@sarabancroft.bsky.social
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Let’s get one thing straight: the cost of the Green New Deal is far less than the cost of losing our planet to the climate crisis.
January 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Let’s get one thing straight: the cost of the Green New Deal is far less than the cost of losing our planet to the climate crisis.
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TikTok tells LA staff impacted by wildfires to use personal/sick hours if they can’t work from home
TikTok tells LA staff impacted by wildfires to use personal/sick hours if they can’t work from home
Wildfires are currently devastating the greater Los Angeles area, burning over 45 square miles, torching over 1,300 structures, and putting nearly 180,000 people under evacuation orders as of Thursday. And yet, TikTok’s LA-based employees are being told…
tcrn.ch
January 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
TikTok tells LA staff impacted by wildfires to use personal/sick hours if they can’t work from home
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“Every wildfire is accused of not being a wildfire, but a planned attack to further sinister ends.”
Read @annamerlan.bsky.social’s first-person account of living through devastating wildfires while trying to report on the disinformation about them.
Read @annamerlan.bsky.social’s first-person account of living through devastating wildfires while trying to report on the disinformation about them.
As LA burns, conspiracy peddlers lie about—and celebrate—the danger we’re living through
The sky is smoldering, alongside online misinformation and right-wing bigotry.
www.motherjones.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“Every wildfire is accused of not being a wildfire, but a planned attack to further sinister ends.”
Read @annamerlan.bsky.social’s first-person account of living through devastating wildfires while trying to report on the disinformation about them.
Read @annamerlan.bsky.social’s first-person account of living through devastating wildfires while trying to report on the disinformation about them.
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Who were the pro-Trump Greenlanders?
“It's homeless and old people who can't make ends meet...They are being bribed, and it is deeply distasteful.”
In other words, the type of people vulnerable enough to need help, but whom a Trump administration would abandon.
meidasnews.com/news/busted-...
“It's homeless and old people who can't make ends meet...They are being bribed, and it is deeply distasteful.”
In other words, the type of people vulnerable enough to need help, but whom a Trump administration would abandon.
meidasnews.com/news/busted-...
Busted! Trump’s Greenland Supporters Were Homeless and Socially Disadvantaged People Bribed With Hotel Dinners
Danish news reports on Trump’s scheme
meidasnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Who were the pro-Trump Greenlanders?
“It's homeless and old people who can't make ends meet...They are being bribed, and it is deeply distasteful.”
In other words, the type of people vulnerable enough to need help, but whom a Trump administration would abandon.
meidasnews.com/news/busted-...
“It's homeless and old people who can't make ends meet...They are being bribed, and it is deeply distasteful.”
In other words, the type of people vulnerable enough to need help, but whom a Trump administration would abandon.
meidasnews.com/news/busted-...
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Following the law . . . . try it some time
A New York state appeals court has "rejected Fox's bid to dismiss a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit by voting machine company Smartmatic over statements made on air following the 2020 U.S. presidential election." www.reuters.com/legal/fox-mu...
Fox must face Smartmatic $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit, NY appeals court rules
A New York state appeals court on Thursday rejected Fox's bid to dismiss a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit by voting machine company Smartmatic over statements made on air following the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
www.reuters.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Following the law . . . . try it some time
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A new analysis in the peer-reviewed academic journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment has found that rapid shifts between heavy rain and drought (and vice versa) are becoming more intense — and the trend is unfolding faster than climate models have projected.
The ‘weather whiplash’ fueling the Los Angeles fires is becoming more common
Around the world, dramatic swings between heavy rain and drought are increasing exponentially, according to new research.
grist.org
January 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A new analysis in the peer-reviewed academic journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment has found that rapid shifts between heavy rain and drought (and vice versa) are becoming more intense — and the trend is unfolding faster than climate models have projected.
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I wrote about the horror we're experiencing here in LA, and what the people I cover for a living are trying to do with it: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
As LA burns, conspiracy peddlers lie about—and celebrate—the danger we’re living through
The sky is smoldering, alongside online misinformation and right-wing bigotry.
www.motherjones.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I wrote about the horror we're experiencing here in LA, and what the people I cover for a living are trying to do with it: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million.
That is a lie.
The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
That is a lie.
The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
January 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million.
That is a lie.
The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
That is a lie.
The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
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Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
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Alexander Smirnov's prison sentence should be a bigger political story:
The impeachment crusade against Biden was based on this guy's lies to the FBI, making his downfall, as @chrislhayes.bsky.social put it, "the most spectacular embarrassment imaginable" for the GOP. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
The impeachment crusade against Biden was based on this guy's lies to the FBI, making his downfall, as @chrislhayes.bsky.social put it, "the most spectacular embarrassment imaginable" for the GOP. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Key Republican source who lied to the FBI about the Bidens receives prison sentence
Alexander Smirnov may not be a household name, but his prison sentence represents a stunning fiasco for some prominent Republicans in Congress.
www.msnbc.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Alexander Smirnov's prison sentence should be a bigger political story:
The impeachment crusade against Biden was based on this guy's lies to the FBI, making his downfall, as @chrislhayes.bsky.social put it, "the most spectacular embarrassment imaginable" for the GOP. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
The impeachment crusade against Biden was based on this guy's lies to the FBI, making his downfall, as @chrislhayes.bsky.social put it, "the most spectacular embarrassment imaginable" for the GOP. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Jimmy Carter in 2015 on the role of money in American politics.
