Ben Jervey
@askjerves.bsky.social
Freaking out about the climate emergency. Dorking out about energy policy.
Won Cash Cab.
(Mostly listening and amplifying. Never did like to talk in class.)
www.impactsus.org
Won Cash Cab.
(Mostly listening and amplifying. Never did like to talk in class.)
www.impactsus.org
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Have you ever wondered what it would have looked like if Hitler's SS had social media?
June 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Have you ever wondered what it would have looked like if Hitler's SS had social media?
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“Hundreds of protesters lined part of U.S. Highway 41 that slices through the marshy Everglades — also known as Tamiami Trail — as dump trucks hauling materials lumbered into the airfield.”
Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose 'Alligator Alcatraz'
The Florida immigration detention site dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is being met by opposition from a range of groups concerned with its impacts on local Native American tribes, the Everglades ecosyste...
apnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Hundreds of protesters lined part of U.S. Highway 41 that slices through the marshy Everglades — also known as Tamiami Trail — as dump trucks hauling materials lumbered into the airfield.”
@surber.bsky.social how much patreon would we have to raise to get you to start a cycling podcast in time for Le tour? ("we" being that tiny overlap on the fullcast listeners-cycling fans venn diagram) what's the number?
June 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@surber.bsky.social how much patreon would we have to raise to get you to start a cycling podcast in time for Le tour? ("we" being that tiny overlap on the fullcast listeners-cycling fans venn diagram) what's the number?
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🚨 Good Lord if Schumer is indeed whipping Ds to vote for CR giving Musk/Trump blank checks ..
Either way a complete dereliction of duty from Schumer to date through his silence on the Republican funding bill to and all nomination fights in general.
Total failure of leadership. Shameful.
Either way a complete dereliction of duty from Schumer to date through his silence on the Republican funding bill to and all nomination fights in general.
Total failure of leadership. Shameful.
March 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🚨 Good Lord if Schumer is indeed whipping Ds to vote for CR giving Musk/Trump blank checks ..
Either way a complete dereliction of duty from Schumer to date through his silence on the Republican funding bill to and all nomination fights in general.
Total failure of leadership. Shameful.
Either way a complete dereliction of duty from Schumer to date through his silence on the Republican funding bill to and all nomination fights in general.
Total failure of leadership. Shameful.
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It’s terrifying to be in Elon Musk’s crosshairs. I’ve spent the last 48 hours dealing with the aftermath of these tweets. Everything he has said about me and Troublemakers is an outright lie.
The right to protest is at the heart of American democracy. Join a #TeslaTakedown protest. ✊❤️
The right to protest is at the heart of American democracy. Join a #TeslaTakedown protest. ✊❤️
Musk doesn't get how nonviolent protest works. Why are we Troublemakers? Because as Rep. John Lewis, RIP, knew: in hard times, good trouble is ESSENTIAL to all that we love.
When the world is at risk, when democracy is at risk, we're either troublemakers—or collaborators.
So: who's a Troublemaker?
When the world is at risk, when democracy is at risk, we're either troublemakers—or collaborators.
So: who's a Troublemaker?
March 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s terrifying to be in Elon Musk’s crosshairs. I’ve spent the last 48 hours dealing with the aftermath of these tweets. Everything he has said about me and Troublemakers is an outright lie.
The right to protest is at the heart of American democracy. Join a #TeslaTakedown protest. ✊❤️
The right to protest is at the heart of American democracy. Join a #TeslaTakedown protest. ✊❤️
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The moment is right here for @warren.senate.gov warren to set up and call for impeachment of Bessent and urge her colleagues in the House to move on it.
Incredibly important lawsuit. In the meantime, House Democrats should make a privileged impeachment motion against Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
February 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The moment is right here for @warren.senate.gov warren to set up and call for impeachment of Bessent and urge her colleagues in the House to move on it.
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After “How do we stop Trump?” the second most common question I’ve received is “How do we stop Musk?”
Here's what we as ordinary citizens can do—a clear, easy, and meaningful call to action each person can and should take.
No paywall. Please read, act, & share.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-do-we-...
Here's what we as ordinary citizens can do—a clear, easy, and meaningful call to action each person can and should take.
No paywall. Please read, act, & share.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-do-we-...
How Do We Stop the South African Billionaire?
Take 30 seconds, demand the Treasury Department comply with the Privacy Act of 1974, and help spread the word—here's how
www.qasimrashid.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
After “How do we stop Trump?” the second most common question I’ve received is “How do we stop Musk?”
Here's what we as ordinary citizens can do—a clear, easy, and meaningful call to action each person can and should take.
No paywall. Please read, act, & share.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-do-we-...
Here's what we as ordinary citizens can do—a clear, easy, and meaningful call to action each person can and should take.
No paywall. Please read, act, & share.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-do-we-...
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They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for.
More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a NYT analysis found.
The purges have removed info about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
The purges have removed info about vaccines, veterans' care, hate crimes, and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
They have trashed valuable products your tax money paid for.
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Is there a link between #ClimateChange & increasing risk/severity of #wildfire in California--including the still-unfolding disaster? Yes. Is climate change the only factor at play? No, of course not. So what's really going on? [Thread] #CAfire #CAwx #LAfires iopscience.iop.org/a...
January 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Is there a link between #ClimateChange & increasing risk/severity of #wildfire in California--including the still-unfolding disaster? Yes. Is climate change the only factor at play? No, of course not. So what's really going on? [Thread] #CAfire #CAwx #LAfires iopscience.iop.org/a...
PSA: this Honda Prologue EV lease is crazyyyyyy good.
electrek.co/2024/11/21/h...
