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New paper by the World’s most prominent climate scientists shows rapid acceleration of human-caused warming, with a warming rate now that tracks to near 2.4°C by 2050, far faster than was expected, if it continues.
From paper: “We are witnessing the rapid destabilization of the Earth’s climate system. This is no longer a warning for the future; it is a diagnosis of the present. Earth’s life-support systems are being pushed beyond stable limits, with changes unfolding faster than our ability to respond. Human activities are driving profound shifts in the atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere.”
Paper Link in replies… H/T @LeonSimons8 …
Bot activity has plummeted because Zelensky has bombed Russian data centres. Lots of us have been warning about bots and disinformation for a decade or more.
Bots gave us Brexit, fanned climate denial, Reform and Trump.
The media ignored it. Govts and leaders pretended it wasn’t happening.
We need an urgent enquiry @andyburnham@AngelaRayner@Ed_Miliband The public need to understand how lies are being weaponised by Russia and the right.
Swimming in digital Limbo, I suspect.
#ClimateAction now includes removing Russian data centres from the internet to shut down science denial and disinformation campaigns waged by bots all across social media.
Enjoy the quiet reprieve while it lasts, folks.❤️
#botpocalypse
Huge drop in Google searches for various health disinformation topics following the Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers.
It makes you wonder how much of the “turbo cancer, ivermectin” nonsense is really fueled by Russian bots, & how many Americans they’ve killed…
People must understand that the general public are in denial about how serious climate change is.
A very intelligent friend of mine basically was gently ribbing me about all the things I said that we’re going to happen, which haven’t happened, according to them - which wasn’t true. I’ve pointed out the things that are coming in decades.
I mentioned this summer - ? - and was told yes, it was quite hot, I’ll give you that.
People don’t understand we are at the beginning of unprecedented, historic, deadly, global change and nothing will be the same again.
We must stop lying to ourselves that people understand.
More details about Ukraine's VERY effective attacks on Russia's internet capabilities that have knocked out around 50% of Putin's bot armies in the last 48 hours:
https://t.co/cSylxRJ4bk
Here's your chance to get some evidence, folks!
Russia's bot armies have been hamstrung by Ukraine.🇺🇦
So keep tabs on all the suspected bot accounts you can (pro-MAGA, pro-Israel, etc) to see if they've gone quiet this week.
I'll bet they have great excuses when they return.😆
I walk around my city with my mask around my neck when in safe outdoor conditions. I don't hide it.
Because vulnerable and uncertain people need to see safety modelled.👍 😷 👇
How many times has someone said to you, "really I should be wearing one of those too"?
I had another one just now. Bronchiectasis caused by a covid infection, knows she's vulnerable, too embarrassed by the idea of masking.
Peer pressure is a killer.
“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you’re the one filming it.” - Zack Bornstein
Inside a car being swept away in floods in Chile.
Again: At this point we should be criminally prosecuting politicians, media commentators and lobbyists stopping us taking action on climate change.
They are endangering all of us.
This is what climate change actually looks like.
We were warned, we chose inaction, and now the crisis is here. It will only escalate from here.
Absolutely terrifying.
📍 Las Condes, Chile yesterday.
👀👀 This is when the mudslide/flash flood hit hit San Carlos de Apoquindo in Chile yesterday.
Disaster after disaster. It's never ending and it's only going to get worse. We were warned.
This is terrifying.
We invite everyone (nonscientists) to endorse the Declaration of a Planetary Emergency, part of the upcoming World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Third Notice. Add your name and share widely. Your endorsement helps show public concern about our planet. https://t.co/e5Ny8jzh72
This is just ridiculous.
July 2026: Hottest on record.
August 2026: Hottest on record.
September 2026: Hottest on record.
Combined July–September: Hottest on record by an astonishing 0.96°F. We're not just breaking temperature records. We're absolutely smashing them.
Yes.
Exactly this.
A news story says that loads of people are off sick with covid, or a hospital ward has been shut down, or that people are dying from Covid, and some talking head pops up and says don't worry we're all immune.
IF WE'RE ALL IMMUNE WHY IS THERE A COVID WAVE.
I corrected @_ClimateCraze as his graph shows a red point for 2003 to today mean, not present day annual. Latest data for 2025 shown. Yes greenland has warmed since 1855 (the last data point in the GISP2 ice core). John works with the CO2 coalition a fossil fuel lobby group.
Imagine a smoke alarm that has been screaming for decades, while the people in the house argue about whether there’s really a fire.
The room gets hotter. The smoke gets thicker. The noise gets louder.
And instead of putting out the fire, they insist the alarm is lying, blame the people who installed it and argue that the house has always been this hot.
That is climate denial.