@morepeas.bsky.social
It is absolutely *incomprehensible* that not a single story has appeared of local authorities arresting an ICE goon for breaking the law as they terrorize communities. This story and many others show there is no lack of opportunity, just a lack of will among local police. Awful.
NEW: More than two dozen #ICE vehicles deployed in Minnesota lack required emergency lights and sirens, rendering them non-compliant with state law and internal law-enforcement standards.
Scoop by @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
Scoop by @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
Dozens of ICE Vehicles in Minnesota Lack ‘Necessary’ Lights and Sirens
A contract justification published in a federal register on Tuesday says that 31 ICE vehicles operating in the Twin Cities area “lack the necessary emergency lights and sirens” to be “compliant.”
www.wired.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
It is absolutely *incomprehensible* that not a single story has appeared of local authorities arresting an ICE goon for breaking the law as they terrorize communities. This story and many others show there is no lack of opportunity, just a lack of will among local police. Awful.
Terrific thread. And if you’ve ever wondered, “But what can I do about climate change?” the answer is simple. Lead by example as much as your time and finances allow.
A canny political and media strategy from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Immediately he defuses climate delayers’ favourite cynical attack lines, and avoids headlines like “Polanski says you should never go on holiday, drive a car, or eat meat”.
But, crucially, he's leading by example...
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But, crucially, he's leading by example...
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People can still be an environmentalists if they drive, fly and eat meat, said @zackpolanski.bsky.social, the leader of the Green Party.
He also talked about social media, whether talks about the environment enough, nuclear power, IHT and farmers, Rosebank & more
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He also talked about social media, whether talks about the environment enough, nuclear power, IHT and farmers, Rosebank & more
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
January 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Terrific thread. And if you’ve ever wondered, “But what can I do about climate change?” the answer is simple. Lead by example as much as your time and finances allow.
"This is where the vicious cycle connecting drought to heat kicks in. Hotter air dries out the land thru evaporation. That means there’s less water in the soil to absorb heat and draw it deeper into the Earth. So the heat stays on the surface, keeping the air hotter. Rinse, repeat, lose your farm."
So many horrible things going on, and I wish I had better news, but the US is drying out, making water scarcer and farming harder and possibly making heating worse than models show
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Next Dust Bowl Is Becoming More Likely
About 90 years ago, American farmers in the Great Plains had so ravaged the thin soil there that a series of droughts turned the region into a vast expanse of dust, which formed monstrous storms and p...
www.bloomberg.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"This is where the vicious cycle connecting drought to heat kicks in. Hotter air dries out the land thru evaporation. That means there’s less water in the soil to absorb heat and draw it deeper into the Earth. So the heat stays on the surface, keeping the air hotter. Rinse, repeat, lose your farm."
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This is so real, they tried it this morning in Bloomington. They stopped a man, people started honking horns, they split up to fuck with everyone else, which brought more attention and more noise, people got out of their cars and started filming, they left. They're cowards.
obviously not in the sense that it’s stopping everything, but they are being stalled so much by trying to find places where they aren’t watched, wasting so much manpower and resources on crowd control and even arresting observers they know will just get released. i am so proud of everyone
January 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This is so real, they tried it this morning in Bloomington. They stopped a man, people started honking horns, they split up to fuck with everyone else, which brought more attention and more noise, people got out of their cars and started filming, they left. They're cowards.
"Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise."
January 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise."
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Dear Jon Stewart,
No one randomly owes you information about their health, their loved one’s health, or, understandably, just wanting to avoid Covid, which is the only way to prevent Long Covid.
No one randomly owes you information about their health, their loved one’s health, or, understandably, just wanting to avoid Covid, which is the only way to prevent Long Covid.
Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny
Critics of the Daily Show host say he's a hypocrite.
www.motherjones.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Dear Jon Stewart,
No one randomly owes you information about their health, their loved one’s health, or, understandably, just wanting to avoid Covid, which is the only way to prevent Long Covid.
No one randomly owes you information about their health, their loved one’s health, or, understandably, just wanting to avoid Covid, which is the only way to prevent Long Covid.
This was a worthwhile read. If we can’t agree on the root issue(s) we’re trying to change, the resulting solutions will cause more problems than they solve.
