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Emily Johnston

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Climate, writing, running, beasts. Valve turner. Host: https://sites.libsyn.com/459540/awabw poetry: https://www.hummingbirdpoetry.org/books/her-animals-by-emily-johnston-2nd-ed Making good trouble: troublemakerscommunity.org

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · Aug 4

What if one of the problems with democracy is that we pretend the world is made of only humans?

Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · Jul 31

"Fundamentally, life on Earth is rich with subjects....
a thriving whole is the most baseline need that we have; it cannot be 'balanced' against other needs, because it lies at the root of every one of them."

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Sea Change - Salazar Center for North American Conservation

Emily Johnston Emily Johnston is a writer and organizer in Seattle. Her book of poetry, Her Animals, was a finalist for the 2016 WA State Book Award. Emily Johnston Writer and organizerJuly […]

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 5h

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 8h

Holy hell. With people in them, in some cases. Pray for them...a far-too-warm Arctic Ocean is still an Arctic Ocean.

Angutekaraq Qakvalria @angutekaraq.bsky.social · 11h

From accounts with relatives from Kipnuk, the village is a total loss. One of my Elder relatives says it's wiped out. Those rectangular dots in the distance? Houses floating away

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 8h

My dog eats raw chicken necks for dinner every night. He'll be fine!

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

The question for governors like @governorferguson.bsky.social is: when the AI boom deflates or goes utterly bust, what will that leave us with: new renewables and transmission we can use to modernize our economy, or fossil fuel extensions/expansions, soaring electricity prices, & zero jobs?

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 1d

“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 12h

So we take all of the land out of biofuels use, reserve 10% of it for solar to cover the ENTIRE global car fleet, take some for truck transport & some for dense housing where it's near to cities/transit, & REWILD most of the rest to forest/grassland/other, as locally appropriate.

Beautiful world.

T&E @transportenvironment.org · 4d

NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 15h

"Vought is convinced [he's] fighting a noble war against a vast leftist conspiracy that has supposedly taken over the [US] & is destroying the nation. He dreams of a comprehensive 'counter-revolution' and believes any measure...is justified" by @thomaszimmer.bsky.social
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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 18h

“We can’t say: ‘Well we did it, but now we’re against it.’”

An attitude that all non-Native Americans would do well to emulate.

Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 1d

A lovely example of how we could do things better #NomadCentury

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance

Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 18h

Get Pope Leo out there.

Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

Oh. My. God.

I thought he couldn't get much worse, but....the man is not capable of a good idea, nor perhaps of anything but angry preening. No wonder he's freaked out by Katie; he doesn't understand being motivated by values, not vanity.

Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

And we mustn't let the masses know where their groundwater has gone. Who knows what kind of class warfare they'd stir up!

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

Here for the organizewithshaun.bsky.social Town Hall to hear about progressive revenue possibilities in the upcoming very short session. What will Washington State do to protect the safety net in these cruel times?

Rep. Shaun Scott 🌹🤝 (@organizewithshaun.bsky.social)

Democratic socialist Washington State Representative, 43rd District (Capitol Hill, Wallingford, Univ. of Washington) • Author, "Heartbreak City: Seattle Sports & Urban Progress" • OrganizeWithShaun@gm...

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

Half of these miserable cretins are genuinely evil ideologues with a plan; the other half care only for money/power, but it ends up being the exact same thing.

I don't know how any of them look their kids in the eye. Actually, I don't believe that they do—except to see their own reflections.

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

“Something that was thought to be rare is now seemingly becoming widespread."

But sure, let's distract people by RIFing & disappearing them, making healthcare costs skyrocket, & making up whoppers about Dem cities so our friends in oil & gas can put the screws to us & the planet a few more years.

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 1d

“Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an ‘astonishing rate,’ scientists have found.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/c...

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica | CNN

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been und...

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 2d

To the Hague with them.

Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 10d

LittleSis have dropped a new report and data visualization about the billionaires and corporations profiting from the deportation industrial complex:

littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine - Little Sis

A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE's deportation apparatus

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hyperplanes.bsky.social @hyperplanes.bsky.social · 2d

yes, the billionaire conspiracy continues to be the most underrated part of all this. Trump does not win, and certainly does not get away with all this, without the sudden turn in all the formerly liberal/moderate/apolitical billionaires buying up the media, buying votes, going all-in for trump

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 2d

"Just so we’re clear about this: A recent college graduate whose only work experience was a stint at an infamously fraudulent crypto exchange & a job...from which he was fired for leaking confidential information for personal gain, has maneuvered his way into managing $1.5b."

Definitely #NotABubble

AI profiteering is now indistinguishable from trolling

And what that says about the state of the AI bubble

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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CNN @cnn.com · 2d

Africa gets more sunshine hours than any other continent. It has some of the highest levels of solar irradiance — the power of the sun per square meter — in the world, with "almost unlimited" potential for solar energy according to the African Development Bank. https://cnn.it/3KKAPl1

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 2d

In his ONLY term, you mean. Harrell is a bully and a terrible administrator whose interests are defined by those of his big-money donors.

Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 2d

He's missing most things! But if he can help persuade Trump to back off his homicidal tendencies towards solar, that would be a fine thing.

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Mhgreen3000 @mhgreen3000.bsky.social · 3d

Who do we mean when we say “Black Seattle”?

This mayoral race isn’t about personalities—it’s about whether symbolism becomes substance. What do “seats at the table” mean if the rest of us go hungry?

My latest column for the @soseaemerald.bsky.social

COLUMN | What This Mayoral Election Owes 'Black Seattle'

From City Hall to the Central District, Seattle's mayoral race raises deeper questions: Who speaks for "Black Seattle," and what does real representation look like beyond the ballot? Marcus Harrison G...

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 3d

This is exactly what we need in American politics: less complexity. FFS.

Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 4d

Traveling far afield, without phone or internet! It was so beautiful.

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 5d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 4d

Additionally, it has a nice "fuck them" ring to it.