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Beautiful day on the Colorado Plateau!

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The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii. @noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!

submitted 22 days ago • 108 comments

super bowl ad not even kidding about this, do a super bowl ad about how Elon has your social security number and can shut off your grandma's check at any time

submitted 22 days ago • 162 comments

The Trump’s campaign promise was to finish the job they started on Jan 6 and this is what it looks like.

submitted 23 days ago • 206 comments

A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times @peterbakernyt.bsky.social

submitted 24 days ago • 10 comments

I have always had so much respect for Jamie Raskin. Even when fighting serious cancer this guy never quit fighting.

submitted 24 days ago • 88 comments

"1960s downtown Chattanooga sit-ins. Never forget. Thanks for your sacrifice." — American Black History-Culture Black History is American History. Black History is the very fabric of American society. Never cede an inch to bigots and racists hellbent on destroying the soul of this nation. 🙏🏼🇺🇸🕊️

submitted 24 days ago • 6 comments

This nutter.

submitted 24 days ago • 2970 comments

President Donald Trump on Monday appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a powerful watchdog agency whose operations Bessent immediately halted pending a review.

submitted 24 days ago • 34 comments

A Spoon is Better Than a Fork This was sent to all EEOC employees. Hit “Reply All,” y’all‼️

submitted 24 days ago • 22 comments

BREAKING: Trump has signed an executive order creating a Sovereign Wealth Fund- popular with Middle East monarchies - so the U.S. can buy TikTok. That’s state-run media, folks. www.reuters.com/markets/weal...

submitted 24 days ago • 1382 comments

JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted. Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.

submitted 24 days ago • 509 comments

So, is an officer of the United States now reporting to someone without any legal authority under the laws and Constitution? Sure sounds like it!

submitted 24 days ago • 91 comments

New from me: Musk and his allies seem to be doing another thing common with tech startups in their government takeover--hiring very young technical talent. We identified several those young people who appear to have very high access. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 25 days ago • 54 comments

Top cop tells the good guys to stand aside while the bad guys rob the Treasury.

submitted 24 days ago • 402 comments

Members of Congress are converging on USAID headquarters, including Sen. @andykimnj.bsky.social

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Yea Dems - DO SOMETHING like maybe defend the Constitution!!

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‼️ Is your Senator on this list? 📣 CALL THEM ☎️ US Capitol switchboard : (202) 224-3121 🤔 Ask them what were they thinking and what are they going to do about it.

submitted 25 days ago • 11 comments

THIS.

submitted 25 days ago • 77 comments

Great thread on the need for and importance of solidarity.

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Congratulations, Mr. President. Not only do we face counter-tariffs, we face a grassroots boycott.

submitted 25 days ago • 11 comments

About 2 million federal employees have to make a decision by Tuesday about whether to accept the deferred resignation. Both the commissioning editor and author should have asked themselves if they are providing good advice to the presumed audience here.

submitted 25 days ago • 12 comments

For a straightforward explanation of the sheer illegality of everything going on, @sbagen.bsky.social has you covered.

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

"That is the tension at the heart of Trump’s whole strategy: Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him."

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

If you missed it, here’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s, quite sincerely, historic speech. It’s for, and is galvanizing, Canadians but he also speaks very directly to our allies in the US. Please hear us out. I do find myself thinking how much I’d give up, and do, for this imperfect country.

submitted 25 days ago • 13 comments

One aspect of politicizing the General Counsel positions in government is that now federal employees have no real idea of what is legal or not. The Trump folks don't care about the law and will just say whatever suits. Employees now risk being put on leave or fired if they question the legality.

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

my contribution to the "does law matter" discourse that's been going on here over the last few weeks:

submitted 54 days ago • 19 comments

~A year ago, a group I'm involved with started adding 10 minutes after their mtngs if you want to call elected officials. 🕰️ Everyone stays on zoom but mutes, and calls/emails about whatever topic they want. 📞 Folks who had never before called got help even learning how to find contact info! 🎉

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

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Distant vistas are calming. #watercolor #urbansketchers

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A little ocean cleanse for those who might need one after this week. 🌊🌎☀️

submitted 26 days ago • 10 comments

There are plenty of criticisms to be levied at major news media like the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, and it'd sure be nice if people apprehended that strong newsroom unions are part of the solution.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

DC friends:

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

My dogs make life worth living.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

We all feel sad and alone and we are right to be sad but we are NOT alone

submitted 26 days ago • 13 comments

“Don’t help them to bury the light.” Perfect poetry. #pinkfloyd #musicsky

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Please share.

submitted 28 days ago • 6 comments

Sometimes it feels like a gift to be on this Earth. #watercolor #urbansketchers

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

I'd have refused the editors' chosen title had they told me it in advance. And several keys lines making clear that RFK Jr. is essentially a mass murderer in waiting who has no business anywhere near HHS were cut from this OpEd. Don't judge by the title. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

the headline is not “trump blames deadly plane crash on DEI” but “trump seizes on deadly plane crash to attack minorities”

submitted 28 days ago • 229 comments

My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.

submitted 27 days ago • 510 comments