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“…but the, nope…” 🤣
Wow imagine that
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say
I remember early November 2023. I think I was the first person on US mainstream media, while at MSNBC/Peacock, to say the G-word on TV. On my show. It was seen as hugely controversial then. It's controversial no longer. It's undeniable, irrefutable, the consensus view.
New Virginia poll from SoCal Gov Spanberger (D) 53% Earle-Sears (R) 41% Lt. Gov Hashmi (D) 46% Reid (R) 41% AG Jones (D) 46% Miyares (R) 41% House of Delegates Dem 50% GOP 40% Trump Approval Disapprove 54% Approve 38% Less rosy for GOP than other recent polls substack.com/inbox/post/1...
On September 1, 2025, we lost a true legend. Graham Greene, Oneida from Six Nations Reserve, walked on at the age of 73. Over the span of more than 175 acting credits, he gave us characters that were unforgettable, complex, and real. redpopnews.com/remembering-... #redpopnews #grahamgreene #rip
On September 1, 2025, we lost a true legend. Graham Greene, Oneida from Six Nations Reserve, walked on at the age of 73. Over the span of more than 175 acting credits, he gave us characters that were unforgettable, complex, and real. redpopnews.com/remembering-... #redpopnews
They also are not engaging in the full range of cognition or reasoning that humans express, because, again, they’re just language models, they have nothing to work with except language itself, they do not have senses or hormones or any of the dozens of other perceptual faculties
Dick Durbin and Jerry Nadler, both longtime hardcore liberal zionists, are opposing arms for Israel as they retire. it feels like a big shift.
Repeating this because people are misreading it again: This is a report from *the attorneys for the migrant children*—not DOJ! bsky.app/profile/anna...
And don’t miss my follow up piece, which contains additional reporting on Giuliani’s role. Among other consequences of the 2024 election, one is that we’ll probably never learn the truth about the nature & extent of his involvement in the Coffee County breach. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
Seems like as good a time as any to reshare my story on the Coffee County voting system breach, which details the key role Giuliani played in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
@nature.com I love this article - but WHY are the only share options to X and Facebook when the whole point of the article is that science-based posts get more shares here? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Good question, feckless answer
Since Trump took office eight months ago, he has decimated the DOJ and FBI’s teams that investigate public corruption, firing attorneys and stripping its authority to open new cases.
Northern lights to appear in UK tonight after ‘cannibal’ solar storm https://www.europesays.com/uk/390556/ Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…#uk #news #uknews
Miller-Meeks (R) is defending her congressional seat in a race ranked TOSS-UP. Trump's opposition to wind power might be enough to let Democrats flip her seat. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
OK, now a supposedly green power company wants to use one of the globally rarest alvars, Carden, and all its normally-protected birds and butterflies. We will not solve the climate crisis by worsening the biodiversity crisis.
Going, going, almost gone...
Orangutan habitat under siege as palm oil company clears forest in Borneo Up to 10,000 hectares (nearly 25,000 acres) of forest could be lost Nearly 150,000 individuals lost between 1999 and 2015 They will not stop until every last Orangutan is gone news.mongabay.com/2025/04/oran...
An example of a country that destroyed itself. They have endless heat. When deforestation in Rainforest you get deforestation driven heat and global warming. A report by Dasgupta says almost all governments were exacerbating the biodiversity crisis by paying people more to exploit nature
Dumbest. Idea. Ever. I would imagine this would require Congress to repeal Bayh-Dole, but it's ridiculous that it would even be suggested out loud. Completely undermines our innovation economy. www.newsweek.com/trump-admini...
“The future of humankind and the health of our planet now depend on surmounting the dark forces of antiscience." Who is standing up for science? We all need to be. It's our future. #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social climatewithbrian.com/2025/09/01/r...
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HISTORY IS BEING MADE TODAY Today, the largest civilian flotilla ever assembled has set sail from Spain, carrying hope and humanitarian aid to Gaza. People from 44 nations, united on dozens of boats, are defying the blockade with solidarity and courage. (From #GlobalSumudFlotilla on IG & Twitter)
Wait. Isn’t it!?!
Parallels with Trump/MAGA: - no institution-building, just institution-destroying; - in favour of de-education; - public realm = space for exercise of politicised law & order forces; - no idea of the common good; - community = exclusionary ethno-nationalism; - scapegoating as core strategy
Americans Astronomers watching watching US politics Betelgeuse 🤝 “It could happen at any time”
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…are you sure…?
Exactly!
If you need to smile more, and I sure need to, read this 🧵 by @kenwhite.bsky.social ⤵️
IKR!😅
Not true
Somehow our diseased information environment has produced the net outcome that *the pandemic is considered a political problem for Dems*, not the party that lied about it & got people killed at every juncture. The party that tried, but not perfectly, to save lives, is being forced to apologize.
Months before igniting Texas’ redistricting fight, the Trump administration began testing a strategy of using the courts to force favorable political outcomes. The new voting map, signed into law today by Gov. Greg Abbott, is its latest win. With @texastribune.org
More than 1,000 people currently imprisoned in Louisiana were convicted by split juries — ruled unconstitutional in 2020. Yet the state Supreme Court has declined to grant new trials, and lawmakers have repeatedly denied a reexamination of their cases. With @veritenews.org
“This is a historic win for the families,” said Brett Eagleson, whose father was killed in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is going to be held accountable.”
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.
Merchants of death…
After each mass shooting, the public asks, “How did we get here?” The real answer goes beyond NRA lobbyists and Second Amendment zealots. It lies in large measure with the strategies of firearms executives like Richard Dyke. (Published Nov. 2023)
Critics of Andrew Bailey, Trump's pick to help run the FBI, say the Missouri AG got the attention of the White House by following Trump’s tactic of targeting political opponents. “What better way to show loyalty than to do exactly what Trump wants,” one said. By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
The Trump administration said it’s moving to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, drawing a wave of opposition from critics who said it opens 15 million acres to potential development in Alaska alone.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
One utility leader points to private developers and the Trump tax bill, but advocates say utilities share blame for why big Alaska wind projects won't advance in time to qualify for tax credits that will soon expire. (via Northern Journal) www.adn.com/business-eco...
Rural communities and people with disabilities will have even more limited access to health care. Families with low incomes who rely most heavily on community clinics and health departments will have fewer resources available to them. Children will lose access to lifesaving vaccines due to cost.
At the pro-democracy protest today, two older vets were sitting next to each other. Vet 1 (in navy hat): so which branch did you serve in? Vet 2: army Vet 1 (without missing a beat) I never liked dirt. 😂😂 They fought for this country once, and they’re stepping up again. Are you with them?
Striding puffin on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales #birds #puffin #auks #SkomerIsland #wildlifetrusts #pembrokeshire #NationalTrust #seabirds #wales #bcearth #bbcwildlife #nature #wildlife #seaparrot #seaclown #flight
Wise words.
Exactly. Keep the pressure on. Trump will not stick with anyone he thinks may be dragging him further down. That was the beginning of his distancing from Elon. Keep the pressure on. RFK must go.
Funny not funny funny not funny…
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111 years ago today, Martha, the last passenger pigeon died alone in Cincinnati Zoo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passeng...
OMG, I know what I want for my birthday!
States defending firearm regulations should invest in rigorous historical research to effectively counter the myth of continuity in Second Amendment litigation, Brian DeLay of the University of California, Berkeley argues. www.theregreview.org/2025/08/28/m...
#WorkersOverBillionaires #LaborDay #VisibilityBrigade @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @50501texas.bsky.social @50501satx.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org
Billionaires continue to hoard record wealth while the 99% struggle to afford basic necessities. We demand better and to be treated fairly. #50501satx #laborday #workingclass #downwithbillionaires #minwage #union
Tucson, Arizona Labor Day morning march ❤️🦎🌵 @maddow.msnbc.com @50501movement.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @brainking.bsky.social
Wow Asheville NC Workers over Billionaires: a band performed by the protesters for a very energetic rally!
Central Coast Farm workers wish you a happy #LaborDay Campesinos de la Costa Central les desean un feliz Día del Trabajo. #WeFeedYou #SoyEsencial
Bangor, ME #resist #mepolitics
@50501-sc.bsky.social ❤️
@50501movement.bsky.social - Rally and march in Harrisburg, PA today. #50501 #laborday2025
2020 "Als weltweit größter Einzelhändler war #Amazon im vergangenen Jahr für 211.000 Tonnen () #Plastik -Verpackungsmüll verantwortlich, von denen 10.000 Tonnen () in die Süßwasser- und Meeresökosysteme gelangten." Die Plastikverpackungsabfälle von Amazon könnten 500-mal [❗] den Globus umspannen.
I just bought two pairs, for my daughters. They are beautiful. 🙏
actually brought my DSLR with me this trip so i could take better photos of pappy’s earrings thanks you to all of you who have bought a pair—he’s made like 1/4 of what he needs for his roof repairs and he is so happy every time he gets an order! www.etsy.com/shop/eshkanh...
Wednesday (special day) 9/3 at 10am PT on Climate Chat: Author & advocate @billmckibben.bsky.social on The Power of Solar Power. Bill will discuss his new book, "Here Comes the Sun." @leonsimons.bsky.social @bikingmzstacey.bsky.social @radsci.bsky.social #ClimateChange youtube.com/live/DJEodUJ...
An Indigenous-led solar canoe initiative expands across the Amazon news.mongabay.com/2025/09/an-i...
Putin spoke at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit. He blamed the West for the "Ukrainian crisis" and said that "the root causes of the crisis" must be removed in order for peace to come. Looks like Putin has made his choice: he's going to continue the war.
Breaking news: A suspected Russian interference attack targeting the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced the commission president’s plane to land using paper maps. on.ft.com/4lZlZnR
Life for Palestinians in Gaza has gotten worse under Trump, not better. So where are Jill Stein and Cornel West now? They aren’t leading protests in DC outside the White House, no rallies. Almost like the whole 2024 thing was just performative.
Conservative rhetoric targeting the trans community after the Annunciation shooting doesn’t square up with the statistics. Data gathered by the Violence Prevention Project shows 98% of mass shooters are men.
Omar Jamal, a longtime leader in the local Somali community, was detained Thursday by ICE agents in downtown Minneapolis.
In interviews with more than a dozen survivors of Red Lake and Rocori, survivors said they still grieve their friends. Some went down dark paths and found purpose as advocates for mental health or safer schools. Many are parents; some are teachers or work in emergency rooms.
NEW: The Kremlin is pursuing a multi-pronged informational effort aimed at deterring Western support for Ukraine and undermining European participation in the peace process. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 31, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar083125 Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ [🧵] (1/2)
The Kremlin has recently been intensifying three rhetorical lines aimed at influencing Western decision-making in the Kremlin's favor: accusing European states of prolonging the war in Ukraine, levying nuclear threats against Western states, & claiming that Russian victory in Ukraine is inevitable.
Canadian PM Carney’s Major Projects Office ‘sidelines Indigenous rights’, leaders say, as the former CEO of Trans Mountain takes charge. www.theenergymix.com/carneys-majo...
The Trump administration has moved to end temporary protected status for immigrants from Honduras and other countries. Among them are health care workers tending to older and disabled people.
Trump's claim of the power of impoundment is essentially an effort to strip away the budget powers from Congress. it thus fundamentally upends the Constitution's separation of powers. thedispatch.com/article/trum...
Eat it, Chris. You’ll be fine.
“England’s “Operation Raise the Colours” is no more a military operation than Belfast’s “Save the Fleg” was a humanitarian mission. Both…are the dying whale songs of cultural insecurity, of intolerance cloaked in patriotism…manifestations of a desperate need for confrontation just to feel alive.”👇
A new report has found that the population of Javan rhinos has decreased since 2021 as a result of poaching. The report by the nonprofit International Rhino Foundation also found that the population of black rhinos saw an increase in Africa.
There is no such thing as “too little too late” no matter how bad things are by doing something you can keep it from getting even worse, no matter how bad it already is. That phrase is the same thing as obeying in advance
AMOC collapse could come sooner than expected With grateful thanks to lead author Prof Sybren Drijfhout This is the most important piece I have written and I am very proud of Yorkshire Bylines for putting this front and centre @yorkshirebylines.co.uk yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
300,000 Israelis on the streets of Tel Aviv tonight calling for an end to Netanyahu's forever war and the release of the hostages.
"Security guarantees are paramount and absolutely crucial. We have a clear road map and we had an agreement in the White House . . . and this work is going forward very well," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told FT.
Pope Leo urges end to "pandemic of arms" after Minnesota shooting www.axios.com/2025/09/01/p...
Is it normal if every single federal agency has scores of whistleblowers
MORE: Judge Sooknanan order DOJ to file yet another status report. She sets 10:45 pm deadline for Ensign to address whether all of the children have been returned to ORR custody.
trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa
Okay. I just came back to this and you aren’t calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents. It’s unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Here is a gift link. I know people have feelings about the times but this is free and reading this should make you very very mad and then you should do something:
That is a thing of beauty!
Woulda been nice if we had some contempt proceedings underway by now
NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
The LGML case came very close to being JGG redux. But just before the hearing began, the judge decided not to wait. She entered a TRO barring removal of all the children. That made all the difference: DHS already had the kids loaded on planes. One plane even took off (then turned around).
“What independence means is that the technocrats at the Central Bank use economic reasoning, data” to achieve economic goals, says Fmr. Fed Chair & Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen. ‘Americans need to worry’ about political interference. It’s “a recipe for runaway inflation.” #Velshi