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Greg Spooner

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Physicist Californian Climate activist Wine maker Human Born at 318 ppmCO2 he/him/any Just in case BlueSky gets nuked or neutered… find me on Mastodon here: @[email protected]

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Greg Spooner @spoonsky.bsky.social · Sep 11

Just in case… find me on Mastodon here:

@[email protected]

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2h

Where we stand, in long arc of history:

-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.

-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.

I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

Two headlines on front page of NYT.

First is "Trump Weighs Transforming Refugee Policy. White People Would be Given Preference."

Second is "Justices May Ban Race as a Factor in District Maps. Nation's Political Balance Could Shift If Court Guts 1964 Law."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5h

ICE's military raids and masked kidnappings are resonating deeply/negatively in the cultural spaces we keep hearing Dems need to reach: Manosphere, Joe Rogan, country music, disengaged voters. That's rare and it gives Dems a big opening to engage.

Thoughts on this:

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 1d

My son was 1 when leaders pledged to keep warming below 1.5C.

By his 11th birthday even 2C is dead.

I’m lost for words at the scale of this betrayal.

Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050

The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.

www.bbc.com

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 12h

Not just wind anymore. Trump canceling solar now too. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

Canceled solar megaproject reveals new Trump-era threat to renewables

The Esmeralda 7 development would have been the largest solar farm in the U.S. But it was sited on federal land, so it needed an OK from the Trump admin.

www.canarymedia.com

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 18h

“I know I make people feel uncomfortable! That’s my entire brand.”

Climate Defiance interrupting a Cuomo presser in the best possible way.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 22h

Andrew with a good article on the AK storm and the lack of upper air data I talked about in my post, including more perspective from @alaskawx.bsky.social and an unnamed NOAA scientist.

balancedweather.substack.com/p/historic-c...

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 17h

Whatever you think about CFPB, it was created by Congress (as part of the Dodd-Frank Act) and can only be abolished by Congress, not by the President acting as a dictator.

Reuters @reuters.com · 23h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 13h

An emotional minute as the word Democracy melts away in front of the US Capitol Building.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20h

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

newrepublic.com

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Greg Spooner @spoonsky.bsky.social · 19h

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Greg Spooner @spoonsky.bsky.social · 21h

Meanwhile, when I chalked on the sidewalk a swastika with an arrow pointing to a Tesla dealership I was detained by police for a possible hate crime.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 21h

The Supreme Court's Republican appointees sound ready to transform the 14th and 15th Amendments into a weapon against the very racial minorities they were meant to protect—handing Republicans 15-19 additional House seats in the process. A disaster for democracy.
slate.com/news-and-pol...

Is it racist to remedy racism? That’s the question at the heart of Callais v. Louisiana, which the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday. The case asks whether the Voting Rights Act gives Black Louisianans too much political power—and if so, whether the landmark law violates the Constitution. Unsurprisingly, the Republican-appointed justices seem eager to rule that it does. Throughout oral arguments, they suggested the VRA protects minority voters too effectively, dragging the government into race-conscious considerations that offend the equal protection rights of the white voters who sued in this case. And they floated various ways to gut what remains of the statute by twisting it beyond recognition or striking it down altogether. The result would be a windfall for Republicans, who stand to gain at least 19 seats in the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court frees them to gerrymander Black communities into oblivion. Such a decision would also devastate minority representation in Congress, eliminating up to 30 percent of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21h

There’s more of us than there are of them. They can’t control us. They can’t stop us from voicing our dissent. Thugs and thuggery is not a winning future, even if they think so. See you at No Kings.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 22h

Antisemitism is such a serious issue to MAGA that they insist you only hire professors from the "I love Hitler" group chat.

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Greg Spooner @spoonsky.bsky.social · 22h

But joking about Charlie Kirk is a state crime?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Greg Spooner @spoonsky.bsky.social · 22h

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FYI when I try to pre-order from Powell’s I get an “out of stock” msg and can’t pre-order it there.

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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 23h

This is the road we are on: buff.ly/3x3EXnj

We can't solve this crisis if we keep expanding the problem. Time to keep fossil fuels in the ground. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #stopfossilfuels #go100re

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Greg Spooner @spoonsky.bsky.social · 23h

Thinking about ordering it! I’ve got a PhD in physics (solid state experimental) and work in laser medicine. Would you recommend for someone with my background?

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Greg Spooner @spoonsky.bsky.social · 1d

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/574744...

Gangs of America by Ted Nace: 9781576753194 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

“Gangs of America is a brilliant page-turner revealing how powerful, greedy corporations wage institutional terrorism.” —John Stauber, coauthor of Toxic Sludge Is Good for You! ...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

Greg Spooner @spoonsky.bsky.social · 1d

Folks interested in this approach might be interested in an older book on the history of corporate power and corporate state charterhood by Ted Nace called “Gangs of America”. I will paste link to the book below.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Greg Spooner @spoonsky.bsky.social · 1d

The Dem caucus could jam up the works in the House until she is seated. Not sure they’re trying very hard.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 1d

The order takes affect Wednesday and bars the civil arrest of any “party, witness, or potential witness” while going to, remaining at or returning from court proceedings inside the courthouse or its parking lots, sidewalks or entryways.

Judicial warrants can still be served.

Top Cook County judge bars civil arrests at courthouses, citing chilling effect

The Cook County public defender’s office and legal aid organizations had sought the move, saying they had clients who were avoiding court out of fear of being detained by federal immigration authoriti...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Greg Spooner @spoonsky.bsky.social · 1d

What they’re doing to these ships they will eventually do to us. Unless we actively rise up and stop them.