Nostr notes by David Ho

Preventing methane leaks is in my top five climate solutions. ...

2026-10-27T18:29:11Z

Preventing methane leaks is in my top five climate solutions. This is very stupid.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/climate/trump-methane-rules-epa-greenhouse-gas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L1E.z5jG.PZOg8NpQXZ1N&smid=bs-share

There goes 6250 tonnes of CO₂ removal every year… ...

2026-10-22T13:03:15Z

There goes 6250 tonnes of CO₂ removal every year…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/oct/22/finland-google-felling-trees-datacentre?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

If we were to cut emissions by 18% in four years, that’s about ...

2026-10-21T15:51:57Z

If we were to cut emissions by 18% in four years, that’s about the same rate of decrease as in 2020 during COVID-19 when the whole world shut down. 🫠

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/21/world-cut-emissions-un-climate-crisis?CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1792595368-1

Heat storms, massive heat waves covering at least 1% of the globe ...

2026-10-21T15:33:29Z

Heat storms, massive heat waves covering at least 1% of the globe for five consecutive days, have become increasingly frequent and severe. These storms were rare in the 1960s, but now average 102 per year, causing widespread heat-related deaths, wildfires, and droughts.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-heatstorms-science/

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2026-10-20T17:29:23Z

Insanity

https://cen.acs.org/policy/research-funding/nsf-witholds-one-billion-dollars/104/web/2026/10

The greatest challenge of our time isn’t to figure out how to ...

2026-10-20T11:58:13Z

The greatest challenge of our time isn’t to figure out how to get to Mars or become interstellar, but to figure out how to live sustainably on Earth.

Thomas Piketty explains why French high school students are big ...

2026-10-20T09:40:22Z

Thomas Piketty explains why French high school students are big mad.

https://thomaspiketty.wordpress.com/2026/10/20/high-schoolers-students-the-twilight-of-macronism/

New way climate change makes life suck more just dropped. ...

2026-10-19T23:01:15Z

New way climate change makes life suck more just dropped.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/19/tap-water-no-longer-drinkable-norwegian-town-climate-related-thawing-heavy-metals-arctic-longyearbyen-svalbard

Just as fossil fuel companies and their cronies sow doubt about ...

2026-10-16T14:27:06Z

Just as fossil fuel companies and their cronies sow doubt about scientific knowledge on climate change in order to prevent the development of non-fossil fuel resources, they’re doing the same thing now to climate attribution science to avoid accountability for climate damage. Pay attention!

We live in a very stupid time. If anyone wants to experience ...

2026-10-14T22:45:29Z

We live in a very stupid time. If anyone wants to experience machine vs. human violence, just try cycling around cars.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/technology/human-robot-cage-fights-california-rek.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IlE._oq2.c4E0JC3uK7i2&smid=nytcore-ios-share

It turns out that the best way to avoid being killed by drivers ...

2026-10-14T19:51:40Z

It turns out that the best way to avoid being killed by drivers is to be protected by infrastructure.

https://coloradosun.com/2026/10/14/i25-wildlife-overpass-collisions-drop/

Is there something scarier than climate change? Maybe it’s an ...

2026-10-14T09:32:34Z

Is there something scarier than climate change? Maybe it’s an uncontrolled solar geoengineering arms race between nations distrustful of who controls the global thermostat.

https://www.wired.com/story/they-war-gamed-dimming-the-sun-it-went-even-worse-than-you-think/

Turns out the Flockers don’t like to be Flocked. ...

2026-10-10T06:53:10Z

Turns out the Flockers don’t like to be Flocked.

https://gizmodo.com/youtuber-says-cops-paid-him-a-visit-after-he-built-flock-style-camera-to-track-cops-2000824306

Lol. Princeton University praised Nobel laureate Anne Carson, a ...

2026-10-09T06:31:43Z

Lol. Princeton University praised Nobel laureate Anne Carson, a former classics professor at the school, on social media, despite denying her tenure in the 1980s.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/books/anne-carson-nobel-prize-princeton-university-tenure-denied.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.h0nZ.bAjwq_pjmYiS&smid=nytcore-ios-share

We need to be less hysterical about potential AMOC collapse in ...

