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Daily "on this day" posts abt climate history - science, politics, protest, technology, etc (from 1661 to 2024). Also interviews, commentary. Ideas for posts? Tag or chat... Run by @marchudson.bsky.social

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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 56s ago

This (link to pdf below) is a brilliant short story "There will come soft rains" by Ray Bradbury, set on 4-5 August 2026. To be read alongside @doctorow.pluralistic.net 's "Masque of the Red Death" - around technology, what outlives us, what matters... www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_...

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 5h ago

"This map shows a critical situation... It’s hard to avoid speaking of an ecological breakdown or point of no return for some of France's aquatic environments…When a riverbed dries up completely, almost all aquatic biodiversity—flora & fauna—disappears, with consequences for the entire food chain."

Dr. Serge Zaka@sergezaka.bsky.social · 5h ago

Cette carte est gravissime. Mais elle n'a pas fait la une de l'actualité. Pour moi, l'été 2026 marque un tournant. Après celui de 2022, il devient difficile de ne plus parler de "rupture écologique" ou de "point de non retour" pour une partie des milieux aquatiques français. 1/18

Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 9h ago

New old sayings about the weather The new Private Eye is out now.

A photo of the front cover of issue 1681 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "on shelves now." The front cover reads “NEW OLD SAYINGS ABOUT THE WEATHER” and features a photograph of a firefighter tackling a large wildfire. A speech bubble reads: “Red sky at night, Europe’s alight! Red sky in the morning, I wonder if it could possibly be global warming?” A banner at the bottom reads: “30! 40! 50! PHEW! WHAT A SCORCHED-EARTH!”

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 9h ago

The good news is that to fix climate change all we need to do is repeal some laws. The bad news is that those laws are... laws of physics.

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Published: 24 July 2026
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Less than net zero needed to stabilize climate
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Global temperature change over long times after cessation of greenhouse gas emissions is not well constrained. Now, research shows a consistent global cooling, especially if negative CO2 emissions compensate for continued CH4 and N2O emissions.

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 19h ago

August 5, 1976 – “It is wise to influence the climate” writes Mikhail Budyko… allouryesterdays.info/2026/08/04/a...

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 19h ago

August 5, 1980 – carbon dioxide build-up discussed in the South Australian parliament allouryesterdays.info/2026/08/04/a...

August 5, 1980 - carbon dioxide build-up discussed in the South Australian parliament - All Our Yesterdays

Forty six years ago, on this day, August 6th, 1980, a South Australian MP shows he knows. The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was 338ppm. As of 2026, when this post was published, it is 430ppm. Th...

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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 24h ago

Austria has set a new all time temperature record of 41.0°C today. 9 separate weather stations recorded >40°C as heatwaves & record temperatures continue to impact the Northern Hemisphere.

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 19h ago

August 5, 1980 – carbon dioxide build-up discussed in the South Australian parliament allouryesterdays.info/2026/08/04/a...

August 5, 1980 - carbon dioxide build-up discussed in the South Australian parliament - All Our Yesterdays

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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 19h ago

August 5, 1976 – “It is wise to influence the climate” writes Mikhail Budyko… allouryesterdays.info/2026/08/04/a...

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 19h ago

Mm, 'kay. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sta...

The Statement (upcoming film)

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The Statement
Directed by Tom McCarthy
Screenplay by
Tom McCarthy
Thomas Bidegain
Noé Debré
Based on
Losing Earth
by Nathaniel Rich
Produced by
Jonathan King
David Levine
Jim Whitaker
Tom McCarthy
Jonathan Schwartz
Nick Shumaker
Bard Dorros
Mary Aloe
Starring
Paul Rudd
Paul Giamatti
Evan Peters
Tatiana Maslany
John Turturro
Amy Ryan
Dylan Baker
Jason Clarke
Zach Woods
Cinematography Stuart Dryburgh
Edited by Jane Rizzo
Production
companies
Sony Pictures Classics
Anonymous Content
Concordia Studio
Artists Equity
Slow Pony
Aloe Entertainment
Jigsaw Productions
Hammerstone Studios
Galisteo Media
Andrew Lauren Productions
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
Country United States
Language English
The Statement is an upcoming American black comedy drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and adapted by McCarthy, Thomas Bidegain, and Noé Debré from the 2019 book Losing Earth by Nathaniel Rich. The film revolves around a weekend conference of 20 experts held in 1980 on the topic of carbon dioxide emissions, and will star an ensemble cast including Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Evan Peters, Tatiana Maslany, John Turturro, Amy Ryan, Dylan Baker, Jason Clarke, and Zach Woods.

It will be distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.

Premise
In 1980, a group of 20 scientists, activists, and policymakers gathers in Florida for a conference on the effects of carbon dioxide emissions on the climate with a seemingly simple mandate: writing a statement on measures to be taken against this issue.