(Better than anything I’ve seen since we got our e-golf for $190/month with 0 down back in 2016)
electrek.co/2024/11/21/h...
(Better than anything I’ve seen since we got our e-golf for $190/month with 0 down back in 2016)
Honda is now offering its ultra-low $229/mo Prologue EV lease deal in more US states
For a nearly $50,000 SUV, Honda’s Prologue is hard to pass up right now, with lease prices starting at just...
electrek.co
November 24, 2024 at 1:40 PM
PSA: this Honda Prologue EV lease is crazyyyyyy good.
electrek.co/2024/11/21/h...
(Better than anything I’ve seen since we got our e-golf for $190/month with 0 down back in 2016)
electrek.co/2024/11/21/h...
(Better than anything I’ve seen since we got our e-golf for $190/month with 0 down back in 2016)
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"The next four years will be terrifying for anyone interested in truth. I want to read publications whose leaders are not afraid to call a fascist a fucking fascist."
I wrote about what Laura Helmuth accomplished at Scientific American, and what her resignation means for science journalism, and for me personally
defector.com/do-not-accep...
defector.com/do-not-accep...
Do Not Accept An Unscientific American | Defector
Laura Helmuth was named editor-in-chief of Scientific American in March 2020, shortly before the magazine was set to celebrate its 175th year in print. Helmuth, who had previously directed health and ...
defector.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:40 PM
"The next four years will be terrifying for anyone interested in truth. I want to read publications whose leaders are not afraid to call a fascist a fucking fascist."
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Trump's EPA pick backed by a billionaire texas fracking nutjob. No, not the billionaire texas fracking nutjobs backing Cruz, Shapiro, Peterson et al (Wilks Bros.) A different one. #greensky #energysky
www.desmog.com/2024/11/13/t...
www.desmog.com/2024/11/13/t...
November 13, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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Musk turned Twitter into a GOP propaganda machine.
Researchers say Twitter changed its algorithm to promote posts from Elon Musk and Republicans in the run-up to the election.
"The date at which (the spike) in engagement occurs coincides with Elon Musk's formal endorsement of Donald Trump on 13th July 2024."
eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
"The date at which (the spike) in engagement occurs coincides with Elon Musk's formal endorsement of Donald Trump on 13th July 2024."
eprints.qut.edu.au/253211/
November 13, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Musk turned Twitter into a GOP propaganda machine.
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Gonna be appointment watching when Trump actually has to meet him and introduce him publicly and shake hands, huh?
When i worked at @mmfa.bsky.social, we had a picture of Hegseth above the sink as a reminder to wash our hands
November 13, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Gonna be appointment watching when Trump actually has to meet him and introduce him publicly and shake hands, huh?
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When the votes are all counted, Trump will likely end up with the narrowest margin of victory since 2000.
Important to keep that in mind when you hear Trump and his bootlickers in the GOP and the media talk about him having a mandate. He doesn't and Democrats need to remember it and act like it.
Important to keep that in mind when you hear Trump and his bootlickers in the GOP and the media talk about him having a mandate. He doesn't and Democrats need to remember it and act like it.
Column | What the numbers actually say about the 2024 election
In what is likely to be the narrowest margin of victory since 2000, Trump probably benefitted from who stayed home.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:20 PM
When the votes are all counted, Trump will likely end up with the narrowest margin of victory since 2000.
Important to keep that in mind when you hear Trump and his bootlickers in the GOP and the media talk about him having a mandate. He doesn't and Democrats need to remember it and act like it.
Important to keep that in mind when you hear Trump and his bootlickers in the GOP and the media talk about him having a mandate. He doesn't and Democrats need to remember it and act like it.
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A stellar new investigation from @rebeccajohn.bsky.social has uncovered the first known time the oil industry was warned about rising CO2 from fossil fuels, 1954, incredibly via their own front group.
November 12, 2024 at 8:20 PM
A stellar new investigation from @rebeccajohn.bsky.social has uncovered the first known time the oil industry was warned about rising CO2 from fossil fuels, 1954, incredibly via their own front group.
!!!
November 12, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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Speaking of blue skies - we want make sure we have them. Here is a starter pack of good people including advocates, educators, writers, reporters - who have been engaging on climate change issues for year. All worth following. go.bsky.app/28npm3J
November 11, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Speaking of blue skies - we want make sure we have them. Here is a starter pack of good people including advocates, educators, writers, reporters - who have been engaging on climate change issues for year. All worth following. go.bsky.app/28npm3J
Strongly believe that for matters of the climate emergency, creeping fascism, and society's descent into techno-driven atomization, there is likely a 20-plus year-old Radiohead lyric anticipating it.
open.spotify.com/track/2dDqsU...
open.spotify.com/track/2dDqsU...
November 11, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Strongly believe that for matters of the climate emergency, creeping fascism, and society's descent into techno-driven atomization, there is likely a 20-plus year-old Radiohead lyric anticipating it.
open.spotify.com/track/2dDqsU...
open.spotify.com/track/2dDqsU...
So far, Bluesky is feeling like 2008-2012 Tumblr mashed up with 2009-2015 Twitter and that's a very very good thing.
November 10, 2024 at 1:16 PM
So far, Bluesky is feeling like 2008-2012 Tumblr mashed up with 2009-2015 Twitter and that's a very very good thing.
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Propaganda and disinformation provide, justify and normalize excuses for the powerful to harm/exploit/profiteer without accountability
There's a lot of other factors at play but you can't understand this election without acknowledging the influence of right-wing propaganda
newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
November 10, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Propaganda and disinformation provide, justify and normalize excuses for the powerful to harm/exploit/profiteer without accountability
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Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay
November 9, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay