Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD
@ericfielding.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Geophysicist at lab in Pasadena, California. Statements and opinions posted by me are my own and not those of my employer. he/him. Header image is […]
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#giftarticle
#jeffreyepstein Alleged in Emails That #trump Knew of His Conduct
#house #democrats on Wednesday released emails in which #epstein wrote that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender […]
#jeffreyepstein Alleged in Emails That #trump Knew of His Conduct
#house #democrats on Wednesday released emails in which #epstein wrote that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#giftarticle
#jeffreyepstein Alleged in Emails That #trump Knew of His Conduct
#house #democrats on Wednesday released emails in which #epstein wrote that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender […]
#jeffreyepstein Alleged in Emails That #trump Knew of His Conduct
#house #democrats on Wednesday released emails in which #epstein wrote that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender […]
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I've said it more than once, but I don't think that enough people appreciate it yet.
Transitions are difficult.
That was why I was begging for us to start decades ago before we'd added so much more greenhouse gases to our polluted atmosphere.
Transitions are difficult.
That was why I was begging for us to start decades ago before we'd added so much more greenhouse gases to our polluted atmosphere.
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I've said it more than once, but I don't think that enough people appreciate it yet.
Transitions are difficult.
That was why I was begging for us to start decades ago before we'd added so much more greenhouse gases to our polluted atmosphere.
Transitions are difficult.
That was why I was begging for us to start decades ago before we'd added so much more greenhouse gases to our polluted atmosphere.
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Wrote up some thoughts about the proposed ban on the sale of TP-Link devices in the US.
The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems, a tech company that currently enjoys an […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems, a tech company that currently enjoys an […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Wrote up some thoughts about the proposed ban on the sale of TP-Link devices in the US.
The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems, a tech company that currently enjoys an […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems, a tech company that currently enjoys an […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
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In 2018, Meta decided “clean energy” and “climate change” were politically sensitive topics, and demanded that I - a climate scientist - register as a political org to post and boost posts on them.
I refused, and my page has been shadow banned since then. For 7 years. Until this week, that is 😳
I refused, and my page has been shadow banned since then. For 7 years. Until this week, that is 😳
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In 2018, Meta decided “clean energy” and “climate change” were politically sensitive topics, and demanded that I - a climate scientist - register as a political org to post and boost posts on them.
I refused, and my page has been shadow banned since then. For 7 years. Until this week, that is 😳
I refused, and my page has been shadow banned since then. For 7 years. Until this week, that is 😳
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Helloooo auroras! (With a long exposure and a fancy camera, it just looks like a faint glow naked eye)
Also helloooo Comet Lemon! (If you zoom way in on just the right spot)
And fuck you, Starlinks, ruining the sky!
Also helloooo Comet Lemon! (If you zoom way in on just the right spot)
And fuck you, Starlinks, ruining the sky!
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Helloooo auroras! (With a long exposure and a fancy camera, it just looks like a faint glow naked eye)
Also helloooo Comet Lemon! (If you zoom way in on just the right spot)
And fuck you, Starlinks, ruining the sky!
Also helloooo Comet Lemon! (If you zoom way in on just the right spot)
And fuck you, Starlinks, ruining the sky!
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CATS YES, KINGS NO
October 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
CATS YES, KINGS NO
The Vantor company (formerly Maxar) used one of their Worldview satellites to capture a picture of the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) satellite in orbit. The large radar reflector (12 meters or 38 feet wide) has a mesh surface that appears gold and the solar panels on […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Vantor company (formerly Maxar) used one of their Worldview satellites to capture a picture of the NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) satellite in orbit. The large radar reflector (12 meters or 38 feet wide) has a mesh surface that appears gold and the solar panels on […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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DoD today confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. - Pentagon Press Association
October 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
DoD today confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. - Pentagon Press Association
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Alaska Public Media: Here's how you can help survivors of the Western Alaska storm
(photos of the devastation, yikes)
via @BakerRL75
https://alaskapublic.org/news/environment/2025-10-14/heres-how-you-can-help-survivors-of-the-western-alaska-storm
#akwx #climateemergency #disasters
(photos of the devastation, yikes)
via @BakerRL75
https://alaskapublic.org/news/environment/2025-10-14/heres-how-you-can-help-survivors-of-the-western-alaska-storm
#akwx #climateemergency #disasters
Here's how you can help survivors of the Western Alaska storm
The remnants of Typhoon Halong have killed one person, left two missing, displaced hundreds and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.
