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climatehawksvote.com @climatehawksvote.com · 1h

We just learned that MMM told a local Republican group she’ll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over.” She thinks she can hide. But she can’t run, not on that record. If you like what you see, chip in to keep our ad campaign running in Iowa: secure.actblue.com/donate/nexts...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11h

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 6h

🪧 NO KINGS NYC
📍 Meet: 47th & 7th Ave
📍 March: South on 7th Ave, to 14th St
📆 Oct 18th
⏰ 11am
📣 More info at NoKingsNYC.com
📣 Sign up to volunteer bit.ly/4q3mgZU
📣 Sign up to marshal tinyurl.com/NokingsMarshals

We work collaboratively, creatively, respectfully,
and with all the joy we can muster!

Logos of all organizations collaborating to create NO KINGS NYC

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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RL Miller @rlmiller.bsky.social · 9h

I'm attending California Democratic Party's event, “Third Act Yes on 50 Phonebank with Bill McKibben” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/thirdact/eve...

Third Act Yes on 50 Phonebank with Bill McKibben · Third Act Initiative, Inc.

Join our virtual phonebank and help stop the Trump / MAGA agenda. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections and passing Prop 50 is the best chance we have of taking back Congress next year. Join T...

www.mobilize.us

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 13h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 1d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 1d

History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 1d

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📣 REGISTER TO MARSHAL
🪧 NO KINGS NYC
📍 47th & 7th Ave
📆 October 18th

This is a peaceful, nonviolent march.
Register here: tinyurl.com/NokingsMarshals

NO KINGS NYC, MARSHALS NEEDED! SEE LINK FOR DETAILS

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 1d

For the Golden State, this has been the year of the sun + batteries.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

Solar is crushing gas power in California this year

The state’s combination of solar and battery plants has pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas…

www.canarymedia.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.

A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.

We will choose the future.

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 1d

This would all be coming onto your electric bills, plus a regulated rate of return.
www.utilitydive.com/news/investo...

Investor-owned utilities could spend $1.1T between 2025 and 2029: EEI

U.S electricity generation rose 3% in 2024 “and is expected to rise for the foreseeable future,” the Edison Electric Institute said Tuesday.

www.utilitydive.com

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climatehawksvote.com @climatehawksvote.com · 1d

Join us @thirdactorg.bsky.social, @billmckibben.bsky.social & friends on October 14 to say #YesOnCA50! When red states rig their maps to steal seats, CA fights back. Vote YES on Prop 50 to defend fair elections and stop Trump's election rigging before it's too late.
RSVP: mobilize.us/s/cXfp2D

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Drew Hudson @wealsoherdcats.com · 3d

#climatechanged

Conflicts @conflicts.bsky.social · 3d

Mexico floods kill at least 23 people as storms head north | Mexico

https://www.europesays.com/2483917/

At least 23 people had died in Mexico by the end of a week that brought heavy rains,…

Mexico floods kill at least 23 people as storms head north | Mexico - EUROPE SAYS

At least 23 people had died in Mexico by the end of a week that brought heavy rains, authorities said.

www.europesays.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d

NYT piece calls these MAGA types "provocateurs." It describes "dueling versions of reality." Both are common MSM tropes.

But these are not provocateurs. They're propagandists. Only one side is employing deliberate deceptions on a vast scale for instrumental ends. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 27d

11) At the high end of the grid reinforcement cost estimate range, VPPs could reduce grid buildout costs by *$340 billion*. That's our estimate of the "money on the table" for deploying VPPs: The achievable societal value of avoiding poles-and-wires upgrades at the distribution level.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 27d

1) New paper! Replacing US fossil-fueled vehicles & appliances with electric versions could improve health & climate outcomes, but could cost up to $790 billion in distribution grid reinforcement. Strategic demand-side management could cut 2/3 of those costs.🔌💡

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Science for society" blurb from the paper:

In a future with clean electricity and full electrification of buildings and private vehicles, the United States would emit about half the greenhouse gas pollution than it does today. However, buildings and vehicles would also use much more electricity, especially in the coldest weather. Here, we show that reinforcing distribution grids to accommodate these new peaks in electricity demand could cost Americans $2,800–$6,400 per household. We also show that “smart electrification”—accompanying electrification with measures that mitigate electricity demand peaks, such as reducing thermal demand, improving equipment efficiencies, and coordinating device operation—could reduce grid reinforcement costs by over two-thirds. We believe that achieving an affordable, all-electric future will require cooperation between engineers to develop enabling technologies, social scientists to guide technology development toward people’s wants and needs, and policymakers to pass laws or incentives that shape technology adoption.

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Drew Hudson @wealsoherdcats.com · 4d

Do not threaten me with a good time…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.

More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 4d

Now that we know the Executive can just permit some energy projects & refuse to permit others, if a Dem ever gets back in the White House, we should stop negotiating w oil and gas Republicans for "permitting reform" and just stop permitting fossil fuels while permitting the fuck out of clean energy.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 4d

this is such a wild and weird takeaway from this situation

permitting reform will not save renewable energy if a government simply doesn’t want to issue permits

unless you’re trying to literally require permits in all cases or just end all permits ever

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50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · 4d

NYC Emergency Rally:
Hands Off Letitia James

This indictment is nothing more than a politically motivated attack by Trump to intimidate a Black woman who dares to hold him accountable—NY will fight back:

📅 Friday, October 10th
⏰ 5:30 PM
📍 Foley Square

Learn more:
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...

SOLIDARITY RALLY
HANDS OFF
TISH JAMES
FRIDAY (10/10)
FOLEY SQUARE AT 5:30

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Profit Greenly @profitgreenly.bsky.social · 4d

~40% of the ENTIRE corn crop of the US is used to make ethanol. This gets blended with gasoline to power well under 10% of our vehicle miles. If we converted 100% of our vehicles to EVs installing solar on a small fraction of the land this corn is grown on would power them all.

US domestic corn use graph from 1980 to 2020. The orange bar representing "Alcohol for fuel use" (aka ethanol) starts growing in early 2000s, explodes before 2010 and stays huge through the graphs 2022 end. This explains most of the increased corn production in the US.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5d

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.

apnews.com

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 5d

Give me the peace prize or I will declare war on you is definitely a take.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 5d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Drew Hudson @wealsoherdcats.com · 6d

For all its talk of cutting waste in the federal government, the Trump administration has turned a blind eye to a major source of waste, fraud, and corruption: the oil and gas industry. Read more from @americanprogress.bsky.social ➡️ www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Trump Administration Is Allowing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse To Fester in the Federal Oil and Gas Program

Despite a professed dedication to cutting waste and inefficiency, the Trump administration has turned a blind eye to an exceptionally wasteful area of the federal government: the oil and gas program.

www.americanprogress.org

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