“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250807-us-to-rewrite-its-past-national-climate-reports
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@dangillmor
He'll spoil his 'big, beautiful' hair, burying it in the sand.
He'll spoil his 'big, beautiful' hair, burying it in the sand.
@dangillmor don't look up!
Was all the time there and was crying always the loudest so that even reasonable people got disoriented in the climate discourse up until they decided to take time to investigate.
Was all the time there and was crying always the loudest so that even reasonable people got disoriented in the climate discourse up until they decided to take time to investigate.
@dangillmor I just channeled George Washington. He wants to know who’s prepared to play his part. And if everyone’s onboard and saddled up.
@dangillmor He who controls the past controls the future.
@dangillmor
Asked by CNN why previous editions of the National Climate Assessment were no longer available online, former fracking company CEO Wright responded: "Because we're reviewing them, and we will come out with updated reports on those."
First published in 2000, the National Climate Assessment has long been viewed as a cornerstone of the US government's understanding of climate science, synthesizing input from federal agencies and hundreds of external experts.
@dangillmor
I am entertained by the "racing to save climate data" arguments I see on social media when it's already been saved.
https://openclimate.org/u-s-national-climate-assessments-complete/
They've been copying this data six ways to Sunday for forever.
@dangillmor Well this is messed up. But strangely I'm not surprised. I'm no longer surprised what that administration does any more. It's just plain evil.
@dangillmor
Academic papers referencing these reports need to note the original dates. Nothing from 2025 till "we'll see" will be worth quoting.
Academic papers referencing these reports need to note the original dates. Nothing from 2025 till "we'll see" will be worth quoting.
@dangillmor On this Sunday, my greatest disgust is reserved for those who endorse Trump and his ilk for validating hatred and greed as religion. Yes, blind religion is a big part of the problem. “Blessed are those who don’t believe, yet see.” - Richard Powers
@dangillmor What I fear most is the influence this authoritarian regime has on thinking in the rest of the world through social media and financial investments. They have been trying to influence elections in the EU for years.
And with the "Big Beautiful Bill" + photos, the narrative of Big Brother exists already.
We need more Guy Montags (Fahrenheit 451) and Sam Lowrys (Terry Gilliam's film Brazil) - we need a broad resistance of knowledge and facts.
@dangillmor I wonder how certain people can sleep at night!
@dangillmor hmm delusional self aggrandisement is a key characteristic in the fall of almost all previous empires.
[settles in with some popcorn and comfy chair]
[settles in with some popcorn and comfy chair]
@dangillmor They seem to be irritated by the constant stream of record-setting summer heat. Several years ago I noted that each of the last summers for 8 years had been a record breaker. Every summer since then has also been a record breaker. We are well past ten record breakers in a row. It's a visceral statistic that illustrates the climate crisis, no wonder they want it to go I to the memory hole.
@dangillmor
Trump and Putin are playing "Simon says"
Trump and Putin are playing "Simon says"
@dangillmor After realizing all of this what does a regular civilian has to do?
@dangillmor The thing is, all it does is make the US pointless in the area.
It is like Trumps cheating at Golf. He cheats. Everyone knows it. Nobody believes he is the best player in the clubs he owns.Except himself, who is stupid enough to believe his own publicity.
So he doesn't improve his game. He probably doesn't even enjoy it. It is a pointless excuse to not do any work.
US Climate data is like Trumps Golf scores: make believe.
@dangillmor
The numbers are not in favor for truth!
The numbers are not in favor for truth!
Which numbers?
The numbers of lies that can be produced in a short amount of time ( now with the help of #ai even shorter and sounding nice ) versus the effort to prove they are lies.
They are flooding the space with shit - as proposed by #stevebannon .
We cannot counter that playing according to their rules. Maybe we can identify and promote "circles of trust" and teach people to ignore the shit?
@dangillmor
Well, lying will not make the truth go away…
@dangillmor weird that Orwell wrote 1984 mostly based on the USSR, but guess who...
@dangillmor USA vs climate...insane
@dangillmor
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
― George Orwell
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
― George Orwell
@dangillmor
I suspect that Ayn Rand would have been in the climate denial camp. All the same:
I suspect that Ayn Rand would have been in the climate denial camp. All the same:
"We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality."
As much as I dislike her teachings, I have to admit that it is a good way to put it.
@dangillmor They may elude the cause but will face the consequences all the same. Being unprepared to climate change makes the US vulnerable. MAGA aspires to make US great again (whatever that means) but is destroying it.
@dangillmor
MAGA billionaires requires that Texans ignore the connection between Greg Abbott's public corruption with the oil industry AND climate change flash floods that drowns children.
There's nothing normal about summers with heat domes, wildfires, and floods.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/flood-storms-climate-change-1-in-1000-year-rainfall-rcna217863
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/climate/summer-of-flooding
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2025/08/09/fall-2025-forecast/85442401007/
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/18/greg-abbott-texas-fundraising-governor-donors/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/50-million-alert-dangerous-heat-southwest/story?id=124478465
https://prospect.org/power/2025-01-29-texas-model/
https://www.newsweek.com/millions-americans-us-stay-inside-31-states-2105480
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/21/us-states-heatwave-fossil-fuel-money
@dangillmor what is the point though. Lalala I can't hear you? That is not gonna change what is happening. History is still here. USA has never been an authoritative force on climate change. Any changes will be seen as lobbyism extreme and not second opinion.
@peteriskrisjanis US scientists have been an authoritative source, however.
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