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Research reveals how Earth got its ice caps
The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet's history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research.
phys.org
We now know that —is due to a coincidental combination of very low rates of global volcanism, and highly dispersed continents with big mountains, which allow for lots of global rainfall and therefore amplify reactions that remove carbon from the atmosphere," he explained.
phys.org/news/2025-02...
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There are so many climate policy conversations in so many places around the world on "pragmatism", "realism", "compromise" etc
How many of them include this end of the equation?
How many of them include this end of the equation?
"A series of deadly heat waves from May to August overwhelmed Germany’s healthcare and emergency response systems and led to an estimated 16,000 heat-related deaths during the summer, the most heat mortalities ever recorded in the highly developed country."
Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate News
As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.
insideclimatenews.org
October 5, 2026 at 9:14 AM
There are so many climate policy conversations in so many places around the world on "pragmatism", "realism", "compromise" etc
How many of them include this end of the equation?
How many of them include this end of the equation?
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October 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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October 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️
🧵 In July 1967, 19-year-old PFC Robert L. Hunt Jr. (below) returned home on leave to Cairo, IL. Hours after being arrested, he was found hanged in a jail cell.
The ruling: suicide.
Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 In July 1967, 19-year-old PFC Robert L. Hunt Jr. (below) returned home on leave to Cairo, IL. Hours after being arrested, he was found hanged in a jail cell.
The ruling: suicide.
Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
October 4, 2026 at 11:12 AM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️
🧵 In July 1967, 19-year-old PFC Robert L. Hunt Jr. (below) returned home on leave to Cairo, IL. Hours after being arrested, he was found hanged in a jail cell.
The ruling: suicide.
Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 In July 1967, 19-year-old PFC Robert L. Hunt Jr. (below) returned home on leave to Cairo, IL. Hours after being arrested, he was found hanged in a jail cell.
The ruling: suicide.
Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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#Belarus Our media report that psychiatrist Ihar Pasnou, 58, has died in a penal colony in Navapolack. Pasnou spent years confronting the regime, including speaking out about Lukashenka's handling of Covid. In prison, he was reportedly subjected to punishment cells, cold, and other forms of abuse.
October 4, 2026 at 11:10 AM
#Belarus Our media report that psychiatrist Ihar Pasnou, 58, has died in a penal colony in Navapolack. Pasnou spent years confronting the regime, including speaking out about Lukashenka's handling of Covid. In prison, he was reportedly subjected to punishment cells, cold, and other forms of abuse.
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"what if instead of drowning each other in horrible personalist networks, discriminating on the basis of arbitrary features like race and sex, we instead treated each other like honorable and important ends in ourselves"
October 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM
"what if instead of drowning each other in horrible personalist networks, discriminating on the basis of arbitrary features like race and sex, we instead treated each other like honorable and important ends in ourselves"
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#FindsFriday 🏺
Superb bronze chimera: likely emblem (episema) on C6 BC warrior's shield w lion's head on flame-like mane + scaly fierce snake striking from centre.
From high status tomb w arms, tools, ceramics + iron wheels of chariot excavated in Melfi, Basilicata.
Melfi Nat Archaeological Museum.
Superb bronze chimera: likely emblem (episema) on C6 BC warrior's shield w lion's head on flame-like mane + scaly fierce snake striking from centre.
From high status tomb w arms, tools, ceramics + iron wheels of chariot excavated in Melfi, Basilicata.
Melfi Nat Archaeological Museum.
October 2, 2026 at 10:20 AM
#FindsFriday 🏺
Superb bronze chimera: likely emblem (episema) on C6 BC warrior's shield w lion's head on flame-like mane + scaly fierce snake striking from centre.
From high status tomb w arms, tools, ceramics + iron wheels of chariot excavated in Melfi, Basilicata.
Melfi Nat Archaeological Museum.
Superb bronze chimera: likely emblem (episema) on C6 BC warrior's shield w lion's head on flame-like mane + scaly fierce snake striking from centre.
From high status tomb w arms, tools, ceramics + iron wheels of chariot excavated in Melfi, Basilicata.
Melfi Nat Archaeological Museum.
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Me today....
So glad the weekend is almost here
Etruscan amber pendant in the shape of a monkey, height 4.7 cm.
Found in Vetulonia, Italy, dating late 8th/early 7th century BC.
📷 Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana
So glad the weekend is almost here
Etruscan amber pendant in the shape of a monkey, height 4.7 cm.
Found in Vetulonia, Italy, dating late 8th/early 7th century BC.
📷 Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana
October 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Me today....
So glad the weekend is almost here
Etruscan amber pendant in the shape of a monkey, height 4.7 cm.
Found in Vetulonia, Italy, dating late 8th/early 7th century BC.
📷 Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana
So glad the weekend is almost here
Etruscan amber pendant in the shape of a monkey, height 4.7 cm.
Found in Vetulonia, Italy, dating late 8th/early 7th century BC.
📷 Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana
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Gas stove companies have known about dangerous emissions for decades. Here's hoping @governor.ny.gov signs the S1280b into law. New Yorkers deserve to know about dangerous emissions. #IndoorAirQualityAwarenessMonth @lizkrueger.bsky.social @solagesny.bsky.social grist.org/accountabili...
The hazards of gas stoves were flagged by the industry — and hidden — 50 years ago
Utilities knew about the danger of indoor air pollution in 1972 and downplayed it, a DeSmog investigation found.
grist.org
October 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Gas stove companies have known about dangerous emissions for decades. Here's hoping @governor.ny.gov signs the S1280b into law. New Yorkers deserve to know about dangerous emissions. #IndoorAirQualityAwarenessMonth @lizkrueger.bsky.social @solagesny.bsky.social grist.org/accountabili...
