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Posting a lot about climate and environment and their advocates.
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
In lieu of affordable universal health insurance, Texans will now be given better access to de-worming medication.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
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The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
Um.... This is an actual judicial opinion (dissenting in the TX gerrymandering case)
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:
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One thing I can guarantee you is that I will always give you proper credit for it. The same did not happen for us when cropaganda made its peer reviewed debut, alas.
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
One thing I can guarantee you is that I will always give you proper credit for it. The same did not happen for us when cropaganda made its peer reviewed debut, alas.
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Let’s make it happen!
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Let’s make it happen!
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This story really gets at the nitty gritty of why Iowa is overflowing with Confined Animal Feeding Operations: the regs just require pieces of paper to be filed, there is no monitoring and the fines if an operator is ever caught are ludicrous, all things that could be fixed easily (charging CAFOs).
Factory Farms in Iowa Generate 110 Billion Pounds of Manure Per Year. No One Tracks Where It’s Going.
Manure management planning could prevent fertilizer pollution. But an antiquated system isn’t doing enough to track manure, a former state employee says.
sentientmedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This story really gets at the nitty gritty of why Iowa is overflowing with Confined Animal Feeding Operations: the regs just require pieces of paper to be filed, there is no monitoring and the fines if an operator is ever caught are ludicrous, all things that could be fixed easily (charging CAFOs).
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SCOTUS will state that the California map is too close to the election, but the Indiana map is NOT too close to the election.
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
SCOTUS will state that the California map is too close to the election, but the Indiana map is NOT too close to the election.
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Of course they did. AND they will disallow the California map, if Republicans can find lawyers who are competent enough to give SCOTUS any kind of "concepts of a plan" to work with.
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Of course they did. AND they will disallow the California map, if Republicans can find lawyers who are competent enough to give SCOTUS any kind of "concepts of a plan" to work with.
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It's not just liberal judges they're doing this to. They're doing this to plenty of conservative judges too; judges who actually spent weeks and weeks poring over the details and with their arms deep in the guts of thousands of pages of documents and days of testimony.
Those judges are pissed.
Those judges are pissed.
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It's not just liberal judges they're doing this to. They're doing this to plenty of conservative judges too; judges who actually spent weeks and weeks poring over the details and with their arms deep in the guts of thousands of pages of documents and days of testimony.
Those judges are pissed.
Those judges are pissed.
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The Supreme Court majority has decided that they are the fact-finders, and the facts are what they want them to be, and quite frankly if District Courts disagree, they can pound sand because they're not the ones in charge.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Supreme Court majority has decided that they are the fact-finders, and the facts are what they want them to be, and quite frankly if District Courts disagree, they can pound sand because they're not the ones in charge.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
They're right about the last part. But the damage they're doing is longterm.
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It’s one of those moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow kind of December evenings here in the Hudson Valley.
Snowfall + moonlight + running trail through the woods = glad to be alive
Get out there, friends
#ColdMoon
Snowfall + moonlight + running trail through the woods = glad to be alive
Get out there, friends
#ColdMoon
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s one of those moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow kind of December evenings here in the Hudson Valley.
Snowfall + moonlight + running trail through the woods = glad to be alive
Get out there, friends
#ColdMoon
Snowfall + moonlight + running trail through the woods = glad to be alive
Get out there, friends
#ColdMoon
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All creatures great and small are paying the price for our stupidity.
Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a lethal dose. n.pr/3XEhzsB
Eating just a handful of plastic can be fatal for marine animals, a study finds
Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a lethal dose.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
All creatures great and small are paying the price for our stupidity.
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This is the greatest post since "I can't be the only one who thinks if the troops wanted to they could put together a football team and dominate the NFL"
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Whenever you're annoyed with Bluesky, click over to LinkedIn remember things can be much, much dumber.
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is the greatest post since "I can't be the only one who thinks if the troops wanted to they could put together a football team and dominate the NFL"
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There are other ways to enable clean energy to be built. Any way that increases fossil fuel production is not a climate solution.
There is a reason oil and gas have been fighting for “permitting reform” since forever.
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There is a reason oil and gas have been fighting for “permitting reform” since forever.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
There are other ways to enable clean energy to be built. Any way that increases fossil fuel production is not a climate solution.
There is a reason oil and gas have been fighting for “permitting reform” since forever.
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There is a reason oil and gas have been fighting for “permitting reform” since forever.
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One underappreciated fact about the green power lobby is that they’re not climate people. They are mostly in and around the the construction industry, actually.
Which makes them only *potential* allies in the climate fight. Right now they’re cozy with our enemies.
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Which makes them only *potential* allies in the climate fight. Right now they’re cozy with our enemies.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
One underappreciated fact about the green power lobby is that they’re not climate people. They are mostly in and around the the construction industry, actually.
Which makes them only *potential* allies in the climate fight. Right now they’re cozy with our enemies.
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Which makes them only *potential* allies in the climate fight. Right now they’re cozy with our enemies.
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DISAPPEARED IN NEW YORK: Omar is a prominent Rochester community member, longtime business owner, loving father, and devoted husband. He was unlawfully detained after being called in for a supposed check-in at ICE’s Buffalo office. Omar must be freed and reunited with his family, now!
December 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
DISAPPEARED IN NEW YORK: Omar is a prominent Rochester community member, longtime business owner, loving father, and devoted husband. He was unlawfully detained after being called in for a supposed check-in at ICE’s Buffalo office. Omar must be freed and reunited with his family, now!
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Advocates from across Florida filled the Capitol today for the Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting. Over 300 people showed up to oppose the mid-cycle redrawing of state district maps. Despite the turnout, the committee did not allow for any public comment.
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Advocates from across Florida filled the Capitol today for the Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting. Over 300 people showed up to oppose the mid-cycle redrawing of state district maps. Despite the turnout, the committee did not allow for any public comment.
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"Belize is on track to protect 30% of its marine environment by 2026. What does that mean for those doing the protection?" Uprooter @andrehabet.bsky.social for @climatespotlight.bsky.social
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‘Marine Protected Areas are Everybody’s Business’
Over the course of six months, Climate Spotlight spoke to representatives from 6 of 7 of Belize’s Marine Protected Area co-managers to learn more about their job and what they believe it will take …
climatespotlight.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Belize is on track to protect 30% of its marine environment by 2026. What does that mean for those doing the protection?" Uprooter @andrehabet.bsky.social for @climatespotlight.bsky.social
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The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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AI Will Only Intensify Climate Change. The Tech Moguls Don’t Care.
The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost.
www.thenation.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The AI phenomenon may functionally print money for tech billionaires, at least for the time being, but it comes with a gargantuan environmental cost.
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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A UN Environment Programme satellite watches for super-emitter events of methane (the main component of natural gas and a fast/potent greenhouse gas) and alerts the people responsible. Out of 3,500+ alerts since 2022, UNEP "documented 25 cases of mitigation action."
That's a 0.7% action rate. 🤦
That's a 0.7% action rate. 🤦
Better data driving action on methane emissions, but more work needed
Nairobi, 22 October 2025 – Government and industry responses to UNEP’s more than 3,500 satellite methane alerts climbed from one to 12 per cent in the past year. Nevertheless, action must accelerate t...
www.unep.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A UN Environment Programme satellite watches for super-emitter events of methane (the main component of natural gas and a fast/potent greenhouse gas) and alerts the people responsible. Out of 3,500+ alerts since 2022, UNEP "documented 25 cases of mitigation action."
That's a 0.7% action rate. 🤦
That's a 0.7% action rate. 🤦
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Google’s AI Nano Banana Pro accused of generating racialised ‘white saviour’ visuals
Google’s AI Nano Banana Pro accused of generating racialised ‘white saviour’ visuals
Research finds tool depicts white women surrounded by black children when prompted about humanitarian aid in Africa
Nano Banana Pro, Google’s new AI-powered image generator, has been accused of creating racialised and “white saviour” visuals in response to prompts about humanitarian aid in Africa – and sometimes appends the logos of large charities.
Asking the tool tens of times to generate an image for the prompt “volunteer helps children in Africa” yielded, with two exceptions, a picture of a white woman surrounded by Black children, often with grass-roofed huts in the background. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Google’s AI Nano Banana Pro accused of generating racialised ‘white saviour’ visuals
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We need to really start concentrating on Mass Transit in all cities, not just major ones and in servicing rural areas.💚
New analysis shows that if regions "repurposed larger shares of their transportation expenditures into “multimodal” solutions, like bus, rail, & biking, governments could collectively save $1 trillion in public expenditures by 2050."
Is one trillion a lot? Calling @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!
Is one trillion a lot? Calling @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!
Building Smarter: How Investing in More Transportation Choices Cuts Infrastructure Costs - RMI
Last month, Illinois lawmakers brought the Chicago transit system back from the brink of financial insolvency largely by deploying one transformative solution: shifting transport revenues away from ex...
rmi.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
We need to really start concentrating on Mass Transit in all cities, not just major ones and in servicing rural areas.💚
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Two Republican lawmakers became the targets of threats in their own homes over the weekend after daring to defy Donald Trump.
Both were left worrying about the safety of their families after finding themselves in the president’s firing line.
Source: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Both were left worrying about the safety of their families after finding themselves in the president’s firing line.
Source: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
December 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Two Republican lawmakers became the targets of threats in their own homes over the weekend after daring to defy Donald Trump.
Both were left worrying about the safety of their families after finding themselves in the president’s firing line.
Source: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Both were left worrying about the safety of their families after finding themselves in the president’s firing line.
Source: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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STOP GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING FOR CASH
STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS
STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS
Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Tortured in Small ‘Box,’ Amnesty International Says
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Tortured in Small 'Box,' Amnesty International Says
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
www.miaminewtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
STOP GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING FOR CASH
STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS
STOP NAZI VANILLA ISIS