Aimee Tuck
@aimeenvironment.bsky.social
Renewable energy nerd, graphic designer with a strategic branding focus, reader o’ sci-fi and urban fantasy. The internet was built by and for cats.
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Aimee Tuck
@aimeenvironment.bsky.social
· May 22
Rewatched Andor with my better half last night and Nemik's manifesto hit differently than it did a year ago.
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear."
I have NO love for Calibri as a typeface, AND the same accessibility standards that help everyone read a doc also help older eyes read docs. You know who traditionally votes more conservative? Older people... Gotta love poorly thought-out decisions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I have NO love for Calibri as a typeface, AND the same accessibility standards that help everyone read a doc also help older eyes read docs. You know who traditionally votes more conservative? Older people... Gotta love poorly thought-out decisions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Not the type of record the White House should be trying to break. Makes sense why they’re awfully hush-hush about this one.
New data reveals US layoffs in 2025 could surpass Great Recession levels.
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not the type of record the White House should be trying to break. Makes sense why they’re awfully hush-hush about this one.
So spot on!
"I told the nurse I jog three days a week, play soccer, lift weights, and take spin classes. She just giggled. Honestly, I’m used to it. It was kind of annoying when she took my blood pressure four times, though."
buff.ly/bcx3OS1
buff.ly/bcx3OS1
Fat Lady Attempts to Get Health Care: An Oral History
MEGAN TRASK (Front Desk Assistant, Sunshine Primary Care): I could tell from the minute she checked in that she was fat. Like, real fat. The crazie...
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
So spot on!
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ICE should not be free to inflict this kind of pain and suffering on innocent immigrants. This doesn’t make anyone safer.
Republicans must join Democrats in calling for oversight, accountability, and serious restraint.
Republicans must join Democrats in calling for oversight, accountability, and serious restraint.
Local police investigating ICE after video appears to show agent drive over detained man’s foot
The incident in Vancouver, Washington caused the 27-year-old man to scream in agony.
www.oregonlive.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
ICE should not be free to inflict this kind of pain and suffering on innocent immigrants. This doesn’t make anyone safer.
Republicans must join Democrats in calling for oversight, accountability, and serious restraint.
Republicans must join Democrats in calling for oversight, accountability, and serious restraint.
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A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
Science journal retracts widely cited study that claimed Roundup is safe
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Is it just me, or is whoever rebranded NREL a Lord of the Rings fan?
NREL to NLotR
"New Lord of the Rings"
"Northern Lord of the Rings"
"Nearly Lord of the Rings"
"Nihilistic Lord of the Rings"
Wha else?
NREL to NLotR
"New Lord of the Rings"
"Northern Lord of the Rings"
"Nearly Lord of the Rings"
"Nihilistic Lord of the Rings"
Wha else?
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Is it just me, or is whoever rebranded NREL a Lord of the Rings fan?
NREL to NLotR
"New Lord of the Rings"
"Northern Lord of the Rings"
"Nearly Lord of the Rings"
"Nihilistic Lord of the Rings"
Wha else?
NREL to NLotR
"New Lord of the Rings"
"Northern Lord of the Rings"
"Nearly Lord of the Rings"
"Nihilistic Lord of the Rings"
Wha else?
"Of the 10 countries identified as rising stars, all of them received Chinese investment sometime in the past 10 years... all of the countries on the list 'were identified as places for potential investment by the world’s leading industrial firms in the 2000s or 2010s.'"
heatmap.news/economy/clea...
heatmap.news/economy/clea...
The Future of Climate Tech Is Emerging in Some Unexpected Places
A new model from Johns Hopkins’ Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab uses machine learning to predict tomorrow’s industrial powerhouses.
heatmap.news
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Of the 10 countries identified as rising stars, all of them received Chinese investment sometime in the past 10 years... all of the countries on the list 'were identified as places for potential investment by the world’s leading industrial firms in the 2000s or 2010s.'"
heatmap.news/economy/clea...
heatmap.news/economy/clea...
Huh. Pantone's color of the year choice feels completely, utterly tone-deaf. Racial profiling seems to be status quo for the U.S. government, but hey picking a shade of white makes sense. 🤦
www.pantone.com/color-of-the...
www.pantone.com/color-of-the...
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Huh. Pantone's color of the year choice feels completely, utterly tone-deaf. Racial profiling seems to be status quo for the U.S. government, but hey picking a shade of white makes sense. 🤦
www.pantone.com/color-of-the...
www.pantone.com/color-of-the...
This article barely mentions WHO will pay more when mileage standards are lowered. Every single person filling up their gas tanks more often. Who wins? The fossil fuel companies.
Also, I bet not a single one of these carmakers EVER lowers their car prices.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
Also, I bet not a single one of these carmakers EVER lowers their car prices.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This article barely mentions WHO will pay more when mileage standards are lowered. Every single person filling up their gas tanks more often. Who wins? The fossil fuel companies.
Also, I bet not a single one of these carmakers EVER lowers their car prices.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
Also, I bet not a single one of these carmakers EVER lowers their car prices.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
You know, I WANT my tax dollars to go to helping hungry people eat, regardless of status. That seems a much better use of tax $ than gold ballrooms, blowing up fishing boats, and trying to deport my neighbors.
The United States Department of Agriculture is threatening to withhold federal funding for food stamps for more than 20 Democratic-led states that've refused to hand over sensitive information about millions of participants of SNAP.
USDA goes full Scrooge on food stamp recipients—if they live in blue states
Democratic governors across the country are accusing the Trump administration of, once again, playing politics with people's hunger.
www.motherjones.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You know, I WANT my tax dollars to go to helping hungry people eat, regardless of status. That seems a much better use of tax $ than gold ballrooms, blowing up fishing boats, and trying to deport my neighbors.
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Family Not Sure What to Do with Other Trees in Costco Christmas 6-Pack: tinyurl.com/2kywaau5
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Family Not Sure What to Do with Other Trees in Costco Christmas 6-Pack: tinyurl.com/2kywaau5
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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The former oil executive/DOE official who held the all-staff meeting announcing the change repeatedly told the scientists who work on clean energy that she "hates" clean energy.
'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name Change
NREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The former oil executive/DOE official who held the all-staff meeting announcing the change repeatedly told the scientists who work on clean energy that she "hates" clean energy.
Aside from the stupidity of changing the name of a department that has had that name since George W. Bush changed it TO NREL in 1991, what an absolute WASTE of taxpayer money to change the name of NREL.
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Laboratory of the Rockies' | NREL
www.nrel.gov
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Aside from the stupidity of changing the name of a department that has had that name since George W. Bush changed it TO NREL in 1991, what an absolute WASTE of taxpayer money to change the name of NREL.
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...
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On Monday, the New York Times reported, eight judges serving on the bench at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza—ground zero for courthouse arrests—were terminated.
This sweeping purge is part of Trump's broader effort to reshape immigration courts to fit his mass deportation agenda.
This sweeping purge is part of Trump's broader effort to reshape immigration courts to fit his mass deportation agenda.
Trump keeps firing immigration judges
Eight New York City judges have been terminated as the White House continues its purge of the courts.
www.motherjones.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
On Monday, the New York Times reported, eight judges serving on the bench at New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza—ground zero for courthouse arrests—were terminated.
This sweeping purge is part of Trump's broader effort to reshape immigration courts to fit his mass deportation agenda.
This sweeping purge is part of Trump's broader effort to reshape immigration courts to fit his mass deportation agenda.
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Tennessee, vote for this lady. Imagine a world with even a single consequence for fascism.
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Tennessee, vote for this lady. Imagine a world with even a single consequence for fascism.
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A study of recent ICE deployments shows unequivocally that the principal targets are US citizens protesting against ICE, not immigrants. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A study of recent ICE deployments shows unequivocally that the principal targets are US citizens protesting against ICE, not immigrants. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving
Who needs a tree when you’ve got a tree skirt?
They’re currently taking turns diving at it and sliding across the wood floor. 🤣🤣🤣
They’re currently taking turns diving at it and sliding across the wood floor. 🤣🤣🤣
November 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Who needs a tree when you’ve got a tree skirt?
They’re currently taking turns diving at it and sliding across the wood floor. 🤣🤣🤣
They’re currently taking turns diving at it and sliding across the wood floor. 🤣🤣🤣
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
But hey, I’m sure corporations will police themselves if we get rid of the clean water act. 😐
Ugh.
Ugh.
Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit. n.pr/3M80fdi
More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here's what Louisville found
Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
But hey, I’m sure corporations will police themselves if we get rid of the clean water act. 😐
Ugh.
Ugh.