David Ho
@davidho.bsky.social
Climate scientist; ocean carbon cycle and climate solutions. Professor @soest.hawaii.edu, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Visiting Faculty, Arizona State University. https://linktr.ee/david_ho
You won't regret clicking on this beautifully told story by @lsommer.bsky.social about the Pacific Ocean and how the Trump regime is opening some marine monuments to commercial fishing.
These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections
The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, spar...
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The main reason for developing our El Niño prediction capabilities is to mitigate its severe negative consequences.
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity
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One of my biggest pet peeves is drivers who don’t use their turn signals, which is >80% of them in Hawaiʻi. We need to stop putting the onus on people doing the dying rather than people doing the killing.
@khon2news.bsky.social · 9h agoIn the world of Hawaiʻi’s motorcycles, bicycles, motorbikes, and skateboards, there’s an important rule everyone should remember: Safety comes first. Read more: https://www.khon2.com/local-news/biker-hand-signals-safety/
Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.
A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US
Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…
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Nature Climate Change has an online collection of reviews, opinion pieces, and research on climate change communication.
Climate change communication
Effective climate change communication enhances public climate mitigation and adaptive behaviour, building resilience against intensifying climate hazards.
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Unless we ban the use of fossil fuels for energy generation and surface transport, no company will ever leave this stuff in the ground. Why would they when they're making money hand over fist?
Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Reports 33% Profit Surge, Despite Iran War Disruptions (Gift Article)
Higher oil prices propelled a quarterly earnings jump for Saudi Arabia’s energy giant, which used pipelines to work around disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
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We're not going to stop climate change unless we phase out fossil fuels.
Oil giant BP profits more than double due to Iran war - again
The "strong" three-month results come amid "one of the most disrupted periods in the global energy market".
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It's not even 8 am here in Hawaiʻi, and this will already be my favorite thing on the internet today. @adamserwer.bsky.social
A story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)
What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off
In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.
bloomberg.com
Most of the time, being a woman on the Internet is like this. You spend hours making a video and explaining physics in everyday language, only to get low-quality nonsense replies. Yes, someone with a PhD in physics from Cambridge is trolling you about physics. Get a life, you two.
Helen Czerski@helenczerski.bsky.social · 3d agoA lovely little bit of physics that you might have spotted if you ever play with a slinky. We should all play more, because we should all embrace our curiosity. And finding out how the physical world works is fun!
Write a horror story for academics in two words: It’s August.
This is another (bad) consequence of building the world around cars.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · yesterdayI visited my former neighbor after work and helped out with some chores at her new home. Then we sat outside and talked story (as we say in Hawaiʻi). It was a great way to spend a few hours. I'm trying to convince her to give up driving and get rides and delivery instead. It's a work in progress.
I visited my former neighbor after work and helped out with some chores at her new home. Then we sat outside and talked story (as we say in Hawaiʻi). It was a great way to spend a few hours. I'm trying to convince her to give up driving and get rides and delivery instead. It's a work in progress.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last yr.I'm trying to spend more time in my community. After work, I visited my neighbor who's turning 91 next week and who lives alone. She worked for Pan Am and lived through the bombing of Pearl Harbor. She’s got great stories about life in Hawaiʻi.
Fascist government agency paid millions of dollars to contractors to find social media posts that hurt its agents’ feelings.
How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics
The agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.
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TIL there's a neighborhood near the Mexico City airport built by a spider.
This blows my mind. The Odyssey is required reading for all undergraduate students at Columbia, and I'm still traumatized by having to read it in a week that I don't want to see the film.
Nolan’s film could make The Odyssey the most sought-after book in the US
The nearly 2,700-year-old epic poem is flying off shelves at bookstores and libraries after the blockbuster film came out
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Earth is a habitability bubble and I'm fine with that.
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
A lovely little bit of physics that you might have spotted if you ever play with a slinky. We should all play more, because we should all embrace our curiosity. And finding out how the physical world works is fun!
File under "too funny not to share": Riders are stuffing their bras to gain an aerodynamic advantage.
Bra Boosters Are Causing a Clothing Controversy at the Tour de France Femmes
Wielerflits reports teams are urging the UCI to implement checks for riders illegally 'bra-maxxing' for aero advantage at the Tour de France Femmes.
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Yikes, this story by @drewharwell.com, @douglasmac.bsky.social, and @aaronschaffer.com about police officers using Flock's license-plate readers to stalk women.
How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
washingtonpost.com
If you live in the US, you want to know about this website.
Have I Been Flocked? – Search Flock ALPR Audit Logs
Have police looked up your travel history? Search Flock Safety audit logs for your license plate.
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Even an 11-year-old knows that things will get worse if we keep polluting the environment.
It’s often safer for cyclists to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and a red light as a stop sign.
Are we all in agreement that Trump made billions of dollars from crypto, not because it's a good way for everyone to make money and he's just smarter about it, but because it's a good way for him to scam his witless followers and accept bribes legally?
Trump & Crypto: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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