PhENtastic.bsky.social
@phenominal.bsky.social
You don't know me... but i unfortunately know a lot about climate denial, propaganda and rightwing disinformation
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Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen, who secretly took money from two people with ties to Russian state media to involve conservative influencers in an unwitting propaganda scheme, is back in the US after being deported to Canada under President Biden. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hey is there a word for using violence for political purposes?
December 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Hey is there a word for using violence for political purposes?
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🔎 A powerful new piece from @fieseler.bsky.social profiles David Stevenson — the man at the center of a well-funded campaign that helped stall US offshore wind.
It’s a case study in how organised opposition, disinfo and weaponised “local concerns” can derail clean energy at scale.
It’s a case study in how organised opposition, disinfo and weaponised “local concerns” can derail clean energy at scale.
The man behind the fall of offshore wind
David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms?
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December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🔎 A powerful new piece from @fieseler.bsky.social profiles David Stevenson — the man at the center of a well-funded campaign that helped stall US offshore wind.
It’s a case study in how organised opposition, disinfo and weaponised “local concerns” can derail clean energy at scale.
It’s a case study in how organised opposition, disinfo and weaponised “local concerns” can derail clean energy at scale.
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
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this is why you'll hear these types of arguments often explicitly from guys who will say they don't focus on clean energy for climate but Because The Economy. they imagine themselves outside of racialized and other marginalized life in this country.
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
this is why you'll hear these types of arguments often explicitly from guys who will say they don't focus on clean energy for climate but Because The Economy. they imagine themselves outside of racialized and other marginalized life in this country.
If/when we win the War on Coal, it won't by through the bloombergian approach of pretending politics don't matter as long as we're right about the facts and money. The industry is nakedly corrupt, and buys power!
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Can the war on coal still be won?
Ten years ago, the U.S. was on track to phase out coal by 2030, thanks to the Sierra Club. Now Trump and AI are delaying the fuel’s decline.
www.canarymedia.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If/when we win the War on Coal, it won't by through the bloombergian approach of pretending politics don't matter as long as we're right about the facts and money. The industry is nakedly corrupt, and buys power!
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season!
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Without farmworkers we wouldn’t be able to celebrate Thanksgiving. Be thankful for their hard work this holiday season!
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
Sin los trabajadores agrícolas no podríamos celebrar el Día de Acción de Gracias. ¡Agradece su arduo trabajo en estas fiestas!
#WeFeedYou #Thanksgiving
billion dollar boss baby president
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
billion dollar boss baby president
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💡 How climate disinformation tried and failed to FLOP #COP30.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
Climate disinformation: who tried to FLOP COP30 but didn’t stand a chance
The breakthroughs of a historic COP for climate information integrity
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November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
💡 How climate disinformation tried and failed to FLOP #COP30.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
From fake scandals to viral anti-COP hashtags, the latest edition of OII breaks down who spread the lies and how the climate integrity agenda won out in Belém.
"America" has been sold for $12million, making it the most expensive toilet I've ever used.
Solid gold toilet named 'America' sells at auction for $12M
An 18-karat gold working toilet sculpture entitled "America" by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan sold Tuesday evening for a whopping $12,110,000.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"America" has been sold for $12million, making it the most expensive toilet I've ever used.
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On Friday, I am talking with @timmonsroberts.bsky.social about this magisterial recent report on the origins & nature of climate obstruction. Basically: who has sabotaged climate action, how, and why.
Got questions?
Got questions?
Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
cssn.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
On Friday, I am talking with @timmonsroberts.bsky.social about this magisterial recent report on the origins & nature of climate obstruction. Basically: who has sabotaged climate action, how, and why.
Got questions?
Got questions?
Klein's messaging is indistinguishable from fossil fuel ads. Literally: caad.info/analysis/new...
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Klein's messaging is indistinguishable from fossil fuel ads. Literally: caad.info/analysis/new...
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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“This is the first COP in history where information integrity is one of the guiding principles of the negotiations. This issue will not disappear with this COP. It is important that this is not the first & the last in which this topic has been placed as an important pillar.”
COP30 Launches Declaration Against Climate Misinformation
The Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate calls on governments to create policies of transparency and safety for journalists.
ift.tt
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“This is the first COP in history where information integrity is one of the guiding principles of the negotiations. This issue will not disappear with this COP. It is important that this is not the first & the last in which this topic has been placed as an important pillar.”
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🤝 Today on COP30’s first ever official Information Integrity Day, over 195 individuals and 189 organisations have joined us to urge governments to codify information integrity, counter climate disinformation, and put public health and human rights first.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🤝 Today on COP30’s first ever official Information Integrity Day, over 195 individuals and 189 organisations have joined us to urge governments to codify information integrity, counter climate disinformation, and put public health and human rights first.
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Oh and also, 1 in 25 COP30 attendees is a fossil fuel lobbyists.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
RELEASE: Fossil fuel lobbyists flood COP30 climate talks in Brazil, with largest ever attendance share | Kick Big Polluters Out
kickbigpollutersout.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Oh and also, 1 in 25 COP30 attendees is a fossil fuel lobbyists.
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
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95% hostile: "Murdoch’s TalkTV and Radio really outdid themselves on COP30 – 84 of 89 segments were hostile... So while some 97% of climate scientists agree it’s a crisis, 95% of Talk coverage insists its not worth fixing. How balanced!"
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Climate Action Against Disinformation |
COP LOOK LISTEN ISSUE 05 | 14 NOV 25
caad.info
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
95% hostile: "Murdoch’s TalkTV and Radio really outdid themselves on COP30 – 84 of 89 segments were hostile... So while some 97% of climate scientists agree it’s a crisis, 95% of Talk coverage insists its not worth fixing. How balanced!"
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Living the disinfo beat dream!
It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Living the disinfo beat dream!
I understand there's a row in the UK over biased media?
95% hostile: "Murdoch’s TalkTV and Radio really outdid themselves on COP30 – 84 of 89 segments were hostile... So while some 97% of climate scientists agree it’s a crisis, 95% of Talk coverage insists its not worth fixing. How balanced!"
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Based on new research from @stopfundingheat.bsky.social
Climate Action Against Disinformation |
COP LOOK LISTEN ISSUE 05 | 14 NOV 25
caad.info
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I understand there's a row in the UK over biased media?
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Attention to climate disinformation is finally getting its day at the #UNFCCC negotiations. Countries are signing on for this crucial initiative
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Attention to climate disinformation is finally getting its day at the #UNFCCC negotiations. Countries are signing on for this crucial initiative
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💡 @timmonsroberts.bsky.social makes 3 points at the @caadcoalition.bsky.social & @ucs.org presser #COP30:
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
💡 @timmonsroberts.bsky.social makes 3 points at the @caadcoalition.bsky.social & @ucs.org presser #COP30:
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
1 Disinformation is everywhere
2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.
3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.
More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
