Re @GavinNewsom Stop politicizing a tragedy

California's top *forest* scientists say main causes of fires are

- 5x more wood fuel in forests due to 100+ years of fire suppression

- Drought (2012-16) that would have occurred w/o climate change

Mike Shellenberger: “Climate dries the [wood] fuels out & extends the fire season BUT IT'S NOT THE CAUSE OF THE INTENSITY of the fires. The cause of that is fire suppression and the existing debt of wood fuel.”

— Malcolm North, US Forest Service

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@tony__heller Wouldn't increased CO2 be fire suppressive if anything?

@mahakal @tony__heller Unfortunately that's a bot you're talking to, of his Twitter feed

@arzachel @tony__heller Why are there bots here? Can I block them?

@mahakal @tony__heller anything external anyone here follows shows up on the federated timeline. Local will only get stuff we’ve specifically reposted. Of course you can block or mute them.

@arzachel @tony__heller If someone is federated, I would assume that means they see replies on some other site, if not this one. As long as I'm reading and replying to a person I shouldn't have to care where they are, but if they can't see my replies that's less something I want to subscribe to.

@mahakal @tony__heller understood, and this is because I follow bots of Twitter accounts as a convenience measure. Options again are block, mute, overpower me & have me unfollow them, or stick to the local timeline.

@arzachel @tony__heller So this is basically a personal wall. I'm just trying to figure out how it works. If I reply to someone here then it's a reply to you.