@jordiprez.bsky.social
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Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than any other weather hazard. In Chelsea, MA, residents are turning up the shade with trees, reflective rooftops, and other smart solutions to cool down their streets.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFmi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFmi...
The Cool Block: Ben Tracy explores how we can turn down urban heat
YouTube video by climatecentral
www.youtube.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. than any other weather hazard. In Chelsea, MA, residents are turning up the shade with trees, reflective rooftops, and other smart solutions to cool down their streets.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFmi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFmi...
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May 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Selenskyj ist der erste Staatschef, den der neue Papst zu einer Privataudienz empfing.
May 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Selenskyj ist der erste Staatschef, den der neue Papst zu einer Privataudienz empfing.
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Drain the swamp-worthy, but like, actually.
May 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Drain the swamp-worthy, but like, actually.
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Well, well well... Putin apparently wants to address the ‘root causes’ of his invasion...
May 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Well, well well... Putin apparently wants to address the ‘root causes’ of his invasion...
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Vance: "Which regime in the world has civil nuclear power and enrichment without having a nuclear weapon? The answer is - no one."
Germany, Netherlands, Brazil and Japan all have civil nuclear power and the ability to enrich uranium. None have nuclear weapons.
Germany, Netherlands, Brazil and Japan all have civil nuclear power and the ability to enrich uranium. None have nuclear weapons.
May 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Vance: "Which regime in the world has civil nuclear power and enrichment without having a nuclear weapon? The answer is - no one."
Germany, Netherlands, Brazil and Japan all have civil nuclear power and the ability to enrich uranium. None have nuclear weapons.
Germany, Netherlands, Brazil and Japan all have civil nuclear power and the ability to enrich uranium. None have nuclear weapons.
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There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
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Prof Timothy Snyder @Zeit:
"..Deutschland ist im Moment, vielleicht die wichtigste funktionierende Demokratie der Welt."
"Für viele bedeuteten die Lehren aus dem 2. Weltkrieg all das, was sie nicht mehr tun."
"Aber jetzt bedeuten die, dass die Deutschen etwas tun müssen."
www.zeit.de/2024/10/timo...
"..Deutschland ist im Moment, vielleicht die wichtigste funktionierende Demokratie der Welt."
"Für viele bedeuteten die Lehren aus dem 2. Weltkrieg all das, was sie nicht mehr tun."
"Aber jetzt bedeuten die, dass die Deutschen etwas tun müssen."
www.zeit.de/2024/10/timo...
April 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Prof Timothy Snyder @Zeit:
"..Deutschland ist im Moment, vielleicht die wichtigste funktionierende Demokratie der Welt."
"Für viele bedeuteten die Lehren aus dem 2. Weltkrieg all das, was sie nicht mehr tun."
"Aber jetzt bedeuten die, dass die Deutschen etwas tun müssen."
www.zeit.de/2024/10/timo...
"..Deutschland ist im Moment, vielleicht die wichtigste funktionierende Demokratie der Welt."
"Für viele bedeuteten die Lehren aus dem 2. Weltkrieg all das, was sie nicht mehr tun."
"Aber jetzt bedeuten die, dass die Deutschen etwas tun müssen."
www.zeit.de/2024/10/timo...
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This toolkit series was developed in partnership with the @horizonsprjt.bsky.social. Get a new #FaithfulFight toolkit in your inbox each week by signing up for updates here: protectdemocracy.org/work/the-fai...
The Faithful Fight: Toolkits for countering authoritarianism - Protect Democracy
The Faithful Fight brings together strategies from religious leaders across denominations to help communities mobilize against authoritarian actions.
protectdemocracy.org
April 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This toolkit series was developed in partnership with the @horizonsprjt.bsky.social. Get a new #FaithfulFight toolkit in your inbox each week by signing up for updates here: protectdemocracy.org/work/the-fai...
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As an oceanographer, I would suggest that they, at the very least, educate themselves by watching this brief video. youtu.be/GDy7Q8iAtFg?...
The End of Europe Is Coming
YouTube video by Astrum Earth
youtu.be
April 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As an oceanographer, I would suggest that they, at the very least, educate themselves by watching this brief video. youtu.be/GDy7Q8iAtFg?...
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Magnifiques aurores filmées depuis l'ISS par l'astronaute Don Pettit
April 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Magnifiques aurores filmées depuis l'ISS par l'astronaute Don Pettit
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The Trump administration has ordered firings and buyouts at the federal agency that operates water infrastructure in California. Managers of water agencies in the Central Valley warn this could jeopardize the agency’s ability to manage dams and deliver water.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Trump administration dramatically cuts staff at water agency in California
The Trump administration is firing employees at the Bureau of Reclamation, drawing concerns from California water agencies that depend on it to deliver supplies.
www.latimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The Trump administration has ordered firings and buyouts at the federal agency that operates water infrastructure in California. Managers of water agencies in the Central Valley warn this could jeopardize the agency’s ability to manage dams and deliver water.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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I believe Hitler had a program like this
www.salon.com/2025/02/27/m...
www.salon.com/2025/02/27/m...
Moms for Liberty, Education Department launch program to report teachers who promote diversity
The department has created a tip line for people to report schools accused of promoting DEI policies
www.salon.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I believe Hitler had a program like this
www.salon.com/2025/02/27/m...
www.salon.com/2025/02/27/m...
