Clif @Clif@social.cleverlibre.org

‘An utterly ridiculous decision’
BREAKING: The Government just approved the first new coal mine in the UK in 30 YEARS. #climatechaos #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateChange #global #betrayal #environment #destruction #Government #denial #denialism #RECKLESSNESS
No #NewCoalMine
#petition ⬇️
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/cumbria-coal-petition?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast2022-12-08&submit=true

Dear Mastadon hivemind:

The http://www.BiodiversityStripes.info website is highlighting biodiversity loss, globally and regionally using a similar concept to the climate stripes.

We are looking for other sources of biodiversity data which can be turned into stripes to highlight this critical issue.

Any leads for long & coherent time series welcome!

#BiodiversityStripes #COP15

Ukraine assaults on Russia showed millions of Russians for the first time that they, too, might be vulnerable.
Ukraine’s new long-range striking ability came into focus on Monday with attacks on air bases some 300 miles from the nearest Ukrainian territory, demonstrating the ability to evade Russian air defenses and hit with precision. #Russia #ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/world/europe/ukraine-drone-strikes-russian-bases.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

7 December 1929 | A Polish Jew, Gedale (Gdala) Hejblum, was born in Łuków. He emigrated to France.

He was deported to Auschwitz from Beaune-la-Rolande on 5 August 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #histodons #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #ww2 #WorldWar2 #Memorial #Remember #France

@LA61 In Canada the situation is even worse. Granted the population is small relative to long distances but, practically speaking, there are no passenger trains anymore except the around the triangle of Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and one very expensive trans-Canada route. Even bus travel is now very limited in many provinces. #yyc #ClimatePlans #ClimateCrisis #canpoli #abpoli

It is a solemn day in Canada.

🌹 33 years ago today, 14 women were murdered at L’École Polytechnique by a misogynist.

🌹 Since 1970, over 4,000 Indigenous women are missing or murdered.

🌹 Every 6 days, a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner.

🌹 Violence against women hurts everyone.

#cdnpoli #December6 #6décembre #femicide #Poly #GunRegulation #Canada #MeanwhileInCanada

How do you escape from a meteoroid swarm?
It's not a science-fiction issue. After a relatively large impact dinged the Webb telescope in May, engineers came up with a strategy to steer it away from the "micrometeoroid avoidance zone."
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/11/15/nasa-webb-micrometeoroid-mitigation-update/ #meteors #webb

LANGUAGE: It’s enslaved persons, not “slaves”. We are people who were ENslaved. When you say “enslaved”, you make clear that someone else did this to us. When you say “slave” you speak the language and mindset of the people who did this to us. This is important. It is not semantics. #history #language #enslavedpeople #Black #Mastodon #words

The #Arctic continues to bake, despite total darkness...

#Alaska’s northernmost city posts warmest #winter temperature on record https://wapo.st/3h3XYk5 #Utqiagvik

Climate activist Violet Coco was sentenced to 15 months in prison for a peaceful protest.

Can you guess where?

“As far as biodiversity is concerned, we are at war with nature. We need to make peace with nature. Because nature is what sustains everything on Earth … the science is unequivocal.” — Inger Andersen, UN environment chief spells out the challenges facing the planet as Cop15 delegates gather in Montreal.

#Cop15 #nature #environnement #climatechange #biodiversity

Things are not always what they seem, example no. 643. This idyllic winter scene is a flooded path near Lower Rouge River after a winter storm. Storm water regularly overwhelms Ypsilanti, Michigan's sewage treatment and leads to partially treated sewage flooding the river. Climate change has already increased the number of severe rain events in Michigan, and flood inducing rain events are expected to become still more common.

#winter #photograph #nature #ClimateChange #michigan #art

Long-term changes to Earth's energy balance are increasing the frequency and intensity of many extreme events — heat waves, wildfires, cyclones, and floods — with trends projected to accelerate under certain greenhouse gas emissions scenarios.
Many of the health risks could be prevented through building climate-resilient health systems with improved risk reduction, preparation, response, and recovery.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33406378

#ClimateChange @CUPopCenter #NICHDimpact #ClimateImpact #Emissions

Today #Trump lost in the courts in New York and on the streets in #Georgia.
Today was a good day for democracy.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/03/1062752/twitter-may-have-lost-more-than-a-million-users-since-elon-musk-took-over/

#TodayinHistory 80 years ago, one of Hollywood's most beloved films, #Casablanca, was released! 🎬

A heady mix of #romance, cynicism, thrills and danger, the film went on to win three Academy Awards, and a long-lasting legacy.

🏆 Today, it's third on the American Film Institute’s 100 best movies of the last 100 years, and is one of the most referenced films of all time.

🔗 https://theconversation.com/watching-casablanca-on-its-80th-anniversary-we-remain-in-awe-of-its-simplicity-and-profound-depth-192186

#cinema #film #history #movies #oscars #popculture #arts #culture #journalism #news

This is why you must mask. #covid #wearamask