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#MastodonMigration
Check out the new #MastodonMigrationSite for #QuickStart, #News, #UserGuides, #UserLists and #ServerLists >>>
medium.com/@mastodonmigration/

#BoostedPosts below relate broadly to #TwitterMigration, and do not reflect a position on #MigrationIssues. #MastodonCulture is precious. The influx of #NewUsers is disruptive. Hopefully sharing a wide array viewpoints and guidance with understanding and kindness will #help #NewUsers make a positive contribution and minimize harm.

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@Opusmarta @ClimateHuman That is the major reason I’m here instead of there. ☺️

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Thanks to Harvard University, you can now virtually enter the Great Pyramid of #Giza in 3D and 360º

@ClimateHuman @Opusmarta Which would be fine if CO2 were the only thing nature required and it weren’t instead a major threat.

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So far, 27 years of COP meetings have been a complete failure; you can't argue with physics. Anyone saying otherwise has fossil fuels or books to sell. #EmergencyMode

Twitter's implosion 

@WalterShaub@journa.host @Mmwatson @joshtpm Exactly. Who knows anymore?

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RT @ECOWARRIORSS@twitter.com

Arctic ice that was once impenetrable is now easily broken
This is what the fossil fuel industry wanted for decades

🐦🔗: twitter.com/ECOWARRIORSS/statu

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7.8% of the Earth's surface has had a record warm average temperature from January through October, including most of Western Europe and parts of China and Central Asia.

Nowhere has had a record low 10-month average.

berkeleyearth.org/october-2022

#climatechange

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The severe losses in GDP by country as a result of Climate Change at 3.4 degrees (graphic). Total global damages over $610 TRILLION to 2100, or a COVID sized economic shock *every year* on average for the next 80 years. ACT NOW!

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The thing that bugs me about the “is 1.5C still achievable or is it 2C or 1.5C w/ overshoot” #climate conversation is that no matter what the answer turns out to be, it changes exactly NOTHING about the things the world needs to do to drastically cut emissions in the next 1-5 years, and we need WAY more action across all sectors. (Including #food and #agriculture!)
#COP27

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Almost everybody in Europe today:

A) this is nice weather for November
B) AAAAAGGGH

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The new Twitter Blue brought in just $488,000 in revenue, while the verified fake accounts caused billions in havoc.

mashable.com/article/twitter-b

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"Will the Amazon rainforest’s chances improve with Brazil’s new leader?" | My interview this evening with Geoff R Bennett on the @pbs #NewsHour: pbs.org/newshour/show/will-the

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Morning folks, time for my first Mastodon thread (!)

Ahead of the #midterms tomorrow, I want to talk about the tragic politicisation of science in the US.

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when the Republicans became the anti-science party, but the process probably began in the 1980s, when the Christian right first emerged as a major force in conservative American politics.

Since then, the journey has been smooth and swift, and there is now a stunning partisan divide on confidence in science 😥

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Excess death rates were already higher among Republicans before vaccines came online, possibly due to red states taking a more lax stance on social distancing etc, but once vaccines came on line, the gap widened dramatically 📈

And to be clear, this is after adjusting for age, so it can’t be explained by Republicans simply being older on average. This is the result of a party and its voters turning away from science

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Scientists discover a mysterious solar system. It's nothing like ours. - Mashable apple.news/Ae2v6pR-uQG-h6ecCAf. Interesting

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Citizen science is a valuable tool for climate science, and many other disciplines.

Currently, volunteers are transcribing detailed weather observations that were written in ship logs on voyages around the world in the 1860s, and turning the hand-written measurements into digital data.

This data will help us better reconstruct past changes in climate. #WeatherRescue

And, anyone can help!

WeatherRescue.org

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In 2007 Ljubljana's mayor moved to make the city center car-free.

Since then:
- Driving share of city trips ⬇️ from 58% to 39%
- Walking share of trips ⬆️ from 19% to 35%
- Air pollution ⬇️ 70%

Now 97% of residents want city center to remain car-free
bigissue.com/news/environment/

#cities #transportation

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