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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
And everything is flawed, if you want to look at it that way. The analogy that has helped me most is this: in Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of boat-owners rescued people—single moms, toddlers, grandfathers—stranded in attics, on roofs, in flooded housing projects, hospitals, and school buildings. None of them said, I can’t rescue everyone, therefore it’s futile; therefore my efforts are flawed and worthless, though that’s often what people say about more abstract issues in which, nevertheless, lives, places, cultures, species, rights are at stake. They went out there in fishing boats and rowboats and pirogues and all kinds of small craft, some driving from as far as Texas and eluding the au- thorities to get in, others refugees themselves working within the city. There was bumper-to-bumper boat-trailer traffic—the celebrated Cajun Navy—going toward the city the day after the levees broke. None of those people said, I can’t rescue them all. All of them said, I can rescue someone, and that’s work so meaningful and important I will risk my life and defy the authorities to do it. And they did.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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billmckibben.bsky.social
We need renewable energy to take a bite out of the climate crisis but also the authoritarianism crisis

Right now we’re just doing oil piracy

open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Pirates of the Anthropocene
"I assume we're going to keep the oil."
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
leapingotter.bsky.social
Criminal
December 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
leapingotter.bsky.social
Extreme Republicans in Congress just launched a sham investigation into the Center for Biological Diversity. But the real corruption they should be investigating is Twin Metals and its Chilean parent company. Take Action > act.biologicaldiversity.org/o5VEUgY5pk6p...
The Center for Biological Diversity is Under Attack
This “investigation” doesn’t name a single unlawful act, because there are none. The real corruption they should be investigating is Twin Metals and its Chilean parent company, Antofagasta plc.
act.biologicaldiversity.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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weatherwest.bsky.social
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
Snapshot of US EPA's "causes of climate change" webpage as of 12/8/2025. Human causes are no longer mentioned anywhere on the page.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
Coincidence?
(via #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly)
6 THE PRESS !ere is evidence that individuals and organized groups particularly in the USA, who have historically been climate deniers or policy sceptics, have turned their attention to the COVID- 19 crisis and found a voice in the (right- leaning) media. — James Painter, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, June 2020 The press, as we have already seen, has engaged in widespread attacks on both science and scientists. Beyond the usual suspects— Fox News, the rest of the Murdoch media empire, and other conservative media— even mainstream outlets like the New York Times have in recent years miscommunicated the science behind climate change and COVID. Onetime conservative turned progressive critic John Cole runs a very popular satirical Twitter account known as the “New York Times Pitchbot.” He uses the account to satirize the often risible commentaries that appear these days in the New York Times, mocking the “Gray Lady” with op- ed titles that he imagines could, despite their absurdity and audacity, nonetheless #nd their way onto today’s New York Times editorial pages.1
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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giantwhispers.bsky.social
Wondering why "anti-drug" Trump would pardon the former Honduran President despite him serving a 45 year prison term for trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S. (how much is that in small boats 🤔?) It all comes back to Trump's big tech donors and defending their technofascist "Network State."
jennycohn.bsky.social Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13d
Roger Stone on 1/24/25: “A well-timed pardon of former [Honduran] President Hernandez…cld be the final death blow to Castro w/ national elections set to take place later this year. Castro’s regime cld be upended” in a major “victory for…Próspera” (the network state project backed by Peter Thiel) 1/
How President Trump Can Crush Socialism and Save a Freedom City in Honduras
In the impoverished nation of Honduras, there are geopolitical developments afoot that have major implications for U.S. policy and the future of freedom throughout the world.
www.stonecoldtruth.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
I've been thinking for a while that fighting the fossil fuel propaganda war is the most important climate fight to be having. The other side is well funded (and hence well armed) and we need to be as well.
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
“To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products”

www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
The Fossil-Fuel Industry Has a Plan to Drown Earth in Plastic
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products
www.scientificamerican.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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teslatakedownla.bsky.social
Tesla Board and Shareholders… THIS is your trillion-dollar man? 😂

This is a foul-smelling puddle vaguely resembling a tech executive.

