and climate interactions will impact our future
Today I visited the National Museum of the American Indian, and I was deeply disappointed by the history it chose to display.
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Today I visited the National Museum of the American Indian, and I was deeply disappointed by the history it chose to display.
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Crazy weather. . . .
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Crazy weather. . . .
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No secret that the reason companies like OpenAI intentionally hide their energy and environment metrics is because they look very, very, very, very bad and the company is more valuable if the damage they do is kept secret
OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models
Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
No secret that the reason companies like OpenAI intentionally hide their energy and environment metrics is because they look very, very, very, very bad and the company is more valuable if the damage they do is kept secret
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The thing is, frugality is also crucial to address climate change, and important for health too!
A University of Portsmouth study finds that personal values such as frugailty, fairness, solidarity, and a dislike of waste are more likely to inspire sustainable food choices than warnings about climate change or health.
www.fruitnet.com/fresh-produc...
www.fruitnet.com/fresh-produc...
Frugality is secret ingredient in shaping sustainable diets
University of Portsmouth study finds that personal values are more likely to inspire sustainable food choices than warnings about climate change or health
www.fruitnet.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The thing is, frugality is also crucial to address climate change, and important for health too!
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Our favorite song is on 🎶 🕺
New Jersey is joining the growing number of states in the U.S. working to #MakePollutersPay for fossil-fueled climate disasters.
New Jersey is joining the growing number of states in the U.S. working to #MakePollutersPay for fossil-fueled climate disasters.
April 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Our favorite song is on 🎶 🕺
New Jersey is joining the growing number of states in the U.S. working to #MakePollutersPay for fossil-fueled climate disasters.
New Jersey is joining the growing number of states in the U.S. working to #MakePollutersPay for fossil-fueled climate disasters.
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It's fun how capitalists say "we can't have socialism because people don't trust the state!" Mate, we don't trust the state because it is captured by capital and serves the interest of the capitalist class. It is precisely *because* of capitalism that no one trusts the state.
March 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's fun how capitalists say "we can't have socialism because people don't trust the state!" Mate, we don't trust the state because it is captured by capital and serves the interest of the capitalist class. It is precisely *because* of capitalism that no one trusts the state.
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Parisians voted on a proposal to block 500 streets to traffic and replace asphalt with plants and trees. 😍
Paris votes on making 500 streets car-free, in test for green city policies
Mayor Anne Hidalgo has floated a plan to “revegetate” 500 Parisian streets to make the city more liveable. Critics say it would deepen divides between urbanites and commuters.
wapo.st
March 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Parisians voted on a proposal to block 500 streets to traffic and replace asphalt with plants and trees. 😍
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"Adoption of the EAT–Lancet planetary health diet by 54 high-income nations (68% of global GDP, 17% of pop.) could reduce annual ag production emissions of high-income nations’ diets by 61% while sequestering ~ 98.3 GtCO2e = 14 years of current global ag emissions until natural vegetation matures."
Excellent turn of phrase - "double climate dividend" - in this paper by @paulbehrens.bsky.social et al.
Shifting high-meat diets toward plants benefits the climate in 2 ways:
1. Reducing emissions from ag production
2. Reducing ag land needs, enabling ecosystem restoration/avoiding deforestation 🧪
Shifting high-meat diets toward plants benefits the climate in 2 ways:
1. Reducing emissions from ag production
2. Reducing ag land needs, enabling ecosystem restoration/avoiding deforestation 🧪
Rich nations could see ‘double climate dividend’ by switching to plant-based foods - Carbon Brief
Adopting a more plant-based diet could give rich countries a “double climate dividend” of lower emissions and more land for capturing carbon, a new study says.
www.carbonbrief.org
March 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Adoption of the EAT–Lancet planetary health diet by 54 high-income nations (68% of global GDP, 17% of pop.) could reduce annual ag production emissions of high-income nations’ diets by 61% while sequestering ~ 98.3 GtCO2e = 14 years of current global ag emissions until natural vegetation matures."
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Crops are also harmed by ground-level ozone (as is human health), and much of it is produced from methane. Methane emissions, mostly from livestock farming and fossil fuels, keep increasing in the atmosphere, and thus ground-ozone too. www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
March 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Crops are also harmed by ground-level ozone (as is human health), and much of it is produced from methane. Methane emissions, mostly from livestock farming and fossil fuels, keep increasing in the atmosphere, and thus ground-ozone too. www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
John 1:3 - “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made”
My passion for the environment stems from my love of God’s creations. It’s essential to restore the land as He intended and protect all things within it. #RewildTheChurch !!
My passion for the environment stems from my love of God’s creations. It’s essential to restore the land as He intended and protect all things within it. #RewildTheChurch !!
Breaking: 200-strong Climate Choir stages flashmob in St Paul's Cathedral, demanding that @churchofengland.org - a top ten UK landowner - #rewild 30% of its land.
Nature is in crisis. Time to #RewildTheChurch!
@wildcard.land
#ChurchofEngland #nature #wildlife #choir #climate #whatwouldjesusdo
Nature is in crisis. Time to #RewildTheChurch!
@wildcard.land
#ChurchofEngland #nature #wildlife #choir #climate #whatwouldjesusdo
March 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
John 1:3 - “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made”
My passion for the environment stems from my love of God’s creations. It’s essential to restore the land as He intended and protect all things within it. #RewildTheChurch !!
My passion for the environment stems from my love of God’s creations. It’s essential to restore the land as He intended and protect all things within it. #RewildTheChurch !!
and just like that im now vegan
March 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
and just like that im now vegan
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The Colorado river is drying up solely because we heavily irrigate it to grow feed for livestock.
Likewise, about 90% of Amazon deforestation is due to growing food for cattle.
Likewise, about 90% of Amazon deforestation is due to growing food for cattle.
February 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The Colorado river is drying up solely because we heavily irrigate it to grow feed for livestock.
Likewise, about 90% of Amazon deforestation is due to growing food for cattle.
Likewise, about 90% of Amazon deforestation is due to growing food for cattle.
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images that make me want to go full vegan instead of just vegetarian
February 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
images that make me want to go full vegan instead of just vegetarian