Peter Fietser
@meandmybikes.bsky.social
Hi, I’m here to ride bikes and work hard. Digger of holes. He/Him
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With a week to go in December's data, the planet is at about 1.40°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline for December, and about 1.47°C above the baseline for all of 2025.
La Nina "cooling" is in full effect right now.
La Nina "cooling" is in full effect right now.
December 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
With a week to go in December's data, the planet is at about 1.40°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline for December, and about 1.47°C above the baseline for all of 2025.
La Nina "cooling" is in full effect right now.
La Nina "cooling" is in full effect right now.
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Happy Burgess Shale Holidays
December 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Happy Burgess Shale Holidays
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Last night, Trump signed away 13.3 million acres of Alaska.
Using the Congressional Review Act—a fast-track legislative tool that allows federal protections to be erased with a simple majority vote—he overturned the Central Yukon Resource Management Plan. This plan took over a decade of work by
Using the Congressional Review Act—a fast-track legislative tool that allows federal protections to be erased with a simple majority vote—he overturned the Central Yukon Resource Management Plan. This plan took over a decade of work by
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Last night, Trump signed away 13.3 million acres of Alaska.
Using the Congressional Review Act—a fast-track legislative tool that allows federal protections to be erased with a simple majority vote—he overturned the Central Yukon Resource Management Plan. This plan took over a decade of work by
Using the Congressional Review Act—a fast-track legislative tool that allows federal protections to be erased with a simple majority vote—he overturned the Central Yukon Resource Management Plan. This plan took over a decade of work by
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December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Are we really MOVING BACKWARDS on #ClimateChange in Canada in spite of the hottest years on record & the worst #WILDFIRES and #SMOKE we've ever seen? We dig in with #CAPE & the Hub's own Dr Joe Vipond & #CANRAC 's Caroline Brouillette
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
Carney Banks On Big Oil
Canada's Climate Capitulation
www.podcastics.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Are we really MOVING BACKWARDS on #ClimateChange in Canada in spite of the hottest years on record & the worst #WILDFIRES and #SMOKE we've ever seen? We dig in with #CAPE & the Hub's own Dr Joe Vipond & #CANRAC 's Caroline Brouillette
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
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Ai is not the future. Ai is not intelligent. Ai will not become superhuman or intelligent. Ai is not inevitable.
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Ai is not the future. Ai is not intelligent. Ai will not become superhuman or intelligent. Ai is not inevitable.
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I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
It’s crazy that people used to be able to just smoke cigarettes wherever they wanted
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
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World SSTs 15.12.2025
#LaNina is again intensifying , quite strongly
The East coast of Australia cooling seems to be over now
#ClimateCrisis
#LaNina is again intensifying , quite strongly
The East coast of Australia cooling seems to be over now
#ClimateCrisis
December 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
World SSTs 15.12.2025
#LaNina is again intensifying , quite strongly
The East coast of Australia cooling seems to be over now
#ClimateCrisis
#LaNina is again intensifying , quite strongly
The East coast of Australia cooling seems to be over now
#ClimateCrisis
The Anthropause. Taking time out of the modern rat race to rediscover your own humanity.
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Anthropause. Taking time out of the modern rat race to rediscover your own humanity.
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Who would have thought?
"Brazil is stripping away protections for the region’s vital ecosystems faster than workers dismantled the tents that housed the recent global climate summit in Belém."
insideclimatenews.org/news/0912202...
"Brazil is stripping away protections for the region’s vital ecosystems faster than workers dismantled the tents that housed the recent global climate summit in Belém."
insideclimatenews.org/news/0912202...
Days After COP30, Brazil Weakened Amazon Safeguards - Inside Climate News
Around the world, politicians, backed by powerful corporations, are presenting the public with false choices between environmental protection and economic growth.
insideclimatenews.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Who would have thought?
"Brazil is stripping away protections for the region’s vital ecosystems faster than workers dismantled the tents that housed the recent global climate summit in Belém."
insideclimatenews.org/news/0912202...
