Andrew Boyer

This is the best 100-day recap I’ve seen — and it begs the damn question:

Why is his approval rating still 39%? Are folks in a coma?

I was privileged enough to emigrate from the U.S. 20 years ago as it was the only option to live with and marry my Greek husband. Since then so much had changed for LGBTQ+ Americans, but now the pendulum is swinging back towards the darkness of repression and persecution.

Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.

“You can purge a website of the words climate change, but that doesn’t mean climate change goes away”

Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.

It's taken just a month for the Republican administration to trash eight decades of US leadership in science and technology. TRIGGER WARNING: reading this article (by my esteemed colleagues, who have stronger stomachs than I do) made me feel physically ill. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scoop: U.S. delegation pulled from key U.N. climate science meeting The IPCC meeting in China is slated to determine the content in the group's next series of reports.

‼️The US-based @ipcc.bsky.social technical support unit (TSU) for Working Group 3 Co-Chairs has been terminated, and the US won’t be attending next week’s IPCC meeting where the AR7 chapter outlines will be approved.

More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:

Jon Davis on how the UK government is tackling the climate crisis – cartoon What would have happened if we approached the second world war in the same way?

Jon Davis on how the UK government is tackling the climate crisis – cartoon in The Guardian

Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials President directs DoJ to pause prosecutions under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and issues pardon to Rod Blagojevich

Making America Corrupt Again - Resurrecting tired old arguments about American competitiveness from the 1980s, after the OECD Convention more than levelled the international playing field decades ago

Meet the Black Inventor Who Developed the Ice Cream Scoop, Revolutionizing a Beloved Frozen Treat While working as a porter, Alfred L. Cralle witnessed how hard it was to serve ice cream cones one-handed. He saved the day with his mold and disher tool, patented on this day in 1897

Alfred L. Cralle, inventor of the ice cream scoop 🍨

Warren Washington, Groundbreaking Climate Scientist, Dies at 88 (Gift Article) He invented a computer model that made it possible to measure human-induced climate change. He also helped break a color barrier in science.

Warren Washington, brilliant scientist and early climate modeler

NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’ An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”

By definition, numerical weather models require international data. The atmosphere knows no geopolitical boundaries: any model that begins and ends at its country’s border is unable to generate reliable predictions until after a weather system crosses its boundaries. Which defeats the purpose!

Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

So it's not climate change, but *scientific awareness of climate change*, that is harmful to US prosperity. Got it.

This incisive piece is a must-read.

Snowdrops covering the ground in the sunshine.

#Imbolc

St Brigid’s day

Halfway to the light and life of springtime.

Light a fire, light a candle, light a match… hope is eternal… good days are coming.

“If the planet and the patriarchy are in trouble, as many Trump supporters probably accept, deep down, like everyone else, then there is an argument, albeit a selfish one, for enjoying all the carbon-intensive privileges of traditional American masculinity while you still can.”

Hotter cities? Here come the rats Well, rats. A study of 16 cities shows that higher ambient temperatures and loss of green space are associated with increasing rodent complaints.

Well RATS.

Climate change might mean more of them. A new paper from @jrichardson44.bsky.social shows that cities with increasing temps and more urbanization ended up with more rat complaints over time. www.sciencenews.org/article/rats...

My heart is breaking these days for so many reasons, but especially for #trans members of the LGBT+ community. You are strong, and brave, and beautiful, and real, and no amount of hatred can change that. The world is better for having you in it — thank you 🏳️‍⚧️💖🏳️‍⚧️💖

Pyromaniacs blame Black people for their latest fires

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.

Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.

Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

Hi Todd! Great to see you here. 👋

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Scientists and comedians join forces to get climate crisis message across Video series launched in which comics translate climate science into down-to-earth language

I discovered the world of climate comedy thanks to @maxboykoff.bsky.social & @mattywin.bsky.social - and it is so therapeutic!

I’d love to curate a starter pack on climate & humour, but I only have 3 accounts, with @belinaraffy.bsky.social.

Baba Brinkman + Chuck Nice aren’t here.

Suggestions? 🧵

Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...

Yes it’s a set back . A major one . But we cannot give up . Not now , not ever . In the UK I’m campaigning for a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship , because for too long these companies have had largely unlimited £££ to greenwash their filthy reputations . No more .

An Elven Alliance Is Protecting Iceland’s Natural Wonders | Atmos In the last century, environmental activists have used local belief in Huldufólk to protect the country’s landscapes—and elf culture.

The power of folklore. Elves help protect Iceland’s nature.