Earthling
@ziyatong.bsky.social
Science broadcaster
Author of The Reality Bubble
New documentary: Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
Trustee: WWF International
Author of The Reality Bubble
New documentary: Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics
Trustee: WWF International
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Earthling
@ziyatong.bsky.social
· Dec 20
Holy shit! Plastic People just made Variety’s list of Best Documentaries of 2024!!
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Early last year a bunch of coal plants got an exemption from needing to comply with new Mercury and Air Toxics rules. Turns out most of those plants had the technology and ability to meet the new standards, they just didn't want to use them. www.edf.org/media/trump-...
Trump Administration Handed Out Sweeping Free Passes to Pollute, More Extreme and Dangerous Than What Coal Plants Requested
The Trump administration handed out expansive, illegal Clean Air Act exemptions allowing coal plants to ignore essential limits on hazardous air pollutants
www.edf.org
February 20, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Early last year a bunch of coal plants got an exemption from needing to comply with new Mercury and Air Toxics rules. Turns out most of those plants had the technology and ability to meet the new standards, they just didn't want to use them. www.edf.org/media/trump-...
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Me to my Korean friends as I watch their democracy succeeding at punishing an insurrection while our own failed miserably to do so:
February 19, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Me to my Korean friends as I watch their democracy succeeding at punishing an insurrection while our own failed miserably to do so:
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Trump’s bid to name Penn Station after himself looks like a presidential shakedown | Mohamad Bazzi
Trump’s bid to name Penn Station after himself looks like a presidential shakedown | Mohamad Bazzi
The US president’s relentless self-aggrandizement spree continues amid hypocrisy and shifting explanations
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Trump’s bid to name Penn Station after himself looks like a presidential shakedown | Mohamad Bazzi
One day we will see him in The Hague. I look forward to that day.
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp couldn’t stay seated in his chair as he proudly stated, "Scare enemies and we kill people sometimes,” while speaking to shareholders. #cdnpoli
February 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM
One day we will see him in The Hague. I look forward to that day.
I miss sharing fun science like this
February 18, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I miss sharing fun science like this
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Woahhhh this makes it feel so real!
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Woahhhh this makes it feel so real!
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Without corporate collaborators, ICE could not carry out violent raids, operate sprawling detention centers, or deport people at scale.
These corporations are enabling violence on the streets and death behind barbed wire.
It’s time to boycott them. Watch.
These corporations are enabling violence on the streets and death behind barbed wire.
It’s time to boycott them. Watch.
The Corporations Quietly Backing ICE
What’s one way we can rein in ICE?We can start by boycotting ICE’s corporate collaborators that are profiting from the a
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Without corporate collaborators, ICE could not carry out violent raids, operate sprawling detention centers, or deport people at scale.
These corporations are enabling violence on the streets and death behind barbed wire.
It’s time to boycott them. Watch.
These corporations are enabling violence on the streets and death behind barbed wire.
It’s time to boycott them. Watch.
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US Energy Secretary Chris Wright urged the @iea.org to abandon its climate work and focus on energy security. Wright criticized the IEA for prioritizing climate change, calling it “political stuff”. 🙄
US energy chief urges IEA to 'drop the climate'
At a meeting in Paris, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright called on the International Energy Agency to abandon its climate work and return to its core mission of energy security.
www.lemonde.fr
February 18, 2026 at 6:49 PM
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright urged the @iea.org to abandon its climate work and focus on energy security. Wright criticized the IEA for prioritizing climate change, calling it “political stuff”. 🙄
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Scientists and experts explain why the #HighSeasTreaty is a historic achievement, and the proposals for marine protected areas (#MPAs) in the High Seas can set precedents for future conservation efforts and influence the pace and scope of protection across the High Seas.
A Landmark 'High Seas Treaty' Has Arrived. Here's Why It's a Big Deal.
The United Nations Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (BBNJA) – nicknamed the 'High Seas Treaty' – comes into force on January 17, a massive milestone in efforts to conserve marine life in international waters.
www.sciencealert.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Scientists and experts explain why the #HighSeasTreaty is a historic achievement, and the proposals for marine protected areas (#MPAs) in the High Seas can set precedents for future conservation efforts and influence the pace and scope of protection across the High Seas.
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Mitigate for 1.5°C, but adapt for 5°C
‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating
Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Mitigate for 1.5°C, but adapt for 5°C
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pretty stunning chart
February 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
pretty stunning chart
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The shameless idiocy of Lee Zeldin really is something to behold: "We're having a conversation right now, emitting a lot of carbon dioxide at each other. Should I go back to my building right now and start regulating media questions?" (8:45) www.youtube.com/watch?v=STyX...
EPA head Lee Zeldin defends decision to revoke "endangerment finding" on greenhouse gases
YouTube video by CBS News
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The shameless idiocy of Lee Zeldin really is something to behold: "We're having a conversation right now, emitting a lot of carbon dioxide at each other. Should I go back to my building right now and start regulating media questions?" (8:45) www.youtube.com/watch?v=STyX...
So gross
People are betting millions on war, airstrikes, and political unrest
https://restofworld.org/2026/polymarket-online-betting-politics-war-charts/
https://restofworld.org/2026/polymarket-online-betting-politics-war-charts/
$50 on war in Iran: How geopolitical bets have surged on Polymarket, in five charts
Online traders are betting millions on war, airstrikes, and political unrest.
restofworld.org
February 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
So gross
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Workers tend to herbs grown beneath solar panels in a photovoltaic plantation in Lihua, Lianyungang, Jiangsu.
An aerial view shows residential buildings with roof-mounted photovoltaic-solar panels in Yinchuan,
Great photos of China's record smashing solar boom
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
An aerial view shows residential buildings with roof-mounted photovoltaic-solar panels in Yinchuan,
Great photos of China's record smashing solar boom
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
July 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Workers tend to herbs grown beneath solar panels in a photovoltaic plantation in Lihua, Lianyungang, Jiangsu.
An aerial view shows residential buildings with roof-mounted photovoltaic-solar panels in Yinchuan,
Great photos of China's record smashing solar boom
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
An aerial view shows residential buildings with roof-mounted photovoltaic-solar panels in Yinchuan,
Great photos of China's record smashing solar boom
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve “Overpopulation” | Article by Joe Wilkins (@joeonhere.bsky.social) for @futurism.com: futurism.com/science-ener...
Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve "Overpopulation"
Recently spotted emails from 2016 show Jeffrey Epstein suggesting that climate change could be the answer to "overpopulation."
futurism.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve “Overpopulation” | Article by Joe Wilkins (@joeonhere.bsky.social) for @futurism.com: futurism.com/science-ener...
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Imagine waking up and not being able to turn over.
Not today.
Not tomorrow.
Not for years.
Your legs go NUMB. Your shoulders BURN. Your back ACHES constantly because your body isn’t meant to stay frozen in one position.
That’s life for a mother #pig in a gestation crate.
Not today.
Not tomorrow.
Not for years.
Your legs go NUMB. Your shoulders BURN. Your back ACHES constantly because your body isn’t meant to stay frozen in one position.
That’s life for a mother #pig in a gestation crate.
February 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Imagine waking up and not being able to turn over.
Not today.
Not tomorrow.
Not for years.
Your legs go NUMB. Your shoulders BURN. Your back ACHES constantly because your body isn’t meant to stay frozen in one position.
That’s life for a mother #pig in a gestation crate.
Not today.
Not tomorrow.
Not for years.
Your legs go NUMB. Your shoulders BURN. Your back ACHES constantly because your body isn’t meant to stay frozen in one position.
That’s life for a mother #pig in a gestation crate.
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The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files
The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
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Steve Bannon discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice. https://cnn.it/4tH3r0O
February 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Steve Bannon discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice. https://cnn.it/4tH3r0O
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
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As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
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DHS is being more aggressive than ever targeting anonymous social media accounts that have spoken out against ICE, asking Big Tech to hand over information on users without signed judicial warrants
story w/ @sheeraf.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
story w/ @sheeraf.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:28 AM
DHS is being more aggressive than ever targeting anonymous social media accounts that have spoken out against ICE, asking Big Tech to hand over information on users without signed judicial warrants
story w/ @sheeraf.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
story w/ @sheeraf.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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There are kind volunteers of the grassroots organization called Haven Watch who support released detainees in MN. They often don’t have a phone, money or clothes for the weather.
www.havenwatch.org
#HavenWatch #AbolishICE
www.havenwatch.org
#HavenWatch #AbolishICE
February 11, 2026 at 7:16 AM
There are kind volunteers of the grassroots organization called Haven Watch who support released detainees in MN. They often don’t have a phone, money or clothes for the weather.
www.havenwatch.org
#HavenWatch #AbolishICE
www.havenwatch.org
#HavenWatch #AbolishICE
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‘We Will See Them in Court’: Environmental Lawyers Vow to Challenge Trump’s Repeal of Key Climate Finding--
insideclimatenews.org/news/1202202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1202202...
‘We Will See Them in Court’: Environmental Lawyers Vow to Challenge Trump’s Repeal of Key Climate Finding - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration repealed the EPA’s 2009 determination that greenhouse gases are a pollutant, an important legal foundation for their regulation.
insideclimatenews.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
‘We Will See Them in Court’: Environmental Lawyers Vow to Challenge Trump’s Repeal of Key Climate Finding--
insideclimatenews.org/news/1202202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1202202...