Clif @Clif@social.cleverlibre.org

I'm old enough to remember that respecting and defending the Constitution was the most basic expectation of every citizen, let alone someone running for president. Even after everything we've been through, the idea that Republicans will stick with a man who flagrantly demands the Constitution be discarded to install him into office: Infuriating.

@KevinTMorris @marcelias It's amazing how much fight has to be made in order to guarantee that people are able to vote. I am thankful that people like @marcelias are out there doing the hard work for all of us.

2/ https://hostux.social/@dderigo/109450349791623265

1994, #CarlSagan on the #PaleBlueDot image from #Voyager 1 (1990): "There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility [...] to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."

In 1985, he urged to act on human-induced #ClimateChange - video: https://purl.org/INRMM-MiD/z-WLJ8RRV8 (full: https://www.c-span.org/video/?125856-1/greenhouse-effect )

https://archive.org/details/pale-blue-dot-carl-sagan/page/n15/mode/2up

@internetarchive

#MastodonNews Dec 3, 2022

Suddenly the media is trying to correct the misimpressions about Mastodon that they created...

CNET: Confused by Twitter 'Replacement' Mastodon? Here's How to Get Started >>> https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/confused-by-twitter-replacement-mastodon-heres-how-to-get-started/

Joining the open-source social network isn't simple, but it's not much harder than starting a new email account.

#twittermigration
#News >>> https://medium.com/@mastodonmigration/sharing-advice-and-assisting-with-the-great-mastodon-migration-53c1a286b805#cfd1

The oil industry's smoking gun 1968 report now fuels lawsuits against the industry: "science around climate change was clear, it was abundant, and that the best indications were that the risks were really substantial.”https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-lawsuits-oil-industry-research #climate #climatechange

Whole Ecosystem Warming Stimulates Methane Production From Plant Metabolites in Peatlands

https://ritzherald.com/whole-ecosystem-warming-stimulates-methane-production-from-plant-metabolites-in-peatlands/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate

More evidence we are approaching disastrous global warming tipping points that may be irreversible. Scientists say leaders must take more action to cut carbon emissions faster: “Of particular concern are the likely collapse of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets and the abrupt melting of permafrost grounds in the Arctic, which would result in additional sea-level rise and greenhouse gas releases, leading to more warming.” @OECD https://www.oecd.org/environment/climate-tipping-points-abc5a69e-en.htm @OECD #climate #climatechange

@virginiaheffernan Are you serious!? Comparing those that oppose geoengineering to antivaxers?

Consider this opinion piece from Naomi Klein:

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/opinion/sunday/geoengineering-testing-the-waters.html

#climateChange #geoengineering

Another addition to my collection of #climatechange indicators: https://zacklabe.com/climate-change-indicators/.

This new graphic shows temperature (linear) trends over land areas for 4 distinct periods, which captures long-term warming and some decadal variability.

ℹ️ Data from https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/

Does #climate technology hold the key to #netzero emissions? 🌍

The ERC-funded project GENIE has embarked upon the largest-ever, multidisciplinary review of more than twenty related emerging technologies.

More 👉 https://bit.ly/climate_technology

#IPCC #ResearchImpactEU #climatechange

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1598648955034046464

To all Mastodon-admins: seems like there's an attack on all instances by troll accounts. Servers get slow because of it.
They use thousands of subdomains of activitypub-troll.cf. My 'pull' queues skyrocketed.

I now blocked the domain activitypub-troll.cf and all is back to normal. Please check if you're hit too.

Now seems like a good time to talk about how far-right extremists are using the Overton Window theory to force their ideas into the mainstream. The premise here is that today’s fringe ideas/beliefs can become tomorrow’s normal by shifting the boundaries of acceptable discourse. You do that by introducing people to more & more extreme ideas, so everything else seems reasonable in comparison.

eg, when “praising Hitler” becomes the comparison point, low-key bigotry suddenly doesn’t seem so bad. 1/

"I confess that if ever I have to say one more single word about Ye, Trump, Jones, Tucker Carlson, or any other racist oxygen-hogs, I will catch fire like a former drummer from Spinal Tap. My silence is not complicity, it is some combination of exhaustion, boredom, and a line-in-the-sand refusal to engage with idiots."
@Dahlialith nails it: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/kanye-alex-jones-anti-semitism-what-now.html

i am just getting flooded with bots on elon net. I think I'm just going to hang out here.

If you are concerned about "free speech," you should probably be concerned about the top Republican candidate for the presidency calling for the Constitution, which includes the First Amendment, to be suspended.

Elon Musk is now trying to breathe life into made-up conspiracies about Democratic fundraising and Brazil’s elections. Tesla and SpaceX can go screw themselves. Every purchase and every contract is financing this insanity.

3 December 1923 | A Polish Jewish woman, Ruth Hermansztadt, was born in Kielce.

In Auschwitz from 30 May 1942.
No. 7544
She was evacuated to Ravensbrück and liberated there.

See an online lesson dedicated to the fate of women Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en

#Auschwitz #history #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #women #Ravensbrück #people #education

@rahmstorf it's not as if. It is exactly that. At some point it will hit home to everybody and sadly I think it will be when it's too late.

If you protest against the worsening climate disaster, you are punished much harder than if you perform the same actions for other reasons. It’s like those in power have a bad conscience, they know they are failing and angrily lash out against those holding up a mirror to them.
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RT @Sophiemcneill
Outrageous decision just now in a Sydney court

Climate activist Violet Coco given 15 month sentence, 8 months no parole after she block…
https://twitter.com/Sophiemcneill/status/1598513805855961088