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Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded, now they want to silence him

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542 points xbmcuser | 11 comments | 27 Aug 25 06:49 UTC | HN request time: 1.258s | source | bottom
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throw0101c ◴[27 Aug 25 11:04 UTC] No.45037962[source]▶
Always reminded of the Tom Toro (2012) New Yorker cartoon:

> Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.

* https://www.instagram.com/tbtoro/p/B_SdEVThgCr/

* https://www.insidehook.com/culture/story-tom-toro-new-yorker...

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latexr ◴[27 Aug 25 11:17 UTC] No.45038062[source]▶
I too think of that cartoon regularly. Direct link on The New Yorker website:

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995

I recommend you put that one on your list instead because Instagram is very hostile to people trying to see anything without an account. The one on The New Yorker website is open to all and on the Internet Archive.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250808141700/https://www.newyo...

Thank you for sharing the interview. I hadn’t come across it before. The cartoon is more popular than I realised, which makes me glad.

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1. justin66 ◴[27 Aug 25 11:38 UTC] No.45038256[source]▶
The Instagram one is entirely a single image so people will find it easier to share via social media.
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2. jbstack ◴[27 Aug 25 11:46 UTC] No.45038328[source]▶
I (and I assume I'm not alone in this) rarely even bother clicking on Instagram or "X" posts because I can't be bothered with all the hassle when all I want to do is quickly view the content, and I'm not willing to gamble on whether or not it's going to work.
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3. latexr ◴[27 Aug 25 11:57 UTC] No.45038430[source]▶
Not for anyone without an Instagram account, which is most people on social media. But sure, here are several alternatives as single images for you to share on social media. Took me no time at all to take a screenshot and upload to a bunch of websites. Take your pick.

https://ibb.co/gMCPwzg5

https://postimg.cc/RNsT6bJJ

https://freeimage.host/i/tomtoroplanet.K2WBfYN

https://imgur.com/a/D4nEijI

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4. reactordev ◴[27 Aug 25 11:58 UTC] No.45038443[source]▶
Seconded. I don’t have an Instagram account and never will.
5. justin66 ◴[27 Aug 25 12:03 UTC] No.45038497[source]▶
> Not for anyone without an Instagram account

This is a lie - I have never had an instagram account and I was able to hop on there and copy the image.

(it might be of interest to some that the image shared by the artist on Instagram has the text justified how the artist intended and the New Yorker's text caption can look different depending on the device, but I can't pretend that I care too much about that...)

> Take your pick.

Why did you bother? I'm fully capable of googling a famous image and I'm sure everyone else reading this stuff is.

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7. SapporoChris ◴[27 Aug 25 12:20 UTC] No.45038669{3}[source]▶
I found it quite truthful, but I also blacklist social media in my host file. I recommend blacklisting social media, it makes the world a better place.
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9. justin66 ◴[27 Aug 25 12:24 UTC] No.45038702{4}[source]▶
It's not a bad idea.
10. latexr ◴[27 Aug 25 12:35 UTC] No.45038791{3}[source]▶
> I have never had an instagram account and I was able to hop on there and copy the image.

This time you were. I get sent Instagram links semi-regularly and it’s a gamble when they’ll work. And there are two other people on this thread who replied directly to you, before your comment, saying they wouldn’t have bothered to even try.

> it might be of interest to some that the image shared by the artist on Instagram has the text justified how the artist intended

Is it, now? Then why is the text justified entirely differently on their own website, their Etsy store, and their official link on Cartoon Collections?

https://tomtoro.com/cartoons/

https://www.etsy.com/listing/510225080/signed-print-of-my-ne...

https://www.cartoonstock.com/cartoon?searchID=CC137952

And look at that, it’s the exact same crop I chose for my screenshot. Almost as if I tried to respect the author’s choice, even though I very much doubt they are anal-retentive about how the text is laid out. They likely changed it for Instagram to fit better into the obligatory square.

> Why did you bother?

Perhaps cut it a bit with the hostility? It’s not like my screenshot harmed you in any way.

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11. justin66 ◴[27 Aug 25 13:03 UTC] No.45039096{4}[source]▶
> Is it, now? Then why is the text justified entirely differently on their own website, their Etsy store, and their official link on Cartoon Collections?

You have posed a potentially interesting (and well researched!) question that would probably be more fruitfully targeted at someone who did not make the effort to state "but I can't pretend that I care too much about that..."