SGobblins
@samgobblins.bsky.social
Climate science, distributed energy, nature-based solutions, ecology, zoology, weird art, and weird comics. Deep South and Appalachia
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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"The growth of AI has been called the “savior” of the gas industry. In Virginia alone, the data center capital of the world, a new state report found that AI demand could add a new 1.5 gigawatt gas plant every two years for 15 consecutive years"
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AI is guzzling gas
Big Tech is paying for gas plants and pipelines to directly power data centers, threatening global climate goals.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"The growth of AI has been called the “savior” of the gas industry. In Virginia alone, the data center capital of the world, a new state report found that AI demand could add a new 1.5 gigawatt gas plant every two years for 15 consecutive years"
@ariellesamuel.bsky.social ---->
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"We know that air and water belong to all mankind and not merely to industrialists." - James Baldwin, 1970.
(The year the US EPA was created.)
(The year the US EPA was created.)
Every paragraph is a banger. I’m so happy right now. Sometimes you find a piece of writing just when you need it.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"We know that air and water belong to all mankind and not merely to industrialists." - James Baldwin, 1970.
(The year the US EPA was created.)
(The year the US EPA was created.)
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
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Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
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hey guys, bolsonaro is currently in prison 🥰
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
hey guys, bolsonaro is currently in prison 🥰
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My column from Monday. For the cost of an incomplete 4,000-bed prison in Elmore, Alabama could have paid for five years of health insurance and peace of mind for 174,000 Alabamians.
But our leaders don’t care. Because Alabama government is not designed to help people. It’s meant to control them.
But our leaders don’t care. Because Alabama government is not designed to help people. It’s meant to control them.
Alabama can never spend enough money on a prison | Alabama Reflector
State leaders who prioritize punishment and control over the welfare of citizens will never see any money spent on walls and bars as wasted.
alabamareflector.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My column from Monday. For the cost of an incomplete 4,000-bed prison in Elmore, Alabama could have paid for five years of health insurance and peace of mind for 174,000 Alabamians.
But our leaders don’t care. Because Alabama government is not designed to help people. It’s meant to control them.
But our leaders don’t care. Because Alabama government is not designed to help people. It’s meant to control them.
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House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks
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Weekend Watch: Have you seen IN SEARCH OF TOMORROW & IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS yet? They’re free to watch on Tubi!
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Weekend Watch: Have you seen IN SEARCH OF TOMORROW & IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS yet? They’re free to watch on Tubi!
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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Chuck Schumer didn't endorse Mamdani and probably didn't even vote for him and Mamdani called Trump a tyrant and a despot and Trump is laughing it up with the communist in the Oval Office while he puts sombreros on videos of Schumer and calls him a "Palestinian" as an insult.
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Chuck Schumer didn't endorse Mamdani and probably didn't even vote for him and Mamdani called Trump a tyrant and a despot and Trump is laughing it up with the communist in the Oval Office while he puts sombreros on videos of Schumer and calls him a "Palestinian" as an insult.
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he charmed that demented old man so hard he could’ve gotten into his will lmao
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
he charmed that demented old man so hard he could’ve gotten into his will lmao
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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we all knew this was going to happen but actually seeing it is so fucking funny bsky.app/profile/nikk...
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
we all knew this was going to happen but actually seeing it is so fucking funny bsky.app/profile/nikk...
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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More than 650 residents and advocates spoke out against Williams Transco’s SSEP project during the NC Department of Environmental Quality comment period on its air permit applications, which ended late yesterday. #NoSSEP https://loom.ly/PllNmQc
Hundreds of residents, advocates speak out against proposed Transco pipeline project
More than 650 residents and advocates have spoken out against Williams Transco’s Southeast Supply Enhancement project during the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality comment period on its air permit applications.
appvoices.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
More than 650 residents and advocates spoke out against Williams Transco’s SSEP project during the NC Department of Environmental Quality comment period on its air permit applications, which ended late yesterday. #NoSSEP https://loom.ly/PllNmQc
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Over the summer I read CLR James' "The Black Jacobins" and I mention it today because I've been listening to the class taught on it by Geo Maher through Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition & Reconstruction, available on YouTube.
#ThursdayBookChat
#ThursdayBookChat
Reading The Black Jacobins with Geo Maher, Week 1
YouTube video by Haymarket Books
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September 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Over the summer I read CLR James' "The Black Jacobins" and I mention it today because I've been listening to the class taught on it by Geo Maher through Haymarket Books and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition & Reconstruction, available on YouTube.
