Matt Hoffmann
@matthoffmann.bsky.social
Professor of political science at the University of of Toronto, been studying global climate change politics for 30 years--focused on decarbonization, just transition, and storytelling.
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Steven Bernstein and @matthoffmann.bsky.social round us off with an attempt to think through stability and decarbonisation in general terms before we conclude. 12/
August 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Steven Bernstein and @matthoffmann.bsky.social round us off with an attempt to think through stability and decarbonisation in general terms before we conclude. 12/
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Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/
August 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/
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“Who’s running America’s foreign and defense policies? It’s not the president, at least not on most issues," Tom Nichols writes in the Atlantic Daily. "Decisions are being made at lower levels without much guidance from above.”
Who’s Running American Defense Policy?
Trump’s national-security institutions are still in disorder.
bit.ly
July 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“Who’s running America’s foreign and defense policies? It’s not the president, at least not on most issues," Tom Nichols writes in the Atlantic Daily. "Decisions are being made at lower levels without much guidance from above.”
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Senator @schatz.bsky.social post this over at the bad place and it’s important. This Big Bad Brutal Bill is worse than you can imagine.
“This bill is a real piece of shit and it would be excellent if that's all anyone talked about for the next few days.”
“This bill is a real piece of shit and it would be excellent if that's all anyone talked about for the next few days.”
June 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Senator @schatz.bsky.social post this over at the bad place and it’s important. This Big Bad Brutal Bill is worse than you can imagine.
“This bill is a real piece of shit and it would be excellent if that's all anyone talked about for the next few days.”
“This bill is a real piece of shit and it would be excellent if that's all anyone talked about for the next few days.”
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Even cooler the reinforcing loop can turn the exact opposite way. The more the people take action, the more the people take action - read it through and see for yourself :)
June 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Even cooler the reinforcing loop can turn the exact opposite way. The more the people take action, the more the people take action - read it through and see for yourself :)
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the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
June 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
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Authoritarians want you to feel isolated and alone, to feel like their vision of the world is the only one.
That’s why taking part in public protests matters. You connect with other people like you and you show those numbers off to the world. It’s a great feeling. Try it!
That’s why taking part in public protests matters. You connect with other people like you and you show those numbers off to the world. It’s a great feeling. Try it!
June 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Authoritarians want you to feel isolated and alone, to feel like their vision of the world is the only one.
That’s why taking part in public protests matters. You connect with other people like you and you show those numbers off to the world. It’s a great feeling. Try it!
That’s why taking part in public protests matters. You connect with other people like you and you show those numbers off to the world. It’s a great feeling. Try it!
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If you take one thing away from today, let it be that we outnumber them.
June 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you take one thing away from today, let it be that we outnumber them.
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I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
Toronto showing up for #NoTyrants protest
June 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Toronto showing up for #NoTyrants protest
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Cannot stress enough that this is a pitiful action by a weak, scared, pathetic group of insecure, wannabe authoritarians, and they should be mocked until the end of time for wanting to bring in the military over some people protesting them at a Home Depot.
they're doing this because the Insurrection Act sounds cool and edgy but they can't actually justify using the Insurrection Act. it's a silly action by an insecure administration desperately to seem manly and powerful. it should be criticized relentlessly, but it should also be laughed at.
Which makes me think that this is an effort to claim the insurrection act’s power without invoking the insurrection act’s authority. None of this is necessary, at all, and the governor should say so.
June 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Cannot stress enough that this is a pitiful action by a weak, scared, pathetic group of insecure, wannabe authoritarians, and they should be mocked until the end of time for wanting to bring in the military over some people protesting them at a Home Depot.
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ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.
June 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.
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Earlier today ICE agents hit someone with a car and tear gassed a neighborhood, sparking several fires and disrupting businesses.
Immigrants, by contrast, did not.
Immigrants, by contrast, did not.
ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.
June 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Earlier today ICE agents hit someone with a car and tear gassed a neighborhood, sparking several fires and disrupting businesses.
Immigrants, by contrast, did not.
Immigrants, by contrast, did not.
@uoft.bsky.social pay attention
Colleges have a real opportunity to differentiate themselves by declaring that *their* students—unlike those at institutions embracing GenAI—will get actual educations. Surely parents would be more enthusiastic about paying for their kids' degrees at those colleges!
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.
www.nytimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@uoft.bsky.social pay attention
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Between fascism and climate change, the latter is definitely a greater threat to humanity. Fascists are liars, and they will always lose (but it might take a while). The problem with the fascist regime in the US is that it's actively undermining climate action, thereby exacerbating climate damage.
June 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Between fascism and climate change, the latter is definitely a greater threat to humanity. Fascists are liars, and they will always lose (but it might take a while). The problem with the fascist regime in the US is that it's actively undermining climate action, thereby exacerbating climate damage.
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I loathe Musk as much as anyone else but for a sitting president to openly threaten a private citizen over what political donations he or she chooses to make is a reminder of how authoritarian this country is becoming by the day - by the hour even!
Trump tells NBC his relationship with Musk is over and he will make no effort to repair it.
“Elon Musk will have to pay very serious consequences if he funds Democratic candidates.”
“Elon Musk will have to pay very serious consequences if he funds Democratic candidates.”
June 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I loathe Musk as much as anyone else but for a sitting president to openly threaten a private citizen over what political donations he or she chooses to make is a reminder of how authoritarian this country is becoming by the day - by the hour even!
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Happy Tuesday! How about an anti-Matt-Yglesias climate economics thread?
I'll start by saying "material prosperity" is not opposed to "reasoning backwards" from temperature targets — doing what we must NOW to halt global heating at a safe level will INCREASE Americans' material prosperity.
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I'll start by saying "material prosperity" is not opposed to "reasoning backwards" from temperature targets — doing what we must NOW to halt global heating at a safe level will INCREASE Americans' material prosperity.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy Tuesday! How about an anti-Matt-Yglesias climate economics thread?
I'll start by saying "material prosperity" is not opposed to "reasoning backwards" from temperature targets — doing what we must NOW to halt global heating at a safe level will INCREASE Americans' material prosperity.
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I'll start by saying "material prosperity" is not opposed to "reasoning backwards" from temperature targets — doing what we must NOW to halt global heating at a safe level will INCREASE Americans' material prosperity.
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"I think this is the first time a politician in Canada has crossed that line to officially say they want to interfere to control research topics,” Madeleine Pastinelli, president of the university professors’ union in the province of Quebec. #vote #never51
In case you were still wondering if Pierre Poilievre is MAGA/Trump, read this.
This is an EXTREMELY Trump thing to do.
And he’s getting global attention for saying he’s going to do it.
This is worse than the science-muzzling Harper did.
And Poilievre will go a LOT farther than this.
#VOTE
This is an EXTREMELY Trump thing to do.
And he’s getting global attention for saying he’s going to do it.
This is worse than the science-muzzling Harper did.
And Poilievre will go a LOT farther than this.
#VOTE
In Canadian election, top Conservative candidate vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is trying to topple Liberal government in 28 April election
www.science.org
April 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record
Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as “the worst of the worst,” suggesting they were gang members involved in murder, rape and kidnapping.
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Literally a conversation today about whether there are ICE facilities at Ottawa airport, who has jurisdiction on the post-clearance airside area, and whether the Canadian govt would get you back if you disappeared inside the US part of a Canadian airport. So it's going great here
If you are a foreigner, you probably should not visit the U.S., but if you absolutely have to, you should “enter” at a pre-clearance site (like Ireland or Canada) so that you’re denied entry in a place where the U.S. government won’t detain you or confiscate your property.
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Literally a conversation today about whether there are ICE facilities at Ottawa airport, who has jurisdiction on the post-clearance airside area, and whether the Canadian govt would get you back if you disappeared inside the US part of a Canadian airport. So it's going great here
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Love this essay/manifesto by @anandwrites.bsky.social "Because having, and nurturing, in your life a sphere for joy and connection and community and love and food and music and human difference and living and letting live is everything they are not and is everything they are trying to take away."
The opposite of fascism
Living well and fighting back in a time of terrors
the.ink
March 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Love this essay/manifesto by @anandwrites.bsky.social "Because having, and nurturing, in your life a sphere for joy and connection and community and love and food and music and human difference and living and letting live is everything they are not and is everything they are trying to take away."
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The way this works is that you either defend Khalil's First Amendment rights, no matter what you think about his specific views, or else you acquiesce to a totalitarian dystopia where the government can disappear people for expressing opinions opposed by the regime. There's really no middle ground.
Good piece on many university presidents' cowardly refusal to speak out against the Trump administration's ghastly, unlawful abduction and detention of Mahmoud Khalil in retaliation against his constitutionally protected speech. No surprise, but a shame nonetheless. slate.com/life/2025/03...
Why Isn’t the Entire Country Terrified by the Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil?
Universities are running scared. But this is no time to be timid.
slate.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The way this works is that you either defend Khalil's First Amendment rights, no matter what you think about his specific views, or else you acquiesce to a totalitarian dystopia where the government can disappear people for expressing opinions opposed by the regime. There's really no middle ground.
Courageous and powerful piece by @cathmckenna.bsky.social “I thought we had an alliance [with oil sands companies]. It turned out to be a sham.”
For those who don't have an online subscription and wanted to read my piece, it's in today's @thestar.com paper so you could pick up a hard copy paper. More fun to read and good to support newspapers!
December 7, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Courageous and powerful piece by @cathmckenna.bsky.social “I thought we had an alliance [with oil sands companies]. It turned out to be a sham.”
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Mad Enough to Blog It™
November 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Mad Enough to Blog It™