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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Sisi says:
November 27, 2013 at 4:13 pm
“I want people to think.
for themselves.”
… and then shut up, pay the Carbon taxes, have their standard of living reduced, the price of electricity increased, the price of fuel increased, being forced to pay the lavish wages of useless climate scientist impostors who will never, ever discover anything because all they do is write paper after paper about the squiggles their models just made….
…and of course bend over backwards for Teh Won…
#ClimateThanks for a good year and better eat up because winter is coming and it’s goin to get cold.
Thanks to WUWT for all of the interesting articles and comments.
#ClimateThanks to Dana “Nutbag” Nuccitello for his hilarious use of circular reasoning in explaining why entirely beneficial CO2 is a “pollutant”.
“those who invade lists like this with hateful, denial rhetoric”
Heh it’s not hateful, we’re being rather jovial from what I see. 🙂
Ultimate irony- this post in the middle of about 100 re-tweets of the same post – I just have to ask the question – has this “tweeter” (vs. the more derogatory option) ever actually “questioned authority” or the frequent appeals to authority made by climate change scientists, most unscientifically:
Question Authority @ur momisuglynaturalllyi 21m
How to Talk #ClimateChange @ur momisugly Holiday Gatherings – http://ecowatch.com/2013/11/27/talk-climate-change-holiday-gatherings/ … @ur momisugly350 @ur momisuglybillmckibben @ur momisuglyMichaelEMann #ClimateThanks @ur momisuglyRAN #DT @ur momisuglyEcoWatch
Michael Mann likes to block any one from following him if the tweet an inconvenient fact.
So much for being open.
I’ve had a twitter account for a long time now but never felt compelled to use it. Until now. I’ve tweeted more in the last two days than ever before in my life. It certainly is fun to plant that one zinger that you know has got to make people pause.
Holy smokes, is she an idiot:
http://ecowatch.com/2013/11/27/talk-climate-change-holiday-gatherings/
Confuses weather with climate, and actual pollution (like smog) with CO2.
But, at least she “communicates climate change” with her Republican dad.
I cannot watch anymore of that idiot link! But the dad is really cute.
Sisi @ur momisugly 2:56 pm ……
I hope it is not lost on you that you need to come HERE to make you post. As this is a place where you voice will be heard (as foolish as it is). The reason you would not post it SkS, is that they don’t have enough traffic for anyone to see it over there.
All you and yours have are spam-bots.
Happy Thanksgiving, Sisi. Enjoy your tofu.
Tom
Beng, Connect four, not battleship.
Having too much fun with it…..
” For heaven’s sake–he asked them to join in the fun, Anthony didn’t tell anyone WHAT to tweet–just asked them to be creative–I think that is “thinking for themselves.””
Not at all! He asked to disturb the fun, quite childish, yes, I know. Many seem to following his advice though, Wotts-bots?
“I hope it is not lost on you that you need to come HERE to make you post. As this is a place where you voice will be heard (as foolish as it is). The reason you would not post it SkS, is that they don’t have enough traffic for anyone to see it over there.”
sounds like a challenge! What are your conditions?
[All writers must follow the posting rules. There are no other conditions until writers chose to break those rules. Mod]
All tweets that do NOT conform to CAGW or their propaganda, have been deleted. Typical leftist mentality, where anyone disagreeing with their groupthink moronity will be erased. Had the same problem with feminists as well. They just do not have the facts on their side and rely on fiction, theories and fallacies.
Can someone please thank Al Gore for inventing the internet please?
😉
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TomR,Worc,MA says:
November 28, 2013 at 2:22 pm
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You’re right! After I posted I remembered it. Sis got her brother “diagonally” & he said “Pretty sneaky, sis.”
@Sisi, Sorry to have disturbed your church of global warming tweeting services. As fun as it was to do, it was wrong of us to disturb you while offering your prayers and giving thanks to your anti-carbon, anti-human god.
We plomise not to do it again.
@Bruce Cobb
No worries! I haven’t given anyone #climatethanks, so therefore I cannot have been disturbed during the ritual. I was just trying to point out childish behaviour, maybe people should put their energy to more useful things? Thanks for your concern though! Much appreciated. I hope you keep your promise.
@mods
I just realised there was a snip:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/11/27/a-call-to-action-give-climatethanks/#comment-1485980
Why?
[Reply: Glad you asked. Your multiple labeling of readers as “Wotts botts” was more than routinely objectionable. ~mod.]
my climate thanks to Tony Abbot who seems to have done the unprecedented act of abolishing a tax.
(i’d have bet long odds against that. i’ve never been quite so pleased to be wrong.)
@ur momisugly~mod
Oh, I see! Was meant as teasing not meant to be actually offending… But OK, your rules! I’ll try to keep that in mind. Be careful though not to take all the fun out of discussions by snipping everything out that someone somewhere could find offending.
[Reply: Glad you asked. Your multiple labeling of readers as “Wotts botts” was more than routinely objectionable. ~mod.]
Sooooo, Sisi, the troll, has been busted.
Bummer, she/he/it was sure to be so much fun. (Trolls are good. Kinda like cow dung, they supply the nutrients for healthy growth.)
@Geran
I am glad you like my smell! 😉
dung comparisons are good here! They smell nice!
bot comparisons are wrong here! They don’t smell at all!
😛