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@charleyonthemta.bsky.social
Former influencer. Principle of Charity. This isn’t a good venue for argumentation. Not the time for doomism. S—-lib, normie, cringey.
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Sierra Club Blasts Report of "Concierge, White Glove Service” for Fossil Fuel Companies
A report from the Washington Post yesterday, detailed the lengths to which the Trump administration is catering to fossil fuel companies, offering “concierge, white glove” service for executives looki...
www.sierraclub.org
It is absolutely not a coincidence that climate change and fascism are trending at the same time.
The fossil fuel industry knows, and has known, that it cannot survive if people are able to govern themselves.
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
The fossil fuel industry knows, and has known, that it cannot survive if people are able to govern themselves.
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
I seem to remember that Bari Weiss was against censorship and stuff.
Maybe “liberty” was not what this was really about.
Liberty is too important to be left to the “libertarians”.
Maybe “liberty” was not what this was really about.
Liberty is too important to be left to the “libertarians”.
December 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I seem to remember that Bari Weiss was against censorship and stuff.
Maybe “liberty” was not what this was really about.
Liberty is too important to be left to the “libertarians”.
Maybe “liberty” was not what this was really about.
Liberty is too important to be left to the “libertarians”.
Obviously
it's odd to see the people who can accurately assess Bari Weiss isn't a good journalist and failed upward into her role as chief brunchlord, but can't take the additional leap to realize this is part of an active plot by extraction class media ownership to actively destroy journalism and consensus
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Obviously
Stop talking about how Bari Weiss has ruined 60 minutes.
Just tell her to resign.
Pull a Disney.
Just tell her to resign.
Pull a Disney.
December 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Stop talking about how Bari Weiss has ruined 60 minutes.
Just tell her to resign.
Pull a Disney.
Just tell her to resign.
Pull a Disney.
Put “rebuild media” on your 2026 resolutions list
I hope left-of-center voters come to realize the need for an aggressive rebuild & protection of liberal values & institutions
Liberal democracy cannot long survive a world where right-wing billionaires directly control nearly all channels of information & knowledge creation
Liberal democracy cannot long survive a world where right-wing billionaires directly control nearly all channels of information & knowledge creation
December 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Put “rebuild media” on your 2026 resolutions list
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Christianity absolutely requires you to welcome immigrants.
No exceptions.
No “if they follow the law.”
No “if they contribute economically.”
No exceptions. Welcome them. Treat them as a citizen. Love them.
No exceptions.
No “if they follow the law.”
No “if they contribute economically.”
No exceptions. Welcome them. Treat them as a citizen. Love them.
December 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Christianity absolutely requires you to welcome immigrants.
No exceptions.
No “if they follow the law.”
No “if they contribute economically.”
No exceptions. Welcome them. Treat them as a citizen. Love them.
No exceptions.
No “if they follow the law.”
No “if they contribute economically.”
No exceptions. Welcome them. Treat them as a citizen. Love them.
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just to reiterate, anyone who took the position that Bari Weiss needed to be defenestrated from the New York Times with all deliberate haste was correct
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
just to reiterate, anyone who took the position that Bari Weiss needed to be defenestrated from the New York Times with all deliberate haste was correct
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Breakthrough of the year? Renewable energy www.science.org/content/arti...
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Breakthrough of the year? Renewable energy www.science.org/content/arti...
We need media outlets that will employ all of the decent people and real journos (and opinion writers) that have left oligarch- or tech-looted media.
They would be very good.
They would be very good.
December 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We need media outlets that will employ all of the decent people and real journos (and opinion writers) that have left oligarch- or tech-looted media.
They would be very good.
They would be very good.
Co-sign. I remember #abolishice and that’s really the only way to go at this point. It’s monstrous.
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Co-sign. I remember #abolishice and that’s really the only way to go at this point. It’s monstrous.
King
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
King
No
Honestly do the popularists have any theory at all of what winning elections is *for*
December 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
No
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Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
December 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
Mmm hmmm
Stefanik will try to ride the next post-Trump right-wing wave, whatever that is. (It will be terrible; there will be no pendulum swing)
I would be shocked to see, but would welcome, a full public repentance.
Stefanik will try to ride the next post-Trump right-wing wave, whatever that is. (It will be terrible; there will be no pendulum swing)
I would be shocked to see, but would welcome, a full public repentance.
Once upon a time Elise Stefanik was a moderate overachiever. Donald Trump is the worst thing that ever happened to her and she may not even realize it.