alaskapublic.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Alaska Public Media: Here's how you can help survivors of the Western Alaska storm
(photos of the devastation, yikes)
via @BakerRL75
https://alaskapublic.org/news/environment/2025-10-14/heres-how-you-can-help-survivors-of-the-western-alaska-storm
#akwx #climateemergency #disasters
(photos of the devastation, yikes)
via @BakerRL75
https://alaskapublic.org/news/environment/2025-10-14/heres-how-you-can-help-survivors-of-the-western-alaska-storm
#akwx #climateemergency #disasters
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You love to see it: Social media is shrinking. People spend less time with Meta products than they used to. 67% of the public has an unfavorable view of Zuckerberg. KEEP GOING
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/social-media-is-now-shrinking
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/social-media-is-now-shrinking
Social Media Is Now Shrinking
And their latest move is a "jump the shark" moment that will accelerate the decline
www.honest-broker.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
You love to see it: Social media is shrinking. People spend less time with Meta products than they used to. 67% of the public has an unfavorable view of Zuckerberg. KEEP GOING
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/social-media-is-now-shrinking
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/social-media-is-now-shrinking
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What Trump-Noem ICE is doing in # Chicago is morally and legally wrong. https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/us/chicago-apartment-ice-raid 1/
October 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What Trump-Noem ICE is doing in # Chicago is morally and legally wrong. https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/us/chicago-apartment-ice-raid 1/
The first NISAR (NASA-ISRO SAR) L-band radar images have now been released! These are early images acquired before NISAR reached the final science orbit with radar test modes so only a few locations were imaged. The mountains of Mount Desert Island in Maine, USA, are beautiful. I first visited […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The first NISAR (NASA-ISRO SAR) L-band radar images have now been released! These are early images acquired before NISAR reached the final science orbit with radar test modes so only a few locations were imaged. The mountains of Mount Desert Island in Maine, USA, are beautiful. I first visited […]
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Excerpts from the statement of Bassem Tamimi, Palestinian activist from the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, to an Israeli military judge in 2011:
Your Honor,
I hold this speech out of belief in peace, justice, freedom, the right to live in dignity, and out of respect for free thought in the […]
Your Honor,
I hold this speech out of belief in peace, justice, freedom, the right to live in dignity, and out of respect for free thought in the […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
September 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Excerpts from the statement of Bassem Tamimi, Palestinian activist from the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, to an Israeli military judge in 2011:
Your Honor,
I hold this speech out of belief in peace, justice, freedom, the right to live in dignity, and out of respect for free thought in the […]
Your Honor,
I hold this speech out of belief in peace, justice, freedom, the right to live in dignity, and out of respect for free thought in the […]
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Please read Josh Marshall's take on the Trump regime's escalating attacks on freedom of speech -- Kimmel's removal only the latest but probably most extreme example.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few-thoughts-on-kimmelgeddon/sharetoken/9b9c2c6c-bc94-4280-a74f-6fc8e2158cf8
The most […]
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few-thoughts-on-kimmelgeddon/sharetoken/9b9c2c6c-bc94-4280-a74f-6fc8e2158cf8
The most […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Please read Josh Marshall's take on the Trump regime's escalating attacks on freedom of speech -- Kimmel's removal only the latest but probably most extreme example.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few-thoughts-on-kimmelgeddon/sharetoken/9b9c2c6c-bc94-4280-a74f-6fc8e2158cf8
The most […]
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few-thoughts-on-kimmelgeddon/sharetoken/9b9c2c6c-bc94-4280-a74f-6fc8e2158cf8
The most […]
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I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom.
I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.
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From John Unsworth, just-retired dean of libraries at U of Virginia:
https://www.arl.org/blog/john-unsworth-on-libraries-higher-education-and-anti-facism/
"21st-century fascism is not just about governing through force. It’s also about surveillance. It’s about AI in the service of fascism, as a […]
https://www.arl.org/blog/john-unsworth-on-libraries-higher-education-and-anti-facism/
"21st-century fascism is not just about governing through force. It’s also about surveillance. It’s about AI in the service of fascism, as a […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
From John Unsworth, just-retired dean of libraries at U of Virginia:
https://www.arl.org/blog/john-unsworth-on-libraries-higher-education-and-anti-facism/
"21st-century fascism is not just about governing through force. It’s also about surveillance. It’s about AI in the service of fascism, as a […]
https://www.arl.org/blog/john-unsworth-on-libraries-higher-education-and-anti-facism/
"21st-century fascism is not just about governing through force. It’s also about surveillance. It’s about AI in the service of fascism, as a […]
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September 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Weiss is being specifically hired by a right wing billionaire nepobaby to turn CBS into another right-wing friendly propaganda mill. but you genuinely wouldn't know that from reading the U.S. media industry's coverage of itself:
What would a Bari Weiss era at CBS News look like? TV insiders and analysts share their takes.
TV insiders and analysts say a Paramount Skydance deal to acquire Bari Weiss' The Free Press could expand its reach, but carries risks.
www.businessinsider.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Weiss is being specifically hired by a right wing billionaire nepobaby to turn CBS into another right-wing friendly propaganda mill. but you genuinely wouldn't know that from reading the U.S. media industry's coverage of itself:
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de Adder. 🎯
September 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
de Adder. 🎯
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#trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of #fraud. Records Show 3 of His #cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet […]
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
September 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Fox silenced Greene when she broke MAGA ranks and pointed at Trump’s DOJ. The network erased victims to shield power, trading accountability for another cheap culture-war segment.
Fox News Cuts Out of MTG Epstein Presser Once She Criticizes Trump DOJ
After largely ignoring the just-released Epstein files, Fox News cut out of a Marjorie Taylor Greene presser on the matter once she criticized the Trump DOJ.
www.mediaite.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Fox silenced Greene when she broke MAGA ranks and pointed at Trump’s DOJ. The network erased victims to shield power, trading accountability for another cheap culture-war segment.
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They thought they had silenced her.
Knopf says the book contains “intimate, disturbing, and heartbreaking new details about her time with Epstein, Maxwell and their many well-known friends.
Knopf says the book contains “intimate, disturbing, and heartbreaking new details about her time with Epstein, Maxwell and their many well-known friends.
Virginia Giuffre memoir to be published months after death
She had finished working on the "intimate" and "heartbreaking" book before she took her own life in April, her publisher says.
www.bbc.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
They thought they had silenced her.
Knopf says the book contains “intimate, disturbing, and heartbreaking new details about her time with Epstein, Maxwell and their many well-known friends.
Knopf says the book contains “intimate, disturbing, and heartbreaking new details about her time with Epstein, Maxwell and their many well-known friends.
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CNN:Climate.gov will re-launch under new URL thanks to a secret team of web ninjas
"...A small group of about 10 writers, researchers and web development ninjas are launching an ambitious effort to preserve key climate data that the Trump administration has taken offline, including a landmark […]
"...A small group of about 10 writers, researchers and web development ninjas are launching an ambitious effort to preserve key climate data that the Trump administration has taken offline, including a landmark […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
August 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
CNN:Climate.gov will re-launch under new URL thanks to a secret team of web ninjas
"...A small group of about 10 writers, researchers and web development ninjas are launching an ambitious effort to preserve key climate data that the Trump administration has taken offline, including a landmark […]
"...A small group of about 10 writers, researchers and web development ninjas are launching an ambitious effort to preserve key climate data that the Trump administration has taken offline, including a landmark […]
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Decentralized social network Mastodon says it can’t comply with Mississippi’s age verification law
— the same law that saw rival Bluesky pull out of the state
— because it doesn’t have the means to do so.
The social nonprofit explains that Mastodon doesn’t track its users,
which makes it […]
— the same law that saw rival Bluesky pull out of the state
— because it doesn’t have the means to do so.
The social nonprofit explains that Mastodon doesn’t track its users,
which makes it […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
August 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Decentralized social network Mastodon says it can’t comply with Mississippi’s age verification law
— the same law that saw rival Bluesky pull out of the state
— because it doesn’t have the means to do so.
The social nonprofit explains that Mastodon doesn’t track its users,
which makes it […]
— the same law that saw rival Bluesky pull out of the state
— because it doesn’t have the means to do so.
The social nonprofit explains that Mastodon doesn’t track its users,
which makes it […]
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WaPo - The Trump administration has placed more than a dozen FEMA employees on leave after they signed an open letter of dissent about the agency’s leadership. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/
August 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
WaPo - The Trump administration has placed more than a dozen FEMA employees on leave after they signed an open letter of dissent about the agency’s leadership. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/