Basav
@basavsen.bsky.social
Climate and environmental justice. Anticolonial, anti-capitalist, antifascist. Opinions my own.
This widely prevalent belief is exactly why so much of the US elite willfully ignore and permit open corruption.
Circling back
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This widely prevalent belief is exactly why so much of the US elite willfully ignore and permit open corruption.
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Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
The US government has become one of the leading sources of disinformation in the world.
oh good lord
"The Trump administration has invited a small group of 'climate contrarians' to help write the next installment of the National Climate Assessment."
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
(and then there's this fresh hell👇)
"The Trump administration has invited a small group of 'climate contrarians' to help write the next installment of the National Climate Assessment."
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
(and then there's this fresh hell👇)
December 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The US government has become one of the leading sources of disinformation in the world.
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Hooray. She'll be with her family after all these months in ICE detention. www.cpr.org/2025/12/21/a...
Activist Jeanette Vizguerra granted bond and will be released from immigration custody
Vizguerra has been in the U.S. for almost three decades.
www.cpr.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Hooray. She'll be with her family after all these months in ICE detention. www.cpr.org/2025/12/21/a...
Yes. And he's also the bad faith guy's smart guy, because he makes up intelligent sounding justifications for bad stuff that the bad faith guy wants to do.
Yglesias is the dumb-guys's-smart-guy because he creates the aesthetic of intelligence through his writing style and referencing
Spend a few seconds actually checking references, or read something he's written on a topic you actually know about, and you immediately realise he's lazy and arrogant
Spend a few seconds actually checking references, or read something he's written on a topic you actually know about, and you immediately realise he's lazy and arrogant
On the Yglesias debate today: I disagree with a lot of the takes about him.
First, he is smart and works hard and his blog can be good.
So, the problems?
He’s become nihilistic about politics so he is now self-serving, he butters up the wealthy and powerful, and he uses social media to troll.
First, he is smart and works hard and his blog can be good.
So, the problems?
He’s become nihilistic about politics so he is now self-serving, he butters up the wealthy and powerful, and he uses social media to troll.
December 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Yes. And he's also the bad faith guy's smart guy, because he makes up intelligent sounding justifications for bad stuff that the bad faith guy wants to do.
A unifying characteristic of the present US regime is that they make wild assertions with zero evidence, and don't back down.
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
ICE Says U.S. Citizen’s Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A unifying characteristic of the present US regime is that they make wild assertions with zero evidence, and don't back down.
The US regime is using sweeping assertions without a shred of evidence to criminalize dissent.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The US regime is using sweeping assertions without a shred of evidence to criminalize dissent.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Centrism is just fascism lite.
Why would a political writer keep arguing that Dems should go along with Trump’s harsh immigration crackdown, cruelty to trans people, and climate change-worsening stances as politically necessary, no matter what public opinion data shows?
One logical answer is the writer agrees with those stances.
One logical answer is the writer agrees with those stances.
matt & co’s theory of how public opinion on immigration would respond to new information was simply empirically wrong.
at this point the only reasonable conclusion is they refuse to update their priors w/ new data because the data is inconvenient for them
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
at this point the only reasonable conclusion is they refuse to update their priors w/ new data because the data is inconvenient for them
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Centrism is just fascism lite.
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It should be no surprise that environmental NGOs are under specific, intensive, & sustained attack by a de facto alliance of right-wing (think Project 2025) & centrist forces (think Abundance).
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It should be no surprise that environmental NGOs are under specific, intensive, & sustained attack by a de facto alliance of right-wing (think Project 2025) & centrist forces (think Abundance).
Criminalizing doctors for providing life-saving treatment is a sure sign of totalitarianism.
The House of Representatives approved a bill that aims to criminalize providing gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.
“I refuse to stop providing this care, knowing that I could potentially face 10 years in prison and a felony charge,” says Dr. Jeffrey Birnbaum.
“I refuse to stop providing this care, knowing that I could potentially face 10 years in prison and a felony charge,” says Dr. Jeffrey Birnbaum.
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Criminalizing doctors for providing life-saving treatment is a sure sign of totalitarianism.
If "Abundance" bros were acting in good faith, they would look at the evidence and start opposing LNG exports. But they're not acting in good faith.
"The analysis, based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, found that Americans paid $12 billion more for natural gas between January and September 2025 than they did over the same period last year." insideclimatenews.org/news/1712202... via @kiley.bsky.social 🔌💡
Gas Exports Are Driving Up Americans’ Energy Bills, Report Says - Inside Climate News
Higher exports of liquefied natural gas in 2025 played a significant role in rising utility bills, an analysis of federal data found.
insideclimatenews.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If "Abundance" bros were acting in good faith, they would look at the evidence and start opposing LNG exports. But they're not acting in good faith.
Climate denialism in mainstream media appears to be more than just a US problem.
Norwegian press/media manages to discuss record mild December temperatures without mentioning climate change.
Hvorfor det da, @vg.no? Ikke plass til et eneste ord om hvorfor?
December 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Climate denialism in mainstream media appears to be more than just a US problem.
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The Trump regime wants to dismantle a world leading climate research center. Why? Because the US has become a petrostate where the government has been captured by fossil fuel interests.
They’re calling climate science “green new scam research”, in full denial of reality. 🤯
They’re calling climate science “green new scam research”, in full denial of reality. 🤯
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The Trump regime wants to dismantle a world leading climate research center. Why? Because the US has become a petrostate where the government has been captured by fossil fuel interests.
