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LeapingOtter @leapingotter.bsky.social · 2d

Fellow San Franciscans: please sign to keep SF's climate action plan alive sign.moveon.org/petitions/ma...

Mayor Lurie: Prioritize Climate Action Plan goals as you restructure city government

San Francisco approved a detailed and comprehensive Climate Action Plan in 2021 with a top-line goal of net-zero GHG emissions by 2040. Some progress towards this goal has been made since then, includ...

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 3d

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Renewables overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity this year, a think tank analysis shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 5d

Really worried about the escalating situation in Chicago tonight. Here are some accounts to follow. Make sure to amplify what is happening. And likely coming to your city soon.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 5d

To understand the chaos in Chicago, here are some must-follows:

@unraveledpress.com
@thetriibe.com
@blockclubchi.bsky.social
@chicago.suntimes.com
@katmabu.bsky.social
@bencollins.bsky.social
@dansinker.com
@wttw.bsky.social

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LeapingOtter @leapingotter.bsky.social · 4d

Proud to have participated in the inaugural protest by the Elders Coalition for Climate Action #reviveEPA

elderscca.bsky.social @elderscca.bsky.social · 4d

Mourning the EPA in DC

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 4d

Please take a moment to watch the wise message of Dr. Jane Goodall.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 5d

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words.
Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
#OnTyranny

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 5d

Ferlinghetti: “Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves”

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

CPD just relieved feds from this line too. Then a moment later the feds gassed the whole area, including the cops.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

This is fascism.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6d

Broadview, Illinois today—

A dizzying array of federal and local police quashed an anti-deportation protest outside the Chicago ICE "processing" facility. Border Patrol agents once again violently attacked protesters, with arrest and crowd control support from IL state troopers.

Protesters face off with state troopers with batons

ISP trooper side by side with Border Patrol agent

CBP ride their armored truck down the street for a propaganda op

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 8d

🙏 💚

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

All blue states. What a surprise. I guess all we can do is vote out every single Republican candidate for every office in those states since none of them will speak up or do anything. And the Appropriations Chair Susan Collins.

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LeapingOtter @leapingotter.bsky.social · 8d

I remember

👋🏻I’m working on follow backs😊 @beaches1.bsky.social · 9d

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👋🏻I’m working on follow backs😊 @beaches1.bsky.social · 9d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b

LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate

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Bryan Godbe @bryangodbe.bsky.social · 11d

This is a critical story, thanks Guardian.

However, the shocker is 11 major outlets ONLY did an average of 85 climate articles each, most were buried in the Climate section.

This is an existential threat. All 11 need 5 stories a day in the top news section.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds

Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11d

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%.

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

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LeapingOtter @leapingotter.bsky.social · 14d

Sign in DC. Seems about right.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 16d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 16d

The Irish government has released a report on the benefits of the pilot for a Basic Income for the Arts, and in a total shocker, it seems like it was good for the country as well as the artists.

Nobody could have seen this coming.

#SpeirGorm #UBI

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Basic Income for the Arts pilot produced over €100 million in Social and Economic Benefits

www.gov.ie

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LeapingOtter @leapingotter.bsky.social · 16d

The reviewer makes some interesting points

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 NOW: NYPD Arresting Demonstrators Near UN Assembly: “Trump does not speak for us!”

A coalition of orgs, in addition to @50501newyork.bsky.social, formed a blockade (restricting traffic) to gain attention from the International community during the UN assembly. Their message: SHUTDOWN TRUMP.

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/ MOSA / @mosaisms.bsky.social · 18d

Many people never knew this or have forgotten.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18d

Apparently, it’s socially unacceptable to compare anyone or anything to Hitler.
Mention Hitler, and you’ll be shouted down with a chorus of “Godwin’s Law”.
Well sod that.
Until we start comparing Trump to Hitler, we’re unprepared for what is barrelling towards us. 🧵1/4

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