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How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world. About 1C of total warming. Second chart: about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability. Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases. About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The problem is that when you have a direct order to commit a crime, the choice is:

  • resign
  • be fired and escorted out a few minutes later
  • do the crime

Being fired is a few minutes later isn't preferable to resigning, though a few people have.

Stick around and sabotage is something you can do when you're not directly ordered to do something criminal.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

silly take. getting fired is the best outcome then you sue for wrongful termination.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Tradition in the US is to resign. Last time we had a lot like this, Nixon wound up resigning because he didn't think he had the support in Congress to avoid conviction when impeached.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

oh boy do I have a tower in paris to sell you. people are going to have to learn how to say no if they want to get rid of trump lol.

the whole point of these orders are to identify the people who have a back bone and get rid of them. following tradition is literally the worst stance to take in this situation.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Not much chance for any others to do much of anything; Trump fired all the other AGs from the Biden era while we were discussing this.

[–] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

oh? have a linky? that'd be wonderful news. thats a group that interacts with federal judges on the regular.

nm

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nixon wound up resigning because he didn’t think he had the support in Congress to avoid conviction when impeached.

And this part, quite literally is how we got Fox news...

Roger Ailes had said "if we had a friendly media then Nixon would never have had to resign." Now they have their fox, the propaganda flows and keeps Republicans from ever having to face consequences. The lies cover their actions and they never face proper pressure. :(

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also being fired puts all your benefits at risk. Might as well resign and keep your pension then be fired "for cause" and potentially lose it.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What benefits?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

I guess e.g. pension entitlements.