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Climate futurism. Narrative strategy and storytelling to get us visualizing a climate-stabilized future that is abundant, lush, and joyful.
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This! My local library has drop in language classes too, maybe yours does the same/you can request them!
bsky.app/profile/kcco...
bsky.app/profile/kcco...
You can check to see if your local library offers free subscriptions to any language learning apps! Mine has Mango Languages and it's great for learning the grammar along with the vocabulary
December 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This! My local library has drop in language classes too, maybe yours does the same/you can request them!
bsky.app/profile/kcco...
bsky.app/profile/kcco...
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On 14 July 2025, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration announced to have detected GW231123, a gravitational wave signal generated by the merger of the two most massive black holes ever observed.
With masses of approximately 100 and 140 times that of the Sun, these cosmic giants
🔭 🧪 #cosmology
On 14 July 2025, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration announced to have detected GW231123, a gravitational wave signal generated by the merger of the two most massive black holes ever observed.
With masses of approximately 100 and 140 times that of the Sun, these cosmic giants
🔭 🧪 #cosmology
July 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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On 14 July 2025, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration announced to have detected GW231123, a gravitational wave signal generated by the merger of the two most massive black holes ever observed.
With masses of approximately 100 and 140 times that of the Sun, these cosmic giants
🔭 🧪 #cosmology
On 14 July 2025, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration announced to have detected GW231123, a gravitational wave signal generated by the merger of the two most massive black holes ever observed.
With masses of approximately 100 and 140 times that of the Sun, these cosmic giants
🔭 🧪 #cosmology
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A small change in lithium-ion battery design could reduce fires, researchers say: https://cnn.it/498ArFK
One small change in battery design could reduce fires, researchers say | CNN
Lithium-ion batteries can become unstable under certain conditions, leading to fires. Now, researchers have used new materials that they say can make batteries safer.
cnn.it
December 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A small change in lithium-ion battery design could reduce fires, researchers say: https://cnn.it/498ArFK
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BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
Boom Aerospace, which is building a supersonic plane, announces Superpower, a 42MW natural gas turbine using Boom's supersonic engine, to power AI data centers (Boom)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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The Jewel Box Cluster, NGC 4755 - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/dBvSPv
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Jewel Box Cluster, NGC 4755 - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/dBvSPv
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Interested in pursuing a Ph.D. that empowers you to couple environmental economics with interdisciplinary training in environmental sciences? Apply to join Bren by Dec 15! I'm specifically looking for students eager to advance forest conservation through econ.
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PhD Admissions | UC Santa Barbara Bren - Bren School of Environment
The Bren School PhD admissions team is here to answer your questions about eligibility, the application process, research, faculty sponsorship, and how to choose your path in a PhD program in environm...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Interested in pursuing a Ph.D. that empowers you to couple environmental economics with interdisciplinary training in environmental sciences? Apply to join Bren by Dec 15! I'm specifically looking for students eager to advance forest conservation through econ.
bren.ucsb.edu/phd-environm...
bren.ucsb.edu/phd-environm...
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Improving public transit is a climate solution! 🚎 Free buses “is not as sexy as something like solar. But these are the exact type of policies we’re going to need to actually address climate change, because it addresses people’s standards of living.” - Dan Jasper https://bit.ly/3KA1X6E
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December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Improving public transit is a climate solution! 🚎 Free buses “is not as sexy as something like solar. But these are the exact type of policies we’re going to need to actually address climate change, because it addresses people’s standards of living.” - Dan Jasper https://bit.ly/3KA1X6E
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Big business opportunity just kinda hanging out and waiting for anybody willing to make "Etsy, but no AI allowed."
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Big business opportunity just kinda hanging out and waiting for anybody willing to make "Etsy, but no AI allowed."
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AIvy League
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
AIvy League
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The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
capitalism + fossil fuel pollution + racism: hand in hand in hand
The CEOs of both Ford and Stellantis, who are there to celebrate the rollback of vehicle emissions standards (which will drive climate change), are standing right behind Trump as he makes these racist comments.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
capitalism + fossil fuel pollution + racism: hand in hand in hand
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lin manuel miranda as a rapping salieri in a new production of amadeus
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
lin manuel miranda as a rapping salieri in a new production of amadeus
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This is a great reframing. And also consider this same question within the framework of orbital debris. How many do we need knowing that once they are defunct there is a time delay before they are removed from the system.
There continues to be a lot of conversation on how astronomers and researchers must “deal” with the existing and incoming pollution caused by satellite constellations.
But I want to see this reframed into asking:
“Why do these companies need this many satellites in orbit?”
But I want to see this reframed into asking:
“Why do these companies need this many satellites in orbit?”
By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This is a great reframing. And also consider this same question within the framework of orbital debris. How many do we need knowing that once they are defunct there is a time delay before they are removed from the system.
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Barn Owls are one of the species that suffer the most rodenticide poisoning. We’re killing the best weapon we have against rodents w/ our inability to use proper pest control management. Help us change that by donating to our campaign #birds #birdsofprey #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison
gofund.me/5e442bf9
gofund.me/5e442bf9
August 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Barn Owls are one of the species that suffer the most rodenticide poisoning. We’re killing the best weapon we have against rodents w/ our inability to use proper pest control management. Help us change that by donating to our campaign #birds #birdsofprey #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison
gofund.me/5e442bf9
gofund.me/5e442bf9
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I worked on WDFW's climate risk assessment so this is especially heartwarming. Every vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan should have accompanying works of art and poetry to celebrate implementation.
December 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I worked on WDFW's climate risk assessment so this is especially heartwarming. Every vulnerability assessment and adaptation plan should have accompanying works of art and poetry to celebrate implementation.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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Don’t stuff your alt text with keywords without context. If your alt text is just a collection of keywords, it will just sound like a gibberish string. It won’t describe what’s actually in the image, and won't help a blind user get a context or content of the image.
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Don’t stuff your alt text with keywords without context. If your alt text is just a collection of keywords, it will just sound like a gibberish string. It won’t describe what’s actually in the image, and won't help a blind user get a context or content of the image.
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Libraries are sites of refuge, where curiosity is nurtured, where people find shelter, education, entertainment, job assistance, skill-building programs, and access to resources that would otherwise be out of reach.
In the Fight Against Fascism, Libraries Should Be Defended — Not Defunded
Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders must fortify at all costs, especially in this moment.
truthout.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Libraries are sites of refuge, where curiosity is nurtured, where people find shelter, education, entertainment, job assistance, skill-building programs, and access to resources that would otherwise be out of reach.
Editors! I have hours of tape interviewing Jean Beasley. Her story has never reached a national audience of adults (but I did profile her in my kids book.) She started the sea turtle hospital in her retirement. The first turtle she saved was in 1995. She did this work until her death.
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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IF YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE A COMIC...
Please talk about it on this thread! I would love to hear what stage you are at, what is working well, and what has proven more difficult than you thought.
Share a bit of art, if you can!
Sing your own praises, if you like!
Please talk about it on this thread! I would love to hear what stage you are at, what is working well, and what has proven more difficult than you thought.
Share a bit of art, if you can!
Sing your own praises, if you like!
November 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
IF YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE A COMIC...
Please talk about it on this thread! I would love to hear what stage you are at, what is working well, and what has proven more difficult than you thought.
Share a bit of art, if you can!
Sing your own praises, if you like!
Please talk about it on this thread! I would love to hear what stage you are at, what is working well, and what has proven more difficult than you thought.
Share a bit of art, if you can!
Sing your own praises, if you like!
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.