Steve Depoe

White House budget fact sheet, proposing unprecedented cuts to programs related to international aid, research, education, health, human services, labor, commerce, small businesses, and more, while dramatically increasing the budget for defense and homeland security.

They're dismantling (what remains of) the social safety net and replacing it with a dragnet instead.

YouTube video by Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe Climate vs Weather | Global Weirding

"It's snowing in Florida - where's global warming now?!"

If you've ever thought that (or heard anyone else say it), I have a Global Weirding episode for you!

Renee Lertzman, PhD on LinkedIn: #leadership #climatechange #wildfires #psychology #disasters In the wake of devastating wild fires at one of the most densely populated urban/wild interfaces in the world, I want to offer a few reflections that may be…

In the wake of devastating wild fires at one of the most densely populated urban/wild interfaces in the world, I want to offer a few reflections that may be helpful for whomever may be feeling shock, stunned, without words, angry, sad, grief and all in between.

Funny how little has changed in terms of the grievance-bait.

"Pious divines and tender-hearted poetesses" is 18th century speak for virtue signalers and snowflakes.

This great PBS video is about people moving to the Sun Belt despite heat and floods. There's also been an increase in moves to place at risk from wildfires: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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The White House Gets Solar Panels, 1979 In response to the economic crisis created by the Arab oil embargo and the nation's growing dependence on foreign oil, President Jimmy Carter called for a comprehensive campaign to conserve...

When I feel like we're taking two steps backwards, I not too infrequently think of Pres Jimmy Carter's solar panels, which Reagan removed. Here's to the long game. RIP to the second most famous peanut farmer (GW Carver as most) www.whitehousehistory.org/the-white-ho...

The Lion of the 17th: the story of Georges Dukson and the Liberation of Paris Gary Younge Hon FBA explores the French Liberation of 1944 and the story of Georges Dukson, "le Lion du 17ème", a soldier from French Equatorial Africa (now Gabon) who fought for the Free French force...

I learned about Dukson from a thread on here that I can't find right now, but here is an article

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/the-lio...

www.climate.gov/news-feature...

A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights - Inside Climate News Voters in the city of Everett chose to grant the Snohomish River watershed rights to exist, regenerate and flourish as part of a November ballot initiative.

Fascinating, hopeful case: legally enforceable rights just granted to the Snohomish River watershed in Everett City, Washington State.

“Voters in Everett…enshrined the watershed’s rights to exist, regenerate and flourish.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...

Who’s behind one of the major accounts promoting climate denialism on X? Wide Awake Media has built a huge following assailing what it calls the “climate hoax.”

"A tiny minority of accounts.. ~50 in the Anglosphere.. constantly citing each other, appearing in each other’s channels, using each other to provide a veneer of credibility, and doing what disinfo needs to in order to survive: create the impression of critical mas." #SciComm 🧪 🌏

In news deserts, Trump won in a landslide

New: Trump won the popular vote narrowly. But in news deserts—counties where there are no local news sources or reporters —he won in a landslide. Latest by me and @volk_maps for Medill School’s Local News Initiative. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...

Important conversation about framing options in climate change messaging. #envcomm #climate

So proud of the small role @runforsomething.bsky.social played in Emma’s campaign. Her leadership matters.

RIP. Off.

Intermission Tired of the Trump Show? Time to change the way you watch.

"I don't want to be influenced: I want to be informed."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/intermission

USDOT just published a Climate Strategies that Work Playbook. Looks pretty good.

Topics covered include road pricing, parking reform, and transit system integration. For each one, USDOT summarizes research findings and suggests federal funding opportunities.

www.transportation.gov/climate-stra...

‘Food desert’ vs. ‘food apartheid’: Which term best describes disparities in food access? The ongoing debate about whether “food desert” or “food apartheid” is more adequate in addressing disparities in food access is heating up. University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainabi...

Words matter: food "apartheid" versus food "desert." #ucrhetoric seas.umich.edu/news/food-de...

Opinion | Kennedy’s Antivax Views and Friends Can Cause Real Damage What he did during a measles epidemic in Samoa shouldn’t be forgotten.

Public health professionals know that vaccines have saved more lives than any other health action, except possibly hygiene (hand washing, indoor plumbing, etc). Stand up for vaccines. Delusions kill. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...

Depoe--CRT insight #5: A more compete understanding of and reckoning with the past is a necessary first step toward advancing the goals of racial reconciliation and social justice. #ucrhetoric

Deep in the heart of Texas. #ucrhetoric

Sociology is the new DEI is the new CRT. #ucrhetoric

##envcomm #climate

#envcomm #climate #visuals #ucrhetoric

This new book we put up free at CSSN.org. Key learnings from 11 national case studies of obstruction of climate action. And at the EU level. Ten lessons in the last chapter.

Cop29 live: rich nations to raise climate finance offer to $300bn as Thunberg warns summit ‘about to agree to death sentence’ The talks in Azerbaijan have seen nations at odds over how much money developed countries should provide to poorer ones

Mohamed Adow: "The least developed countries and island states - the moral voices of climate justice - have walked out of the talks as they refuse to be associated with a text that will undermine climate action for the next decade"

#cop29
Liveblog 👇
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Consistent with uses and gratification theory, which says people seek out media that fulfills certain needs. For misinformation, it can be the need to confirm their preexisting beliefs, seeking community, easing anxiety, etc.

Men and Women Perform Handmaid Fails, 1/3

"Christian Reconstructionism is now at the edge of power in the United States, and the attitude of the relevant people towards the female body and indeed towards rape is an essential element of what is happening and what is likely to happen."
snyder.substack.com/p/men-and-wo...

We are talking about “CRT and moral panic” in my class tomorrow. Who coined that characterization @victorerikray.bsky.social ?