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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 8h

Just waiting now on the new Washington Post opinion pieces "Why the Nazis weren't so bad" and "Democracy? It's overrated"

A real Washington Post op-ed "Yes, Trump deserves the Nobel Peace prize"

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 19h

This was literally the strategy of the Nazi Reichstag fire: use a violent event you've instigated yourself to suspend civil liberties and impose totalitarianism.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 20h

Perry: How do you respond to the plaintiffs' contention that any unrest, any violence is the fault of how federal agents are interacting with members of the public? Does it matter if their conduct is why they can't execute federal laws?
Hamilton: No.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 19h

By having the power to constrain Donald Trump's violations of international law and his murder of civilians, and by failing to exercise that power, 51 US senators are now complicit in the administration's perpetration of war crimes.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Colombia's president says boat struck by US was carrying Colombians

The White House calls the allegation "baseless" as the US Senate rejected a measure to bar Trump from using force against the boats.

www.bbc.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 1d

This is not normal, this is fascism. Never let it become normal.

Reuter headline "Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment"

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 20h

It looks like Trump's EPA is stonewalling the release of a major scientific report on the health effects of "forever chemicals" in our drinking water.

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 1d

Never let the GOP bull**** you into believing they're the party of "small government." They only want two kinds of government:
The kind that imposes religious, racist, sexist views on everyone;
The kind that no longer protects health, science, the environment, or people.
variety.com/2025/music/n...

House Speaker Johnson Calls Bad Bunny at Super Bowl ‘a Terrible Decision,’ Says It Should’ve Been Someone With ‘a Broader Audience’ — Like Lee Greenwood

House Speaker Mike Johnson says it is 'a terrible decision' to book Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl, saying Lee Greenwood would have been a better pick.

variety.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 1d

This is not normal, this is fascism. Never let it become normal.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

The point is adapting to the unavoidable consequences of climate change is going to be extraordinarily expensive no matter what we choose to either protect or abandon.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

The other point, of course, is that if the National Academy HAD done a review, they would have blistered Koonin's DOE report as a piece of garbage. That's why the Trump government didn't ask the National Academy to do a review.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

Fyi, not commenting on whether this design is good or bad, there's a real threat that sea level rise is going to wipe out the current Hwy37.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

First Golden-crowned Sparrow of the winter season just arrived in my backyard. So there's hope.
🐦‍⬛🪶

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 2d

I simply don't understand how the Republicans can refuse to seat an elected member of Congress.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

"Let me look right into the camera and lie to your face."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

"Let me look right into the camera and lie to your face."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

I reject the implication that people with beards aren't fussy about grooming. 🧔

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4d

Sorry you can't read. Blocked.

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4d

"Just stand there in your wrongness and be wrong and get used to it."

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4d

If you're dissing The West Wing, "Just stand there in your wrongness and be wrong and get used to it."

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4d

For those complaining that they might have to hear some Spanish at halftime at the Super Bowl, English isn't the native language of America.
That would be Navajo, Yupik, Choctaw, Comanche, Shoshone, Iroquoian, and a hundred others.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4d

Get with it.
people.com/bad-bunny-cl...

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Bad Bunny Claps Back at Critics of His Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance, Jokes Viewers 'Have 4 Months to Learn' Spanish

Bad Bunny clapped back at critics of his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance during the Oct. 4 episode of 'SNL.' The rapper will take the stage at Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Cali...

people.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4d

For those complaining that they might have to hear some Spanish at halftime at the Super Bowl, English isn't the native language of America.
That would be Navajo, Yupik, Choctaw, Comanche, Shoshone, Iroquoian, and a hundred others.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, climate deniers are an easy block.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4d

Sure. But RFK Jr's just going to kill thousands of us while Miller's trying to kill all of democracy.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 4d

You mean the major US navy base where they're having to spend literally hundreds of millions of dollars to adapt to the accelerating impacts of #climatechange on sea level and extreme events?

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

WATCH LIVE: Trump, Hegseth celebrate Navy's 250th anniversary at Naval Station Norfolk

President Donald Trump has decided not to let the government shutdown interfere with a stop in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to salute the Navy as it celebrates its 250th anniversary.

www.pbs.org

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 5d

I think it's clear now that the most evil, malevolent, dangerous man in the US is Stephen Miller.

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