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David Roberts

@volts.wtf

You've probably heard that a group of CA tech guys wants to build a brand new port city in northern CA. The project is called "California Forever" & it's apparently breaking ground this year. Lots of folks are skeptical!

On Wed., I'm going to talk with Jan Sramek, the founder/CEO.

Got questions?

California Forever

Building the next great American city

californiaforever.com

February 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM

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Shannon Osaka

@shannonosaka.bsky.social

I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team

Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com

February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM

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Center for Climate Integrity

@climateintegrity.org

Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠

A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future

In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.

www.levernews.com

February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM

Kangbyun

@kangbyun.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Tim Walz Fears a Fort Sumter Moment in Minneapolis

The Minnesota governor warns of a national unraveling.

www.theatlantic.com

January 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM

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Sammy Roth

@sammyroth.bsky.social

A sign at California's Muir Woods National Monument explaining that redwoods soak up planet-warming greenhouse gases has been removed by the Trump administration. One of many ways the National Park Service is now silencing science and history: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...

How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History

www.nytimes.com

January 27, 2026 at 4:26 AM

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Sammy Roth

@sammyroth.bsky.social

I needed this.

Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 10d

Wrote myself a pep talk to get back to work tomorrow. It helped me. Hope it helps you.

I don't know how to do this

But I'm going to keep doing it anyway.

heated.world

January 26, 2026 at 2:44 AM

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Scott Shapiro

@scottjshapiro.bsky.social

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11d

An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:

The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files

January 25, 2026 at 4:14 AM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM

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Scott Shapiro

@scottjshapiro.bsky.social

There is evil and then there is this

Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 12d

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.

www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure

The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.

www.startribune.com

January 24, 2026 at 12:33 AM

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Technology Connections

@techconnectify.bsky.social

This is, quite literally, our collective duty.

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 11d

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM

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Andrea Basso

@a4xrbj1.bsky.social

Tesla loses Europe BEV sales title to VW, which also passes Mercedes for PHEV lead

VW top-selling battery electric vehicle in Europe last year was the ID4, with a volume of 80,123, a gain of 24 percent on 2024.

#Paywall

Tesla loses Europe BEV sales title to VW, which also passes Mercedes for PHEV lead

VW was helped by double- and triple-digit percentage gains from its ID family of electric cars. Meanwhile, the PHEV version of its Tiguan helped the brand to take the top spot for plug-in hybrid cars.

www.autonews.com

January 21, 2026 at 5:24 AM

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Reuters

@reuters.com

BREAKING: The European Parliament suspended work on a trade deal between the 27-member bloc and the US following Trump's repeated requests to take control over Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory reut.rs/4bbpqGm

January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM

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Max Berger

@maxberger.bsky.social

Hakeem Jeffries comes out against the bill funding ICE and DHS. This seems like quite a big deal.

Scoop: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries opposes bill funding DHS and ICE

Democrats are lining up against the bill.

www.axios.com

January 21, 2026 at 4:55 PM

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Reuters

@reuters.com

Swedish pension fund Alecta cuts US Treasury holdings, citing policy uncertainty reut.rs/45p9TyV

Swedish pension fund Alecta cuts US Treasury holdings, citing policy uncertainty

Swedish pension fund Alecta has sold most of its holdings in U.S. Treasuries over the last year because of the increased risk and unpredictability of U.S. politics, the fund's chief investment officer said on Wednesday.

reut.rs

January 21, 2026 at 4:40 PM

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Adam Klasfeld

@klasfeldreports.com

Judge David Novak, a Trump appointee, slams Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche for responding to him with "a level of vitriol more appropriate for a cable news talk show" than the DOJ.

January 20, 2026 at 6:42 PM

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Adam Klasfeld

@klasfeldreports.com

BREAKING

A federal judge STRIKES the words "United States Attorney" from Lindsey Halligan's signature and warns that he will refer her to disciplinary proceedings if she persists in calling herself one.

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January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM

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Sammy Roth

@sammyroth.bsky.social

Bills in the California Legislature from @scottwiener.bsky.social would make it easier for people to install plug-in solar panels without utility delays, and also super-efficient electric heat pumps: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... via @alisontakemura.bsky.social

California bills would cut red tape for balcony solar and heat pumps

State Sen. Scott Wiener wants to tackle energy affordability by making it easier than ever for households to adopt increasingly popular clean-energy tech.

www.canarymedia.com

January 21, 2026 at 12:32 AM

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Ian James

@ianjames.bsky.social

For years, the water table has been dropping beneath thousands of acres of Arizona farmland where a Saudi dairy company has been allowed to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to grow hay. Now, the state is finally imposing limits. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Arizona draws a line on groundwater use after letting Saudi-owned company pump freely for years

Arizona's governor says the state will start limiting groundwater pumping in an area where a Saudi farm grows hay and aquifer levels are dropping.

www.latimes.com

January 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM

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Costa Samaras

@costasamaras.com

Has there been a WaPo very serious natsec Op-Ed that the U.S. hasn’t has a full-time White House National Security Advisor (head of the NSC) since May 2025, and the guy currently doing that job in an acting capacity has two other very demanding and important jobs?

January 11, 2026 at 5:13 AM

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John Muller

@mrjohnmuller.bsky.social

The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"

The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 25d

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

January 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM

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Adam Serwer

@adamserwer.bsky.social

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM

Kangbyun

@kangbyun.bsky.social

Democrats, don’t blow it. Remember the people in need.

Iowa Democrat Wins State Senate Seat, Fending Off G.O.P. Supermajority www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...