"Brazil is stripping away protections for the region’s vital ecosystems faster than workers dismantled the tents that housed the recent global climate summit in Belém."
insideclimatenews.org/news/0912202...
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For those unfamiliar, this involves:
- Cutting down trees that have sucked up carbon as they grew
- Burning them for energy
- Capturing the carbon that results from burning
- Transporting the carbon
- Injecting it underground
- Guarding it for the next few thousand years at least
- Cutting down trees that have sucked up carbon as they grew
- Burning them for energy
- Capturing the carbon that results from burning
- Transporting the carbon
- Injecting it underground
- Guarding it for the next few thousand years at least
NEW | A single carbon removal project at a biomass power station In the UK could cost £30 BILLION in government subsidies.
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
For those unfamiliar, this involves:
- Cutting down trees that have sucked up carbon as they grew
- Burning them for energy
- Capturing the carbon that results from burning
- Transporting the carbon
- Injecting it underground
- Guarding it for the next few thousand years at least
- Cutting down trees that have sucked up carbon as they grew
- Burning them for energy
- Capturing the carbon that results from burning
- Transporting the carbon
- Injecting it underground
- Guarding it for the next few thousand years at least
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You could say this is a feature, not a bug, if your goal has always been to serve fossil producers, and you don't actually care about consumers.
EVERY SINGLE FOSSIL FUEL IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE TRUMP-PLEASING HIGH-FOSSIL-FUEL SCENARIO
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
You could say this is a feature, not a bug, if your goal has always been to serve fossil producers, and you don't actually care about consumers.
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The scale of the renewables revolution in China is almost too vast for the human mind to grasp, says The Economist. “By the end of last year the country had installed 887 gigawatts of solar-power capacity—close to double Europe’s & America’s combined total.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/o...
The rise of the electric dragon
For so many years, “China” has been brandished in the West as the ultimate whataboutism. China’s carbon pollution is so big, its coal plants so numerous, so why even bother cutting the carbon spew any...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The scale of the renewables revolution in China is almost too vast for the human mind to grasp, says The Economist. “By the end of last year the country had installed 887 gigawatts of solar-power capacity—close to double Europe’s & America’s combined total.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/o...
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This chart is making the rounds again — and it might be the defining story of the Disruption Decade. One line goes vertical, one goes flat. China scaling energy like a civilisation in ascent. America stuck on maintenance mode. The future follows the energy curve. ⚡📈 #Renewables #BESS #EV #Disruption
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This chart is making the rounds again — and it might be the defining story of the Disruption Decade. One line goes vertical, one goes flat. China scaling energy like a civilisation in ascent. America stuck on maintenance mode. The future follows the energy curve. ⚡📈 #Renewables #BESS #EV #Disruption
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73% of Copenhageners don’t own a car, and the city has made huge strides reclaiming public space for people that had been previously surrendered to cars. Now candidates in the upcoming city election want to prioritize “car storage” again. Not surprisingly, @colville-andersen.com isn’t holding back.
Debunking political myths about car #parking in #copenhagen #kv25 #cities #cars
YouTube video by Coolville feat.:The Life-Sized City
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
73% of Copenhageners don’t own a car, and the city has made huge strides reclaiming public space for people that had been previously surrendered to cars. Now candidates in the upcoming city election want to prioritize “car storage” again. Not surprisingly, @colville-andersen.com isn’t holding back.
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"it’s important to remember that cars are the main structural hazard on our roads" - not people on bikes slowly rolling through stop signs. #roadsafety
theconversation.com/cyclists-may...
theconversation.com/cyclists-may...
Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Here’s why
Should cyclists be allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs? This rule from Idaho is divisive, but the scientific data is surprising.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"it’s important to remember that cars are the main structural hazard on our roads" - not people on bikes slowly rolling through stop signs. #roadsafety
theconversation.com/cyclists-may...
theconversation.com/cyclists-may...
