Gil Friend - Sustainability OG
@gpfriend.bsky.social
Advisor. Board member. Coach. Speaker.
I post about #sustainability, #climate, #strategy, #policy, #employeeOwnership.
And what it might be like if we if we did business—& everything else—as though we actually belong to the living world.
Because we do.
I post about #sustainability, #climate, #strategy, #policy, #employeeOwnership.
And what it might be like if we if we did business—& everything else—as though we actually belong to the living world.
Because we do.
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Gil Friend - Natural Logic, Inc. | LinkedIn
I help world-changers change worlds. How? I ADVISE companies, COACH leaders, and INSPIRE… · Experience: Natural Logic, Inc. · Education: Pluralistic Networks · Location: Berkeley · 500+ connections on...
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Greetings! ex-@gfriend on X, flying here now!
Find my longer posts at LinkedIn.com/in/gfriend & Substack.com/gfriend
Strategic advisory: pages.natlogic.com/home
Executive coaching for world changers: pages.natlogic.com/coach
Book a Keynote: bit.ly/GilSpeaks
Talk with "me" 24/7: delphi.ai/gfriend
Find my longer posts at LinkedIn.com/in/gfriend & Substack.com/gfriend
Strategic advisory: pages.natlogic.com/home
Executive coaching for world changers: pages.natlogic.com/coach
Book a Keynote: bit.ly/GilSpeaks
Talk with "me" 24/7: delphi.ai/gfriend
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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A wonderful and extremely personal review of the state of climate science 30 years on by one of the world's leading #climate scientists.
thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-cl...
thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-cl...
A climate scientist reflects on 30 years fighting the 'forces of unreason'
Thirty years ago, the IPCC agreed on a historic finding: “The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.”
thebulletin.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A wonderful and extremely personal review of the state of climate science 30 years on by one of the world's leading #climate scientists.
thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-cl...
thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-cl...
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They're not being hypocritical, either, because the actual underlying principle that governs them is "Trump is an absolute monarch whose word is the only law, and all other law exists only at his pleasure, as symbolically demonstrated by his ability to pardon any crime."
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
They're not being hypocritical, either, because the actual underlying principle that governs them is "Trump is an absolute monarch whose word is the only law, and all other law exists only at his pleasure, as symbolically demonstrated by his ability to pardon any crime."
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This is necessary
Handwritten and oral exams are making a comeback
AI is accelerating a tech backlash in American classrooms
Handwritten and oral exams are making a comeback
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is necessary
I've grown accustomed to the hypocrisy but this one his hard to parse. Pardoning drug lords while murdering alleged drug runners. Is it a simple mater of #followthemoney or is there something else at work here? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I've grown accustomed to the hypocrisy but this one his hard to parse. Pardoning drug lords while murdering alleged drug runners. Is it a simple mater of #followthemoney or is there something else at work here? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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Correction. Third sentence should read: The 12 states with the highest per-capita electricity use are all red states."
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Correction. Third sentence should read: The 12 states with the highest per-capita electricity use are all red states."
A post Thanksgiving Day…reflection…on rumination.
Harvard Business School professor Arthur Brooks explained recently on his YouTube channel that gratitude interrupts negative rumination.
I soured on rumination a few years ago when I realized, in a conversation with Fernando Flores, that…
Harvard Business School professor Arthur Brooks explained recently on his YouTube channel that gratitude interrupts negative rumination.
I soured on rumination a few years ago when I realized, in a conversation with Fernando Flores, that…
November 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A post Thanksgiving Day…reflection…on rumination.
Harvard Business School professor Arthur Brooks explained recently on his YouTube channel that gratitude interrupts negative rumination.
I soured on rumination a few years ago when I realized, in a conversation with Fernando Flores, that…
Harvard Business School professor Arthur Brooks explained recently on his YouTube channel that gratitude interrupts negative rumination.
I soured on rumination a few years ago when I realized, in a conversation with Fernando Flores, that…
So how does somebody 33X their net worth in five years with a side hustle? Exactly.
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
So how does somebody 33X their net worth in five years with a side hustle? Exactly.
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MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Loved talking to @danielraimi.bsky.social, who is one of my all-time favorite people in the energy/climate world, not least because he truly cares about energy communities. Give us a listen over the break if you have a long drive and want to tune out the in-laws. www.resources.org/resources-ra...
California’s Revamped Energy and Climate Policies, with Kate Gordon
Kate Gordon discusses California’s recent raft of climate policies, specifically those policies that aim to balance energy affordability and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the state.
www.resources.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Loved talking to @danielraimi.bsky.social, who is one of my all-time favorite people in the energy/climate world, not least because he truly cares about energy communities. Give us a listen over the break if you have a long drive and want to tune out the in-laws. www.resources.org/resources-ra...
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Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]
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Notice how nobody in the Trump regime ever asks, “But how will we pay for it?” when it comes to priorities that benefit them? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dxgx5q0QLcI
Money for Argentina but Nothing for You
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Notice how nobody in the Trump regime ever asks, “But how will we pay for it?” when it comes to priorities that benefit them? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dxgx5q0QLcI
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The trajectory to 2035 matters. Coal generating a lot or a little before 2035 is the difference between massive climate impacts and very little climate impacts. This narrative of 'inevitability' is dangerous and stokes severe complacency.
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The trajectory to 2035 matters. Coal generating a lot or a little before 2035 is the difference between massive climate impacts and very little climate impacts. This narrative of 'inevitability' is dangerous and stokes severe complacency.
Why elites around Epstein could ignore his crimes
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Worth watching _before_ your Thanksgiving dinner!
Here's the recording for last week's "Living Between Worlds" with special guest Elizabeth Doty. We explore how to engage as humans situated in systems – both how we tend to…
Here's the recording for last week's "Living Between Worlds" with special guest Elizabeth Doty. We explore how to engage as humans situated in systems – both how we tend to…
Exerting Subtle Influence—Even in THESE Times — Living Between Worlds 6.11
YouTube video by Gil Friend
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November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Worth watching _before_ your Thanksgiving dinner!
Here's the recording for last week's "Living Between Worlds" with special guest Elizabeth Doty. We explore how to engage as humans situated in systems – both how we tend to…
Here's the recording for last week's "Living Between Worlds" with special guest Elizabeth Doty. We explore how to engage as humans situated in systems – both how we tend to…
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“Device hoarding” un fucking real
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“Device hoarding” un fucking real
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
Both major political parties agree we have one job and it’s to buy shit
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Yes please.
Can we do this now please?
Can we do this now please?
How to get rid of Citizens United?
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way
robertreich.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Yes please.
Can we do this now please?
Can we do this now please?
For the record…
West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
For the record…
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This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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The House passed a resolution condemning socialism. Okay.
When are they going to pass a resolution condemning fascism?
When are they going to pass a resolution condemning fascism?
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The House passed a resolution condemning socialism. Okay.
When are they going to pass a resolution condemning fascism?
When are they going to pass a resolution condemning fascism?
"Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors." The Ultimate Driving Machine has already done so. "Back in the '80s, GM developed magnets [not reliant on rare-earths…but] sold the technology to Chinese companies"
An Auto Holy Grail: Motors That Don’t Rely on Chinese Rare Earths
Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Weary of being captive to geopolitics, car companies are looking for ways to replace powerful rare-earth magnets in electric motors." The Ultimate Driving Machine has already done so. "Back in the '80s, GM developed magnets [not reliant on rare-earths…but] sold the technology to Chinese companies"