Ken Christenson
@extremophilepub.bsky.social
husband/dad/grandpa; retired poly-tradesman and poor man's architect with a special interest in population evo-ecology as it relates to Humans & Nature (from an embodied-cognition perspective) Website: https://www.extremophilechoice.com
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Extremophile Publishing | The Extremophile Choice
DARWIN, DOGEN, AND THE EXTREMOPHILE CHOICE - Fifty Short Essays on What it Means to be Human in the Natural World NOTE: Paperback is first edition (2019) but updated e-book is available on Kindle and ...
www.extremophilechoice.com
I'm the author of: www.extremophilechoice.com/extremophile...
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(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
December 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
Are they socially intelligent enough to decide it's in everybody's interest? Theirs too?
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Are they socially intelligent enough to decide it's in everybody's interest? Theirs too?
Minnesotans rock ❤️
Thousands March Against Trump In Freezing Weather
Minnesotans Are Marching In Sub-Zero Temps To Defy Trump While He Faces Horrific Poll Numbers and The Regime Cries About Losing In Court To A Tow Truck Driver. Remind Me, Who Are The Snowflakes?
It's them. It's always been them
www.dworkinsubstack.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Minnesotans rock ❤️
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EVs aren’t just a car. They’re part of an energy system.
What happens when millions of vehicles become part of the electricity system?
Vehicle-to-grid will turn every EV into a mobile battery storage opportunity.
#climatecrisis #electricvehicles #V2G #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/colour-...
What happens when millions of vehicles become part of the electricity system?
Vehicle-to-grid will turn every EV into a mobile battery storage opportunity.
#climatecrisis #electricvehicles #V2G #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/colour-...
EVs At The Tipping Point: Why You Don’t Want To Be A Late Adopter
These graphs tell an important story. On the left is how horses disappeared from cities once cars took off. On the right is the same kind of substitution curve - petrol and diesel powered cars giving ...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
EVs aren’t just a car. They’re part of an energy system.
What happens when millions of vehicles become part of the electricity system?
Vehicle-to-grid will turn every EV into a mobile battery storage opportunity.
#climatecrisis #electricvehicles #V2G #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/colour-...
What happens when millions of vehicles become part of the electricity system?
Vehicle-to-grid will turn every EV into a mobile battery storage opportunity.
#climatecrisis #electricvehicles #V2G #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/colour-...
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It’s not just Gaza.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
Land Grab: Inside Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank
Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s not just Gaza.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
Netanyahu’s extremist government is supporting the violent annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank. This is illegal and immoral, and decades of American silence have enabled it.
NO MORE MILITARY AID FOR NETANYAHU.
Reposted by Ken Christenson
I'm the author of: www.extremophilechoice.com/extremophile...
Extremophile Publishing | The Extremophile Choice
DARWIN, DOGEN, AND THE EXTREMOPHILE CHOICE - Fifty Short Essays on What it Means to be Human in the Natural World NOTE: Paperback is first edition (2019) but updated e-book is available on Kindle and ...
www.extremophilechoice.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm the author of: www.extremophilechoice.com/extremophile...
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Saw someone the other day refer to "decision-based evidence making" and I can't stop thinking how spot-on-the-nose that is. And the fact that I can't remember which issue it was referring to - and there are SO MANY possibilities - just hurts.
December 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Making sure the truth will out still.
(🚨) A surprise two-fer tonight! Here is an urgent PROOF report itemizing all the ways the Trump Administration has willfully violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act tonight.
The list is already quite long, and it will be updated in real time.
The list is already quite long, and it will be updated in real time.
PROOF EXCLUSIVE: Itemizing Every Violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act By the Trump Administration
Major media reports confirm that (a) Trump is personally overseeing the case—and thus all violations of federal law now known—and (b) those running the show day-to-day are all his lawyer-agents.
sethabramson.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Making sure the truth will out still.
Insights into 'social media' now gaining on antisocial media entrapment. We can only hope.
This is a good point from Michelle Goldberg. I’d add that in an atomized media landscape, where attention is both critical and dearly bought, there are few incentives for the type of cooler, consensus-based presentations when audiences were both large and stable. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/o...
December 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Insights into 'social media' now gaining on antisocial media entrapment. We can only hope.
Projection is the last resort argument of agitated children and fascists.
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Projection is the last resort argument of agitated children and fascists.
Clearness.
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Clearness.
Happy Hanukkah! means light in the darkness. 🙏
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Happy Hanukkah! means light in the darkness. 🙏
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Reposted by Ken Christenson
This is what Presidential Leadership looks like at the time of an unfathomable American tragedy.
#BarackObama
#BarackObama
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is what Presidential Leadership looks like at the time of an unfathomable American tragedy.
#BarackObama
#BarackObama
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Reposted by Ken Christenson
Anyone still serving in the Trump Administration must reckon with the reality that, when the government has previously perpetrated egregious miscarriages of justice, history has not been forgiving to those who’ve gone along, however reluctantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along
Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience.
www.newyorker.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Anyone still serving in the Trump Administration must reckon with the reality that, when the government has previously perpetrated egregious miscarriages of justice, history has not been forgiving to those who’ve gone along, however reluctantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Happy birthday to legendary actor Dick Van Dyke, who turns 100 today!
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Happy birthday to legendary actor Dick Van Dyke, who turns 100 today!
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Reposted by Ken Christenson
Reposted by Ken Christenson
Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
Clearness.
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Clearness.
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hy-po-cri-sy
has just one too many syllables for MAGA.
has just one too many syllables for MAGA.
December 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
hy-po-cri-sy
has just one too many syllables for MAGA.
has just one too many syllables for MAGA.
On how bigotry self defeats. Eventually. Much harm done in the meantime.
This is a fault line I wrote about for @liberalcurrents.com.
The right is united in their bigotry but divided over the best way to express it.
The right is united in their bigotry but divided over the best way to express it.
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
On how bigotry self defeats. Eventually. Much harm done in the meantime.
Last place I want to go anyway as long as this fascist regime is in power. So there, they can have this post right now.
Want to travel to the US? You might have to give the Trump administration the last five years of your social media history.
US wants five years of some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Last place I want to go anyway as long as this fascist regime is in power. So there, they can have this post right now.