Dan
@dsisk.bsky.social
Recovering political scientist. Progressive on everything, including Palestine.
Definitely worth a listen. Useful analysis about where we are in terms of climate and how things can play out. news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...
Kim Stanley Robinson on how his novel ‘Ministry for the Future’ holds lessons for the present
Roughly five years since Kim Stanley Robinson’s groundbreaking climate fiction novel, The Ministry for the Future, hit shelves and The New York Times bestseller list, there’s little he says he’d chang...
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December 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Definitely worth a listen. Useful analysis about where we are in terms of climate and how things can play out. news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...
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When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When the history of this cruel era is written, the shame should be no less than the shame we now feel about the roundups and detention of Japanese Americans in World War II. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-brazen-cruelty-of-the-trump-regime
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Things are pretty bad right now. One way to make them better: run for office!
A group called @leadlocally.bsky.social has put together a 6-part training for folks who want to run for office with a climate focus. Walks through all the steps. Super helpful.
Don't boo, run!
A group called @leadlocally.bsky.social has put together a 6-part training for folks who want to run for office with a climate focus. Walks through all the steps. Super helpful.
Don't boo, run!
Apply to Run for Climate
I just applied to Lead Locally's Run for Climate training series for climate leaders that are interested in running for office, staffing a campaign, or getting more involved in electoral politics as a...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Things are pretty bad right now. One way to make them better: run for office!
A group called @leadlocally.bsky.social has put together a 6-part training for folks who want to run for office with a climate focus. Walks through all the steps. Super helpful.
Don't boo, run!
A group called @leadlocally.bsky.social has put together a 6-part training for folks who want to run for office with a climate focus. Walks through all the steps. Super helpful.
Don't boo, run!
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In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.
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US citizens, please read and consider asking your US Representative to co-sponsor Resolution 876 on Israel's genocide against the people of Gaza. Thank you. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
US citizens, please read and consider asking your US Representative to co-sponsor Resolution 876 on Israel's genocide against the people of Gaza. Thank you. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Quite good BBC Documentary on Israeli military in Gaza, largely centered on testimonies of Israeli soldiers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ2h...
Breaking Ranks: Inside the Israeli Army | ZANDLAND Feature
YouTube video by ZANDLAND™
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December 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Quite good BBC Documentary on Israeli military in Gaza, largely centered on testimonies of Israeli soldiers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ2h...
"The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking."
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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The Case for a Third Reconstruction - Dissent Magazine
The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking.
dissentmagazine.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking."
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Oregon, let's take a close look at doing something like this as well. prospect.org/2025/10/23/u...
Unveiled Today: The First Politically Viable Wealth Tax - The American Prospect
A proposed 2026 California ballot measure would tax billionaires’ fortunes to fund imperiled health access for 15 million state Medicaid recipients. The spillover effects of its presence on the midter...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Oregon, let's take a close look at doing something like this as well. prospect.org/2025/10/23/u...
Sign up for immigrant rights training in and around Salem OR. mariondemocrats.org/2025/10/18/s...
Sign up for immigrant rights training – Marion County Democrats
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October 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sign up for immigrant rights training in and around Salem OR. mariondemocrats.org/2025/10/18/s...
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MAGA:
Morons
Are
Governing
America
Morons
Are
Governing
America
October 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
MAGA:
Morons
Are
Governing
America
Morons
Are
Governing
America
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Leah and I just got off the stage in DC. More than 200k. Double what we saw for Hands Off! This movement is incredible.
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Leah and I just got off the stage in DC. More than 200k. Double what we saw for Hands Off! This movement is incredible.
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings
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Today I kicked off No Kings Day with hundreds of fired up patriots at NIH who are standing up to this lawless president.
Together we said NO to his attacks on public health.
NO to his assault on our Constitution.
NO to kings in America.
And YES to standing up for our democracy.
Together we said NO to his attacks on public health.
NO to his assault on our Constitution.
NO to kings in America.
And YES to standing up for our democracy.
Kicking off No Kings Day with fired up patriots at NIH
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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October 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Today I kicked off No Kings Day with hundreds of fired up patriots at NIH who are standing up to this lawless president.
Together we said NO to his attacks on public health.
NO to his assault on our Constitution.
