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Everything that actually made America great is being destroyed
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Everything that actually made America great is being destroyed
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"22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there's still time to act" | Nice article on our new #Bioscience article by @saschapare.bsky.social for @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there's still time to act
Earth's systems are nearing tipping points that could plunge the planet into a "hothouse" regime — but there's still time to prevent that from happening, scientists say.
www.livescience.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there's still time to act" | Nice article on our new #Bioscience article by @saschapare.bsky.social for @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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What did Bill Gates actually write? What is right and what is bizarre about it? And how was it then distorted by the media?
Climate Adam explains it in his inimitable way. Check it out!https://youtube.com/watch?v=9MmqKEkOtwo
Climate Adam explains it in his inimitable way. Check it out!https://youtube.com/watch?v=9MmqKEkOtwo
Climate Scientist Responds to Bill Gates
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
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November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What did Bill Gates actually write? What is right and what is bizarre about it? And how was it then distorted by the media?
Climate Adam explains it in his inimitable way. Check it out!https://youtube.com/watch?v=9MmqKEkOtwo
Climate Adam explains it in his inimitable way. Check it out!https://youtube.com/watch?v=9MmqKEkOtwo
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As I've often said, there is no path forward in the U.S. on climate, or any of the defining challenges we face, that doesn't go through a functioning democracy.
October 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
As I've often said, there is no path forward in the U.S. on climate, or any of the defining challenges we face, that doesn't go through a functioning democracy.
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The answer was the whole apparatus of footnoting, peer-review, showing data & reproducing findings.
The idea wasn't that *I* could check it, but that anyone competent cd. The science *might* still be wrong,but there was no rational reason to prefer my own judgment.
But all that's now under assault
The idea wasn't that *I* could check it, but that anyone competent cd. The science *might* still be wrong,but there was no rational reason to prefer my own judgment.
But all that's now under assault
July 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The answer was the whole apparatus of footnoting, peer-review, showing data & reproducing findings.
The idea wasn't that *I* could check it, but that anyone competent cd. The science *might* still be wrong,but there was no rational reason to prefer my own judgment.
But all that's now under assault
The idea wasn't that *I* could check it, but that anyone competent cd. The science *might* still be wrong,but there was no rational reason to prefer my own judgment.
But all that's now under assault
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There was a lot of debate about this in the 19th century, when there was also strong suspicion of vaccines.
People like John Stuart Mill wrote about how we could reconcile a healthy distrust of authority, and the idea that infringements on liberty must have democratic consent, with expert knowledge
People like John Stuart Mill wrote about how we could reconcile a healthy distrust of authority, and the idea that infringements on liberty must have democratic consent, with expert knowledge
July 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
There was a lot of debate about this in the 19th century, when there was also strong suspicion of vaccines.
People like John Stuart Mill wrote about how we could reconcile a healthy distrust of authority, and the idea that infringements on liberty must have democratic consent, with expert knowledge
People like John Stuart Mill wrote about how we could reconcile a healthy distrust of authority, and the idea that infringements on liberty must have democratic consent, with expert knowledge
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It's a massive problem. "Do your own research!" sounds like excellent advice, but most of us are simply not competent to research complex questions of medical science.
So the question becomes, how do we establish forms of authority to which it is rational to give free consent? [...]
So the question becomes, how do we establish forms of authority to which it is rational to give free consent? [...]
July 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
It's a massive problem. "Do your own research!" sounds like excellent advice, but most of us are simply not competent to research complex questions of medical science.
So the question becomes, how do we establish forms of authority to which it is rational to give free consent? [...]
So the question becomes, how do we establish forms of authority to which it is rational to give free consent? [...]
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Melting over 80.6% of the area of the Greenland Ice Sheet. This is the highest value in our data set, which starts in 1981.
@polarportal.bsky.social
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July 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Melting over 80.6% of the area of the Greenland Ice Sheet. This is the highest value in our data set, which starts in 1981.
@polarportal.bsky.social
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Climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com explains the basics of climate change for beginners and those in need of a refresher.
In this time of political polarisation and climate denial, we need to inform as many as possible and push for climate action. 🧪 coveringclimatenow.org/resource/cli...
In this time of political polarisation and climate denial, we need to inform as many as possible and push for climate action. 🧪 coveringclimatenow.org/resource/cli...
Climate Science 101
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe explains the basics of climate change for beginners and those in need of a refresher.
coveringclimatenow.org
July 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com explains the basics of climate change for beginners and those in need of a refresher.
In this time of political polarisation and climate denial, we need to inform as many as possible and push for climate action. 🧪 coveringclimatenow.org/resource/cli...
In this time of political polarisation and climate denial, we need to inform as many as possible and push for climate action. 🧪 coveringclimatenow.org/resource/cli...
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“Svalbard is at the front line of the climate crisis, warming at six to seven times the global average rate"
www.404media.co/scientists-r...
www.404media.co/scientists-r...
Scientists Report Surreal Scenes In the World’s Most Northern Town
Researchers witnessing warming in Svalbard worry that “we have been too cautious” with climate warnings.
www.404media.co
July 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“Svalbard is at the front line of the climate crisis, warming at six to seven times the global average rate"
www.404media.co/scientists-r...
www.404media.co/scientists-r...
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After a long absence from Twitter, I'm now on Bluesky. Looking forward to sharing thoughts, research, and rants about the lack of attention paid to water. Let's kick this off with a new paper alert. Please share widely. Title says it all. Please help me grow followers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Unprecedented continental drying, shrinking freshwater availability, and increasing land contributions to sea level rise
Drying continents, extreme drought, and groundwater depletion are shrinking water availability and increasing sea level rise.
www.science.org
July 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
After a long absence from Twitter, I'm now on Bluesky. Looking forward to sharing thoughts, research, and rants about the lack of attention paid to water. Let's kick this off with a new paper alert. Please share widely. Title says it all. Please help me grow followers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
June 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
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If they close all these research labs, you can't just undo it four years later.
Decades of expertise and tons of specialized equipment will be scattered to the wind. Rebuilding would take ages.
Decades of expertise and tons of specialized equipment will be scattered to the wind. Rebuilding would take ages.
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
July 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
If they close all these research labs, you can't just undo it four years later.
Decades of expertise and tons of specialized equipment will be scattered to the wind. Rebuilding would take ages.
Decades of expertise and tons of specialized equipment will be scattered to the wind. Rebuilding would take ages.
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The entire Trump administration !
May 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The entire Trump administration !
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The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
www.npr.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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April 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Favorite memes to explain stuff?
🧪 #iTeachPhysics #eduSky
🧪 #iTeachPhysics #eduSky
July 5, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Favorite memes to explain stuff?
🧪 #iTeachPhysics #eduSky
🧪 #iTeachPhysics #eduSky
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Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bones some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
🏺 #archaeology
December 18, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bones some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
🏺 #archaeology
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“Miss Iris Davis… spends a great deal of time recovering cats with the aid of a “lassoo” from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued six hundred of these feline strays, 8 November 1940.“ www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
October 13, 2024 at 4:05 PM
“Miss Iris Davis… spends a great deal of time recovering cats with the aid of a “lassoo” from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued six hundred of these feline strays, 8 November 1940.“ www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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‘The 2024 state of the climate report’:
“We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled.”
By: @michaelemann.bsky.social @rahmstorf.bsky.social etc.
Free download at: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
“We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled.”
By: @michaelemann.bsky.social @rahmstorf.bsky.social etc.
Free download at: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
October 9, 2024 at 10:02 AM
‘The 2024 state of the climate report’:
“We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled.”
By: @michaelemann.bsky.social @rahmstorf.bsky.social etc.
Free download at: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
“We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled.”
By: @michaelemann.bsky.social @rahmstorf.bsky.social etc.
Free download at: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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Same WSJ columnist, two weeks apart:
(via @parkermolloy www.readtpa.com/p/when-pundi...)
(via @parkermolloy www.readtpa.com/p/when-pundi...)
July 25, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Same WSJ columnist, two weeks apart:
(via @parkermolloy www.readtpa.com/p/when-pundi...)
(via @parkermolloy www.readtpa.com/p/when-pundi...)