Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social
Advocate for climate action, clean energy & democracy. Likes to play outside. Director with Sierra Club Foundation, Way to Rise, and Clean Energy Transition Institute and recently Director and Vice President with Sierra Club.
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Don’t Look Away: The Climate Crisis Demands Our Attention
We live in a time of crisis overload. President Trump and his team are following his advisor Steve Bannon’s strategy to “flood the zone…
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I wrote a piece for Earth Week about the need to keep bringing focus to the need for climate action at this time we are all being overloaded with issues that are appropriately demanding our attention. Appreciate any thoughts and sharing with anyone you think might be interested.
No one is above the law, unless:
** you are donor to a MAGA super PAC
** you are a narco-terrorist with ties to the Roger Stone and crypto bros
** you are a fraudster with connections
** you are a meth dealer who is the son of a Republican congressman
** you attacked the US Capitol police
** you are donor to a MAGA super PAC
** you are a narco-terrorist with ties to the Roger Stone and crypto bros
** you are a fraudster with connections
** you are a meth dealer who is the son of a Republican congressman
** you attacked the US Capitol police
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
No one is above the law, unless:
** you are donor to a MAGA super PAC
** you are a narco-terrorist with ties to the Roger Stone and crypto bros
** you are a fraudster with connections
** you are a meth dealer who is the son of a Republican congressman
** you attacked the US Capitol police
** you are donor to a MAGA super PAC
** you are a narco-terrorist with ties to the Roger Stone and crypto bros
** you are a fraudster with connections
** you are a meth dealer who is the son of a Republican congressman
** you attacked the US Capitol police
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The Trump administration is a criminal enterprise.
January 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The Trump administration is a criminal enterprise.
Republican Rep. Don Bacon: Invading Greenland would be "the end of [Trump's] presidency. Most Republicans know this is immoral and wrong, and we’re going to stand up against it…. I think it would lead to impeachment. Invading an ally…is a high crime and a misdemeanor.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social
January 16, 2026
Well, President Donald J.
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January 17, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Republican Rep. Don Bacon: Invading Greenland would be "the end of [Trump's] presidency. Most Republicans know this is immoral and wrong, and we’re going to stand up against it…. I think it would lead to impeachment. Invading an ally…is a high crime and a misdemeanor.” @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Remember when Republicans claimed to be champions of free speech and the press?
The picture of fascism, in a single photo
This man on the ground is a professional photographer, who was doing his job
This man on the ground is a professional photographer, who was doing his job
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Remember when Republicans claimed to be champions of free speech and the press?
Parties are fun, but the more clearly we recognize that we are confronting major catastrophic risks, the more likely it is we have a chance to actually navigate them and avoid civilizational collapse. 5/ youtu.be/wugkIxGKzx8
This Is How the World Ends According to Science
YouTube video by PBS Terra
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January 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Parties are fun, but the more clearly we recognize that we are confronting major catastrophic risks, the more likely it is we have a chance to actually navigate them and avoid civilizational collapse. 5/ youtu.be/wugkIxGKzx8
The next time I hear any Republican claim that they are "tough on crime" I am going to scream. Trump pardons fraudster FOR A SECOND TIME after a family member gives millions to a MAGA super PAC. Oh, and he also pardons a meth dealer who is a son of an R Congressman. @nytimes.com
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
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January 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM
The next time I hear any Republican claim that they are "tough on crime" I am going to scream. Trump pardons fraudster FOR A SECOND TIME after a family member gives millions to a MAGA super PAC. Oh, and he also pardons a meth dealer who is a son of an R Congressman. @nytimes.com
Meanwhile, the great minds of Wall Street and the global oligarchy party with Trump in Davos as the we continue to inflate the AI bubble, the carbon bubble, the inequality bubble, and the other indicia of an economy and society on the brink. 4/
soap bubbles are floating in the air in the dark
ALT: soap bubbles are floating in the air in the dark
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January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Meanwhile, the great minds of Wall Street and the global oligarchy party with Trump in Davos as the we continue to inflate the AI bubble, the carbon bubble, the inequality bubble, and the other indicia of an economy and society on the brink. 4/
And it is not as if there is anything that has happened to diminish concern over global warming. The past three years are the warmest since humans have been recording and the cost of climate fueled disasters continues to mount. 3/
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WMO confirms 2025 was one of warmest years on record
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January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
And it is not as if there is anything that has happened to diminish concern over global warming. The past three years are the warmest since humans have been recording and the cost of climate fueled disasters continues to mount. 3/
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Those impacts are directly impacting financial markets. Earlier last year, for example, a global insurance executive warned that capitalism (and civilization itself) would not be able to survive the climate crisis on the current trajectory. 2/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
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January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Those impacts are directly impacting financial markets. Earlier last year, for example, a global insurance executive warned that capitalism (and civilization itself) would not be able to survive the climate crisis on the current trajectory. 2/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The retreat is real, but it gives the impression that the only reason that the financial markets were starting to address climate and sustainability was pressure from activists and the desire to be fashionable. Nowhere does it mention the accelerating impacts of the climate crisis 1/
"On company earnings calls, mentions of words like climate and sustainability have plunged by 75 percent over the past year."
