Lesley Atlansky
@latlansky.bsky.social
Bookseller, comic colorist & artist, vegan, board gamer, climate news junkie. She/her.
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As I am one of the climate scientists he is referring to here - and I am a scientist who decided to dedicate her life to working on climate precisely because of how unjustly it disproportionately impacts the poor and vulnerable - let me clarify my rationale and thoughts below. 🧵
Bill Gates defends contentious climate shift
"I'm glad people are listening," he said, before adding that it was hard to convey "nuanced positions nowadays."
www.axios.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
As I am one of the climate scientists he is referring to here - and I am a scientist who decided to dedicate her life to working on climate precisely because of how unjustly it disproportionately impacts the poor and vulnerable - let me clarify my rationale and thoughts below. 🧵
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Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
Time to #MakePollutersPay!
#ClimateLitigation #ClimateCrisis
Time to #MakePollutersPay!
#ClimateLitigation #ClimateCrisis
Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
Time to #MakePollutersPay!
#ClimateLitigation #ClimateCrisis
Time to #MakePollutersPay!
#ClimateLitigation #ClimateCrisis
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Just to be clear: CGE, just because Devir has absolutely stepped in it doesn’t let you off the hook. We can walk and chew bubblegum, we can hold two game companies accountable for their poor choices.
August 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Just to be clear: CGE, just because Devir has absolutely stepped in it doesn’t let you off the hook. We can walk and chew bubblegum, we can hold two game companies accountable for their poor choices.
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This one’s live on the Tube now. The more I think about this Loop stuff the more insane it gets
youtu.be/VPjODKUxV5g
youtu.be/VPjODKUxV5g
The Vegas Loop Is Getting Progressively Stupider
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
youtu.be
August 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This one’s live on the Tube now. The more I think about this Loop stuff the more insane it gets
youtu.be/VPjODKUxV5g
youtu.be/VPjODKUxV5g
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The Epstein distraction effort is going extraterrestrial
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Epstein distraction effort is going extraterrestrial
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The National Tsunami Warning Center, based in Alaska, issued a tsunami warning for parts of the Alaska Aleutian Islands, and a watch for portions of the West Coast, including California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii.
Oregon coast under tsunami watch after powerful Russia earthquake
A powerful, magnitude 8.0 earthquake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
www.oregonlive.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The National Tsunami Warning Center, based in Alaska, issued a tsunami warning for parts of the Alaska Aleutian Islands, and a watch for portions of the West Coast, including California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii.
This would be INCREDIBLE.
July 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This would be INCREDIBLE.
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June 21 is Show Your Stripes Day—a time to spark conversation about how our world is warming.
This video shows how @noaa.gov temperature data for the U.S. is turned into the iconic stripes visualizations you may see shared today and tomorrow.
@edhawkins.org
This video shows how @noaa.gov temperature data for the U.S. is turned into the iconic stripes visualizations you may see shared today and tomorrow.
@edhawkins.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
June 21 is Show Your Stripes Day—a time to spark conversation about how our world is warming.
This video shows how @noaa.gov temperature data for the U.S. is turned into the iconic stripes visualizations you may see shared today and tomorrow.
@edhawkins.org
This video shows how @noaa.gov temperature data for the U.S. is turned into the iconic stripes visualizations you may see shared today and tomorrow.
@edhawkins.org
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Inasmuch as the Trump admin has any consistent tactical approach to policy, I think they just get up in the morning and say to themselves, what’s the most evil, destructive, and stupid thing I could do today? Then they do it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Inasmuch as the Trump admin has any consistent tactical approach to policy, I think they just get up in the morning and say to themselves, what’s the most evil, destructive, and stupid thing I could do today? Then they do it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
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If you're a fan of board games, and can swing it, now is a fantastic time to support your favorite indie board game publishers! So many folks are having to adjust business plans, downsize, lay off employees, and more. Please support as you can. <3 1/2
April 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If you're a fan of board games, and can swing it, now is a fantastic time to support your favorite indie board game publishers! So many folks are having to adjust business plans, downsize, lay off employees, and more. Please support as you can. <3 1/2
!!!! Incredible news.
