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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 3h

The funny thing about Benioff getting red-pilled from lack of police enforcement in San Francisco is that—in very twisted way—it proves that labor strikes work.

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 20h

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 2d

"Energy prices are likely to rise the most in states that have not prioritized clean energy". Glad to see NYT making the point I've been making for a decade+. Cheap energy is clean energy. And it's the economic issues that threaten incumbents, not the cleanliness. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

www.nytimes.com

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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 1d

Democratic governors really need to do a comms + litigation blitz about defending their (actual, not make believe) 2nd Amendment rights right now.

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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 1d

I am so ready for us to be the ones defending the (actual) 2nd Amendment. Flex that well regulated militia under your command, Governor Shapiro!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 1d

If you explain away the senator's housing position as captured by investor special interests...check yourself. It's Elizabeth Warren!

The kind people in the replies patiently articulating why we need more housing supply (not that it is entirely sufficient) are little caped heroes IMO.

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

America is not building enough housing and Americans are facing sky-high housing costs as a result.

Today, the Senate took a historic step to change that.

The ROAD to Housing Act will help communities – urban, suburban, and rural – build more housing and bring down costs.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 2d

Can anyone point me to any historically grounded academic work on how courts lose legitimacy, fast and slow?

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d

“No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

George Pearkes @peark.es · 3d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 3d

Boss move.

💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 4d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 4d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 4d

Despite the noise, renewables keep rising now generating more electricity than coal.

@iea.org halved its US outlook, but raised India’s by 10%, putting it on track as the No. 2 growth market after China. MENA up 23%, driven by Saudi wind and solar.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

jane goodall releasing a video of her listing the people she dislikes and ending with a vague message of hope is so iconic. truly someone i aspire to model myself after

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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 6d

More cash for your kasha

Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 7d

‼️ Russian Agricultural Update:

“Buckwheat prices will rise again: the gross buckwheat harvest is expected to be the lowest since the beginning of this century.”

The article suggests the harvest could drop by 32%. But what if it’s more?

www.mk.ru/economics/20...

Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 7d

I'm not saying I can take credit for this message but I am saying that it is exactly the message I was shouting they should convey the last time around.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 7d

Good to see resolve/resilience from rank and file and House Democrats. Good on @rephuffman.bsky.social daring the republicans to abolish the filibuster ▶️ "[L]et them proceed with GOP votes and let the country see with perfect clarity who owns all the damage and destruction they're fomenting." (1/2)

"🩺 Zoom in: Some Democrats openly acknowledge that, while health care is extremely important to them, it's not the only thing at stake.

🛑 "People want this to be a sort of reckoning, where people finally said, 'No,'" Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) told us.
"We're going to start with these ACA subsidies because it's the most urgent," Landsman told us.
"But ... you're creating a really important moment where sh*t didn't fly."
The bottom line: "I marvel at the naivete of any Democrat who thinks we should give them Dem votes so they can just turn around and ignore us, crash the health care system, and dismantle what's left of our democracy," Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) told us.

"The filibuster is toast anyway," he added, effectively daring Republicans to ignore the Senate's requirement for 60 votes and pass a party-line funding bill.
"So let them proceed with GOP votes and let the country see with perfect clarity who owns all the damage and destruction they're fomenting.""

Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 8d

Harlow Monkey Experiment on our own kids?

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 9d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 8d

this is as open an admission that an entire agency is engaging in routine constitutional violations that I can imagine

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 8d

Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 8d

This is not just a good point about CBS. This is a more generalizable point about capital's interest in Trump despite the severe pain it's self-inflicting.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

this reactionary turn is one part disciplining labor for having the temerity to talk back and one part trying to arrest a perceived social reproduction crisis by disciplining elite institutions.

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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 9d

It's just WILD that the speaker's response to "DJT is crazy" is: "Yeah, DJT is batsh*t, but you guys have bonkers people too."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9d

an entire agricultural sector voted for it's own annihilation, even if he somehow scrapes some bribes together to bail them out now, soybean exports are probably permanently dead now

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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 9d

Oof, found a picture that Mary Lewis took of Jane and me from that first evening. While I carry sadness now, I will forever carry gratitude and the wisdom she shared.

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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 10d

In the middle of finals, Senior year in college, I drove 3 hours down to DC to get 15 minutes with Jane. She gave me all evening, and many subsequent evenings over decades.

I will miss you so much, Jane. You had a presence that felt like being deep in the forest.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 10d

this is the third time Donald Trump has shut down the government while his party controls both houses of Congress

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Ilmi @ilmi.bsky.social · 11d

Just wait until China starts building this everywhere else. It's happening!

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 12d

China’s cycling resurgence can best be admired at street level, where cities like Kunshan are building infrastructure of incredibly high quantity and quality.

Cohesive networks that offer both practical connectivity and inviting usability; with abundant width, shade, protection, and natural beauty.

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🎃🪦 BLOODSUGARSETHMASKET 🪦🎃 @smotus.bsky.social · 12d

The US wine industry today employs more people than coal did at its peak a century ago

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."

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