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Laura A. Michaelis

@congramqueen.bsky.social

Mom, Professor of Linguistics @colorado.edu. 1st gen Construction Grammarian, Fillmore protégée, using social semiotic syntax to combine climate-change action & meaning construction. Feet planted in Boulder, heart still in Berkeley

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS

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Laura A. Michaelis@congramqueen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live! Grateful Dead (Winterland) Rolling Stones (Candlestick) Zappa (Berkeley CT) Dylan (Warfield) Devo (BCT) Joan Baez (SM fairgrounds) Dead Kennedys (Fab Mab) Radiohead (Redrocks) Lil Wayne (CU Coors event ctr) Macca (Coors field)

Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · 3mo ago

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live! • Emerson, Lake & Palmer • Joan Baez • Bette Midler • Sufjan Stevens • Teddy Thompson • Rosemary Clooney • Peggy Lee • Steve & Eydie • Andrea Marcovicci • Marilyn Maye

Technology Connections@techconnectify.bsky.social · 4mo ago

One hopes images like this, when paired with the knowledge that everything we burn ends up in that tiny slice of gasses, would help contextualize why we need to move away from energy sources we set on fire. One hopes. Climate communicators should make some hay of this.

Mark McIntyre@markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I don't remember seeing an image of Earth before that captures the (thin, fragile, tiny layer of) atmosphere so clearly. I mean, look at that.

Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Big Oil is no longer trying to convince us they want to preserve a safe & stable climate Now, they're focused on convincing us that the world is only safe & stable if they're in charge That's the thesis of a new @cleancreatives.bsky.social report analyzing 2000 oil ads, exclusively in HEATED today

Fossil fuel propaganda is evolving

A new analysis of nearly 2,000 fossil fuel ads finds Big Oil has moved from green promises to insisting oil and gas are inevitable. (They're not).

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Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Lawsuit calls NCAR "collateral damage" in the Trump administration's "widespread and coordinated campaign of punishment and coercion" against Colorado and its institutions.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov · 5mo ago

Why are Democrats afraid to talk about climate, when so many people already connect the dots between fossil fuel polluting emissions and their family’s financial costs? Home insurance is a HUGE cost for so many families, and getting worse fast!!

A graph displaying poll results revealing that a majority of Democrats, Independents, Republicans, Non-MAGA Republicans and non-conservative Independents/Republicans link climate change with rising home insurance costs.
Laura A. Michaelis@congramqueen.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Exhort with a novel denominal verb! A highly productive strategy in English is use of names of historic persons! This is the similative pattern. Run with it🏃

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A lot of obvious stuff in this poll (people want Dems to act with more conviction and stop tearing their ACLs trying to reach across the aisle), but the thing I learned is that Republicans are viewed as the elitist ones now! Run with that! Usain Bolt with that shit!

A poll showing the Democrats are viewed as elitist by 43% of people while Republicans are viewed as elitist by 60%. It also shows that only 31% of people view Dems as tough, and 56% view Republicans as tough. 60% of people view Republicans as extreme and only 42% view Dems as extreme.
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 5mo ago

This orchestrated surrender to burning 19th century fuels gets framed as Very Serious, Adults-in-the-room realism rather than a weird, baffling choice to cause entirely avoidable suffering. I am so sick of it.

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 9mo ago

You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing! It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason. Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥 Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 10mo ago

Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act. Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.

A map of the world showing how levels of worry in most countries are greater than 70%. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, International Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2023.
Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · 10mo ago

Data analysis by @sentientmedia.org, a CCNow partner, finds that less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as a source of carbon emissions despite the fact that “food and agriculture contribute 1/3 of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to the burning of fossil fuels.”

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

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