She tacked far right, lost friends, quit congress to join his admin, didn’t get it, tried to run for gov only to have Trump publicly undercut her
She tacked far right, lost friends, quit congress to join his admin, didn’t get it, tried to run for gov only to have Trump publicly undercut her
Elise Stefanik suspends New York governor campaign, will not seek reelection to the House
www.ms.now/news/elise-s...
www.ms.now/news/elise-s...
December 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Mmm hmmm
Stefanik will try to ride the next post-Trump right-wing wave, whatever that is. (It will be terrible; there will be no pendulum swing)
I would be shocked to see, but would welcome, a full public repentance.
Stefanik will try to ride the next post-Trump right-wing wave, whatever that is. (It will be terrible; there will be no pendulum swing)
I would be shocked to see, but would welcome, a full public repentance.
Well that about wraps it up for David Brooks.
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Well that about wraps it up for David Brooks.
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The party whip has One Job.
I'd vote for the Yankees before I'd vote for @whipkclark.bsky.social again. I'd vote for eternal gas line maintenance on our street, for closing every Dunks, for leaving Mount Auburn detoured forever, for a Red Line fail when I'm late for an appointment.
#mapoli
I'd vote for the Yankees before I'd vote for @whipkclark.bsky.social again. I'd vote for eternal gas line maintenance on our street, for closing every Dunks, for leaving Mount Auburn detoured forever, for a Red Line fail when I'm late for an appointment.
#mapoli
Had the three Dems who voted for this held the line and voted no, they could have blocked it.
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The party whip has One Job.
I'd vote for the Yankees before I'd vote for @whipkclark.bsky.social again. I'd vote for eternal gas line maintenance on our street, for closing every Dunks, for leaving Mount Auburn detoured forever, for a Red Line fail when I'm late for an appointment.
#mapoli
I'd vote for the Yankees before I'd vote for @whipkclark.bsky.social again. I'd vote for eternal gas line maintenance on our street, for closing every Dunks, for leaving Mount Auburn detoured forever, for a Red Line fail when I'm late for an appointment.
#mapoli
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So much trash in this Matt Yglesias NYT rant but this specific bit where has has a go at @doctorvive.bsky.social is absurd even for him.
Eliminating fossil fuels is basic fundamental science shit, not environmentalist shit
archive.ph/02ze4
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...
Eliminating fossil fuels is basic fundamental science shit, not environmentalist shit
archive.ph/02ze4
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...
![Reaching net zero CO2 or GHG emissions primarily requires deep and rapid reductions in gross emissions of CO2, as well
as substantial reductions of non-CO2 GHG emissions (high confidence). For example, in modelled pathways that limit
warming to 1.5°C (>50%) with no or limited overshoot, global methane emissions are reduced by 34 [21–57]% by 2030
relative to 2019. However, some hard-to-abate residual GHG emissions (e.g., some emissions from agriculture, aviation,
shipping, and industrial processes) remain and would need to be counterbalanced by deployment of CDR methods to
achieve net zero CO2 or GHG emissions (high confidence). As a result, net zero CO2 is reached earlier than net zero GHGs
(high confidence). {3.3.2, 3.3.3, Table 3.1, Figure 3.5} (Figure SPM.5)
B.6.3 Global modelled mitigation pathways reaching net zero CO2 and GHG emissions include transitioning from fossil fuels
without carbon capture and storage (CCS) to very low- or zero-carbon energy sources, such as renewables or fossil fuels
with CCS, demand-side measures and improving efficiency, reducing non-CO2 GHG emissions, and CDR47. In most global
modelled pathways, land-use change and forestry (via reforestation and reduced deforestation) and the energy supply
sector reach net zero CO2 emissions earlier than the buildings, industry and transport sectors. (high confidence) {3.3.3,
4.1, 4.5, Figure 4.1} (Figure SPM.5, Box SPM.1)
B.6.4 Mitigation options often have synergies with other aspects of sustainable development, but some options can also
have trade-offs. There are potential synergies between sustainable development and, for instance, energy efficiency
and renewable energy. Similarly, depending on the context48, biological CDR methods like reforestation, improved
forest management, soil carbon sequestration, peatland restoration and coastal blue carbon management can enhance
biodiversity and ecosystem functions, employment and local livelihoods. However, afforestation or production of
biomass cro…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:66lbtw2porscqpmair6mir37/bafkreieh3mgaso23illyaedotfocvboiidims6qadl6fi77mbmw4jjwnq4@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So much trash in this Matt Yglesias NYT rant but this specific bit where has has a go at @doctorvive.bsky.social is absurd even for him.
Eliminating fossil fuels is basic fundamental science shit, not environmentalist shit
archive.ph/02ze4
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...
Eliminating fossil fuels is basic fundamental science shit, not environmentalist shit
archive.ph/02ze4
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...
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Matt Yglesias gets a guest essay in The NY Times to push oil industry propaganda. And he is no different from the likes of Stephen Miller in his approach to the facts. But let's start with his big idea!
"Liberals should support America’s oil and gas industry."
"Liberals should support America’s oil and gas industry."
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Do. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Matt Yglesias gets a guest essay in The NY Times to push oil industry propaganda. And he is no different from the likes of Stephen Miller in his approach to the facts. But let's start with his big idea!
"Liberals should support America’s oil and gas industry."
"Liberals should support America’s oil and gas industry."
Tax the Dells instead.
Tax them.
Tax them.
Michael and Susan Dell previously announced a $6.25 billion donation for about 25 million children through the accounts.
Billionaire Ray Dalio Will Fund ‘Trump Accounts’ For Children In Connecticut, Bessent Says
Michael and Susan Dell previously announced a $6.25 billion donation for about 25 million children through the accounts.
www.forbes.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Tax the Dells instead.
Tax them.
Tax them.
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McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."
I love how Republicans — including Trump and Vance, when it suits them — sound like me and The Nation circa 2002.
(Or more properly, Ron Paul.)
(Or more properly, Ron Paul.)
Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
December 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I love how Republicans — including Trump and Vance, when it suits them — sound like me and The Nation circa 2002.
(Or more properly, Ron Paul.)
(Or more properly, Ron Paul.)
He’s been this since the 1980’s. And I have *never* understood the appeal.
But maybe this will work?! Trump makes more aggressive use of the bully pulpit than any recent D president. He understands the double-down; they didn’t.
It’s just completely deranged!
But maybe this will work?! Trump makes more aggressive use of the bully pulpit than any recent D president. He understands the double-down; they didn’t.
It’s just completely deranged!
Crockett: As he stood up today in front of the American people, he sounded like a used car salesman. Like, let me just shout it out. Buy what I'm selling. Yes. This is a lemon. Yes. He is selling nothing but lemons
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
He’s been this since the 1980’s. And I have *never* understood the appeal.
But maybe this will work?! Trump makes more aggressive use of the bully pulpit than any recent D president. He understands the double-down; they didn’t.
It’s just completely deranged!
But maybe this will work?! Trump makes more aggressive use of the bully pulpit than any recent D president. He understands the double-down; they didn’t.
It’s just completely deranged!
All of this is because our media industry has collapsed. All of this insanity.
December 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
All of this is because our media industry has collapsed. All of this insanity.
I honestly don’t think that $12,000 in campaign cash cinches the deal for the special interests. In our statehouse, it’s the lobbying and information bombardment in an area where it seems like the chairs — and probably their staff — don’t have the expertise and commitment on climate/energy. #mapoli
‘It just seems like amateur hour’: As climate bill worked through Beacon Hill, industry donations poured in - The Boston Globe
On the same day a climate bill passed, the committee chair reported receiving thousands in donations from utility companies, energy groups, and lobbyists.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I honestly don’t think that $12,000 in campaign cash cinches the deal for the special interests. In our statehouse, it’s the lobbying and information bombardment in an area where it seems like the chairs — and probably their staff — don’t have the expertise and commitment on climate/energy. #mapoli
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Reminder that Trump solicited & received a massive bribe from Big Oil & Gas, and our billionaire media treated it as a one-day A12 story never to be mentioned again
Maybe worth mentioning again now that he’s explicitly sending our kids off to die so Big Oil & Gas can profit?
Maybe worth mentioning again now that he’s explicitly sending our kids off to die so Big Oil & Gas can profit?
December 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reminder that Trump solicited & received a massive bribe from Big Oil & Gas, and our billionaire media treated it as a one-day A12 story never to be mentioned again
Maybe worth mentioning again now that he’s explicitly sending our kids off to die so Big Oil & Gas can profit?
Maybe worth mentioning again now that he’s explicitly sending our kids off to die so Big Oil & Gas can profit?