@one-earth.bsky.social
Live simply, so that others can simply live.
Physicist, science educator, environmental scientist, ...
Physicist, science educator, environmental scientist, ...
The assault on human rights & academic freedom continues
Receiving AIPAC funding should disqualify any political candidate from serving
www.aa.com.tr/en/world/isr...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Receiving AIPAC funding should disqualify any political candidate from serving
www.aa.com.tr/en/world/isr...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A Harvard scholar’s ouster exposes a crisis of institutional integrity | Eric Reinhart
The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academia
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The assault on human rights & academic freedom continues
Receiving AIPAC funding should disqualify any political candidate from serving
www.aa.com.tr/en/world/isr...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Receiving AIPAC funding should disqualify any political candidate from serving
www.aa.com.tr/en/world/isr...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ultimately science doesn't care what you believe
If MAGA, GOP, & the fossil fuel industry degrade or shutdown US climate research it won't stop the ongoing crisis
The damage this administration has done to scientific, health, & educational progress is incalculable
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
If MAGA, GOP, & the fossil fuel industry degrade or shutdown US climate research it won't stop the ongoing crisis
The damage this administration has done to scientific, health, & educational progress is incalculable
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump administration moves to dismantle prominent US weather and climate research center
The Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
abcnews.go.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Ultimately science doesn't care what you believe
If MAGA, GOP, & the fossil fuel industry degrade or shutdown US climate research it won't stop the ongoing crisis
The damage this administration has done to scientific, health, & educational progress is incalculable
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
If MAGA, GOP, & the fossil fuel industry degrade or shutdown US climate research it won't stop the ongoing crisis
The damage this administration has done to scientific, health, & educational progress is incalculable
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
The nation's top safety investigator, J Homendy, warned that the defense policy bill would undermine aviation safety improvements
"If it sounds like I'm mad, I am mad. This is shameful."
She sounds competent
What's the odds she gets fired
www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...
"If it sounds like I'm mad, I am mad. This is shameful."
She sounds competent
What's the odds she gets fired
www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...
NTSB warns that defense bill could undermine aviation safety changes after DCA crash
The head of the NTSB is voicing strong opposition to provisions in the defense policy bill. The NTSB says the House bill would undermine safety improvements made after the mid-air collision near DCA.
www.npr.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The nation's top safety investigator, J Homendy, warned that the defense policy bill would undermine aviation safety improvements
"If it sounds like I'm mad, I am mad. This is shameful."
She sounds competent
What's the odds she gets fired
www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...
"If it sounds like I'm mad, I am mad. This is shameful."
She sounds competent
What's the odds she gets fired
www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...
Dominance hierarchies lie deep in our evolutionary roots, but religions have institutionalized, exploited, & monetized them to such an extent that such institutions should not be tax-exempt
Those that promote counter-factual faith are in part responsible for MAGA
finance.yahoo.com/news/daughte...
Those that promote counter-factual faith are in part responsible for MAGA
finance.yahoo.com/news/daughte...
A Daughter Says They're Struggling Financially, But She Caught Her Mom 'Giving Thousands Of Dollars Monthly To A Megachurch'
A woman on Reddit sparked a wave of outrage and sympathy after revealing that her mom regularly claims they’re broke, while secretly sending thousands of dollars to a megachurch. “My mom says we don’t...
finance.yahoo.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Dominance hierarchies lie deep in our evolutionary roots, but religions have institutionalized, exploited, & monetized them to such an extent that such institutions should not be tax-exempt
Those that promote counter-factual faith are in part responsible for MAGA
finance.yahoo.com/news/daughte...
Those that promote counter-factual faith are in part responsible for MAGA
finance.yahoo.com/news/daughte...
Shout out to @kenmartin.bsky.social for his DNC leadership
Our role is not to put our thumb on the scale in primaries
"it is up to Dem voters to determine the nominee & the DNC's responsibility is to respect those results & "to fight like hell for that nominee...
www.cbsnews.com/news/dnc-dem...
Our role is not to put our thumb on the scale in primaries
"it is up to Dem voters to determine the nominee & the DNC's responsibility is to respect those results & "to fight like hell for that nominee...
www.cbsnews.com/news/dnc-dem...
DNC chair points to 2025 wins as a map out of the political wilderness heading into the midterm cycle
"I won't feel like we're out of the wilderness until we win in '28," DNC Chairman Ken Martin told CBS News in the first in a series of interviews with both major parties' leaders ahead of next year's ...
www.cbsnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Shout out to @kenmartin.bsky.social for his DNC leadership
Our role is not to put our thumb on the scale in primaries
"it is up to Dem voters to determine the nominee & the DNC's responsibility is to respect those results & "to fight like hell for that nominee...
www.cbsnews.com/news/dnc-dem...
Our role is not to put our thumb on the scale in primaries
"it is up to Dem voters to determine the nominee & the DNC's responsibility is to respect those results & "to fight like hell for that nominee...
www.cbsnews.com/news/dnc-dem...
SCROTUS strikes again!
No need for facts or fair voting laws when MAGA has a super majority
What is the high court high on, you ask?
Power of course
The Roberts court puts the R in SROTUS
We need term limits and enforceable ethics codes for SCOTUS justices ASAP
www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...
No need for facts or fair voting laws when MAGA has a super majority
What is the high court high on, you ask?
Power of course
The Roberts court puts the R in SROTUS
We need term limits and enforceable ethics codes for SCOTUS justices ASAP
www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court allows Texas GOP to use new redistricted map for now
Texas approved a new congressional map this summer after Trump urged state GOP lawmakers to craft new House district lines to help Republicans hold onto their majority in the 2026 midterms.
www.cbsnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
SCROTUS strikes again!
No need for facts or fair voting laws when MAGA has a super majority
What is the high court high on, you ask?
Power of course
The Roberts court puts the R in SROTUS
We need term limits and enforceable ethics codes for SCOTUS justices ASAP
www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...
No need for facts or fair voting laws when MAGA has a super majority
What is the high court high on, you ask?
Power of course
The Roberts court puts the R in SROTUS
We need term limits and enforceable ethics codes for SCOTUS justices ASAP
www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...
Reposted
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Does anyone think that deregulating the banks and finance sector will work out well?
www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
Opinion | The cost of Trump's bank deregulation could be catastrophic
"The Trump Administration is running into that historical trap, scrapping critical bank rules and the people who enforce them at record speed," Julie Siegel writes.
www.ms.now
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Does anyone think that deregulating the banks and finance sector will work out well?
www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
It is doing exactly this.
Cannot even call out genocide w/o some fool pretending that it is antisemitic.
Get the political, religious, and economic propaganda & the aspiring autocrat's fascist minions out of education
truthout.org/articles/edu...
Cannot even call out genocide w/o some fool pretending that it is antisemitic.
Get the political, religious, and economic propaganda & the aspiring autocrat's fascist minions out of education
truthout.org/articles/edu...
Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely
New efforts to shut down honest discussion of Palestine could restrict everything from literature to science classes.
truthout.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It is doing exactly this.
Cannot even call out genocide w/o some fool pretending that it is antisemitic.
Get the political, religious, and economic propaganda & the aspiring autocrat's fascist minions out of education
truthout.org/articles/edu...
Cannot even call out genocide w/o some fool pretending that it is antisemitic.
Get the political, religious, and economic propaganda & the aspiring autocrat's fascist minions out of education
truthout.org/articles/edu...
Finally, a US corporate news article calls the aspiring autocrat occupying the WH an ass...
This is long overdue even if it's just a typo
abcnews.go.com
Sadly they will probably get sued for this
This is long overdue even if it's just a typo
abcnews.go.com
Sadly they will probably get sued for this
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Finally, a US corporate news article calls the aspiring autocrat occupying the WH an ass...
