SAMUEL ALITO MADE UP TO $2.9M FROM OIL & GAS INTERESTS. Now he’s set to hear a case that could limit climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies. Mineral rights. Exxon stock. Investments in Chevron, ConocoPhillips & more. He’s recused over financial ties before. NOT THIS TIME. 1/2

Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows

Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case

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Only more fossil fuel production & consumption can fix this!!! (But seriously. End. Fossil. Fuels. Now!)

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3h ago

UK heatwaves may have cost economy £4.4bn in lost output so far this year, analysis finds

Where does most excess heat from climate change go? The ocean. Nearly 90% of it over the past 50 years. This map shows 2025 ocean heat content vs. the 1993–2022 average. Orange = more stored heat, and that's most of the map. Read more BAMS State of the Climate highlights: buff.ly/Y18qfMf 🌍️ 🧪

medium-sized children, non-pregnant women, mildly disabled people, and other ”portions of the population” are fair game, I suppose. Christ.

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 6h ago

the Painful Electric Shock Glove user manual goes out of it's way to note that it should not be used for torture

"we aim to create a safer world for everyone involved. We believe this technology can ... create a more amiable atmosphere for the general population" <moments later> "we know some of you will be tempted to use this as a torture device"

the Painful Electric Shock Glove user manual goes out of it's way to note that it should not be used for torture

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 8h ago

"Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals." Susan Collins & Congressional Republicans voted to fund all of this.

SCOOP: An Indigenous community in Alberta is suing the provincial govt for alleged failures before and during the 2023 wildfire season: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... With my pal Nathan VanderKlippe

Alberta failed to protect Indigenous community from destructive 2023 wildfire, lawsuit alleges

East Prairie Metis Settlement alleges province was ill-prepared for fire season, prioritized neighbouring areas

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C'mon folks we can do way better than this. Sign the petition to make Pete Hoekstra persona non grata in Canada. Sign here if you are a Canadian citizen. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Over 29,000 Canadians call for U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra to be expelled | CBC News

A petition set to be presented in the House of Commons this fall calls on the government to declare U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra persona non grata and remove him from Canada.

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The chief of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins, Ontario, recently brought members back to the community to see what was left after it was destroyed by wildfires.

Residents visit remains of First Nation destroyed by wildfires | APTN News

The chief of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins, Ontario, recently brought members back to the community to see what was left after it was destroyed by wildfires. #aptnnews…

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British Columbia is still under a state of emergency as wildfires burn across the province. One in particular, the Bald Range fire, has forced over 20,000 people from their homes. Chief Greg Gabriel of the Penticton Indian Band speaks on that wildfire.

Chief speaks on Bald Range fire that forced 20,000 people from their homes in B.C. | APTN News

British Columbia is still under a state of emergency as wildfires burn across the province. One in particular, the Bald Range fire, has forced over 20,000 people from their homes. Chief Greg…

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Profiles in Cowardice: National Academy of Sciences pulls climate chapter from judges’ manual www.scientificamerican.com/article/nati...

Top U.S. science advisory body removes climate chapter from judge’s manual

President Donald Trump and other Republican officials had criticized this chapter as biased against fossil fuel companies

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This is whole story is horrifying, and as a journalist covering ICE flights, I was struck by this sentence: “We were shipped to Texas overnight from Los Angeles in horrible conditions that I won’t elaborate on in this letter.”

Jack Mirkinson@jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 16h ago

Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

‘Pouring fuel into flames’: Carney-Smith plan for West Coast pipeline would run through wildfire fraught parts of BC Indigenous communities, working class and environment pay the price of short-sighted policy decisions, experts say pressprogress.ca/pouring-fuel...

‘Pouring fuel into flames’: Carney-Smith plan for West Coast pipeline would run through wildfire fraught parts of BC

Indigenous communities, working class and environment pay the price of short-sighted policy decisions, experts say

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A texas oil giant is preparing a ship for an illegal incursion into Greenland waters. The ship is out of Quebec City and is flying the Canadian flag. Call Desgagné Transport and let them know that Canadian companies must respect the sovereignty of allied nations. (418) 692-1000

"Having witnessed how a single test can transform a complex disease like HIV, I am fully committed to doing my part to develop tests for Long COVID." @davetuller1.bsky.social reports on UCSF's VIPER program, which aims to validate biomarkers for Long COVID. thesicktimes.org/2026/08/11/v...

VIPER aims to fast track Long COVID biomarkers. Here’s how it works. - The Sick Times

Led by researchers at UCSF, the research program plans to validate promising candidates for noninvasive tests that can be used to advance clinical trials.

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As the climate breaks down, costs go up: Welcome to ‘climateflation’ theconversation.com/as-the-clima...

As the climate breaks down, costs go up: Welcome to ‘climateflation’

Fossil-fuel dependence, the costs of adapting to a changing climate and the transition to cleaner energy are all driving up costs.

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According to the request for judicial review, this road is going to destroy a “globally significant carbon storage powerhouse that is the peatlands, the stewardship of lands, waters and recovery of biodiversity…” | @mblackburn21.bsky.social

Friends of the Attawapiskat River challenge road to the Ring of Fire

The Friends of the Attawapiskat River says the government made a mistake by approving the first of three roads to the Ring of Fire.

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‘As of this morning, there are more than 101 active fires burning across B.C., said Forests Minister Ravi Parmar, with three additional starts in the last 24 hours and 58 declared in the last seven days.’ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

More than 101 active fires as of this morning - Live updates: B.C. officials provide update on wildfire situation

As of this morning, there are more than 101 active fires burning across B.C., said Forests Minister Ravi Parmar, with three additional starts in the last 24 hours and 58 declared in the last seven day...

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The province has ramped up resources to deal with evacuees encountering long wait times. I was not called upon at the press conference, but one of my questions was, in part: The whole point of Emergency Management is to be prepared for emergencies, so why didn't it have sufficient resources?

Cindy Blackstock is raising concerns after recently helping her brother evacuate a wildfire in the Lillooet area near Cache Creek, B.C. calling the lack of a coordinated response 'gobsmacking.'

B.C.'s response to fires ‘gobsmacking’: First Nations advocate

Cindy Blackstock said the lack of coordination on B.C wildfires was "gobsmacking." She recently helped her brother evacuate near Cache Creek.

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Ever wondered why it’s okay to take your dog for a walk during wildfire season, or why zoo animals don't need to go inside when the air quality is bad? Turns out it's all in our genes. I explain our #NSERC funded research on the relationship btw infection & air pollution youtu.be/0upxdha-F7k?...

Here's why humans are uniquely sensitive to wildfire smoke

YouTube video by McMaster University Health Sciences

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Check out our new podcast on plug-in solar in Canada. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

Plug-in Solar for the People

Podcast Episode · The Climate Lens · July 29 · 31m

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"For example, the panel heard that scientific advice structures across the country lost months during the pandemic as the evidence on the benefit of masking unfolded because the dominant clinical and public health perspectives were that masks in public settings did not work for COVID-19."

Dick Zoutman@dickzoutman.bsky.social · yesterday

Buried in one paragraph: the panel admits advisory bodies “lost months” on masking issue because dominant clinical opinion said masks didn’t work because they were missing aerosol expertise. This is the single most important line in the report but gets NO follow-up.

NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:

NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy

US biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers as ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo.

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FRAME review - a cross‑disciplinary look at how respiratory aerosols actually form, from film rupture to turbulence and vocal fold dynamics. Research team led by Prof. Chantal Darquenne, includes Allen Haddrell, @ukhadds.bsky.social Paper credits and link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Formation of Respiratory Aerosols: Modeling and Experiments (FRAME)

It is generally established that respiratory droplets and aerosols are formed from the fluid lining the respiratory tract. However, unlike modeling of…

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Also this part 😵‍💫

Holy cow. The air quality forecast for the interior of BC is simply unreal. Thousands of sq km with air quality literally off the charts.

SARS-CoV-2 persistence detected in colorectal tissue, intestinal epithelium *and* deeper tissue Long COVID (27%, 12 of 44) 'Recovered' from COVID (7.7%, 1 of 13) 👀 "...presence of viral RNA ...months to years after initial infection is suggestive of ongoing viral activity or re-seeding of tissue"

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🔬🔭🧭👨‍💻🏞️👾🤖🌡️@dcrinyyc.bsky.social · 14h ago

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The Government™ has made an ad about Ai Data Centres, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

Honest Government Ad | Ai Data Centres

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Maybe this will finally get politicians to care about climate change: “The brutally hot summer is set to cost the EU economy €180 billion this year — that’s equivalent to roughly 1 percent of GDP, which is all the growth the bloc was expected to generate in 2026, according to new analysis.”

Europe’s scorching summer is erasing its economic growth, says report

Dutch growth is set to be almost entirely wiped out, and France could be pushed into a contraction.

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