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California climate accountability reporter @capitalandmain.bsky.social Subscribe for updates: https://aaroncantu.ghost.io/ Past work: https://linktr.ee/aaronmiguelcantu Signal: amc.213 Opinions mine Parental leave until 6/18
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Moment yesterday when plainclothes masked guys in a black SUV tossed gas munitions into a peaceful, mostly empty intersection. Temple and Spring, #DTLA #NoKings

Posters in #DTLA for people picked up by ICE, in the style of Israeli hostage posters

NEW: Musk's xAI data center in Memphis is emitting plumes of methane and other pollutants, which are drifting into nearby Memphis neighborhoods Video from @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social @txsharon.bsky.social captured it on camera gasoutlook.com/analysis/xai...

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The sound of helicopters is inescapable and I live 3 miles away from the protests. It hasn’t been this bad since the George Floyd riots in 2020.

Police Violently Crack Down on Los Angeles Protests My latest video report for @capitalandmain.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BCS...

“At one point while taking a photo, one of the officers directly pointed his gun at me.” bsky.app/profile/kand...

I saw multiple people bloodied by police munitions, heard a police helicopter antagonizing people after dispersal orders, and saw a level of engagement from protesters that reminded me of George Floyd & Hong Kong. Here’s my latest about yesterday’s LA protests: kandist.substack.com/p/smoke-and-...

Great thread bsky.app/profile/elio...

State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.

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🚨 Israeli forces have reportedly boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Connection to the Madleen ship has been lost.

Same author 9 years apart

Elon Musk is choking a black community with air pollution to run a racist chatbot on a right-wing social media site. The next phase will double the gas turbines. A short vid on a dataset I found showing the scale of this problem Part 1 below, or full on YT here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrQC...

Good video bsky.app/profile/acat...

Execution by Yue Minjun (1995)

How did David Brooks of all people become an insightful purveyor of the political moment? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...

Los Angeles County fire victims sue AAA and USAA, alleging insurance fraud

My latest feature is out: As the world has warmed, the regional flaws of climate models have grown apparent. Meanwhile, methods to localize the results of models have proliferated. It all leads to lots of uncertainty -- within a very certain global trend. And cities need answers now.

www.vulture.com/article/gene...

Behind closed doors, fossil fuel advocates are trashing carbon capture and storage. @desmog.com obtained audio of Bjorn Lomborg telling a private luncheon CCS is 'not going to happen.' Oil companies only support CCS to get 'a lot of subsidies,' he claimed. www.desmog.com/2025/06/05/c...

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Half of world's population endured an extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts say www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/30/n...

Watched the Act of Killing this weekend

The mental health of mothers in the U.S. declined significantly from 2016 to 2023, according to a new study published on Tuesday.

"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas. 'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”

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The failure is in the name. Compare “Inflation Reduction Act” to “One Big Beautiful Bill.” The contents of the former, while flawed, are comparatively more beautiful bsky.app/profile/dust...

Big Oil encouraged Republicans to nuke the filibuster to get this done. Here’s API’s Mike Sommers telling Sen. Thune, “We would highly encourage you to look at [the California rule] as an option for the CRA. And we believe that you can do it,” in January: youtu.be/sqtLs3YJ1CU?...

For two years in a row, food banks are serving 6 million Californians each month. Yet, to address the state's deficit, @governor.ca.gov is seeking to cut nearly 90% for the state program #CalFood — bringing it from $60 million to $8 million a year. capitalandmain.com/the-great-fo...

"when the tool responded quickly, confidently, and clearly they stopped doing the hard part. They stopped questioning. Stopped verifying. Stopped applying the mental friction that separates automation from investigation." www.dutchosintguy.com/post/the-slo... h/t @craigsilverman.bsky.social

@marcusbaram.bsky.social has a #DOGE update from #Texas and Musk's new backyard. via @capitalandmain.bsky.social

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I just created a quick map depicting which portions of the United States are now (as of today) or will imminently be (by early June) without 24/7 local National Weather Service coverage (per Washington Post reporting). #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater #ORwx #AKwx #WYwx #KSwx

The central question to ask the people building these machines: What is the purpose of humanity? Totally flummoxing question for them e.g.: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/o...