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Matt Hoffmann

@matthoffmann.bsky.social

Professor of political science at the University of of Toronto, been studying global climate change politics for 30 years--focused on decarbonization, just transition, and storytelling.

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Matt Hoffmann@matthoffmann.bsky.social · 3w ago

The smoke in Toronto from the wildfire disasters in Ontario combined with the march of announcements about expanding oil and gas infrastructure and rollbacks of climate policy in Canada set me off yesterday. Here's my rant: matthewhoffmann.substack.com/p/im-always-...

I’m always Angry, but Today…

Having researched and thought about the politics of climate change for 30+ years, I’m always angry. Some days, like today, it just boils over.

matthewhoffmann.substack.com

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · last yr.

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last yr.

Authoritarians want you to feel isolated and alone, to feel like their vision of the world is the only one. That’s why taking part in public protests matters. You connect with other people like you and you show those numbers off to the world. It’s a great feeling. Try it!

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last yr.

I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.

Sylvia Chi 齊思涵@sylviachi.bsky.social · last yr.

It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Mike Masnick@masnick.com · last yr.

Cannot stress enough that this is a pitiful action by a weak, scared, pathetic group of insecure, wannabe authoritarians, and they should be mocked until the end of time for wanting to bring in the military over some people protesting them at a Home Depot.

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David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social · last yr.

ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last yr.

Between fascism and climate change, the latter is definitely a greater threat to humanity. Fascists are liars, and they will always lose (but it might take a while). The problem with the fascist regime in the US is that it's actively undermining climate action, thereby exacerbating climate damage.

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · last yr.

I loathe Musk as much as anyone else but for a sitting president to openly threaten a private citizen over what political donations he or she chooses to make is a reminder of how authoritarian this country is becoming by the day - by the hour even!

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last yr.

Trump tells NBC his relationship with Musk is over and he will make no effort to repair it. “Elon Musk will have to pay very serious consequences if he funds Democratic candidates.”

Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)@doctorvive.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy Tuesday! How about an anti-Matt-Yglesias climate economics thread? I'll start by saying "material prosperity" is not opposed to "reasoning backwards" from temperature targets — doing what we must NOW to halt global heating at a safe level will INCREASE Americans' material prosperity. 1/n

Matthew Yglesias & @mattyglesias You can kind of talk in circles all day about "populism" or "abundance" or "kitchen table issues" or whatever else, but the practical dividing line is between material prosperity (call it whatever you want) vs reasoning backwards from climate targets.
Nikki Little 🍁☮️ 🚑.@nikkiblittle911.bsky.social · last yr.

"I think this is the first time a politician in Canada has crossed that line to officially say they want to interfere to control research topics,” Madeleine Pastinelli, president of the university professors’ union in the province of Quebec. #vote #never51

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · last yr.

In case you were still wondering if Pierre Poilievre is MAGA/Trump, read this. This is an EXTREMELY Trump thing to do. And he’s getting global attention for saying he’s going to do it. This is worse than the science-muzzling Harper did. And Poilievre will go a LOT farther than this. #VOTE

Lauren Dobson-Hughes@ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · last yr.

Literally a conversation today about whether there are ICE facilities at Ottawa airport, who has jurisdiction on the post-clearance airside area, and whether the Canadian govt would get you back if you disappeared inside the US part of a Canadian airport. So it's going great here

Norm Charlatan@normcharlatan.bsky.social · last yr.

If you are a foreigner, you probably should not visit the U.S., but if you absolutely have to, you should “enter” at a pre-clearance site (like Ireland or Canada) so that you’re denied entry in a place where the U.S. government won’t detain you or confiscate your property.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last yr.

The way this works is that you either defend Khalil's First Amendment rights, no matter what you think about his specific views, or else you acquiesce to a totalitarian dystopia where the government can disappear people for expressing opinions opposed by the regime. There's really no middle ground.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last yr.

Good piece on many university presidents' cowardly refusal to speak out against the Trump administration's ghastly, unlawful abduction and detention of Mahmoud Khalil in retaliation against his constitutionally protected speech. No surprise, but a shame nonetheless. slate.com/life/2025/03...