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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 12h

Could the Trump regime's plan to continue the beatings until morale improves be any more transparent?

We'll [tax consumers/eliminate health care/fire everyone] until American is Great Again!

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown

White House budget director Russell Vought said reductions in force were underway.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 19h

In direct contrast to coverage from right-wing media, Portland residents and officials have emphasized that it's actually federal agents who have been engaging in “violent tactics” against protesters.

Right-wing media say Portland is a war zone under siege. Local news paints a different picture.

Right-wing media claim that Portland’s protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement show a city “under siege” or “conquered by antifa,” but local news programs have reported the opposite. Mult...

www.mediamatters.org

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 16h

[inset Spider-Man pointing gif]
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 16h

Pound sand, Deputy Nosferatu.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 1d

Trust nothing this government tells you.
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...

ICE agent yells 'do something, b----' before shooting Chicago woman 5 times

The video is in stark conflict with the government’s account that federal agents in Broadview were “boxed in by 10 cars” and the woman, Marimar Martinez, 30, was one of the drivers

www.themirror.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 3d

Do any of these apply to you?
✅Low hanging fruit makes my mouth water.
✅I think I'm contrail curious.
✅I'm just looking for a short-term fix.

If so, join this @theicct.org webinar about our new aviation decarbonization study covering contrails.

Register here: theicct.org/event/aviati...

Aviation Vision 2050: The Potential for Climate Neutral Growth - International Council on Clean Transportation

theicct.org

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 4d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 4d

Ain’t too proud to beg, y’all!
Chip in to my local bike advocacy fundraiser. Or better yet, to your own.
biketothefuture.funraise.org/fundraiser/d...

Bike to the Future 2025

biketothefuture.funraise.org

Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 6d

Unhinged brilliance.

nz-nb.bsky.social @nz-nb.bsky.social · 6d

Horrific Sora 2 Video Shows Sam Altman Grilling a Dead Pikachu

https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/59942/

In case you missed it, OpenAI’s latest video generating tool Sora 2 launched earlier this week, and instantly…

Horrific Sora 2 Video Shows Sam Altman Grilling a Dead Pikachu - New Zealand News Beep

In case you missed it, OpenAI’s latest video generating tool Sora 2 launched earlier this week, and instantly did gangbusters at the slop office.

www.newsbeep.com

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 9d

Corner:animal. After sending the Department of War after blue cities, “watch out we’re going to fire some federal workers” doesn’t seem like much of a threat. www.axios.com/2025/10/01/w...

OMB chief Russell Vought: Federal workers layoffs to begin within a "day or two"

Vought told House Republicans the layoffs will be "consequential."

www.axios.com

Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 10d

Who doesn’t enjoy an upside down nap on hard tile?
Sheepish tail wag needs work though.

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 13d

Scenes from the lawless streets of Portland, OR.

Urban street. Front entrance to animal hospital.

Band playing on the street. Courthouse in the background.

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 13d

Those three are best of friends. But they held that pose for 90 seconds, for reasons only they know.

Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 13d

High Noon, but for play.

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 14d

For the uninitiated, that’s Montebello Road, about 2000’ up at 7 am.

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 14d

Silicon Valley companies suck.
Silicon Valley cycling? Can’t be beat.

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 14d

At that point, the cooling effects of cutting SLCPs are overpowered by accumulating atmospheric CO2 (Fig 16). This illustrates the value of an aviation Full Breakthrough that uses near-term SLCP cuts to buy time to mature new technologies to reduce GHGs. (END) theicct.org/publication/...

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 14d

One might ask: if the SLCP Forward scenario holds aviation's share of WB2D warming constant through 2050 without additional CO2 controls, why do we say that net-zero CO2 is still necessary? The answer: we still care about the Earth after 2050!/

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 14d

The Full Breakthrough scenario combines these two scenarios and cuts aviation's share of warming in half (2%) under 1.7°C and holds it constant (4%) even under the very challenging 1.5°C scenario. Not too shabby for a "hard to abate" sector!/

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 14d

The SLCP Forward scenario, which forgoes additional CO2 reduction in favor of aggressive cuts in SLCPs, cuts that down to its historical share (4%)./

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Dan Rutherford @rutherdan.bsky.social · 14d

In contrast, the GHG Forward scenario applies maximum feasible reductions in CO₂ through sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), zero-emission planes, and improved fuel efficiency to reduce that share to 9%. Still, more than a doubling of aviation's historical share./

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