Michelle Merrill, PhD
@perplexedprimate.bsky.social
organizing with Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island, recovering academic who worked on Higher Ed for Sustainability, anthropology, behavioral ecology, evolution, social learning
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Adaptation 🤝 Mitigation
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Adaptation 🤝 Mitigation
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subscribe to local news in cities dealing with surges of ice/cbp/national guard / federal agents. these reporters are providing some of the only documents we have concerning the acts of our government against civilians, against immigrants.
“Next to the car, a man screamed and stripped off his shirt. Another woman spoke to him in Spanish, telling him to let her put water on his head. The man and the baby had both been hit by pepper spray.”
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
subscribe to local news in cities dealing with surges of ice/cbp/national guard / federal agents. these reporters are providing some of the only documents we have concerning the acts of our government against civilians, against immigrants.
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The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
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Fossil fuels burned anywhere = climate chaos everywhere.
This is what climate injustice looks like.
via @greenpeaceafrica.org
This is what climate injustice looks like.
via @greenpeaceafrica.org
Kenya’s deadly landslides and rising waters reveal the true cost of climate injustice - Greenpeace Africa
Kenya is once again counting its losses in the wake of devastating climate-fuelled disasters. At least 32 people have died and dozens remain missing after a powerful landslide struck Elgeyo Marakwet C...
www.greenpeace.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Fossil fuels burned anywhere = climate chaos everywhere.
This is what climate injustice looks like.
via @greenpeaceafrica.org
This is what climate injustice looks like.
via @greenpeaceafrica.org
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The math is MATHING and the results are IN. 📈 Working people stood up and sent a clear, powerful message at the ballot box.
Candidates who prioritize workers—like Mamdani, Sherrill, and Spanberger—won BIG.
The power of a united front is undeniable.
Let's keep this momentum!
seiu.co/47nSgRo
Candidates who prioritize workers—like Mamdani, Sherrill, and Spanberger—won BIG.
The power of a united front is undeniable.
Let's keep this momentum!
seiu.co/47nSgRo
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The math is MATHING and the results are IN. 📈 Working people stood up and sent a clear, powerful message at the ballot box.
Candidates who prioritize workers—like Mamdani, Sherrill, and Spanberger—won BIG.
The power of a united front is undeniable.
Let's keep this momentum!
seiu.co/47nSgRo
Candidates who prioritize workers—like Mamdani, Sherrill, and Spanberger—won BIG.
The power of a united front is undeniable.
Let's keep this momentum!
seiu.co/47nSgRo
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The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
We Are California is offering a “People Over Billionaires WEBINAR!” - sign up now to join me! #wearecalifornia www.mobilize.us/millionvoter...
People Over Billionaires WEBINAR! · We Are California
We're inviting you to an important statewide virtual meeting hosted by CA Common Good and We Are California about the growing PEOPLE OVER BILLIONAIRES campaign.
At this bilingual English/Spanish trai...
www.mobilize.us
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
We Are California is offering a “People Over Billionaires WEBINAR!” - sign up now to join me! #wearecalifornia www.mobilize.us/millionvoter...
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Read about the Gates memo in the news? Wondering what @kimcobb.bsky.social, @hausfath.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social, @sammyroth.bsky.social and I think about it?
No need to wonder: @coveringclimatenow.org is hosting a free webinar panel. Join us THIS AFTERNOON:
No need to wonder: @coveringclimatenow.org is hosting a free webinar panel. Join us THIS AFTERNOON:
The Bill Gates Memo: Climate Scientists Respond With Urgency — Covering Climate Now
Ahead of this month’s COP30 summit in Brazil, billionaire investor Bill Gates is advising world leaders that global warming “will not lead to humanity’s demise” and that effort to reducing emissions a...
coveringclimatenow.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Read about the Gates memo in the news? Wondering what @kimcobb.bsky.social, @hausfath.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social, @sammyroth.bsky.social and I think about it?
No need to wonder: @coveringclimatenow.org is hosting a free webinar panel. Join us THIS AFTERNOON:
No need to wonder: @coveringclimatenow.org is hosting a free webinar panel. Join us THIS AFTERNOON:
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"The Amazon rainforest, historically fire-resistant, is experiencing an alarming increase in wildfires due to climate extremes and human activity."
Extensive fire-driven degradation in 2024 marks worst Amazon forest disturbance in over 2 decades
Bourgoin et al 2025
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Extensive fire-driven degradation in 2024 marks worst Amazon forest disturbance in over 2 decades
Bourgoin et al 2025
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"The Amazon rainforest, historically fire-resistant, is experiencing an alarming increase in wildfires due to climate extremes and human activity."