Cast

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 22h ago

I fought the law and the law... went for a pee... www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Good Judgment
There was more than one unintended sequel to the catastrophic adventure of the 1971 Industrial Relations Act, about which Francis FitzGibbon writes (LRB, 23 April). When in 1974 Labour kept its promise to abolish the National Industrial Relations Court, it went the whole hog. In place of the NIRC’s grim office building in Chancery Lane, the newly created Employment Appeal Tribunal was housed in the former Astor townhouse in St James’s Square. (One of the judges sent to sit there was distressed to find that the ballroom where he had danced in the 1930s was now Court No. 1.)

There were no designated ushers, and so the Department of Employment deployed some of its clerical officers to do the job, rightly supposing that it required no more than ordinary literacy, common sense and good manners. One of them in particular, an amiable middle-aged Irishman called John, would greet regular practitioners by name, asking whether they’d like a flutter on any of the day’s cases, their own included. I never took up his offer, but others did, and it became apparent that he was making an income out of it. One day, he glumly told me he was having to take retirement on medical grounds, and I let curiosity get the better of me: I asked him how he was able to anticipate the outcome of appeals with sufficient success to make a profit, as he was clearly doing. ‘Ah well,’ John said, ‘I know nothing about the law. But if I can get a look at the notice of appeal and see which judge is listed to hear it, I can usually tell what’s going to happen. The lawyers are too bound up in their own cases to do that.’ He continued: ‘I’ll tell you what’s going to happen in your case today if you like. The judge will listen to you very politely, then he’ll adjourn because he needs a pee. He’ll forget that he’s only heard half the case, and he’ll come back into court and start giving judgment. You or your opponent will have to stop him.’

And that is more or less what happened.

Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · yesterday

MIDDLE EAST HEAT WAVE Brutal conditions with over 50C daytime and over 35C nightime continues. Widespread records allover the area. Some of the most extreme MINIMUMS tonight in the EMIRATES: 38.5 Swiehan 36.8 Al Ain Next days,we might see some MINIMUMS of 40C. Absolutely brutal

Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · yesterday

‘Stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea records its highest ever temp… The SE city of Yangsan saw the temp reach 42.5C [108.5F] on Sun pm, the Korea Met Administration (KMA) said, the highest temp reported since modern weather observation began in 1904.' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

‘Stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea records its highest ever temperature

Authorities issue alert saying indoor spaces without airconditioning are ‘dangerous’ as temperatures pass 40C for fifth straight day

theguardian.com

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · yesterday

If you don't already subscribe to @carbonbrief.org daily newsletter, I just ask, what is stopping you??? (Other than terror-overload, obvs) www.carbonbrief.org/newsletters?...

News
China warns of crop risks as heat sweeps agricultural regions
Mary Hui, Bloomberg

Main production regions of China’s corn, rice and cotton are expected to experience heatwaves that will push temperatures up into the high-30C range, and in some cases as high as 50C, reports Bloomberg. Reuters reports that China has allocated 2.2bn yuan ($319m) to help prevent agricultural disasters. State broadcaster CCTV reports that “tropical nights” have appeared in north-east China recently, with overnight minimum temperatures exceeding 25C. China Environment News says that “hot and humid conditions” continue across many parts of China and that the area of heatwaves is expected to expand in the northern and eastern parts of the country. Another CCTV report says “high humidity and intense sunshine” have pushed the current heatwave into the ranks of China’s “most severe and long-lasting” in recent years. [The outlet does not mention climate change.]

Meanwhile, China has evacuated residents in some regions of the north-western Shaanxi and south-western Sichuan provinces ahead of expected heavy rainfall, according to Reuters. The

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · yesterday

The CO2 Newsletter, published between 1979 and 1982, will break your heart. So much information was known back then, the shape of the problem, the likely consequences. And here we are...

All Our Yesterdays@allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 2d ago

Vol. 2, no. 5 of the CO2 Newsletter, June-August 1981 is now downloadable. Founded by American geologist William Barbat, each was 8 pages of excerpts from recent reports, editorials and deeply researched articles. All 18 issues are heart-breakers. allouryesterdays.info/co2-newslett... 1/9

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 2d ago

August 4, 1980 – “Towards a Troubled 21st Century” reports Time Magazine allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/03/a...

Forty five years ago, on this day, August 4th, 1980, Time Magazine was reporting on the “Global 2000” report put out by the Carter Administration.

As compared with such doomsday forecasts as that of the Club of Rome’s 1972 The Limits to Growth, which predicted mass starvation, political chaos, and general catastrophe by the middle of the next century, the study is cautiously restrained, even muted, giving its warnings more impact in a way….

Less predictable, but no less frightening: a possible global heating from the growing volume of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere—expected to rise a third over preindustrial levels by century’s end from continued burning of fossil fuels.

“Toward a Troubled 21st Century: A Presidential Panel Finds the Global Outlook Extremely Bleak,” Time Magazine (4 August 1980): p. 54

Environment: Toward a Troubled 21st Century | TIME

The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was 339ppm. As of 2025, when this post was published, it is 430ppm. This matters because the more carbon dioxide in the air, the more heat gets trapped. The more heat, the more extreme weather events. You can make it more complicated than that if you want, but really, it’s not. Fwiw, I have a tattoo of the Keeling Curve on my left forearm.

Dan🌹🔵🌊🇺🇸@arepublic86.bsky.social · 2d ago

The next time a climate change denier comes at you with that excuse:

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 2d ago

I mean, look at Britain. Does it look like a country where an irreverent, irrepressible, iconoclastic free press pushes back against the powerful, in the interests of the average punter? I would say: LOL no it does not.

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 2d ago

August 4, 1980 – “Towards a Troubled 21st Century” reports Time Magazine allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/03/a...

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 2d ago

August 4, 1977- “Workshop on Anticipated Plant Responses to Global Carbon Dioxide Enrichment” allouryesterdays.info/2026/08/03/a...

August 4, 1977- “Workshop on Anticipated Plant Responses to Global Carbon Dioxide Enrichment” - All Our Yesterdays

Forty nine years ago, on this day, August 4th, 1977, Duke University in Durham, North Carolina on August 4-5, 1977 for “Workshop on Anticipated Plant Responses to Global Carbon Dioxide Enrichment”…. ...

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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 2d ago

Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 2d ago

Really great work from @zekehausfather.com and @andrewdessler.com

Gavin Schmidt@climateofgavin.bsky.social · 2d ago

About time! www.theclimatebrink.com/p/fixing-one...

Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 2d ago

yep! bsky.app/profile/josh...

Josh Gabbatiss@joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 2d ago

Crucially, much of the CO2 that is being captured is then being used for "enhanced oil recovery". That is, it's being used to extract more fossil fuels.

CO2 captured, million tonnes per year, by sector and end use as of February 2026. Most CO2 is currently captured by the fossil-fuel industry – and then used to extract more fossil fuels. Fossil fuel processing produces ~49 of 62 Mt total, while enhanced oil recovery uses ~45 Mt. Source: IEA CCUS Projects database.

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 2d ago

Any takers on the year? And who is speaking?

More specifically, it means reducing the waste produced by the technological society to within limits which are ecologically acceptable. It means making careful use of energy and developing energy resources the use of which ill not alter the composition of the atmosphere in such a way as to cause irreversible climatic changes and which will not produce waste representing an abiding burden to future generations. Lasty, it means stabilising world population at an acceptable level.

How are we to achieve all this? The aims I have outlined must be attained through education and information, so that members of the public, governments and states adopt ecologically acceptable modes of behaviour, both individually and collectively. These aims must also be achieved through national legislation and regulation and through international conventions.

Jim Benton @jimbenton.bsky.social · 2w ago

ECIU @eciu.net · 2d ago

England's dry weather is intensifying, acc new gov data 🧵 ⬇️ Rainfall in July is just 3% of long-term average ⬇️ River flows falling ⬇️ Reservoirs shrinking ⬇️ Soils at record dryness levels Heatwaves 3️⃣0️⃣❎ more likely as result of climate change

Map shows England's drought status on July 20, 2026, with areas marked for normal conditions, prolonged dry weather, and drought.

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 2d ago

Very (very) droll.

laura olin@lauraolin.bsky.social · 2d ago

But they will be

Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 2d ago

Other nuclear plants requiring pretty drastic measures to continue operating, or needing to shut down www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Rupert Read@rupertread.bsky.social · 2d ago

Remember: nuclear power IS intermittent. Probably, as climate breakdown deepens, worse so than wind - and solar. Pass it on…

Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 3d ago

Temps in the Arctic circle of more that 100F. Europe on fire... Now where was that article I was reading about why Gen Z and Millennials aren't having kids... oh yes... a "cultural shift" hmmm. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Record-smashing El Niño points to spring of drought and fires

Despite El Niño being months away from peaking, it could potentially trigger Australia's hottest spring on record.

abc.net.au

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 2d ago

Am I disasturbating? What do people think?

I do think we are on the cusp of a bunch of things. Some last throw of the dice geo-engineering, some mass heat-death events of important (i.e. white middle-class) people. The breakdown of water and food provision in important (white middle-class) places. Epidemic diseases and the overwhelming of all levels of medical care. In the next two or three years. Oh well.