Notices by David Ho (davidho@mastodon.world)

I'm sure this is fine: A single TV company will serve 80% of American households.

https://wapo.st/4sgE4S8

The US National Academies of Sciences refused to remove a climate change chapter from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, despite pressure from Republican attorneys general.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/national-academies-of-sciences-resisting-pressure-to-pull-climate-info/

Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the CO₂ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for millennia, and its climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.

We're governed by morons: "…as President Trump weighed whether to launch military attacks on Iran, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, told an interviewer he was not concerned that the looming war might disrupt oil supplies in the Middle East and wreak havoc in energy markets."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/how-trump-miscalculated-iran-response.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SVA.yJMv.Gwegd7GPVPBa

The real insanity isn’t how much oil prices have spiked, it’s that we’re still burning oil for energy.

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/06/humanity-heating-planet-faster-than-ever-before-study-finds

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/google-pledges-roughly-three-hours-of-its-annual-profit-to-fight-climate-change-164808010.html

Microsoft bought 93% of all the carbon removal credits globally last year. This is absurd, and no way to determine which method might actually work and scale. Carbon dioxide removal research and development should be government-funded and government-led.

https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/microsoft-is-the-carbon-removal-market/

If you're an environmental journalist in the UK or Europe, the biggest gathering of ocean scientists in the world is happening in Glasgow next week, and you should consider coming to cover some of the most important findings about our life support system.

https://www.agu.org/ocean-sciences-meeting/press

I don't want self-driving cars. I want cars with speed governors and doors that won't open when cyclists are approaching.

A 2025 study found that going car-free is the most effective way for individuals to lower their carbon footprint. To reduce car dependency, cities should focus on raising awareness about the benefits of car-free living, supporting compact cities through policy, and investing in public transportation, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and shared mobility options.

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/02/these-key-strategies-could-help-americans-get-rid-of-their-cars/

Maybe we shouldn't put people who kill puppies in positions of power.

It's so embarrassing to be an American these days: "In a late-night Truth Social post, the president announces that the Danish territory is now an American 'protectorate.'" 🙄

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/01/greenland-trump-venezuela-nato/685511/?gift=i3QjUyXCf1lgRJBp1hmmpr5_HL6h3Zbcm39I6AIIdoI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

As someone who often conducts fieldwork in remote places, I find it really irritating that many applications now require an internet connection to function.

My jacket has been leaking feathers because of a bike crash, so I brought it into Patagonia for repair. They said it would take 14 weeks and offered me a new jacket. I turned it down because the jacket was otherwise still perfectly good so I fixed the hole with a patch.

Hype.

No form of CO₂ removal is a climate solution as long as we’re still releasing >40 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year from fossil fuel burning.

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/12/19/hope-or-hype

Given all the insane things that the Trump regime has done, nothing should surprise us. But I’m still shocked and angry that they are going to dismantle NCAR.

https://eos.org/research-and-developments/trump-administration-plans-to-break-up-ncar

I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.

https://wapo.st/4p3YwDx

Turns out civilized people find symbols of hate to be potentially divisive.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/16/coast-guard-swastikas-nooses/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY1ODYxMjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY3MjQzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjU4NjEyMDAsImp0aSI6IjA2ODRlZWMzLWU3NWUtNDQ1ZS1hNzc0LTYzZGVjMzFhZTI2MyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI1LzEyLzE2L2NvYXN0LWd1YXJkLXN3YXN0aWthcy1ub29zZXMvIn0.MyAy77UUhRJqHNN9RKFYGPKF_t7SDAem_vzPI-8Ev-4

Today in insanity: "Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/travel/social-media-tourists-visa-border-patrol.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k8.mvwk.v7O5pjT6XqBy&smid=nytcore-android-share