Extensive fire-driven degradation in 2024 marks worst Amazon forest disturbance in over 2 decades
Bourgoin et al 2025
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Extensive fire-driven degradation in 2024 marks worst Amazon forest disturbance in over 2 decades
Bourgoin et al 2025
bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
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From the report:
"A 25% reduction is needed for 2030 emissions to be aligned with 2°C pathways"
A "35% reduction [in emissions by 2035] is needed to align with 2°C"
Which will it be:
2030 target: ~5.5% reduction EVERY year starting 2026
2035 target: ~4.22% reduction EVERY year starting 2026
"A 25% reduction is needed for 2030 emissions to be aligned with 2°C pathways"
A "35% reduction [in emissions by 2035] is needed to align with 2°C"
Which will it be:
2030 target: ~5.5% reduction EVERY year starting 2026
2035 target: ~4.22% reduction EVERY year starting 2026
New national climate plans have barely moved the needle on limiting global warming. Yet there is hope.
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
From the report:
"A 25% reduction is needed for 2030 emissions to be aligned with 2°C pathways"
A "35% reduction [in emissions by 2035] is needed to align with 2°C"
Which will it be:
2030 target: ~5.5% reduction EVERY year starting 2026
2035 target: ~4.22% reduction EVERY year starting 2026
"A 25% reduction is needed for 2030 emissions to be aligned with 2°C pathways"
A "35% reduction [in emissions by 2035] is needed to align with 2°C"
Which will it be:
2030 target: ~5.5% reduction EVERY year starting 2026
2035 target: ~4.22% reduction EVERY year starting 2026
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The current level of anomalies in the Northern Hemisphere is insane, we are past the 2023/2024 anomalies and the +1C vs 1991/2020
Note specially the anomalies from 30N to 80N: It's brutal and there is not a bit of hype here.
It is what it is: insane
Maps kudos:Tropicaltibit & Ryan Maue
Note specially the anomalies from 30N to 80N: It's brutal and there is not a bit of hype here.
It is what it is: insane
Maps kudos:Tropicaltibit & Ryan Maue
November 3, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The current level of anomalies in the Northern Hemisphere is insane, we are past the 2023/2024 anomalies and the +1C vs 1991/2020
Note specially the anomalies from 30N to 80N: It's brutal and there is not a bit of hype here.
It is what it is: insane
Maps kudos:Tropicaltibit & Ryan Maue
Note specially the anomalies from 30N to 80N: It's brutal and there is not a bit of hype here.
It is what it is: insane
Maps kudos:Tropicaltibit & Ryan Maue
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Buying groceries hits different when 42 million of my fellow citizens don’t have SNAP benefits.
Doesn’t matter what food bank donations I’ve made or what gift cards I’ve purchased. Going to the goddamn farmers’ market feels like living in gated community now.
And they’re just potatoes. Fuck this.
Doesn’t matter what food bank donations I’ve made or what gift cards I’ve purchased. Going to the goddamn farmers’ market feels like living in gated community now.
And they’re just potatoes. Fuck this.
November 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Buying groceries hits different when 42 million of my fellow citizens don’t have SNAP benefits.
Doesn’t matter what food bank donations I’ve made or what gift cards I’ve purchased. Going to the goddamn farmers’ market feels like living in gated community now.
And they’re just potatoes. Fuck this.
Doesn’t matter what food bank donations I’ve made or what gift cards I’ve purchased. Going to the goddamn farmers’ market feels like living in gated community now.
And they’re just potatoes. Fuck this.
So not exactly #NaNoWriMo for me. But the intention is to work on initial draft of my nonfiction @novasutras.bsky.social book, at least 5 hours per week, all month. Some of it is new writing, some of it is outlining, some of it is revising and reassembling prior work. But it's building the 1st draft
November 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
So not exactly #NaNoWriMo for me. But the intention is to work on initial draft of my nonfiction @novasutras.bsky.social book, at least 5 hours per week, all month. Some of it is new writing, some of it is outlining, some of it is revising and reassembling prior work. But it's building the 1st draft
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New paper: Global methane action pays for itself at least six times over
- "reasonable actions could reduce climate-related damages in 2050 by more than a trillion dollars a year"
#climatecrisis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- "reasonable actions could reduce climate-related damages in 2050 by more than a trillion dollars a year"
#climatecrisis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Global methane action pays for itself at least six times over
We provide a comprehensive assessment of the economic benefits and costs of global methane emissions abatement, anchored on the Global Methane Pledge. We use an integrated assessment model to estimate...
www.science.org
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
New paper: Global methane action pays for itself at least six times over
- "reasonable actions could reduce climate-related damages in 2050 by more than a trillion dollars a year"
#climatecrisis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- "reasonable actions could reduce climate-related damages in 2050 by more than a trillion dollars a year"
#climatecrisis
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
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Merci beaucoup to the French court for smacking down the greenwashing merde of TotalEnergies, the 7th biggest corporate fossil fuel polluter who just announced plans to expand gas production.
It's the first time France's Greenwashing law has been used against a fossil fuel company.
It's the first time France's Greenwashing law has been used against a fossil fuel company.
Oil firm TotalEnergies made misleading green statements, court rules
French multinational is ordered to remove its website messages about aiming for carbon neutrality
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Merci beaucoup to the French court for smacking down the greenwashing merde of TotalEnergies, the 7th biggest corporate fossil fuel polluter who just announced plans to expand gas production.
