Geoffrey Miller

Environmental Advocate, discovering sustainability solutions and Climate Reality Project presenter. @climatereality Opinions are my own

[Red Hot World @RedHotWorld]

They want you to think that protecting nature will make us all poorer, sicker and sadder.

It's a lie - as Costa Rica proves.

The Central American country’s extraordinary push to protect its rainforests and nature made its people happier, healthier and wealthier. Here’s how. 🧵

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

Are Democrats making a huge deal out of the student kidnappings done by Trump administration on behalf of Israel and I'm missing it? After they warned us of fascism endlessly, why are they not speaking out against this draconian crackdown on speech? Did AIPAC not give permission?

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

That will allow them to warehouse huge troves of copyrighted material that they will sell to AI companies who will train models designed to put us on the breadline (see above, re: our bosses hate paying us):

https://t.co/hqSnqZXZno

12/

[Tessa Stuart @tessastuart]

Bill Pulte, Trump's pick to lead FHFA, is up for a confirmation vote today. X refused @SenWarren's request to turn over 24k tweets he deleted in November, but I was able to get ahold of more than 1000. https://t.co/HOuXINggii

[Briahna Joy Gray @briebriejoy]

‼️The "Adversarial Left" Responds" (w/ @cmkshama)‼️

One of the most successful leftist electeds in the country who won a $15 minimum wage in Seattle, fighting Democrats the whole way, returns to Bad Faith to respond to the Democratic Party's inefficacy in the face of Trump, & Monday's interview with Rep. Jamaal Bowman.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

ALERT: 20+ state Attorneys General file federal civil suit asking court to intervene and stop Trump dismantling of US Dept of Education

They argue: "The Department provides funds for low-income children and students with disabilities. It enforces the laws that prohibit discrimination in education. It administers federal student aid programs"

Complaint:
https://t.co/sy0XB2u0Pv

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

Rampell led the charge to pretend corporations didn’t fuel inflation with profiteering price increases — an argument that helped kill more aid for the working class. She was then publicly lauded by Bezos & now rewarded by MSNBC.

A parable of this era.

https://t.co/SZDxi4eyrP

[ProPublica @propublica]

Must-read thread 👇 👇

[Geoffrey Miller @ecofuturenow]

The real reason your electric rates are going up. Thank you @doctorow for putting this thread together

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

But Ellis couldn't stomach the corruption, and he went public, publishing a report for the American Economic Liberties Project called "Rate of Return Equals Cost of Capital" that lays out the con in stark detail:

https://t.co/JTTFm3sT5q

11/

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

I just watched one of the best talks ever given on what smartphones, social media, and ed-tech are doing to childhood and education. From Sophie Winkleman.

If you question the wisdom of the screen-based school day, you must watch, just 20 minutes:

https://t.co/QBdpNhRyVR

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

The commercial surveillance industry is almost totally unregulated. Data brokers, ad-tech, and everyone in between - they harvest, store, analyze, sell and rent every intimate, sensitive, potentially compromising fact about your life.

1/

[Guy Oron @GuyOron]

Ta-Nehisi Coates in Seattle about the Democratic Party in this moment:
“If you can’t stand up against genocide, why should I believe you can stand up for democracy?”

[Geoffrey Miller @ecofuturenow]

@broadwaybabyto After all, that’s what he does when he is “” working”

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Donald Trump is making a deliberate attempt to overwhelm the system, and to overwhelm you. It can be difficult to keep up. And that’s by design.

But we can keep up – and respond. Here’s what he’s doing, and what it means for you. Just the facts. 🧵⤵️

[ProPublica @propublica]

17/ Last week, we published our story about the EPA’s struggles to regulate formaldehyde in the air: https://t.co/70HADcBhte

We also built you a tool so you can look up the risks of this chemical in your neighborhood: https://t.co/a7NCSc7UTx

[Geoffrey Miller @ecofuturenow]

If the oligarchs want to prevent more Adjusters, it is 100% in their power to do so. Change laws/policies so that everyone can get justice. So that everyone can eat, be housed, be free to pursue dreams and joys, pursue an education, enjoy clean air and water, have good healthcare

[Turtlesong Farm @TurtlesongFarm]

Ok, here's something I learned in high school humanities: As long as people believe that they have redress for injustice, either through courts or through political action (like voting), the people will choose nonviolent options.
🧵

[Geoffrey Miller @ecofuturenow]

@P3_Sailor @dieworkwear Is it hard to find gloves? How does your hand compare to others ppl you know?

[Dr. Aaron Thierry @ThierryAaron]

🚨There is so much #Climate news that it is often hard to zoom-out & see the bigger picture.

But every now & then you read a report that brings it all together & stops you in your tracks!

'Collision Course' by @djspratt is one such report. Here are its 10 key take aways: 🧵1/n

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) 🪬 @DoctorVive]

Today is pub day for *THE LANGUAGE OF CLIMATE POLITICS*!

MIT philosopher @KieranSetiya says: "If you want to understand the climate crisis and you only have time to read one book, this should be it."

Buy it here👇or wherever books are sold 💚

https://t.co/vIW3SAD9oU

[Dr. Aaron Thierry @ThierryAaron]

Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?

Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.

First up @DoctorVive's indispensable guide to talking climate action & fighting fossil fuel propaganda 🧵