Real mission of DOGE seen in new insights on federal data and privacy YouTube video by MSNBC

This.

For all that they (you know who) rant against China, they're setting up the same surveillance system.

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What if every public library in the world was a hub for civic power? Our 1st story from the #WeekOfCitizening features @enaesco.bsky.social and the Cossitt Library in #memphis.

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Loving this collab with @thecitizensguy.bsky.social

Banks vote to loosen climate coalition membership rules The world's leading bank coalition looking to help tackle climate change has voted to ditch some of its more stringent membership rules to better reflect the slow pace of change in the real economy, its chair told Reuters.

"The knowledge we had in 2021 on what was achievable ... has been very different than where we are today," S Bashir, Chief Sustainab. Officer & Exec. Vice Pres. @ First Abu Dhabi Bank said.

Why? Because none of you stuck to the agreed goals.

#NZBA #climateemergency

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Check this out. An antidote to bad news and that feeling you have no agency. All it requires is some engagement.

#howtocitizen

Listening to these two is good for my mental health. 😉

Stunning

What's behind Trump's pivot toward Putin YouTube video by Washington Week PBS

Host asks: "Is there a democratically elected leader of an American ally that DT respects?" Panel: silence, then: "Shinzo Abe from Japan." - "The secret?"- "Golf. And flattery."

Worth watching the entire clip, just posting the moment here.

One Word Describes Trump A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.

Elucidating take by Jonathan Rauch in the @theatlantic.com on the system being inflicted on the US - not authoritarinism, but patrimonialism - and how to undermine it. Above all, by pointing out the corruption.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them Debate is building over just how deep the Trump administration’s antagonism runs, and whether the real goal is to destroy the European Union.

I think Europe should stop pandering to this madman. How about we turn to Africa? Not for gain, but for partnership.

#systemchange

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/w...

Also, though they are not about climate as such, Jon Alexander's Citizen and Rutger Bregman's Humankind and Utopia for Realists - because only together can we find a way through this.

Mark Lynas' Six Degrees, Tim Flannery's Weathermakers and Jom Hansens' Storms of my Grandchildren were foundational for me and still apply. For solutions now: George Monbiot's Regenesis. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's All We Can Save. Thich Nhat Hanh's Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet.

Give Climate Love 💚 to PRI: Statement from 200 Investors Managing €6 Trillion Urging the EU: Do Not Weaken Green Rules | We Don’t Have Time The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif), and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), along with 162 investors represen...

The European Green Deal & Co aren't perfect - esp. a taxonomy counting nuclear as "clean" - but it's better than banks pulling out of their commitments!

#greeneconomy #climatefinance #climatecrisis #climatesolutions #responsibleinvestment #eurpoeangreendeal

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I have been thinking that for a long time (that we’ll hit around 2.6 by 2100) however, it would be good if you gave a source for this statement. Makes it less easy for people to deny and scoff at

If you feel politics is going into wrong directions, or daunted by local or global developments - let's do something about it. Because we can. Action is the best antidote to fear. Become an active Citizen, wherever you are!

#citizen #democracy #participation #grassroots

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Redefining normal Getting off the treadmill.

Wonderfully written piece by Thomas Winward, a call to us to define a new (old, really) "normal".

And lest someone shout "gaslighting": system change require individual action to get the ball rolling.

#carefornature #returntonature

www.urbannaturediary.com/p/redefining...

This Is Not Normal YouTube video by vlogbrothers

I did not know how much a US health secretary or whatever title RFK gets has the potential to affect health worldwide. Scary.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfBk...

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Trump presidency will help to ‘occupy Brussels’, says Orbán Hungary PM says US leader will bolster Europe’s rightwing forces as nationalist politicians attend inauguration

"So the great attack can start. Hereby I launch the second phase of the offensive that aims to occupy Brussels.”

I don't see this astonishing statement commented on much. Is it drowned out by all the noise from the US? Or are my algorithms not picking it up?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis

"Climate risk assessments ... ignored the expected severe effects of climate change such as tipping points, sea temperature rises, migration and conflict."

And yet politicians still talk about (and people vote for) economic GROWTH. Insane.

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Introducing Drawdown Explorer — the most comprehensive climate solutions platform yet, offering insights, actionable intelligence, and guidance to help the world solve climate change. 🌍

Coming in 2025! Follow Project Drawdown for updates. #climatechange #climatesolutions

I had tried Discover but the accounts suggested were not really interesting for me. Oh well, growing pains I guess.

Dear Bluesky, I’m new and am only following about 30 accounts so far - but why are 99% of what I see from one single (admittedly news) account? I’ve had to unfollow them in order to get other posts…

Welcome Desi :)

Do not underestimate the danger of this bully.

If this isn't irony I don't know what is... I leave #X and join #bluesky and my first comment is: do I have to like something that Leon Musk proposes...? But I guess it is worth discussing (and potentially an opportunity to overcome bias).