They’re calling climate science “green new scam research”, in full denial of reality. 🤯
They’re calling climate science “green new scam research”, in full denial of reality. 🤯
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
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Read this thread.
It's exactly right. But also note on the internet related stories—the banning of TikTok and the attack on Sec 230—Democrats happily helped MAGA accomplish their goals and people have cheered it on.
Democrats trying to destroy 230 are not helping you. They're helping Trump.
It's exactly right. But also note on the internet related stories—the banning of TikTok and the attack on Sec 230—Democrats happily helped MAGA accomplish their goals and people have cheered it on.
Democrats trying to destroy 230 are not helping you. They're helping Trump.
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Read this thread.
It's exactly right. But also note on the internet related stories—the banning of TikTok and the attack on Sec 230—Democrats happily helped MAGA accomplish their goals and people have cheered it on.
Democrats trying to destroy 230 are not helping you. They're helping Trump.
It's exactly right. But also note on the internet related stories—the banning of TikTok and the attack on Sec 230—Democrats happily helped MAGA accomplish their goals and people have cheered it on.
Democrats trying to destroy 230 are not helping you. They're helping Trump.
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There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
The US government is running a global extortion racket for the benefit of the oil & gas industry.
The US mafia family is making threats
A U.S. government document, reviewed by Reuters, said that in the absence of a "full repeal" of the EU law, the United States proposed that the EU should "delay requiring U.S. emissions data reporting under the EUMR [EU Methane Regulation] until October 2035".
A U.S. government document, reviewed by Reuters, said that in the absence of a "full repeal" of the EU law, the United States proposed that the EU should "delay requiring U.S. emissions data reporting under the EUMR [EU Methane Regulation] until October 2035".
US demands EU exempt its gas from methane emissions law, document shows
BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The United States has demanded that the European Union exempt its oil and gas from obligations under the bloc's methane emissions law on fuel imports until 2035, a U. go...
www.yahoo.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The US government is running a global extortion racket for the benefit of the oil & gas industry.
The US has backed paramilitary death squads in other countries for years. Now the current regime wants to bring the practice home to the US. This is classic imperial blowback.
The new DOJ memo for implementing NSPM-7 calls for bounties and a network of informants: “FBI shall establish a cash reward system for information... [and] establish cooperators to provide information and eventually testify against other members and leadership of domestic terrorist organizations.”
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
December 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The US has backed paramilitary death squads in other countries for years. Now the current regime wants to bring the practice home to the US. This is classic imperial blowback.
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This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
June 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
Driving is a privilege, not a right. Being able to walk safely in public, however, is a right. But US street design (in most places) turns this on its head. And, as with just about everything in this country, the harmful impacts disproportionately fall on Black and Brown people.
if you are going to plead on behalf of black and brown people to oppose efforts to place restrictions on people convicted of driving under the influence, you should also acknowledge that black and brown people are more likely than others to be killed in traffic accidents, especially as pedestrians
what even is this argument Jamelle
December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Driving is a privilege, not a right. Being able to walk safely in public, however, is a right. But US street design (in most places) turns this on its head. And, as with just about everything in this country, the harmful impacts disproportionately fall on Black and Brown people.
Great that both Burgum and Sinema were humiliated.
This is incredible because the Fox News host just lays out openly and unhesitatingly that they've got Burgum on saying stuff like this because a specific data centre needs approval and locals are concerned about power prices
gizmodo.com/software-mog...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tO...
gizmodo.com/software-mog...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tO...
December 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Great that both Burgum and Sinema were humiliated.
Pathetic failure of leadership. Hochul was effectively bribed by big tech to weaken a bill regulating their reckless AI development.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
Hochul Caves to Big Tech on AI Safety Bill - The American Prospect
A bill that passed the New York legislature was completely gutted and substituted with language perceived as friendlier to the industry.
prospect.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Pathetic failure of leadership. Hochul was effectively bribed by big tech to weaken a bill regulating their reckless AI development.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
An administration of pathological liars.
grist.org/politics/epa...
grist.org/politics/epa...
The EPA website got the basics of climate science right. Until last week.
The Trump administration purged 80 pages of facts about climate change — including that it's caused by humans.
grist.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
An administration of pathological liars.
grist.org/politics/epa...
grist.org/politics/epa...
The SPEED Act is an end run around communities having a say in infrastructure that could harm them. It's a polluters' bill of rights. Tell Congress to kill this monstrosity of a bill!
Send an email to Congress and tell them to stand with communities, not polluters:
win.newmode.net/climatejusti...
The SPEED Act would make it easier for big projects that impact our neighborhoods and environment to move forward without first assessing how they affect us.
win.newmode.net/climatejusti...
The SPEED Act would make it easier for big projects that impact our neighborhoods and environment to move forward without first assessing how they affect us.
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
win.newmode.net
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The SPEED Act is an end run around communities having a say in infrastructure that could harm them. It's a polluters' bill of rights. Tell Congress to kill this monstrosity of a bill!
Along with liquefied natural gas, the US is also exporting toxic "Abundance" ideology.
This piece really pisses me off, because I was one of the several thousand climate and environment people who actively protested to defend the exact Australian renewable subsidy policies that people like Fawcett are now somehow claiming we're viciously opposed to
No: we had to fight to defend them
No: we had to fight to defend them
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Along with liquefied natural gas, the US is also exporting toxic "Abundance" ideology.