Greg Spooner
@spoonsky.bsky.social
Physicist
Californian
Climate activist
Wine maker
Human
Born at 318 ppmCO2
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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
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Reject any and every lie of this regime that they are fighting the drug trade. Their boss pardons a drug kingpin who helped bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
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Watching Dems talk about whether the people killed in the second strike were "in the fight" is driving me to madness this is all highly fucking illegal and you need to say that clearly the US government is not allowed to randomly kill people on the high seas
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Watching Dems talk about whether the people killed in the second strike were "in the fight" is driving me to madness this is all highly fucking illegal and you need to say that clearly the US government is not allowed to randomly kill people on the high seas
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
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MS NOW, citing three unnamed sources, reports Patel has, at least twice, ordered his girlfriend's FBI security detail to also escort one of her allegedly intoxicated friends after a night of partying. Agents have objected to the order, only for Patel to throw a fit trib.al/R9hbjYK
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
MS NOW, citing three unnamed sources, reports Patel has, at least twice, ordered his girlfriend's FBI security detail to also escort one of her allegedly intoxicated friends after a night of partying. Agents have objected to the order, only for Patel to throw a fit trib.al/R9hbjYK
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“A region unused to tropical cyclones has had three in a week. The world needs to ask why this happened”
The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention
A region unused to tropical cyclones has had three in a week. The world needs to ask why this happened, not look away.
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“A region unused to tropical cyclones has had three in a week. The world needs to ask why this happened”
The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The Indian Ocean disaster is a climate tragedy — and needs more attention www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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It's fun that each finger has a little symbolic job: cool/not cool, that thing there, your driving is poor, I'm not available for dates, and (while drinking tea) I'm so fancy.
October 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's fun that each finger has a little symbolic job: cool/not cool, that thing there, your driving is poor, I'm not available for dates, and (while drinking tea) I'm so fancy.
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Trump will die before the full realization of American fascism is reached. These are the birth pangs. It will get so much worse unless we do something. We should and we must.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Trump will die before the full realization of American fascism is reached. These are the birth pangs. It will get so much worse unless we do something. We should and we must.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
Take stock of what this feels like, how unacceptable this is. Devote yourself to fighting it.
Reposted by Greg Spooner
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Well, Senators Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis, you wanted RFK Jr. to “go wild” at HHS.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
December 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Well, Senators Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis, you wanted RFK Jr. to “go wild” at HHS.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
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ICE raid today in Tucson.
Newly seated Rep Adelita Grijalva and protesters who turned out to protect their neighbors got flash-banged, pepper sprayed, pushed.
At least two were arrested.
Newly seated Rep Adelita Grijalva and protesters who turned out to protect their neighbors got flash-banged, pepper sprayed, pushed.
At least two were arrested.
December 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
ICE raid today in Tucson.
Newly seated Rep Adelita Grijalva and protesters who turned out to protect their neighbors got flash-banged, pepper sprayed, pushed.
At least two were arrested.
Newly seated Rep Adelita Grijalva and protesters who turned out to protect their neighbors got flash-banged, pepper sprayed, pushed.
At least two were arrested.
Reposted by Greg Spooner
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
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Is your pension fund fueling fascism?
Wanna do something about it?
Join this call on December 8 to find out how you can help stop pouring public funds into tech fascist coffers.
👉 www.stopfundingbillionaires.org
Wanna do something about it?
Join this call on December 8 to find out how you can help stop pouring public funds into tech fascist coffers.
👉 www.stopfundingbillionaires.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Is your pension fund fueling fascism?
Wanna do something about it?
Join this call on December 8 to find out how you can help stop pouring public funds into tech fascist coffers.
👉 www.stopfundingbillionaires.org
Wanna do something about it?
Join this call on December 8 to find out how you can help stop pouring public funds into tech fascist coffers.
👉 www.stopfundingbillionaires.org
Reposted by Greg Spooner
Under current and future Supreme Court doctrine, Congress cannot insulate public-health experts from being replaced by an anti-vaccine secretary or president.
The unitary executive theory kills people.
The unitary executive theory kills people.
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Under current and future Supreme Court doctrine, Congress cannot insulate public-health experts from being replaced by an anti-vaccine secretary or president.
The unitary executive theory kills people.
The unitary executive theory kills people.
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
Reposted by Greg Spooner
Fall (Sep-Nov) 2025 was the warmest on record for the combined U.S and Canada region.
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Fall (Sep-Nov) 2025 was the warmest on record for the combined U.S and Canada region.
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I know that there’s been a lot going on but if they can get away with this, that really is it. Countries don’t come back from their leaders bragging about murders they ordered without consequence
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I know that there’s been a lot going on but if they can get away with this, that really is it. Countries don’t come back from their leaders bragging about murders they ordered without consequence
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Shipwrecked and not using any communications equipment.
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Shipwrecked and not using any communications equipment.
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
This is a crime against humanity. Everyone involved should be prosecuted for murdering stranded civilians in cold blood.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Reposted by Greg Spooner
12 people were arrested this afternoon blocking the doors at the Empire State Building in New York City, where @sbworkersunited.org members and supporters rallied as part of their ongoing nationwide strike. (Starbucks has offices and a roastery store at the ESB).
Video by our editor Jenny Brown
Video by our editor Jenny Brown
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
12 people were arrested this afternoon blocking the doors at the Empire State Building in New York City, where @sbworkersunited.org members and supporters rallied as part of their ongoing nationwide strike. (Starbucks has offices and a roastery store at the ESB).
Video by our editor Jenny Brown
Video by our editor Jenny Brown
Reposted by Greg Spooner
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
Impeach.
All day.
Every day.
Until this fascist grifting nightmare is ended.
All day.
Every day.
Until this fascist grifting nightmare is ended.
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Impeach.
All day.
Every day.
Until this fascist grifting nightmare is ended.
All day.
Every day.
Until this fascist grifting nightmare is ended.
I usually avoid Cyber Monday and Black Friday in favor of Burn It All To The Ground Wednesday.
December 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I usually avoid Cyber Monday and Black Friday in favor of Burn It All To The Ground Wednesday.
Reposted by Greg Spooner
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross