Tim Donaghy
@timdonaghy.bsky.social
Research Director for Greenpeace USA. Lapsed astrophysicist, previously UCS.
Focused on climate, energy, environmental justice, science policy. Views are my own.
I'm @quinn43 on the birdsite. Also on Mastodon @timdonaghy@fediscience.org. he/him
Focused on climate, energy, environmental justice, science policy. Views are my own.
I'm @quinn43 on the birdsite. Also on Mastodon @timdonaghy@fediscience.org. he/him
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📣GOOD NEWS📣 A group of fishers from Indonesia are a step closer to justice following a U.S. court’s decision to proceed with their case alleging slavery at sea.
https://ow.ly/546o50XrnnM
https://ow.ly/546o50XrnnM
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
📣GOOD NEWS📣 A group of fishers from Indonesia are a step closer to justice following a U.S. court’s decision to proceed with their case alleging slavery at sea.
https://ow.ly/546o50XrnnM
https://ow.ly/546o50XrnnM
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57 companies are responsible for 80% of the global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016.
Unless you run those companies, why are you being forced to pay for climate change damage?
Unless you run those companies, why are you being forced to pay for climate change damage?
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
57 companies are responsible for 80% of the global greenhouse gas emissions since 2016.
Unless you run those companies, why are you being forced to pay for climate change damage?
Unless you run those companies, why are you being forced to pay for climate change damage?
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📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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PERI releases top 100 greenhouse gas polluters index. Future lists are in jeapordy because EPA plans to suspend reporting program. peri.umass.edu/index-editio... @sbs-umass.bsky.social #toxic100
Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index: 2025 Report, based on 2023 data
peri.umass.edu
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
PERI releases top 100 greenhouse gas polluters index. Future lists are in jeapordy because EPA plans to suspend reporting program. peri.umass.edu/index-editio... @sbs-umass.bsky.social #toxic100
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NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
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This is going to be a big old thread where I dump thoughts, reactions, charts etc from the @iea.org World Energy Outlook 2025 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
World Energy Outlook 2025
YouTube video by International Energy Agency
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is going to be a big old thread where I dump thoughts, reactions, charts etc from the @iea.org World Energy Outlook 2025 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
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The message from Dems the rest of the year should be simple: Trump must resign over Epstein
"House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Mr. Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged."
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The message from Dems the rest of the year should be simple: Trump must resign over Epstein
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The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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OK this is amazing.
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
OK this is amazing.
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
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America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
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⚡️ BREAKING: Iranian Oil Workers Launch Historic Strike
Fifteen thousand workers went on strike at a major gas field in Iran at the economically critical South Pars field.
Report by @mazmhussain.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-oil-f...
Fifteen thousand workers went on strike at a major gas field in Iran at the economically critical South Pars field.
Report by @mazmhussain.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-oil-f...
Iranian Oil Workers Launch Historic Strike
Fifteen thousand workers went on strike at a major gas field in Iran at the economically critical South Pars field.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
⚡️ BREAKING: Iranian Oil Workers Launch Historic Strike
Fifteen thousand workers went on strike at a major gas field in Iran at the economically critical South Pars field.
Report by @mazmhussain.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-oil-f...
Fifteen thousand workers went on strike at a major gas field in Iran at the economically critical South Pars field.
Report by @mazmhussain.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-oil-f...
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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🔴ACCIÓN🔴 Cruzamos el cielo de Madrid con una equilibrista para alertar de que el PLANETA está EN LA CUERDA FLOJA.
Con esta imagen histórica entre dos rascacielos icónicos de la capital, reclamamos que en tiempos de incertidumbre, se imponga la esperanza en la #COP30 que hoy arranca en Brasil
Con esta imagen histórica entre dos rascacielos icónicos de la capital, reclamamos que en tiempos de incertidumbre, se imponga la esperanza en la #COP30 que hoy arranca en Brasil
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🔴ACCIÓN🔴 Cruzamos el cielo de Madrid con una equilibrista para alertar de que el PLANETA está EN LA CUERDA FLOJA.
Con esta imagen histórica entre dos rascacielos icónicos de la capital, reclamamos que en tiempos de incertidumbre, se imponga la esperanza en la #COP30 que hoy arranca en Brasil
Con esta imagen histórica entre dos rascacielos icónicos de la capital, reclamamos que en tiempos de incertidumbre, se imponga la esperanza en la #COP30 que hoy arranca en Brasil
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Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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Pardons are now available for anyone who can pay for them. This is the most corrupt President in history.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Pardons are now available for anyone who can pay for them. This is the most corrupt President in history.
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Didn't the administration try to claim that this woman didn't even work at the daycare -- that she just happen to run into the building after fleeing an immigration stop?
Seems pretty clear that was a lie.
Seems pretty clear that was a lie.
Families Rally After Feds Take Chicago Daycare Teacher: 'We Are Filled With Rage' blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/06/f...
— Hundreds of neighbors gathered Wed to demand that fed immigration agents stay out of Chicago schools & daycares after agents took a daycare teacher from a facility.
— Hundreds of neighbors gathered Wed to demand that fed immigration agents stay out of Chicago schools & daycares after agents took a daycare teacher from a facility.
Families Rally After Feds Take Chicago Daycare Teacher: 'We Are Filled With Rage'
Hundreds of neighbors gathered in North Center demanding that federal immigration agents stay out of schools after a teacher was chased into and pulled out of a preschool by officers.
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Didn't the administration try to claim that this woman didn't even work at the daycare -- that she just happen to run into the building after fleeing an immigration stop?
Seems pretty clear that was a lie.
Seems pretty clear that was a lie.
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This is fantastic. Make sure you stick around until the record scratch at the end.
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is fantastic. Make sure you stick around until the record scratch at the end.
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We do not need to mine the deep sea.
How deep-sea mining could threaten a vital ocean food source
As the US races toward deep-sea mining, scientists urge caution.
www.theverge.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We do not need to mine the deep sea.
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thank you Anthony Scaramucci for this extremely relatable analogy about people buying bitcoin on margin
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
thank you Anthony Scaramucci for this extremely relatable analogy about people buying bitcoin on margin
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There are nearly 11,000 low-income homes in the city. Construction has picked up in recent years.
See where Oakland’s building affordable housing in new interactive maps
There are nearly 11,000 low-income homes in the city. Construction has picked up in recent years.
oaklandside.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There are nearly 11,000 low-income homes in the city. Construction has picked up in recent years.