Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social
Advocate for climate action, clean energy & democracy. Likes to play outside. Director with Sierra Club Foundation, Way to Rise, and Clean Energy Transition Institute and recently Director and Vice President with Sierra Club.
I had to look up the images: here's one where climate activists spray painted graffiti saying "TAX ME" on the CLIMATE JUSTICE.
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I had to look up the images: here's one where climate activists spray painted graffiti saying "TAX ME" on the CLIMATE JUSTICE.
Overwhelming, bi-partisan majorities oppose the US using military force to support Trump's imperialist designs in Greenland, Venezuela, Cuba, and elsewhere. Congress must reassert its constitutional authority. @ipsosus.bsky.social
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January 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Overwhelming, bi-partisan majorities oppose the US using military force to support Trump's imperialist designs in Greenland, Venezuela, Cuba, and elsewhere. Congress must reassert its constitutional authority. @ipsosus.bsky.social
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Trump's DOJ has amassed an impressive record of losing about 2/3 of its cases. This is highly unusual for a presidential administration, and is a sign of the chaos and incompetence at the top @normeisen.bsky.social @joshuakolb.bsky.social @contrariannews.org
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January 17, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Trump's DOJ has amassed an impressive record of losing about 2/3 of its cases. This is highly unusual for a presidential administration, and is a sign of the chaos and incompetence at the top @normeisen.bsky.social @joshuakolb.bsky.social @contrariannews.org
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It's customary to leave a tip after a restaurant meal -- ICE agents arrest the workers.
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
It's customary to leave a tip after a restaurant meal -- ICE agents arrest the workers.
According to analysis from the @iea.org, climate action could reduce demand for oil and prices by as much as $81 per barrel by 2050 compared to what would happen under Trump's "Energy Dominance" policy agenda. 2/
January 12, 2026 at 5:45 PM
According to analysis from the @iea.org, climate action could reduce demand for oil and prices by as much as $81 per barrel by 2050 compared to what would happen under Trump's "Energy Dominance" policy agenda. 2/
Here's the post for "Quilting for Community" that brought more than 50 people together on a winter's night 5/
January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Here's the post for "Quilting for Community" that brought more than 50 people together on a winter's night 5/
To give us all a shot of hopium to start the New Year, @gelliottmorris.com says that these numbers are similar to the ones that produced the 1984 map, which resulted in Mondale winning only one state.
I doubt we can replicate that with the huge changes in landscape, but feeling optimistic! 3/
I doubt we can replicate that with the huge changes in landscape, but feeling optimistic! 3/
December 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
To give us all a shot of hopium to start the New Year, @gelliottmorris.com says that these numbers are similar to the ones that produced the 1984 map, which resulted in Mondale winning only one state.
I doubt we can replicate that with the huge changes in landscape, but feeling optimistic! 3/
I doubt we can replicate that with the huge changes in landscape, but feeling optimistic! 3/
Overall, Trump's approval numbers are negative in 39 states, with an overall -16 net approval rating across an average of recent polls. 2/
December 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Overall, Trump's approval numbers are negative in 39 states, with an overall -16 net approval rating across an average of recent polls. 2/
Trump continues to defy parody. His approval ratings are plummeting as more than 20 million Americans face skyrocketing premiums for health care, his immigration and tariff policies are wildly unpopular, the fed deficit is soaring, and he is picking marble armrests for the (renamed) Kennedy Center
December 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Trump continues to defy parody. His approval ratings are plummeting as more than 20 million Americans face skyrocketing premiums for health care, his immigration and tariff policies are wildly unpopular, the fed deficit is soaring, and he is picking marble armrests for the (renamed) Kennedy Center
Teenagers playing the market is giving me major 1929 "shoeshine boy giving stick tips vibes
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December 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Teenagers playing the market is giving me major 1929 "shoeshine boy giving stick tips vibes
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We shoulda stayed on the trail!
December 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We shoulda stayed on the trail!
