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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2d

“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.”

Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

America's collapse in one swath of the NYT homepage

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Eric Walters @ericwalters.bsky.social · 1d

Another report (this one from the UK) finding renewables are lowering electricity costs in the real world by displacing more expensive fossil fuels

ECIU @eciu.net · 1d

Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and cutting costs

Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by up to a quarter.
eciu.net/analysis/re...

Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and…

Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by up to a quarter.

eciu.net

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3d

America First!

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3d

Bessent Says Today They Directly Purchased Argentine Pesos Bessent Says They Have Finalized $20 Billion Currency Swap Framework With Argentina’s Central Bank

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WIRED @wired.com · 3d

At the airport, after scanning their passports, getting boarding passes, checking bags, and clearing security, Bray says he and his family were denied boarding. When they arrived at the gate, their reservations had vanished from the United Airlines system.

Read more: www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d

"The Trump administration is building its case for authoritarian action on a fictional idea of America’s cities [as] wastelands of murder and despair, covered over with a patina of liberal decadence."

Good @aselrod.bsky.social on centrality of fiction to MAGA
www.liberalcurrents.com/all-in-our-h...

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote about how hard it is to do politics in reality right now, both because of the fictions beings imposed on us and because of the fictions we maintain in our own minds. Read at @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/all-in-our-h...

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 3d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 3d

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Eric Walters @ericwalters.bsky.social · 3d

And the gap will grow as ever falling costs of renewables trumps (cough) US attempts to bully trade partners to buy expensive fossil fuels they no longer need or want

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 3d

🌍 For the FIRST TIME on record, renewables generated more electricity than coal in H1-2025.

Renewables rose 363 TWh (+8%) to supply 34.2% of global power, while coal’s share fell to 33.1%.

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-mid-year-insights-2025/

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 4d

New study looks into stabilizing 100% renewable energy systems over multiple bad weather years.

It concludes that the best approach is a little more overcapacity (e.g. 3.5% extra) as that is much cheaper than excess seasonal storage.

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 5d

1/ New research @lut.fi presents the first global analysis of inter-annual storage for #100RE systems in 145 regions doi.org/10.1016/j.ap.... Strategic generation overcapacity is a significantly more cost-effective solution than building massive storage.

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Eric Walters @ericwalters.bsky.social · 4d

I hear you but our ~$45000 annual premiums for mediocre medical coverage for two people are telling me that the media and politicians are nowhere near outraged enough

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Daniel Malmer @malmer.com · 4d

This is going to be another one of those "they told us so" things, isn't it?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4d

Canada vs. America

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Eric Walters @ericwalters.bsky.social · 4d

A very powerful, personal statement from someone unlucky enough to be born related to Stephen Miller

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

Brutal.

Stephen Miller's Cousin Reveals Family Disowned Him After He Became The 'Face Of Evil' In Resurfaced Viral Post

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Eric Walters @ericwalters.bsky.social · 4d

Can we now all agree that Trump is a fascist?

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Eric Walters @ericwalters.bsky.social · 4d

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5d

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

Eric Walters @ericwalters.bsky.social · 5d

I’m more interested in policy and overall trends than specific projects

Also interested in learning from countries and regions that are pushing the fastest and whether/when we will start seeing overall reductions in overall GHG emissions

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Eric Walters @ericwalters.bsky.social · 6d

And still going gangbusters outside 🇺🇸

Will be interesting to see how things play out in the US with Trump pulling out all the stops to block cheap renewable energy

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Eric Walters @ericwalters.bsky.social · 7d

Puzzling that gov’t agencies esp in areas of public interest don’t require research papers to be published in journals available to those who paid for the research—taxpayers

There are researchers like @christianonre.bsky.social who seem committed to publish in open journals—we need more like that

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 8d

correspondent for The Economist

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 8d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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