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The egos of old men are far more dangerous than nukes. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/why-trumps-e...

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The extreme right-wing Christians who run the US govt... join the extreme rt-wing Jews who run the Israel govt... in a war with the extreme rt-wing Muslims who run the Iran govt... ...and the rest of the world's believers & atheists would like to be left out of it.

submitted 7 hours ago • 61 comments

I think that if you were not familiar with the supposed political values of the Democratic Party, its performance over the last five months would lead you to conclude that they are primarily a pro-genocide party with center right economics and a fierce commitment to loyalty and gate keeping.

submitted 9 hours ago • 78 comments

Fascism is HERE: ICE smashed someone’s windows, yanked them out, and then arrested the United States citizen who filmed it. That’s not “immigration enforcement.” This is Republican government punishing witnesses exercising their rights.

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A fiery dissent from the newest justice warns that the Supreme Court is doing grievous reputational harm to itself by playing favorites with “moneyed interests.” https://trib.al/H2SNTDi

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A globe-spanning study of the waste industry reveals how wealthy nations dump their garbage on the poor while the rate at which we produce near-indestructible rubbish only increases www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

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Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more about how they settled and then split into four distinct groups on the continent

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With donors like Bloomberg, Ackman, Karp, and endorsement from fossilized democratic leadership of Clyburn types.,corrupt leaders like Cuomo show that the party lines don’t matter when it comes to protecting their interests and that of billionaires again mass leaders like Mamdani who threaten them

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“‘I just find it fascinating that this student can write an article, a series of articles that are essentially manifestoes, and that’s free speech,’ Ms. Chatman said, referring to Mr. Damsky, ‘but my class can’t be called “Race, Entrepreneurship and Inequality.”’” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...

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Secondhand sales of luxury bags, shoes and dresses are soaring, fueling the fight against fakes. But many buyers these days actively seek knock-offs.

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Has to be pointed out: Harvard waited until after commencement + reunions to start negotiating with the administration The leadership got a lot of $$ and adulation from alums and recent grads for putting up a fight And then waited until they all left to start negotiating

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The absolute full-court press from media + elites on behalf of Cuomo demonstrates yet again that when they want to make something a story -- not just "cover it," but pound on it until it sinks in as a public narrative -- they know exactly how.

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turns out climate change will cost dramatically more than economists predicted, and the cost of addressing it is actually negative. oops! prospect.org/environment/...

submitted 2 days ago • 118 comments

Happy summer solstice day

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While the orcas are sinking yachts, the humpback whales are blowing bubble rings--like, smoke rings, but, you know, bubbles: 🧪 (Click through for videos.)

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

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As climate solutions reporter I find many 'solutions' don't scale- or reduce pollution at all. Which is why after months of reporting I want to tell you about Vienna. Vienna has found a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change, all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in. 🎧⬇️

submitted 6 days ago • 11 comments

Our new paper updating key metrics in the IPCC is now out, and the news is grim: ⬆️ Human induced warming now at 1.36C ⬆️ Rate of warming now 0.27C / decade ⬆️ Sharp increase in Earth's energy imbalance ⬇️ Remaining 1.5C carbon budget only 130 GtCO2 essd.copernicus.org/...

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If you live in the US, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors. Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. gov't created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1968...

submitted 5 days ago • 158 comments

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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For sure, five times a day Trump is having a "I hate being president" tantrum. Then, Eric strokes him and shows him their account balances growing. And then Stephen Miller reminds him of all the people of color and women whose lives they can make miserable. And then he sucks on his binky and sleeps.

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“Most infuriating was that as long as Israel said it was adhering to IHL and taking measures to mitigate civilian harm, that was enough for not only U.S. politicians but U.S. lawyers.” nymag.com/intelligence...

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🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands. Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵

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Netanyahu has been for years claiming Iran is on verge of a nuclear weapon. Netanyahu is a war criminal and a liar. His attack on Iran is a clear violation of International law. Netanyahu needs to be charged with more war crimes so that if he ever visits a nation that is part of ICC he's arrested

submitted 8 days ago • 81 comments

When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman. -Free school breakfast and lunch -Restoring voting rights for felons -Paid leave Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...

submitted 8 days ago • 139 comments

Essential reading (by @jasonstanley.bsky.social) for every American. The media, aided by a handful of reactionary academics and compliant university administrations, has sold the public a huge lie about wokeness on college campuses, enabling the extreme right. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 9 days ago • 20 comments

Calling a Florida sheriff's threats against "No Kings" rally participants "beyond chilling," MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart and authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat hammered the lawman on Saturday morning.

submitted 8 days ago • 31 comments

Should be noted how many sheriffs around the country have spent their careers absolutely champing at the bit to engage in systematic violence against the populace. We’ve seen and heard this for years, so don’t be surprised if it comes to pass. www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/u...

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The point is to create a world in which the authoritarians can simultaneously inhabit a position of victim and abuser, creating an imagined threat of persecution and violence in order to persecute and carry out violence. This is how this always works. We cannot allow this to continue.

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Utilities and power developers are planning to build a lot more natural-gas power plants to meet demand from AI data centers. The Trump EPA's proposed repeal of restrictions on GHG emissions will make that a lot easier and cheaper. My latest: 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

The Trump administration plans to get rid of all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal challenges from environmental groups.

submitted 11 days ago • 101 comments

US troops actually ‘booing’ an American city, part of the country & constitution they swore an oath to protect & defend. A shameful day for America - and the military.

submitted 12 days ago • 60 comments

“.. The resolution is nonbinding but suggests that evangelicals have long-term ambitions to dismantle an institution that many Americans now accept as a basic right.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...

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Forty years ago today: Tears for Fears hits #1 with “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”. “I didn't really think anything of it, to be honest with you,” Roland Orzabal said of the arpeggiated guitar riff that opens the song. “But my wife at the time liked it. So I thought, Okay, maybe I'm wrong.”

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Salmon farming is big business in Chile, and the U.S. is one of its largest markets. Yet the fish are not native, and fishermen say salmon are damaging ecosystems and an Indigenous way of life.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...

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This is an important and overlooked dynamic. A lot of what the Administration says and promises to do is based on lies. And to quote Craig Mazin’s “Chernobyl,” “every lie creates a debt to the truth.” Eventually that debt has to be paid. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...

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“Trump's inner circle has shattered norms around profiting from the presidency, dulling public outrage to the point where even the most brazen access schemes draw only fleeting scrutiny.” www.axios.com/2025/06/08/t...

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Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:

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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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"When conservatives destroy these public goods, it doesn’t necessarily lead to a Democratic backlash at the ballot box, and they see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control — a docile population that can be easily manipulated."

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Cutting down 8.7 million acres of ancient rain forests for oil drilling would be devastating for the planet. @janefonda.com is standing in solidarity with Indigenous communities to fight back against Ecuador’s attempt to auction a large swath of the Amazon to oil companies.

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Northern lights in North Pole, Alaska

submitted 15 days ago • 129 comments

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

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Leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are 7 times worse than thought. There are more than 425,000 inactive oil and gas wells across Canada, most in Alberta and Saskatchewan. phys.org/news/2025-06...

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Far from ending its "work," the lawless vanguard of DOGE is being assimilated into the larger Trump & Project 2025 authoritarian project. My latest for Lucid: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

submitted 17 days ago • 18 comments

During their Oval Office visit, Merz gives Trump a copy of his grandfather's birth certificate from Kallstadt in Bavaria. But he doesn't give Trump a copy of the decree of Feb 27, 1907 signed by Prince Regent Luitpold in which his grandfather was ordered deported from Bavaria as a moral degenerate.

submitted 15 days ago • 28 comments