This headline could not be more ridiculously hyperbolic, inane and possible, criminal.
www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...
NHL Tonight: Capitals face Hurricanes in a critical early-season clash
Both are expected to challenge for the Metro Division title. Plus, what to watch in the other four games, updated stat leaders and more.
www.espn.com
October 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
This headline could not be more ridiculously hyperbolic, inane and possible, criminal.
www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...
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Joan Miró
Pájaro de plumaje desplegado vuela hacia el árbol de plata (1953)
Pájaro de plumaje desplegado vuela hacia el árbol de plata (1953)
October 2, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Joan Miró
Pájaro de plumaje desplegado vuela hacia el árbol de plata (1953)
Pájaro de plumaje desplegado vuela hacia el árbol de plata (1953)
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"Teacups" • 2024
Artist "Ans Debije" (Dutch, b.1962)
Oil on mdf gesso panel
20 x 14 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Artist "Ans Debije" (Dutch, b.1962)
Oil on mdf gesso panel
20 x 14 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
October 1, 2026 at 3:36 AM
"Teacups" • 2024
Artist "Ans Debije" (Dutch, b.1962)
Oil on mdf gesso panel
20 x 14 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Artist "Ans Debije" (Dutch, b.1962)
Oil on mdf gesso panel
20 x 14 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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“It is the nature of a man as he grows older, to protest against change, particularly change for the better. The sad ones are those who waste their energy trying to hold it back, for they can only feel bitterness in loss and no joy in gain.”
----John Steinbeck, 'Travels With Charley'
#booksky
----John Steinbeck, 'Travels With Charley'
#booksky
October 1, 2026 at 12:19 AM
“It is the nature of a man as he grows older, to protest against change, particularly change for the better. The sad ones are those who waste their energy trying to hold it back, for they can only feel bitterness in loss and no joy in gain.”
----John Steinbeck, 'Travels With Charley'
#booksky
----John Steinbeck, 'Travels With Charley'
#booksky
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Latest read, July's People (1981) by Nadine Gordimer; an alternative history in which apartheid is violently overthrown & whites are subservient to blacks. Maureen & her children, white, now work under their former black servant July, whom they thought of as a friend. He has other feelings.
#BookSky
#BookSky
September 30, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Latest read, July's People (1981) by Nadine Gordimer; an alternative history in which apartheid is violently overthrown & whites are subservient to blacks. Maureen & her children, white, now work under their former black servant July, whom they thought of as a friend. He has other feelings.
#BookSky
#BookSky
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In the 2026 San Francisco city survey, residents rated city services on a scale from A+ to F. The results are in, and they’re not exactly fridge worthy.
missionlocal.org/2026/09/san-...
missionlocal.org/2026/09/san-...
Survey says: San Franciscans feel city government improved, but streets still poor
The 2026 San Francisco city survey results are out, and ratings for most city services are on the mend.
missionlocal.org
October 1, 2026 at 12:38 AM
In the 2026 San Francisco city survey, residents rated city services on a scale from A+ to F. The results are in, and they’re not exactly fridge worthy.
missionlocal.org/2026/09/san-...
missionlocal.org/2026/09/san-...
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The biggest barrier to emissions reductions is increasingly our inability to quickly build clean energy: solar, geothermal, wind, nuclear, transmission, battery storage, etc. Projects are held back by a thicket of regulations and reviews.
September 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The biggest barrier to emissions reductions is increasingly our inability to quickly build clean energy: solar, geothermal, wind, nuclear, transmission, battery storage, etc. Projects are held back by a thicket of regulations and reviews.
Highly recommend this interview on Amanpour.
We put out a huge report in 2024 on this and got a ton of coverage. I appeared on Amanpour and Co. to discuss the report: www.wabe.org/tv-episodes/...
September 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Highly recommend this interview on Amanpour.
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This is Buddo. The earliest depiction of a human figure found anywhere in the British Isles. It is made out of whale bone and can be found in the Stromness Museum on Orkney. At 4,900 years old it comes from a time when mammoths still walked the Earth 🦣 . #neolithic #Orkney
August 20, 2024 at 11:10 PM
This is Buddo. The earliest depiction of a human figure found anywhere in the British Isles. It is made out of whale bone and can be found in the Stromness Museum on Orkney. At 4,900 years old it comes from a time when mammoths still walked the Earth 🦣 . #neolithic #Orkney
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This Zapotec ceramic artifact features a face split longitudinally to represent life and death. It encapsulates the ancient Mesoamerican concept of duality: life-death, day-night, rain-dry; not necessarily conflict, but complementary balance. The piece was found in Soyaltepec, Oaxaca, 500-800 CE.
September 30, 2026 at 9:58 AM
This Zapotec ceramic artifact features a face split longitudinally to represent life and death. It encapsulates the ancient Mesoamerican concept of duality: life-death, day-night, rain-dry; not necessarily conflict, but complementary balance. The piece was found in Soyaltepec, Oaxaca, 500-800 CE.
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A Maya monument depicting a man and his wife carrying a hunted deer. Its unusual openwork design makes it very interesting. It is called Estela de Tabí.
Seen at the Museo Regional de Antropología in Mérida.
#Maya #Yucatan #Archaeology
Seen at the Museo Regional de Antropología in Mérida.
#Maya #Yucatan #Archaeology
September 30, 2026 at 12:59 AM
A Maya monument depicting a man and his wife carrying a hunted deer. Its unusual openwork design makes it very interesting. It is called Estela de Tabí.
Seen at the Museo Regional de Antropología in Mérida.
#Maya #Yucatan #Archaeology
Seen at the Museo Regional de Antropología in Mérida.
#Maya #Yucatan #Archaeology