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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...
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"Many voters who spoke with CNN [about their opposition to Trump's map] said they did not want to be named because they feared being vocal about the issue could also subject them to threats."
Remember, the threat of violence is key to Trump's power.
Remember, the threat of violence is key to Trump's power.
Why Indiana GOP voters want their senators to defy Trump’s threats | CNN Politics
Republicans in the Indiana state Senate could give President Donald Trump a major political black eye this week — and the conservative voters who elected them say they don’t mind.
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Many voters who spoke with CNN [about their opposition to Trump's map] said they did not want to be named because they feared being vocal about the issue could also subject them to threats."
Remember, the threat of violence is key to Trump's power.
Remember, the threat of violence is key to Trump's power.
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The difference is not cultural or moral or social. It’s that Australia is a democracy, with electoral, legislative, & judicial that translate the preferences of majorities into policy.
We, too, could have those, but we have to stop ignoring the problem:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
We, too, could have those, but we have to stop ignoring the problem:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
December 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The difference is not cultural or moral or social. It’s that Australia is a democracy, with electoral, legislative, & judicial that translate the preferences of majorities into policy.
We, too, could have those, but we have to stop ignoring the problem:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
We, too, could have those, but we have to stop ignoring the problem:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
MAHA, apparently
In all seriousness, this is mass death and huge wasted money and life potentia, for the benefit of just a few evildoers. Environmental protection is life, health, and dollars.
In all seriousness, this is mass death and huge wasted money and life potentia, for the benefit of just a few evildoers. Environmental protection is life, health, and dollars.
In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
MAHA, apparently
In all seriousness, this is mass death and huge wasted money and life potentia, for the benefit of just a few evildoers. Environmental protection is life, health, and dollars.
In all seriousness, this is mass death and huge wasted money and life potentia, for the benefit of just a few evildoers. Environmental protection is life, health, and dollars.
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Susan Collins helped harm cancer research via her votes for RFK Jr. and Russell Vought. #mepolitics
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Susan Collins helped harm cancer research via her votes for RFK Jr. and Russell Vought. #mepolitics
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This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
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On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
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NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." 😳
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." 😳
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Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney's office says
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
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the thing is there really is a epochal tech revolution happening, it’s called renewables and green industry
Really refuse to let the worst people have ownership of techno-optimism
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
the thing is there really is a epochal tech revolution happening, it’s called renewables and green industry
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot:
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
We are being poisoned every day, so why do we keep voting for more pollution? Ask a lobbyist | George Monbiot
The dirty industries that dominate politics deceive us into accepting dangerous pollutants such as ammonia as part of life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I think about this quote from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social a lot:
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
“The idea that some people may freely poison others is one of the most astonishing but least contested aspects of modern life.”
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Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
Huh. Democrats seem to be winning a lot of elections these days.
BREAKING: Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor’s race, defeating a Trump-backed Republican and breaking her party’s nearly 30-year losing streak, per Associated Press.
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Huh. Democrats seem to be winning a lot of elections these days.
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This report should have panicked everyone on the left into concerted, coordinated effort to address the information asymmetry. But as far as I can tell it just came & went & Dems are still in "buy TV ads about affordability" mode.
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this conte...
www.mediamatters.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This report should have panicked everyone on the left into concerted, coordinated effort to address the information asymmetry. But as far as I can tell it just came & went & Dems are still in "buy TV ads about affordability" mode.
Would go for US too.
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Would go for US too.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Evil. And almost certainly illegal. #mapoli
One Haitian woman “showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled,” her attorney said.
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
December 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Evil. And almost certainly illegal. #mapoli
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"Our analysis shows that in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve...highlighting increasing disparities in their built environments."
Nature research paper: Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery
go.nature.com/3YcD2ZS
go.nature.com/3YcD2ZS
Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery - Nature
Higher-income neighbourhoods rebuild and improve after disasters while lower-income areas do not return to pre-disaster conditions.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Our analysis shows that in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve...highlighting increasing disparities in their built environments."
Or, more pointedly: The right-wing temperament is based on having an Enemy. Could be:
✅ Commies (had to make them up bc they couldn’t find enough);
✅ Muslims;
✅ Gays;
✅ Immigrants;
✅ Ehhh, whoever else is around (rummages through drawer) — Antifa, Deep State, scientists, doctors, lawyers, etc
✅ Commies (had to make them up bc they couldn’t find enough);
✅ Muslims;
✅ Gays;
✅ Immigrants;
✅ Ehhh, whoever else is around (rummages through drawer) — Antifa, Deep State, scientists, doctors, lawyers, etc
Once the end of the Cold War left the U.S. without a unifying political consensus on what its national grand strategy should be, it has not really had one (even GWOT could not swallow everything, and obviously W's neocon agenda had to limit itself to keep Arab allies onside). So you're left with
a puppet of a man in a suit and tie
ALT: a puppet of a man in a suit and tie
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Or, more pointedly: The right-wing temperament is based on having an Enemy. Could be:
✅ Commies (had to make them up bc they couldn’t find enough);
✅ Muslims;
✅ Gays;
✅ Immigrants;
✅ Ehhh, whoever else is around (rummages through drawer) — Antifa, Deep State, scientists, doctors, lawyers, etc
✅ Commies (had to make them up bc they couldn’t find enough);
✅ Muslims;
✅ Gays;
✅ Immigrants;
✅ Ehhh, whoever else is around (rummages through drawer) — Antifa, Deep State, scientists, doctors, lawyers, etc
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Households face annual costs of roughly $400–$900 from climate change—mainly from disasters, higher insurance, and energy costs—with lower-income families and certain regions hit disproportionately, from @kclausing.bsky.social, Knittel, and @cwolfram.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34525
December 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Households face annual costs of roughly $400–$900 from climate change—mainly from disasters, higher insurance, and energy costs—with lower-income families and certain regions hit disproportionately, from @kclausing.bsky.social, Knittel, and @cwolfram.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34525
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its honestly remarkable the extent to which Roberts is going hell for leather to match and exceed Taney as the word chief justice in american history
NEW: SCOTUS will hear arguments Monday on Trump’s attempt to fire the last Democratic FTC commissioner. A ruling for the president could dangerously expand his control over agencies regulating the economy, stock market, campaign finance and communications.
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments In Trump’s Bid for Total Control of Government
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
its honestly remarkable the extent to which Roberts is going hell for leather to match and exceed Taney as the word chief justice in american history
From Dedham, a light shines #mapoli
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
From Dedham, a light shines #mapoli
A competent opposition party would call a presser and explain that while their party believes that voters should choose politicians and not the other way around, the Republican Supreme Court majority had previously said that extreme gerrymandering was legal if it was about partisanship but...
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM