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Yung En Chee
@yungenchee.bsky.social
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Applied ecologist, conservation science, structured decision-making, spatial modelling, waterways research, she/her
#StayGrounded #NoFlyForWork #NoGenerativeAI
Proud to #PayTheRent
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patrickgaley.bsky.social
I happen to know quite a bit about Venezuelan oil.

TL;DR it’s hard to extract, notoriously investor-endangering, isn’t needed (global crude is oversupplied to the tune of 3.3 min bpd) and isn’t easily refined (it’s too dense so always sold at a heavy discount)

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Venezuela has the world’s most oil: Why doesn’t it earn more from exports?
Venezuela holds the world's largest proven oil reserves, more than five times more than the United States.
www.aljazeera.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
"Sea-level rise poses a significant threat to Africa’s vital coastal ecosystems & the livelihoods of its growing populations... The rate of rise has accelerated markedly to 4.34 mm/yr since 2010, over 4 times the 1990s rate... this uneven rise intensifies risks for over 50 million coastal residents"
Accelerating sea level rise in Africa and its large marine ecosystems since the 1990s - Communications Earth & Environment
Sea-level rise in African large marine ecosystem has accelerated markedly since 2010, mostly due to ice sheet loss and land subsidence, with the Red Sea and Guinea Current rising fastest, according to...
www.nature.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 AM
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naomiaklein.bsky.social
It's why he is threatening Colombia + Mexico. Why he bought elections in Argentina + Honduras. And interfered in Brazil's courts.

Latin America's democratic left bloc is the most principled opposition to Trump in the world, defending international law while richer + more powerful nations cower. 2/3
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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naomiaklein.bsky.social
The weak response from Can, EU and UN to Trump's flagrant crimes in Venezuela is striking.

It exposes that much of the world has been cowed.

Most notable exception: the Latin American left.

That is why the Trump Admin has gone to enormous lengths to defeat the left across the continent. 1/3
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
Another post from a Venezuelan friend:
They speak of justice while ruling through fear. They speak of sovereignty while stealing the vote. They speak of dignity while condemning their own people. I learned that those who insist the most on calling themselves "the good ones" are often the ones most afraid to face themselves. The Maduro regime wraps itself in flags, in anti-imperialist rhetoric, in a false epic where any criticism is labeled as betrayal. They claim to defend Venezuela, yet they stole the people's voice when they refused to respect the elections. That act alone strips away any moral authority. But do not be mistaken. The fact that a tyrant is real does not automatically turn an external aggressor into a savior. The United States does not act out of love for democracy. It acts out of interest. It always has. The language changes, the enemy changes, but the method remains the same: pressure, punishment, displays of power. And as always, the blow is not absorbed by those in power, but by ordinary people. The Venezuelan people are trapped between two narratives that do not represent them. One that oppresses them from within, and another that exploits them from outside. One that claims legitimacy without real elections. Another that claims justice without taking responsibility for the human consequences of its actions. I do not defend Maduro. I point at him. But I also refuse to accept that a global power can appoint itself as a moral judge while its history is written in interventions, sanctions, and broken countries. Pain does not need propaganda. Hunger does not understand geopolitics. Dignity is not imposed with missiles, nor with dictatorships. While some sell themselves as the good ones to justify repression, and others sell themselves as the good ones to justify aggression, the result is always the same: more suffering, more rage, more generations learning that force replaces justice. And once again, pain is inherited.
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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josiegz.bsky.social
“It’s a horrible, horrible waste,” said Sharon Wilson, director of campaign @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social, pointing to Grok-generated images of Nazi Mickey Mouse as an example of what fossil gas was being burned to produce. “What useful purpose does this serve?”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
bnonews.com BNO News @bnonews.com · 1d
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
yungenchee.bsky.social
Will Big Oil take up Trump's invitation to participate in war crimes❓️
US oil giants silent on Trump claim they will spend billions on Venezuelan oil industry
US president says oil majors primed to invest in rebuilding infrastructure following Maduro ouster
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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birdmichael.bsky.social
Yarra River wandering - striated pardalote, common bronzewing, platypus(!!), owlet-nightjar
January 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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artologica.net
4! 2 Georgetown squirrels ask what everyone wants to know this year: What the hell is going on down there? #sqrlpix
2 squirrels in tree, one looks nervous, one alarmed
December 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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artologica.net
2! Gorgeous and knows it, in a resplendent winter squirrelsuit. From late November in Foggy Bottom. #sqrlpix
very chubby, fluffy gray squirrel in tree
December 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
yungenchee.bsky.social
Mildred Pierce is trending (i don't know why) but 'Mildred' always brings to mind Mildred Falls, legendary pianist (& so much more) to the incomparable Mahalia Jackson

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3gy...
I'm On My Way - Mahalia Jackson
YouTube video by Gospel Sounds of Young America
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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jmijin.bsky.social
Never trust people who want to “de-politicize,” climate change. This has always been true but especially now. They will try to trick you into thinking they are the adults in the room but they are either disqualifyingly naive or in the pocket of fossil fuel interests.
January 2, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
We're challenging this terrible Labour Government.

