Connor Stedman
@connorstedman.bsky.social
Land, ag, climate, systems thinking, history. A Holocene, if you can keep it.
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Any individual member of the House can force a vote on impeachments and anything impeachment-related.
Any individual member of the House can force a vote on impeachments and anything impeachment-related.
Breaking:
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
Rep. Ro Khanna says the Trump DOJ's production "does not comply with" the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Khanna says he and Rep. Thomas Massie "are exploring all options" — including impeachment of DOJ officials, inherent contempt, or referring individuals for obstruction of justice.
December 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Any individual member of the House can force a vote on impeachments and anything impeachment-related.
Any individual member of the House can force a vote on impeachments and anything impeachment-related.
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The headline has to be "Justice Department released Epstein files but illegally redacts 'politically exposed individuals'," right?
Like surely they can't just ignore the law, redact their friends, and get away with it because news agencies will pretend the crystal-clear law is unclear?
Like surely they can't just ignore the law, redact their friends, and get away with it because news agencies will pretend the crystal-clear law is unclear?
December 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The headline has to be "Justice Department released Epstein files but illegally redacts 'politically exposed individuals'," right?
Like surely they can't just ignore the law, redact their friends, and get away with it because news agencies will pretend the crystal-clear law is unclear?
Like surely they can't just ignore the law, redact their friends, and get away with it because news agencies will pretend the crystal-clear law is unclear?
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Any American politician with ambitions of higher office should be aiming for conversational fluency in Spanish IMO
the reality is Spanish is our de facto second language and white people need to sack up and face reality
Cannot believe this version of the Republican Party won a record number of Latino/Hispanic voters, this country is so cooked lol
December 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Any American politician with ambitions of higher office should be aiming for conversational fluency in Spanish IMO
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As others have noted, these redactions appear to be blatantly illegal (assuming Fox News' report is correct).
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As others have noted, these redactions appear to be blatantly illegal (assuming Fox News' report is correct).
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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One big takeaway from Mamdani bringing YIMBYs into his transition is that advocates can often gain a lot of power by
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
December 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
One big takeaway from Mamdani bringing YIMBYs into his transition is that advocates can often gain a lot of power by
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
1.) having useful answers to questions and accurate information
2.) being reasonably polite and pleasant to elected officials
3.) understanding the actual mechanics of government
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personalist dictator is attacking the rituals and symbols that people associate with America itself, obviously if we want to win public support we should abandon them in favor of this large folder of revolutionary-aesthetic designs I have right here.
December 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
personalist dictator is attacking the rituals and symbols that people associate with America itself, obviously if we want to win public support we should abandon them in favor of this large folder of revolutionary-aesthetic designs I have right here.
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As a result, some of the subpopulations are the rarest whales in the world, but there's reason for tentative optimism.
The Atlantic right whale populations have been increasing (slowly) as a result of whaling bans, changes to fishing technology.
Right or wrong, let's have more whales, please! 🐳
The Atlantic right whale populations have been increasing (slowly) as a result of whaling bans, changes to fishing technology.
Right or wrong, let's have more whales, please! 🐳
Scientists say North Atlantic right whale population slowly increasing
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the most venerable of the leviathans now numbers 384, up eight from past year
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
As a result, some of the subpopulations are the rarest whales in the world, but there's reason for tentative optimism.
The Atlantic right whale populations have been increasing (slowly) as a result of whaling bans, changes to fishing technology.
Right or wrong, let's have more whales, please! 🐳
The Atlantic right whale populations have been increasing (slowly) as a result of whaling bans, changes to fishing technology.
Right or wrong, let's have more whales, please! 🐳
This is, of course, the grand unifying @lastpositivist.bsky.social theory:
December 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is, of course, the grand unifying @lastpositivist.bsky.social theory:
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What would be great is if Dem members in multiple states showed up at multiple ICE facilities at 10 a.m. tomorrow armed with this injunction.
NEW: Judge blocks Trump administration's attempt to limit lawmakers' access to immigration jails. Advance notice no longer required & detention facilities at field offices are open to Congress. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Judge lifts Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits to ICE jails
A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot enforce newly adopted policies that require lawmakers to provide seven days notice before visiting detention facilities.
www.politico.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
What would be great is if Dem members in multiple states showed up at multiple ICE facilities at 10 a.m. tomorrow armed with this injunction.
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the key to understanding this is the SV technocapitalists all went insane during COVID
It’s so fucking insane they didn’t go in with the overly tech friendly Dems who love cheap green power basically for culture war reasons
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
the key to understanding this is the SV technocapitalists all went insane during COVID
Another good WHDM thread.
Started Wake Up Dead Man, and at least for 30 minutes in, it's interesting how much of this is Protestant stuff in a Catholic setting
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Another good WHDM thread.
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Just about the most un-American thing you can say. Literally the opposite of the norms upheld since Washington himself.
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Just about the most un-American thing you can say. Literally the opposite of the norms upheld since Washington himself.
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File this under "high crimes & misdemeanors" because this is *exactly* how the Founders meant it
Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
December 17, 2025 at 5:10 AM
File this under "high crimes & misdemeanors" because this is *exactly* how the Founders meant it
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🗃️ My History Department is hiring for a tenure track position in Native American history. See link for details!
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Assistant or Associate Professor of History
jobs.colorado.edu
December 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🗃️ My History Department is hiring for a tenure track position in Native American history. See link for details!
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Great thread about a great movie (some spoilers, be warned)
Alice has now seen “Wake Up Dead Man” which means now I can talk about “Wake Up Dead Man” as approximately one million of you have asked me to do. intermittent live-blog in the quoted thread. gay Catholic musings below:
Alice is finally watching “Wake Up Dead Man” and we are having a great time
December 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Great thread about a great movie (some spoilers, be warned)
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Things are pretty bad right now. One way to make them better: run for office!
A group called @leadlocally.bsky.social has put together a 6-part training for folks who want to run for office with a climate focus. Walks through all the steps. Super helpful.
Don't boo, run!
A group called @leadlocally.bsky.social has put together a 6-part training for folks who want to run for office with a climate focus. Walks through all the steps. Super helpful.
Don't boo, run!
Apply to Run for Climate
I just applied to Lead Locally's Run for Climate training series for climate leaders that are interested in running for office, staffing a campaign, or getting more involved in electoral politics as a...
actionnetwork.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Things are pretty bad right now. One way to make them better: run for office!
A group called @leadlocally.bsky.social has put together a 6-part training for folks who want to run for office with a climate focus. Walks through all the steps. Super helpful.
Don't boo, run!
A group called @leadlocally.bsky.social has put together a 6-part training for folks who want to run for office with a climate focus. Walks through all the steps. Super helpful.
Don't boo, run!
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I obviously agree with RS overwhelmingly but I do want to emphasize the part where she says creating is about making a choice, and how AI slop and fascism are woven together because they give you freedom from that. Through gen AI, you are freed from the cringe and shame of making the wrong choice.
Absolutely not. Ideas aren't worth shit. It's the work that matters. rs-benedict.com/2025/07/27/a...
December 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I obviously agree with RS overwhelmingly but I do want to emphasize the part where she says creating is about making a choice, and how AI slop and fascism are woven together because they give you freedom from that. Through gen AI, you are freed from the cringe and shame of making the wrong choice.
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this story is just bullet point after bullet point of naked corruption
Intel appoints Trump economic adviser as head of government affairs
Intel on Monday appointed an economic adviser to U.S. President Trump as its head of government affairs, months after the U.S. government took a 10% stake in the U.S. chipmaker.
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
this story is just bullet point after bullet point of naked corruption
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Trump correctly understands he can’t apologize or it’ll get worse which is also the thing that happens from him continuing to double down.
unironically impeach him over this. Its not a complicated story to follow and he’s going to get even worse if pressed on it
unironically impeach him over this. Its not a complicated story to follow and he’s going to get even worse if pressed on it
December 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Trump correctly understands he can’t apologize or it’ll get worse which is also the thing that happens from him continuing to double down.
unironically impeach him over this. Its not a complicated story to follow and he’s going to get even worse if pressed on it
unironically impeach him over this. Its not a complicated story to follow and he’s going to get even worse if pressed on it
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Yet one more reason we cannot allow LLMs to serve as epistemic grounding is that we cannot triangulate among them the way you can among reasonable independent sources. They bullshit in the same way and end up agreeing with one other about things that are completely false.
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Yet one more reason we cannot allow LLMs to serve as epistemic grounding is that we cannot triangulate among them the way you can among reasonable independent sources. They bullshit in the same way and end up agreeing with one other about things that are completely false.
Very, very good thread.
Because the issue of population change is so widely misunderstood, here's a short thread which seeks to lay it out simply.
It explains why there is almost nothing anyone can do to change the global population trajectory, both as numbers rise, then as they fall.
🧵1/13
It explains why there is almost nothing anyone can do to change the global population trajectory, both as numbers rise, then as they fall.
🧵1/13
December 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Very, very good thread.
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Trump's entire ICE slush fund should be reserved for compensating their victims
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump's entire ICE slush fund should be reserved for compensating their victims
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When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
December 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
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i think you can sub out 'warfare' for basically any genuine intellectual discipline here
December 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i think you can sub out 'warfare' for basically any genuine intellectual discipline here