Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

How "over the top" is this year's #wildfire season across #Canada? The 13.7 million hectares burned (thus far) is seven times the 1980-22 median and is 56 percent higher than the previous highest seasonal total (1989)! That's WAAAY over the top. Data from Canadian Wildland Fire Information System. #Summer2023 #CanadaWildfire

What a slippery slope our environmental degradation is.

Are we going to normalize having to have personal air purifiers in our homes (for those who can afford them) and let polluters keep polluting, rather than clean up the air for everyone?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/18/1194323903/air-quality-filter-purifier-indoor-pollution?

I put the word Bluesky in my name and was immediately kicked off Twitter. Can't get back in.

Spread the word.

I get this, I do it, the screen goes blank.

I remember the 2000 Election. There were enough votes for Ralph Nader to hand the election to George W. Bush.

I remember the 2016 Election. There were enough votes for Jill Stein to hand the election to Donald Trump.

In 2024 the Green Party is running Cornell West. Let’s not repeat this history, friends

Your vote is not a marriage. You’re not choosing a life partner. It’s a chess move for what’s best for the country and the world.

Re: leaving Twitter/X (and this toot is for my #NonprofitComms folks out there):

I led my team through an exercise the other week. I asked them to rapidly list all the reasons we've heard from internal stakeholders why we shouldn't leave Twitter.

They generated a list of about 10 reasons.

Then I asked, one by one, if these statements were TRUE.

And it turns out, only 2 were true AND relevant:
Yes, we have our largest following on Twitter
Yes, connecting to Twitter is still a primary way online advocacy happens.

But even these had serious caveats: Is our following growing? No (the opposite has been happening since the Musk acquisition). Are our advocates using Twitter for advocacy? No. Are electeds engaging with us on Twitter? No.

One by one, the excuses made to stay on Twitter/X were knocked down. There is seriously no REAL reason to stay there.

No evidence-based reason, that is.

Here’s the story of how a 37-follower Twitter account seeded a propaganda narrative about Hawaii that made headlines around the world, thanks to a network of right-wing influencers — and amplification by both Russian and Chinese state media.

My latest — a very deep dive into a coordinated campaign:
#socialmedia #disinformation #propaganda
https://open.substack.com/pub/weaponizedspaces/p/russia-amplifies-right-wing-influence?r=1aupz&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Short #introduction - my area of research is Satellite based communications. Industry-based, not SpaceX.
I also follow space missions and astronomy.
I like to teach and write about -
#science #scicomm
#satellites #communications #InternetProtocols
#space #astronomy
#JWST #Hubble #HST
#mars #PerseveranceRover
#Artemis
#NASA #ESA
#Climate #Democracy #HumanRights

"Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty."

The #1 choice is Mastodon!

Let's reach out to all our scientist (and non-scientist) friends and acquaintances and encourage them to join the Fediverse. If you still have an account on twitter, post some messages there with links to the Mastodon signup site. Let's welcome them here and provide some gentle hints on how to be productive here.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0
#Scientists #twitter

A Minister was just asked if the Canadian Government can force Meta to deliver news on its platforms in this Emergency and I can't believe we have allowed ourselves to become so beholden to one company. I am *glad* Meta is blocking now because people will go elsewhere! Minister Blair suggested people tune into CBC Radio. Which is the right answer!!! Long Live the FEDIVERSE and public broadcasting!
#Meta #News #CanPoli #DumpZuck #Wildfires #Canada #Yellowknife #Facebook #Fediverse #Mastodon

Proud Boy skips town and is now missing just before his sentencing for rioting at the Capitol on Jan 6 https://deadstate.org/proud-boy-skips-town-and-is-now-missing-just-before-his-sentencing-for-rioting-at-the-capitol-on-jan-6/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Found a children backpack near gate 1
I guess it will be missed 😲
#CCCamp23

Talk to the gate angles

assembly confirmation photos of MNT/RBZ LS1028A processor module (open hardware SOM) came in from PCBway

* 1934 – The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.

#OnThisDay

There’s a HURRICANE this weekend heading for Baja and Southern California. Folks, that is not in any way normal.

I may not live long enough to see the worst of the impacts of climate change, but I want to use my voice and platform today to urge action.

We can start by ending subsidies and investments into fossil fuels. Full stop.

"Scoop: Big GOP donors push for Trump alternative"

https://www.axios.com/2023/08/19/gop-donors-dreaming-trump-alternative #GOP #Trump #Georgia #indictments

Did you know that Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery now has an Etsy shop? She has named it Souris des Moissons (the French for harvest mouse, which is completely charming) and for anyone who loves her tales of Old Fox, her retelling of Reynard, or the colouring maps of the Poly-Olbion, there are wonderful gleanings to be found. #OldFox #ReynardTheFox #PolyOlbion

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SourisdesMoissons

It is crazy how much land has been burned this year in Canada. Just look at this graph

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66550759

#Canada #wildfire #ClimateChange

What makes you enthusiastic about the web?

A connection? A project? A technology?

On threads now as brendanmay11

If Musk does actually disable the block function I will be leaving Twitter completely, so hope to see you on the other side!

Hurricane Hilary likely so big it will cover all of Southern California, forecasters say https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-19/how-big-is-hurricane-hilary-storm-likely-to-cover-all-of-southern-california