@strix56.bsky.social
Climate change is real. And it only gets better if we work together to make significant changes. Big and small actions matter. Talk climate! showyourstripes.info
showyourstripes.info
June 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Climate change is real. And it only gets better if we work together to make significant changes. Big and small actions matter. Talk climate! showyourstripes.info
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“Another year, another record” (high), reported Ralph Keeling of @scrippsocean.bsky. For the first time, the May average CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa exceeded 430 parts per million.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Carbon dioxide levels usually peak in May, but 2025's reading was like no other
A new record high for CO2 levels was set at Mauna Loa Observatory in May.
www.usatoday.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“Another year, another record” (high), reported Ralph Keeling of @scrippsocean.bsky. For the first time, the May average CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa exceeded 430 parts per million.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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I just got word that this federal transportation grant was terminated today, despite us removing the word "climate" from the title. The moral of the story? Obeying orders doesn't keep you safe with this administration.
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
May 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just got word that this federal transportation grant was terminated today, despite us removing the word "climate" from the title. The moral of the story? Obeying orders doesn't keep you safe with this administration.
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The Trump administration has removed environmental protections covering more than half of the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the president’s aim to significantly bolster the U.S. logging industry.
Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.
wapo.st
April 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for some more good trouble. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record (Gift Article)
The New Jersey senator, who had spent much of his last 24 hours on the Senate floor assailing the Trump administration, surpassed Senator Strom Thurmond’s speech in 1957.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for some more good trouble. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
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Not good.
President Biden was fond of saying “we just have to remember who we are” to encourage Americans to hold fast to our core values, ideals, and common decency.
Libraries and museums help us remember who we are.
They’re a threat to authoritarians everywhere.
President Biden was fond of saying “we just have to remember who we are” to encourage Americans to hold fast to our core values, ideals, and common decency.
Libraries and museums help us remember who we are.
They’re a threat to authoritarians everywhere.
JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
www.npr.org
April 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Not good.
President Biden was fond of saying “we just have to remember who we are” to encourage Americans to hold fast to our core values, ideals, and common decency.
Libraries and museums help us remember who we are.
They’re a threat to authoritarians everywhere.
President Biden was fond of saying “we just have to remember who we are” to encourage Americans to hold fast to our core values, ideals, and common decency.
Libraries and museums help us remember who we are.
They’re a threat to authoritarians everywhere.