Peter Thorne
@peterthorne.bsky.social
Climate scientist, director ICARUS Climate Research Centre, Maynooth University, Ireland, author IPCC AR6, member Ireland's climate change advisory council, Chair GCOS AOPC. www.peter-thorne.net
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Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
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Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc
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"Is there a more feckless, spineless opposition party anywhere in the democratic world? Why do Democrats insist on repeatedly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?"
Me for Zeteo's First Draft this morning on the Democratic surrender in the Senate:
Me for Zeteo's First Draft this morning on the Democratic surrender in the Senate:
🏳️ BREAKING: Democrats Surrender. Again
Mehdi's Monday morning update on the senators voting to reopen the government without a guarantee on heathcare; the BBC rolling over for Donald Trump; and Kathy Hochul's clash with Zohran Mamdani.
zeteo.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Is there a more feckless, spineless opposition party anywhere in the democratic world? Why do Democrats insist on repeatedly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?"
Me for Zeteo's First Draft this morning on the Democratic surrender in the Senate:
Me for Zeteo's First Draft this morning on the Democratic surrender in the Senate:
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
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🚨New Paper: "History of the Barents Sea Ice Sheet, MIS 11 to present" - Cofield & Darby (2025)
Utilized ice rafted debris + Fe-grains from a deep-sea Arctic sediment core to reconstruct ice movement/ timing for Barents Sea Ice Sheet through MIS 11 (~440 ka).
*Proxy explanation in🧵
(1/n) 🌊🧪
Utilized ice rafted debris + Fe-grains from a deep-sea Arctic sediment core to reconstruct ice movement/ timing for Barents Sea Ice Sheet through MIS 11 (~440 ka).
*Proxy explanation in🧵
(1/n) 🌊🧪
History of the Barents Sea Ice Sheet, MIS 11 to present
Understanding the history of large Arctic ice sheets is important in knowing the possibilities for future climate change and its impact on existing ic…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🚨New Paper: "History of the Barents Sea Ice Sheet, MIS 11 to present" - Cofield & Darby (2025)
Utilized ice rafted debris + Fe-grains from a deep-sea Arctic sediment core to reconstruct ice movement/ timing for Barents Sea Ice Sheet through MIS 11 (~440 ka).
*Proxy explanation in🧵
(1/n) 🌊🧪
Utilized ice rafted debris + Fe-grains from a deep-sea Arctic sediment core to reconstruct ice movement/ timing for Barents Sea Ice Sheet through MIS 11 (~440 ka).
*Proxy explanation in🧵
(1/n) 🌊🧪
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Latest painting: oil on panel, 70 x 100cm. I wanted to try and portray the hills as a place where I feel at home.
#oilpainting #landscape #mountains #wicklowmountains #autumn #ireland #irishart
#oilpainting #landscape #mountains #wicklowmountains #autumn #ireland #irishart
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Latest painting: oil on panel, 70 x 100cm. I wanted to try and portray the hills as a place where I feel at home.
#oilpainting #landscape #mountains #wicklowmountains #autumn #ireland #irishart
#oilpainting #landscape #mountains #wicklowmountains #autumn #ireland #irishart
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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The Bureau of Land Management proposed to overturn a rule that conservation is an official "use" of public lands.
As the comment period closes tonight, the folks at @westernpriorities.org analyzed the comments so far-->
98% oppose the rescission.
infogram.com/public-lands...
As the comment period closes tonight, the folks at @westernpriorities.org analyzed the comments so far-->
98% oppose the rescission.
infogram.com/public-lands...
Public Lands Rule a by Kate Groetzinger - Infogram
infogram.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Bureau of Land Management proposed to overturn a rule that conservation is an official "use" of public lands.
As the comment period closes tonight, the folks at @westernpriorities.org analyzed the comments so far-->
98% oppose the rescission.
infogram.com/public-lands...
As the comment period closes tonight, the folks at @westernpriorities.org analyzed the comments so far-->
98% oppose the rescission.
infogram.com/public-lands...
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!New #OpenAcess paper alert!
Late Pleistocene atmospheric dust dynamics reconstructed from sediment included in ice wedges from #Batagay and Central Yakutia:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Late Pleistocene atmospheric dust dynamics reconstructed from sediment included in ice wedges from #Batagay and Central Yakutia:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
East Siberian ice wedges recording dust transport variability during the Late Pleistocene - Nature Communications
Dust preserved in Siberian ice wedges reveals shifts in wind patterns during the last glacial stage. Long-range dust transport from China to the Arctic operated under similar mechanisms as today but w...
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
!New #OpenAcess paper alert!
Late Pleistocene atmospheric dust dynamics reconstructed from sediment included in ice wedges from #Batagay and Central Yakutia:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Late Pleistocene atmospheric dust dynamics reconstructed from sediment included in ice wedges from #Batagay and Central Yakutia:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Worried about the global polycrisis? About food security, public health, or the degradation of democracies?
Then you'll be interested in knowing that, as a matter of great urgency, the EU proposes a new package to enhance and simplify the production of...
wine.
Then you'll be interested in knowing that, as a matter of great urgency, the EU proposes a new package to enhance and simplify the production of...
wine.
“No meeting minutes have been shared, no stakeholder consultation has been opened [..]. For those who work to reduce alcohol-related harm, [..] the message it sends is unmistakable: the interests of producers matter more than the wellbeing of citizens.”
euobserver.com/eu-political...
euobserver.com/eu-political...