#ThursdayBookChat
#ThursdayBookChat
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Really excellent point that often gets lost in the (deserved) mockery.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Really excellent point that often gets lost in the (deserved) mockery.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
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I’ve been saying this for ages: These folks are doomed to be permanently angry because they’re angry about aspects of the culture that policy ultimately can’t change. They’re seeking political power as a consolation prize for lack of cultural power, and will always be dissatisfied.
I think this prediction is holding up pretty well, and maybe I should have noted the failure of the Turn Charlie Kirk Into A Martyr moment might have been the pinnacle of the phenomenon. In some deep way I think the New Right Loser Men fail to understand what state power can and can't do for them.
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’ve been saying this for ages: These folks are doomed to be permanently angry because they’re angry about aspects of the culture that policy ultimately can’t change. They’re seeking political power as a consolation prize for lack of cultural power, and will always be dissatisfied.
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CNN, NYT, AP, and other media orgs literally have interviewed families of people killed in Caribbean boat strikes, including some who say they were just fishermen.
Lies nested within lies, all in service of violating the laws of armed combat, for no evident national interest advancement at all.
Lies nested within lies, all in service of violating the laws of armed combat, for no evident national interest advancement at all.
Cotton on Trump's boat strikes: "Use common sense. If any of these had been boats full of fisherman or refugees, CNN would've already been on the ground & interviewed all their families & told their stories. We can be confident all of these strikes have been against cartel-based drug traffickers."
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
CNN, NYT, AP, and other media orgs literally have interviewed families of people killed in Caribbean boat strikes, including some who say they were just fishermen.
Lies nested within lies, all in service of violating the laws of armed combat, for no evident national interest advancement at all.
Lies nested within lies, all in service of violating the laws of armed combat, for no evident national interest advancement at all.
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Tomorrow in #Christiansburg, #VA: “Keeping the Lights On: Affordable Energy for Our Communities.”
📆 11/20 @ 5 pm
📍Christiansburg Public Library
Join us if you're someone impacted by 📈 ⚡ costs, or curious about #AffordableEnergy solutions.
RSVP: https://loom.ly/tTIaJOw
📆 11/20 @ 5 pm
📍Christiansburg Public Library
Join us if you're someone impacted by 📈 ⚡ costs, or curious about #AffordableEnergy solutions.
RSVP: https://loom.ly/tTIaJOw
Nov. 20: Keeping the Lights On: Affordable Energy for Our Communities
Nov. 20: Keeping the Lights On: Affordable Energy for Our Communities
appvoices.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Tomorrow in #Christiansburg, #VA: “Keeping the Lights On: Affordable Energy for Our Communities.”
📆 11/20 @ 5 pm
📍Christiansburg Public Library
Join us if you're someone impacted by 📈 ⚡ costs, or curious about #AffordableEnergy solutions.
RSVP: https://loom.ly/tTIaJOw
📆 11/20 @ 5 pm
📍Christiansburg Public Library
Join us if you're someone impacted by 📈 ⚡ costs, or curious about #AffordableEnergy solutions.
RSVP: https://loom.ly/tTIaJOw
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The great Naoki Urasawa once said something to the effect of "don't draw so much, let the audience do some of the work!"
And it blew my mind!!!
And it blew my mind!!!
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The great Naoki Urasawa once said something to the effect of "don't draw so much, let the audience do some of the work!"
And it blew my mind!!!
And it blew my mind!!!
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This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
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resources re: ICE presence in North Carolina, distribute widely if you feel like it. all love to my community, no love to the people who said "but what is fascism really? historically, blah blah, name-calling gets us nowhere" when we were all saying "these people are fascists"
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Show up for our neighbors
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November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
resources re: ICE presence in North Carolina, distribute widely if you feel like it. all love to my community, no love to the people who said "but what is fascism really? historically, blah blah, name-calling gets us nowhere" when we were all saying "these people are fascists"
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linktr.ee/apply_heat
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There is some incredible stuff here. Some of it has been solicited before and just… never showed up, so we’ll see what happens. But the new gigantic Heavy Metals they’re publishing now are really good, and I’m hopeful.
Heavy Metal's Library Unlocks
From cyberpunk to sensual apocalypse - Heavy Metal's library unlocks with four definitive Volumes that will blow your mind!
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
There is some incredible stuff here. Some of it has been solicited before and just… never showed up, so we’ll see what happens. But the new gigantic Heavy Metals they’re publishing now are really good, and I’m hopeful.