Chad Briggs
@chadmbriggs.bsky.social
Disaster risk & crisis management professor at AIM in Manila, hybrid warfare & disinfo researcher, purveyor of climate security and undesirable futures. RPG writer. Past lives in Alaska, Kosovo, Ukraine, Hungary, Ireland and elsewhere 🇨🇦
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Exclusive by me: A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, threatening the health of more than 2bn people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research.
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Exclusive by me: A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, threatening the health of more than 2bn people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research.
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is an absolutely massive, messy storm that's affected the Philippines from Batanes down to Tawi-Tawi. I'm hoping it moved across Luzon quickly enough to keep flooding down, but it will still be bad further north
Typhoon Uwan / Fung-wong from development to landfall near Dinalungan in Luzon, Philippines 🇵🇭🌀
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is an absolutely massive, messy storm that's affected the Philippines from Batanes down to Tawi-Tawi. I'm hoping it moved across Luzon quickly enough to keep flooding down, but it will still be bad further north
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Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner.
www.space.com/space-explor...
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What aviation looks like in Alaska these days. This is Ryan Air, unloading Typhoon dogs in Anchorage.
Pic was taken from the Ryan Air FB page.
Pic was taken from the Ryan Air FB page.
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What aviation looks like in Alaska these days. This is Ryan Air, unloading Typhoon dogs in Anchorage.
Pic was taken from the Ryan Air FB page.
Pic was taken from the Ryan Air FB page.
This is an incredible loss - emblematic of the larger media environment
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is an incredible loss - emblematic of the larger media environment
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CBS News — fresh off its acquisition by Skydance Media and the installation of anti-woke opinion writer Bari Weiss as editor in chief — fired most of the reporters who specialize in covering climate change.
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
CBS News — fresh off its acquisition by Skydance Media and the installation of anti-woke opinion writer Bari Weiss as editor in chief — fired most of the reporters who specialize in covering climate change.
Can we ask Mr Hegseth if he fired all the safety officers? (I assume safety is woke)
JUST IN: A US Navy helicopter and fighter jet crashed in separate incidents in the South China Sea. All crew members were safely rescued. https://cnn.it/4qyOxrS
US Navy helicopter and fighter jet crash in separate incidents in the South China Sea | CNN Politics
A US Navy helicopter and a fighter jet went down Sunday during separate routine operations over the South China Sea, and all crew members were safely rescued, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said.
cnn.it
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Can we ask Mr Hegseth if he fired all the safety officers? (I assume safety is woke)
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Václav Havel, the Czech statesman and human rights defender, who deeply shaped Eastern Europe’s democratic awakening, captured this dynamic in his 1978 essay “The Power of the Powerless.” He argued that authoritarian systemts exist not only through coercion, but 5/11
October 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Václav Havel, the Czech statesman and human rights defender, who deeply shaped Eastern Europe’s democratic awakening, captured this dynamic in his 1978 essay “The Power of the Powerless.” He argued that authoritarian systemts exist not only through coercion, but 5/11
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🌍 Come work with us
📢 We’re looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our interdisciplinary team on Varieties of Climate Agency at the University of Hamburg.
We’d love to hear from you!
👉 Apply here: tinyurl.com/JobUHH
🔎 Learn more about the project: lnkd.in/epDC7PK7
❗Deadline: 31.10.
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📢 We’re looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our interdisciplinary team on Varieties of Climate Agency at the University of Hamburg.
We’d love to hear from you!
👉 Apply here: tinyurl.com/JobUHH
🔎 Learn more about the project: lnkd.in/epDC7PK7
❗Deadline: 31.10.
More 👇
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October 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🌍 Come work with us
📢 We’re looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our interdisciplinary team on Varieties of Climate Agency at the University of Hamburg.
We’d love to hear from you!
👉 Apply here: tinyurl.com/JobUHH
🔎 Learn more about the project: lnkd.in/epDC7PK7
❗Deadline: 31.10.
More 👇
📢 We’re looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our interdisciplinary team on Varieties of Climate Agency at the University of Hamburg.
We’d love to hear from you!
👉 Apply here: tinyurl.com/JobUHH
🔎 Learn more about the project: lnkd.in/epDC7PK7
❗Deadline: 31.10.
