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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 16m

Want to draw up a better example that's also simple and easy to explain?

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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 51m

Two years ago, many of the world's biggest dairy and food companies formed a coalition to cut the methane emissions from their suppliers' herds.

Nestlé has quietly exited the effort, @benelgin.bsky.social reports [gift link]

Nestle Bows Out of Initiative to Reduce Dairy’s Climate Impact

The food giant has left the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from herds of cattle.

www.bloomberg.com

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DaniSue @danisue.bsky.social · 9h

You say bear attack?

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Mark Sumner 🇺🇦 @devilstower.bsky.social · 9h

Please, Fox News, show video of this. I look forward to the snarling pundits explaining the threat posed by inflatable animal terrorists.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 10h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 9h

FYI you used a link to the study which timed out after under 30min. Here is a durable one:
doi.org/10.1130/GES0...

Unravelling the dance of earthquakes: Evidence of partial synchronization of the northern San Andreas fault and Cascadia megathrust | Geosphere | GeoScienceWorld

doi.org

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 17h

Every major city in Texas has a higher murder rate than Chicago

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 17h

Incredibly slimy and dishonest, but also... yes?

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 13h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 12h

The combination of personal experience that's relatable and good marketing to create new audiences seems plausible to me.

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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 12h

Could also be because that's the age at which people establish music preferences. They spend the rest of their life going back to musicians they discovered then, so speaking to the high school experience is good marketing.
slate.com/technology/2...

Why Are We So Nostalgic for Music We Loved as Teenagers?

As I plod through my 20s, I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon: The music I loved as a teenager means more to me than ever—but with each passing year, the...

slate.com

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David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 13h

A decade after it was written, I find myself pulling out the @cingraham.bsky.social's gerrymandering explanation to help people understand why California’s Prop. 50 is so important to pass.

wapo.st/3WfcjeB

This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see

By simplifying gerrymandering we see how problematic it really is.

wapo.st

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Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 15h

10 out of 13 grants awarded for domestic Heat Pump manufacturing (the IRA’s Heat Pump Defense Production Act Program) are also listed. 🔌⚡

Awards for Gradient, Mitsubishi, and York International appear to be safe.

Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 15h

Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...

Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law

A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.

heatmap.news

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Emil Dimanchev @emildimanchev.bsky.social · 14h

Baseload you say? ieefa.org/resources/ne...

Newest big U.S. coal-plant offline until 2027

The newest major coal-fired power plant in the U.S. is expected to be offline until March 2027 after a major failure in April.

ieefa.org

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 16h

Someone uploaded the video to reddit. He said it and then just abruptly stopped talking. The video is still working - you can see him blinking. And it's not an audio problem his mouth isn't moving

www.reddit.com/r/LateStageC...

From the LateStageCapitalism community on Reddit: Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

Explore this post and more from the LateStageCapitalism community

www.reddit.com

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 21h

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 17h

Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history #Climate

Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history

New research shows massive glaciers in Sierra Nevada projected to melt away by the beginning of the next century

www.theguardian.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17h

Picture here is from 1992. LA riots. Ive seen this called bad news judgment. In any real journalism outfit this is more like a firing offense. I basically say such things. Beyond belief.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Evan @evangillespie.bsky.social · 17h

No-so-fun fact: California operates some of the dirtiest cement plants in the world. Via GEI and ClimateWorks ... www.climateworks.org/wp-content/u...

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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 19h

BREAKING: Trump's Department of Energy moves to cancel direct air capture projects from Heirloom and Climeworks.

Here's @emilypont.bsky.social with the scoop:

Trump to Cancel Direct Air Capture Hubs in Texas, Louisiana

A new list of grant cancellations obtained by Heatmap includes Climeworks and Heirloom projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

heatmap.news

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20h

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 21h

🚨 Three November elections every climate activist should be watching

www.environmentalvoter.org/overlooked/o...

Three November elections every climate activist should be watching

In this edition, we spotlight three November 2025 elections that could have a significant impact on climate policy-making. Of course, this fall’s prominent gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Vi...

www.environmentalvoter.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 21h

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 21h

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 22h

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.