Susan Conard
@sgconard.bsky.social
Ecology, fire effects, fire science, climate change. Retired USFS R&D, EiC Intl J Wildland Fire 2008-2024. Green energy, politics, public policy.
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To the good people of the United States of America...keep squashing those proposed detention centers. They. Cannot. Be. Built. They cannot.
February 17, 2026 at 2:48 AM
To the good people of the United States of America...keep squashing those proposed detention centers. They. Cannot. Be. Built. They cannot.
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How to treat the Trump administration as they blatantly lie about everything…
February 17, 2026 at 2:47 AM
How to treat the Trump administration as they blatantly lie about everything…
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Fossil fuels devour vast amounts of water at every point in their poisonous life cycle, + can contaminate ground + surface waters - often operating in arid regions where protecting every drop of water is critical
February 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Fossil fuels devour vast amounts of water at every point in their poisonous life cycle, + can contaminate ground + surface waters - often operating in arid regions where protecting every drop of water is critical
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Does that seem fair to you?
February 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Does that seem fair to you?
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⚠️ Eighteen people in Texas remain in jail after being accused of “providing material support for terrorism” for participating in an anti-ICE protest.
The case is intended to set a precedent criminalizing protest.
Jury selection begins for a trial involving nine of the defendants on February 17th.
The case is intended to set a precedent criminalizing protest.
Jury selection begins for a trial involving nine of the defendants on February 17th.
Pay attention to the Prairieland case.
By saddling the defendants with indiscriminate charges, holding them without bail, and isolating them from lawyers and the public, prosecutors are attempting to terrorize them into signing guilty pleas in order to set a precedent criminalizing dissent itself.
By saddling the defendants with indiscriminate charges, holding them without bail, and isolating them from lawyers and the public, prosecutors are attempting to terrorize them into signing guilty pleas in order to set a precedent criminalizing dissent itself.
The Road to Prairieland
The crackdown on anti-ICE activists in Texas reflects a pattern of intensifying repression all around the country.
crimethinc.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
⚠️ Eighteen people in Texas remain in jail after being accused of “providing material support for terrorism” for participating in an anti-ICE protest.
The case is intended to set a precedent criminalizing protest.
Jury selection begins for a trial involving nine of the defendants on February 17th.
The case is intended to set a precedent criminalizing protest.
Jury selection begins for a trial involving nine of the defendants on February 17th.
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The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
February 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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If we switched to #renewableenergy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying coal & oil & gas!! buff.ly/dpTrSpO
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal
February 15, 2026 at 7:07 PM
If we switched to #renewableenergy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall by 40% because they're just carrying coal & oil & gas!! buff.ly/dpTrSpO
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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An EV researcher says the Trump administration’s retreat from regulating car emissions “will not stop the public and commercial transition to electric vehicles, but it will make that shift harder, slower and more expensive for everyone.”
EPA removal of vehicle emissions limits won’t stop the shift to electric vehicles, but will make it harder, slower and more expensive
The American public agrees that vehicle emissions are harmful and should be regulated, and has indicated strong preferences for cars that pollute less.
buff.ly
February 15, 2026 at 4:48 AM
An EV researcher says the Trump administration’s retreat from regulating car emissions “will not stop the public and commercial transition to electric vehicles, but it will make that shift harder, slower and more expensive for everyone.”
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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🔥New in IJWF:
Chen et al. use CSIRO Pyrotron wind-tunnel burns in eucalypt litter to model fine woody debris consumption (6–50 mm). A two-step ML pipeline predicts full vs partial burnout (74% accuracy) and estimates combustion factor.
🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25255
#IJWildlandFire
Chen et al. use CSIRO Pyrotron wind-tunnel burns in eucalypt litter to model fine woody debris consumption (6–50 mm). A two-step ML pipeline predicts full vs partial burnout (74% accuracy) and estimates combustion factor.
🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25255
#IJWildlandFire
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
🔥New in IJWF:
Chen et al. use CSIRO Pyrotron wind-tunnel burns in eucalypt litter to model fine woody debris consumption (6–50 mm). A two-step ML pipeline predicts full vs partial burnout (74% accuracy) and estimates combustion factor.
🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25255
#IJWildlandFire
Chen et al. use CSIRO Pyrotron wind-tunnel burns in eucalypt litter to model fine woody debris consumption (6–50 mm). A two-step ML pipeline predicts full vs partial burnout (74% accuracy) and estimates combustion factor.
🔗 doi.org/10.1071/WF25255
#IJWildlandFire
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Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
February 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water.
Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.
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The First Casualty of Trump’s Climate Action Repeal: The U.S. EV Transition - Inside Climate News
Tailpipe standards meant to hasten adoption of electric vehicles were slashed alongside the scientific basis for regulating greenhouse gas emissions. That will come at a cost.
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February 14, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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Anyone else think that Trump's call to Palm Beach police was intended to give him cover/allay suspicions about his own involvement?
youtube.com/watch?v=4etE...
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BREAKING: Trump exposed in NEW Epstein phone call scandal
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Anyone else think that Trump's call to Palm Beach police was intended to give him cover/allay suspicions about his own involvement?
youtube.com/watch?v=4etE...
youtube.com/watch?v=4etE...
Anyone else think that Trump's call to Palm Beach police was intended to give him cover/allay suspicions about his own involvement?
youtube.com/watch?v=4etE...
youtube.com/watch?v=4etE...
BREAKING: Trump exposed in NEW Epstein phone call scandal
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Anyone else think that Trump's call to Palm Beach police was intended to give him cover/allay suspicions about his own involvement?
youtube.com/watch?v=4etE...
youtube.com/watch?v=4etE...
Despicable, anti-science, pro fossil fuel climate policy changes by Trump admin.⬇️
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Despicable, anti-science, pro fossil fuel climate policy changes by Trump admin.⬇️
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
Another bad idea brought to you by the DT admin desire to turn back the clock 100 yrs or so.
Last year, the administration cancelled the solar for all program that was helping improve the grid and help low-income households in all 50 states and Puerto Rico bsky.app/profile/cost...
The Solar for All program is a multi-billion dollar federal investment to help lower electricity costs & cut US energy poverty. The Trump Administration ended it. @carleysanya.bsky.social & I talked with @juliaradio.bsky.social & @jeffbradynews.bsky.social about it: www.npr.org/2025/08/08/n... 🔌 💡
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Another bad idea brought to you by the DT admin desire to turn back the clock 100 yrs or so.
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Capitalism. Oligarchs. Greed will be the end of us.
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Capitalism. Oligarchs. Greed will be the end of us.
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Putting a leader’s name and image on everything is an authoritarian tactic. It is a symbol of submission to make the leader seem invincible to subvert opposition. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump’s obsession with renaming buildings after himself is about more than ego
Cultural omnipresence is a strongman tactic.
www.ms.now
February 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Putting a leader’s name and image on everything is an authoritarian tactic. It is a symbol of submission to make the leader seem invincible to subvert opposition. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
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The Long Ukrainian Winter
How You Can Help
snyder.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
Read this whole thing. What an amazing story.
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Read this whole thing. What an amazing story.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM