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Climate scientist since 350 ppm. Helping folks find useful data to adapt to changing climate & rethink everything. Fan of games, parent ed, inclusion, evidence & spicy veg*n cooking. Uninvited guest on Coast Salish land aka Victoria. Opinions=own. 🏳️‍🌈🍁
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Rage farmers are out in force this morning, deceptively recycling months-old news as #breaking for clicks. Don't let them manipulate you, outrage fatigue is real. Seeing the same outrage over & over can wear you down emotionally. Here's how to deal with it. www.scientificamerican.com/article/outr...

Great updated information on COVID facts for summer 2025 👇🏻

Why yes I closed all the curtains and doors and am sitting in my basement with all lights off and clip on sunglasses on top of sunglasses. What else would you do when the ophthalmologist gives you eye dilation drops?

Science communication meets comedy

So many incredible climate science talks in this stream... also the hashtag #catsnotcuts just emerged as one climate scientist tried to apologize for her cat trying to get on screen and the chat responded that we are fine with on screen cat guest stars!

Some fascinating insights from Kerry Emanuel here being interviewed by Henri Drake asking some very interesting climate science questions

In 2007, there were only 77 million annual cycling trips in NYC. 258 miles of protected bike lanes later, there were 226 million annual cycling trips in 2023.

Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought that complying with authoritarian demands would protect their independence. It didn’t—and history is warning us again. 🔗 theconversation.com/universities... #AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #Authoritarianism #DEI #TheConversation

Imagine if the whole grocery store was organized like the vitamins aisle. Yes please make me look in 5 different locations for 1 thing uggggh

Canada’s melting ice roads leave First Nations stranded, sparking fights over mining and road funding - The Daily Climate www.dailyclimate.org/canadas-melt...

Reasons to wear an n95: 1) COVID never ended 2) Unmitigated illness is a tool used to harm marginalized groups & you don’t want to participate 3) You think disabled folks deserve safety & access 4) You want to avoid allergens & pollutants 5) Community care is punk AF Get/give mask mutual aid:

The U.S. is facing an unprecedented dismantling of science, research, and higher education. As scientists are fired + research is frozen, so too are all the resources and outcomes that would have benefited society. In their own words, the stories of scientists whose work has been abruptly ended:

This is so fascinating