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Dec 22 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
I would like to run a @columbiaclimate #sustainwhat conversation on #atrocityprevention building on this post and conversations I've held on #fragilestates and the #page21effect (where intelligence briefs list risks, but with no clear prioritization) revkin.substack.com/p/as-russian-a… 1/
Can the U.S. Go From Responding to Fragility to Spreading Resilience? @MathewABarlow, Linda Robinson of @RANDCorporation, @MickeyGlantz @RodSchoonover..
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The Pandemic was Predicted - So What?
@RodSchoonover & @Alice_C_Hill #page21effect that impedes effective risk mitigation facing a heap of threats 3/
And of course there's a great group at @Columbia focused on atrocity prevention. See this webcast: Making Atrocity Prevention Effective with @Alex_J_Bellamy @NaomiKikoler @APR2P's Noel Morada and others 4/

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Dec 23
As the Siberian cold spreads, I'm thinking back to how Russia, more than most countries, has weaponized winter - almost always in defense. So much so that foes spoke of "General Winter" as a leader of Russian forces. Image
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Dec 21
Because @evan_greer will be on my show Wednesday 2pm in part to explore his @OpenAI #ChatGPT Christmas tunes, I had to commission a song as well. My prompt: "Write a country song about Vladimir Putin's dreams for the world." 🧵🎶⤵️
Verse 1: He's the leader of the land of snow and ice, Where the mighty bear roams free. He's the one they call Vladimir Putin, He's got big dreams for you and me....
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Sep 3, 2021
A #sustainwhat takeaway from NY's tragic #FlashFloodEmergency, inspired by a listener who said her phone alert came with no call to action. Is it time for #flashflood "#DryOut" training in flood-risk regions akin to quake states' #shakeout work? pscp.tv/Revkin/1BdxYYq… 1/
One reason: Flash floods pose a distinctly different threat compared to coastal flooding. As @wxpizza notes, they can happen almost anywhere and are local. The response challenge is similar to that with tornadoes. @climatesociety & @NASA working on this. 2'
Learn heaps in this video by Miriam Nielsen, @zentouro at @columbiaclimate A warning that gets pushed to everyone's phone is an incredible tool, but more often than not it's just ignored. 3/
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Sep 3, 2021
New: LIVE 1:30 pm ET! How Did Dozens Die from Hurricane Ida's Predicted Northeast Blow @wxpizza of @columbiaclimate No signup. Click to watch three ways: earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/ho… Image
First there was the excellent forecasting of extreme rain risk, as early as Monday evening via many like @burgwx 1/
Official sources pushed hard, as with @NWSNewYorkNY issuing the first-ever #flashfloodemergency for the NY region: 2/
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Aug 1, 2021
With only nine or so vaquitas left in Mexican waters with little control on deadly nets set for a black-market fish, silence is replacing this tiny porpoise's vocalizations. Extinction looms. But the next 6 weeks can make a real difference. Read. Share: revkin.bulletin.com/41778589089738… 1/
Last week I was poised to write game over - that the conservation community should conserve resources for other efforts. I'd kept track via my @nytimes #dotearth blog for years, as numbers plunged from a couple hundred to a handful. China, particularly, seemed immovable. 2/
But in an interview last week, longtime vaquita scientist Barbara Taylor of @NOAAFisheries laid out four compelling reasons why a last-chance porpoise protection push is justified. The remaining handful of vaquitas are wary, fat and healthy, and not genetically bottlenecked. 3/
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Apr 23, 2021
In the 19th century, gravity + water at West Point Foundry equaled steam engine components, cannon barrels. Now simply this. Thanks to @scenichudson, the outdoor museum here always illuminates.
Some other views of what amounts to a @longnow outdoor museum of industry history and landscape recovery: West Point Foundry Preserve. Here's a snapping turtle walking past the one intact structure.
Here's the artist's rendering of the West Point Foundry water wheel, which powered boring machines making cannon barrels that helped the Union Army win the Civil War:
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