Spot on.
Spot on.
January 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Jimmy Carter in 2015 on the role of money in American politics.
Spot on.
Spot on.
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The Salisbury man who died Monday after he was shot by two Kannapolis police officers over the weekend was Edgar Maddison Welch the 'Pizzagate' gunman arrested in Washington, D.C., in 2016 after he terrifie people with a loaded AR-15 inside a restaurant.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
‘Pizzagate’ gunman fatally shot by police outside Charlotte in traffic stop
Kannapolis police said Edgar Maddison Welch pointed a gun at officers on Saturday, two of whom then fired at him.
www.charlotteobserver.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Salisbury man who died Monday after he was shot by two Kannapolis police officers over the weekend was Edgar Maddison Welch the 'Pizzagate' gunman arrested in Washington, D.C., in 2016 after he terrifie people with a loaded AR-15 inside a restaurant.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Okay so virtue-signaling is considered bad…
…but evil-signaling is considered good?
…but evil-signaling is considered good?
January 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Okay so virtue-signaling is considered bad…
…but evil-signaling is considered good?
…but evil-signaling is considered good?
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The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm
Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
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John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
January 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
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has it been picked over how Tom Huston was definitely Nixon’s Stephen Miller, right down to getting Nixon on board with the idea of building “camps” for enemies of the state
Like, cmon! nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Spying on Americans: Infamous 1970s White House Plan for Protest Surveillance Released
Washington, DC, June 25, 2020 — Portions of a long-secret government blueprint for expansive surveillance of domestic protest movements during the Nixon presidency have just been released, more than 5...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
January 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
has it been picked over how Tom Huston was definitely Nixon’s Stephen Miller, right down to getting Nixon on board with the idea of building “camps” for enemies of the state
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You've seen the fire. Now watch the initial explosion.
This is apparently the first footage of the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas today. A huge detonation.
It looks like fireworks are ignited from the inside the Cybertruck.
(🎥 Gambling News)
It looks like fireworks are ignited from the inside the Cybertruck.
(🎥 Gambling News)
January 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
You've seen the fire. Now watch the initial explosion.
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Revenge isn’t the answer to betrayal—it only chains you to the pain.
December 31, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Revenge isn’t the answer to betrayal—it only chains you to the pain.
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Let us pretend it is spring.
It is Christmas eve morning and it is freezing outside. Let last spring's Crocus bring us good cheer. Merry Christmas everyone!
#crocus #flowers #garden #spring #photography #Christmas
It is Christmas eve morning and it is freezing outside. Let last spring's Crocus bring us good cheer. Merry Christmas everyone!
#crocus #flowers #garden #spring #photography #Christmas
December 24, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Let us pretend it is spring.
It is Christmas eve morning and it is freezing outside. Let last spring's Crocus bring us good cheer. Merry Christmas everyone!
#crocus #flowers #garden #spring #photography #Christmas
It is Christmas eve morning and it is freezing outside. Let last spring's Crocus bring us good cheer. Merry Christmas everyone!
#crocus #flowers #garden #spring #photography #Christmas
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December 24, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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My piece on what US government scientists can do to prepare for the Trump administration is featured in this list of the Revelator's top environmental commentaries of 2024. 🧪🌎
therevelator.org/environmenta...
therevelator.org/environmenta...
14 Must-Read Environmental Commentaries • The Revelator
In 2024 our experts explored subjects ranging from autocratic governments to green jobs and new ways to help endangered species.
therevelator.org
December 30, 2024 at 3:38 PM
My piece on what US government scientists can do to prepare for the Trump administration is featured in this list of the Revelator's top environmental commentaries of 2024. 🧪🌎
therevelator.org/environmenta...
therevelator.org/environmenta...
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The state of Utah is trying to sue its way into a land grab that would take public lands out of public hands. The end game? Turning conservation and recreation lands over to industries like oil and gas and grazing! 🌎
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/how-u...
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/how-u...
December 30, 2024 at 4:03 PM
The state of Utah is trying to sue its way into a land grab that would take public lands out of public hands. The end game? Turning conservation and recreation lands over to industries like oil and gas and grazing! 🌎
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/how-u...
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/how-u...
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Bloodthirsty AI has led Israel to feel good about killing 20 civilians for every Hamas fighter.
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wapo.st/49UZxrz
December 30, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Bloodthirsty AI has led Israel to feel good about killing 20 civilians for every Hamas fighter.
wapo.st/49UZxrz
wapo.st/49UZxrz
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Our seventh most-read story of this year: When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
Read more (published October) ⬇️
Read more (published October) ⬇️
Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
propub.li
December 29, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Our seventh most-read story of this year: When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
Read more (published October) ⬇️
Read more (published October) ⬇️