🔊 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🔊
“It’s finally over– I’m going home.” – Leonard Peltier
Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence.
Read our full press release: ndnco.cc/PeltierCleme...
“It’s finally over– I’m going home.” – Leonard Peltier
Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence.
Read our full press release: ndnco.cc/PeltierCleme...
'It's finally over': President Biden Grants Leonard Peltier Clemency - NDN COLLECTIVE
In his final moments in office, President Biden grants executive clemency to Leonard Peltier, the longest-incarcerated Native American political prisoner in American history.
ndnco.cc
January 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
!!!! Incredible news.
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Sharing the announcement of a new fund for LA-based artists and orgs:
The LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund application portal will open on Monday, January 20, at 9 a.m. PST. More information will be available soon here: www.cciarts.org
The LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund application portal will open on Monday, January 20, at 9 a.m. PST. More information will be available soon here: www.cciarts.org
:: CCI :: Center for Cultural Innovation ::
www.cciarts.org
January 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sharing the announcement of a new fund for LA-based artists and orgs:
The LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund application portal will open on Monday, January 20, at 9 a.m. PST. More information will be available soon here: www.cciarts.org
The LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund application portal will open on Monday, January 20, at 9 a.m. PST. More information will be available soon here: www.cciarts.org
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Hey #portfolioday
I’m a comic writer with years of direct market and independent experience looking for opportunities for 2025 and beyond.
Notable publishers I have worked with are Z2 Comics, A Wave Blue World, Scout Comics, and Mad Cave (which I was a Talent Hunt winner at)
I’m a comic writer with years of direct market and independent experience looking for opportunities for 2025 and beyond.
Notable publishers I have worked with are Z2 Comics, A Wave Blue World, Scout Comics, and Mad Cave (which I was a Talent Hunt winner at)
January 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hey #portfolioday
I’m a comic writer with years of direct market and independent experience looking for opportunities for 2025 and beyond.
Notable publishers I have worked with are Z2 Comics, A Wave Blue World, Scout Comics, and Mad Cave (which I was a Talent Hunt winner at)
I’m a comic writer with years of direct market and independent experience looking for opportunities for 2025 and beyond.
Notable publishers I have worked with are Z2 Comics, A Wave Blue World, Scout Comics, and Mad Cave (which I was a Talent Hunt winner at)
Hire them!
I don't really have the mental energy for a proper #portfolioday post.
Here's some popular stuff I've done, I draw comics, basketball shit and gay shit, sometimes gay basketball shit
I've worked for 2000AD, Scout comics, A Wave Blue World, Bad Egg publishing, Band of Bards, and more.
Hire me xoxo
Here's some popular stuff I've done, I draw comics, basketball shit and gay shit, sometimes gay basketball shit
I've worked for 2000AD, Scout comics, A Wave Blue World, Bad Egg publishing, Band of Bards, and more.
Hire me xoxo
January 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Hire them!
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Green Hornet/Black Fury #1 by @alexsegura.bsky.social @henrybarajas.bsky.social, Federico Sorressa and Lesley Atlansky is a very fun and engrossing first issue! I love the atmosphere the art creates and everyone is so gorgeous. The witty dialogue scenes are also well-crafted. Excited to follow this!
January 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Green Hornet/Black Fury #1 by @alexsegura.bsky.social @henrybarajas.bsky.social, Federico Sorressa and Lesley Atlansky is a very fun and engrossing first issue! I love the atmosphere the art creates and everyone is so gorgeous. The witty dialogue scenes are also well-crafted. Excited to follow this!
You can check out my interior colors in the new Green Hornet!
When Marla Drake and Britt Reid meet, sparks fly — and it’s not just because of the bullets ricocheting around them!
PREVIEW: 'The Green Hornet/Miss Fury' #1 by Alex Segura and Federico Sorressa
@alexsegura.bsky.social
www.lotuslandcomics.com/2025/01/prev...
PREVIEW: 'The Green Hornet/Miss Fury' #1 by Alex Segura and Federico Sorressa
@alexsegura.bsky.social
www.lotuslandcomics.com/2025/01/prev...
January 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
You can check out my interior colors in the new Green Hornet!
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If you're worried about climate change and you don't know what to do about it, you're not alone. Most people fall into that category!
Here is a social science-based list of the most effective ways an individual can catalyze change.
For more ideas every week, check out www.talkingclimate.ca
Here is a social science-based list of the most effective ways an individual can catalyze change.
For more ideas every week, check out www.talkingclimate.ca
January 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you're worried about climate change and you don't know what to do about it, you're not alone. Most people fall into that category!
Here is a social science-based list of the most effective ways an individual can catalyze change.
For more ideas every week, check out www.talkingclimate.ca
Here is a social science-based list of the most effective ways an individual can catalyze change.
For more ideas every week, check out www.talkingclimate.ca
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@tyleraking.com The Mutual Aid L.A. team's resource list is up. Please boost, it's the best one I've seen: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
docs.google.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
@tyleraking.com The Mutual Aid L.A. team's resource list is up. Please boost, it's the best one I've seen: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Join us in the call to #FreeLeonardPeltier by:
Telling President Biden to grant Executive Clemency for our relative: ndnco.cc/freeleonardpetition
Calling the White House at 202-456-1111, send an email to comments@whitehouse.gov
Telling President Biden to grant Executive Clemency for our relative: ndnco.cc/freeleonardpetition
Calling the White House at 202-456-1111, send an email to comments@whitehouse.gov
December 3, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Join us in the call to #FreeLeonardPeltier by:
Telling President Biden to grant Executive Clemency for our relative: ndnco.cc/freeleonardpetition
Calling the White House at 202-456-1111, send an email to comments@whitehouse.gov
Telling President Biden to grant Executive Clemency for our relative: ndnco.cc/freeleonardpetition
Calling the White House at 202-456-1111, send an email to comments@whitehouse.gov
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ICYMI: Last night, Sen. Brian Schatz went on the Senate floor and appealed to Biden to "show mercy" and grant clemency to Leonard Peltier in his final days.
“This is exactly what that awesome presidential power is for: to right a historic wrong." www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-...
“This is exactly what that awesome presidential power is for: to right a historic wrong." www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-...
‘Show Mercy’: Sen. Brian Schatz Urges Joe Biden To Free Leonard Peltier In Final Days
“If there was ever a case that merited compassionate release, Leonard Peltier’s is it,” said the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
www.huffpost.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:55 PM
ICYMI: Last night, Sen. Brian Schatz went on the Senate floor and appealed to Biden to "show mercy" and grant clemency to Leonard Peltier in his final days.
“This is exactly what that awesome presidential power is for: to right a historic wrong." www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-...
“This is exactly what that awesome presidential power is for: to right a historic wrong." www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-...
This was a delight to watch
Updated news of the #Iceland lava flows, and of the works to try protecting geothermal plant and Blue Lagoon. ⚒️ 🌋
by Gylfi Gylfason.
youtu.be/6Tw0ESbXSXM?...
by Gylfi Gylfason.
youtu.be/6Tw0ESbXSXM?...
The Blue Lagoon Sprayed Over Glowing Lava With Good Results
YouTube video by Just Icelandic
youtu.be
November 26, 2024 at 5:42 PM
This was a delight to watch
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We live in a conspiratorial moment. There may be ways for the climate movement to make use of that
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-...
'You're not the boss of me'
America's current conspiratorial politics offers some possibilities for action
billmckibben.substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:12 PM
We live in a conspiratorial moment. There may be ways for the climate movement to make use of that
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-...
This is incredible
Author Katherine Rundell donates royalties to climate charities in Trump protest #Climate
Author Katherine Rundell donates royalties to climate charities in Trump protest
All author royalties earned from The Golden Mole, published in the US this week as Vanishing Treasures, will help counteract ‘the election of a climate-change denier’
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:14 AM
This is incredible