Bill Weber
@wjweber.bsky.social
Environmental Engineer and Climate Activist in Portland, Maine.
First they came for the communists.....
From the Editorial Board: "If the secretary of state can deport a legal resident simply because he dislikes his or her views, whose First Amendment rights are next?" wapo.st/4hvuPr1
Opinion | The Khalil case is a threat to First Amendment rights
Donald Trump wants to deport a legal resident for his views. Who else will be punished for exercising free speech?
wapo.st
March 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
First they came for the communists.....
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stonks 'down on trump' -- www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/b...
Stocks Fall Into a Correction With Investors Down on Trump
The S&P 500 is now more than 10 percent below its last record high — a line in the sand for investors worried about a sell-off gathering steam.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
stonks 'down on trump' -- www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/b...
Musk says, "Rockets are hard." Guess what shit for brains, government is harder. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-re...
Elon Musk reacts to Starship explosion: "rockets are hard"
SpaceX lost contact with the Starship rocket minutes into its test flight on Thursday as it came tumbling down and broke apart.
www.newsweek.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Musk says, "Rockets are hard." Guess what shit for brains, government is harder. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-re...
Shit is getting real. Putin is loving this.
February 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Shit is getting real. Putin is loving this.
Shit is getting real. Putin must be loving this.
February 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Shit is getting real. Putin must be loving this.
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Why is the richest man in the world cutting cancer research?
February 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Why is the richest man in the world cutting cancer research?
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Freeland: Our retaliation is going to be a lot more surgical than that. We are going to go after American stakeholders who matter to The White House. I have proposed a 100% tariff on all Teslas. I am calling on all the countries that are affected by this tariff to join us
February 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Freeland: Our retaliation is going to be a lot more surgical than that. We are going to go after American stakeholders who matter to The White House. I have proposed a 100% tariff on all Teslas. I am calling on all the countries that are affected by this tariff to join us
Musk’s Team Receiving High School Credit for Running Government
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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Elon Musk’s Team Receiving High School Credit for Running Government
A sixteen-year-old was elated to learn that he would accrue class credits for serving as Secretary of the Treasury.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Musk’s Team Receiving High School Credit for Running Government
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
February 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
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Electricity generation from large-scale solar arrays was up 18 percent over the year before, while electric output from wind farms grew by 7 percent.
Renewable energy generation grew again in New England last year
Electricity generation from large-scale solar arrays was up 18 percent over the year before, while electric output from wind farms grew by 7 percent.
www.mainepublic.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Electricity generation from large-scale solar arrays was up 18 percent over the year before, while electric output from wind farms grew by 7 percent.
Before Susan censores my comment. Preserved here.
February 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Before Susan censores my comment. Preserved here.
I don't recognize the US anymore. Can New England become a Canadian province?
February 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I don't recognize the US anymore. Can New England become a Canadian province?
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Obviously a racist
Reporter: I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion that diversity had something to do with this crash?
Trump: Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t
Trump: Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t
January 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Obviously a racist
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But what about protecting women's sports! 🙃
Trump’s assault on offshore wind threatens factory jobs in GOP districts. Over 64% of manufacturing and supply-chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican districts, per new data, @canarymedia.com reports
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off... 🔌💡
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off... 🔌💡
Trump’s offshore wind assault threatens factory jobs in GOP districts
Over 64% of manufacturing and supply-chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican districts, per new data.
www.canarymedia.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
But what about protecting women's sports! 🙃
Trump halts HIV medication.
The Trump administration instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
Read more: nyti.ms/4hvI8s0
Read more: nyti.ms/4hvI8s0
January 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Trump halts HIV medication.
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This will make you more furious when you realize that all of this is to pay for tax cuts for very rich people
January 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This will make you more furious when you realize that all of this is to pay for tax cuts for very rich people
But drug prices are gonna go up.
BRENNAN: You campaigned on lowering prices. Which executive order lowers prices?
VANCE: We have done a lot.
BRENNAN: So grocery prices aren't going to come down?
VANCE: No Margaret, prices are gonna come down. But it's gonna take a little bit of time.
VANCE: We have done a lot.
BRENNAN: So grocery prices aren't going to come down?
VANCE: No Margaret, prices are gonna come down. But it's gonna take a little bit of time.
January 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
But drug prices are gonna go up.
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Could the last principled person leaving the Pentagon install a breathalyzer test to unlock our missile silos?
Please and thank you.
Please and thank you.
January 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Could the last principled person leaving the Pentagon install a breathalyzer test to unlock our missile silos?
Please and thank you.
Please and thank you.
Not surprising given his upbringing in an apartheid system.
January 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Not surprising given his upbringing in an apartheid system.
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The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
January 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The thing to understand about Trump is like in his first term, he doesn’t want to govern. He doesn’t want to learn. He wants to campaign and look good.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.
Republicans know this. So there are battles going on right now to take control of the actual process of governing.