Daniel Lerch
@daniellerch.bsky.social
Education & Publications Director at Post Carbon Institute postcarbon.org. Co-founded APA Sustainable Communities Division & The City Repair Project. Back in Portland 🇺🇸 after 9 years in Guadalajara 🇲🇽 as of July 2025.
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I have no words for how sick this makes me.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I have no words for how sick this makes me.
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A few years back, Pinker and Lomborg where examples for me. I *loved* the Sceptical Environmentalist!
But Lomborg went on to cherry picking and often straight-up lying about energy in a way that must be conscious, and Pinker fancies himself knowledgeable about energy and climate change but isn't.
But Lomborg went on to cherry picking and often straight-up lying about energy in a way that must be conscious, and Pinker fancies himself knowledgeable about energy and climate change but isn't.
This is particularly stunning because the sheer number of times we demonstrated Bjorn Lomborg was just flat-out lying grew so large that it almost became literally pointless to keep doing it, because he just ignores it and keeps on going
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A few years back, Pinker and Lomborg where examples for me. I *loved* the Sceptical Environmentalist!
But Lomborg went on to cherry picking and often straight-up lying about energy in a way that must be conscious, and Pinker fancies himself knowledgeable about energy and climate change but isn't.
But Lomborg went on to cherry picking and often straight-up lying about energy in a way that must be conscious, and Pinker fancies himself knowledgeable about energy and climate change but isn't.
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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It is NOT ok for politicians to fuck journalists, guys! Even if it’s consensual between two grown ups!
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It is NOT ok for politicians to fuck journalists, guys! Even if it’s consensual between two grown ups!
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This is your Thanksgiving table conversation. Trump is the blowhard uncle who hates socialists but actually loves the things socialists want to do.
"I expect to be helping him, not hurting him. A big help" -- Trump is totally charmed by Mamdani
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This is your Thanksgiving table conversation. Trump is the blowhard uncle who hates socialists but actually loves the things socialists want to do.
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Trump Administration: Thank God that's over, now let's move forward
Ron Wyden:
Ron Wyden:
Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Trump Administration: Thank God that's over, now let's move forward
Ron Wyden:
Ron Wyden:
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I think the Trumpist coalition is fracturing and there's a not insignificant chance this will lead to Trump's downfall.
However, the absolute worst thing we can do if this does end up happening is pretend that our constitutional ordered worked the way it was supposed to.
However, the absolute worst thing we can do if this does end up happening is pretend that our constitutional ordered worked the way it was supposed to.
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I think the Trumpist coalition is fracturing and there's a not insignificant chance this will lead to Trump's downfall.
However, the absolute worst thing we can do if this does end up happening is pretend that our constitutional ordered worked the way it was supposed to.
However, the absolute worst thing we can do if this does end up happening is pretend that our constitutional ordered worked the way it was supposed to.
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“There’re about a thousand of us.”
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
“There’re about a thousand of us.”
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Almost always, in my experience, ethics and good system design are the same thing. And all of the flavors of oppression are bad on both counts.
Patriarchy is a systems trap. It breaks the feedback loops needed for health and balance, it cuts off early warnings and silences sensing elements.
November 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Almost always, in my experience, ethics and good system design are the same thing. And all of the flavors of oppression are bad on both counts.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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I contended with this dark reality every day of my doctoral research on the history of child trafficking laws in the US. It is all so much worse than one could ever imagine, and so much more important and telling than we are led to believe.
Chattel slavery was a pedophile economy.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I contended with this dark reality every day of my doctoral research on the history of child trafficking laws in the US. It is all so much worse than one could ever imagine, and so much more important and telling than we are led to believe.
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Imagine how much different our govt would look if we hadn’t as society ok’ed sexual violence.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Imagine how much different our govt would look if we hadn’t as society ok’ed sexual violence.
@forbeck.com hi, my son (9) and I are really enjoying your v Minecraft Roll for Adventure book - but we're confused about some of the mechanics of the game. Is there a forum for the book where we can ask questions?
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
@forbeck.com hi, my son (9) and I are really enjoying your v Minecraft Roll for Adventure book - but we're confused about some of the mechanics of the game. Is there a forum for the book where we can ask questions?
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This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
Chatted y'day with an undocumented immigrant who fled Mexico at age 17 in the 90s bc an uncle was pressuring him to join cartel business. He said "If I'd stayed I'd either be rich or dead, probably dead. And I didn't want to do bad things."
I wish more US citizens understood how fortunate we are.
I wish more US citizens understood how fortunate we are.
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Chatted y'day with an undocumented immigrant who fled Mexico at age 17 in the 90s bc an uncle was pressuring him to join cartel business. He said "If I'd stayed I'd either be rich or dead, probably dead. And I didn't want to do bad things."
I wish more US citizens understood how fortunate we are.
I wish more US citizens understood how fortunate we are.
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BREAKING NEWS: We just secured a final court order blocking National Guard deployment!
Today's ruling is a huge victory for Oregon. The courts are holding this administration accountable to the truth and the rule of law.
Today's ruling is a huge victory for Oregon. The courts are holding this administration accountable to the truth and the rule of law.
November 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
BREAKING NEWS: We just secured a final court order blocking National Guard deployment!
Today's ruling is a huge victory for Oregon. The courts are holding this administration accountable to the truth and the rule of law.
Today's ruling is a huge victory for Oregon. The courts are holding this administration accountable to the truth and the rule of law.
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wow, i have noticed this! gonna try and turn it off.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
wow, i have noticed this! gonna try and turn it off.
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All the more reason to support @councilormorillo.bsky.social’s detention center impact fee
The figure was submitted as an exhibit in federal court as the Trump administration and local government battle over troop deployment.
Portland police overtime costs for ICE protests approach $1 million
The figure was submitted as an exhibit in federal court as the Trump administration and local government battle over troop deployment.
www.oregonlive.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
All the more reason to support @councilormorillo.bsky.social’s detention center impact fee
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my ONLY note on the way today played out is that it would have been neat for Cheney to drop dead during the part of this speech where he talks about eradicating Islamophobia from the halls of power both within and outside of New York, just to REALLY drive the theme home, but that's a minor quibble
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
my ONLY note on the way today played out is that it would have been neat for Cheney to drop dead during the part of this speech where he talks about eradicating Islamophobia from the halls of power both within and outside of New York, just to REALLY drive the theme home, but that's a minor quibble
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In the Teen Vogue (RIP) profile that came out last week, they mentioned how Mamdani got people to enjoy the city and meet each other, so that young people who have no safe third spaces found ways to connect IRL, and that's both life changing and replicable, no matter where in the country.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In the Teen Vogue (RIP) profile that came out last week, they mentioned how Mamdani got people to enjoy the city and meet each other, so that young people who have no safe third spaces found ways to connect IRL, and that's both life changing and replicable, no matter where in the country.
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Corporate Ds are worse than the avowed committed white supremacists known for beating the shit out of immigrants as the founding member of a vigilante street gang.
Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Corporate Ds are worse than the avowed committed white supremacists known for beating the shit out of immigrants as the founding member of a vigilante street gang.
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If there is a single person through whom all political power flows and who is the sole decision maker in a polity, then that person is a dictator. It does not matter if that person seized power violently or is ceded extra judicial powers by coconspirators already in government.
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If there is a single person through whom all political power flows and who is the sole decision maker in a polity, then that person is a dictator. It does not matter if that person seized power violently or is ceded extra judicial powers by coconspirators already in government.
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Mission Accomplished. 🇺🇸
November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Mission Accomplished. 🇺🇸
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Before this happens, Democrats need to build a media apparatus that will broadcast the GOP's full on Nazi turn to normie voters. Legacy media thinks it's their responsibility to screen out GOP degeneracy under the guise of objectivity.
My gut says that there’s a real chance the groyper right wins their internet war with the last remnants of the old-school GOP and completely seizes the comm apparatuses, and there’s a decent chance that takes them out electorally because that stuff does NOT play well with the general public.
Ben Shapiro was just ratioed by Nick Fuentes on X after Shapiro called out Tucker Carlson and Fuentes for their antisemitism.
The neo nazi right is fully taking over the republican party.
The neo nazi right is fully taking over the republican party.
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Before this happens, Democrats need to build a media apparatus that will broadcast the GOP's full on Nazi turn to normie voters. Legacy media thinks it's their responsibility to screen out GOP degeneracy under the guise of objectivity.