TheMoonDuster
@themoonduster.bsky.social
A thousand miles of Moonlight later…
Musician, Over Thinker, NueroSparkly.
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Musician, Over Thinker, NueroSparkly.
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TheMoonDuster
@themoonduster.bsky.social
· Feb 11
Throw - TheMoonDuster
YouTube video by TheMoonDuster
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Throwing it all away
With not much to say
Piling up in the box
Knowing it’s not
Going where it belongs
Just so wrong
Pushing down the lid
To be rid
Of responsibility
Hands are clean
Passing it down the line
Someone else’s crime
youtu.be/Ri5GHgsQ74Y?...
With not much to say
Piling up in the box
Knowing it’s not
Going where it belongs
Just so wrong
Pushing down the lid
To be rid
Of responsibility
Hands are clean
Passing it down the line
Someone else’s crime
youtu.be/Ri5GHgsQ74Y?...
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Staggering atrocities in Sudan.
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan
Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Staggering atrocities in Sudan.
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
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A lot of foods got shitty because they reduced the number of " real" food and bumped up the amount of stabilizers and fillers. You can cut the milk fat in ice cream if you throw in some gums and that saves you money for example.
June 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A lot of foods got shitty because they reduced the number of " real" food and bumped up the amount of stabilizers and fillers. You can cut the milk fat in ice cream if you throw in some gums and that saves you money for example.
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in Germany a lot of this was a reaction to the war years and the failed promises of German imperialism, but you see similar dynamics all over. Fascism's greatest supporters are mediocre people born in comfort who need someone to blame for the fact that they don't have more.
June 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
in Germany a lot of this was a reaction to the war years and the failed promises of German imperialism, but you see similar dynamics all over. Fascism's greatest supporters are mediocre people born in comfort who need someone to blame for the fact that they don't have more.
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Finally… I’ve been waiting for someone to cover this story. So sad. Climate[dot]gov has always been one of my favorite go-to resources to share.
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired #Climate
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Finally… I’ve been waiting for someone to cover this story. So sad. Climate[dot]gov has always been one of my favorite go-to resources to share.
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This is a fantastic, long and strongly-evidenced rebuttal of the "no energy transition" meme popularised wrongly by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
I am probably one notch less optimistic on renewables than Nafeez but entirely agree w/ the overall thesis: fuel elimination exists, and it can exist everywhere
I am probably one notch less optimistic on renewables than Nafeez but entirely agree w/ the overall thesis: fuel elimination exists, and it can exist everywhere
The Delusion of “No Energy Transition”: And How Renewables Can End Endless Energy Extraction
In popular book More and More and More, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz says the ‘energy transition’ is a myth as we consume more fossil fuels than ever. In doing so, he masks real, rapid energy transitions, pa...
ageoftransformation.org
April 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is a fantastic, long and strongly-evidenced rebuttal of the "no energy transition" meme popularised wrongly by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
I am probably one notch less optimistic on renewables than Nafeez but entirely agree w/ the overall thesis: fuel elimination exists, and it can exist everywhere
I am probably one notch less optimistic on renewables than Nafeez but entirely agree w/ the overall thesis: fuel elimination exists, and it can exist everywhere
‘I crisscrossed America to talk to people whose views I disagreed with. I now have one certainty’.
Anand Pandian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Anand Pandian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
I crisscrossed America to talk to people whose views I disagreed with. I now have one certainty
I’ve spoken to white nationalists in Tennessee and Black activists in Texas – and learned about what it takes to connect across difference
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
‘I crisscrossed America to talk to people whose views I disagreed with. I now have one certainty’.
Anand Pandian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Anand Pandian
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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It's already June! Here's a look at how temperatures have changed globally over the last four decades during this month... 🧪
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 (doi.org/10.24381/cds...).
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 (doi.org/10.24381/cds...).
June 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It's already June! Here's a look at how temperatures have changed globally over the last four decades during this month... 🧪
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 (doi.org/10.24381/cds...).
Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 (doi.org/10.24381/cds...).
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I keep saying this... both operationally and in research, the situation is still much worse than most people seem to realize or want to accept.
NEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...
