Rob
@robertferry.bsky.social
Climate policy, society, and the built environment. Architect, LEED AP BD+C. https://landartgenerator.org
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Rob
@robertferry.bsky.social
· Nov 24
We are honored to learn today that the Hon. Viliame Gavoka, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation, took the time today on the floor or Parliament to share the progress of LAGI 2025 Fiji on the occasion of the exhibition at Fiji Arts Council.
Hon. Gavoka briefed Parliament on Fiji’s LAGI 2025 role and its support for climate resilience.
YouTube video by FijiGovernment
www.youtube.com
Vinaka vakalevu to everyone in Fiji who has helped to make this project a success. It is a real honor to have such strong support and lasting partnerships! I can't wait to see what next year brings as we share the functioning prototypes and work together towards construction with Marou Village.
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Everything makes sense when you think about it in the arc of the commons and enclosures movements that seek to privatize the commons. The battle lines today are for enclosure of our attention and of our common truths.
The Commons w/ Peter Linebaugh
Podcast Episode · The Dig · 02/10/2026 · 1h 42m
podcasts.apple.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Everything makes sense when you think about it in the arc of the commons and enclosures movements that seek to privatize the commons. The battle lines today are for enclosure of our attention and of our common truths.
If this makes you super excited and inspired about the future then you need to read more and talk with more people who know things.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If this makes you super excited and inspired about the future then you need to read more and talk with more people who know things.
I looked up Dunning-Kruger in the dictionary and it pointed me to this op-ed.
February 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I looked up Dunning-Kruger in the dictionary and it pointed me to this op-ed.
As long as they are 100% electric!
Before you ask if that's possible, check out this all-electric ferry that can carry 2,100 passengers and more than 220 vehicles that you can ride today in Tasmania.
Before you ask if that's possible, check out this all-electric ferry that can carry 2,100 passengers and more than 220 vehicles that you can ride today in Tasmania.
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
As long as they are 100% electric!
Before you ask if that's possible, check out this all-electric ferry that can carry 2,100 passengers and more than 220 vehicles that you can ride today in Tasmania.
Before you ask if that's possible, check out this all-electric ferry that can carry 2,100 passengers and more than 220 vehicles that you can ride today in Tasmania.
None of this is "nationalization" of elections.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
None of this is "nationalization" of elections.
HR 1 would have reformed lobbying and conflicts of interest pertaining to FARA so that no foreign government or billionaire could have undue influence on U.S. elections.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
HR 1 would have reformed lobbying and conflicts of interest pertaining to FARA so that no foreign government or billionaire could have undue influence on U.S. elections.
HR 1 would have made elections more secure, reduce the possibility of fraud, and made it easier for registered voters to cast their ballot.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
HR 1 would have made elections more secure, reduce the possibility of fraud, and made it easier for registered voters to cast their ballot.
HR 1 would have made it easier for legal voters to register including same-day registration, bringing every state up to the best practice standards.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
HR 1 would have made it easier for legal voters to register including same-day registration, bringing every state up to the best practice standards.
HR 1 would have required paper ballots be issued so that recounts could be done consistently and so that no one could claim digital manipulation.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
HR 1 would have required paper ballots be issued so that recounts could be done consistently and so that no one could claim digital manipulation.
HR 1 would have required independent redistricting commissions, taking off the table all of the gerrymandering warfare we saw last year.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
HR 1 would have required independent redistricting commissions, taking off the table all of the gerrymandering warfare we saw last year.
HR 1 would have reformed campaign finance. It would have made it impossible for a billionaire to buy the presidential election, which it could be argued is what happened in 2024.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
HR 1 would have reformed campaign finance. It would have made it impossible for a billionaire to buy the presidential election, which it could be argued is what happened in 2024.
HR 1 from 2021 was NOT about nationalizing elections. I didn't hear any push back on that talking point over the weekend. The bill would have merely set a floor on basic voter rights that States would have had to follow. States and precincts would still have run elections without interference.
www.congress.gov
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
HR 1 from 2021 was NOT about nationalizing elections. I didn't hear any push back on that talking point over the weekend. The bill would have merely set a floor on basic voter rights that States would have had to follow. States and precincts would still have run elections without interference.
