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I am a professional geographer, living near Cali, Colombia, with interest in environmental science, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and in science communication.
Finally killed my #Twitter account today. I hardly ever used it anyway. But I knew it was time when the top of my feed was a post from #DonaldTrump
Milley defends democracy, swipes at Trump in farewell address

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Never forget that the 25 richest people in America paid a true tax rate of just 3.4% between 2014 and 2018 on over $400 billion in wealth gains. The rest of America paid an average of 13.3% in 2018.
Outside my bedroom window today January 23rd 2023 in Yumbo Colombia ... Busardo camerino .... #eagle
Witness Says Fox Used Inside Information to Win World Cup Rights

A marketing executive testified that a top FIFA official provided secret bidding information that allowed his company to acquire valuable television rights.

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

Oh hell yeah. @mozilla is launching a Mastodon instance in early 2023! I’m very excited for this. Mozilla is really good at what they do. Firefox has over 200M monthly active users, and with any luck they’ll build better support for the fediverse into Firefox itself. Mastodon will greatly benefit from easy to use professionally run instances that can handle massive scaling https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/
Mozilla to explore healthy social media alternative | The Mozilla Blog

Update: Starting May 4, 2023, we’re expanding Mozilla.social to a private beta. If you’re interested, join our waitlist. In early 2023, Mozilla will st

How Putin’s War in Ukraine Became a Catastrophe for Russia

Secret battle plans, intercepted communications and Russian soldiers explain how a “walk in the park” became a catastrophe for Russia.

The New York Times
How Putin’s War in Ukraine Became a Catastrophe for Russia

Secret battle plans, intercepted communications and Russian soldiers explain how a “walk in the park” became a catastrophe for Russia.

The New York Times
Opinion | Why Petulant Oligarchs Rule Our World

The cult of the genius entrepreneur has done a lot of damage.

The New York Times