2026-10-07T15:16:31Z

We need to be less hysterical about potential AMOC collapse in 2100 and way more hysterical about the actual mega El Niño in 2027.

https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-change-europe-amoc-temperature/

IMHO, attribution science, which connects specific extreme ...

2026-10-06T10:07:22Z

IMHO, attribution science, which connects specific extreme weather events to climate change, is the most important area of climate science.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/opinion/oil-companies-supreme-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlE.qxRX.hiyBCfMWY7xj&smid=url-share

The Trump regime’s border wall construction damaged the Las ...

2026-10-05T17:53:04Z

The Trump regime’s border wall construction damaged the Las Playas Intaglio, a 6,500-7,300-year-old fish-shaped geoglyph in Arizona.

https://www.gadgetreview.com/trumps-border-wall-construction-destroys-6500-year-old-arizona-geoglyph-older-than-stonehenge

The world is a slightly better place today. ...

2026-10-05T14:21:49Z

The world is a slightly better place today.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/obituaries/dennis-hastert-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.Iav-.-5rFDpMttc6M&smid=nytcore-ios-share

CRANE, a UK cybersecurity research network, used AI to ...

2026-10-05T06:54:24Z

CRANE, a UK cybersecurity research network, used AI to desk-reject 50% of proposals before human review, including one on the risks of trusting AI models in voice analysis from Lancaster University forensic linguist Claire Hardaker.

This seems like AI doing the right thing in protecting itself. 🙃

This is a joke. It’s horrifying.

https://www.science.org/content/article/u-k-funder-uses-ai-triage-reject-grant-proposals-leaving-researchers-dismayed?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.science.org%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2Fu-k-funder-uses-ai-triage-reject-grant-proposals-leaving-researchers-dismayed%3Freferrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fgo.bsky.app%252F

Small victory ...

2026-10-04T20:32:23Z

Small victory

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/climate/after-outcry-monitors-the-trump-administration-tried-to-scrap-return-to-sea.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFE.AZo3.3C9Gr42lWrnc&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Thanks to our fossil fuel overlords, the weather we’re used to ...

2026-10-04T13:18:39Z

Thanks to our fossil fuel overlords, the weather we’re used to no longer exists.

https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/03/showers-and-storms-across-spain-this-weekend-floods-kill-102-year-old-woman

This is how AI will kill us all ...

2026-10-04T07:56:17Z

This is how AI will kill us all

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-grok-venezuela

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US ...

2026-10-03T05:55:15Z

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science:

For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/politics/national-science-foundation-research-funds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F1E.adOl.I5OvE-oZxF24&smid=nytcore-ios-share

When climate scientists say things are going to be horrendous, ...

2026-10-02T18:26:45Z

When climate scientists say things are going to be horrendous, people find out many years later that we’re right. With this El Niño, the “find out” part will come in months.

I appreciate The New York Times for bringing Kelvin Waves into ...

2026-10-02T07:29:55Z

I appreciate The New York Times for bringing Kelvin Waves into the vernacular. It's a concept that even those in Earth and environmental sciences (besides physical oceanographers) struggle to grasp, but everyone should be exposed to real scientific explanations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/climate/el-nino-storm-flooding-kelvin-waves.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FlE.3czz.vTzTJ4i2x4io&smid=url-share

A Democratic-led coalition of cities and states, including ...

2026-10-01T22:43:19Z

A Democratic-led coalition of cities and states, including Hawaiʻi, is suing the Trump regime for repealing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/01/us-states-cities-trump-epa-climate-emissions?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env

Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction ...

2026-09-30T21:42:53Z

Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction when talking about ocean heat uptake.

The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity.

It’s not going to end well.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/30/worlds-seas-warmed-23-zettajoules-2025

I saw the smoke from Ecole Normale Supérieure today, and thought ...

2026-09-29T21:14:09Z

I saw the smoke from Ecole Normale Supérieure today, and thought that if what’s happening in the US was happening in France, everything would be ablaze.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/french-teens-clash-police-school-095106298.html

Free access to museums is one of the most spectacular things ...

2026-09-29T14:03:03Z

Free access to museums is one of the most spectacular things about the UK. This is a great decision.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/29/uk-decides-against-charging-foreigners-for-museums_6758074_4.html

Ospreys are disappearing along the US East Coast due to a ...

2026-09-28T10:06:55Z

Ospreys are disappearing along the US East Coast due to a shortage of Atlantic menhaden, a crucial food source for ospreys. One company alone harvested nearly 300 million pounds of the fish in 2024 but somehow claims they’re not at fault. 🧐

https://wapo.st/4d6dwxB

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2026-09-27T16:06:10Z

Indeed

Here’s another way climate change will kill us: the expansion ...

2026-09-27T08:42:02Z

Here’s another way climate change will kill us: the expansion of mosquitoes and the deadly diseases they carry.

In Paris, the invasive Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), an aggressive, day-biting nuisance, is now everywhere. So excited to get Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika in Paris.

https://to.pbs.org/4ihm3ks

One of my favorite cycle paths in Paris. ...

2026-09-26T13:41:54Z

One of my favorite cycle paths in Paris.

I just went downstairs, walked three minutes to a boulangerie, ...

2026-09-25T18:15:43Z

I just went downstairs, walked three minutes to a boulangerie, and got a warm baguette. Tell me again why 15-minute cities are bad.

In the cost-benefit analysis of mitigation and adaptation, do you ...

2026-09-25T09:11:39Z

In the cost-benefit analysis of mitigation and adaptation, do you think French bureaucrats are saying to themselves, "Well, that's a few thousand pensioners that we no longer have to pay"?

It's as good an explanation as any for the lack of action.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/09/16/french-health-authority-reports-almost-8-000-excess-deaths-over-heatwave-struck-summer_6757604_7.html?srsltid=AU7gw4Uevi6-ViaL2A-eoT-Gxl86GGQYNv4ruFLV3JwfO-LrqnskyaGd

The way AI will kill people is by making climate change worse. ...

2026-09-25T06:20:13Z

The way AI will kill people is by making climate change worse.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/1000140/jensen-huang-nvidia-ai-energy-climate-change-supervillain

The US Senate finds that the fossil fuel industry received $190 ...

2026-09-24T12:38:35Z

The US Senate finds that the fossil fuel industry received $190 billion in tax breaks and subsidies from the Trump regime in exchange for campaign donations. The deregulation and subsidies have increased both energy costs for Americans and the damage from climate change and air and water pollution.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/fossil-fuels-trump-donations?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env

Abolish ICE ...

2026-09-23T17:09:23Z

Abolish ICE

https://electrek.co/2026/09/22/volkswagens-new-evs-so-popular-cutting-ice-shifts/

America Intelligence was right there ...

2026-09-23T03:42:12Z

America Intelligence was right there

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/998816/donald-trump-ai-super-intelligence

Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to ...

2026-09-22T18:14:47Z

Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to reclaim streets from drivers and cars, including removing on-street parking, protecting cyclists from drivers, and prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists in shared spaces. Other cities can learn a lot from Paris.

It’s weird how these companies try to one-up one another by ...

2026-09-19T19:49:48Z

It’s weird how these companies try to one-up one another by confessing to crimes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/technology/google-gemini-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVE.aFbZ.c3yFuoPEl6Ci&smid=nytcore-ios-share

PFAS in the blood of 97% of Americans ...

2026-09-18T19:46:08Z

PFAS in the blood of 97% of Americans

https://fortune.com/2026/09/18/data-centers-ai-compute-pfas-forever-chemicals-water/

Nature is healing: A poacher hunting rhinos was ambushed by a ...

2026-09-17T10:20:37Z

Nature is healing: A poacher hunting rhinos was ambushed by a herd of elephants and trampled to death.

https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/15/poacher-sneaking-rhinos-ambushed-trampled-death-elephants-29611175/

The water will come… ...

2026-09-17T06:50:55Z

The water will come…

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/satellites-show-earth-lost-12-trillion-tons-ice-greenland-antarctica-rcna598084

The Trump regime is redefining the Endangered Species Act to ...

