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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 2h

The Puppet Master

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h

You love to see @akalhan.bsky.social having successfully coined a new phrase.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

"Stalinism and Stephen Miller: Cause for concern"
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/stalinism-...

Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

snyder.substack.com

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 3h

So lovely.

The video alone is wonderful
Free read for first article:
www.smh.com.au/environment/...

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 3h

Nobody could do a better job of destroying America than Republicans are doing right now.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 5h

Shame

Australian mammals extinct since colonisation: 39 species

"This is far more than for any other country. These losses represent about 10% of all Australia’s land mammal species before colonisation.
It is a deplorable record of trashing an extraordinary legacy."

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country

www.theguardian.com

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 5h

Wow!

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 6h

Meanwhile...
"The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled"

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

www.theguardian.com

Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 6h

Flip the switch...

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 6h

World has reached a ‘critical turning point’ in switch to renewable energy www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

World has reached a ‘critical turning point’ in switch to renewable energy

Solar and wind power outpaced the growth in worldwide electricity demand

www.independent.co.uk

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 6h

Somethings remain the same

Papers please

YouTube video by Jonathan Jay

youtu.be

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 6h

Splitters 🍿
“We control the House, we control the Senate, we have the White House,”
“This doesn’t have to be a shutdown."

Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘putting blame’ on GOP congressional leaders for shutdown

Greene has continued to be a thorn in the side of Republican leadership in recent weeks, splitting from Trump and the GOP on a string of high-profile topics.

www.politico.com

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 20h

I know Mike Johnson says there is nothing for the House to do but there is.

You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 9h

It's interesting.
These arbitrage models work more or less because peak energy prices are pegged to fossil fuels in combination with demand spikes.
What happens to those models as renewables + storage approach their full potential and drive prices down?

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 9h

Private capital bets big on the profits of renewable power + storage - in Texas!

"early returns were attractive. “It’s hard to raise a billion dollars without that,” he noted.

“The math is indeed mathing.”"

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 9h

Base Power hauls in $1B for mass deployment of huge home batteries.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat...

Base Power hauls in $1B for mass deployment of huge home batteries

It’s a standout fundraise for the current cleantech market. The Texas startup will use the money to beef up manufacturing and install batteries even…

www.canarymedia.com

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 9h

The REPUBLICAN Senate Nixes Management Plans for Public Lands IN ORDER to Open Access for Fossil Fuels

Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 1d

Senate Nixes Management Plans for Public Lands to Open Access for Fossil Fuels - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/0910202...

Senate Nixes Management Plans for Public Lands to Open Access for Fossil Fuels - Inside Climate News

Congress took the unprecedented step this week of repealing management plans for public lands in three states in an effort to expand access to fossil fuel mining and drilling. Critics of the move warn...

insideclimatenews.org

Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 10h

So will there now be a resumption of military aid to Taiwan and issue of a US visa for their president??

Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 10h

You could not destroy America more quickly than the Republicans are doing it.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 12h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 16h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 11h

"Nationals: putting the N in government CUTS"

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 11h

By 'eck.
That's gradely.

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 11h

You could not damage America any faster or more effectively than the Republicans are doing.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 17h

Papiere, bitte.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 1d

🧵🤔
Mutiny at HHS?

COVID vaccines for pregnant women are back in.

"“Covid-19 vaccine in pregnancy had been discussed initially —ACIP recommended them —then the secretary took that back,” said Dorit Reiss, a vaccine law expert at the University of California’s ...

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

CDC, its advisers quietly expand access to Covid-19 shot for pregnant women

The panel voted to undo an action by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. which removed the vaccine from the immunization schedule for pregnant women.

www.politico.com

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Baggage @carrieonbaggage.bsky.social · 17h

The 'I' in Authoritarian

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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