Alex Basson
@alexbasson.bsky.social
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Not enough people are aware of the fact that last year, California ran on 100% clean electricity for the equivalent of 51 days – with the grid running on 100% clean energy for some period on 60% of days.
Not enough people support climate action because they've been led to believe it's not possible.
Not enough people support climate action because they've been led to believe it's not possible.
a poster that says " good clean jobs will rebuild america " on it
ALT: a poster that says " good clean jobs will rebuild america " on it
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Not enough people are aware of the fact that last year, California ran on 100% clean electricity for the equivalent of 51 days – with the grid running on 100% clean energy for some period on 60% of days.
Not enough people support climate action because they've been led to believe it's not possible.
Not enough people support climate action because they've been led to believe it's not possible.
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
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ALMOST EVERYTHING about penguins is cute.
There is *one exception*: they are champion poop producers. Specifically, they would win the long-distance contest.
Humboldt penguins can propel poop well over twice their own height (picture is unrelated).
Warning: thread contains penguin defecation.
There is *one exception*: they are champion poop producers. Specifically, they would win the long-distance contest.
Humboldt penguins can propel poop well over twice their own height (picture is unrelated).
Warning: thread contains penguin defecation.
a group of penguins standing on top of a pile of ice .
Alt: a group of penguins standing on top of a pile of ice . One suddenly steps on thin ice and faceplants into soft spot, disappearing beneath the water.
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
ALMOST EVERYTHING about penguins is cute.
There is *one exception*: they are champion poop producers. Specifically, they would win the long-distance contest.
Humboldt penguins can propel poop well over twice their own height (picture is unrelated).
Warning: thread contains penguin defecation.
There is *one exception*: they are champion poop producers. Specifically, they would win the long-distance contest.
Humboldt penguins can propel poop well over twice their own height (picture is unrelated).
Warning: thread contains penguin defecation.
PLURIBUS is a show about aliens in the same way that Breaking Bad is a show about cancer.
January 20, 2026 at 2:34 PM
PLURIBUS is a show about aliens in the same way that Breaking Bad is a show about cancer.
Grand Sichuan, at the base of the Manhattan Bridge. Closed the day after my daughter was born, which I know b/c my recovering wife asked me to pick up dumplings and when I got there they were packing up the chairs. Best ever dan-dan noodles and double-cooked pork, and fabulous hot pot.
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Grand Sichuan, at the base of the Manhattan Bridge. Closed the day after my daughter was born, which I know b/c my recovering wife asked me to pick up dumplings and when I got there they were packing up the chairs. Best ever dan-dan noodles and double-cooked pork, and fabulous hot pot.
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$1 BILLION per nation to stay on the Gaza “Peace Board” — with Trump controlling the money.
Obscene, indefensible corruption. Monetizing the slaughter. There is no bottom. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-w...
Obscene, indefensible corruption. Monetizing the slaughter. There is no bottom. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-w...
January 18, 2026 at 2:10 AM
$1 BILLION per nation to stay on the Gaza “Peace Board” — with Trump controlling the money.
Obscene, indefensible corruption. Monetizing the slaughter. There is no bottom. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-w...
Obscene, indefensible corruption. Monetizing the slaughter. There is no bottom. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-w...
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When the First Amendment says the government cannot abridge your freedom of speech it doesn't mean, like, the government *cannot* abridge your freedom of speech. It means, like, the government can, if it wants, abridge your freedom of speech.
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's LGBQT club to drag show ban, saying the First Amendment doesn't protect "self-expression in all forms, and certainly not the libertine 'expressive conduct' absolutism envisioned" by the group. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #168 in Spectrum WT v. Wendler (N.D. Tex., 2:23-cv-00048) – CourtListener.com
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW (Ordered by Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk on 1/17/2026) (vls)
storage.courtlistener.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 AM
When the First Amendment says the government cannot abridge your freedom of speech it doesn't mean, like, the government *cannot* abridge your freedom of speech. It means, like, the government can, if it wants, abridge your freedom of speech.
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ICE just confronted us in our car saying it’s our first & final warning. There’s nothing illegal about driving your car safely on Stinson, Lowry, or any street in our community.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
January 14, 2026 at 9:57 PM
ICE just confronted us in our car saying it’s our first & final warning. There’s nothing illegal about driving your car safely on Stinson, Lowry, or any street in our community.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
When you’re mean to a mastodon, all the others say,
“Throw that husk off your tusk” all day.
It’s a mastodon expression and it makes no sense,
Unless you are the ancestors of elephants.
“Throw that husk off your tusk” all day.
It’s a mastodon expression and it makes no sense,
Unless you are the ancestors of elephants.
January 14, 2026 at 2:45 AM
When you’re mean to a mastodon, all the others say,
“Throw that husk off your tusk” all day.
It’s a mastodon expression and it makes no sense,
Unless you are the ancestors of elephants.
“Throw that husk off your tusk” all day.
It’s a mastodon expression and it makes no sense,
Unless you are the ancestors of elephants.
Holy shit Matthew Golden
January 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Holy shit Matthew Golden
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Hey NYC, if you want to yell with a bunch of likeminded NYers that it’s not ok for the government to fucking murder people for no reason, among other terrible things, here’s where they’ll be:
January 7, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Hey NYC, if you want to yell with a bunch of likeminded NYers that it’s not ok for the government to fucking murder people for no reason, among other terrible things, here’s where they’ll be:
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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“Does discrimination drive alienation?” is a great question and it feels like there are some other groups that might make clearer case studies than white men
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“Does discrimination drive alienation?” is a great question and it feels like there are some other groups that might make clearer case studies than white men
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One annoying thing about the tortured Young Men discourse is that we too often treat them as if they have zero agency in all of this. They have choices. They can choose not to be toxic.
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
One annoying thing about the tortured Young Men discourse is that we too often treat them as if they have zero agency in all of this. They have choices. They can choose not to be toxic.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
This is just plain evil on the part of Uber & DoorDash. There's no legitimate reason to oppose giving customers the option to tip before checkout. "tipping fatigue" gtfoh www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/n...
Uber and DoorDash Try to Halt N.Y.C. Law That Encourages Tipping
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is just plain evil on the part of Uber & DoorDash. There's no legitimate reason to oppose giving customers the option to tip before checkout. "tipping fatigue" gtfoh www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/n...
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When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
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By now the broad story of USAID’s ruin has been widely told: The decree handed down by President Donald Trump; Elon Musk and Russell Vought to scuttle the agency and undo decades of humanitarian work in the name of austerity. 1/x
December 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
By now the broad story of USAID’s ruin has been widely told: The decree handed down by President Donald Trump; Elon Musk and Russell Vought to scuttle the agency and undo decades of humanitarian work in the name of austerity. 1/x
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
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We should bookmark this for when all the wingnuts are complaining about the giant street parties that are happening after Trump finally kicks it.
December 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We should bookmark this for when all the wingnuts are complaining about the giant street parties that are happening after Trump finally kicks it.
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This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants