michael melius
@bigmoke.bsky.social
Farmer, writer, naturalist--the best of all worlds.
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In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: “I am the one able to take him down.”
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: “I am the one able to take him down.”
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
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"What I want young women and girls to know is: You are powerful and your voice matters."
🔹 Former VP Kamala Harris
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
🔹 Former VP Kamala Harris
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"What I want young women and girls to know is: You are powerful and your voice matters."
🔹 Former VP Kamala Harris
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
🔹 Former VP Kamala Harris
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
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The world has focused on Zohran Mamdani, for VERY good reason. 🙌🏼
But don’t forget- he’s not the only one.👊🏼
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago is on 🔥….
Much like Mamdani, he is focused on the right thing- affordability.
And fighting ICE.
We love him 💙 &
@jbpritzker.bsky.social
& @katmabu.bsky.social
But don’t forget- he’s not the only one.👊🏼
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago is on 🔥….
Much like Mamdani, he is focused on the right thing- affordability.
And fighting ICE.
We love him 💙 &
@jbpritzker.bsky.social
& @katmabu.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The world has focused on Zohran Mamdani, for VERY good reason. 🙌🏼
But don’t forget- he’s not the only one.👊🏼
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago is on 🔥….
Much like Mamdani, he is focused on the right thing- affordability.
And fighting ICE.
We love him 💙 &
@jbpritzker.bsky.social
& @katmabu.bsky.social
But don’t forget- he’s not the only one.👊🏼
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago is on 🔥….
Much like Mamdani, he is focused on the right thing- affordability.
And fighting ICE.
We love him 💙 &
@jbpritzker.bsky.social
& @katmabu.bsky.social
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Miraculously, he didn’t hit a single CDC employee! But he did kill David Rose, the police officer who responded, who leaves behind two children and a pregnant wife.
I can't help but imagine the vast attention this case would have received if the race of the shooter and the victim were reversed.
I can't help but imagine the vast attention this case would have received if the race of the shooter and the victim were reversed.
August 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Miraculously, he didn’t hit a single CDC employee! But he did kill David Rose, the police officer who responded, who leaves behind two children and a pregnant wife.
I can't help but imagine the vast attention this case would have received if the race of the shooter and the victim were reversed.
I can't help but imagine the vast attention this case would have received if the race of the shooter and the victim were reversed.
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We've already figured out how to graze sheep at solar farms. Can cows and photovoltaic panels coexist too? Great story by @dangearino.bsky.social on the company trying to make it happen: insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
Can Cows and Solar Power Coexist? We’re About to Find Out - Inside Climate News
Solar companies have figured out how to mix sheep grazing and power production. This company is about to make a push to do it with cows, with huge growth potential.
insideclimatenews.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We've already figured out how to graze sheep at solar farms. Can cows and photovoltaic panels coexist too? Great story by @dangearino.bsky.social on the company trying to make it happen: insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...
It's so true, how did I never see it this way?
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It's so true, how did I never see it this way?
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More people need to watch this. It's what happens when a pipeline carrying CO2 ruptures. We need these pipelines for any carbon sequestration scheme (CCS, DAC). When the flood of heavy CO2 gas rolls over the landscape it suffocates everything in its path and shuts off car engines, which need oxygen.
Yep! Here's a video of a pipeline rupture demonstration conducted in a controlled testing facility
(the company that posted it deleted this off vimeo VERY VERY quickly)
bsky.app/profile/gaml...
(the company that posted it deleted this off vimeo VERY VERY quickly)
bsky.app/profile/gaml...
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
More people need to watch this. It's what happens when a pipeline carrying CO2 ruptures. We need these pipelines for any carbon sequestration scheme (CCS, DAC). When the flood of heavy CO2 gas rolls over the landscape it suffocates everything in its path and shuts off car engines, which need oxygen.
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This.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This.
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Pay for this by raising taxes on the wealthy. Get big money out of politics.
This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic party.
It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future.
This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic party.
It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future.
Zohran Mamdani represents the future of the Democratic party | Robert Reich
Democratic party leaders like Chuck Schumer refuse to endorse Mamdani, and the New York Times wrongly cautions against him. Both are wrong
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Pay for this by raising taxes on the wealthy. Get big money out of politics.
