Eric
@erickilsti.bsky.social
Lifelong eclectic bibliophile, laborer and academic, amateur photographer, more or less retired, supportive father and husband. I am mainly here for news, ideas, intellectual connections, and an expanded sense of community.
The Last Words of #reneegood
YouTube video by Nathan Dufour Oglesby
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January 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"With the passage of Trump's death bill, we face the prospect of many great harms, including an archipelago of concentration camps across the United States."
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Concentration Camp Labor
Cannot Become Normal
snyder.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Reposted by Eric
Our elected officials have known about climate change for decades: The science has been settled for longer than many of us have been alive. So why do some still claim it’s uncertain?
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/our-...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/our-...
Our elected officials have known about climate change for decades » Yale Climate Connections
The science has been settled for longer than many of us have been alive. So why do some still claim it's uncertain?
yaleclimateconnections.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Minnesota LakeBrowser Team Member David Porter's first draft animation of interpolated Sentinel-2 chlorophyll a maps for 2024 open water season.
March 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“The mountains are high and the emperor is far away.” ~~~Chinese Proverb
March 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“The mountains are high and the emperor is far away.” ~~~Chinese Proverb
Reposted by Eric
March 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Take a break from doom scrolling and watch this interview.
American Conversations: Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Heather Cox Richardson, January 2025
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Take a break from doom scrolling and watch this interview.
Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
They did it for PEPFAR.
Now Ebola.
I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
March 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM