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David A Johnson
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Veteran embracing reason, critical thinking, education, facts, and objective truth; insatiably curious. Main interests: science, climate change, education, cosmology, photography, and health. Longing for human progress.

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David A Johnson @infpwriter.bsky.social · Dec 3
"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world." - Dr. Paul Farmer

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h
World leaders address climate crisis before UN meet amid record-breaking El Niño
World leaders address climate crisis before UN meet amid record-breaking El Niño
Prime ministers of Australia and Iceland discuss effects on their countries even as some shy away in face of war and inflation World political leaders are descending on New York for the UN general assembly and some of them are putting the climate crisis on the agenda as they spoke on Monday at the start of the city’s annual Climate Week. This year’s Climate Week – which runs alongside UNGA – comes after months of extreme heat in large parts of the world including Europe and the US, wildfires in Africa, flash flooding in Asia and a record-breaking El Niño. Continue reading...
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 18h
Trump is clearly mentally ill, on top of being corrupt and incompetent and dangerous.

It won't happen because the GOP is captured by the cult, but a clearer example of the need to invoke the 25th Amendment will never be found.

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 20h
El Niño is breaking every existing record already, and it's got weeks to go before it's likely to hit a peak.

We're going to see a warmer world than any humans before us this year

billmckibben.substack.com/p/hold-my-wa...
Hold my (warm) beer
It’s Existential Crises Week!
billmckibben.substack.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own:

Paramount+
CBS
CNN
Showtime
HBO
Warner Bros
TNT
TBS
MTV
DC Studios
Nickelodeon
Comedy Central
And more...

With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.

Shameful.

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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 23h
In light of the current administrations attempt to suppress news media outlets, I’m reminded of this quote by our third president of the United States.

"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” — Thomas Jefferson

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d
Benedict Cumberbatch says his documentary "How to Live on Earth" platforms experts exploring humanity's connection to nature.

#BenedictCumberbatch #HowtoLiveonEarth

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David A Johnson @infpwriter.bsky.social · 1d
Pat Paulsen would have higher approval ratings today.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 1d
NEW: Internal documents reveal Suncor played a leadership role in fossil fuel industry groups that pushed “uncertainties” about mainstream climate science, @geoffdembicki.bsky.social reports.

Suncor is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Boulder's climate deception case against the company.
Suncor Helped Lead Climate Denial Group Spreading ‘Uncertainties’
With a U.S. Supreme Court decision looming on whether the company can be held liable for climate deception, internal documents show a campaign to question science.
www.desmog.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban
US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban
ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC decline to participate after presidential ban that prompted widespread condemnation Major US TV news networks agreed to refuse to air coverage of Donald Trump’s White House after the administration banned certain media outlets including CNN from the grounds. The ban left CNN unable to fulfill its duties as Monday’s White House designated pool broadcaster. Continue reading...
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David A Johnson @infpwriter.bsky.social · 1d
"A mentally ill or incapacitated U.S. president can be removed or stripped of power against their will using Section 4 of the 25th Amendment of the Constitution."

"Congress can impeach and remove a president under Article II, Section 4 for "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.""

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today.

He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 1d
A merged Paramount Warner Bros. will be half-owned by “some of the most repressive governments in the world."

“An investment this large in one of America’s biggest media companies doesn’t just buy equity, it secures influence over what gets said and what gets made.”

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
arstechnica.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
"Holy shit that's a nasty surprise. There are things you expect to cost $500, like a Nintendo Switch, or tix to see Ed Sheeran 2 weeks ago 👀... being able to breathe is not one of them."

John Oliver on our broken health care system ☠️ people unnecessarily. #MedicareForAllNOW

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
Babies ‘will face almost twice as much’ extreme fire weather in Europe than great-grandparents
Babies ‘will face almost twice as much’ extreme fire weather in Europe than great-grandparents
Children born after 2025 will experience three more years of brutally fire-conducive weather as global heating intensifies European babies will face almost twice as much extreme fire weather as their great-grandparents if climate action does not ramp up quickly, a study has found. Global heating under current policies will expose a child born in Europe in 2025 to three more years of brutally fire-conducive weather over their lifetime than someone born in 1950, the researchers found. Continue reading...
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David A Johnson @infpwriter.bsky.social · 1d
It's amazing this many Republicans believe in reality.

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Thane Heins @thaneheins.bsky.social · 1d
a new study is detailing how the fires, permafrost thaw and other changes are adding even more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and speeding up climate change at a scale not currently reflected in global estimates. #climatechange #globalwarming
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
'Feedback loop' from wildfires, permafrost thaw in Canada causing even more climate change, new study shows | CBC News
These climate feedback loops, where climate change triggers more greenhouse gas emissions that in turn feed into even more climate change, could add 20 to 30 per cent more warming over current estimat...
www.cbc.ca

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d
Harry Truman once said, “Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.”

He was right then, and Republicans are proving him right today. Watch.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d
6% of Republicans think climate change is a major problem, down from 13% in 2009
news.gallup.com/poll/708050/...
6% of Republicans think climate change is a major problem, down from 13% in 2009

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d
“The response to Trump’s attacks on these outlets should be for every news outlet to boycott the Trump White House. They don’t need to stand there to do their reporting. See how Trump likes it when no legitimate news outlet shows up for his tantrums and lies.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/is-trump-c...
Is Trump Collapsing?
A Saturday Prompt
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