2026-09-16T22:52:14Z

The Trump regime is redefining the Endangered Species Act to consider only the intentional killing of endangered animals to be illegal, removing accountability for incidental harm caused by economic activities. Psychopaths.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/climate/endangered-species-act-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BlE.ORbG.pN_yHVBPyy6E&smid=url-share

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2026-09-15T10:08:50Z

Yes!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/indias-unstoppable-electric-tuktuk-revolution/

Your car is collecting a staggering amount of data about you and ...

2026-09-13T15:53:25Z

Your car is collecting a staggering amount of data about you and selling them. Your bike won’t do that to you.

https://www.theverge.com/column/994172/your-car-is-selling-your-data

The way I explained the suppression of Atlantic hurricane ...

2026-09-12T10:43:40Z

The way I explained the suppression of Atlantic hurricane activity to my students is that El Niño chops off the heads of hurricanes by altering global atmospheric circulation, generating strong upper-level westerly winds across the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cwyzq4538j3o

It’s a good time to retire as a US scientist. ...

2026-09-11T22:06:46Z

It’s a good time to retire as a US scientist.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02892-9?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature&linkId=63678636

Climeworks said its Mammoth facility in Iceland removed 675 ...

2026-09-10T15:45:57Z

Climeworks said its Mammoth facility in Iceland removed 675 tonnes of CO₂ in the first half of this year, almost 6x as much as a year earlier. If they keep it up, that'll be 1350 tonnes a year.

That's a time machine that takes us back 1 second in a year! 🙄

Mammoth has a stated capacity of 36,000 tonnes. 🫠

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-10/carbon-removal-pioneer-climeworks-increases-co2-capture-sixfold

If we, as a society, are serious about encouraging more bike ...

2026-09-08T14:23:42Z

If we, as a society, are serious about encouraging more bike transportation, we'd build more secure bike parking instead of putting the onus on people whose bikes are stolen.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/07/bike-theft-university-stolen-lock-insurance

Tragic, but weirdly, the headline writers don’t refer to this ...

2026-09-07T04:46:48Z

Tragic, but weirdly, the headline writers don’t refer to this as a car crash, unlike how they call it a bike crash when a driver hits a cyclist.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/miami-plane-crash-what-we-know.html?unlocked_article_code=1._VA.B7xI.cdwt3BPr1ebF&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Summers in the US are getting hotter. 2026 will be the hottest ...

2026-09-06T07:40:04Z

Summers in the US are getting hotter. 2026 will be the hottest and most humid in the contiguous US since records began in 1895. This is a result of human-caused climate change. We need investments in clean energy, updates to permitting systems, and help for communities to adapt to climate hazards.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/09/05/opinion/editorials/extreme-heat-summer.html?unlocked_article_code=1._FA.60F0.7EHEFtzqXYv2&smid=nytcore-ios-share

A whistleblower report alleges that the US Postal Service is ...

2026-09-01T12:35:16Z

A whistleblower report alleges that the US Postal Service is implementing a new digital system for mail ballots despite a court order blocking it, and the rushed implementation could lead to a “catastrophic failure” in the mail ballot system, potentially disenfranchising millions of voters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/whistle-blower-voting-by-mail.html?unlocked_article_code=1.91A.kwS3.DUcieRYbgOZw&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Nepal is seeking $5 billion in aid from the UN’s ...

2026-08-31T23:10:14Z

Nepal is seeking $5 billion in aid from the UN’s climate-disaster recovery fund after devastating floods. The fund, established in 2023, has received $820 million in pledges but faces a significant financing gap because wealthy nations, including the US, haven't been willing to contribute.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/climate/nepal-disaster-cost-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9lA.NtwY.rn8_psSUPtvb&smid=url-share

An estimated 15 million people around the world are threatened by ...

2026-08-28T12:06:27Z

An estimated 15 million people around the world are threatened by floods from glacial lakes, and the danger is growing as Earth heats up due to our continued burning of fossil fuels.

Check out this report from NPR from a few years ago.

https://apps.npr.org/arctic-ice-melting-climate-change/nepal-rolwaling-river-glacier.html

Who could have predicted this? 🤷🏻‍♂️ ...

2026-08-27T19:56:21Z

Who could have predicted this? 🤷🏻‍♂️

https://www.newsweek.com/measles-linked-deaths-since-rfk-jr-took-office-surpass-previous-20-years-12376290

Republican lawmakers have quietly cut funding for Dolly ...

2026-08-27T04:18:46Z

Republican lawmakers have quietly cut funding for Dolly Parton’s children’s book charity, Imagination Library, which sends free books to children across the world.

https://www.rawstory.com/dolly-parton-and-republicans/

Simon Weckert used AI to design a shirt that uses a combination ...

2026-08-26T23:18:45Z

Simon Weckert used AI to design a shirt that uses a combination of bright colours and patterns to disrupt AI's ability to detect a person. 🤔

https://www.dezeen.com/2026/08/25/digital-camouflage-shirt-ai-video-surveillance-simon-weckert/

I can beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter record on my bicycle. ...

2026-08-24T21:20:02Z

I can beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter record on my bicycle. Should you be impressed?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/world/asia/chinese-robot-100-meter-usain-bolt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.71A.Ak_q.-cl0sRFvK0xm&smid=url-share

Project 2025 says to kill wild horses and Trump is doing just ...

2026-08-24T19:26:43Z

Project 2025 says to kill wild horses and Trump is doing just that.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/us/trump-wild-horses-legal-loophole-slaughter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.71A.L9dP.rZBUgOTbW1E2&smid=nytcore-ios-share

I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the ...

2026-08-22T04:55:55Z

I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the shitshow that will be 2027:

Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record
Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war
End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024
AI bubble bursting
Continued rise of fascism

Oh look, one of the largest fish anyone has ever seen…so we ...

2026-08-22T01:34:34Z

Oh look, one of the largest fish anyone has ever seen…so we killed it.

https://apnews.com/article/record-blue-marlin-fish-new-england-6903fbb5fbb2c7cd110ff00a86776eef?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a88fba2f7c24d00010fae31&utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=Bluesky

Normal behavior in a democracy. ...

2026-08-21T23:21:24Z

Normal behavior in a democracy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/pentagon-fires-stars-stripes-editor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7FA.JEln.t6ouSyTe80RR&smid=nytcore-ios-share

A South African vineyard has been using flightless, long-necked, ...

2026-08-21T20:22:08Z

A South African vineyard has been using flightless, long-necked, Indian Runner ducks for pest control for 40 years.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/duck-run-pest-control-catching-152135334.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

JFC! This is not a car crash! This is a driver killing and ...

2026-08-20T04:45:50Z

JFC! This is not a car crash! This is a driver killing and injuring people on bikes with a car.

https://apnews.com/article/milligan-university-cyclists-killed-tennessee-e75912c4663e6d76b8e571dc7cd0a62a?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a8682cec69d29000181aa62&utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=Bluesky

Hey, a species has come back from the brink of extinction. ...

2026-08-19T16:46:34Z

Hey, a species has come back from the brink of extinction. Let’s kill it!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/first-bluefin-tunas-caught-off-yorkshire-since-1960s-success-story-for-marine-conservation

The scientists really honed their investigative skills and ...

2026-08-18T19:49:06Z

The scientists really honed their investigative skills and pierced the mystery of the narwhal tusk in this study.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-75689-z

Another way they're trying to criminalize not having a house. ...

2026-08-18T18:48:00Z

Another way they're trying to criminalize not having a house.

https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/08/honolulu-considers-fining-jailing-homeless-over-shopping-carts/

The rate of air-sea gas exchange is significantly lower in ...

2026-08-18T14:20:00Z

The rate of air-sea gas exchange is significantly lower in nearshore environments, and using open ocean gas exchange parameterizations could drastically overestimate carbon dioxide removal potential.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03931-z

Virgin Trains has been granted track access to run up to 20 daily ...

2026-08-17T09:39:12Z

Virgin Trains has been granted track access to run up to 20 daily return services between London and Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam starting in 2030. 👀

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/17/virgin-trains-services-to-europe-eurostar?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

Oh no, my face! “Brent Jindra, a tech salesman, voted for ...

2026-08-17T06:21:02Z

Oh no, my face!

“Brent Jindra, a tech salesman, voted for President Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/trump-immigration-crackdown.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6FA.OP9U.d0dkGHQh7QzO&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Microsoft significantly reduced its carbon removal purchases by ...

2026-08-15T05:01:42Z

Microsoft significantly reduced its carbon removal purchases by 80% in the first half of 2026. Microsoft bought 93% of all the carbon removal credits globally last year. This is absurd, and no way to determine which method might actually work and scale. Carbon dioxide removal research and development should be government-funded and government-led.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-cuts-purchases-of-carbon-removals-by-80-amid-ai-push/

“The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that Donald ...

2026-08-12T12:22:37Z

“The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that Donald Trump's bid to overhaul child vaccination in the United States went against ‘decades of evidence’”

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260812-who-says-trump-vaccine-shake-up-goes-against-evidence

Nothing shocking about this story ...

2026-08-12T10:35:25Z

Nothing shocking about this story

https://apnews.com/article/ice-electric-shock-gloves-85ff746d3e0ee5f39e7a9a3f1f576252

Someone’s grandma’s getting her phone records subpoenaed for ...

2026-08-11T13:08:35Z

Someone’s grandma’s getting her phone records subpoenaed for this story about Trump hiding in a catering container like a coward.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-plane-ruse.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4lA.9e_b.F-SNbt0F5Hvc&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Maybe this will finally get politicians to care about climate ...

2026-08-11T11:00:15Z

Maybe this will finally get politicians to care about climate change:

“The brutally hot summer is set to cost the EU economy €180 billion this year — that’s equivalent to roughly 1 percent of GDP, which is all the growth the bloc was expected to generate in 2026, according to new analysis.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-scorching-summer-could-erase-blocs-2026-growth/

The joke candidate goes up against the bin this Thursday! ...

2026-08-11T10:28:08Z

The joke candidate goes up against the bin this Thursday!

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260811-farage-vs-count-binface-what-to-know-about-uk-snap-poll

The ocean has absorbed more than 90% of the heat from global ...

2026-08-10T04:04:13Z

The ocean has absorbed more than 90% of the heat from global warming. Is anyone surprised that ocean temperatures are higher than ever recorded?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/global-seas-hottest-temperature-july-scientists?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

Occidental Petroleum will begin operating the world’s largest ...

2026-08-09T08:17:52Z

Occidental Petroleum will begin operating the world’s largest carbon removal facility, Stratos, at the end of 2026. The facility is designed to remove up to 500,000 tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere annually.

If it works, that's a time machine that will take us back by about 6 minutes each year.

https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/08/07/worlds-largest-carbon-removal-plant-to-open-at-the-end-of-2026-cw-01027407

We wrote a review paper about bubbles in the ocean, and then the ...

2026-08-09T05:36:55Z

We wrote a review paper about bubbles in the ocean, and then the lead author wrote a summary about the paper. Give it a read if you want to know how bubbles affect the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and the ocean.

https://eos.org/editors-vox/how-bubbles-reshape-air-sea-gas-exchange

Eat the rich ...

2026-08-08T22:52:30Z

Eat the rich

https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/food-cooking/the-rise-of-the-100-hot-dog-2ac6f322?st=6Lxtye

The process by which atmospheric CO₂ is taken up by the ocean ...

2026-08-08T06:17:55Z

The process by which atmospheric CO₂ is taken up by the ocean is studied by only a handful of people worldwide. I talk about that important process in this podcast.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carbon-i-air-sea-co2-exchange-david-ho/id6796141291?i=1000780337538

Human flesh-eating screwworms brought to you in 2026 by Elon Musk ...

2026-08-07T21:15:59Z

Human flesh-eating screwworms brought to you in 2026 by Elon Musk and the Trump regime.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/08/flesh-eating-screwworms-feast-on-humans-in-mexico-human-cases-top-500/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social

A Smithsonian study traced the genetic relationships among ...

2026-08-07T18:12:32Z

A Smithsonian study traced the genetic relationships among Hawaiʻi's honeycreepers, revealing rapid diversification from a single ancestor about 3 million years ago. Once there were more than 60 species, but only 17 remain today because of disease, predators, and climate change. 🪶

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/08/07/scientists-trace-dna-evolutionary-history-hawaiis-endangered-honeycreepers/

Nuclear and fossil fuel power plants have a problem that wind and ...