This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic party.
It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future.
This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic party.
It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future.
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BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop
Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Brilliant up-to-date from someone who knows this stuff. As always, with a touch of smart/tough humor.
My new NYT essay is about the essence of Trumpism: Bailing out farmers who can’t sell soybeans to China because of his tariffs, while bailing out Argentina so it can sell more soybeans to China. It’s the economic equivalent of pardoning pals and prosecuting enemies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
Opinion | They’re Small, Yellow and Round — and Show How Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Work
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Brilliant up-to-date from someone who knows this stuff. As always, with a touch of smart/tough humor.
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So, it appears they did NOT follow any of the federal laws prior to demolition. It only takes 1 fiber to contract asbestosis.
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
So, it appears they did NOT follow any of the federal laws prior to demolition. It only takes 1 fiber to contract asbestosis.
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“The Trump administration is weaponizing the government shutdown to gut staffing, weaken environmental protections, and normalize their ultimate goal of privatizing public lands,” writes @jackieostfeld.bsky.social in @thehill.com .
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
October 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“The Trump administration is weaponizing the government shutdown to gut staffing, weaken environmental protections, and normalize their ultimate goal of privatizing public lands,” writes @jackieostfeld.bsky.social in @thehill.com .
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
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🚨 We just launched an interactive tracker analyzing the proxy voting guidelines of major U.S. public pensions.
🔍Take a look & learn how these influential investors decide where to cast their votes on shareholder proposals at major corporations.
🔍Take a look & learn how these influential investors decide where to cast their votes on shareholder proposals at major corporations.
New Interactive Tracker Analyzes Proxy Voting Guidelines of Major U.S. Public Pensions
Information will be updated regularly as pensions change their guidelines
www.sierraclub.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🚨 We just launched an interactive tracker analyzing the proxy voting guidelines of major U.S. public pensions.
🔍Take a look & learn how these influential investors decide where to cast their votes on shareholder proposals at major corporations.
🔍Take a look & learn how these influential investors decide where to cast their votes on shareholder proposals at major corporations.
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My new NYT essay is about the essence of Trumpism: Bailing out farmers who can’t sell soybeans to China because of his tariffs, while bailing out Argentina so it can sell more soybeans to China. It’s the economic equivalent of pardoning pals and prosecuting enemies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
Opinion | They’re Small, Yellow and Round — and Show How Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Work
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My new NYT essay is about the essence of Trumpism: Bailing out farmers who can’t sell soybeans to China because of his tariffs, while bailing out Argentina so it can sell more soybeans to China. It’s the economic equivalent of pardoning pals and prosecuting enemies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
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This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.
October 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.
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Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.
Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?
HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.
HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.
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The writer Peter Matthiessen traveled the world looking for elusive snow leopards and rare cranes. But a new biography shows that the genuine self he was really seeking would be much harder to find, writes John Kaag:
A Warning for the Modern Striver
A new biography of Peter Matthiessen chronicles his many paradoxical attempts to escape who the world expected him to be.
bit.ly
October 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The writer Peter Matthiessen traveled the world looking for elusive snow leopards and rare cranes. But a new biography shows that the genuine self he was really seeking would be much harder to find, writes John Kaag:
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The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed
go.nature.com/4925W5G
go.nature.com/4925W5G
Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
go.nature.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed
go.nature.com/4925W5G
go.nature.com/4925W5G
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Sanity says: “if there is a risk that the AMOC is weakening and heading towards a tipping point, we need to act on that (just like with other major risks). This is not an issue where we can afford to wait until we are certain, or pretend it’s just an academic discussion without major consequences.”
High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)
The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...
www.realclimate.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Sanity says: “if there is a risk that the AMOC is weakening and heading towards a tipping point, we need to act on that (just like with other major risks). This is not an issue where we can afford to wait until we are certain, or pretend it’s just an academic discussion without major consequences.”
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"Help us locate and commemorate our children who died while being forced by the government to attend boarding schools."
Dear white people: Here’s how to honor Native Americans
Help us locate and commemorate our children who died while being forced by the government to attend boarding schools.
www.motherjones.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Help us locate and commemorate our children who died while being forced by the government to attend boarding schools."
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Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero
The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...
kyivindependent.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
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A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.
September 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.
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The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.