US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously thought as hurricane season nears | CNN
Several current and former agency meteorologists and staff told CNN they are concerned warnings won’t be issued in time as hurricane season nears.
www.cnn.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I keep saying this... both operationally and in research, the situation is still much worse than most people seem to realize or want to accept.
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“Eugenics isn’t just about eradicating the lesser people like myself, like people with disabilities, it’s about attaching disability to marginalized communities in order to slate them for eradication.”
Fantastic crash course in eugenics, ableism & anti-blackness from @imanibarbarin.bsky.social
Fantastic crash course in eugenics, ableism & anti-blackness from @imanibarbarin.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“Eugenics isn’t just about eradicating the lesser people like myself, like people with disabilities, it’s about attaching disability to marginalized communities in order to slate them for eradication.”
Fantastic crash course in eugenics, ableism & anti-blackness from @imanibarbarin.bsky.social
Fantastic crash course in eugenics, ableism & anti-blackness from @imanibarbarin.bsky.social
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Mild Spoiler: it's a testament to the quality of writing in Andor that one of the best and easily the most relatable scene in all of Star Wars is a fascist collapsing onto his bed in a panic attack because his mom won't stop being mean to him
May 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Mild Spoiler: it's a testament to the quality of writing in Andor that one of the best and easily the most relatable scene in all of Star Wars is a fascist collapsing onto his bed in a panic attack because his mom won't stop being mean to him
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Can scientists trace climate losses back to the emissions from individual fossil fuel companies?
Yes, we can.
The inimitable @ccallahan45.bsky.social and I provide an 'end-to-end' attribution framework that can be applied in many climate accountability contexts:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Yes, we can.
The inimitable @ccallahan45.bsky.social and I provide an 'end-to-end' attribution framework that can be applied in many climate accountability contexts:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability - Nature
A transparent and reproducible scientific framework is introduced to formalize how trillions in economic losses are attributable to the extreme heat caused by emissions from fossil fuel companies, whi...
www.nature.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Can scientists trace climate losses back to the emissions from individual fossil fuel companies?
Yes, we can.
The inimitable @ccallahan45.bsky.social and I provide an 'end-to-end' attribution framework that can be applied in many climate accountability contexts:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Yes, we can.
The inimitable @ccallahan45.bsky.social and I provide an 'end-to-end' attribution framework that can be applied in many climate accountability contexts:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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To complement my daily and monthly air temperature graphics, I’ve added a new visualization of daily global mean sea surface temperature (SST) to my climate indicators page. It updates in near-real time.
Follow along at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
Follow along at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
April 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
To complement my daily and monthly air temperature graphics, I’ve added a new visualization of daily global mean sea surface temperature (SST) to my climate indicators page. It updates in near-real time.
Follow along at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
Follow along at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
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alright folks, here's my best stab at a roadmap for what to expect out of the next six months to a year of this administration
New It Could Happen Here
@iwriteok.bsky.social walks through several of the likeliest scenarios for what we're going to see over the next six months to a year, from domestic unrest and fascism's next power grab to the age of weird terrorism.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@iwriteok.bsky.social walks through several of the likeliest scenarios for what we're going to see over the next six months to a year, from domestic unrest and fascism's next power grab to the age of weird terrorism.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
April 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
alright folks, here's my best stab at a roadmap for what to expect out of the next six months to a year of this administration
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100 years of average March temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
April 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
100 years of average March temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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Conservatives and right-wingers do not genuinely or sincerely want more energy security when they say the words "energy security".
They use it as a rhetorical proxy for "more fossil fuels". So offering them a right-wingified energy security justification for renewables does not compute, for them.
They use it as a rhetorical proxy for "more fossil fuels". So offering them a right-wingified energy security justification for renewables does not compute, for them.
April 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Conservatives and right-wingers do not genuinely or sincerely want more energy security when they say the words "energy security".
They use it as a rhetorical proxy for "more fossil fuels". So offering them a right-wingified energy security justification for renewables does not compute, for them.
They use it as a rhetorical proxy for "more fossil fuels". So offering them a right-wingified energy security justification for renewables does not compute, for them.
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I decided to calculate what the minimum wage would be if the FWC did what ACCI wanted each year. And well... eeeeek.
If business groups had their way, the lowest-paid workers would now be paid $160 a week less.
The FWC should ignore the fears of business groups and give those on awards and the minimum wage a decent pay rise.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/if-busi...
The FWC should ignore the fears of business groups and give those on awards and the minimum wage a decent pay rise.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/if-busi...
April 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I decided to calculate what the minimum wage would be if the FWC did what ACCI wanted each year. And well... eeeeek.
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People of Brisbane and Melbourne we need your help! We are trying to develop a new diagnostic for Long Covid and so we are asking people with Long Covid to kindly join our study - please DM me if you have any questions about the study or Long Covid in general! Please repost!
April 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
People of Brisbane and Melbourne we need your help! We are trying to develop a new diagnostic for Long Covid and so we are asking people with Long Covid to kindly join our study - please DM me if you have any questions about the study or Long Covid in general! Please repost!
When you can it’s good to appreciate what you have as most likely it won’t last forever.
#MusicSky
#Reflective
#Ballads
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#MusicSky
#Reflective
#Ballads
youtu.be/i3wu7n-f9j4?...
Foggy Headlights - TheMoonDuster
YouTube video by TheMoonDuster
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April 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
When you can it’s good to appreciate what you have as most likely it won’t last forever.
#MusicSky
#Reflective
#Ballads
youtu.be/i3wu7n-f9j4?...
#MusicSky
#Reflective
#Ballads
youtu.be/i3wu7n-f9j4?...
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1. Stop assuming people announce all their activism on social media.
2. Stop demanding people announce all their activism on social media.
3. Stop deriding people for not announcing all their activism on social media.
4. Dunking on people on social media isn't activism and isn't praxis.
2. Stop demanding people announce all their activism on social media.
3. Stop deriding people for not announcing all their activism on social media.
4. Dunking on people on social media isn't activism and isn't praxis.
April 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
1. Stop assuming people announce all their activism on social media.
2. Stop demanding people announce all their activism on social media.
3. Stop deriding people for not announcing all their activism on social media.
4. Dunking on people on social media isn't activism and isn't praxis.
2. Stop demanding people announce all their activism on social media.
3. Stop deriding people for not announcing all their activism on social media.
4. Dunking on people on social media isn't activism and isn't praxis.
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gates is smart enough to know he helped poison the world. so he salves his conscience by imagining a robot will fix what he and his kind broke, without any of them needing to change how they live or treat people
April 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
gates is smart enough to know he helped poison the world. so he salves his conscience by imagining a robot will fix what he and his kind broke, without any of them needing to change how they live or treat people
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A look at the significant land warming over the last 50 years during the boreal winter season (January to March)...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
March 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A look at the significant land warming over the last 50 years during the boreal winter season (January to March)...
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
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empathy doesn't mean loving people or liking them or forgiving them it just means understanding why they do what they do because you kinda need to if you wanna fix shit
March 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
empathy doesn't mean loving people or liking them or forgiving them it just means understanding why they do what they do because you kinda need to if you wanna fix shit
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thinking about how in parts of Rojava they experimented with the idea of "what if everyone's aunts were the cops and they just sorta had guns but also still dealt with mostly everything by just surrounding the offending parties and yelling at them"
anyway, worth remembering
anyway, worth remembering
March 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
thinking about how in parts of Rojava they experimented with the idea of "what if everyone's aunts were the cops and they just sorta had guns but also still dealt with mostly everything by just surrounding the offending parties and yelling at them"
anyway, worth remembering
anyway, worth remembering
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people regularly ask me what they should do to prepare for the possibility of mass violence and civil unrest. we give this advice often on It Could Happen Here but this is my list of advice in no specific order:
take a stop the bleed course. get to know your neighbors. Organize in your community. learn about storing food and filtering or otherwise obtaining fresh water. explore radio / ham comms. learn about disaster preparedness. Volunteer.
March 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
people regularly ask me what they should do to prepare for the possibility of mass violence and civil unrest. we give this advice often on It Could Happen Here but this is my list of advice in no specific order: