Tim Donaghy
@timdonaghy.bsky.social
Research Director for Greenpeace USA. Lapsed astrophysicist, previously UCS.
Focused on climate, energy, environmental justice, science policy. Views are my own.
I'm @quinn43 on the birdsite. Also on Mastodon @[email protected]. he/him
Focused on climate, energy, environmental justice, science policy. Views are my own.
I'm @quinn43 on the birdsite. Also on Mastodon @[email protected]. he/him
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Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
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This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
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During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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Interactive COP30 Exhibit Allows Attendees To Be Shot Up Into Air On Big Spurt Of Oil
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Interactive COP30 Exhibit Allows Attendees To Be Shot Up Into Air On Big Spurt Of Oil
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Good thing MAHA is in the government. 🙃🤡
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Good thing MAHA is in the government. 🙃🤡
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Jimmy Cliff, Guns of Brixton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck1Z...
Jimmy Cliff - Guns of Brixton
YouTube video by ReggaeNeration
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Jimmy Cliff, Guns of Brixton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck1Z...
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WTF newrepublic.com/post/203517/... This is like a Maddow fever dream circa 2018
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Deal Appears to Be Translated From Russian
Certain phrases in Trump’s proposed deal seem to be using Russian language.
newrepublic.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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My latest for @rollingstone.com
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices.
But in Baltimore, I met blue collar workers who are fighting back, preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future,” and defending offshore wind.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices.
But in Baltimore, I met blue collar workers who are fighting back, preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future,” and defending offshore wind.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My latest for @rollingstone.com
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices.
But in Baltimore, I met blue collar workers who are fighting back, preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future,” and defending offshore wind.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices.
But in Baltimore, I met blue collar workers who are fighting back, preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future,” and defending offshore wind.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This is especially pernicious in articles about "how AI could help the climate" when they are actually just talking about low-energy use tools that use machine learning
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is especially pernicious in articles about "how AI could help the climate" when they are actually just talking about low-energy use tools that use machine learning
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Remember when we had actual competitive Senate elections in most states?
Remember when candidates actually mattered?
People: The moderation debate is missing the big picture!
We're in the era of nothing but D v R matters. And other things should matter.
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
Remember when candidates actually mattered?
People: The moderation debate is missing the big picture!
We're in the era of nothing but D v R matters. And other things should matter.
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
The moderation debate fiddles with 2% while Democracy’s dimensionality collapses
Presidential vote now determines 98% of House outcomes. One-dimensional partisan conflict is authoritarian-friendly territory. Could fusion voting restore competitive dimensions?
leedrutman.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Remember when we had actual competitive Senate elections in most states?
Remember when candidates actually mattered?
People: The moderation debate is missing the big picture!
We're in the era of nothing but D v R matters. And other things should matter.
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
Remember when candidates actually mattered?
People: The moderation debate is missing the big picture!
We're in the era of nothing but D v R matters. And other things should matter.
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
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Fossil fuels are fine unless you use them for anything.
Stop burning #fossilfuels. Stop turning them into plastics.
Leave them in the ground.
Stop burning #fossilfuels. Stop turning them into plastics.
Leave them in the ground.
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Fossil fuels are fine unless you use them for anything.
Stop burning #fossilfuels. Stop turning them into plastics.
Leave them in the ground.
Stop burning #fossilfuels. Stop turning them into plastics.
Leave them in the ground.
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Right.
And it's a good way to start explaining that Miller took away our cancer cures and VA nurses to pay for his goons.
And it's a good way to start explaining that Miller took away our cancer cures and VA nurses to pay for his goons.
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Right.
And it's a good way to start explaining that Miller took away our cancer cures and VA nurses to pay for his goons.
And it's a good way to start explaining that Miller took away our cancer cures and VA nurses to pay for his goons.
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Political appointees should not be dictating the scientific conclusions of federal science agencies. This is wildly inappropriate of Secretary Kennedy and devastatingly dangerous for public trust in the CDC as a scientific authority.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Political appointees should not be dictating the scientific conclusions of federal science agencies. This is wildly inappropriate of Secretary Kennedy and devastatingly dangerous for public trust in the CDC as a scientific authority.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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America's obscene LNG build-out only makes financial sense if the price of gas is cripplingly, devastatingly high for households
If households pay reasonable amounts of gas, then it means billions in LNG export investments go down the drain
Who do you think Trump is going to choose to bail out?
If households pay reasonable amounts of gas, then it means billions in LNG export investments go down the drain
Who do you think Trump is going to choose to bail out?