And we're ready to take on Reform.

I spoke with the Guardian:

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We were missing in the conversation’: how Zack Polanski hit on plan to beat Reform at their own game
This time last year Polanski was barely known outside the party. Now he’s hoping for success at May’s local elections – by taking a page from Nigel Farage’s playbook
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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kayawanu.bsky.social
Every Jewish org and buisness we approached signed a petition to Sanction Israel without hesitation. One old guy said you know it's not us Jews right . He got tears in his eyes when we told him we are doing this in part to protect Au Jewish community as well as ourselves from Zionists.
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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paws101.bsky.social
Seems they were active in Australia too!

'person with trad skills' OMG! Full URRWNJs✝️🙏

And link to other racist sites
God these people are sick!
January 3, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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bunkunin.bsky.social
Belfast rallies for Palestine hunger strikers as memories of 1981 return www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Belfast rallies for Palestine hunger strikers as memories of 1981 return
For many in Belfast, the pro-Palestine hunger strikes are a reminder of what Irish republicans endured 44 years ago.
www.aljazeera.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
yungenchee.bsky.social
"Tinder for Nazis” hit by 100GB data leak

"The leak affects WhiteDate, a white supremacist dating site for “Europids seeking tribal love”, WhiteChild, a white supremacist site focused on family & ancestry, & WhiteDeal, a networking & professional development site for people with a racist worldview"
davidgerard.co.uk your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 2d
> An investigative journalist has infiltrated the white supremacist dating website WhiteDate and exfiltrated over 8,000 profiles and 100GB of data. Photos and other sensitive details have been made public, and the full “WhiteLeaks” data is available

cybernews.com/security/inv...
Investigator breaches white supremacist dating sites, exposes 8,000 users
An investigative journalist infiltrated three white supremacist platforms, including the dating site WhiteDate, exfiltrating over 8,000 user profiles and 100GB of sensitive data.
cybernews.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social
Demonising the term ‘Democratic Socialism’ and misleading the public into believing that it’s a form of oppression rather than empowerment is the most evil lie spun by corporate capitalists

Buying into this lie made the nightmares of Brexit and MAGA a reality
December 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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internethippo.bsky.social
Elon Musk's accomplishments over the last year include starving thousands of people to death (and laughing about it) and creating Hitler AI that undresses children (and laughing about it). Is it time to do something about billionaires yet?
January 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
yungenchee.bsky.social
Major media outlets are pathetically obfuscating, but the Big Tech architects of AI child sexual abuse material-generators whose safeguards/guardrails collapse at the slightest bit of user-whining, have names & addresses

watch out for the ones willing to work for or bow to paedophiles (👀 next)
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)

#1: Reuters
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X By Reuters January 2, 20267:40 PM GMT+1Updated 1 hour ago Illustration shows xAI and Grok logos xAI and Grok logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Jan 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this. Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok's public media tab filled with images that users said had been altered when they uploaded photos and prompted the bot to alter them. "There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing," Grok said in a post on X. "xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely." "As noted, we've identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them — CSAM is illegal and prohibited," Grok said, referring to Child Sexual Abuse Material. Grok gave no further details. When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies". In a separate reply to a user on X on Thursday, Grok said most cases could be prevented through advanced filters and monitoring although it said "no system is 100% foolproof," adding that xAI was prioritising improvements and reviewing details shared by users.
January 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)

#1: Reuters
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X By Reuters January 2, 20267:40 PM GMT+1Updated 1 hour ago Illustration shows xAI and Grok logos xAI and Grok logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab Jan 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this. Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok's public media tab filled with images that users said had been altered when they uploaded photos and prompted the bot to alter them. "There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing," Grok said in a post on X. "xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely." "As noted, we've identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them — CSAM is illegal and prohibited," Grok said, referring to Child Sexual Abuse Material. Grok gave no further details. When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies". In a separate reply to a user on X on Thursday, Grok said most cases could be prevented through advanced filters and monitoring although it said "no system is 100% foolproof," adding that xAI was prioritising improvements and reviewing details shared by users.
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.

Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.

Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.

Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
yungenchee.bsky.social
“The test is not whether diplomats can craft better language in Antalya [in Turkey] next year, but whether farmers’ movements, Indigenous movements and climate movements can generate enough political pressure to make governments fear inaction more than they fear confronting corporate power.”
January 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM