Ronnie Blackburn

She/her. Researcher, analyst, activist, feminist, vegan, covid longhauler. Formerly Insights on Esports @RiotGames & LCS Referee. English/中文/한국어.

[Ronnie Blackburn @KidRonnie_]

get tone policed long enough and eventually you realize the truth will never sound "polite" enough to people who don't want you to speak it. they don't want you to "be nice"; they want you to shut up.

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

Abrupt climate change is now a factor in every single weather event that occurs according to scientists. State-corporate media? Silent. They'll never reveal the corporate crimes against nature and humanity behind rapid mass extinction.

[Ronnie Blackburn @KidRonnie_]

@UKClimbing how do we listen to this Olympic stream? in Canada I have to watch the CBC stream. am I unable to watch the stream Matt & Shauna will be commentating on? (sorry for the ignorant question: I assumed they would be doing the main English stream!)

[Ronnie Blackburn @KidRonnie_]

@CBCOlympics @AccessStorageCA Hi @CBCOlympics please end the sport climbing livestream and release the replay. The event is over but the livestream is still running which is preventing the replay from releasing. My viewing party is really disappointed we can't watch, please help!

[❤️ @umairh]

I say that to you gently as a survivor and scholar of collapse both. Take a moment to try and really understand how grave the situation is. If you’ve only ever lived in a democracy, read some (old) books or watch some movies about life otherwise. Understand how lethally real this is.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has overturned Chevron, a crucial case that made courts defer to the experts in federal agencies about how to apply their own regulations.

In her dissent Kagan writes: "It gives courts the power to make all manner of policy calls"

[Ronnie Blackburn @KidRonnie_]

entering ~month 8 of remission after 1 year of long covid (with a brief reprieve halfway through), i'm finally feeling more confident in my continued health, and excited for what's ahead.<3

p.s. wear your n95s. covid doesn't fuck around.

[Ronnie Blackburn @KidRonnie_]

#LongCovidAwarenessDay - not a day goes by that i'm not grateful to be in treatment-dependent remission from that hell. this year i took up rock climbing & have gotten serious about activism & language learning again. ty to everyone who supported me for the year i was gravely ill

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

A daunting picture: a doubling of CO2 is predicted to warm the planet 5- 8°C. Given current trends, all estimates put the planet perilously close to or beyond the 2°C warming that could be reached this century. Dr James Hansen warns of 2°C in the 2030s. 🧵
https://t.co/PG2bxmxEon

[Ronnie Blackburn @KidRonnie_]

@ClimateHuman Hi Peter @ClimateHuman , do you happen to have a short list for nonprofits to donate to for climate action? I've seen the climate activist bail and legal funds, but I'm also interested in your opinions on other types of orgs, e.g. lobbying groups, promising tech startups, etc

[Lydia Litvyak @vinuscule]

riot promised to end forced arbitration for employees 4+ years ago, but as of last year hadn't done so. now they're asking anybody playing their games to agree to forced arbitration and to waive the right to class action lawsuits? 😮

[Ronnie Blackburn @KidRonnie_]

2023 State of the Climate Report: Entering Uncharted Territory - "The effects of global warming are progressively more severe, and possibilities such as a worldwide societal breakdown are feasible and dangerously underexplored" https://t.co/33202yc5GR

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

If you are on the fence about becoming a climate activist please, please, please come down onto the right side of history. The movement, and the planet, need you so incredibly much. You are more powerful than you can ever know. Every activist started out as someone on that fence.

[Emma Smart @smartyfish]

Today 2 men @morgantrowland & @MarcusWithXR lost their appeal for taking peaceful action to #JustStopOil- given 3 year prison sentences

Today 2 men @RishiSunak & @grantshapps approved 100 new oil & gas licenses- a death sentence for all

2 heroes
2 criminals
No Justice

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

The mistake was being too polite

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

With all the devastating climate news around it would be easy to slip into despair

But the antidote to despair is action, so here are some thoughts on what you can do

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

BREAKING: climate scientists describe worrying risk of 𝘵𝘩𝘦 big tipping point within the next few decades.. or even years 🧵

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

Once people are more afraid of accelerating global heating and Earth breakdown than they are of how their peers will judge them for speaking and acting out against social norms, then we may finally get meaningful action. It’s sad this is what it takes

[Ronnie Blackburn @KidRonnie_]

"the earth is not dying; she is being killed. and the people killing her have names and addresses."

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

Not to be alarmist but…this is what’s called a six-sigma event, now unfolding in Antarctica.

Otherwise known as a once-in-7.5-million-year event.

Hang onto your hats.

HT @EliotJacobson

[Ronnie Blackburn @KidRonnie_]

@KBurkhartPhotog who was this?