Phaedra C. Pezzullo

'Despite that urgency, analysts and some COP30 participants have said they don’t expect any major new agreements to emerge from the talks, which conclude on November 21.'

Thousands hit streets of Belém to call for action during crucial Cop30 summit Funeral for fossil fuels held as part of Great People’s March calling on governments to step up climate efforts

Thousands hit streets of Belém to call for action during crucial Cop30 summit

WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.

It's pretty clear that a major tactic from US tech companies, data centre developers and lobbyists is trying to present data centres as clean tech virtually identical to batteries, solar panels, transmission lines.

That creates a framing where community backlash can be dismissed as hollow NIMBYism

I asked this in October. Knew they would srmtall past election day but to never share ...not good

California has installed 17,000 MW of batteries connected to the electricity grid, up from 500 MW in 2020. 🔋🔌💡

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.

You’re working at a state propaganda factory.

Sam Torn, a regent who chairs the Committee on Academic and Student Affairs, did not explicitly cite that furor on Thursday. But he said that it had "become clear" in recent months that some Texas A&M courses were veering beyond what administrators wanted. "Curriculum is created and approved based on the accepted body of knowledge needed for our students to be successful in their chosen profession," Mr. Torn said. "It is unacceptable for other material to be taught instead"

When I was at Arizona, a colleague teaching a class described this exchange:

Student: Where’s that idea in the textbook?
Colleague: This is from one of my own articles
S [angrily]: You mean you’re just MAKING IT UP?!
C: Do you think textbooks are dug up out of the ground like turnips or something?

Nightmare. Solidarity with colleagues at TAMU

Left IU in 2015. Politicians are destroying a great institution

If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?

Epstein Coverage Largely Ignores Trump’s Assault on E. Jean Carroll This seems like relevant context

donald trump was held liable of sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll. the judge in the case called it rape.

I feel like this should matter and maybe be part of this discussion? www.everythingishorrible.net/p/epstein-co...

At #COP30, we join our friends at Climate Action Network Intl. to stand with the people of Sudan 🇸🇩 – their struggle is our shared call for justice.
✊ We stand behind the call to work with all sides of the conflict to end the war, protect civilians & restore peace.

climatenetwork.org/resource/sol...

The Bill Gates / Roger Pielke Jr line that because the projections are improving we can chill out was always wrong in its logic, but it is now wrong on its basic facts: the projections are no longer getter better.

And a prolonged lack of improvements hints that we're on the verge of a worsening

It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.

The Great COP Co-opting: New Documents Show Big Oil Has Been There All Along As global leaders call for overhauling the COP process, new documents show it’s been flawed from the start.

The Great COP Co-opting: New Documents Show Big Oil Has Been There All Along
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@amywestervelt.bsky.social @roycerk2.bsky.social

Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now

Good news

A graphic poster with a green, textured background. At the center is a black-and-white image of Earth. Above the planet, a small private jet flies around the Earth, leaving a dark, tangled trail. Across the middle of the image, bold white text on black rectangles reads “CLIMATE PLUNDER.” Below, smaller white text states, “How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster.” In the bottom-right corner, the Oxfam logo and the word “OXFAM” appear in white.

Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.

policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...

"I want you to understand, regardless of your politics, the historical danger of a secret police."

Honestly tho, think is my daily feed...use AI; AI is bad for mental health & democracy; one blip of a "and it's killing us!" And then back to use AI, how come you're not using AI, don't you think AI has such potential? And repeat. I take some comfort the critiques still appear, for now...

Shameful

Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie–Or Hero? The trial ended in an acquittal. But the proceedings felt like a strange sort of performance art—highly amusing and highly menacing at the same time.

Here's my piece for @lawfaremedia.org on my experience covering the Sandwich Guy trial. Warning: longer than 280 characters!
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...

Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent Sean Dunn faced a single misdemeanor after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.

“Laimore testified that the sandwich ‘exploded all over’ his chest &[…]he could smell mustard&onions but photo showed [it] was still in its wrapper on the ground after [hitting]his bulletproof vest.”

“This case,ladies&gentlemen of the jury,is about a sandwich.”

lol

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

How has this not been made into a song yet? "I could smell the onions and mustard"--is there a remix, please?

1 of 2: Attention news media & other communicators! @ienearth.bsky.social & @jtalliance.bsky.social will be at #cop30 & are accepting media inquiries & interview requests about Indigenous- and frontline-led #JustTransition. Read our joint press release!

jtalliance.org/2025/11/05/j...

the scotus tariff case is going to be interesting because we'll finally learn if the supreme court is more beholden to its authoritarian backers or its corporate benefactors

This Is How to Fight Fascism: Naomi Klein, AOC & Brad Lander on Mamdani Victory At Zohran Mamdani’s victory party at the Brooklyn Paramount on Tuesday night, Democracy Now! spoke with Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “We’re not going to be intimidated,” Ocasio-Cortez said...

This Is How to Fight Fascism: Naomi Klein, AOC & Brad Lander on Mamdani Victory

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections