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Aaron Weiss

@aweiss.bsky.social

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Public lands guy. Wannabe photographer, baker, occasional piano player. Denver-based. Public lands, tech, climate, food, Colorado Signal: @aweiss.77

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Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 2d

That's a deep cut.

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 2d

They came, they saw.

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 2d

The hero we need

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 5d

What the courts do with this admission will be another clear sign of how far down the road to fascism we've fallen

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 5d

Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 6d

What stage of fascism is "arresting every resident of a building without a warrant"?

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 6d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 7d

Is today the hardest Connections yet in terms of crash rate?

Reposted by Aaron Weiss

Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · 8d

My coverage of today's announcements on coal from the Interior Department, EPA, and DOE is below.

As one source put it: "There is no such thing as clean coal."

insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202...

Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry - Inside Climate News

The administration is opening millions of additional acres of public land to mining while slashing royalty rates and environmental regulations for coal. Environmentalists warn of skyrocketing costs an...

insideclimatenews.org

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 9d

Yep.

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 9d

I'm afraid Ezra is lost to the brain worms. If Ta-Nehisi Coates can't bring him back, no one can.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 9d

i took a stab at editing ezra klein’s most recent comments about trans people and electoral politics to make a point often lost by the american liberal commentariat

Klein: I think, from your perspective and from my perspective, we probably don’t believe hugely different things. But a huge amount of the country, a majority of the country, believes things about [edit: the jews], about what policy should be toward [edit: the jews], about what language is acceptable to [edit: the jews], that we would see as fundamentally and morally wrong.

And what politically — not in a column or something, but politically — should our relationship with those people be? Do we win them over? Do we compromise with them?

This feels like a very salient question. The Republican Party is going to make sure this is a relentlessly salient question.

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 9d

I just read the entire transcript and JFC... they might as well title the episode "In defense of my moral cowardice"

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 9d

As if any of these folks think the Antideficiency Act applies to them

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 9d

The Torment Nexus but for politicians

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 10d

That's a quality subhead

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah, time zones factor in here too. The entire Kimmel monologue was posted to YouTube *BY ABC* hours before it ran on the West Coast. That's a shot across the bow of affiliate groups too. KATU and KOMO are superfluous to Disney.

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah, my hope is that Sinclair and Nexstar sufficiently overplayed their hand here that Disney just drops them entirely the next time affiliate agreements are up and provides a national ABC programming feed to the cable/satellit providers. Run some regional newscasts and call it good.

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 10d

No one at any of these stations or KPTV (Gray/Fox) thinks Portland is a war zone. But watch whether any of them say the factual part out loud.

We need local news, but only if it's willing to say what is observably true. Otherwise journalists are just stenographers.

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 10d

Worth noting that Portland has both Nexstar (KOIN/CBS) and Sinclair (KATU/ABC) stations, and the NBC affiliate (KGW) is Tegna, which is being purchased by Nexstar.

Keep an eye on how corporate interferes with local coverage of this.

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 10d

Worth noting that Portland has both Nexstar (KOIN/CBS) and Sinclair (KATU/ABC) stations, and the NBC affiliate (KGW) is Tegna, which is being purchased by Nexstar.

Keep an eye on how corporate interferes with local coverage of this.

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 10d

Turns out the Epstein files are in Portland

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 11d

1) A good reminder that Doug Burgum is full of shit

2) Some courts are holding

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 11d

Scoop: Trump lost the legal battle over halting the offshore Revolution Wind project after Orsted, its developer, brought reams of evidence to court alleging the government was lying about military security concerns.

It’s a sign truth can empower companies Trump targets.

Via @heatmap.news

How Trump’s Case Against Revolution Wind Fell Apart

The administration argued in the name of national defense — but Orsted had receipts.

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 11d

We saw a LOT of great music this summer, and Al's Red Rocks show was easily the best of the year.

Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 11d

And that’s a wrap on our 2025 tour! Huge thanks to the greatest band and crew in the world, as well as to everyone who came out to see a show! Hope to see y’all again soon!

Al poses on stage with the entire band and crew for his Bigger & Weirder tour

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 12d

Only the best people

Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 12d

Lindsay Halligan, the newly-installed US Attorney prosecuting James Comey at President Trump's direction, is an insurance attorney and a Miss Colorado finalist. She has never prosecuted a case. fortune.com/2025/09/25/l...

Meet Lindsey Halligan, the 36-year-old former Miss Colorado hopeful who only worked 3 federal cases before Trump promoted her to U.S. attorney | Fortune

Halligan, who twice competed in the Miss Colorado USA pageant, will now lead one of the nation’s most important federal prosecutor offices.

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 13d

World's largest plate of calamari

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 13d

Damn that's cool

Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 13d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 15d

This is a BFD.

Joan Meiners, PhD @joanmeiners.bsky.social · 15d

🚨BREAKING: Arizona State Univ. just announced a $115 million donation, its largest ever, from former Walmart chairman Rob Walton. They're launching a new School of Conservation Futures.

My story, publ. as ASU Pres. Crow shares news at #ClimateWeekNYC, has details: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

ASU launches new School of Conservation Futures with record-setting $115 million donation

Arizona State University will also rename its College of Global Futures to honor donor Rob Walton, the former Walmart chairman.

www.azcentral.com

Aaron Weiss @aweiss.bsky.social · 15d

Yeah, similar situation with Paramount/CBS/Skydance. DOJ antitrust threats have way more bite than FCC threats over broadcast spectrum. But this DOJ especially doesn't want to ever be seen as anti-merger and anti-Wall Street.