More 👇
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
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"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and whiplash’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while former top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump Republicans have zero regard for Native Alaska villages.
October 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Trump Republicans have zero regard for Native Alaska villages.
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The E.P.A. canceled a $20 million flood protection grant to Alaska months before a remote village was inundated.
October 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The E.P.A. canceled a $20 million flood protection grant to Alaska months before a remote village was inundated.
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@chadmbriggs.bsky.social and I have a chapter on #disasterintel in this new edition of the #oup Oxford Handbook of Nat Sec Intel. Coming out soon. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
@chadmbriggs.bsky.social and I have a chapter on #disasterintel in this new edition of the #oup Oxford Handbook of Nat Sec Intel. Coming out soon. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2
October 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2
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In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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US posture toward China marking small islands as targets, in the eyes of residents. Short video on the perspective of Palau
youtu.be/X14to58jsjc?...
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Is the US military build-up on these islands inviting China’s missiles?
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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October 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
US posture toward China marking small islands as targets, in the eyes of residents. Short video on the perspective of Palau
youtu.be/X14to58jsjc?...
youtu.be/X14to58jsjc?...
Everything is horrible and the world is burning, but Daisy would like to remind you that she still needs to be fed at 6pm exactly
October 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Everything is horrible and the world is burning, but Daisy would like to remind you that she still needs to be fed at 6pm exactly
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My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."
October 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."
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The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
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Alaskans aren’t prepared for how catastrophic the Trump healthcare cuts are going to be. In addition to making the ACA marketplace unaffordable for thousands of Alaskan families, it will raise premiums for everyone and probably shutter clinics and hospitals.
alaskabeacon.com/2025/09/23/a...
alaskabeacon.com/2025/09/23/a...
Alaskans face massive health insurance cost increases unless Congress acts before year end | Alaska Beacon
Subsidies for policies purchased through the federal marketplace are due to expire, affecting everyone in the state.
alaskabeacon.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Alaskans aren’t prepared for how catastrophic the Trump healthcare cuts are going to be. In addition to making the ACA marketplace unaffordable for thousands of Alaskan families, it will raise premiums for everyone and probably shutter clinics and hospitals.
alaskabeacon.com/2025/09/23/a...
alaskabeacon.com/2025/09/23/a...
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A frustrated Eisenhower knew but could not publicly say that secret photographs from U-2 spy planes and new CORONA photoreconnaissance satellites proved that no such gap existed. In fact, the United States had a six to one advantage in ICBMs (12 versus 2) and a small lead in SLBMs (32 versus 30).
October 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A frustrated Eisenhower knew but could not publicly say that secret photographs from U-2 spy planes and new CORONA photoreconnaissance satellites proved that no such gap existed. In fact, the United States had a six to one advantage in ICBMs (12 versus 2) and a small lead in SLBMs (32 versus 30).
This is perfect to inflict on my students this week
There's a really nice explanation (with clear graphics) in this @quantamagazine.bsky.social article of why most molecules in the atmosphere (oxygen & nitrogen) don't act as greenhouse gases, but a lot of the far less numerous ones (like carbon dioxide and methane) do. A great teaching aid :)
The Quantum Mechanics of Greenhouse Gases | Quanta Magazine
Earth’s radiation can send some molecules spinning or vibrating, which is what makes them greenhouse gases. This infographic explains how relatively few heat-trapping molecules can have a planetary ef...
www.quantamagazine.org
September 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is perfect to inflict on my students this week
September 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Here's a starting point for who you could talk to next time @dwallacewells.bsky.social - bsky.app/profile/rach...
Heya #EnergySky! Exciting to see the recent momentum on here.
Energy Twitter was great, but something we can improve on with v2 is to have a broader set of voices from outside the US - where the fight on climate will be won or lost.
A very early, incomplete start to this ->
go.bsky.app/AcmKEwb
Energy Twitter was great, but something we can improve on with v2 is to have a broader set of voices from outside the US - where the fight on climate will be won or lost.
A very early, incomplete start to this ->
go.bsky.app/AcmKEwb
September 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Here's a starting point for who you could talk to next time @dwallacewells.bsky.social - bsky.app/profile/rach...