Kelly Magerkurth
@magerkurth.bsky.social
Curious person.
Kansas 🐝🌻🌝 RCJH she/her
Kansas 🐝🌻🌝 RCJH she/her
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New in PN: The dehumanization machine speeds up
"Months after the nation and world were appalled by George Floyd’s murder, it became an event with two different truths. With the killing of Good, the right has not even deigned to admit the heinousness of the event before deciding she had it coming."
"Months after the nation and world were appalled by George Floyd’s murder, it became an event with two different truths. With the killing of Good, the right has not even deigned to admit the heinousness of the event before deciding she had it coming."
The right-wing dehumanization machine is speeding up
They're skipping right past thoughts and prayers.
www.publicnotice.co
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
New in PN: The dehumanization machine speeds up
"Months after the nation and world were appalled by George Floyd’s murder, it became an event with two different truths. With the killing of Good, the right has not even deigned to admit the heinousness of the event before deciding she had it coming."
"Months after the nation and world were appalled by George Floyd’s murder, it became an event with two different truths. With the killing of Good, the right has not even deigned to admit the heinousness of the event before deciding she had it coming."
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It may be hard to see now, but I'm telling you: he fundamental tenets of 21st-century competitive authoritarianism are the denial of climate change, the promotion of an economy based on fossil fuels, and the abrogation of human rights and the rule of law so as to manage tenets one and two.
For those thinking that climate change can take a back seat while this other geopolitical mess is addressed - think again. Climate change is in part why Greenland has become so attractive to Pumpkin and his lot. bbc.com/news/videos/...
'We just want to be left alone': Greenlanders on Trump's takeover threats
The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler visits the Artic island to ask what people think of the US president's plans.
bbc.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
It may be hard to see now, but I'm telling you: he fundamental tenets of 21st-century competitive authoritarianism are the denial of climate change, the promotion of an economy based on fossil fuels, and the abrogation of human rights and the rule of law so as to manage tenets one and two.
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wizard frog is insane
October 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
wizard frog is insane
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have we talked about how “he takes a whiskey drink, he takes a vodka drink” is the same cadence as “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
March 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
have we talked about how “he takes a whiskey drink, he takes a vodka drink” is the same cadence as “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
Here’s the latest from Hays, Kansas: Elon Musk fired my wife kansasreflector.com/2025/03/04/h...
Here's the latest from Hays, Kansas: Elon Musk fired my wife • Kansas Reflector
If the suddenness of the firing and its financial impact weren’t enough, the baseless claim of poor performance added insult to injury.
kansasreflector.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Here’s the latest from Hays, Kansas: Elon Musk fired my wife kansasreflector.com/2025/03/04/h...
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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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I haven’t lived through the collapse of a civilisation before
I study history so I have read the guidebooks, but they don’t quite capture the experience of being there
I study history so I have read the guidebooks, but they don’t quite capture the experience of being there
January 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I haven’t lived through the collapse of a civilisation before
I study history so I have read the guidebooks, but they don’t quite capture the experience of being there
I study history so I have read the guidebooks, but they don’t quite capture the experience of being there
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2/ The @ipbes.bsky.social Transformative Change Assessment makes it clear that we need to rapidly transform pretty much everything about our societies and economies in industrialised countries if we are to “safeguard life on Earth”
It’s an incredible piece of work
www.sei.org/publications...
It’s an incredible piece of work
www.sei.org/publications...
IPBES Transformative Change Assessment
The 2024 IPBES Transformative Change Assessment details the causes of biodiversity loss and offers principles for the needed transformations to reverse course.
www.sei.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
2/ The @ipbes.bsky.social Transformative Change Assessment makes it clear that we need to rapidly transform pretty much everything about our societies and economies in industrialised countries if we are to “safeguard life on Earth”
It’s an incredible piece of work
www.sei.org/publications...
It’s an incredible piece of work
www.sei.org/publications...
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Just implemented a new email sign off.
January 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Just implemented a new email sign off.
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The new Trump administration's halt on all new public health and safety rules includes a proposed rule that would prevent more releases of #PFAS chemicals into the country's waterways.
➡️ www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eA...
➡️ www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eA...
January 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The new Trump administration's halt on all new public health and safety rules includes a proposed rule that would prevent more releases of #PFAS chemicals into the country's waterways.
➡️ www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eA...
➡️ www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eA...
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U.S. Senate Dems push for vote on condemning Trump Jan. 6 pardons | via @ashleymurray.bsky.social #ksleg
U.S. Senate Dems push for vote on condemning Trump Jan. 6 pardons • Kansas Reflector
Democratic and independent U.S. senators introduced a resolution Monday to condemn President Donald Trump’s clemency for the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
kansasreflector.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
U.S. Senate Dems push for vote on condemning Trump Jan. 6 pardons | via @ashleymurray.bsky.social #ksleg
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We highly advised for all federal employees not to respond to or open OPM emails. Our coalition will be advised on additional precautions. Reports of a hostile takeover at OPM have been circulating. More details will be released in the future.
January 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We highly advised for all federal employees not to respond to or open OPM emails. Our coalition will be advised on additional precautions. Reports of a hostile takeover at OPM have been circulating. More details will be released in the future.
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Statement from Project Drawdown executive director @globalecoguy.bsky.social regarding President Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. #climatechange
January 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Statement from Project Drawdown executive director @globalecoguy.bsky.social regarding President Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. #climatechange
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President Trump announced today that he would seek to remove the US from the #ParisAgreement. “Such a move is in clear defiance of scientific realities and shows an administration cruelly indifferent to the harsh climate change impacts that people in the US and around the world are experiencing.”
President Trump Ignores Science, Makes Disgraceful Decision to Withdraw US from Paris Agreement
President Trump announced today that he would seek to remove the United States from the Paris Agreement. Statement by Rachel Cleetus, policy director for the Climate and Energy Program at UCS.
www.ucsusa.org
January 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
President Trump announced today that he would seek to remove the US from the #ParisAgreement. “Such a move is in clear defiance of scientific realities and shows an administration cruelly indifferent to the harsh climate change impacts that people in the US and around the world are experiencing.”
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"Whether President Trump likes it or not, he is a climate president, leading during a time when our planet is warming at record speed from burning fossil fuels and extreme weather events are causing deaths, destruction, & bankrupting our communities." - @abbiedillen.bsky.social on Paris Agreement
Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration Withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement
Record breaking climate emergencies will only get worse without sustained, urgent government commitment
earthjustice.org
January 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"Whether President Trump likes it or not, he is a climate president, leading during a time when our planet is warming at record speed from burning fossil fuels and extreme weather events are causing deaths, destruction, & bankrupting our communities." - @abbiedillen.bsky.social on Paris Agreement
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Attn: President Trump announced the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement.
January 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Attn: President Trump announced the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Aaron Szabo, a lobbyist and former federal official, has been chosen to lead the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. He will oversee efforts to roll back climate and air pollution rules, including replacing standards on power plants, vehicles, and other sectors, aligning with Trump’s agenda.
January 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Aaron Szabo, a lobbyist and former federal official, has been chosen to lead the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. He will oversee efforts to roll back climate and air pollution rules, including replacing standards on power plants, vehicles, and other sectors, aligning with Trump’s agenda.
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Thank you for being part of the resistance! Through solidarity, resistance, and unity, we rise together, stronger and unshaken.
January 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Thank you for being part of the resistance! Through solidarity, resistance, and unity, we rise together, stronger and unshaken.
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While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
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This is what an endangered wolf family looks like. Strong, resilient, loving 🐺
November 29, 2024 at 1:07 AM
This is what an endangered wolf family looks like. Strong, resilient, loving 🐺