Cynthia Thomson
@ccthomson.bsky.social
🌎 🔥 🧯 Building climate programs | Expertise: living and operating in existential dread | Previous: Columbia Climate School, Terra.do | Lover of: 😼 🦛 🍫 🏋️♀️ 🥾 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸 | views=my own
Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.
Ontario hardest hit as wildfires cost Canada billions | NOW Toronto
A new report estimates wildfire smoke has cost Canada $231 billion since 2014. See how much each province has spent.
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A nearly +70 point differential. An undefeated record in qualifying games. Our very own New York Liberty are the hosts of this year’s @wnba.com Commissioner’s Cup. Let’s go Liberty.
I know a lot of things need a lot of attention right now, but cutting a climate desk in these times is the last thing we need
Evan George@evanlgeorge.bsky.social · 3mo agoNPR is shrinking its newsroom through layoffs and buyouts and is reducing staff dedicated to covering both climate and science. "The climate desk no longer exists separately but has been folded into the National Desk," writes Neela Banerjee, who headed the climate desk but was just laid off.
Just hours before the 2026 #MetGala, hundreds gathered in the Meatpacking District to watch people walk down a different red carpet in custom couture. The "Ball Without Billionaires" - a runway show co-hosted by fashion stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson and 'Abbott Elementary' actress Lisa Ann Walter
Climate interventions are like AI: I'd rather we didn't use them, but they are inevitable. They should be rigorously researched, decoupled from profit, and not deployed until community + government structures are ready. Meanwhile, I'm stoked initiatives like ASI exist! heatmap.news/am/arctic-ge...
Scoop: New Nonprofit Backs Unique Approach to Geoengineering the Arctic
On China’s H2 breakthrough, vehicle-to-grid charging, and USA Rare Earth goes to Brazil
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Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.
The Independent@the-independent.com · 5mo agoWife of LA Clippers owner and billionaire Steve Ballmer steps in to save NPR with $80M
Men whose careers rely upon their very public image seem to assume assaulting women won't tarnish them. Dear god, I hope we stop proving them right.
Picture of the century. 😍 📷 credit: Science Tube
Living in a world with no consequences for actions is exhausting
Philip Bump@pbump.com · 5mo agoIt’s hard to overstate how much of this moment is driven by people who got a taste of accountability and were very, very mad about it.
America's oil execs have pocketed $1.4 billion selling stock during the Iran war, the WSJ reports This cash windfall won’t go primarily toward yachts and private jets, but toward political campaigns and lobbying orgs dedicated to blocking climate policy and fueling authoritarianism
Chevron's CEO made $104 million while America bombed Iran
America's oil executives have pocketed $1.4 billion selling stock during the Iran war, a new investigation shows.
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Yeah so he is just going to keep doing the thing where we are in a constant state of uncertainty, confusion, stress, and tension because that is what abusive people do and the people who are in a position to address this are asleep at the switch.
Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 5mo agoBeautiful day to fill the 100,000th pothole of the year.
All* the significant long-term trends in climate over the last 60 years or so are driven by human activity. *very minor caveats apply
M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhat's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?
Kate is the absolute best, and I'm heartbroken for her and the state of climate science in general because of this government. Selfishly, though, I'm thrilled she's staying in NYC
Kate Marvel@drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 5mo agoI just resigned from NASA. It breaks my heart to leave, but I’ve become convinced the best path forward is to do the best science I can, and that can’t be here anymore. I’m still in love with the promise of those four magic letters. Ad astra per aspera, and remember: Earth is the only good planet.
New Yorkers: if you can do so safely, take a moment to step outside (even on your front stoop) for a moment and appreciate how quiet the city is right now. ❄️ Cities aren't loud. Cars are loud.
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
Geoengineering rightfully makes people uneasy, but at the rate we’re going, it would be foolish not to research our options–both to see what might be safe and to know what to avoid. Research ≠ deployment www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We study glaciers. ‘Artificial glaciers’ and other tech may halt their total collapse | Brent Minchew and Colin Meyer
How might we prevent sea-level rise? Satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines and lab-based ‘artificial glaciers’ could all play a role
theguardian.com
Support trans kids and get cookies?! Say less
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 8mo ago1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
That’s the woman who said whatever that guy is saying, 5 minutes ago, but got ignored.
The amount of bad shit going on is doing constant psychic damage to anyone w/a shred of morals. Idk what to do other than try to focus on actions that will improve literally anything, whether that's getting people connected, fed, refueled for the marathon, or ecosystem action. Idk what else to do.
NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
usatoday.com
The world’s favorite climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe recommends HUMAN NATURE!
Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 9mo agoFor me, 2025 has felt like a particularly heavy year ... and you might feel the same. So as we head into the holiday season, I wanted to share a few recommendations — books, podcasts, and newsletters — that encourage me, make me think, and remind me how hope begins with action.
No one deserves recognition more than Kate! Read her book. It comes highly recommended by my dad, which might actually be more meaningful than this Scientific American review
Kate Marvel@drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9mo agoI think you’re supposed to say you’re humbled by things like this and you know what? absolutely not, this is amazing and my ego has swelled five sizes and I’m going to be insufferable for the foreseeable future www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
