Emily Green
@chanceofrain.bsky.social
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What would become Santacon began when Rob Schmitt, a Bay Area Cacophony Society member, saw a postcard with a drawing of a bunch of Santas playing pool at a bar. “It was time. It was time for something to happen." Schmitt told Mother Jones. "It was time for Santa.”
The secret history of Santacon, America’s most hated Christmas Party
The secret history of Santacon, America’s most hated Christmas Party
A new documentary explores the booze-soaked and vomit-slicked gathering's radical roots.
www.motherjones.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
What would become Santacon began when Rob Schmitt, a Bay Area Cacophony Society member, saw a postcard with a drawing of a bunch of Santas playing pool at a bar. “It was time. It was time for something to happen." Schmitt told Mother Jones. "It was time for Santa.”
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People in the U.S. need to be paying attention to what’s happening in the U.K., because it’s going hand in hand with what is happening in the U.S., the agitators at work on both sides of the pond are working hand in hand with each other, and both have similar goals of ethnic cleansing.
YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
People in the U.S. need to be paying attention to what’s happening in the U.K., because it’s going hand in hand with what is happening in the U.S., the agitators at work on both sides of the pond are working hand in hand with each other, and both have similar goals of ethnic cleansing.
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
American Forests and UCLA have produced a very cool mapping tool showing shade tree cover across 360 US cities. Click on the link to search your neighborhood's Tree Equity Score and canopy cover percentage h/t @ddavisla.bsky.social www.treeequityscore.org/map
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
American Forests and UCLA have produced a very cool mapping tool showing shade tree cover across 360 US cities. Click on the link to search your neighborhood's Tree Equity Score and canopy cover percentage h/t @ddavisla.bsky.social www.treeequityscore.org/map
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Taniel always does such great work on these election guides — highly recommended
More elections are already around the corner, mere days.
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
And Democrats have opportunities to build on their November gains by flipping more offices: in Tennessee, in Georgia, in Florida.
And that's just the tip of a busy election month.
My new guide, just out:
The 25 Elections to Watch This December - Bolts
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory, fro...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Taniel always does such great work on these election guides — highly recommended
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Abraham, a veterinarian/MD turned politician, backed ivermectin, a worming drug to treat humans. Under his leadership, Louisiana’s health department waited 2 months to alert residents about a whooping cough, or pertussis, outbreak www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
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November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Abraham, a veterinarian/MD turned politician, backed ivermectin, a worming drug to treat humans. Under his leadership, Louisiana’s health department waited 2 months to alert residents about a whooping cough, or pertussis, outbreak www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
One bad proposed location next to a historic stream for a Baltimore trash and toxic waste transfer center has been taken off the table. A number of less terrible, but still fraught, options are still in play www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/11/25/s...
Sisson Street Task Force rejects Falls Road as site for trash drop-off center | Baltimore Brew
With a location beside the Jones Falls taken off the table, the chair says the group’s work won’t be done by Mayor Scott’s December deadline.
www.baltimorebrew.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
One bad proposed location next to a historic stream for a Baltimore trash and toxic waste transfer center has been taken off the table. A number of less terrible, but still fraught, options are still in play www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/11/25/s...
Our Towns Foundation special report with links on rebuilding local news www.ourtownsfoundation.org?utm_source=s...
Our Towns Civic Foundation
The Our Towns Civic Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to uncovering, sharing, and learning from stories of civic renewal that can inspire local success.
www.ourtownsfoundation.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Our Towns Foundation special report with links on rebuilding local news www.ourtownsfoundation.org?utm_source=s...
Roy Cohn would be proud.
"Bregman’s claim that Trump was 'the most openly corrupt president in American history' was removed from the first of his Reith Lectures, the BBC’s prestigious annual address." www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
"Bregman’s claim that Trump was 'the most openly corrupt president in American history' was removed from the first of his Reith Lectures, the BBC’s prestigious annual address." www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Roy Cohn would be proud.
"Bregman’s claim that Trump was 'the most openly corrupt president in American history' was removed from the first of his Reith Lectures, the BBC’s prestigious annual address." www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
"Bregman’s claim that Trump was 'the most openly corrupt president in American history' was removed from the first of his Reith Lectures, the BBC’s prestigious annual address." www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
"...everything – everything – about it is darkly hysterical." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What can we learn from RFK's 'erotic poetry'? That Americans need to get better at enjoying a scandal | Marina Hyde
The US health secretary’s ‘digital affair’ with Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t need sombre analysis. Take it from this Brit: sometimes laughter is the only option, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"...everything – everything – about it is darkly hysterical." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nice example of the ongoing bait-and-switch of belief-for-science. NB: Here again is British MMR-autism fraudster Andrew Wakefield, a seminal influencer on RFK, Jr.'s assault on public health that a 10,000 word @theatlantic.com hagiography of RFK inexplicably missed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion | I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Nice example of the ongoing bait-and-switch of belief-for-science. NB: Here again is British MMR-autism fraudster Andrew Wakefield, a seminal influencer on RFK, Jr.'s assault on public health that a 10,000 word @theatlantic.com hagiography of RFK inexplicably missed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
"...it’s a love letter that encodes diagnosis and disaster. Both Roberts flourish in London as Scottish artists, with Scottish subjects and Scottish party pieces. Yet they’re unwelcome when they make a catastrophic trip home."
'What if the protagonist of a novel was not a single person but a couple?'
A gay working-class couple of genius artists (who also happen to be Very Handsome).
Grateful to Lara Feigel for this thoughtful review of the Two Roberts.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
A gay working-class couple of genius artists (who also happen to be Very Handsome).
Grateful to Lara Feigel for this thoughtful review of the Two Roberts.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
The Two Roberts by Damian Barr review – lost story of a gay art duo
The lives of Scottish artists Bobby MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, who found love and fame and lost it all, are vividly reimagined
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"...it’s a love letter that encodes diagnosis and disaster. Both Roberts flourish in London as Scottish artists, with Scottish subjects and Scottish party pieces. Yet they’re unwelcome when they make a catastrophic trip home."
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Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, found that health impacts from pollution associated with California’s computer processing data centers tripled from 2019 to 2023 — and could rise by another 72% by 2028. #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/11/22/u...
UC RIVERSIDE: California data center health impacts tripled in 4 years
Efforts needed to reduce data center emissions and water use, report authors say By UC Newsroom Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, found that health impacts from pollution assoc...
mavensnotebook.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, found that health impacts from pollution associated with California’s computer processing data centers tripled from 2019 to 2023 — and could rise by another 72% by 2028. #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/11/22/u...
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Data centers are notoriously thirsty, but new research from Cornell University shows that there’s a way to mitigate both the climate and water footprints of these facilities: build them in places with lots of wind and solar energy. #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/11/24/g...
GRIST: How to make data centers less thirsty
There’s a way to reduce both the climate and water harms of data centers: build them in places with lots of wind and solar energy. By Naveena Sadasivam, Grist This story was originally published by Gr...
mavensnotebook.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Data centers are notoriously thirsty, but new research from Cornell University shows that there’s a way to mitigate both the climate and water footprints of these facilities: build them in places with lots of wind and solar energy. #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/11/24/g...
RIP. Gift link to NYT Cliff obit and, below, another link to donate this Thanksgiving to World Central Kitchen hurricane relief for Jamaica www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
Jimmy Cliff, Singer Who Helped Bring Reggae to Global Audience, Dies at 81
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November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
RIP. Gift link to NYT Cliff obit and, below, another link to donate this Thanksgiving to World Central Kitchen hurricane relief for Jamaica www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
A non-exhaustive timeline of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s war on vaccines www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A non-exhaustive timeline of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s war on vaccines
He's transformed conspiracy theories into action and reshaped American policy in just a few months.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A non-exhaustive timeline of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s war on vaccines www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Vogels began donating their vast holdings to the National Gallery in Washington in 1992. They liked the idea of public ownership and that admission was free. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
Dorothy Vogel, Librarian With a Vast Art Collection, Dies at 90
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November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Vogels began donating their vast holdings to the National Gallery in Washington in 1992. They liked the idea of public ownership and that admission was free. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/a...
Rushed during a shut down under an interim director whose qualifications include Fox New presenter, reality TV actor, lumberjack marylandmatters.org/2025/11/23/n...
NASA moves quickly on plan to shrink Goddard campus by 25% - Maryland Matters
NASA is moving quickly to consolidate up to a quarter of its suburban Maryland campus, a pace that some lawmakers worry could set back research projects across the campus.
marylandmatters.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Rushed during a shut down under an interim director whose qualifications include Fox New presenter, reality TV actor, lumberjack marylandmatters.org/2025/11/23/n...
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Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
"Since the College Football Playoff system was launched in 2015, public universities are on pace to pay more than $1 bn in severance to coaches...To repeat: Public universities are paying more than $1 billion in just 10 years to a handful of fired gym teachers" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
How to Fix the Mess of College Sports
Athletic departments are spending too much money on the wrong things.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Since the College Football Playoff system was launched in 2015, public universities are on pace to pay more than $1 bn in severance to coaches...To repeat: Public universities are paying more than $1 billion in just 10 years to a handful of fired gym teachers" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
"Generally, you can’t read other people’s emails. Powerful people have private servers, I.T. staffs, lawyers. When you get a rare glimpse into how they actually think and view the world, what they actually are after, heed Maya Angelou: Believe them."
“…there is a highly private merito-aristocracy at the intersection of government and business, lobbying, philanthropy, start-ups, academia, science, high finance and media that all too often takes care of its own more than the common good.” 🔥
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
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November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Generally, you can’t read other people’s emails. Powerful people have private servers, I.T. staffs, lawyers. When you get a rare glimpse into how they actually think and view the world, what they actually are after, heed Maya Angelou: Believe them."
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A comprehensive rundown of the #COP30 shenanigans from @roycerk2.bsky.social. From what I saw, the Colombians were the only ones whose negotiators and civil society groups were on the same page, and they carried the whole world on their shoulders.
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A comprehensive rundown of the #COP30 shenanigans from @roycerk2.bsky.social. From what I saw, the Colombians were the only ones whose negotiators and civil society groups were on the same page, and they carried the whole world on their shoulders.