P.P.S. Maybe Yglesias isn't entirely on the level when he tries to argue that supporting oil and gas is actually good climate strategy, since he has recently stated that he thinks "environmentalism is basically bad." Basically no understanding that our lives depend on fragile natural systems.
December 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
P.P.S. Maybe Yglesias isn't entirely on the level when he tries to argue that supporting oil and gas is actually good climate strategy, since he has recently stated that he thinks "environmentalism is basically bad." Basically no understanding that our lives depend on fragile natural systems.
The TNR article also points out that the home insurance affordability crisis is another sleeping giant for Americans, with rates skyrocketing over the past decade, particularly in areas exposed to climate risks such a wildfires, hurricanes, hail, and flooding. 4/
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December 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The TNR article also points out that the home insurance affordability crisis is another sleeping giant for Americans, with rates skyrocketing over the past decade, particularly in areas exposed to climate risks such a wildfires, hurricanes, hail, and flooding. 4/
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Time to Wag the Dog.
December 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Time to Wag the Dog.
Palette cleanse: between the storms
December 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Palette cleanse: between the storms
Costing consumers $; slashing hundreds of thousands of jobs. Trump's Energy crisis by the numbers. @climatepower.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Costing consumers $; slashing hundreds of thousands of jobs. Trump's Energy crisis by the numbers. @climatepower.bsky.social
Timeline cleanse. High in the Wind River range, Wyoming.
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Timeline cleanse. High in the Wind River range, Wyoming.
Pigs at the trough. Every aspect of the federal government has been monetized to benefit the Trump family, rich donors, and cronies.
December 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Pigs at the trough. Every aspect of the federal government has been monetized to benefit the Trump family, rich donors, and cronies.
I went to a book reading in Seattle with Salman Rushdie this week (it was fabulous). By pure coincidence, there was a group of Somali poets from the Gaas Collective sharing their work on the same day Trump was spewing hate toward Somalis in the White House. 1/
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I went to a book reading in Seattle with Salman Rushdie this week (it was fabulous). By pure coincidence, there was a group of Somali poets from the Gaas Collective sharing their work on the same day Trump was spewing hate toward Somalis in the White House. 1/
Dear Senator Cassidy. You are a US Senator from the Majority party with the power to demand hearings on this atrocious abuse of the pardon power. We are murdering suspected drug runners at sea and pardoning someone convicted of conspiring to pave a cocaine superhighway to the US.
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Dear Senator Cassidy. You are a US Senator from the Majority party with the power to demand hearings on this atrocious abuse of the pardon power. We are murdering suspected drug runners at sea and pardoning someone convicted of conspiring to pave a cocaine superhighway to the US.
Between Trump's pardon of the convicted narco-terrorist who used to run Honduras and was in league with the cartels of Mexico and El Salvador, and his unlawful war with Venezuela, it is hard to come to any other conclusion-- this isn't about stopping drugs; it's about controlling drugs. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Between Trump's pardon of the convicted narco-terrorist who used to run Honduras and was in league with the cartels of Mexico and El Salvador, and his unlawful war with Venezuela, it is hard to come to any other conclusion-- this isn't about stopping drugs; it's about controlling drugs. 1/
Timeline cleanse: two migrating Trumpeter Swans came to visit our pond today. Beautiful!
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Timeline cleanse: two migrating Trumpeter Swans came to visit our pond today. Beautiful!
The summary of Witkoff's back channel conversation with Ushakov is stunning and it is remarkable that he would be allowed to even spend another day in this role. "Witkoff advises a foreign leader on how to manipulate his own President?"
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The summary of Witkoff's back channel conversation with Ushakov is stunning and it is remarkable that he would be allowed to even spend another day in this role. "Witkoff advises a foreign leader on how to manipulate his own President?"
This cartoon showing MBS with Trump on a leash gives "Quiet, Piggy" a whole new spin.
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
This cartoon showing MBS with Trump on a leash gives "Quiet, Piggy" a whole new spin.
It's a rare and precious thing when the sun comes out on the Oregon Coast in November
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
It's a rare and precious thing when the sun comes out on the Oregon Coast in November