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@colawesenstund.bsky.social
Architect passionate about science, social and environmental issues, understanding and bettering our surroundings. He/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️
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This just in! Aerial view of the line dance at the GOP convention.
(Image for educational purposes, from the 1967 #MelBrooks movie #TheProducers iconic #SpringtimeForHitler dance number.)
(Image for educational purposes, from the 1967 #MelBrooks movie #TheProducers iconic #SpringtimeForHitler dance number.)
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Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
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Illegal Israeli settlers on Friday set fire to five Palestinian vehicles and assaulted towns in the occupied West Bank, local sources said.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251101-ill...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251101-ill...
November 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Illegal Israeli settlers on Friday set fire to five Palestinian vehicles and assaulted towns in the occupied West Bank, local sources said.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251101-ill...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251101-ill...
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I barely see any mainstream media in the United States talking about the top Israeli official who was ousted from her position for uhh ... *checks notes* ... exposing the mass rapes of abducted Palestinians by Israelis
November 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I barely see any mainstream media in the United States talking about the top Israeli official who was ousted from her position for uhh ... *checks notes* ... exposing the mass rapes of abducted Palestinians by Israelis
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A massive gathering in Mexico City's central Zócalo square demonstrates the nation's profound and widespread solidarity with the Palestinian people.
October 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A massive gathering in Mexico City's central Zócalo square demonstrates the nation's profound and widespread solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Incredible, and VERY promising and positive news! ❤️🙏
"After only one year, the transformation is dramatic. A colony of 2000 Sooty Terns, where there was previously none, were feeding hundreds of chicks. We also counted 1000’s of native Pisonia grandis tree seedlings across just 60 12m monitored plots on the forest floor—in 2024 we found zero." 🌏
Press Release: Staggering Recovery of Plants and Seabirds on Marshallese Islands Just One Year After Rat Removal - Island Conservation
Astonishing results from our work to restore sites in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, boosting climate resilience and ocean health!
www.islandconservation.org
October 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Incredible, and VERY promising and positive news! ❤️🙏
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🌍 Many still think we have decades to act
A new study finds that most UK parliamentarians, like the wider public, overestimate how long humanity has to peak global greenhouse gas emissions to keep warming below 1.5°C.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪
A new study finds that most UK parliamentarians, like the wider public, overestimate how long humanity has to peak global greenhouse gas emissions to keep warming below 1.5°C.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪
Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions - Communications Earth & Environment
UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is evident among publics in Britain, Canada, Chile, and Germany, according to an analysis that uses representative survey data.
www.nature.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
🌍 Many still think we have decades to act
A new study finds that most UK parliamentarians, like the wider public, overestimate how long humanity has to peak global greenhouse gas emissions to keep warming below 1.5°C.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪
A new study finds that most UK parliamentarians, like the wider public, overestimate how long humanity has to peak global greenhouse gas emissions to keep warming below 1.5°C.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪
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I've been thinking about the ways we can help people take small actions to create big change, especially with respect to tech and all the platforms we use. I started playing with the idea of using Open Source principles, but also with this thought
www.leahreich.com/open-source-...
www.leahreich.com/open-source-...
September 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I've been thinking about the ways we can help people take small actions to create big change, especially with respect to tech and all the platforms we use. I started playing with the idea of using Open Source principles, but also with this thought
www.leahreich.com/open-source-...
www.leahreich.com/open-source-...
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🚨 The HRF has identified the Israeli who attacked Palestinian demonstrators in Athens yesterday: David Hadar, IDF Golani Brigade sergeant, tied to war crimes in Gaza. Now under arrest, with HRF filing a formal letter urging Greece to investigate Athens + Gaza crimes and uphold its legal duties.
September 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🚨 The HRF has identified the Israeli who attacked Palestinian demonstrators in Athens yesterday: David Hadar, IDF Golani Brigade sergeant, tied to war crimes in Gaza. Now under arrest, with HRF filing a formal letter urging Greece to investigate Athens + Gaza crimes and uphold its legal duties.
Who would have thought.
Nearly one-quarter of heatwaves would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without global warming — and can be attributed to the emissions of individual energy producers.
go.nature.com/3Iemuwm
go.nature.com/3Iemuwm
Dozens of heatwaves linked to carbon emissions from specific companies
Nearly one-quarter of heatwaves would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without global warming — and can be attributed to the emissions of individual energy producers.
go.nature.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Who would have thought.
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From the Fox News National Security correspondent: "It looks to me like the US military is going to war."
September 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
From the Fox News National Security correspondent: "It looks to me like the US military is going to war."
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The fact that the Epstein survivors had to give a press conference outside – and not in the halls of congress, shows you exactly who is guilty AF and the power they are wielding to try and silence the victims.
September 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The fact that the Epstein survivors had to give a press conference outside – and not in the halls of congress, shows you exactly who is guilty AF and the power they are wielding to try and silence the victims.
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Surprise, surprise. AV providers are disclosing personal information.
"An age verification provider is potentially leaking information about people visiting porn sites... AgeGO receives requests disclosing the site being visited as well as a link to the exact video the person is trying to access"
"An age verification provider is potentially leaking information about people visiting porn sites... AgeGO receives requests disclosing the site being visited as well as a link to the exact video the person is trying to access"
Cellphone calls are coming to the moon
www.politico.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Surprise, surprise. AV providers are disclosing personal information.
"An age verification provider is potentially leaking information about people visiting porn sites... AgeGO receives requests disclosing the site being visited as well as a link to the exact video the person is trying to access"
"An age verification provider is potentially leaking information about people visiting porn sites... AgeGO receives requests disclosing the site being visited as well as a link to the exact video the person is trying to access"
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Oh of course Germany does, Allianz who insures Elbit is German.
There's a simple solution to that: #boycottGermany and German companies.
Start with Lidl
There's a simple solution to that: #boycottGermany and German companies.
Start with Lidl
Germany blocks EU sanctions against Israel, Europe divided over Gaza war
Europe divided: Germany blocks EU sanctions against Israel | The Jerusalem Post
The positions of the different EU countries were made public after mounting public pressure against the EU for its "silence" and "ignorance" on what is happening in the Gaza Strip.
www.jpost.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Oh of course Germany does, Allianz who insures Elbit is German.
There's a simple solution to that: #boycottGermany and German companies.
Start with Lidl
There's a simple solution to that: #boycottGermany and German companies.
Start with Lidl
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So who’s concert was he at when he got outed
September 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
So who’s concert was he at when he got outed
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So, replacing the worst human being in human history with one striving to take that title to new lows. Also, I have such difficulty believing the title, ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP? The CEO of f'n Nestlé?
September 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
So, replacing the worst human being in human history with one striving to take that title to new lows. Also, I have such difficulty believing the title, ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP? The CEO of f'n Nestlé?
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🚨 IEA now says renewables will be the world’s #1 power source by 2026 (possibly as soon as 2025). Wind & solar already supply >90% of demand growth, coal’s decline is baked in. The tipping point is here—clean energy isn’t the future, it’s the present. ⚡🌞 #Renewables #EnergyTransition #BESS
IEA: Renewables Will Be World’s Top Power Source "by 2026" - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new...
cleantechnica.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🚨 IEA now says renewables will be the world’s #1 power source by 2026 (possibly as soon as 2025). Wind & solar already supply >90% of demand growth, coal’s decline is baked in. The tipping point is here—clean energy isn’t the future, it’s the present. ⚡🌞 #Renewables #EnergyTransition #BESS
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The EU's Horizon Programme has pumped billions of euros into Israel's military-industrial complex, including millions since Israel was accused of genocide. It is high time to exclude Israel from EU Horizon. Article by @natebear1.bsky.social
www.donotpanic.news/p/eu-science...
www.donotpanic.news/p/eu-science...
EU Science Grants Are Funding Israeli Military Technology
The EU has given Israeli technology start-ups run by ex-IDF soldiers nearly half a billion euros in research grants since the start of the Gaza genocide.
www.donotpanic.news
August 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The EU's Horizon Programme has pumped billions of euros into Israel's military-industrial complex, including millions since Israel was accused of genocide. It is high time to exclude Israel from EU Horizon. Article by @natebear1.bsky.social
www.donotpanic.news/p/eu-science...
www.donotpanic.news/p/eu-science...
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yes
August 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
yes
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I am lightly horrified by how many people have now looked up their books and found out their publishers (who often were required contractually!!!!) just... didn't register the copyrights on books. Not all of them! Just sporadically!
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬
Tor just straight up didn't register the copyright for two of our books, even though they were contractually obligated to do so.
One day I will FULLY describe that shit show. But not today.
One day I will FULLY describe that shit show. But not today.
August 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am lightly horrified by how many people have now looked up their books and found out their publishers (who often were required contractually!!!!) just... didn't register the copyrights on books. Not all of them! Just sporadically!
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
They said #Norway wouldn't have #oil companies if we taxed them, there's a 78% tax on the oil companies, and they're still here after 50 years. We're trying our best to get rid of them, but still can't shake them..! The international community, please help! We already have Greta on it, what's more?
August 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Unfortunately some women are still overburdened by having to do everything to support men pursuing their chosen careers and goals
Especially running the house, pets, kids, appointments, illnesses, organising everything
Especially if the man is an important worker who flies around in biz class
Especially running the house, pets, kids, appointments, illnesses, organising everything
Especially if the man is an important worker who flies around in biz class
August 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I say he'll yeah!
August 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I say he'll yeah!
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"On 26 August, two men, aged 20 and 21, were publicly flogged 76 times each in the city of Banda Aceh for having consensual same-sex relations."
"They were arrested after allegedly engaging in sexual activity in a public restroom at the Taman Sari Park."
#Indonesia #Policing #Incarceration
"They were arrested after allegedly engaging in sexual activity in a public restroom at the Taman Sari Park."
#Indonesia #Policing #Incarceration
Indonesia: Caning of gay men an act of cruelty
Responding to today’s caning of two men in the city of Banda Aceh for having consensual same-sex sexual relations, Amnesty International’s Regional Research Director Montse Ferrer said: “This public…
www.amnesty.org
August 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"On 26 August, two men, aged 20 and 21, were publicly flogged 76 times each in the city of Banda Aceh for having consensual same-sex relations."
"They were arrested after allegedly engaging in sexual activity in a public restroom at the Taman Sari Park."
#Indonesia #Policing #Incarceration
"They were arrested after allegedly engaging in sexual activity in a public restroom at the Taman Sari Park."
#Indonesia #Policing #Incarceration