The most jarring thing about the capitulation of American universities is that I used to think they’re defenders of free speech (tenure and all) but it turns out they’re just real estate and patent-generation empires scrapping their way through an amoral administration for narrow advantage. RE:

Bluesky Social

Rheum Cat (@rheumcat.bsky.social)

$200 million from Columbia $500 million from Harvard $1 BILLION from UCLA?! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Motherfucking wind farms… https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreicwh67oj3kgbjw7nrcxfk6q3gygz4zuoupd7a3duzswhkbw25y6sa

This is basically every climate discourse on Twitter and why most of us climate scientists left. https://inkcap.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:77lswp42lgjyw36ozuo7kt7e&cid=bafkreieqp2ybcnlqbnb66drzmnn67aneqycbcpvdr7vfmwzgwkjjrezo3i

The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year. [The First Planned Migration of...](

WIRED

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway

The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its populat...

)