Another Internet campaign that could go horribly wrong…
Tom Nelson advises me that the Yale Project on Climate Change Communications decided to prod readers into giving “Climate Thanks” this Thanksgiving on Twitter. A silly idea for sure, but certainly better than advocating eating “tofurkey” to lessen climate change. I’m sure WUWT readers have lots to be thankful for about our current climate and the people who fight the good fight against climate numptys like the Sks Kidz.
Here’s your chance to give climate thanks, though maybe not in the way intended. Read on.
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From the Yale Project on Climate Change Communications:
Giving Climate Thanks, a thousand strong and still growing
This Thanksgiving, we’re giving #ClimateThanks. With friends and colleagues across the climate community, we are taking a moment to tweet or post who or what we are thankful for in the fight for a safe climate. Please Tweet #ClimateThanks and help us raise awareness about the amazing things people are doing and build a stronger sense of solidarity among the far-flung climate community.
More than 1,000 people and organizations have lent their voices to the #ClimateThanks chorus so far, reaching millions. As the pies bake and families start to gather, we encourage you to join in.
To participate, simply go to Twitter and post your #ClimateThanks messages (remember the # – you can also use this on Facebook). The more the better! If you’re thanking an organization or a person with a social media presence, let them know about your gratitude by including their twitter handle (@ipcc_ch, for example). If you’d like to highlight an example of their great work, include a shortened url to their website, recent article etc.
– See more at: http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/giving-climate-thanks/#sthash.6VYMgpxB.dpuf
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For those not familiar with Twitter, the way this works is that any tweet with the hashtag #ClimateThanks will become part of that stream, which can be viewed here.
Yesterday, I put the concept to the test on my Twitter feed:
MegaThanks to "FOIA" for publishing the Climategate e-mails! #ClimateThanks See http://t.co/Lj7YRVBS1w
— Watts Up With That (@wattsupwiththat) November 26, 2013
I also have plans to give #ClimateThanks to Steve McIntyre, Michael Mann, electricity, agricultural production and a whole list of other climate related people and things I’m thankful for in today’s climate. You can too. Use your imagination #norules. But be civil, humor and irony works best.
I’m sure WUWT can help in this effort. If you don’t have a Twitter account, get one here.
If you already have a Twitter account, follow this link to post a Tweet with the #ClimateThanks hashtag already inserted.
And when you do Tweet your #ClimateThanks, then be sure to follow WUWT on Twitter. If you don’t have any ideas, there’s no rules against retweeting some gems Tweeted by others.
I’ll retweet some of the most creative ones. You can copy your tweet into comments below to draw attention here as well to give others ideas.
Thanks and happy Tweeting!
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UPDATE: Well, THAT didn’t take long….just 5 minutes.
#climatethanks to all those fighting for EVERYONE'S prosperity, even for those who invade lists like this with hateful, denial rhetoric.
— (((Andrew Winston))) (@AndrewWinston) November 27, 2013
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Re John West says: November 27, 2013 at 10:21 am “What do you mean by “unregulated”?”
and Pamela Gray says: November 27, 2013 at 11:09 am
“Unregulated” can also mean that the stream is not dammed. Dams can “regulate” streamflow either by direct human control of flow, or indirectly simply by the presence of the hydraulic structure. One reference notes a dam in the Wallowa watershed:
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/wallowa/sites/default/files/salmonplan/wallowariver.pdf
And everyone – have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I’m thankful no major hurricanes formed in the Atlantic this year, last time that happened was in 1994 #ClimateThanks
Give #ClimateThanks we are in the longest period on record without a US landfall of a > Category 2 hurricane.
#climatethanks for carbon-based life forms. They are tasty when grilled.
To wit Michael Mann.
Tweet your paranoia.
@ur momisugly Pamela Gray says:
November 27, 2013 at 12:32 pm
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“Twitter-pated” from Disney’s Bambi = love struck and foolish.
Re: extension link document. What a load of horse poo. I can’t decide which statement in that toilet paper report is worse. It is quite obvious the cough-cough researcher was a young idiot with no knowledge of the geologic, hydrologic, and archeologic history of the Wallowa Valleys.
I am thankful the climate crisis is not happening.
@Pamela Gray on November 27, 2013 at 11:09 am on trout fishing . . .
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Pamela Gray,
I was composing a #ClimateThanks tweet when I saw you use the magic word => trout
Nice to see your fishing commentary.
I flyfish the Pit River downstream (west) of Lake Britton near Burney CA about every other week during trout season. But only with soft hacked flies that I tie myself. A lot of my soft hackle materials are from a couple feathers clipped here and there from road kill that I happenstance to spot in my wanderings. Several times I had to explain my activities to CHP (California Highway Patrol) officers who pulled up to me as I was snipping away at road kill. They give me kind of odd looks as they drive away.
I also fish occasionally the Truckee River downstream (east) of Truckee CA.