It's the first time France's Greenwashing law has been used against a fossil fuel company.
It's the first time France's Greenwashing law has been used against a fossil fuel company.
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The extent of sea ice on our planet is still the 3rd lowest on record for this time of year. Unfortunately, as a result of the U.S. government shutdown, there is no data to assess last month's average global ice volume/thickness (provided by GIOMAS).
More graphics at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i....
More graphics at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i....
October 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The extent of sea ice on our planet is still the 3rd lowest on record for this time of year. Unfortunately, as a result of the U.S. government shutdown, there is no data to assess last month's average global ice volume/thickness (provided by GIOMAS).
More graphics at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i....
More graphics at zacklabe.com/global-sea-i....
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Having been involved with this report for the past 5 years, overall takeaways IMO are:
- Good news: we know (in great detail) the things the 🌎 needs to do to stay w/in 1.5°C!
- Good news: we are doing many of the things!
- Bad news: we’re not doing ANY of the things at the necessary speed or scale!
- Good news: we know (in great detail) the things the 🌎 needs to do to stay w/in 1.5°C!
- Good news: we are doing many of the things!
- Bad news: we’re not doing ANY of the things at the necessary speed or scale!
BREAKING: The #StateOfClimateAction 2025 finds the world is failing to act fast enough to combat the climate crisis and secure a livable future, with no indicators of global climate action currently on track for 2030. 🌏🌡️
Read the report to learn more: bit.ly/4o6hPwm
Read the report to learn more: bit.ly/4o6hPwm
October 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Having been involved with this report for the past 5 years, overall takeaways IMO are:
- Good news: we know (in great detail) the things the 🌎 needs to do to stay w/in 1.5°C!
- Good news: we are doing many of the things!
- Bad news: we’re not doing ANY of the things at the necessary speed or scale!
- Good news: we know (in great detail) the things the 🌎 needs to do to stay w/in 1.5°C!
- Good news: we are doing many of the things!
- Bad news: we’re not doing ANY of the things at the necessary speed or scale!
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UPDATE: The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Alameda and they will begin to arrive Thursday, according to a source.
Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
More than 100 federal agents, including some from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Alameda base.
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
UPDATE: The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Alameda and they will begin to arrive Thursday, according to a source.
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Climate change, the gift that keeps on giving.
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Climate change, the gift that keeps on giving.
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This was really powerful! ICYMI, the recording is available now - youtu.be/PJg-3LlfLgE
#biodiversity #conservation #exctinction
#biodiversity #conservation #exctinction
Gerardo Ceballos - Before They Vanish 2025 10 21 BV
YouTube video by Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This was really powerful! ICYMI, the recording is available now - youtu.be/PJg-3LlfLgE
#biodiversity #conservation #exctinction
#biodiversity #conservation #exctinction
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Register now for our #BuenVivir talk next week with the brilliant
@fisherdanar.bsky.social
on Saving Ourselves in a Polycrisis
actionnetwork.org/events/savin...
#activism #metacrisis #polycrisis #DirectAction #ClimateActionNow
@fisherdanar.bsky.social
on Saving Ourselves in a Polycrisis
actionnetwork.org/events/savin...
#activism #metacrisis #polycrisis #DirectAction #ClimateActionNow
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Register now for our #BuenVivir talk next week with the brilliant
@fisherdanar.bsky.social
on Saving Ourselves in a Polycrisis
actionnetwork.org/events/savin...
#activism #metacrisis #polycrisis #DirectAction #ClimateActionNow
@fisherdanar.bsky.social
on Saving Ourselves in a Polycrisis
actionnetwork.org/events/savin...
#activism #metacrisis #polycrisis #DirectAction #ClimateActionNow
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The banned words include “tax breaks" "tax credits" and "subsidies."
Good to know the Energy Department is so hyper-focused on eliminating every single obstacle standing in the way of... [checks notes] increasing our energy prices. ✅
Good to know the Energy Department is so hyper-focused on eliminating every single obstacle standing in the way of... [checks notes] increasing our energy prices. ✅
Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
www.politico.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The banned words include “tax breaks" "tax credits" and "subsidies."
Good to know the Energy Department is so hyper-focused on eliminating every single obstacle standing in the way of... [checks notes] increasing our energy prices. ✅
Good to know the Energy Department is so hyper-focused on eliminating every single obstacle standing in the way of... [checks notes] increasing our energy prices. ✅
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Today, the U.S. faces one billion+ dollar climate/weather disaster on average every 2w. That's a massive increase from one every 4m in the 1980s.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | Climate Central
Explore U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980, including total costs, trends, and impacts.
www.climatecentral.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today, the U.S. faces one billion+ dollar climate/weather disaster on average every 2w. That's a massive increase from one every 4m in the 1980s.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.
This is 'global weirding' and people are taking notice!
The government told NOAA to stop tracking these events: but @climatecentral.org is on the job.