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@tkovach.bsky.social
Climate dad to E, J, and C. Working on decarbonization and environmental justice in Cleveland. Founded the Cleveland Refugee Bike Project. Supports Juventus & Eintracht.
Opinions my own and probably wrong.
Opinions my own and probably wrong.
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When scheduling your next meeting, think:
Could this Zoom have been a phone call?
Could that phone call have been an email?
Could that email have been a text?
Could that text have been a skeet?
Could that skeet have been a thought?
Could that thought have not existed?
Could I simply cease to exist?
Could this Zoom have been a phone call?
Could that phone call have been an email?
Could that email have been a text?
Could that text have been a skeet?
Could that skeet have been a thought?
Could that thought have not existed?
Could I simply cease to exist?
The Horrors Persistent, But Frankly I'm Pretty Sleepy
January 23, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The Horrors Persistent, But Frankly I'm Pretty Sleepy
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Another day, another outrage; ICE under Trump is going to deport dozens of people to Iran, including two gay men previously arrested by the regime who face the death penalty for their orientation, and despite the ongoing crackdowns which have killed thousands.
An administration of total inhumanity.
An administration of total inhumanity.
January 23, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Another day, another outrage; ICE under Trump is going to deport dozens of people to Iran, including two gay men previously arrested by the regime who face the death penalty for their orientation, and despite the ongoing crackdowns which have killed thousands.
An administration of total inhumanity.
An administration of total inhumanity.
"She brands herself as a heterodox thinker, a champion of free speech, even someone who leans to the left, and then adopts positions that flatter the reactionary oligarch class. She isn’t a conservative! She just independently thinks her way to conservative conclusions over and over again."
The Five Farcical Principles of the ‘CBS Evening News’
Tony Dokoupil and Bari Weiss’s new broadcast has been one debacle after another. Let's try to make sense of it all, with or without whiskey.
www.theringer.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:43 PM
"She brands herself as a heterodox thinker, a champion of free speech, even someone who leans to the left, and then adopts positions that flatter the reactionary oligarch class. She isn’t a conservative! She just independently thinks her way to conservative conclusions over and over again."
“When you start to go down this road to devalue the economic cost of poor public health, you do undermine the whole reason for … all these laws that were enacted in the 1970s when there was this gross impact from pollution on the quality of life in the United States."
Trump’s EPA is taking itself out of the regulation game
The agency has long tried to curb carbon emissions and protect human health. Critics say that under Trump it is giving up on both.
grist.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:29 PM
“When you start to go down this road to devalue the economic cost of poor public health, you do undermine the whole reason for … all these laws that were enacted in the 1970s when there was this gross impact from pollution on the quality of life in the United States."
"The National Park Service has removed a sign that detailed the risks the site faces from climate change to comply with a directive from President Trump, according to three federal employees briefed on the matter."
Park Service Erases Climate Facts at Fort Sumter, Where the Civil War Began
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:31 PM
"The National Park Service has removed a sign that detailed the risks the site faces from climate change to comply with a directive from President Trump, according to three federal employees briefed on the matter."
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Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang announces Trinity Rodman has agreed to a three-year contract to remain with the NWSL club.
January 22, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang announces Trinity Rodman has agreed to a three-year contract to remain with the NWSL club.
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I would have nominated Sinners 17 times
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I would have nominated Sinners 17 times
While Washington was serving as President in Philadelphia, Ona Judge fled to freedom in Portsmouth.
Washington improperly used federal personnel in an effort to re-enslave her. He failed, repeatedly, and she died a free woman, though she suffered significant hardships along the way.
Washington improperly used federal personnel in an effort to re-enslave her. He failed, repeatedly, and she died a free woman, though she suffered significant hardships along the way.
George Washington was many things over the course of his lifetime. He was a president, he was general, he was a planter, he was a husband. He was also an enslaver. In order to understand who Washington was, you have to hold all of those things together. You can’t run from the parts you don’t like.
January 22, 2026 at 10:52 PM
While Washington was serving as President in Philadelphia, Ona Judge fled to freedom in Portsmouth.
Washington improperly used federal personnel in an effort to re-enslave her. He failed, repeatedly, and she died a free woman, though she suffered significant hardships along the way.
Washington improperly used federal personnel in an effort to re-enslave her. He failed, repeatedly, and she died a free woman, though she suffered significant hardships along the way.
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It’s not so much that Trump & co don’t think slavery was important, they want to remove this history precisely *because* of how important it was. They don’t want people to learn about slavery because then people would understand how it continues to shape the landscape of inequality in America today.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It’s not so much that Trump & co don’t think slavery was important, they want to remove this history precisely *because* of how important it was. They don’t want people to learn about slavery because then people would understand how it continues to shape the landscape of inequality in America today.
They seem nice
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
![Referring to a detailed study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), a CWG member dismissed it out of hand — stating that “[w]ithout even reading the NASEM report I assume it’s useless” (1350; see also 18037; 19006; 451; 1880) The same CWG member elaborated on his views on NASEM by making sweeping claims about the political and ideological affiliations of government and academic scientists as a whole, stating “they too deserve the DOGE treatment.” (1350)
A CWG member opined that “the climate assessment system is really broken, a RFK Jr style purge is needed, IMO.” (1778)
One CWG member emailed the group, discussing how they wanted to push back against the “extreme weather alarmism angle” with a counterargument: “At this point I want to hold the readers’ faces in it until their limbs stop twitching and then they’ll be receptive to the rest of the material.” Another CWG member responded: “Yes!” (16449)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wvyq44vfj3m3mkw3slpr4lrf/bafkreidbetlars237jpnjwxciryejkgk5wte4qxfvcfzs2p5wu7jsyrzmu@jpeg)
January 22, 2026 at 9:52 PM
They seem nice
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
www.edf.org/media/newly-...
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For overnight shelter needs, please call 211 for assistance. Callers will be connected to shelter and housing options that best meet their individual needs.
If overnight shelter is required, RTA passes may be provided to help individuals travel to a nearby facility offering these services.
If overnight shelter is required, RTA passes may be provided to help individuals travel to a nearby facility offering these services.
January 22, 2026 at 8:31 PM
For overnight shelter needs, please call 211 for assistance. Callers will be connected to shelter and housing options that best meet their individual needs.
If overnight shelter is required, RTA passes may be provided to help individuals travel to a nearby facility offering these services.
If overnight shelter is required, RTA passes may be provided to help individuals travel to a nearby facility offering these services.
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Due to anticipated frigid temperatures and a winter storm this weekend, the City of Cleveland will operate Warming Centers beginning Friday, 1/23, through Monday, 1/26.
January 22, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Due to anticipated frigid temperatures and a winter storm this weekend, the City of Cleveland will operate Warming Centers beginning Friday, 1/23, through Monday, 1/26.
January 22, 2026 at 12:54 PM
This bodes well for the World Baseball Classic, which takes place in Houston and Miami 6 weeks from now.
BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee detained at Los Angeles International Airport
San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was detained Wednesday evening at Los Angeles International Airport, his agent Scott Boras told the Chronicle.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This bodes well for the World Baseball Classic, which takes place in Houston and Miami 6 weeks from now.
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by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
look what they’re doing to my city. apologies for the camerawork
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
“The Trump administration is saying, literally, that they put zero value on human life. If your kid breathes in air pollution from a power plant or industrial source, E.P.A. is saying that they care only insofar as cleaning up that pollution would cost the emitter.”
Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 PM
“The Trump administration is saying, literally, that they put zero value on human life. If your kid breathes in air pollution from a power plant or industrial source, E.P.A. is saying that they care only insofar as cleaning up that pollution would cost the emitter.”
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Trump: "I haven't been able to find any windfarms in China."
Reality: China has far more windfarms than any other country on Earth
Reality: China has far more windfarms than any other country on Earth
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Trump: "I haven't been able to find any windfarms in China."
Reality: China has far more windfarms than any other country on Earth
Reality: China has far more windfarms than any other country on Earth
Without new clean energy development, the average household in PJM would spend $3,000 to $8,500 more on electricity over the next decade
The Cost of No New Clean Power in PJM | ACP
PJM faces reliability and affordability challenges as electricity demand rises faster than new conventional generation. ACP analyzed the system under two scenarios—one with all resources available and...
cleanpower.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Without new clean energy development, the average household in PJM would spend $3,000 to $8,500 more on electricity over the next decade
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If we narrow the analysis to focus only on projects that have been paused, canceled, or closed (excluding delays and reductions in size) over the past year, the lost investments (-$46.7B) far exceed newly announced investments (+$16.1B) during that time period. 🔌💡
January 21, 2026 at 3:59 PM
If we narrow the analysis to focus only on projects that have been paused, canceled, or closed (excluding delays and reductions in size) over the past year, the lost investments (-$46.7B) far exceed newly announced investments (+$16.1B) during that time period. 🔌💡
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In year one, Trump’s policies have SLOWED - closed, delayed, etc. - 70 clean energy manufacturing projects worth $74B and 68,958 jobs.
109 projects have still ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $61B and 61,107 jobs.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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109 projects have still ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $61B and 61,107 jobs.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
🔌💡
January 21, 2026 at 3:59 PM
In year one, Trump’s policies have SLOWED - closed, delayed, etc. - 70 clean energy manufacturing projects worth $74B and 68,958 jobs.
109 projects have still ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $61B and 61,107 jobs.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
🔌💡
109 projects have still ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $61B and 61,107 jobs.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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Erik the Red has never been more vindicated
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Erik the Red has never been more vindicated
There's mansplaining, and then there's mansplaining concentration camps to Andrea Pitzer
That seems like kind of a weird comparison historically. Things can be bad and not the same as a Nazi extermination camp.
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 PM
There's mansplaining, and then there's mansplaining concentration camps to Andrea Pitzer
MLK would have been on Bluesky
January 19, 2026 at 10:11 PM
MLK would have been on Bluesky