In 2025, our analysts and writers helped make sense of a challenging and disorienting year. In March, @frontiertony.bsky.social reviewed the best-selling book, “Abundance,” writing that a misdirected quest for “more” could make America’s challenges even worse. frontiergroup.org/articles/the...
The problems of "Abundance"
In their book, “Abundance,” Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson offer a prescription for what ails America. Unfortunately, they misdiagnose the disease.
frontiergroup.org
December 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This was a worthwhile read. If we can’t agree on the root issue(s) we’re trying to change, the resulting solutions will cause more problems than they solve.
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In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.
Yeah, @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social, what’s up with those two weirdos still masking? Maybe they’ve heard about cases like this. Or they are cancer patients. Or they’re one of the millions at increased risk due to diabetes/asthma. Making fun of ppl trying to care for themselves/others isn’t funny.
Norwegian biathlete Sivert Bakken has died at 27 at training camp. He was reportedly found death in his hotel room. Bakken had come back to elite sport in 2024, after being sidelined by the heart condition myocarditis in 2022. He is reported to have had Covid weeks ago
www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
www.bbc.com/sport/articl...
Sivert Guttorm Bakken: Norwegian biathlete dies aged 27
Norwegian biathlete Sivert Guttorm Bakken, who had been hoping to compete at the Winter Olympics in February, dies aged 27.
www.bbc.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Yeah, @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social, what’s up with those two weirdos still masking? Maybe they’ve heard about cases like this. Or they are cancer patients. Or they’re one of the millions at increased risk due to diabetes/asthma. Making fun of ppl trying to care for themselves/others isn’t funny.
Rick Steves has a long history of generosity and caring. This is just one more (beautiful) example of that trend. These are the celebrities we should be celebrating.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Rick Steves has a long history of generosity and caring. This is just one more (beautiful) example of that trend. These are the celebrities we should be celebrating.
No matter how many solar panels we install, it will be hard to overcome decisions like these. It’s difficult to fathom why Dems continue to support the nominations of a man who has firmly indicated he wants to see the shuttering of the climate/earth science facilities we all rely on.
In what can only be described as a sick joke, @cantwell.senate.gov prefaced her floor speech endorsing the climate destroyer Isaacman by detailing the climate disaster now unfolding in Washington state.
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
No matter how many solar panels we install, it will be hard to overcome decisions like these. It’s difficult to fathom why Dems continue to support the nominations of a man who has firmly indicated he wants to see the shuttering of the climate/earth science facilities we all rely on.
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Just going to point out that it would take less than a half of a percent of Bill Gates' estimated worth to float NCAR until a new administration can restore funding.
December 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Just going to point out that it would take less than a half of a percent of Bill Gates' estimated worth to float NCAR until a new administration can restore funding.
We canceled our Amazon Prime subscription some time ago, in protest of both company and founder. Wanted to watch the new season of Fallout, which apparently requires Prime. But under the episode it had this msg: "Every dollar spent is a vote cast.” Ok then, no Fallout. You convinced us!
December 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
We canceled our Amazon Prime subscription some time ago, in protest of both company and founder. Wanted to watch the new season of Fallout, which apparently requires Prime. But under the episode it had this msg: "Every dollar spent is a vote cast.” Ok then, no Fallout. You convinced us!
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Imagine your precious child, a high schooler, goes out to walk the dog & never comes back.
The reason: he gets abducted by #ICE who just release the dog.
Neighbors rescue the dog & return it with the news of #ICELawless.
Your son's detained for months in brutal conditions.
youtu.be/NumOmTjZHoY?...
The reason: he gets abducted by #ICE who just release the dog.
Neighbors rescue the dog & return it with the news of #ICELawless.
Your son's detained for months in brutal conditions.
youtu.be/NumOmTjZHoY?...
Reseda student returns home after ICE detention
YouTube video by NBCLA
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Imagine your precious child, a high schooler, goes out to walk the dog & never comes back.
The reason: he gets abducted by #ICE who just release the dog.
Neighbors rescue the dog & return it with the news of #ICELawless.
Your son's detained for months in brutal conditions.
youtu.be/NumOmTjZHoY?...
The reason: he gets abducted by #ICE who just release the dog.
Neighbors rescue the dog & return it with the news of #ICELawless.
Your son's detained for months in brutal conditions.
youtu.be/NumOmTjZHoY?...
This was an incredible read. If you’re frustrated with the behavior of Border Patrol and/or ICE (and who isn’t), it’s worth knowing those issues began a long time ago and not just with this administration.
December 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This was an incredible read. If you’re frustrated with the behavior of Border Patrol and/or ICE (and who isn’t), it’s worth knowing those issues began a long time ago and not just with this administration.
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Watching Oppenheimer, in the moment of pure silence before the Trinity test, when the woman behind us just barely whispers to herself "boom."
Perfection. The rest of you saw a significantly poorer movie, through no fault of your own.
Perfection. The rest of you saw a significantly poorer movie, through no fault of your own.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Watching Oppenheimer, in the moment of pure silence before the Trinity test, when the woman behind us just barely whispers to herself "boom."
Perfection. The rest of you saw a significantly poorer movie, through no fault of your own.
Perfection. The rest of you saw a significantly poorer movie, through no fault of your own.
Important message for those interested in creating a carbon free future. Yes we need to highlight our successes to show change is possible & happening. But we have to be honest about where we are in that transition & the likely effects of prev decisions to wait. Call it “urgent honesty"
Given that the only thing that has ever led to climate progress was the global wave of alarm that rose in the wake of *The Uninhabitable Earth* and the IPCC Special Report of 1.5 C, I think it is irresponsible and counterproductive to downplay how much danger we’re in.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Important message for those interested in creating a carbon free future. Yes we need to highlight our successes to show change is possible & happening. But we have to be honest about where we are in that transition & the likely effects of prev decisions to wait. Call it “urgent honesty"
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Literary journalism, creative nonfiction, whatever you want to call it... man, this is just such a good read. Equal parts infuriating, inspiring, educational and witty.
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Literary journalism, creative nonfiction, whatever you want to call it... man, this is just such a good read. Equal parts infuriating, inspiring, educational and witty.
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Hey, if you’re a Seattle/WA author with a book coming out next year and you have a firm pub date, please let me know for potential inclusion in the Seattle Times’s 2026 book preview. (Space is limited but I’ll do my best.)
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Hey, if you’re a Seattle/WA author with a book coming out next year and you have a firm pub date, please let me know for potential inclusion in the Seattle Times’s 2026 book preview. (Space is limited but I’ll do my best.)
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
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Contracting on detention sites has carried almost no downside risk for disaster relief firms. With some organizing, we can change that by urging elected officials and EM leaders in blue states to stop contracting with companies involved.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Contracting on detention sites has carried almost no downside risk for disaster relief firms. With some organizing, we can change that by urging elected officials and EM leaders in blue states to stop contracting with companies involved.
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If tariffs are such a good idea, why do our farmers need an aid package to survive? And why is the US aid package smaller than what Argentina got? Things that make you go hmm….
Trump set to announce $12bn aid package for US farmers hit by tariffs on.ft.com/4rRdYWf
Trump set to announce $12bn aid package for US farmers hit by tariffs
Bailout will help mitigate cost of the president’s trade policies to the sector
on.ft.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If tariffs are such a good idea, why do our farmers need an aid package to survive? And why is the US aid package smaller than what Argentina got? Things that make you go hmm….
Getting sick more frequently than you used to? Know a lot of people like this? It’s probably Long Covid. Immune impairment is just one but largely “invisible” way Covid causes long-term damage. Just bc the lab isn’t testing your CD8+ T cell levels doesn’t mean they aren’t impaired.
Immunity debt's "...explanatory power has faded as the number of non-covid infections has kept rising each year...
A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." 🛟😷medsky
A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." 🛟😷medsky
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Getting sick more frequently than you used to? Know a lot of people like this? It’s probably Long Covid. Immune impairment is just one but largely “invisible” way Covid causes long-term damage. Just bc the lab isn’t testing your CD8+ T cell levels doesn’t mean they aren’t impaired.
I’m looking for help from the #Covid conscious community. We’ve always said the goal is not to wear masks forever, but to push society to *clean the air* so that it is safe for everyone. My partner & I thought, “What if we did this for our own house? So we could occasionally…” 1/X
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I’m looking for help from the #Covid conscious community. We’ve always said the goal is not to wear masks forever, but to push society to *clean the air* so that it is safe for everyone. My partner & I thought, “What if we did this for our own house? So we could occasionally…” 1/X
By this definition, may we all aspire to be better gentlemen
This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
By this definition, may we all aspire to be better gentlemen