How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
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January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The retreat is real, but it gives the impression that the only reason that the financial markets were starting to address climate and sustainability was pressure from activists and the desire to be fashionable. Nowhere does it mention the accelerating impacts of the climate crisis 1/
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Sometimes the folks on Fox News try to send Trump a hint - Brian Kilmeade featured a poll that showed that 75% of Americans are against Trump's plans to take over Greenland. It's also odd to send the Governor of Louisiana as an envoy to an arctic island.
January 17, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Sometimes the folks on Fox News try to send Trump a hint - Brian Kilmeade featured a poll that showed that 75% of Americans are against Trump's plans to take over Greenland. It's also odd to send the Governor of Louisiana as an envoy to an arctic island.
Hadn't heard this one! Got to hear him live at the Vancouver Folk Festival -- a highlight.
January 17, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Hadn't heard this one! Got to hear him live at the Vancouver Folk Festival -- a highlight.
The corruption is so widespread now that each instance of it just provokes a yawn.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 3:05 AM
The corruption is so widespread now that each instance of it just provokes a yawn.
Huge progress! Elections matter!!
The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Huge progress! Elections matter!!
Trump's DOJ has amassed an impressive record of losing about 2/3 of its cases. This is highly unusual for a presidential administration, and is a sign of the chaos and incompetence at the top @normeisen.bsky.social @joshuakolb.bsky.social @contrariannews.org
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January 17, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Trump's DOJ has amassed an impressive record of losing about 2/3 of its cases. This is highly unusual for a presidential administration, and is a sign of the chaos and incompetence at the top @normeisen.bsky.social @joshuakolb.bsky.social @contrariannews.org
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BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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I don’t think this stuff is recoverable. I think these are the crucial four years where we just cede all basically all green tech production to China.
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I don’t think this stuff is recoverable. I think these are the crucial four years where we just cede all basically all green tech production to China.
Jael does great reporting -- get in touch with any stuff
hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is [email protected]
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is [email protected]
January 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Jael does great reporting -- get in touch with any stuff
If male fragility is a key barrier to climate action, let's figure out how to get more Arnold Schwarzeneggers in the fight with us! @sammyroth.bsky.social www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/climate-ch...
Manly male sports fans for a safer planet
A new study identifies "precarious manhood" as a barrier to climate action.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
If male fragility is a key barrier to climate action, let's figure out how to get more Arnold Schwarzeneggers in the fight with us! @sammyroth.bsky.social www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/climate-ch...
While the Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress constantly pontificate about the need for permit streamlining, Energy Sec Doug Burgum has been blockading renewable development on federal lands. @mariagallucci.bsky.social @canarymedia.com
22GW of renewables thwarted or in limbo under Trump ‘blockade’
An Interior Department memo is hampering wind and solar on public lands. It’s one of many federal actions slowing the build-out of cheap, clean energy.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
While the Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress constantly pontificate about the need for permit streamlining, Energy Sec Doug Burgum has been blockading renewable development on federal lands. @mariagallucci.bsky.social @canarymedia.com
File under: "Chef's kiss"
Goebbels :: Trump
Goebbels :: Trump
There is a precedent for a person getting someone else's Nobel Prize. In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, gave his Nobel Prize in literature to Joseph Goebbels uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Knut Hamsun
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supp...
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January 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM
File under: "Chef's kiss"
Goebbels :: Trump
Goebbels :: Trump
But, but, everyone says he's a business genius!?!?
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 PM
But, but, everyone says he's a business genius!?!?
Horrific. A family just trying to get home is faced with the full brunt of ICE abuse.
My god, I did not expect from the headline (which was bad enough on its face) just *how* bad this situation actually was. You have to read the article to realize it.
Couple Says ICE Agents Gassed Them as They Drove With 6 Children
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January 16, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Horrific. A family just trying to get home is faced with the full brunt of ICE abuse.
Meanwhile, Venezuela is still ruled by the same gang of thugs and thieves. Machado is going to learn the same lesson that the law firms, universities, and corporations who have caved to Trump have learned: it is a bottomless pit of need and pandering never works.
Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
January 16, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Meanwhile, Venezuela is still ruled by the same gang of thugs and thieves. Machado is going to learn the same lesson that the law firms, universities, and corporations who have caved to Trump have learned: it is a bottomless pit of need and pandering never works.