Daniel Lerch
@daniellerch.bsky.social
Education & Publications Director at Post Carbon Institute postcarbon.org. Co-founded APA Sustainable Communities Division & The City Repair Project. Back in Portland 🇺🇸 after 9 years in Guadalajara 🇲🇽 as of July 2025.
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I don’t think it’s white guilt at all. I think it’s white defensiveness. Guilt implies bad feelings, somewhere along the line they think slavery was bad and they feel bad about their part in it. These past few years, and esp the VPs latest speech? They feel defensive bcz they DONT feel bad.
hence the uselessness of white guilt. these white people felt guilty and all that did was motivate them to warp science and religion to assuage it.
All the cavorting these national "founders" did with our enslaved ancestors SHOWS they knew full damned well that *they were just as human as they were!*
They enslaved their own blood kin! Infuriating.
That mindset is just evil. And it was (and is) the founding mindset of the United States.
They enslaved their own blood kin! Infuriating.
That mindset is just evil. And it was (and is) the founding mindset of the United States.
December 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t think it’s white guilt at all. I think it’s white defensiveness. Guilt implies bad feelings, somewhere along the line they think slavery was bad and they feel bad about their part in it. These past few years, and esp the VPs latest speech? They feel defensive bcz they DONT feel bad.
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Ripping children away from caring parents is inhumane. It's horrific that Trump's out of control immigration agents are deporting parents without due process and leaving young children traumatized and without their families.
Oregon couple deported, forced to leave toddler behind
The separation is one of dozens happening in Oregon, with ICE detaining both parents or single parents, leaving small children in the care of relatives, family friends, babysitters and in the foster c...
www.oregonlive.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Ripping children away from caring parents is inhumane. It's horrific that Trump's out of control immigration agents are deporting parents without due process and leaving young children traumatized and without their families.
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In any profession where there is diminishing opportunity, pole climbers and nepo babies will rise to the top.
In publishing, this just results in bad, unreadable books. In journalism, this results in a collapsed liberal democracy.
In publishing, this just results in bad, unreadable books. In journalism, this results in a collapsed liberal democracy.
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In any profession where there is diminishing opportunity, pole climbers and nepo babies will rise to the top.
In publishing, this just results in bad, unreadable books. In journalism, this results in a collapsed liberal democracy.
In publishing, this just results in bad, unreadable books. In journalism, this results in a collapsed liberal democracy.
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Give what you can. Take what you need. Anytime.
PDX is dotted with free fridges & pantries.
Map of free fridges & pantries: sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...
Go by bike if you can @bikeportland.org @tigard-stripes.bsky.social @kielbybike.bsky.social @pnwelcome.bsky.social @mayorkwilson.bsky.social
PDX is dotted with free fridges & pantries.
Map of free fridges & pantries: sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...
Go by bike if you can @bikeportland.org @tigard-stripes.bsky.social @kielbybike.bsky.social @pnwelcome.bsky.social @mayorkwilson.bsky.social
Portland, OR bike friends restock free food pantries by bicycle!
YouTube video by Shawne M
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December 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Give what you can. Take what you need. Anytime.
PDX is dotted with free fridges & pantries.
Map of free fridges & pantries: sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...
Go by bike if you can @bikeportland.org @tigard-stripes.bsky.social @kielbybike.bsky.social @pnwelcome.bsky.social @mayorkwilson.bsky.social
PDX is dotted with free fridges & pantries.
Map of free fridges & pantries: sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...
Go by bike if you can @bikeportland.org @tigard-stripes.bsky.social @kielbybike.bsky.social @pnwelcome.bsky.social @mayorkwilson.bsky.social
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Consumer-facing “A.i.” is a fascist project of right wing billionaires to replace actual knowledge and human interaction with lies, disinformation, slop, and propaganda.
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Consumer-facing “A.i.” is a fascist project of right wing billionaires to replace actual knowledge and human interaction with lies, disinformation, slop, and propaganda.
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I know people are rightly going to be worried about child health, their own health. But we also can't afford this. Like, John Hopkins did an estimate (next link) and every measles case during outbreaks cost on average $43,000 to treat. That kid who got tetanus cost $1 million dollars to treat /1
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I know people are rightly going to be worried about child health, their own health. But we also can't afford this. Like, John Hopkins did an estimate (next link) and every measles case during outbreaks cost on average $43,000 to treat. That kid who got tetanus cost $1 million dollars to treat /1
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My staff have seen some of that file. It shows who paid Epstein and where his money was going. Getting this file released publicly is the key to getting justice for Epstein's victims, and holding his associates accountable. And that's why I'll continue to follow the money.
December 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My staff have seen some of that file. It shows who paid Epstein and where his money was going. Getting this file released publicly is the key to getting justice for Epstein's victims, and holding his associates accountable. And that's why I'll continue to follow the money.
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Roses are red, Musk is a phony...
"The J6 D.C. Pipe Bomber was a
Nazi. Diaper. Fur. Brony"
JFC
"The J6 D.C. Pipe Bomber was a
Nazi. Diaper. Fur. Brony"
JFC
Me: *thinks I've moved on from my time as a something awful goon*
The News: "The J6 D.C. Pipe Bomber was a
Nazi. Diaper. Fur. Brony
Repeat.
Nazi. Diaper. Fur. Brony."
Me: *activates like The Winter Soldier*
The News: "The J6 D.C. Pipe Bomber was a
Nazi. Diaper. Fur. Brony
Repeat.
Nazi. Diaper. Fur. Brony."
Me: *activates like The Winter Soldier*
December 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Roses are red, Musk is a phony...
"The J6 D.C. Pipe Bomber was a
Nazi. Diaper. Fur. Brony"
JFC
"The J6 D.C. Pipe Bomber was a
Nazi. Diaper. Fur. Brony"
JFC
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Just to note ULINE is one of the most active far far right B2B suppliers out there. If you own a business don't use them.
December 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Just to note ULINE is one of the most active far far right B2B suppliers out there. If you own a business don't use them.
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I rode a bicycle through an art museum and was able to look at all the paintings in just a fraction of the time it took everyone else.
I was asked what I thought now that #pluribus has reached seven episodes.
I’m not seeing any of the liberal subtext some folks are seeing. But I’ve learned to watch the show by fast forwarding through the long, artsy stretches where no one speaks.
There were exactly 2 lines of interesting dialogue.
I’m not seeing any of the liberal subtext some folks are seeing. But I’ve learned to watch the show by fast forwarding through the long, artsy stretches where no one speaks.
There were exactly 2 lines of interesting dialogue.
December 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I rode a bicycle through an art museum and was able to look at all the paintings in just a fraction of the time it took everyone else.
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I mean women’s loneliness has been a joke for decades- the cat lady with her bags. I’ve heard that threat- if ur not careful ur gonna wind up a cat lady! Since I was a kid.
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I mean women’s loneliness has been a joke for decades- the cat lady with her bags. I’ve heard that threat- if ur not careful ur gonna wind up a cat lady! Since I was a kid.
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Thank you @agdanrayfield.bsky.social for standing up against Trump's outrageous H-1B visa policy. This administration's tirade against foreign workers and immigrants must end.
BREAKING NEWS: We're filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's unlawful new $100k fee for H-1B visas.
H-1B visas allow U.S. employers—like OSU & U of O—to hire skilled foreign workers in specialized roles like physicians, researchers, and nurses.
#orpol #breakingnews
H-1B visas allow U.S. employers—like OSU & U of O—to hire skilled foreign workers in specialized roles like physicians, researchers, and nurses.
#orpol #breakingnews
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thank you @agdanrayfield.bsky.social for standing up against Trump's outrageous H-1B visa policy. This administration's tirade against foreign workers and immigrants must end.
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Also to the 4% of people who do not respond to the vaccine. They used to be protected by herd immunity.
I do HIV medicine so my pts are titered, I’ve been advising the non-responders.
I do HIV medicine so my pts are titered, I’ve been advising the non-responders.
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Also to the 4% of people who do not respond to the vaccine. They used to be protected by herd immunity.
I do HIV medicine so my pts are titered, I’ve been advising the non-responders.
I do HIV medicine so my pts are titered, I’ve been advising the non-responders.
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ICE's dangerous behavior continues to put communities at risk. This treacherous federal agency is denying people basic medical care, pointing guns at children, and using zip ties on kids. It is horrifying and inhumane and it must stop.
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
ICE's dangerous behavior continues to put communities at risk. This treacherous federal agency is denying people basic medical care, pointing guns at children, and using zip ties on kids. It is horrifying and inhumane and it must stop.
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This white supremacist
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This white supremacist
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I have no words for how sick this makes me.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I have no words for how sick this makes me.
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A few years back, Pinker and Lomborg where examples for me. I *loved* the Sceptical Environmentalist!
But Lomborg went on to cherry picking and often straight-up lying about energy in a way that must be conscious, and Pinker fancies himself knowledgeable about energy and climate change but isn't.
But Lomborg went on to cherry picking and often straight-up lying about energy in a way that must be conscious, and Pinker fancies himself knowledgeable about energy and climate change but isn't.
This is particularly stunning because the sheer number of times we demonstrated Bjorn Lomborg was just flat-out lying grew so large that it almost became literally pointless to keep doing it, because he just ignores it and keeps on going
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A few years back, Pinker and Lomborg where examples for me. I *loved* the Sceptical Environmentalist!
But Lomborg went on to cherry picking and often straight-up lying about energy in a way that must be conscious, and Pinker fancies himself knowledgeable about energy and climate change but isn't.
But Lomborg went on to cherry picking and often straight-up lying about energy in a way that must be conscious, and Pinker fancies himself knowledgeable about energy and climate change but isn't.
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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It is NOT ok for politicians to fuck journalists, guys! Even if it’s consensual between two grown ups!
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It is NOT ok for politicians to fuck journalists, guys! Even if it’s consensual between two grown ups!
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This is your Thanksgiving table conversation. Trump is the blowhard uncle who hates socialists but actually loves the things socialists want to do.
"I expect to be helping him, not hurting him. A big help" -- Trump is totally charmed by Mamdani
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This is your Thanksgiving table conversation. Trump is the blowhard uncle who hates socialists but actually loves the things socialists want to do.
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Trump Administration: Thank God that's over, now let's move forward
Ron Wyden:
Ron Wyden:
Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Trump Administration: Thank God that's over, now let's move forward
Ron Wyden:
Ron Wyden:
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I think the Trumpist coalition is fracturing and there's a not insignificant chance this will lead to Trump's downfall.
However, the absolute worst thing we can do if this does end up happening is pretend that our constitutional ordered worked the way it was supposed to.
However, the absolute worst thing we can do if this does end up happening is pretend that our constitutional ordered worked the way it was supposed to.
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I think the Trumpist coalition is fracturing and there's a not insignificant chance this will lead to Trump's downfall.
However, the absolute worst thing we can do if this does end up happening is pretend that our constitutional ordered worked the way it was supposed to.
However, the absolute worst thing we can do if this does end up happening is pretend that our constitutional ordered worked the way it was supposed to.
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“There’re about a thousand of us.”
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
“There’re about a thousand of us.”
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Almost always, in my experience, ethics and good system design are the same thing. And all of the flavors of oppression are bad on both counts.
Patriarchy is a systems trap. It breaks the feedback loops needed for health and balance, it cuts off early warnings and silences sensing elements.
November 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Almost always, in my experience, ethics and good system design are the same thing. And all of the flavors of oppression are bad on both counts.