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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 22h

Ohhhhh, I know what I'm giving to my fire marshals tomorrow to make them sad and delve into The Code. futurism.com/future-socie...

First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires

First responders in a small Ohio town have answered 84 emergencies between two Amazon data centers, all on the taxpayer's dime.

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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 22h

The religious freedom element is fascinating.

This framing used to get Evangelicals at the table with others. Not so sure anymore.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23h

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 1d

Really enjoyed this write-up about water systems and wildfire. Some great ideas for local leaders, but also, they clearly outline the process for doing a workshop like this. Pretty helpful for other scholars doing public outreach.

Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 2d

What can we realistically expect from water systems during urban wildfire conflagrations? We held a recent workshop with on-the-ground experts and have written up some initial takeaways ucanr.edu/blog/conflue...

Water Systems and Wildfire: Understanding Capacities and Limitations | UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 2d

Great story on disaster capitalism. The home buyers were one of the first things I noticed when I went out to western NC after Hurricane Helene in October 2024. Signs proudly saying "we are not for sale" still there over the summer in June 2025.

NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly) @npquarterly.bsky.social · 2d

Disasters Destroyed Their Homes. Then the Real Estate ‘Vultures’ Swooped In. nonprofitquarterly.org/disasters-de...
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Disasters Destroyed Their Homes. Then the Real Estate ‘Vultures’ Swooped In. - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

“We buy homes” companies are procuring disaster-damaged properties for cheap. Survivors say they're taking advantage of tragedy.

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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 2d

Just finished the audiobook of A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern. It's outside of what I normally go for, but easily one of the best political autobiographies I've read. Really fascinating reflections about Mormonism in NZ along the way.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744301...

A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern: 9780593728697 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world’s youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal...

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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 6d

Yup! My 5min Shutdown Sidebar ended up taking the whole 90min class time with undergrads. They had some great questions. For many of them, they don't remember the last one in any detail.

Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 6d

Teaching this bureaucracy class again this semester has been a trip

Get to talk about government shutdowns and mass RIFs tonight

Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · Oct 10

I’m teaching a class on bureaucracy and good governance this semester and Project 2025 is *right there* calling for the dismantling of the federal bureaucracy and return to a spoils system—it’s hard to not sound like I’m volunteering for the Harris campaign when teaching standard public admin stuff

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

Just gonna keep tapping the sign*

*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 7d

This one neat trick can help you teach US politics during an institutional collapse:

Tell the truth.

That's it. Just tell it like it is. Be radical.

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 7d

As always shutting down any part of FEMA is bad but in these situations the most pressing issue is getting the DRF refilled as that is where the money for life saving activities comes from.

FEMA will keep working, but funding is running low
Most employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are considered exempt and will be available for any emergency or disasters.

But the main funding source for FEMA, the Disaster Relief Fund, is running dangerously low and needs congressional approval for additional funds.

During the shutdown, FEMA would implement immediate needs funding, and this could mean delays in reimbursements to states and local governments.

Additionally, FEMA administers the National Flood Insurance Program. With Congress unable to pass a spending bill, that's expected to lapse.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 7d

I do wonder when media outlets will get interested in ballooning everyday costs. My family's grocery bill has exploded over the past six months and - unlike when a Democrat is president - this is a non-story.

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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 8d

biggest generational divide between me and my students seems to be my desire to drink black coffee

taste buds change as you grow older and you like bitter flavors more, but also there's an aging hipster inside me who disdains the complicated and wants a bottomless giant cup of bad diner drip coffee

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Natalia 📚 @natsanpol.bsky.social · 9d

📢 I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR 4 YEARS AND RESPONSES RANGE FROM "WELL THE MARKET WILL CORRECT ITSELF" TO "INSURANCE IS A SCAM ANYWAY" AND HONESTLY BELIEVING THAT CAPITALISM WILL SAVE YOU IS THE DUMBEST TAKE OUT OF THOSE TWO OPTIONS.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9d

“We are marching toward an uninsurable future in this country and across the globe, marching into the abyss.”

How a warming planet has made home Insurance increasingly unaffordable

Years of underestimating climate risk has left the industry in turmoil.

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 12d

The US military hasn’t been beaten this badly by pirates since the First Barbary War.

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 12d

ECU fakes a FG and runs it for a TD, dude was *moving*

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 14d

We have been lucky to avoid a major hurricane landfall so far this season - but as the tropics heat up and a gov't shutdown looms, I wanted to take a deep dive into where we stand with federal staffing and budget. TLDR: it’s not great. More: tinyurl.com/bdedmty4

BalancedWx Special: Federal staffing and budget updates as possible shutdown looms

Staffing levels and morale still concerning as head into the fall

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OPB @opb.org · 14d

ICE has released Oregon firefighter Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez from federal custody. Hernandez was arrested while working the Bear Gulch Fire in Washington, and his release came as a surprise Wednesday morning.

ICE releases Oregon firefighter arrested last month during Bear Gulch Fire

Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez’s release came suddenly Wednesday morning without a court order.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 23d

The Pope is exactly right.

No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the vast majority struggle to just survive — trying to put food on the table, pay rent and afford health care.

We can and must do better.

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Sun Day @sundayofaction.bsky.social · 17d

TODAY is Sun Day! ✴️ Thousands of people are coming together at 469 events across the U.S. and beyond to celebrate the power of clean energy. Today shines a bright light on the future that we all want - a cleaner, fairer, future for all. ☀️ Join an event near you today: sunday.earth

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Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 19d

The volume of educated people who don't seem to understand this is driving me slightly insane

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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 20d

We're talking about the role of politics in routine decisions by administrative agencies. Usually I need to dig for examples that students might tangentially know about... but this round of FCC nonsense meant the they were already talking about it before class was going.

Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 21d

McSweeney's out here with a better cultural read than most legacy press pundits and the chattering class.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22d

"Back when I was in college, I was a cool, virile twenty-two-year-old with washboard abs and a large group of friends. Students today would struggle to say the same, since I’m sixty-two, my kids hate me, and my doctor says I’m prediabetic."

The Problem with American College Campuses Is That I Desperately Miss Being Young

The wokeness epidemic has infected none of our institutions harder than our nation’s college campuses. It’s a sad sight to see these once bastions ...

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 23d

Your email finds me deeply burned out and disassociating.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 28d

I'm honoured to participate in this event hosted by Pope Leo to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si, along with @billmckibben.bsky.social and many other colleagues & friends whose climate action is fuelled by their faith.

Sign up for the live stream here:

raisinghope.earth/conference/

A screenshot of the Raising Hope Conference website.

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🎃🪦 BLOODSUGARSETHMASKET 🪦🎃 @smotus.bsky.social · 29d

At the core of this is a student saying she refuses to engage with class material that goes “against our President’s laws”

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum

The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

www.kbtx.com

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