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Fascism has taken over the US, people have zero representation in Congress, and the president is acting like a dictator king. Any day now, late stage capitalism will be marketing Christmas, encouraging spending and manufactured happy times, as if nothing is wrong.
October 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Fascism has taken over the US, people have zero representation in Congress, and the president is acting like a dictator king. Any day now, late stage capitalism will be marketing Christmas, encouraging spending and manufactured happy times, as if nothing is wrong.
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Hurricane Melissa to hit Jamaica as a cat. 5 major hurricane with winds of 255 km/h:
"A multi-day period of damaging winds and heavy rainfall is expected to begin tonight, causing catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides."
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
"A multi-day period of damaging winds and heavy rainfall is expected to begin tonight, causing catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides."
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
www.nhc.noaa.gov
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Hurricane Melissa to hit Jamaica as a cat. 5 major hurricane with winds of 255 km/h:
"A multi-day period of damaging winds and heavy rainfall is expected to begin tonight, causing catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides."
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
"A multi-day period of damaging winds and heavy rainfall is expected to begin tonight, causing catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides."
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
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7-day forecast 02.11.2025
all-time highs are now within reach for The Northern Hemisphere next week
Canada , West USA , West N #Africa will leach the charge , with East Europe and central Russia lending a hand
deep 🥶🥶
SE USA
NE China
Far East Russia
West Brazil
#ClimateCrisis
all-time highs are now within reach for The Northern Hemisphere next week
Canada , West USA , West N #Africa will leach the charge , with East Europe and central Russia lending a hand
deep 🥶🥶
SE USA
NE China
Far East Russia
West Brazil
#ClimateCrisis
October 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
7-day forecast 02.11.2025
all-time highs are now within reach for The Northern Hemisphere next week
Canada , West USA , West N #Africa will leach the charge , with East Europe and central Russia lending a hand
deep 🥶🥶
SE USA
NE China
Far East Russia
West Brazil
#ClimateCrisis
all-time highs are now within reach for The Northern Hemisphere next week
Canada , West USA , West N #Africa will leach the charge , with East Europe and central Russia lending a hand
deep 🥶🥶
SE USA
NE China
Far East Russia
West Brazil
#ClimateCrisis
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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Really encouraging story on progress with enhanced geothermal from @mims.bsky.social. As Fervo's @timlatimer.bsky.social says, sometimes it feels good to say "drill baby drill"! www.wsj.com/business/ene...
We Finally Know How to Get the One Renewable Energy Source Loved by Both Parties
Geothermal energy comes closer to competing with natural gas on cost and reliability, boosters say, thanks to new technologies, generous tax incentives and decades of fundamental research.
www.wsj.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Really encouraging story on progress with enhanced geothermal from @mims.bsky.social. As Fervo's @timlatimer.bsky.social says, sometimes it feels good to say "drill baby drill"! www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Looks like 1.8C (and higher) over the pre-industrial baseline is incoming.
We are all so much older now.
www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
We are all so much older now.
www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
October 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Looks like 1.8C (and higher) over the pre-industrial baseline is incoming.
We are all so much older now.
www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
We are all so much older now.
www.karstenhaustein.com/climate
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Smith in 2014: The plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate is a politically motivated distraction.
Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.
Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Smith in 2014: The plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate is a politically motivated distraction.
Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.
Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.
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*This air of gloating feels peculiar. Each day that people go unmassacred by huge killer-robots with cannons and rockets, there should be relief and satisfaction
united24media.com/latest-news/...
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From Hype to Humiliation: Putin’s Uran-9 “Robot Tank” Breaks Down Before Seeing Combat
Uran-9, Russia's touted unmanned ground vehicle, failed to perform in combat, remaining unutilized in Ukraine since its introduction in 2016.
united24media.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
*This air of gloating feels peculiar. Each day that people go unmassacred by huge killer-robots with cannons and rockets, there should be relief and satisfaction
united24media.com/latest-news/...
united24media.com/latest-news/...