“Canada is such a northern country, don’t we want a little global warming?” I often hear.
In a nutshell, NO.
We’re warming 2x faster than the rest of the world, driving extreme heat, flood, and sea level rise we are not prepared for. The wildfire season started in Feb this year. Feb!
#canadaday
There was an even bigger difference in the comments received. All on Threads and all but one here were positive, constructive, or neutral (one person was just being a jerk, not a troll). Only 18% on X were positive or neutral. The rest were negative, many highly so.
Since I had such a large sample (nearly a hundred), I analyzed X comments by category.
47% said climate wasn't changing, I was lying, ignorant, or not really a scientist
15% said I was in it for the $
14% were insults
Content warning: Please don't read the fine print if you're sensitive.
I already invite people on X to join us here weekly. But thanks to this analysis, I've decided to re-create my "scientists who do climate" list here this summer, and manually invite each of the 3,000 members on X to join us.
If you're still on X, pls consider inviting your followers to join us too!
I just finished a Starter Pack for my local community of Arlington, Virginia for a similar goal. I think it's a great feature and I'm looking forward to growing this place. Please help me find other folks living in Arlington or the DC area 🙏
Drumroll, please... 🥁🥁🥁 My promised Bluesky Starter Pack for Arlington, Virginia! This is very much a draft first-pass including the most active neighbors in the Arlington VA feed plus a few lurkers. Give me feedback on who to add or if you want to be removed. Go ahead and test it out for yourself!
