Susan

Retired elementary teacher. Biology major, science geek, progressive Christian who reads the Bible

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@johnsmithy1996 @RevKimWChafee You're so desperately lacking in self-confidence that you are ignoring the real Jesus and His ministry. You need a group to blame and dominate. I feel sorry for you. Christianity is about how we act, not about judgment or rules. You're missing a lot of joy.

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@johnsmithy1996 @RevKimWChafee Yes, when I read posts from you and your club, I feel so loved and valued. I've taught a church group for years; apparently I'm going to hell for it. I taught children for years, but secretly I was killing babies. I study the Bible but imagined the parts about women leading.

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@SeattleWXGuy 😢

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@aprilajoyr I'm also a redhead. May I join your Soulless Reincarnate Club? Please? I'm gray now, but I have photos to prove I qualify.

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@JohnFugelsang Elon's favorite character is Charybdis.

[Decoding Fox News @DecodingFoxNews]

Last week Jesse Watters made a horrific comment that made light of sexual assault. I created a montage of DISGUSTING comments he's made regarding consent and sexual violence. Fox News has paid out tens of millions in sexual harassment lawsuits. Watters still has a job. 🤷‍♀️

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

How much is Canada responsible for the wildfire smoke reaching the U.S.?

Right now, nearly 900 wildfires are burning across Canada. Last week, Toronto's air quality was the worst of any major city in the world. But as the smoke spread south to the U.S., many politicians began blaming Canada for poor forest management.

It's true that local and regional forestry practices matter. Leafy deciduous trees hold moisture and can act as natural fire breaks; so clearing them for conifer monocultures can leave forests at higher risk to burn. But fire suppression, a big issue in the dry forests of the western U.S. where putting out frequent fires let fuel pile up, isn't a major factor here. Canada's remote boreal forests already burn naturally, in less frequent but higher-intensity fires.

The single biggest reason for the record-breaking *increases* in the area burned by wildfires that are causing all this smoke isn't land management. It's human-caused climate change.

As the world warms, winters are no longer cold enough to kill off tree-eating beetles. Their populations explode, leaving millions of acres of dead trees ready to burn. Warmer winters also mean less snowpack, so soil dries out earlier and the fire season runs longer. And climate change has more than doubled the frequency of hotter, drier fire weather across Canada and increased the frequency of the lightning strikes that spark most fires in northern Alberta and BC.

Every one of those four dials is being turned in the same direction by the same thing: the heat-trapping gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. And that's where the numbers start to tell a different picture.

The United States has emitted more carbon than any country in history: around 435 billion tonnes since the 1800s. That's close to a quarter of all the carbon humans have ever put into the air, 12 times Canada's total and still 50% more than China's 285 billion tonnes.

Look at it by company instead of by country, and 88 of the world's largest fossil fuel producers are responsible for the emissions that led to more than a third of the forest area burned across western North America since 1986. At the top of that list is Saudi Aramco, followed by US companies Chevron and ExxonMobil. The first Canadian company, Suncor, doesn't appear until number 76 ... but that could change, as Canada is building more pipelines!

Bottom line? If politicians want to clear the smoke from our skies, tell them the most effective place to start is by cutting the emissions that are driving these fires - no matter which side of the border we're on.

Sources, I'm a scientist so you know I have them: Doubled fire weather risk (World Weather Attribution, 2023). Fire suppression near communities (Parisien et al. 2020, Nature Communications). Climate-beetle-fire connections (e.g. Woo et al. 2024, Ecosphere). Climate-driven lightning increases in northwestern Canada (Burrows et al. 2024, Atmosphere-Ocean). Cumulative CO₂ by country (Our World in Data). 88 producers behind 1/3+ of western N. American area burned (Dahl et al. 2023, Environmental Research Letters). Company ranking (Carbon Majors). And for an exhaustive review of how we know human emissions are driving climate change, see the next post in this thread.

https://t.co/Spedt9SMaI

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@raunathesh @Realneo101 The Roman Empire fought the Persian Empire (Iran) for about 680 years. Neither side won. The history of the US supporting one side in other countries' civil wars hasn't been at all successful either. We need to get out.

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@RebeccaTucker85 @fugitivemama @brad_polumbo @BlueBoxDave An argument about why, specifically, you think socialism is bad would be more productive. My Repub friend and I say we mostly disagree on which problems are the most serious. We don't disagree about the existence of the problem.

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@RebeccaTucker85 @fugitivemama @brad_polumbo @BlueBoxDave People pay attention to the issues they think are most important. If I mentioned some terribly liberal concerns of mine and scolded you for not paying attention to them? I care about it so YOU have to. It is a silly argument.

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@RebeccaTucker85 @fugitivemama @brad_polumbo @BlueBoxDave 1. They aren't in my far more conservative county.
2. You don't seem interested in educating others since your info isn't a link and is cut off.
3. Small political groups can't run candidates so they endorse Dems or Repubs who agree on some issues.

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@RebeccaTucker85 @TechGuyChris2 @fugitivemama @brad_polumbo @BlueBoxDave Farrah Chaichi is also representing Beaverton. So these candidates are all Portland or Portland metro, not "all over" Oregon.

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@RebeccaTucker85 @TechGuyChris2 @fugitivemama @brad_polumbo @BlueBoxDave Tammy Carpenter is in Portland metro--Beaverton.

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@RebeccaTucker85 @fugitivemama @brad_polumbo @BlueBoxDave I do quite a lot of research but not if you made the claim. I'm still a teacher and I won't do your homework for you. I am impressed with the part of the list that wasn't cut off. It's mostly Portland candidates; Portland makes me sound Republican. lol

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@US_Stormwatch @ucdavis @ucdavisCAES We need you, Colin! Congratulations!

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@RebeccaTucker85 @fugitivemama @brad_polumbo @BlueBoxDave Platner is a Dem, a populist Dem. I'm glad he's out.

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@RebeccaTucker85 @TechGuyChris2 @fugitivemama @brad_polumbo @BlueBoxDave Meanwhile, here's Myrna Munoz, running for the state senate. She's a Dem, possibly with some DSA endorsement.

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@RebeccaTucker85 @TechGuyChris2 @fugitivemama @brad_polumbo @BlueBoxDave I was thinking more of statewide races; eastern and rural Oregon is very conservative. The DSA part of this photo is cut off. What is your source, that I might read it and become enlightened like you?

[Susan @nwteacher6]

@RebeccaTucker85 @fugitivemama @brad_polumbo @BlueBoxDave Wow! You found data. Good job.