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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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mari @amari.bsky.social · 11h

Who Wrote the Trump Administration’s Flawed Climate Report? Meet the Architects of Disinformation

blog.ucs.org/kathy-mulvey... by the @ucs.org
🌎 #climatecrisis #lawfare

Who Wrote the Trump Administration’s Flawed Climate Report? Meet the Architects of Disinformation

Industry-backed actors create the illusion of legitimate debate, exploit uncertainty, and delay action.

blog.ucs.org

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 1d

More education plans like these, please.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

School Committee Candidates Say They Want to Close Achievement Gaps. Arjun Jaikumar Says He Has A Plan. | News | The Harvard Crimson

When Arjun K. Jaikumar left his private practice to work for Massachusetts as a public attorney, he made a commitment to the public good. Now, he is committing to children in Cambridge, running for Sc...

www.thecrimson.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

“Any San Francisco kid under the age of 5 can get a free book mailed to them every month under a new partnership announced Friday by city officials and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library” 📚 www.kqed.org/news/1205569...

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Mark Sumner 🇺🇦 @devilstower.bsky.social · 1d

“The President of the United States exists in a dream world, where he regularly declares things that are not just untrue, but ridiculous. This is patently obvious to the most casual observer … so long as that observer doesn't work for a billionaire-owned media outlet.”

Donald Trump, Bubble Boy

The President of the United States exists in a dream world, where he regularly declares things that are not just untrue, but ridiculous. This is patently obvious to the most casual observer … so long...

www.unchartedblue.com

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 1d

From the memory box:

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 1d

THIS is the kind of military parade Donald Trump wanted. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Huge missile takes centre stage at N Korea parade

Named the Hwasong-20, its size suggests that it could carry multiple nuclear warheads.

www.bbc.com

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 1d

While they point what likely are automatic weapons at people. How long will it be before a couple of ICE agents shoot a handful of people or more?

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 1d

I bet it wasn't even 5 years ago that the standard belief was that without more transmission there would be no energy transition. Then I started hearing about VPPs. Now there are plenty of amazing real world examples of their success and it is still so early.

VPPs look to be a huge thing.

GN @w1ts3nd555.bsky.social · 2d

“Virtual power plants” are one of the cheapest, most equitable ways to make the grid more efficient, making costly infrastructure buildout less necessary.

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 25d

11) At the high end of the grid reinforcement cost estimate range, VPPs could reduce grid buildout costs by *$340 billion*. That's our estimate of the "money on the table" for deploying VPPs: The achievable societal value of avoiding poles-and-wires upgrades at the distribution level.

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The Lever @levernews.com · 2d

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 1d

So true.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 1d

From the memory box:

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone planning on joining the No Kings protests Oct. 18 should beware of agents provocateurs. You can be sure the Trump regime will use any violence to clamp down harder. But protesters are already falsely labeled “domestic terrorists,” and the Patriot Act may be used to attack peaceful dissent.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 1d

Our Outlaw Prez isn’t satisfied with merely being a king. He wants a legal tender dollar coin with his mugshot on it and an Arc de Trump in DC. Roman emperors would recognize this ego maniac. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump eyes a triumphal arch to mark America’s 250th anniversary

The arch would be constructed across from the Lincoln Memorial, on a small patch of federal land currently occupied by a traffic circle.

www.washingtonpost.com

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone planning on joining the No Kings protests Oct. 18 should beware of agents provocateurs. You can be sure the Trump regime will use any violence to clamp down harder. But protesters are already falsely labeled “domestic terrorists,” and the Patriot Act may be used to attack peaceful dissent.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 2d

Learning Trump did’t get the peace prize, Steven Cheung. White House Comms chief, said: “The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.” One wonders if Trump threw a tantrum, tossing all his golden doodads in the Oval Office like ketchup against the walls. We’ll probably never know.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 2d

If Trump‘s head hasn’t exploded yet over the Nobel committee’s pick for the Peace Prize, this should do the trick: bsky.app/profile/bara...

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 2d

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 4d

Woman shot by ICE agents in Chicago last Saturday has been released from custody today by judge since body cam footage contradicted the government's claim she drove toward the agents. Instead, it revealed the agent saying, "Do something, bitch," before pulling over and shooting her five times.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 2d

Too chickenshit to show their faces while beating up and/or arresting people, but still brazenly calling themselves patriots as they bust journalists and put obstacles in the path of legit coverage of their bad cop/really bad cop behavior.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 2d

A ceasefire is not a peace agreement.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 2d

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 2d

trying to imagine an Obama appointee saying that an Arab nation was setting up a military facility on our soil and picturing the size of the boat Hegseth could buy solely from Fox News appearances attacking it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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