Beeveeme
@beeveeme.bsky.social
garden variety enviro attorney
born at 325 ppm
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born at 325 ppm
likes and reposts do not equate to endorsement
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In related news about the Washington Post and the state of journalism today, Amazon "ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion."
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts
The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'
www.politico.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
In related news about the Washington Post and the state of journalism today, Amazon "ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion."
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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social housing for the win! if your yimby doesn’t include social housing, i don’t want it.
@raeforla.bsky.social and hasan piker get it.
@raeforla.bsky.social and hasan piker get it.
"A lot of the net worth people have is tied to their housing, that creates this design where people want the housing prices to go up. But houses are for living in, they're not for speculation"
"Yeah absolutely, homes are for people, not for profit"
"Yeah absolutely, homes are for people, not for profit"
February 6, 2026 at 6:45 AM
social housing for the win! if your yimby doesn’t include social housing, i don’t want it.
@raeforla.bsky.social and hasan piker get it.
@raeforla.bsky.social and hasan piker get it.
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Had to check and make sure this is real. It is, and the music that plays over the depiction of the Obamas as apes is the first few bars of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Had to check and make sure this is real. It is, and the music that plays over the depiction of the Obamas as apes is the first few bars of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”
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One of the key problems with the coexistence of billionaires and a subservient media is that the ravings of mentally ill men are presented as headline news.
We live in a delusional rich man's fever dream.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
One of the key problems with the coexistence of billionaires and a subservient media is that the ravings of mentally ill men are presented as headline news.
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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...
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
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...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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When it’s EVs:
“The grid will collapse from EV electricity demand!!”
When it’s data centers:
“We need to build nuclear plants and gas fired plants to meet demand!”
“The grid will collapse from EV electricity demand!!”
When it’s data centers:
“We need to build nuclear plants and gas fired plants to meet demand!”
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
When it’s EVs:
“The grid will collapse from EV electricity demand!!”
When it’s data centers:
“We need to build nuclear plants and gas fired plants to meet demand!”
“The grid will collapse from EV electricity demand!!”
When it’s data centers:
“We need to build nuclear plants and gas fired plants to meet demand!”
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My full report, overnight at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/the-system...
"The system sucks," or what a federal lawyer's comments really tell us about the Trump admin
Julie Le's comments are shocking, but they are a problem of the Trump admin’s own making. And it goes way beyond one lawyer new to the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office.
www.lawdork.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:15 AM
My full report, overnight at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/the-system...
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Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth.
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
Accounting for methane from natural gas infrastructure in United States greenhouse gas emission estimates
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that United States net greenhouse gas emissions have declined over the last two decades and are no…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth.
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
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"With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED."
BREAKING: Federal judge orders Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R., released.
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
![Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February [sic], 2026.
Fred Biery
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
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January 31, 2026 at 8:48 PM
"With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED."
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Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
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When WSJ falls in love with Chinese EV, the “Big 3” are in big trouble. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don’t Want to Buy American Cars Anymore.
Amazing battery range, customizable interiors and sleek software—our columnist fell in love with a Xiaomi SU7 Max after driving it for a few weeks.
www.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:11 PM
When WSJ falls in love with Chinese EV, the “Big 3” are in big trouble. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
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@fortune.com covered our Tax Fellow @bdgesq.bsky.social’s new report released this morning outlining a new model for a nationwide ultrawealth tax.
Extreme wealth = extreme power. Here’s a concrete way to rein it in. ⬇️
Extreme wealth = extreme power. Here’s a concrete way to rein it in. ⬇️
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 PM
@fortune.com covered our Tax Fellow @bdgesq.bsky.social’s new report released this morning outlining a new model for a nationwide ultrawealth tax.
Extreme wealth = extreme power. Here’s a concrete way to rein it in. ⬇️
Extreme wealth = extreme power. Here’s a concrete way to rein it in. ⬇️
I suspect she does not have Keynes meaning, where he said “in the long run” we are all dead.
January 28, 2026 at 4:41 AM
I suspect she does not have Keynes meaning, where he said “in the long run” we are all dead.
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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
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...
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Look, I'm glad we're having a conversation about the hypocrisy of the legal logic used by America's gun nuts. But can we stop pretending this is a new thing? They have never advocated for universal access to firearms. They only want their team to be armed. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Conservatives, liberals shift gun rights arguments after shooting
Some gun rights backers cite Alex Pretti’s gun as a justification for his killing in Minneapolis, while gun-control supporters dismiss its relevance.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Look, I'm glad we're having a conversation about the hypocrisy of the legal logic used by America's gun nuts. But can we stop pretending this is a new thing? They have never advocated for universal access to firearms. They only want their team to be armed. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Went to see The Secret Agent last night — an amazing, gorgeous, disturbing contemplation of dictatorship and memory. @sociologyofplants.bsky.social you should see it if you have not?
January 25, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Went to see The Secret Agent last night — an amazing, gorgeous, disturbing contemplation of dictatorship and memory. @sociologyofplants.bsky.social you should see it if you have not?
This walk on the precipice is procedurally fascinating. In looking up Judge Grasz, I was reminded that he was one of the few judges the ABA found temperamentally unqualified. static.politico.com/0f/11/a77b9e...
January 25, 2026 at 5:59 PM
This walk on the precipice is procedurally fascinating. In looking up Judge Grasz, I was reminded that he was one of the few judges the ABA found temperamentally unqualified. static.politico.com/0f/11/a77b9e...
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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A Trump regime cover up. Just as they did with Renée Good.
NEWS: Minnesota investigators just said they were unable to do any work on the scene where Border Patrol agents shot and killed a US citizen.
They even went so far as to obtain a search warrant, and DHS still blocked their access to the scene.
They even went so far as to obtain a search warrant, and DHS still blocked their access to the scene.
Minnesota Officials Say They’ve Been Blocked From Investigation Into Federal Agent’s Killing of a Minneapolis Resident
State officials said they took the unusual step of obtaining a search warrant for the scene but were still denied access by Department of Homeland Security officials.
www.notus.org
January 24, 2026 at 9:26 PM
A Trump regime cover up. Just as they did with Renée Good.
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There is so much good stuff in this report but man does this stand out - it has never been so important to switch from fossil to clean rather than from coal to gas. This is great to see
I'll end on a goodbye...for coal.
The coal share across the EU fell to 9.2% in 2025. Ten years ago, coal made up a 25% of EU electricity generation.
19 EU countries now have less than 5% coal (and no, its not being swapped for gas).
Coal is on the way out...
The coal share across the EU fell to 9.2% in 2025. Ten years ago, coal made up a 25% of EU electricity generation.
19 EU countries now have less than 5% coal (and no, its not being swapped for gas).
Coal is on the way out...
January 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
There is so much good stuff in this report but man does this stand out - it has never been so important to switch from fossil to clean rather than from coal to gas. This is great to see
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I was reading this thinking about how many pundits are still saying- but this only polls 50/50 while way more people care about affordability! But, the point of leadership is to make people who don't care about this care about this bc it is wrong. Otherwise, you are a hollow shell of a person
How Do You Justify Abducting A Child? | Defector
On Tuesday, some number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents camped out near Liam Conejo Ramos’s home in the Twin Cities suburb of Columbia Heights and waited for him to return with his fathe...
defector.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I was reading this thinking about how many pundits are still saying- but this only polls 50/50 while way more people care about affordability! But, the point of leadership is to make people who don't care about this care about this bc it is wrong. Otherwise, you are a hollow shell of a person
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China understood in the early 1990s at the latest that relying on fossil fuels was a dead end in terms of geopolitics for a country with limited domestic supplies. Going green was the only way.
It took Europe until 2026.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
It took Europe until 2026.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
January 22, 2026 at 6:43 AM
China understood in the early 1990s at the latest that relying on fossil fuels was a dead end in terms of geopolitics for a country with limited domestic supplies. Going green was the only way.
It took Europe until 2026.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
It took Europe until 2026.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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In case you for some reason need a bit of good news this week, India--largest country on earth--seems to be taking a decisive turn toward solar energy
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
We interrupt the madness for a note from the rational world
And an encouraging one, at that!
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:49 PM
In case you for some reason need a bit of good news this week, India--largest country on earth--seems to be taking a decisive turn toward solar energy
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...