Mastodawn

Laura Gould Mar 4, 2023

Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri🌹🦀Mar 3, 2023

A new study about seabirds and offshore wind turbines may surprise you.

A two-year, €3 million study of seabirds at an offshore wind farm off Scotland combined radar data with cameras to identify the species of seabird and create a three-dimensional image of birds’ flight patterns and how they avoid offshore wind turbines’ rotor blades.

The study’s findings: Not a single collision between a bird and a rotor blade was recorded.

https://electrek.co/2023/03/02/seabirds-and-offshore-wind-turbines-vattenfall/

A new study about seabirds and offshore wind turbines may surprise you

Swedish power giant Vattenfall did a two-year, €3 million study of seabirds at an offshore wind farm off Scotland – here’s what it found.

Electrek

Laura Gould Feb 19, 2023

Glastomichelle Feb 19, 2023

I'm a bit late posting today's sunrise photograph but here we go. Today In Glastonbury.
#glastonbury #glastonburytor #somerset #sunrise #sunrisephotography #ponies

Laura Gould Feb 19, 2023

Steven Beschloss Feb 19, 2023

Saying it now: Jimmy Carter is the ultimate model of an ex-president who used his time after office to be of service to others.

Laura Gould Feb 19, 2023

William Kretschmer Feb 19, 2023

Today's Cat
#cats #todayscat #CatsOfMastodon

Laura Gould Feb 19, 2023

The Duality of Xan Feb 19, 2023

Spirited Away is one of the finest pieces of anticapitalist cinema ever made. Just underneath the whimsical fantasy storyline, it’s absolutely full of messages about how greed will ruin you and work is all about dehumanisation.

Laura Gould Feb 19, 2023

Bread and Circuses Feb 19, 2023

Three climate scientists, James Dyke, Wolfgang Knorr, and Robert Watson, say this:

"We have arrived at the painful realisation that the idea of Net Zero has licensed a recklessly cavalier 'burn now, pay later' approach which has seen carbon emissions continue to soar. It has also hastened the destruction of the natural world by increasing deforestation today, and greatly increases the risk of further devastation in the future."

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #Deforestation #Science

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Attached: 1 image Three eminent climate scientists have published an important article that is both an analysis of the present climate emergency and a call to action directed at their colleagues in the scientific establishment. Although I've quoted extensively from the article, what you'll see here leaves out most of the details. I *strongly* urge you to read the whole thing. Let's get started... _______________________ The threats of climate change are the direct result of there being too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. So it follows that we must stop emitting more and even remove some of it. This idea is central to the world’s current plan to avoid catastrophe. In fact, there are many suggestions as to how to actually do this, from mass tree planting, to high tech direct air capture devices that suck out carbon dioxide from the air. The current consensus is that if we deploy these and other so-called “carbon dioxide removal” techniques at the same time as reducing our burning of fossil fuels, we can more rapidly halt global warming. Hopefully around the middle of this century we will achieve “net zero”. This is the point at which any residual emissions of greenhouse gases are balanced by technologies removing them from the atmosphere. This is a great idea, in principle. Unfortunately, in practice it helps perpetuate a belief in technological salvation and diminishes the sense of urgency surrounding the need to curb emissions now. We have arrived at the painful realisation that the idea of net zero has licensed a recklessly cavalier “burn now, pay later” approach which has seen carbon emissions continue to soar. It has also hastened the destruction of the natural world by increasing deforestation today, and greatly increases the risk of further devastation in the future. To understand how this has happened, how humanity has gambled its civilisation on no more than promises of future solutions, we must return to the late 1980s, when climate change broke out onto the international stage... _______________________ The bulk of their article fits in this gap, giving us a history of efforts to understand how we might combat climate change and the rise of support for the idea of achieving "net zero." Now to the conclusion, and the call to action... _______________________ In principle there is nothing wrong or dangerous about carbon dioxide removal proposals. The problems come when it is assumed that these can be deployed at vast scale. This effectively serves as a blank cheque for the continued burning of fossil fuels and the acceleration of habitat destruction. The only way to keep humanity safe is the immediate and sustained radical cuts to greenhouse gas emissions in a socially just way. As scientists, we are taught to be sceptical, to subject hypotheses to rigorous tests and interrogation. But when it comes to perhaps the greatest challenge humanity faces, we often show a dangerous lack of critical analysis. In private, scientists express significant scepticism about the Paris Agreement, BECCS, offsetting, geoengineering and net zero. Apart from some notable exceptions, in public we quietly go about our work, apply for funding, publish papers and teach. The path to disastrous climate change is paved with feasibility studies and impact assessments. Rather than acknowledge the seriousness of our situation, we instead continue to participate in the fantasy of net zero. What will we do when reality bites? What will we say to our friends and loved ones about our failure to speak out now? The time has come to voice our fears and be honest with wider society. Current net zero policies will not keep warming to within 1.5°C because they were never intended to. They were and still are driven by a need to protect business as usual, not the climate. If we want to keep people safe then large and sustained cuts to carbon emissions need to happen now. That is the very simple acid test that must be applied to all climate policies. The time for wishful thinking is over. _______________________ One more look at those crucial two sentences: "Current net zero policies will NOT keep warming to within 1.5°C because they were never intended to. They are driven by a need to protect business as usual, NOT the climate." Again, please do read the full article. You can find it here -- https://theconversation.com/climate-scientists-concept-of-net-zero-is-a-dangerous-trap-157368 #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #Science @[email protected]

Climate Justice Social

Laura Gould Feb 19, 2023

Laffy Feb 19, 2023

The utter hypocrisy of #Trump's plan to visit #EastPalestine next week should only remind us of just one thing: 45 stood up for the rich and corporations like Norfolk Southern and screwed over "forgotten Americans" at every opportunity

If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.©.. and I thread it.🧵 1/...

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-east-palestine-visit-railroad-regulations-20230219.html#loaded

Trump will return to the scene of his crime when he visits Ohio toxic train wreck

The ex-POTUS hopes to jump-start his lethargic '24 campaign in East Palestine by visiting a toxic disaster his policies may have caused.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Laura Gould Feb 19, 2023

William Lindsey

Feb 19, 2023

Mark Sumner writes,

"Just last month [Jimmy Carter] wrote a New York Times op-ed expressing his concern about the future of democracy. 'I now fear that what we have fought so hard to achieve globally—the right to free, fair elections, unhindered by strongman politicians who seek nothing more than to grow their own power—has become dangerously fragile at home,' wrote President Carter."

#JimmyCarter #democracy #authoritarianism

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/18/2153743/-Prepare-yourself-Jimmy-Carter-is-not-going-to-be-with-us-much-longer

Laura Gould Feb 19, 2023

Robert Reich Feb 19, 2023

When Republicans are in power, they rack up giant deficits, mainly by cutting taxes on corporations and the wealthy.

Then when Democrats take the reins, Republicans blame them for being spendthrifts.

It's the same story every time.

Laura Gould Feb 19, 2023

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris Feb 19, 2023

Mary Edwards Walker worked as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was captured by Confederates after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians & arrested as a spy. She's the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor - pictured here, wearing it.

#histodons #histodon #history #civilwar #TIL #introductions #FF #americanhistory #womenshistory #womensrights #military #CivilWarHistory

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