MCLesh
@capacioushandbag.bsky.social
Writer optimist looking for quality tacos, the occasional summertime g&t, and a cup of coffee with the right amount of cream and sugar. I miss my dog. (My cat is kind of an ass.)
Reposted by MCLesh
A thought experiment. What if the world's climate policy for the next few years was: flood the planet with cheap or free solar panels?
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
A Modest Proposal
What if we just flooded the planet with cheap or even free solar panels?
billmckibben.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A thought experiment. What if the world's climate policy for the next few years was: flood the planet with cheap or free solar panels?
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
Reposted by MCLesh
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
Someone needs to come up with an app so I can look up: "How much money did Elon Musk lose today?" tracking his loss like a stock ticker.
March 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Someone needs to come up with an app so I can look up: "How much money did Elon Musk lose today?" tracking his loss like a stock ticker.
Reposted by MCLesh
Rep Al Green is my hero.
March 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Rep Al Green is my hero.
Reposted by MCLesh
Special Vermont Resistance edition
Lucy Welch, a hero for the moment.
billmckibben.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Reposted by MCLesh
We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.
February 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.
Reposted by MCLesh
Reposted by MCLesh
People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
February 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
People need to understand that we are in an entirely new paradigm. It is now Russia the US against Ukraine and Europe. This is not a shift in US policy, it is a transformation of what kind of country the United States is in the world
Reposted by MCLesh
We apologize to our Ukrainian supporters. We are embarrassed by how our president and vice president have behaved. We are fighting to redeem the soul of America. 🇺🇸
February 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We apologize to our Ukrainian supporters. We are embarrassed by how our president and vice president have behaved. We are fighting to redeem the soul of America. 🇺🇸
Reposted by MCLesh
Reposted by MCLesh
This one I drew for no reason. Feel free to use for non-profit or non-douchebag purposes. (Please no commercial or douchebag use)
February 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This one I drew for no reason. Feel free to use for non-profit or non-douchebag purposes. (Please no commercial or douchebag use)
Reposted by MCLesh
I drew a thing to replace a yard sign someone lost. I've changed the bottom text to make it less yard-specific. I would have tried to make a few more varieties but my computer is being a piece of shit and I am out of patience today.
Feel free to use these for any non-profit/non-douchebag reason
Feel free to use these for any non-profit/non-douchebag reason
February 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I drew a thing to replace a yard sign someone lost. I've changed the bottom text to make it less yard-specific. I would have tried to make a few more varieties but my computer is being a piece of shit and I am out of patience today.
Feel free to use these for any non-profit/non-douchebag reason
Feel free to use these for any non-profit/non-douchebag reason
Reposted by MCLesh
THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it.
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
THIS IS A MUST-READ PIECE. Please share, off Bluesky as well as on it.
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Most people *do not understand* how harmful these short-sighted cuts are going to be - for our economic as well as our physical health. 🧪🛟🩺
Reposted by MCLesh
This is a five-alarm fire 🔥 for US science 🧪.
(We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.)
Trump and Musk are blocking *ALL* NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings.
Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/
(We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.)
Trump and Musk are blocking *ALL* NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings.
Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/
NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal scholars say is illegal.
Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled.
All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled.
All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
This is a five-alarm fire 🔥 for US science 🧪.
(We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.)
Trump and Musk are blocking *ALL* NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings.
Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/
(We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.)
Trump and Musk are blocking *ALL* NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings.
Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/
Reposted by MCLesh
Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.
February 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.
It's gonna be the Gulf of Steve Martin from now on.
February 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's gonna be the Gulf of Steve Martin from now on.
Reposted by MCLesh
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Nojus Petrauskas.
February 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Nojus Petrauskas.
Frustrated at myself that I didn't go to a local-ish protest today. (My first post should be something auspicious, but this is it, I'm afraid.)
February 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Frustrated at myself that I didn't go to a local-ish protest today. (My first post should be something auspicious, but this is it, I'm afraid.)