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
America's obscene LNG build-out only makes financial sense if the price of gas is cripplingly, devastatingly high for households
If households pay reasonable amounts of gas, then it means billions in LNG export investments go down the drain
Who do you think Trump is going to choose to bail out?
If households pay reasonable amounts of gas, then it means billions in LNG export investments go down the drain
Who do you think Trump is going to choose to bail out?
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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a nice reminder of one of the more absurd elements of trump v. u.s., which is roberts’ apparent belief that the constitution was written to remove limits on executive power prospect.org/2025/11/21/r...
The Right-Wing Legal Movement Made Trump a King - The American Prospect
John Roberts created a monster: Donald Trump compressed a solid millennium or two of monarchical misrule into a mere ten months.
prospect.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
a nice reminder of one of the more absurd elements of trump v. u.s., which is roberts’ apparent belief that the constitution was written to remove limits on executive power prospect.org/2025/11/21/r...
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While baristas are on strike, our job is simple: DON’T SHOP AT STARBUCKS
We stand with unions because unions stand for us. As a unionized workplace, Greenpeace USA understands how organized labor supports a just and green future.
#NoContractNoCoffee
www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
We stand with unions because unions stand for us. As a unionized workplace, Greenpeace USA understands how organized labor supports a just and green future.
#NoContractNoCoffee
www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
While baristas are on strike, our job is simple: DON’T SHOP AT STARBUCKS
We stand with unions because unions stand for us. As a unionized workplace, Greenpeace USA understands how organized labor supports a just and green future.
#NoContractNoCoffee
www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
We stand with unions because unions stand for us. As a unionized workplace, Greenpeace USA understands how organized labor supports a just and green future.
#NoContractNoCoffee
www.nocontractnocoffee.org#pledge
The physics of bicycles literally came up on my physics candidacy exam
We don't really know how bicycles work.
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The physics of bicycles literally came up on my physics candidacy exam
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This is perfect. A Fox 52 episode podcast about the life of Jesus, apparently built on subterfuge, theft and lies. Many or most of the actors billed as participating had their voices repurposed from other work and didn't even know they were part of it. ew.com/celebrities-...
Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, more had 'no knowledge' their voices would be used in Fox News Jesus podcast
Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, and more stars had 'no knowledge' that their voices would be used in a Fox News podcast about Jesus until this week, as they recorded audio for a separate project 15 ye...
ew.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is perfect. A Fox 52 episode podcast about the life of Jesus, apparently built on subterfuge, theft and lies. Many or most of the actors billed as participating had their voices repurposed from other work and didn't even know they were part of it. ew.com/celebrities-...
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"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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Some billionaires, while building "apocalypse shelters" as personal escape hatches from the climate crisis, are urging Democrats to stop talking about and adopting policies to tackle this existential threat. Don't buy their bullshit. 1/ @aaronregunberg.bsky.social @thenewrepublic.bsky.social
Here’s the Data Showing Why Dems Must Keep Talking About Climate
Centrist groups want to see Democrats retreat from climate policy. That’s the wrong thing to do—both morally and strategically.
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Some billionaires, while building "apocalypse shelters" as personal escape hatches from the climate crisis, are urging Democrats to stop talking about and adopting policies to tackle this existential threat. Don't buy their bullshit. 1/ @aaronregunberg.bsky.social @thenewrepublic.bsky.social
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A new report from @oilchange.bsky.social finds that the US govt gives the #FossilFuel industry a handout of $34.8 BILLION dollars in subsidies every year — even as everyday people struggle with the cost of living and the climate crisis grows worse & worse.
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A new report from @oilchange.bsky.social finds that the US govt gives the #FossilFuel industry a handout of $34.8 BILLION dollars in subsidies every year — even as everyday people struggle with the cost of living and the climate crisis grows worse & worse.
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
Read more: oilchange.org/publications...
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BREAKING: Trump admin proposes new oil and gas drilling off the coast of California
Here's the map of where they're planning lease sales in the lower 48. Lease sales also planned for Alaska.
#EnergySky #Greensky
Here's the map of where they're planning lease sales in the lower 48. Lease sales also planned for Alaska.
#EnergySky #Greensky
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
BREAKING: Trump admin proposes new oil and gas drilling off the coast of California
Here's the map of where they're planning lease sales in the lower 48. Lease sales also planned for Alaska.
#EnergySky #Greensky
Here's the map of where they're planning lease sales in the lower 48. Lease sales also planned for Alaska.
#EnergySky #Greensky