Cat
@vmcat.bsky.social
Upper Midwest US. Climate action now. Transportation cycling. Public transportation. Grow what you eat. Be kind. ☸️ I♥️🇳🇱. LLAP. IDIC 🖖Stop the genocide. "Abandon any hope of fruition." No DMs from strangers pls🙏
This is the most important thing happening right now.
On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This is the most important thing happening right now.
The perfect holiday gift. Let's get (our talking points) organized!
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year.
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Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year
Anti-bike arguments aren’t just frustrating—they’re outdated, inaccurate, and often repeated without a shred of evidence.
momentummag.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The perfect holiday gift. Let's get (our talking points) organized!
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This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
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25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
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Republicans’ voter suppression tactics rarely make headlines, but it remains the greatest threat to democracy. This year, we’ve seen one of these tactics on full display through map-rigging efforts.
But @marcelias.bsky.social warns this is only the tip of the iceberg.
But @marcelias.bsky.social warns this is only the tip of the iceberg.
The Greatest Threat to Democracy
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Republicans’ voter suppression tactics rarely make headlines, but it remains the greatest threat to democracy. This year, we’ve seen one of these tactics on full display through map-rigging efforts.
But @marcelias.bsky.social warns this is only the tip of the iceberg.
But @marcelias.bsky.social warns this is only the tip of the iceberg.
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Don’t know who needs to hear it, but since Minneapolis stopped accepting batteries for recycling a few years ago AND RECOMMENDED PUTTING THEM IN THE TRASH, I take them to Ace Hardware, which accepts them. I’ve take regular batteries; not sure if lithium/rechargeable also accepted.
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Don’t know who needs to hear it, but since Minneapolis stopped accepting batteries for recycling a few years ago AND RECOMMENDED PUTTING THEM IN THE TRASH, I take them to Ace Hardware, which accepts them. I’ve take regular batteries; not sure if lithium/rechargeable also accepted.
good grief! who's left?
December 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
good grief! who's left?
big news.
BREAKING: Judge Paula Xinis orders the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
big news.
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If you're a business owner interested in pushing back against ICE, this might be of interest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids
Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their door
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If you're a business owner interested in pushing back against ICE, this might be of interest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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EVs beat petrol cars on lifetime emissions — even on “dirty” grids.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
EVs beat petrol cars on lifetime emissions — even on “dirty” grids.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Why are there FIVE car washes around me? Maybe because private equity loves them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Why Are There Suddenly So Many Car Washes?
Fueled by private equity and a subscription-based business model, the auto wash industry is flooding the US with new outlets. Some towns and cities have had enough.
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Why are there FIVE car washes around me? Maybe because private equity loves them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Climate chaos is costing us. Seasons of flooding and drought is hiking water rates. San Diego will see a 30% rise. '24 heatwaves in Ghana and Ivory Coast drove cocoa prices up 300%. Early blossoming led to a 40% loss in hazelnut yields in Turkey and a 30% price hike.
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The Cost of Climate - The American Prospect
Extreme weather and changes in seasonal patterns are fundamentally altering the landscape, in cities and in farming communities. You’re going to pay for it.
prospect.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Climate chaos is costing us. Seasons of flooding and drought is hiking water rates. San Diego will see a 30% rise. '24 heatwaves in Ghana and Ivory Coast drove cocoa prices up 300%. Early blossoming led to a 40% loss in hazelnut yields in Turkey and a 30% price hike.
prospect.org/2025/12/04/c...
prospect.org/2025/12/04/c...
Listening to Louise Erdrich read her book, Future Home of the Living God. It's from 2017, but it's from now. Prescient. "There are rumors of martial law, of Congress confining pregnant women. Of a registry, and rewards for those who turn these wanted women in."
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Future Home of the Living God
A startling portrait of a young woman fighting for her life and her unborn child against oppressive forces that manifest in the wake of a cataclysmic event. The world as we know it is ending. Evolutio...
birchbarkbooks.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Listening to Louise Erdrich read her book, Future Home of the Living God. It's from 2017, but it's from now. Prescient. "There are rumors of martial law, of Congress confining pregnant women. Of a registry, and rewards for those who turn these wanted women in."
birchbarkbooks.com/products/fut...
birchbarkbooks.com/products/fut...
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Feds Warn iPhone And Android Users—Change Apple, Google And Microsoft Passwords
Feds Warn iPhone And Android Users—Change Apple, Google And Microsoft Passwords
Change your account settings now—attacks against smartphones are getting worse.
www.forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Feds Warn iPhone And Android Users—Change Apple, Google And Microsoft Passwords
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Listen to Gaslit Nation: Genocide by Corporate Oligarchy https://loom.ly/X9fGHoE
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Listen to Gaslit Nation: Genocide by Corporate Oligarchy https://loom.ly/X9fGHoE
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
#oligarchy #dictatorship #dictatortrump
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A win! The Institute of Museum and Library Services (the federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries) has reinstated thousands of grants that had been canceled by the Trump administration, after a federal judge ruled the executive order mandating those cuts was unlawful.
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersede...
www.imls.gov
December 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A win! The Institute of Museum and Library Services (the federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries) has reinstated thousands of grants that had been canceled by the Trump administration, after a federal judge ruled the executive order mandating those cuts was unlawful.
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Chaos Is Coming
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If we can't get this destructive, asinine regime out of power soon they will permanently damage our relationships around the world. This damage will not only hurt us strategically, but financially as well.
#MAGATraitors #CongressionalCowards
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If we can't get this destructive, asinine regime out of power soon they will permanently damage our relationships around the world. This damage will not only hurt us strategically, but financially as well.
#MAGATraitors #CongressionalCowards
Chaos Is Coming
America helped keep the (relative) peace for 80 years. Not anymore.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Chaos Is Coming
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
If we can't get this destructive, asinine regime out of power soon they will permanently damage our relationships around the world. This damage will not only hurt us strategically, but financially as well.
#MAGATraitors #CongressionalCowards
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
If we can't get this destructive, asinine regime out of power soon they will permanently damage our relationships around the world. This damage will not only hurt us strategically, but financially as well.
#MAGATraitors #CongressionalCowards
Alas, no remote option!
Here's another chance to connect and make change! #TransportationCamp returns to the Big Apple on Saturday, October 25th! Details below! #unionstrong #transit #transportation transportationcamp.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?...
TransportationCamp NYC 2025
Get tickets online for TransportationCamp NYC 2025 here.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Alas, no remote option!
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Heated Chiller replaces three components responsible for interior heating and battery temperature control. Here's why it's so cool.
This Pioneering Device Promises To Preserve Range And Keep EVs Warm
It’s called the Heated Chiller, and it replaces three components responsible for interior heating and battery temperature control.
insideevs.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The Heated Chiller replaces three components responsible for interior heating and battery temperature control. Here's why it's so cool.
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“The highest levels were found in Irish breakfast cereal, followed by Belgian wholemeal bread, then German wholemeal bread, then French baguette. It was found across a huge range of products, from spaghetti, to cheese scones and ginger bread.” 🥖
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study
Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
“The highest levels were found in Irish breakfast cereal, followed by Belgian wholemeal bread, then German wholemeal bread, then French baguette. It was found across a huge range of products, from spaghetti, to cheese scones and ginger bread.” 🥖
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Couldn’t have said it better myself
December 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Couldn’t have said it better myself