Converted exclusively to fly fishing ~30 years ago . . . : ). The soft hackled fly fishing preference came from finding it gets consistently more strikes than with other flies and other flu fishing methods.
Better than trout are the mountain whitefish of the Sierra Nevada Mtns. Smoke em to get true gourmet eating, nice. You catch them occasionally when fishing for trout.
John
I read that the sponsors of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communications is the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/about/sponsors
The Grantham Foundation was founded in 1997 by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham.
http://www.granthamfoundation.org/about.html
Jeremy runs some sort of investment management firm.
Below is a story of the investment fund, Jeremy, the foundation, big oil, tobacco and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2012/06/08/masters-of-hypocrisy-the-union-of-concerned-scientists/
Slight correction:
“I read that ONE OF the sponsors of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communications is …..”
Re Pamela Gray says: November 27, 2013 at 1:13 pm
Sorry about the horse poo. I was focusing on whether there was a dam in the watershed or not. Looking back through that report, it is dripping with hot-button items, lots of nerves to drill into.
Thank God we live at a time when authentic scientists can be heard and even while facing tremendous adversity and attempts to crush their work from far more powerful forces, can deliver their message.
The freedom to exclaim the truth………….present real world empirical data with expert analysis and mostly objective views here at Anthony’s site, something that didn’t exist 20 years ago.
Thanks for modern technology and the tools that enable us to take accurate measurements and make comprehensive observations of so many things on our planet. Like its vegetative health and the booming biosphere or explosive growth in crop yields and food production. All from increasing CO2 and its key role in the indisputable law of photosynthesis.
We live in interesting times, with many leaders and groups corrupted by politics, money and agenda, especially pertaining to climate science Thank God again for those scientists with enough integrity, honor and perseverance to stand up for authentic climate science.
Please pass this on Anthony.
Here is some more:
“The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment supports major programs with various international organizations, a sample of which includes:
…..Yale University: Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media…..”
http://www.granthamfoundation.org/grantees.html
http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/
Twitter.pated from bambi…thumper the rabbit…you know how rabbits love to ……….
I’m thankful for the sense of humor on wuwt.
A call to be arrested. You first Jeremy. Be brave, follow in the footsteps of Dr. James Hansen. Come on, you know you can do it Jeremy, get arrested. It’s all for the grand children dontcha know.
Fun times…
THE LEADING FRONT WILL
CROSS SOUTH OF THE 49TH PARALLEL ON MONDAY AND CONTINUE BARRELING
SOUTH. THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON…THERE ARE TYPICALLY LONG
INTERLUDES BETWEEN ARCTIC INTRUSIONS. EVEN IF THESE THAWS ARE
BRIEF…THERE USUALLY IS NOT ENOUGH SNOWPACK TO PREVENT
CONSIDERABLE MODERATION OF THE SUBSEQUENT ARCTIC AIR MASS.
HOWEVER…THIS NEXT ARCTIC INTRUSION WILL ENCOUNTER THE MOST
EXPANSIVE SNOW COVER ACROSS THE LOWER 48 THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON
IN MORE THAN A DECADE. THE FRONT WOULD LIKELY ARRIVE IN NORTH
TEXAS NEAR THE END OF THE CURRENT 7-DAY FORECAST. POSTFRONTAL
TEMPERATURES WILL BE INTRODUCED WITH THE THURSDAY MORNING FORECAST
PACKAGE. AT THIS TIME…GUIDANCE IS RATHER UNIMPRESSED…BUT OUR
INCLINATION IS THAT THIS NEXT ARCTIC BLAST WILL BE STRONGER THAN
PROGGED.
I don’t twitter, but I would like to give #climatethanks to WUWT, JoNova, Climate Audit and Tallbloke’s Talkshop. If someone could do that for me …
#climatethanks
I’m thankful that those useless windmills killed ONLY
600,000 bats in the US. In 2012. I m tha nk ful
For t en r y the y sup y.
“…#climatethanks to all those fighting for EVERYONE’S prosperity…”
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That simple line gives away the whole game- this is a pure call for wealth redistribution- the Statists are recruiting their hapless minions, who haven’t yet learned to think for themselves.
I Just thanked sks kidz for the new avatar ..
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/1_herrcook.jpg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/manbearpiggie
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John Whitman;
I wonder what you mean by “flu fishing”! You don’t need a hook to catch the flu. ;p
Pamela;
Tweets are limited to 140 characters, which is 28 four-letter words and intervening spaces. 😉 Do you know that many? 😀
Lol, Great fun, thanks Anthony!
“those who invade lists like this with hateful, denial rhetoric”
Translation: Your ideas differ from mine and I have no rational argument to support my beleifs. I label your ideas as hate crimes and call for your hate speech to be silenced.
Andrew Winston is a Cultural Marxist and makes his living off the AGW scam.