Good luck with your investment.
wapplehouse.bsky.social Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 20d
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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anatosaurus.bsky.social
Volume up. Brace yourself. Spread far and wide.
womensmarch.com Women’s March @womensmarch.com · 18d
You can walk away. Before the shame follows you home. #StopICE
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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bryangodbe.bsky.social
Amazing the world’s 5th largest economy (California) increased its GDP (81% up) and cut its GHG emissions (21% cut) since 2000, BUT not a single major news outlet covered the story? Obviously the fossil fuel industry and its sycophants don’t want the world to know.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/11/06/w...
World-leading economy and climate solutions: California’s emissions drop in 2023, driven by clean transportation | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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bryangodbe.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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billmckibben.bsky.social
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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muellershewrote.com
This is my kind of good trouble.
victinibcn.bsky.social Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 21d
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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climateintegrity.org
Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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bradmunchen.bsky.social
Tesla Q3 2025 California sales were down 9% YoY despite the huge rush for BEVs ahead of the Sept-30th expiry of the $7,500 tax credit.

The BEV market ex-Tesla grew by 29% YoY in Q3, causing Tesla's share of California's BEV market to drop from 57% in Q3 2024 to 48%.

www.cncda.org/news/califor...
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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polrev.bsky.social
The #BlackFriday weekend blackout isn't just about the bottom line - it's also about protecting the environment. Join us Nov. 27th to Dec. 1st.

But, don't stop there. Continue showing retailers that #WeAintBuyingIt throughout the holidays and give back to your community instead.
Image of a megaphone next to the words "We ain't buying it". Text reads "Boycotting Black Friday isn’t just about hurting the bottom line of giant retailers and supporting your local community. It’s also about fighting climate change." Logos for Political Revolution and 50501 are in the bottom left corner, alongside the website weaintbuyingit.com Title: Invisible Impact. Text: With $10.8 billion spent last year on Black Friday alone, the contribution to climate change is massive. However, it’s rarely talked about or even reported on. Companies are already shady about how they impact the environment. And holiday sales are a major part of that. Logos of Political Revolution and 50501 are along the bottom. The dates November 27th to December 1st are centered above weaintbuyingit.com between the logos. Title: The Numbers. Text: Forget prices, these are the numbers we should focus on slashing: Image of a stack of boxes next to the text: In 2023, approx. 429,000 TONS of CO2 were emitted from Black Friday order deliveries. Image of a hand clicking on a Refund button next to the text: Logistics company Optoro stated that 1.2 billion gallons of diesel were used to return sale items. Image of a dump truck full of garbage next to the text: An estimated 80% of electronics, clothing, and plastic packaging will be thrown away, most likely ending up in a landfill. Logos of Political Revolution and 50501 are along the bottom. The dates November 27th to December 1st are centered above weaintbuyingit.com between the logos. Title: The Apologists. Text: Consumers may think that participating in Thanksgiving weekend sales means they are helping stores sell off old stock so that it doesn’t end up in landfills. This simply isn’t true. There wouldn’t be so much overstock to sell if companies made less product and consumer demand was lower. The irony is that the majority of Black Friday/Cyber Monday purchases will end up in the landfill anyway. Logos of Political Revolution and 50501 are along the bottom. The dates November 27th to December 1st are centered above weaintbuyingit.com between the logos.
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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giantwhispers.bsky.social
Fossil fuels are a dire threat our collective future...duh. Their role as a prime driver of catastrophic #climate breakdown is a subject of great attention if little action.

But PLASTICS! The horror fossil fuels are unleashing through global plastic pollution are equally mind-blowing. #ClimateSky
$1 Trillion: The Social Cost of Plastic in the United States
A new report shows that the true costs of plastic are far more than what you see on the price tag.
www.nrdc.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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climateintegrity.org
Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.

Meanwhile, the seven largest health insurance companies made a combined $71B in profits in 2024.

It’s far past time for Medicare for All. Here’s what you need to know.
Medicare for All Explained | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM