Clif @Clif@social.cleverlibre.org

This is a helpful overview of why the search feature is intentionally limited

https://midrange.tedium.co/issues/how-mastodon-search-works/

And it links to this thoughtful blog post on why the influx of new people on Mastodon has been so jarring to the community already here

https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/

What if we call these record breaking temperatures in the UK a "heatwave" given how much hotter it is compared to normal?

Met Office forecaster: “So we are way, way above where we should be for this time of year.”

#Cop27 #climate #heatwave

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/11/warmest-armistice-day-ever-for-england-scotland-and-northern-ireland?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Oh, the Irony: Climate Change-Related Catastrophes Put Green Energy Infrastructure in Peril

as renewable projects have increased in size, so a greater surface area has been exposed to these events. Most vulnerable are solar installations, with 80% of claims arising from external events such as flooding, hail and tornadoes

https://riskandinsurance.com/oh-the-irony-climate-change-related-catastrophes-put-green-energy-infrastructure-in-peril/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #climate #NorthAmerican #insurance #COP27

Dire global warming milestone could come within a decade as #Earth sets new emissions record, report says.
#climate #climatechange #globalwarming
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/11/11/climate-change-progress-falters-global-emission-set-record/10662354002/

Hurricane Nicole a ‘warning shot’ over sea level rise, expert says

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/11/11/hurricane-nicole-a-warning-shot-over-sea-level-rise-expert-says/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #climate #Miami #Florida #USA #US #COP27

The meat industry is borrowing tactics from Big Oil to obfuscate the truth about climate change

https://www.salon.com/2022/11/11/the-meat-industry-is-borrowing-tactics-from-big-oil-to-obfuscate-the-truth-about-climate-change/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #climate #meat #COP27

Small island developing states & the world’s least-developed countries have weathered the worst #climate-related losses & damages–how can innovative financing alleviate this unequal burden? Read the FP Analytics issue brief with support from @OpenSociety: https://buff.ly/3TUrSFn

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/ForeignPolicy/status/1591173979636912128

In an effort to combat bad actors, Russian traffic is no longer permitted to mstdn.ca.

#Climate pledges made by countries worldwide are “dangerously overreliant” on tree planting and land restoration that would require an area greater than the size of the US and risked sparking conflict.

Countries were turning to land-based solutions instead of doing the hard work of steeply reducing emissions from fossil fuels, decarbonising food systems and stopping the destruction of forests and other ecosystems

https://www.ft.com/content/6db18a31-5600-409b-b3db-8c901ecdc499

Hi friends!

It's that time of night when we post something to make you smile. But tonight's post is meant to make you laugh. I still crack up every time I watch it.

This is an old Mama's Family sketch from the Carol Burnett Show. Tim Conway is improvising about elephants and the remaining cast can't keep it together.

I'm sure a lot of you have seen it but everyone should watch it! It's about three minutes long.

Have a great night!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2OkR35ketA
#news

Now available!

My in-depth comparative review of eight Mastodon apps for iPhone

Please boost (or share on Twitter) 🙏

https://transponderings.blog/2022/05/21/eight-mastodon-apps-for-iphone/

To all my bird friends coming over, these folks posts have really helped me thus far. @Gargron @feditips @mastodonmigration @FediFollows

So...Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly is reelected to the Senate. A fine thing for the Senate.

Democrat Adrian Fontes is elected as Arizona Secretary of State. A fine thing for the democratic electoral process down the road.

We live in tiring times.

Why climate crisis means some English roses will bloom no longer.
Award-winning #rose varieties are being retired due to changing garden conditions and evolving pests.
#climate #climatechange
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/11/why-climate-change-means-some-english-roses-will-bloom-no-longer 

Breathe.

This is from the New York Times. A batch of about 27,000 votes (going from 91% of the vote to 93%) changed Laxalt's 9,000 vote lead to an 800 vote lead.

Looks like the Democrats keep the Senate even without Georgia.

🎉

And the Republican lead in the House is narrowing. Imagine the Republicans governing with a razor thin majority. They couldn't repeal Obamacare when they had a trifecta.

What they didn’t realize was that unlike them, most sane people would actually just leave the site and go somewhere else. They miscalculated the importance of the bird site to the left. “Citizen journalists” indeed. What is more “citizen journalist” than decentralized platforms? By definition the bird site can never be a source of open, accurate information. And in fact, will become a major source of disinformation.

In just the last 50 years, TWO-THIRDS (‼️) of the world's wild animals have been wiped out.

Man will have dominion over the Earth, and will vanquish all. Aren't you proud?

https://t.co/q6xXOAzUyB

#Biodiversity #extinction

Another thing I love about Mastodon - you get notifications when soneone's edited a tweet that you've liked or boosted.

This is REALLY important as it allows the chance to remove a boost or a like if the change is not acceptable.