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Nathaniel Stinnett

@nathanielstinnett.bsky.social

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Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project, political advisor, proud father/husband. RTs ≠ endorsements. Views are mine, not my employer's. (he/his)

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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · Dec 16

This is my 100th BlueSky post and I haven't really introduced myself, so here goes!

I founded and run @environmentalvoter.bsky.social and focus on using behavioral science & political organizing to build power for the climate movement. So excited to follow many of you!

www.ted.com/talks/nathan...

Why isn't the climate movement voting?

Millions of people say they care deeply about climate change ... yet they're not showing up at elections to turn their concern into political power, says environmental voting advocate Nathaniel Stinne...

www.ted.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 14h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 20h

Beyond ironic that Elon Musk has claimed that the greatest crisis facing civilization is declining birth rates, and his DOGE cuts cancelled research into actual causes.

Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social · 21h

“One of my previously published studies found that for every additional 10 micrograms of particulates per cubic meter of air there was a corresponding 10 percent increase in infertility risk.”

She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility

www.nytimes.com

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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 1d

📫 Do postcards work?

📊 We've got the data.

www.environmentalvoter.org/updates/2022...

2022-2025 Overview of Volunteer Postcard Experiments

Key findings from multiple randomized controlled trials conducted by the Environmental Voter Project from 2022 – 2025 testing which types of volunteer-written postcards tend to increase turnout among ...

www.environmentalvoter.org

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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Join us Tuesday to mobilize climate voters on the *first day of early voting* for Georgia's Public Service Commission elections!

www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved...

Phone bank into Georgia

Join the Environmental Voter Project to turn out low propensity environmental voters in Georgia ahead of their November 4th general election!

www.environmentalvoter.org

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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s hope the Russians don’t give Trump a luxury plane too.

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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 2d

Announcing her run on the Friday before a 3-day holiday weekend is an interesting choice.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/n...

Maine Governor Mills to launch campaign to challenge Susan Collins - The Boston Globe

A center-left Democrat, Janet Mills has occasionally clashed with progressives in the state legislature, but this year, she made national headlines for her high-profile clashes with President Trump.

www.bostonglobe.com

Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 2d

It's ok, Donald. US Presidents never win the Nobel Peace Pri...oh wait a second.

Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 2d

2017: "The nation of Qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level." — Donald Trump

2025: Qatar makes a personal gift of a $400 million luxury airplane to Donald Trump

Later in 2025: US lets Qatar build an air force base in...Idaho

time.com/7324968/qata...

Qatari Air Force Facility to Be Built in Idaho: Hegseth

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the facility will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots.

time.com

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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 2d

"[President] Kornbluth added that MIT disagrees with the compact provisions that restrict academic freedom and said 'the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.'"

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/b...

MIT becomes first school to reject proposed ‘compact’ with Trump administration - The Boston Globe

MIT president Sally Kornbluth said the university’s practices already “meet or exceed” the federal government’s list of demands.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 2d

When U2, the Rolling Stones, or Coldplay performed at the Super Bowl, there wasn't any call for an "All American Halftime Show."

But when Bad Bunny — an actual American — performs, some people lose their minds.

Hmmm.... 🤔

Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 3d

Someone just ordered extra ketchup to the oval office.

Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 3d

The Nobel Peace Prize went to someone who wants to give Venezuelans democracy, rather than someone who bombs them.

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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 Calling All Climate Activists:

🔂 Share this info
☎️🚪💌 Volunteer in these elections

We've got less than 4 weeks to make a big difference in these elections.

www.environmentalvoter.org/overlooked/o...

Three November elections every climate activist should be watching

In this edition, we spotlight three November 2025 elections that could have a significant impact on climate policy-making. Of course, this fall’s prominent gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Vi...

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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 3d

Happy birthday, PJ Harvey!

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PJ Harvey - This Is Love

YouTube video by PJHarveyVEVO

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 3d

I'm super excited for this new @gelliottmorris.com & Mary Radcliffe poll aggregator and election forecasting site.

Smart, transparent people + a slick design = a winning combo.

fiftyplusone.news/latest-polls

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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 3d

omg

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 4d

I will take "things you are not supposed to say out loud" for $500, Alex.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Three November elections every climate activist should be watching.

www.environmentalvoter.org/overlooked/o...

Three November elections every climate activist should be watching

www.environmentalvoter.org

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 4d

The White House is offering “concierge, white glove service” to oil, coal & other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects, according to an energy official, while simultaneously slowing down or blocking solar and wind. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... 🔌💡

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 4d

More of this.

thehill.com/homenews/hou...

Kelly, Gallego confront Speaker Johnson outside his office

Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) got in a confrontation Wednesday with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) after they staged a surprise press gaggle outside his office to highlight t…

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Nathaniel Stinnett @nathanielstinnett.bsky.social · 4d

So glad @volts.wtf is highlighting the Georgia PSC elections.

At @environmentalvoter.bsky.social, we're mobilizing 366,557 low propensity climate voters in GA this fall with mail, postcards, digital ads & phone calls.

Join us 🔗 environmentalvoter.org/get-involved

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