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Susan Hinton

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I believe in the campground rule: Leave the world in a better state than found. #climate #global #heat #plastic #outdoors #life #bio #diversity #diversity #diversity

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · May 23

Trump is running a leveraged buyout of the U.S., “borrowing” Musk’s crew, Bitcoin & Gov enforcers to destroy assets, incl. Harvard. Trump pays “investors” back thru GOP legislation. If he then “reorganizes” military & electoral process, he’ll be CEO Pres. for life, or until climate change triumphs.

Republicans Harness Tax Code to Punish Trump’s Political Nemeses

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 2d

AI is programmed to give people what they want. Not everyone wants truth or positive vibes.

AI is a tool, built by humans. It’s worth studying how AI goes awry in order to better understand the range of human behavior.

Finally, and this truly weird, AI is bad at math. A supreme glitch.

Text from NYT article discussing “jailbreaking” the boundaries set for AI, & also how AI is or can be nisused

Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 3d

Remind you of anything, say from the 1930’s ?

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · 3d

"Our government seeks to roll back the clock to a time when wild places had no defense against greed and the people had no voice to answer special interests. Do not acquiesce to the flouting of laws. History is keeping score." — @evesamples.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...

The rule of law is under attack in the Everglades. We’re fighting back | Opinion

A new threat to the Everglades echoes a 1960s environmental fight. | Opinion

www.miamiherald.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 4d

While in the greater SF Bay Area, we’re in the presumably stuffier South Bay. I can only credit the background music to a desire to mess with our Federal Administration, aka friends-of-Epstein.

Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 4d

Lol, talking to a clerk at our Credit Union, while waiting for the computer to update I started listening to the semi-bouncy background music - a Katy Perry cover - “I kissed a girl & I liked it. The taste of her cherry chapstick I kissed a girl just to try it, I hope my boyfriend don't mind it …”

Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 5d

Glad there’s a Dem with some guts. Dems, listen up - if you want support then act like you know what’s going on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 7d

During the 2013 shutdown (17 days brought on by GOP objecting to the Affordable Care Act) I decided to hike a different local trail every day. I won’t say anxiety fled, but I enjoyed being outdoors every day.

Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 7d

Private Equity: The “Texas Health & Human Services Commission hired HMS to handle the MERP administration, paying the company a 12.5% commission on any recovered funds ... HMS is owned by Gainwell Technologies, which is owned in turn by a private equity firm, Veritas Capital, worth $50 billion.”

Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 7d

Our top story, from @juliepoole.bsky.social: After suffering a stroke, their mother, Marilyn, spent two and a half years in a nursing home paid for by Medicaid. Now the state wanted its money back.

“It was like wild animals pouncing on meat.”

One Woman's Fight Against Texas' Medicaid Estate Recovery Program

Her mother had been in a nursing home paid for by Medicaid. Now, the state wanted its money back: “It was like wild animals pouncing on meat."

www.texasobserver.org

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 7d

A step in the right direction.

Private equity often acts as reverse-Robin Hood, funneling money from the poor to the rich.

Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 7d

Stop private equity from buying single-family homes.

Instead, give young Americans low-interest mortgages & downpayment help to buy them.

Homes for young families, not Wall Street.

That’s new economic patriotism.

Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 7d

Why treating scenic lands as amusement parks for the ultra fit & wealthy needs rethinking. Caretaking & reverence, leaving the land in a better state after visiting, should be a key purpose of each journey.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Screenshot showing Reuters video discussing using drones to remove garbage from Mt. Everest

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 8d

Surprise! Not! “A meta-analysis published in Nature Communications last year found that less than 16% of the carbon credits investigated showed real reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.”

(Maybe someone should alert California legislators.)

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 8d

Polluting industry playbooks are the same everywhere: Deny, distract, then say it’s getting better & solutions are underway, and finally plain old outright lie.

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 9d

We're honoured the Forever Lobbying Project that Watershed was part of, led by @stephanehorel.bsky.social + in association with @corporateeurope.org has been nominated for the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize of the European Parliament.

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The Forever Pollution Project, The Forever Lobbying Project exposes the real cost of PFAS Pollution on the environment, science and politics

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The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 9d

Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, has issued an emergency injunction blocking Trump’s plan to deploy federalized National Guard troops from any state to Portland.

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 11d

Where goes the water come from for this project?

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 11d

It was modified in 2015, signed into law by President Obama, when the 2001 law was rewritten - so schools are required to notify parents & allow them to opt out on behalf of their children

Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 11d

This requirement was signed into law by President Bush as part of the “No Child Left Behind” legislation

“No Child Left Behind” under President Bush introduced this requirement

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve got some info, which I’ll post now

Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 11d

Is the form new? Or is this just a case of parents seeing the form now that their sons are juniors / seniors?

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 11d

Parents, ask “What law?” “When did it go into effect?” Find out whether your Senators or Representative voted for it. Also, let them know what you think. If you have the means, do ask a lawyer to tell you more.

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Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 11d

Just because your hands are over your eyes doesn’t mean there’s nothing happening in front of you

Nada Caud @nadacaud.bsky.social · 11d

The NOAA website provides the longest timeseries of CO2 measurements since the 1960s

Susan Hinton @susanhinton.bsky.social · 11d

Hopefully this data will reappear elsewhere