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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · 7d

Silvio’s first trip to Rock Creek Park: pre-hike vs post-hike 🐾🍂

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18d

I guess we should thank Donald Trump for making the relationship between fossil fuels and fascism explicit.

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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · 21d

"The disintegration of a democracy is a deceptively quiet affair.” A must-read by Gisela Salim-Peyer www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t

Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.

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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 25d

Quite the headline juxtaposition on the NYT homepage this morning.

Two headlines from the New York Times webpage. The top says, "It Isn't Just America. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics." The bottom headline says, "Climate Change's Toll in Europe This Summer: Thousands of Extra Deaths."

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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · 25d

“You’re not the radical. A system which gives so much to so few and denies so many people the basic necessities of life, that’s radical.” @sanders.senate.gov

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25d

Before he was a Senator, a candidate for President, and our greatest champion in the fight against oligarchy, Bernie Sanders was the four-term Mayor of Burlington, VT.

I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learned—and the work ahead.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 27d

A lot of climate folks have been opposed to the idea of talking about air pollution as opposed to climate, but I know from following all the fringe climate denier dudes for years that their biggest fear is that we will hammer this over and over. Regulating air pollution = regulating GHGs, a win-win

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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · 28d

Fresh 💐 and puppy smiles

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · Sep 12

🌡️ CAP's @ordonezlancet.bsky.social
will be speaking this morning at #EcoMadresSummit2025. Tune in for a conversation on how clean energy and community action can protect our families and turn crisis into change: www.mobilize.us/momscleanair...

A panel from a speaker series titled "PANEL 3: LATINAS LEADING THE CHARGE FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS." The panel is moderated by Emilia Pablo, a former White House speechwriter. The three panelists are: Assemblymember Cinthia Moore, a NV Assemblymember and advocate for East Las Vegas; Audrey Peral, Program Director at Chispa Nevada; and Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet, Sr. Director at the Center for American Progress.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Sep 2

agreed. Just about every other ostensible progressive pundit is "better than Ezra"

Steve Matteo @matteomedia.bsky.social · Sep 2

Nate Silver and Ezra Klein are first ballot overrated political analysts hall of famers.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Aug 28

Workers are hard at work in CAs San Joaquin Valley. Roma tomatoes are tougher to pick and take longer to fill then standard tomatoes. Workers earn $0.89 per 25 lb bucket. These pickers are working the edges of the field to get every last bit of the yield. #WeFeedYou

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · Aug 28

🚨INVESTIGATION: Trump is exploiting a loophole buried in post-Hurricane Katrina legislation to stealthily funnel FEMA's disaster relief funds into ICE.

The Lever's Katya Schwenk exposes the secret scheme & how lawmakers created the little-known loophole - please re-post this on your own feed👇

The Decades-Long Plan To Rob FEMA To Pay ICE

Trump is using regulatory tricks to funnel disaster-relief funds to immigration enforcement, even as climate disasters threaten millions.

www.levernews.com

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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · Aug 22

Soft launching my new man. He’s clingy, but I’m into it.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Aug 20

Rising energy prices? Biden! Rising healthcare costs? Obama! "You've got to think at some point people will get tired of this excuse, it's not my fault, it's not my fault, it's not my fault.'"

@citizencohn.bsky.social talks energy bill hikes with @timmiller.bsky.social:

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Aug 16

Erin is now a monster 160 mph cat 5 Atlantic hurricane:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/16/h...

Hurricane Erin becomes ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 hurricane, tracking north of Bahamas

The first hurricane of the 2025 season has intensified into a Category 5 storm and will turn north just before the U.S. east coast next week. Forecasters are also tracking a new system in the weste…

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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · Aug 13

“Extreme heat, malnutrition linked to crop failures, and air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels are driving higher rates of preterm birth and infant and maternal death, undermining many countries’ efforts to improve public health.” @zteirstein.bsky.social grist.org/health/how-c...

How climate change endangers mothers and children

Rising temperatures are rewriting the earliest stages of life, according to a new report.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · Aug 12

Trump's OBBBA terminates federal clean energy investments in American-made energy. This hike in the national electricity rate will increase electricity costs in Michigan by an average of $60 per year starting next year.

State Fact Sheets: How the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Are Increasing Costs for American Families

This series of fact sheets provides insights into how the OBBBA and the administration’s policies will increase the costs of health care, food, energy, and borrowing in each state in the near future.

www.americanprogress.org

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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · Aug 9

Great Falls 🏞️

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · Aug 8

As California burns, new research shows smoke is wildfire’s silent killer #Climate

As California burns, new research shows smoke is wildfire’s silent killer

The official death count from the Palisades and Eaton fires was 30 — the real number may be 15 times higher.

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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · Aug 8

“Aunque Costa Rica ha sido líder mundial en mitigación —con más del 90% de su electricidad generada mediante fuentes renovables como hidroeléctrica, geotermia, eólica y solar— el contexto actual exige un enfoque complementario: adaptarse.” elpais.com/planeta-futu...

Costa Rica construye el primer Código Climático del mundo: una hoja de ruta para sobrevivir al nuevo clima

La iniciativa costarricense que busca reducir los riesgos de olas de calor, sequías prolongadas, lluvias extremas e inundaciones será presentada en la próxima COP30

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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · Aug 7

Carla Morrison para ir a dormir open.spotify.com/track/2heKYC...

Azúcar Morena

Carla Morrison · Amor Supremo (Desnudo) · Song · 2017

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Aug 6

"Phoenix is experiencing record-breaking, prolonged extreme heat driven by climate change, pushing the city into uncharted territory with growing risks to health, infrastructure, and daily life." via weather.com/news/climate...

Phoenix Is Entering Uncharted Territory When It Comes To Heat | Weather.com

Phoenix is experiencing record-breaking, prolonged extreme heat driven by climate change, pushing the city into uncharted territory with growing risks to health, infrastructure and daily life.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · Aug 1

Today's jobs report shows a major decline in job growth since the Trump administration's tariffs took effect in April.

The data tells a clear story: the Trump administration's reckless trade wars are hurting American workers and businesses alike. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/j...

U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July and numbers for prior months were revised much lower

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 100,000 in July, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.

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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · Jul 31

140M+ Americans are under heat alerts this week. Our new report breaks down how climate change is supercharging this deadly heat, driving up bills, straining hospitals and power grids, and hitting working-class, Black, and brown communities hardest. www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...

Climate Change Is Subjecting More Americans to Unbearable Extreme Heat

Climate change is exacerbating extreme heat waves across the country, burdening families, putting Americans’ health at risk, driving up utility bills, straining ecosystems, and deepening inequality.

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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · Jul 31

If you need some talking points about why Extreme Heat is bad for America -- we got you

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Climate Change Is Subjecting More Americans to Unbearable Extreme Heat

Climate change is exacerbating extreme heat waves across the country, burdening families, putting Americans’ health at risk, driving up utility bills, straining ecosystems, and deepening inequality.

www.americanprogress.org

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Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet @ordonezlancet.bsky.social · Jul 20

“Once synonymous with leisure and reprieve, summer has increasingly become a season marked by anxiety and disruption. Fossil fuel pollution — alongside other compounding factors — has transformed these months into a time of mounting peril […]” ‼️ @afreedma.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/c...

This is the summer of flooding across the US, and scientists know why | CNN

Summer has increasingly become a season marked by deadly disasters, underscoring the escalating volatility of our warming world.

www.cnn.com