Jim Baird

‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate Due to the volatile cocoa market, companies like Hershey are using replacement ingredients such as sugar, oil, milk and nuts

This is climate change:

"‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate" share.google/zDxuvyTF9EHo...

Americans will fly to Europe, walk places, enjoy the tranquil patio dining, and soak up the human-scaled charm of the urban streets.

They will then fly back home and absolutely foam at the mouth over any proposal to make our streets safer, more equitable, and calmer by limiting cars for everything.

Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.

Some of the frivolous September purchases made under Secretary Pete Hegseth’s stewardship include a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, $5.3 million for Apple devices such as the new iPad, and an astronomical amount of …

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Atmospheric CO2 Getting So High That It's Weakening Human Skeletons New research suggests that the amount of carbon in the atmosphere directly corresponds to increased carbon in our blood and bones.

"According to new research published in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, the rising concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is weakening human skeletons at an alarming rate."

#health #ClimateCrisis
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We Can Do It Happy International Women's Day

Happy International
Women's Day ♀️💪

Atmospheric CO2 Getting So High That It's Weakening Human Skeletons New research suggests that the amount of carbon in the atmosphere directly corresponds to increased carbon in our blood and bones.

"According to new research published in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, the rising concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is weakening human skeletons at an alarming rate."

#health #ClimateCrisis
futurism.com/health-medic...

Time series plot depicting predicted Nino 3.4 region ocean temperature anomalies from the latest (Mar 2026) ECMWF ensemble. It depicts an extremely rapid rise in such temperatures, from modest negative anomalies to strong positive anomalies, by mid-summer 2026--indicative of a transition from weak-moderate La Nina conditions to moderate-strong El Nino conditions over just a few months.

Whew.

All signs are increasingly pointing to a significant, if not strong to very strong, El Niño event. I'll have more to say in coming weeks & months, but for now I'll just say that this is increasingly likely to become a major regional-to-global climate driver in 2026-2027.

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.”

Should be the top story everyday.

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

"We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

"We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Opinion: People in Canada want fossil fuel sponsorship out of winter sports vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected After an exceptionally wet start to 2026, two climate scientists explain what’s going on.

Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected share.google/6N1wtfjl6blH...

“Climate warming is driving this drying of the Colorado River Basin for the long term, so we really need to come to grips with doing this great rebalancing act,” he said. “We need to start moving out of this danger zone.”

www.latimes.com/environment/...

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

Where is the massive global mobilization?

"The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped"

“Policymakers & the public remain largely unaware of the risks"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

Where is the massive global mobilization?

"The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped"

“Policymakers & the public remain largely unaware of the risks"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Europe Needs to Learn Its Lesson: Stop Relying on Imported Energy Growing reliance on American gas looks foolish given how unpredictable the White House has become.

I did not expect to see this in the WSJ:

"Reducing reliance on fossil fuels looks like Europe’s best shot at saving its domestic manufacturing and stopping other governments from pushing it around"

Agreed!

Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.

"The study shows that by 2065-2100, many parts of Africa (apart from Madagascar) could experience heatwaves on 250-300 days per year."

#ClimateCrisis #survival #Africa
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Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.

"The study shows that by 2065-2100, many parts of Africa (apart from Madagascar) could experience heatwaves on 250-300 days per year."

#ClimateCrisis #survival #Africa
theconversation.com/heat-with-no...

'Days before 💩 returned to office in Jan 2025, an investment firm controlled by a senior member of the UAE royal family secretly signed a deal to pay $500m to buy almost half of a cryptocurrency startup founded by the Trump family…

This scandal deserves our attention'

Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off The Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.

WaPo lays off *one third* of its staff.

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#Europe bombarded by storms the next two weeks. Great news for the #olympics in the #alps as big time #snow will fall. 1-2 Meters in the next 15 days!
But flooding will be a concern many other areas.
#weather #milan #cortina

EVs are already making your air cleaner A study in California finds that even small increases in EVs lead to measurable drops in air pollution at the neighborhood level.

Wow! ❤️❤️❤️

Emissions-detecting satellites reveal California’s pivot to EVs noticeably curbed health-harming nitrogen dioxide emissions between 2019 and 2023.

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Are green firebreaks a useful fire management tool under climate change in southeastern Australia? Fire management under changing climatic conditions presents several challenges, including the need to manage fire regimes for multiple objectives, suc…

Are green firebreaks a useful fire management tool under climate change in southeastern Australia?

TLDR: yes, in many scenarios, especially when used in conjunction with other fire mitigation measures

by @ericamarshall.bsky.social @trentpenman.bsky.social

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Arctic in Disarry!! It’s been the story of the winter so far. Warm-Blocky Arctic displacing cold airmasses southward. It’s how a rapidly warming Arctic - at a rate 4X the global average - and record low Arctic sea ice - helps enhance the patterns that lead to mid-latitude cold air outbreaks… 1/

A forest fire burns in the mountains of Epuyen, in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, Argentina.

Argentina has declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have ripped through vast tracts of forest since the start of the Southern Hemisphere summer

📸 Gonzalo Keogan

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The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled

"We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled."

That's from a group of more than a dozen prominent climate scientists. Probably nothing.

Quatsino leads the charge on renewable energy | The Narwhal On Vancouver Island, Quatsino First Nation is completing a 150-kW solar project, piloting tidal power and partnering with a wind farm in its push for renewable energy

On Vancouver Island, Quatsino First Nation is developing clean, reliable sources of energy for its residents, from wind and solar to tidal power. It's all part of an effort to reduce costs and strengthen the remote community's energy independence. thenarwhal.ca/quatsino-ren...

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