Lack of transparency of EU's new wine proposals will cause a hangover
The EU Wine Package — a broad reform of the rules for how wine should be produced, marketed, and labelled across the EU — is moving forward with unusual speed and limited transparency.
euobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Worried about the global polycrisis? About food security, public health, or the degradation of democracies?
Then you'll be interested in knowing that, as a matter of great urgency, the EU proposes a new package to enhance and simplify the production of...
wine.
Then you'll be interested in knowing that, as a matter of great urgency, the EU proposes a new package to enhance and simplify the production of...
wine.
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Ahead of COP 30 I’ve been thinking about the irony that the critics of our 1.5 IPCC report are many of the people now saying it’s too late to act because we’ve going past 1.5 & we must focus on instead on technological fixes to address overshoot - here’s why I think these arguments are distractions
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Ahead of COP 30 I’ve been thinking about the irony that the critics of our 1.5 IPCC report are many of the people now saying it’s too late to act because we’ve going past 1.5 & we must focus on instead on technological fixes to address overshoot - here’s why I think these arguments are distractions
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This looks worth reading:
Mara McPartland et al. (2025) Climate of the Past @egu-cl.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5194/cp-2...
@egu.eu
🧪 ⚒️ 👩🔬
#PaleoSky
Mara McPartland et al. (2025) Climate of the Past @egu-cl.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5194/cp-2...
@egu.eu
🧪 ⚒️ 👩🔬
#PaleoSky
The colors of proxy noise
Abstract. The complex biological and physical processes that preserve paleoclimate information over centuries or longer introduce variations in proxy time series that are unrelated to the true climate...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This looks worth reading:
Mara McPartland et al. (2025) Climate of the Past @egu-cl.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5194/cp-2...
@egu.eu
🧪 ⚒️ 👩🔬
#PaleoSky
Mara McPartland et al. (2025) Climate of the Past @egu-cl.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5194/cp-2...
@egu.eu
🧪 ⚒️ 👩🔬
#PaleoSky
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The development of the Pizol Glacier within a few decades – and there are still retards who claim that man-made #climate change does not exist.
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The development of the Pizol Glacier within a few decades – and there are still retards who claim that man-made #climate change does not exist.
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@bmj.com, a renowned health journal, slams car bloat:
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@bmj.com, a renowned health journal, slams car bloat:
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Electrify 50% of your industry, save €250bn/year on fossil fuel imports.¹
Relatedly: the EU sends €380bn/year to autocratic regimes for its fossil fuel addiction.
¹ @jamiesmythft.bsky.social's @financialtimes.com Energy Source newsletter
Relatedly: the EU sends €380bn/year to autocratic regimes for its fossil fuel addiction.
¹ @jamiesmythft.bsky.social's @financialtimes.com Energy Source newsletter
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Electrify 50% of your industry, save €250bn/year on fossil fuel imports.¹
Relatedly: the EU sends €380bn/year to autocratic regimes for its fossil fuel addiction.
¹ @jamiesmythft.bsky.social's @financialtimes.com Energy Source newsletter
Relatedly: the EU sends €380bn/year to autocratic regimes for its fossil fuel addiction.
¹ @jamiesmythft.bsky.social's @financialtimes.com Energy Source newsletter
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The Irish Times is hiring for this job, Head of Data Architecture and Machine Learning, but I can't understand what it is and how it relates to running a newspaper. Can you explain it to me please? www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Irish Times is hiring for this job, Head of Data Architecture and Machine Learning, but I can't understand what it is and how it relates to running a newspaper. Can you explain it to me please? www.linkedin.com/redir/redire...
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"The Taoiseach made his remarks at the Cop30 climate summit where the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, of which the Republic is a founding member, will host several events"
We could be a wind power behemoth & he wants to tie us to US fracked gas. That's not security.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
We could be a wind power behemoth & he wants to tie us to US fracked gas. That's not security.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
LNG ‘can’t happen fast enough’, says Taoiseach as Cop30 grapples with ending fossil fuels
Martin indicates that liquefied natural gas a security imperative for Ireland
www.irishtimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"The Taoiseach made his remarks at the Cop30 climate summit where the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, of which the Republic is a founding member, will host several events"
We could be a wind power behemoth & he wants to tie us to US fracked gas. That's not security.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
We could be a wind power behemoth & he wants to tie us to US fracked gas. That's not security.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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any policies that impede the uptake of solar impede resilience
"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 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
any policies that impede the uptake of solar impede resilience
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this thing hides posts it judges as ‘rude’, by some US standard. Thereby silencing most of the conversations in Ireland and Scotland, at least.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
this thing hides posts it judges as ‘rude’, by some US standard. Thereby silencing most of the conversations in Ireland and Scotland, at least.
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"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"
Local fossil fuel ad ban as a catalyst for global change - Nature Climate Change
The Hague in the Netherlands was the first city in the world to enact a law prohibiting advertisements for fossil fuel products and services. Although the ban is restricted to The Hague’s jurisdiction...
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"
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The sad thing is, I remember sketching changes in temperature and heavy precip distributions in exactly this way in the early 2000s, just to now watch it play out.
The animation very much reminds me of an angry beast pulling on its chains; and they are tearing loose...
The animation very much reminds me of an angry beast pulling on its chains; and they are tearing loose...
Exactly! Which makes the real climate shift way scarier. Like shown by the data from svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5452/
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The sad thing is, I remember sketching changes in temperature and heavy precip distributions in exactly this way in the early 2000s, just to now watch it play out.
The animation very much reminds me of an angry beast pulling on its chains; and they are tearing loose...
The animation very much reminds me of an angry beast pulling on its chains; and they are tearing loose...
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat