Clif @Clif@qoto.org

It's interesting to see how many current Tesla owners are now expressing embarrassment at driving them in public, due to the now unavoidable associations with Musk's increasingly fascist behavior and statements, with many owners noting that they will never drive another one, and many prospective drivers saying they will now cancel and/or look elsewhere than Tesla.

Of course it's not fair for drivers (who bought into Teslas before Musk's true proclivities were obvious) to be faced with this, but that's what Musk has done to the brand -- single-handedly and with eyes wide open.

@alexwinter For what it's worth, I'm TRYING to bring my real stuff over here, while doing the shit-posting ABOUT the birdsite over there. Because that's where people need an easy way to understand how the Twitter Files propaganda works.

11 December 1904 | A German Jew, Felix Nussbaum, was born in Osnabrück. A painter.

From 1933 he lived in exile. During the war he was interned in Saint-Cyprien & Gurs camps.

He escaped & went into hiding in Brussels. He was arrested in 1944 after denunciation & deported with his wife to Auschwitz where they perished.

#Auschwitz #Birkenau #history #Holocaust #Shoah #artist #arts #painter #Nussbaum #Belgium #Germany #Nazis #history #Jews #Osnabrück #Brussels #people @museum @histodons

@lauren @jeffjarvis It’s amazing how quickly the Tesla went from a car for affluent liberals to a MAGA-mobile.

@jeffjarvis @lauren @captainslim

Note to self: start selling bumper stickers to Tesla owners that read “My next EV won’t run on hate.”

Might want to be selling that Muskmobile soon. Value falling at 2-3 times the Car Guru index. 🫤

Someone just mentioned the differences between #Twitter and #Google regarding user data. Yes, indeed.

I've worked inside #Google twice. Their explicit rules, approvals, logging and "need to know" requirements for access to user data are most impressive. Anyone even attempting to access user data inappropriately is fired and marched out the door by security. This is part of why I have a great deal of trust in Google, and consider Elon's #Twitter to be utterly untrustworthy and totally beneath contempt.

Judge Tim Kelly rejects several bids to throw out the indictment against Proud Boy leaders.

There should be a more interesting one soon on whether the govt can argue that Proud Boys riled up the "normies," as a weapon.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.229062/gov.uscourts.dcd.229062.586.0.pdf

.@nytimes@twitter.com article *yesterday* by @jwpetersNYT@twitter.com calling @elonmusk@twitter.com a moderate (because despite exclusively spewing MAGA propaganda he labels himself a moderate): not just absurd, but one of those articles that has come to define their dangerous false equivalency & access journalism.

Unlike Mastodon, climate denialism is embedded in Twitter ... and with the arrival of Elon Musk ... has escalated

Climate denial starts with a lie ... which is then shared with other climate deniers ... who then RT that lie over and over again ... which the algorithms of Twitter magnify even further.

This all happens before the truth has had even a chance to respond.

#ClimateBrawl #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

In July, DHS warned about an “accelerationist handbook” circulating on extremist Telegram channels that explicitly called for potential attackers to bypass mass shootings in favor of causing chaotic blackouts by attacking the power grid, which the handbook referred to as a “sitting duck”. Neo-Nazi accelerationists want to use this to start a race war; they claim that with an extended blackout "all hell will break lose [sic]" and white supremacists would be poised to take control.

#ExtinctionRebellion #Climatechange #PeakOil

I am curious how many of you are familiar with the organizations ALEC and SiX?

I would appreciate a boost so I can reach as many people as possible. Thank you!

#democracy #election #law #lawfedi

For my Aussie friends, I'll be on @Channel9 Weekend #TheTodayShow
Sunday 9:10AM Sydney local time [Saturday 5:10pm Philly local time] talking about the climate crisis and my "Beyond Net Zero" tour w/ #ThinkInc Australia down under in late May/early June:
https://www.9now.com.au/today

"It means in just 18 years parts of the capital will see 30cm of sea level rise, causing once-in-a-century flood damage every year."

That doesnt sound bad at all... lalalala

#climateChange #NewZealand

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/480345/agencies-rethink-faster-impact-of-climate-change-on-major-new-projects

"This finding is relevant for crops but also for trees and their deep roots that can dry out soils if there's no rain for long periods, which can lead to wildfires," said Schroeder. "If we can use this new information to help trees respond better to increases in CO2 in the atmosphere, it's possible they would more slowly dry out the soil. Similarly, the water use efficiency of crops could be improved -- more crop per drop"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/12/221207142218.htm

#ecology #environment
#ClimateChange #Climate

💚Acting #ForNature to protect #biodiversity is at the heart of our mission. We work with the National Parks & Wildlife Service to rehabilitate Irish peatlands, boosting resilience to #ClimateChange, preserving local ecosystems & reducing emissions.
http://bit.ly/3urfoKz #COP15

‘An utterly ridiculous decision’
BREAKING: The Government just approved the first new coal mine in the UK in 30 YEARS. #climatechaos #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateChange #global #betrayal #environment #destruction #Government #denial #denialism #RECKLESSNESS
No #NewCoalMine
#petition ⬇️
https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/cumbria-coal-petition?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast2022-12-08&submit=true

Dear Mastadon hivemind:

The http://www.BiodiversityStripes.info website is highlighting biodiversity loss, globally and regionally using a similar concept to the climate stripes.

We are looking for other sources of biodiversity data which can be turned into stripes to highlight this critical issue.

Any leads for long & coherent time series welcome!

#BiodiversityStripes #COP15