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Two amazing threads on the politics and culture behind Bad Bunny's superbowl performance. bsky.app/profile/beck...
Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
February 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Two amazing threads on the politics and culture behind Bad Bunny's superbowl performance. bsky.app/profile/beck...
“Climate warming in the Arctic is causing disruption of the polar vortex. With more snowfall in Siberia and melting sea ice in [Arctic seas]…the ocean is feeding more heat into the atmosphere, setting up a weather pattern that leads to a burst of extreme cold in North America.”
—Dr. Cohen, MIT
—Dr. Cohen, MIT
What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“Climate warming in the Arctic is causing disruption of the polar vortex. With more snowfall in Siberia and melting sea ice in [Arctic seas]…the ocean is feeding more heat into the atmosphere, setting up a weather pattern that leads to a burst of extreme cold in North America.”
—Dr. Cohen, MIT
—Dr. Cohen, MIT
In a world where you can place bets with Kalshi about anything you see on CNN, it’s pretty rich to use gambling as a pretext for ICE raids.
“In Feb 2025, a confidential informant complained to the F.B.I. about gambling, and federal investigators found betting brackets posted on Facebook…”
“In Feb 2025, a confidential informant complained to the F.B.I. about gambling, and federal investigators found betting brackets posted on Facebook…”
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
In a world where you can place bets with Kalshi about anything you see on CNN, it’s pretty rich to use gambling as a pretext for ICE raids.
“In Feb 2025, a confidential informant complained to the F.B.I. about gambling, and federal investigators found betting brackets posted on Facebook…”
“In Feb 2025, a confidential informant complained to the F.B.I. about gambling, and federal investigators found betting brackets posted on Facebook…”
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Bad Bunny is telling the world that the people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve reliable and resilient electricity and infrastructure investment from the U.S. government.
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Bad Bunny is telling the world that the people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve reliable and resilient electricity and infrastructure investment from the U.S. government.
Shameless endangered species soda mascot theft is meeting this moment of cruelty. They have had the polar bear since 1922. Find your own cute apex predator with a rapidly shrinking habitat to sell your plastic bottles full of chemical sugars.
February 9, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Shameless endangered species soda mascot theft is meeting this moment of cruelty. They have had the polar bear since 1922. Find your own cute apex predator with a rapidly shrinking habitat to sell your plastic bottles full of chemical sugars.
Hang in there everyone!
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Hang in there everyone!
👀 Shameful math. A healthy democracy would have never let things get this skewed.
Good morning! Taxing the wealth of the richest 1% of Americans down to the median wealth of the next-richest 9% ($5.2 million per household) would free up $48 trillion. Redistributing that to the poorest 50% of Americans would give *68 million households* an average of *$700k per household*.
February 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
👀 Shameful math. A healthy democracy would have never let things get this skewed.
When the snow piles up for two weeks like it has in the Northeast, you can really see how life would go on fine if we made every road half as wide and gave the rest to plants and bikes.
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
When the snow piles up for two weeks like it has in the Northeast, you can really see how life would go on fine if we made every road half as wide and gave the rest to plants and bikes.
Yes. Climate change can fuel extreme cold weather. Remember, it is a global system. While we're in deep freeze in North America, Australia is seeing record-breaking heat and the Arctic remains uncharacteristically mild.
Climate Change Is Fueling Extremes, Both Hot and Cold
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Yes. Climate change can fuel extreme cold weather. Remember, it is a global system. While we're in deep freeze in North America, Australia is seeing record-breaking heat and the Arctic remains uncharacteristically mild.
Battery powered planes will never go much further than 1,000 km. E-fuels will be required beyond that. Existing electric planes in operation today are already going about 400km so clearly there is a future there in the short-mid haul ranges. Every future float plane will be electric e.g.
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Battery powered planes will never go much further than 1,000 km. E-fuels will be required beyond that. Existing electric planes in operation today are already going about 400km so clearly there is a future there in the short-mid haul ranges. Every future float plane will be electric e.g.
That link crashes for me, which I think is an apt metaphor.
February 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
That link crashes for me, which I think is an apt metaphor.