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Tim Scanlon
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Scientist, satirist, author, climate action advocate, proponent of addressing social injustice, list maker.
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Wait, he had staff to help him suck that much?

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Further to this, my dad was telling me about a company that had "gone woke and gone broke". Turns out the company had actually been 30% bought by Vanguard, Blackrock, and Blackstone, had their labour force shafted, prices made noncompetitive, and a lot of share price bloating. Funny that.

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What can we learn from deniers about climate change other than how powerful having a shit-tonne of money backing you is for amplifying your voice and delaying action? What we actually need to learn is how to make denial and soft denial untenable politically and socially.

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Sure, I could lower my carbon footprint... Wait, that's a fossil fuel delay tactic. I could write to my representative... Wait, they are all captured by fossil fuel interests. I could protest in the street... Wait, my rep voted to make that illegal and deserving of a police bashing.

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There is a lot to nod and agree with in this TED Talk (ugh, they still make these?) and the final point is very good: we need to live the reality. But like all TED Talks, it fails to engage with the bigger picture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHZM...

A Controversial Play — and What It Taught Me About the Psychology of Climate | David Finnigan | TED
A Controversial Play — and What It Taught Me About the Psychology of Climate | David Finnigan | TED

YouTube video by TED

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NYT platforming a RWNJ and being surprised he was a RWNJ who denies science. Worth remembering that the NYT has a long history of platforming climate deniers, running water for war crimes, and promoting capitalist agendas. They are part of the problem. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/c...

At Climate Forward Event, an Architect of Project 2025 Dismisses Global Warming
At Climate Forward Event, an Architect of Project 2025 Dismisses Global Warming

At a New York Times Climate Forward event, Kevin D. Roberts said climate change amounted to a “hot year.”

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Or, and hear me out here, we break them up, democratise them, and bring back the Revolution Razor.

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Almost as if capitalism might be bad for society.

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Tim Scanlon
@timscanlon.bsky.social
Scientist, satirist, author, climate action advocate, proponent of addressing social injustice, list maker.
122 followers38 following400 posts