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Das wirtschaftsnahe Ifo-Institut widerspricht in einer Studie Friedrich Merz' aktueller Politik - und gesamter aktueller Debatte: "Migration nach Deutschland führt nicht zu einer höheren Kriminalitätsrate an den Zuzugsorten."
Dies decke sich mit internationaler Forschung
www.ifo.de/pressemittei...
Dies decke sich mit internationaler Forschung
www.ifo.de/pressemittei...
Mehr Ausländer erhöhen die Kriminalitätsrate nicht
Migration nach Deutschland führt nicht zu einer höheren Kriminalitätsrate an den Zuzugsorten. Dies zeigen Auswertungen des ifo Instituts der Polizeilichen Kriminalstatistik nach Landkreisen für die Ja...
www.ifo.de
February 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Das wirtschaftsnahe Ifo-Institut widerspricht in einer Studie Friedrich Merz' aktueller Politik - und gesamter aktueller Debatte: "Migration nach Deutschland führt nicht zu einer höheren Kriminalitätsrate an den Zuzugsorten."
Dies decke sich mit internationaler Forschung
www.ifo.de/pressemittei...
Dies decke sich mit internationaler Forschung
www.ifo.de/pressemittei...
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Liebe Kolleginnen & Kollegen der Fraktion „betrifft mich nicht“: Einige von euch begeistern sich für komplexe Systeme. Ich auch. So divers diese auch sind, sie haben Gemeinsamkeiten. Etwa Fluktuationen kurz vor kritischen Übergängen. Das nicht zu sehen, ist aktives Wegschauen. Es betrifft uns. Alle!
Während die #Klimakatastrophe derzeit keine Rolle spielt, dreht sich die Spirale in der Natur weiter.
February 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Liebe Kolleginnen & Kollegen der Fraktion „betrifft mich nicht“: Einige von euch begeistern sich für komplexe Systeme. Ich auch. So divers diese auch sind, sie haben Gemeinsamkeiten. Etwa Fluktuationen kurz vor kritischen Übergängen. Das nicht zu sehen, ist aktives Wegschauen. Es betrifft uns. Alle!
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“A senior diplomat said: ‘It’s very clear now, Europe is alone.’ When I asked him if he now regarded the US as an adversary, he replied: ‘Yes.’”
www.ft.com/content/11f1...
www.ft.com/content/11f1...
Vance’s real warning to Europe
Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America
www.ft.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“A senior diplomat said: ‘It’s very clear now, Europe is alone.’ When I asked him if he now regarded the US as an adversary, he replied: ‘Yes.’”
www.ft.com/content/11f1...
www.ft.com/content/11f1...
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Anthony Fauci is a national hero. It says a lot about where the US is as a country that President Biden had to issue him a preemptive pardon to protect him from the convicted felon Donald Trump.
Biden preemptively pardons Milley, Fauci, Jan. 6 panel members
The extraordinary action by the outgoing president reflects America’s turmoil as Donald Trump, who has said his opponents should be jailed, takes office.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Anthony Fauci is a national hero. It says a lot about where the US is as a country that President Biden had to issue him a preemptive pardon to protect him from the convicted felon Donald Trump.
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It's not just the Financial Times last weekend - in parallel, the insurance industry is also increasingly concerned about the risks of #AMOC slowing or shut-down. See this article in The Journal of the Chartered Insurance Institute:
thejournal.cii.co.uk/2025/01/10/c...
thejournal.cii.co.uk/2025/01/10/c...
Climate change: AMOCalypse Now
Praveen Gupta reveals the potential impact of an Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation slowdown – and why insurers must be ready to respond.
thejournal.cii.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's not just the Financial Times last weekend - in parallel, the insurance industry is also increasingly concerned about the risks of #AMOC slowing or shut-down. See this article in The Journal of the Chartered Insurance Institute:
thejournal.cii.co.uk/2025/01/10/c...
thejournal.cii.co.uk/2025/01/10/c...
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🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fact-checking wasn’t “biased” against conservatives. Conservatives just shared more false content. If there’s a sportsball game and one team fouls four times as much, it’s not “biased” for the ref to call four times as many fouls against that team.
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Nur für euch als Info, wie die CSU derzeit so in den Wahlkampf geht. Die NPD grüßt und die AfD freuts.
January 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Nur für euch als Info, wie die CSU derzeit so in den Wahlkampf geht. Die NPD grüßt und die AfD freuts.
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Eine Bitte hätte ich noch. Bitte, werdet von Zustimmenden zu Handelnden. Von Zuhörenden zu Erzählenden, von Zuschauenden zu Akteuren; wo immer euch das möglich ist. Es macht sonst einfach fast niemand.
▶️ Youtube-Clip (3 Min): youtube.com/shorts/6Q9_1...
▶️ Youtube-Clip (3 Min): youtube.com/shorts/6Q9_1...
December 31, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Eine Bitte hätte ich noch. Bitte, werdet von Zustimmenden zu Handelnden. Von Zuhörenden zu Erzählenden, von Zuschauenden zu Akteuren; wo immer euch das möglich ist. Es macht sonst einfach fast niemand.
▶️ Youtube-Clip (3 Min): youtube.com/shorts/6Q9_1...
▶️ Youtube-Clip (3 Min): youtube.com/shorts/6Q9_1...
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