Byron Williston

Philosopher writing about Anthropocene technologies, nationalism, planetary health, environmental policy and the #ClimateCrisis.

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

“This lucid analysis... should be read carefully by anyone wondering how to think and act in our new Anthropocene circumstances.” —Simon Dalby, Balsillie School of International Affairs. (Enter code FLR40 for 20% discount). https://t.co/TqWWiIkEgU

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

@grant_kelsey @citizensclimate Yes and I’m certain your Republicans and conservatives will sign on to a tax that is significant enough to actually do the job. You know, because they have such a strong history of doing things like that.

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

@grant_kelsey @citizensclimate There are no (entirely) market-based solutions to the climate crisis. Wake up. #ClimateEmergency

[NaomiOreskes @NaomiOreskes]

I think we already knew this, but now @TheLancet confirms it. https://t.co/VUrnwWEaZz via @slate

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

If Bill Gates wanted to make a real difference, he would give away 99.99% of his wealth* to climate action foundations and spend the rest of his life advocating publicly for wealth taxes, wage caps, and domestic and international economic and climate justice.

[Prof Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann]

if we fail to act:

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

“The contemporary royals have no real power. They serve entirely to enshrine classism in the British non- constitution.” A refreshingly Irish take on a mostly silly story. https://t.co/N2Inhh5sDE

[[email protected] @tomstafford]

Academic colleagues, @LivUni are targeting 47 colleagues with redundancy, after an abrupt, non-consultative and opaque review which uses weaponised grant income and citation metrics. Please sign and share this open letter to protest
https://t.co/kDeRdXcllt #LiverpoolRedundancies

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

@buffsoldier_96 Maybe that’s because space expansionists don’t have a single good argument in favour of their position, while there are compelling arguments against it. https://t.co/OW65vY3Rvy

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

Important important talk, from the guy who's been trying to manage Covid for WHO, speaking about the larger catastrophe we're stumbling into--and about the endless search for economic growth that underlies it.

[Todd Dufresne 🇨🇦 @DrTDufresne]

Worth spreading this chart. ✊🏻

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

@PepitoneClimate Yes, MacIntyre’s concept of a ‘practice’, laid out in After Virtue, is probably the best articulation of this sort of idea.

[50x30 Waterloo Region @50x30WR]

Thank you so much @SarahLynnBurch, @ClimatePhilo, Paul Parker of @envwaterloo, and @Steffanie_Scott for for your words and wisdom at last night's event "The ALARM Dialogues: A Climate Conversation."

Their videos are now live on our website https://t.co/4CF9TQf3B8

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

@sjmmcd Nice job, Sam. I love the juxtaposition of passages from Robinson and McCarthy toward the end: it exposes R’s artistic inelegance ruthlessly. He’s an overrated novelist, frankly, but mostly I’m glad you spent so much time demonstrating that his grasp of key concepts is shallow.

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

You forgot about the bill mandating an end to civilization.

[Lauren Boebert @laurenboebert]

I introduced 3 bills this week:

1. A bill to prevent funding for the Paris Accord.

2. A bill to halt funding to the WHO until we hold them accountable for their role in COVID.

3. A bill to overturn Biden’s Mask mandate.

Biden can try to ruin our country, but I will push back.

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

No, @GretaThunberg the ‘world’ is not in denial. It’s just being run by psychopaths.

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

This week Norway awarded 61 new oil and gas exploration rights to 30 oil companies. Sweden's Lundin Oil was awarded stakes in 19 licenses.

It's 2021 and when it comes to facing the climate emergency the world is still in a state of complete denial.
https://t.co/mrr7zkiwnK

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

The creepiest story ever to come out of academia.

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

Delighted to be a part of this event.

[Byron Williston @ClimatePhilo]

Lovely.
https://t.co/wNKWWrqyyf