2026-08-06T22:43:16Z

Nuclear and fossil fuel power plants have a problem that wind and solar don't:

Heatwaves across Europe have forced power plant shutdowns in six countries due to low river levels and high water temperatures.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/08/07/heatwave-forces-power-plant-shutdowns-across-europe-putting-electricity-grid-under-strain_6756235_19.html

Bogotá, Colombia, aims to achieve gender parity in cycling by ...

2026-08-06T14:13:08Z

Bogotá, Colombia, aims to achieve gender parity in cycling by 2039, as women currently account for only 28% of daily bicycle trips. The city is addressing barriers such as safety concerns and lack of cycling skills by building more protected bike lanes and offering cycling lessons.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/06/bikes-city-of-cycling-gender-barriers-colombias-capital-bogota-emissions?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1786023844

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2026-08-06T08:35:41Z

😢

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/science/dolphin-mother-dead-calf.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3VA.HoKO.urFjMQfFMB1W&smid=url-share

Scientists have validated Charles Darwin’s hypothesis that ...

2026-08-06T08:32:07Z

Scientists have validated Charles Darwin’s hypothesis that Saxifraga candelabrum, a plant with sticky hairs, is carnivorous.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/science/darwin-was-right-these-plants-are-carnivores.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3VA.XA4U.pMSH5o6H_YxR&smid=url-share

I declare climate change to be over. ...

2026-08-06T08:23:06Z

I declare climate change to be over.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/business/bessent-wage-gap.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3VA.0BMS.AHL17Y3H3vT9&smid=url-share

The Trump regime admitted in court filings that the cancellation ...

2026-08-05T23:32:01Z

The Trump regime admitted in court filings that the cancellation of clean energy grants for Hawaiʻi was because the state voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, rather than the previously stated reasons of advancing energy needs or economic viability.

https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/08/trump-administration-lawyers-admit-hawaii-funding-cuts-were-partisan/

😂🤣😂 But why? ...

2026-08-05T21:20:21Z

😂🤣😂 But why?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/trump-bbc-lawsuit-financial-records?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

Hey France… ...

2026-08-04T22:03:48Z

Hey France…

Nature Climate Change has an online collection of reviews, ...

2026-08-04T18:54:29Z

Nature Climate Change has an online collection of reviews, opinion pieces, and research on climate change communication.

https://www.nature.com/collections/gcieichigi

Are we all in agreement that Trump made billions of dollars from ...

2026-08-02T23:18:04Z

Are we all in agreement that Trump made billions of dollars from crypto, not because it's a good way for everyone to make money and he's just smarter about it, but because it's a good way for him to scam his witless followers and accept bribes legally?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9iZ10yIRwM

File under war crimes ...

2026-08-01T23:43:58Z

File under war crimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/middleeast/us-iran-bomb-mk84-qeshm-island.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2FA.zse5.tVoq4WF-QmBE&smid=url-share

This seems very very illegal ...

2026-08-01T17:44:07Z

This seems very very illegal

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/01/nx-s1-5912219/trump-truth-social-access-insider-trading

In this context, fundraising = soliciting bribes. Trump has ...

2026-07-31T15:01:16Z

In this context, fundraising = soliciting bribes.

Trump has accepted over $800 million in bribes since returning to office. 🎁🔗

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-donations-company-fundraising-1e34a78f?st=3TZDee

Replace your gas stoves with electric, preferably induction. The ...

2026-07-29T22:41:34Z

Replace your gas stoves with electric, preferably induction.

The Trump regime canceled a $18 million EPA grant to study the impact of replacing gas stoves in 1,200 homes of asthma sufferers. The researchers published the results from 85 homes anyway, showing significant asthma relief for participants and highlighting the health impacts of gas stoves.

https://wapo.st/4yQXZeg

If that's really true, the conclusion shouldn't be to ...

2026-07-29T04:08:57Z

If that's really true, the conclusion shouldn't be to keep more chickens in cages, but to consume fewer eggs.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/29/organic-eggs-climate-caged-chickens-carbon-emissions-environment?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env