Ilmi
@ilmi.bsky.social
Climate fixer, finance wrangler, many-hat wearer, & Overton defenestrator. Hats: Sabin Center, Grantham Research Institute, Climate Technology Group, Adventure Capital, Carbon Tracker, CFRAC
Wow, will you look at that: Hegseth had the courtesy of typing out a full confession.
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wow, will you look at that: Hegseth had the courtesy of typing out a full confession.
People are dunking on this, but the idea that the welfare state breeds sloth by discouraging work—and is therefore vicious and unchristian—is the horrid worldview at the rotten heart of Christian conservatism.
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
People are dunking on this, but the idea that the welfare state breeds sloth by discouraging work—and is therefore vicious and unchristian—is the horrid worldview at the rotten heart of Christian conservatism.
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Housing diversity is actually really important!
A big problem in urbanism: getting enough family-sized apartments built in dense areas. Without them, people come when they're young & then flee to the suburbs when they have a family.
Cities made a bet on millennials — but forgot one key thing
Can cities learn to love kids again?
www.vox.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Housing diversity is actually really important!
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it."—Upton Sinclair
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it."—Upton Sinclair
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Saddest thing about left-NIMBYism is it’s utterly unnecessary for any discernible progressive cause.
You’re siding with landlords and asset managers. For what? Erosion of the tax base. Material aid to xenophobic forces. Sprawl. Continued displacement.
You’re siding with landlords and asset managers. For what? Erosion of the tax base. Material aid to xenophobic forces. Sprawl. Continued displacement.
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Saddest thing about left-NIMBYism is it’s utterly unnecessary for any discernible progressive cause.
You’re siding with landlords and asset managers. For what? Erosion of the tax base. Material aid to xenophobic forces. Sprawl. Continued displacement.
You’re siding with landlords and asset managers. For what? Erosion of the tax base. Material aid to xenophobic forces. Sprawl. Continued displacement.
One of the reasons I like Rebecca is that every time we talk, I learn something.
This year's tariff madness has an interesting structural feature. What @jonasnahm.com is calling an "inversion" is that Trump has higher tariff rates on intermediate goods and basic materials (esp. steel and aluminum) than finished goods. He points out one consequence. There are others.
A short🧵.
A short🧵.
10/15 This tariff inversion means Toyota pays less to ship a completed Prius from Japan than Ford pays for the inputs to build an F-150 in Michigan.
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
One of the reasons I like Rebecca is that every time we talk, I learn something.
How to get away with murder: be an absolute, unrelenting nudnik.
I love how the judge’s main argument is “I dunno guys this seems like a pain”
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
How to get away with murder: be an absolute, unrelenting nudnik.
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After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
After Biden commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row last year, the Trump administration is retaliating by sending them to the supermax. Prisoners are locked in cells smaller than a parking space 22-24 hours a day.
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
One prisoner told me he fears he won't make it out alive.
My latest:
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The only response is, "So you're saying service members SHOULD comply with illegal orders?"
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The only response is, "So you're saying service members SHOULD comply with illegal orders?"
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Some outlets are reporting that DOGE "doesn't exist" anymore. But the fine print on that overturns the whole story: DOGE is just dropping its tarnished brand, not the chainsaw. 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Some outlets are reporting that DOGE "doesn't exist" anymore. But the fine print on that overturns the whole story: DOGE is just dropping its tarnished brand, not the chainsaw. 🧵
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Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
Yet another reason why I think the central scenario on our current trajectory is "Mad Max with minigrids."
A motorcycle ... with an electric motor, so it never needs fuel ... and two foldable solar panels, so it can recharge while parked, thus needing no outlet.
Effectively infinite range. Total freedom.
Effectively infinite range. Total freedom.
self-charging solar motorcycle by MASK architects frees riders from fuel and power networks
www.designboom.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Yet another reason why I think the central scenario on our current trajectory is "Mad Max with minigrids."
I have a very specific set of skills, Charlie Brown.
If I show up at your door, Charlie Brown, chances are you did something to bring me there.
I like you, Charlie Brown. That is why I will kill you last.
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I have a very specific set of skills, Charlie Brown.
Oh, we're good then.
*LEAVITT: TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO EXECUTE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Oh, we're good then.
Harsh but entirely fair critique of Trump's piecemeal plan.
Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Harsh but entirely fair critique of Trump's piecemeal plan.
As Killer Mike once said: "Nobody speak, nobody get choked."
Pretty crazy to see Wall Street just coast on vibes. No real government jobs data, no objective measurements, just headlines about everything costing more than they’ve ever cost and every small business being shuttered
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As Killer Mike once said: "Nobody speak, nobody get choked."
Wow, this is a great summary of COP30! All the COPs, come to think of it. 🤔
Wow. People are way too chill around an active & uncontained fire in the building they're standing in.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wow, this is a great summary of COP30! All the COPs, come to think of it. 🤔
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We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
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LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
Cities free wild spaces.
Cities are the best human habitat. Cities are what most of us are drawn to. Not Mars or bunkers in the desert or some AI-fever dream, but cities, in all their creative concentrated exuberance.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
Cities are where we can be together, learn from each other, celebrate and build our future life on earth.
ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Cities free wild spaces.
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It is interesting to me how the media seems far less interested in Trump's Murder Memo than you'd expect. Only a few reporters seem to be even trying to get a hold of it, and very few commentators are talking about it. Contrast that with Bush's torture memo, which was a national obsession. Weird.
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It is interesting to me how the media seems far less interested in Trump's Murder Memo than you'd expect. Only a few reporters seem to be even trying to get a hold of it, and very few commentators are talking about it. Contrast that with Bush's torture memo, which was a national obsession. Weird.
Hey @badlegaltakes.bsky.social, this one's for you.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hey @badlegaltakes.bsky.social, this one's for you.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Ok apparently this is actually not widely known: Gov. Shapiro withdrew Pennsylvania from RGGI today as part of a deal to pass a now-4month overdue budget.
So.....did no one else notice that Pennsylvania just dropped RGGI?
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Ok apparently this is actually not widely known: Gov. Shapiro withdrew Pennsylvania from RGGI today as part of a deal to pass a now-4month overdue budget.