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Emily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 1d

At the risk of angry-posting, I hope we learn something from this given the *extensive* environmental justice and environmental concessions that were made to "protect" the programs

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Breaking: Heatmap has obtained a new internal DOE grant termination list that includes the two major DAC hub awards — Oxy/1PointFive's South Texas DAC Hub and Heirloom/Climeworks' Project Cypress in Louisiana.
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Trump to Cancel Direct Air Capture Hubs in Texas, Louisiana

A new list of grant cancellations obtained by Heatmap includes Climeworks and Heirloom projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 17h

UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...

Kent Wong on Solidarity: action

YouTube video by W.K. Kellogg Foundation

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 19h

If the regime does go after DSA, the appropriate response will be for as many people as possible to become dues-paying members.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Jonathan Choe to Trump: "Another group right now that is behind antifa and working with antifa very closely based on the research that we have right now that we're gonna give to you and your team are the Democratic Socialists of America."

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

Billionaires truly are the stupidest people on the planet.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 1d

Free healthcare to all residents of the US regardless of immigration status would rule, actually. Universal benefits for universal problems (having a body that can get sick or hurt)

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

CA has vote by mail so my ballot is sent to me, I fill it out, and send it back without postage or drop it off. I LOVE IT.

LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1d

If you're a California voter, please vote YES ON 50 and send that ballot back ASAP so the volunteers don't waste any time on you. And maybe volunteer if you have the time.

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Sweet Californians, send those ballots back ASAP, so the volunteers don't need to bother with you.

TikTok video by LOLGOP

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

istg if Dolly is taken this year, I will lose my shit

Dolly Parton ‘going to be just fine’, singer’s sister says as she calls for prayers amid health problems

Freida Parton says she has been ‘up all night praying’ but later clarifies comments, saying ‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’

www.theguardian.com

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Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 1d

The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, has issued a report on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The report highlights the catastrophic impact of the ongoing genocide on healthcare, with hospitals under siege, clinicians working without basic supplies or power, and at least 772

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 1d

It's so interesting that Turning Point, which actually does advocate for violence, is so quick to point fingers at antifa, an organization that largely does not exist.

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 2d

Less than a penny per ton...

Dustin Bleizeffer @dbleizeffer.bsky.social · 2d

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AP: Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade

Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade

A Navajo tribe-owned company has bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana.

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Laura @lauraapollo.bsky.social · 2d

Save the world.

Elon drives space car, trump passenger, zuck in back seat
Eart in the background as they head for Mars

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 2d

“Even today, when the planet is dark, there still is hope. Don’t lose hope. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and do nothing” Don't lose hope. Also, send Musk and Trump into space on a one-way ticket. 😍

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

Primatologist said in interview released after her death she would also put Putin, Xi and Netanyahu on that spaceship

www.theguardian.com

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 3d

This is something EJ/CJ advocates knew from the start and the mainstream movements did not listen. We don't have time to keep making the same mistakes. The only way to reduce emissions is to STOP fossil fuel use. No more of this offset/negative emission bs

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 4d

I don't mean to not have empathy and I grew up in WY, so I understand how overwhelming it can be. But, like we live in a time when K Pop Demon Hunters is the top streamed movie- you don't have to keep seeking legitimacy from white folks and whiteness. It's a choice, esp when you are a full adult!

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 4d

It gets so much worse! They absolutely need to go to therapy

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Friday! I think you should watch this show

Watch Better Late Than Single | Netflix Official Site

Ready to step into the dating world, lifelong singles get expert help for style, health and confidence. Will they manage hiccups on their way to love?

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isaac @sevier.io · 5d

Let's go. Debt unites us and, when we organize, becomes THEIR liability, not ours.

In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 6d

🔥Tenants are striking—not against rent, but against rent debt.

Former residents of corporate giant Equity Residential say bogus fees + predatory practices left them owing thousands they don’t actually owe.

These Tenants Are Going on Strike Against ‘Rent Debt’

A new kind of tenants union is ramping up the pressure on corporate landlords.

inthesetimes.com

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 6d

does he though?!

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 6d

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And, yes, I remember every “serious,” climate person who tried legitimize this dude. Well done, fellas!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "Reducing the CO2 emissions, that's expensive but really wholly unnecessary. Extremely expensive, very little benefit from that. Again, it's just returning common sense. Americans want affordable energy."

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 6d

omg I just texted this to you

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 7d

Do you know how annoying it is to have to fight the fossil fuel industry and also egotistic white dudes who gate keep climate discourse

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 7d

On this very site, a dude accused me of rage baiting by saying Al was a climate issue. Huh, it’s almost like you can’t bean count emissions when it comes to climate change because things are intertwined. Who knew? (Me. and lots of non-mansplainy people)

Aarón Cantú @aaroncantu.bsky.social · 7d

NEW INVESTIGATION

California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030

A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants

Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...

The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California

By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 7d

since December, I have been saying that one move is for blue states to place federal tax withholdings from state employees into escrow. (Note: I am a state employee. It would be messy). The state, as I understand such things, already has these funds.

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 7d

I'm just spitballing, but as someone else suggested you make it illegal to process the withholdings, and you do some major posturing about how the state will deal with federal agents who come in trying to enforce federal requirements.

Messy? Yes.

Things are going to have to get messy, though.

Jonesy @therealbk.bsky.social · 7d

would also need to somehow convince every employer that they can just stop processing federal withholdings. tough sell to say the absolute least

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