This is long overdue even if it's just a typo
abcnews.go.com
Sadly they will probably get sued for this
This is long overdue even if it's just a typo
abcnews.go.com
Sadly they will probably get sued for this
Peru & Brazil are showing the US how to respond when criminals are able to get elected to the presidency
Let's follow their example
No more M Garlands or P Bondis, we need people who care about the rule of law in the DOJ!
www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/nationa...
edition.cnn.com/peru-sentenc...
Let's follow their example
No more M Garlands or P Bondis, we need people who care about the rule of law in the DOJ!
www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/nationa...
edition.cnn.com/peru-sentenc...
Peru sentences former President Pedro Castillo just a day after another presidential conviction | CNN
A court in Peru sentenced former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo to more than 11 years in prison on Thursday. In a two-to-one vote, the Special Criminal Chamber of Peru’s Supreme Court found him gui...
edition.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Peru & Brazil are showing the US how to respond when criminals are able to get elected to the presidency
Let's follow their example
No more M Garlands or P Bondis, we need people who care about the rule of law in the DOJ!
www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/nationa...
edition.cnn.com/peru-sentenc...
Let's follow their example
No more M Garlands or P Bondis, we need people who care about the rule of law in the DOJ!
www.columbiagorgenews.com/news/nationa...
edition.cnn.com/peru-sentenc...
Since 2023, at least $16.3 billion in US taxpayer dollars has been given as direct military aid to Israel
www.cfr.org/article/us-a...
Since 2023, the apartheid regime has murdered over 65,000 Gazans (mostly civilians)
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
US must stop funding genocide!
www.cfr.org/article/us-a...
Since 2023, the apartheid regime has murdered over 65,000 Gazans (mostly civilians)
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
US must stop funding genocide!
U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts
Israel has long been the leading recipient of U.S. foreign aid, including military assistance. That aid has come under heightened scrutiny over the course of Israel’s conflicts with Hamas and Iran.
www.cfr.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Since 2023, at least $16.3 billion in US taxpayer dollars has been given as direct military aid to Israel
www.cfr.org/article/us-a...
Since 2023, the apartheid regime has murdered over 65,000 Gazans (mostly civilians)
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
US must stop funding genocide!
www.cfr.org/article/us-a...
Since 2023, the apartheid regime has murdered over 65,000 Gazans (mostly civilians)
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
US must stop funding genocide!
Boycott ICE
by boycotting the companies that support fascism & racism
Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Home Depot, Spotify, Target, Tesla, SpaceX,
Boycott Black Friday & buy local
Let the oligarchs know that we are serious!
www.beyondtheballot.org/iceout
by boycotting the companies that support fascism & racism
Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Home Depot, Spotify, Target, Tesla, SpaceX,
Boycott Black Friday & buy local
Let the oligarchs know that we are serious!
www.beyondtheballot.org/iceout
ICE OUT OF MY WALLET — Beyond the Ballot
Boycott corporations profiting from ICE’s violence, detention, deportation and surveillance. Our money won’t fund oppression.
www.beyondtheballot.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Boycott ICE
by boycotting the companies that support fascism & racism
Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Home Depot, Spotify, Target, Tesla, SpaceX,
Boycott Black Friday & buy local
Let the oligarchs know that we are serious!
www.beyondtheballot.org/iceout
by boycotting the companies that support fascism & racism
Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Home Depot, Spotify, Target, Tesla, SpaceX,
Boycott Black Friday & buy local
Let the oligarchs know that we are serious!
www.beyondtheballot.org/iceout
There is an ongoing war on the lower classes, it has left many w/o hope for a better future...
& Dems are complicit in this
We have a class problem in the Dem party
86 Democrats Join GOP in Voting for ‘Very, Very Stupid’ Resolution Condemning Socialism
www.commondreams.org/news/democra...
& Dems are complicit in this
We have a class problem in the Dem party
86 Democrats Join GOP in Voting for ‘Very, Very Stupid’ Resolution Condemning Socialism
www.commondreams.org/news/democra...
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There is an ongoing war on the lower classes, it has left many w/o hope for a better future...
& Dems are complicit in this
We have a class problem in the Dem party
86 Democrats Join GOP in Voting for ‘Very, Very Stupid’ Resolution Condemning Socialism
www.commondreams.org/news/democra...
& Dems are complicit in this
We have a class problem in the Dem party
86 Democrats Join GOP in Voting for ‘Very, Very Stupid’ Resolution Condemning Socialism
www.commondreams.org/news/democra...
The COP consensus decision-making process has failed us
They can't even mention phasing out fossil fuels
drilled.media
Meanwhile, GHG emissions have us on track for warming in excess of 2C
It's past time to stop the billionaire class from destroying the planet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They can't even mention phasing out fossil fuels
drilled.media
Meanwhile, GHG emissions have us on track for warming in excess of 2C
It's past time to stop the billionaire class from destroying the planet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The COP consensus decision-making process has failed us
They can't even mention phasing out fossil fuels
drilled.media
Meanwhile, GHG emissions have us on track for warming in excess of 2C
It's past time to stop the billionaire class from destroying the planet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They can't even mention phasing out fossil fuels
drilled.media
Meanwhile, GHG emissions have us on track for warming in excess of 2C
It's past time to stop the billionaire class from destroying the planet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A simple progressive taxation scheme could do remove our government's apparent trouble in financing universal education, health care, & nutritional support.
truthout.org/articles/col...
truthout.org/articles/col...
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A simple progressive taxation scheme could do remove our government's apparent trouble in financing universal education, health care, & nutritional support.
truthout.org/articles/col...
truthout.org/articles/col...
Does anyone think that we'll be able to reform the DNC after its disastrous performance against the aspiring autocrat last cycle?
Or does the monied class have far too much influence for that?
www.commondreams.org/news/schumer...
Or does the monied class have far too much influence for that?
www.commondreams.org/news/schumer...
Survey Shows Large Majority of Grassroots Democrats Back Primary Challenges for Schumer and Jeffries | Common Dreams
Democrats face backlash from progressive voters as survey shows overwhelming support for primary challenges against party leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer.
www.commondreams.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Does anyone think that we'll be able to reform the DNC after its disastrous performance against the aspiring autocrat last cycle?
Or does the monied class have far too much influence for that?
www.commondreams.org/news/schumer...
Or does the monied class have far too much influence for that?
www.commondreams.org/news/schumer...
@enbuenora.bsky.social, Common Dreams quoted you:
DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals. Its goals were never efficiency or saving money. Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
www.commondreams.org/news/doge-do...
DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals. Its goals were never efficiency or saving money. Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
www.commondreams.org/news/doge-do...
DOGE 'Doesn't Exist' Anymore, But the Damage It Did 'Will Be Felt for a Long Time' | Common Dreams
"The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths," one expert said.
www.commondreams.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
@enbuenora.bsky.social, Common Dreams quoted you:
DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals. Its goals were never efficiency or saving money. Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
www.commondreams.org/news/doge-do...
DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals. Its goals were never efficiency or saving money. Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
www.commondreams.org/news/doge-do...
Just a reminder of the ongoing #classwar that underlies MAGA fascism in the US & right-wing movements globally.
These are the masks worn by the plutocrats and oligarchs dominating our world.
"The richest 1 percent own more wealth than 95 percent of humanity"
truthout.org/articles/wea...
These are the masks worn by the plutocrats and oligarchs dominating our world.
"The richest 1 percent own more wealth than 95 percent of humanity"
truthout.org/articles/wea...
Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?
A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.
truthout.org
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Just a reminder of the ongoing #classwar that underlies MAGA fascism in the US & right-wing movements globally.
These are the masks worn by the plutocrats and oligarchs dominating our world.
"The richest 1 percent own more wealth than 95 percent of humanity"
truthout.org/articles/wea...
These are the masks worn by the plutocrats and oligarchs dominating our world.
"The richest 1 percent own more wealth than 95 percent of humanity"
truthout.org/articles/wea...
Climate change represents a global threat
But some Dems are down w/ climate denialism
The following fools led by Josh Shapiro (Gov Penn), J Polis (CO) N Lamont from (CT), W Moore (MD) M Healey (MA), & D McKee (RI) want to further deregulate the energy infrastructure
truthout.org/articles/6-d...
But some Dems are down w/ climate denialism
The following fools led by Josh Shapiro (Gov Penn), J Polis (CO) N Lamont from (CT), W Moore (MD) M Healey (MA), & D McKee (RI) want to further deregulate the energy infrastructure
truthout.org/articles/6-d...
6 Democratic Governors Have Linked Arms With the GOP to Push Fossil Fuels
A bipartisan group of 13 governors urges Congress to “reform” energy permitting. It’s a terrible idea.
truthout.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Climate change represents a global threat
But some Dems are down w/ climate denialism
The following fools led by Josh Shapiro (Gov Penn), J Polis (CO) N Lamont from (CT), W Moore (MD) M Healey (MA), & D McKee (RI) want to further deregulate the energy infrastructure
truthout.org/articles/6-d...
But some Dems are down w/ climate denialism
The following fools led by Josh Shapiro (Gov Penn), J Polis (CO) N Lamont from (CT), W Moore (MD) M Healey (MA), & D McKee (RI) want to further deregulate the energy infrastructure
truthout.org/articles/6-d...
The aspiring autocrat occupying the WH is committing mass murder in slow motion
Fool's short-sighted policies will ultimately kill tens of millions
Two examples
Defunding USAID ~ 14 million
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
climate policies at least 1.3 million
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Fool's short-sighted policies will ultimately kill tens of millions
Two examples
Defunding USAID ~ 14 million
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
climate policies at least 1.3 million
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The aspiring autocrat occupying the WH is committing mass murder in slow motion
Fool's short-sighted policies will ultimately kill tens of millions
Two examples
Defunding USAID ~ 14 million
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
climate policies at least 1.3 million
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Fool's short-sighted policies will ultimately kill tens of millions
Two examples
Defunding USAID ~ 14 million
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
climate policies at least 1.3 million
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
If you wonder why MAGA hates education, remember that the level of college education attained by someone is one of the strongest predictors of how they will vote
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
apnews.com/article/educ...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
apnews.com/article/educ...
Education Department takes a major step forward in the Trump administration's plans to dismantle it
The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
apnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If you wonder why MAGA hates education, remember that the level of college education attained by someone is one of the strongest predictors of how they will vote
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
apnews.com/article/educ...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
apnews.com/article/educ...
Meanwhile, among civilized people
"Protesters blockaded the main entrance to the Cop30 climate conference... the Munduruku people in the Amazon basin... with some assistance from international green groups, watched by a huge phalanx of riot police, soldiers..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Protesters blockaded the main entrance to the Cop30 climate conference... the Munduruku people in the Amazon basin... with some assistance from international green groups, watched by a huge phalanx of riot police, soldiers..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Protesters blockade Cop30 summit over plight of Indigenous peoples
Munduruku people demand to speak to Brazil’s president, saying they are never listened to
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Meanwhile, among civilized people
"Protesters blockaded the main entrance to the Cop30 climate conference... the Munduruku people in the Amazon basin... with some assistance from international green groups, watched by a huge phalanx of riot police, soldiers..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Protesters blockaded the main entrance to the Cop30 climate conference... the Munduruku people in the Amazon basin... with some assistance from international green groups, watched by a huge phalanx of riot police, soldiers..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...