NO to kings in America.
And YES to standing up for our democracy.
Together we said NO to his attacks on public health.
NO to his assault on our Constitution.
NO to kings in America.
And YES to standing up for our democracy.
Hands Off de-escalation resources.
actionnetwork.org/user_files/u...
actionnetwork.org/user_files/u...
actionnetwork.org
October 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Hands Off de-escalation resources.
actionnetwork.org/user_files/u...
actionnetwork.org/user_files/u...
Some excellent action for justice in techworld. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
How Microsoft Workers Helped Halt a Major Contract With the Israeli Military
A grassroots campaign successfully pressured the tech monopoly to take an unprecedented step toward suspending its complicity in the Gaza genocide.
www.thenation.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Some excellent action for justice in techworld. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Another essential piece from Chris Armitage cmarmitage.substack.com/p/upgrade-yo...
Upgrade Your Activism: The Evidence-Based Path from Protest to Power
I know activists who have protested every American military action since the Korean War.
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September 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Another essential piece from Chris Armitage cmarmitage.substack.com/p/upgrade-yo...
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Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
Even b4 Trump, our healthcare system was quite bad in comparison to all peer countries. The recent MAGA bill will make it significantly worse. In a post-MAGA future, we must do much better than restoring matters to how they were 1-1-25. www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S. Health System
Analyze the 2024 "Mirror, Mirror" report to understand global health system performance and insights for improving health care quality and access.
www.commonwealthfund.org
August 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Even b4 Trump, our healthcare system was quite bad in comparison to all peer countries. The recent MAGA bill will make it significantly worse. In a post-MAGA future, we must do much better than restoring matters to how they were 1-1-25. www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
Important piece on the suffering of children in Gaza. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Treating Gaza’s Collective Trauma
In Gaza, where displaced children play games called “air strike” and act out death, the lack of mental-health resources has become another emergency.
www.newyorker.com
August 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Important piece on the suffering of children in Gaza. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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The defunding of USAID was the American Wannsee, the moment the ruling party’s psychosis and disregard for human life led them to choose to kill millions of innocents for its own sake. There is no normal politics possible after that, and no one has understood that yet (not even me, at a gut level).
July 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The defunding of USAID was the American Wannsee, the moment the ruling party’s psychosis and disregard for human life led them to choose to kill millions of innocents for its own sake. There is no normal politics possible after that, and no one has understood that yet (not even me, at a gut level).
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Families in Gaza are starving to death. Meanwhile, Trump & Netanyahu are using US taxpayer dollars to replace international aid orgs in Gaza with mercenaries — leading to even more deaths.
ENOUGH.
I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:
ENOUGH.
I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:
Senate Democrats urge U.S. to stop funding GHF, resume support for U.N. food distribution in Gaza as more starve
Senate Democrats told the secretary of state they have "grave concerns" about the U.S. role in financing GHF, the main group distributing aid in Gaza.
www.cbsnews.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Families in Gaza are starving to death. Meanwhile, Trump & Netanyahu are using US taxpayer dollars to replace international aid orgs in Gaza with mercenaries — leading to even more deaths.
ENOUGH.
I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:
ENOUGH.
I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:
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The next step in opposing the regime. “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
July 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The next step in opposing the regime. “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Today is World Humanist Day.
Our former honorary president Kurt Vonnegut believed in kindness. Humanism calls us to act on it.
Vote. Advocate. Show up for each other.
We are not powerless.
#WorldHumanistDay #HumanistsTakeAction
americanhumanist.org
Our former honorary president Kurt Vonnegut believed in kindness. Humanism calls us to act on it.
Vote. Advocate. Show up for each other.
We are not powerless.
#WorldHumanistDay #HumanistsTakeAction
americanhumanist.org
June 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today is World Humanist Day.
Our former honorary president Kurt Vonnegut believed in kindness. Humanism calls us to act on it.
Vote. Advocate. Show up for each other.
We are not powerless.
#WorldHumanistDay #HumanistsTakeAction
americanhumanist.org
Our former honorary president Kurt Vonnegut believed in kindness. Humanism calls us to act on it.
Vote. Advocate. Show up for each other.
We are not powerless.
#WorldHumanistDay #HumanistsTakeAction
americanhumanist.org