The United States killed American Indians and drove them from their homes in order to steal their land. Could it work in Gaza?
Ph.D physicist retired from the tech industry where I worked on the early internet, cloud adoption and most recently data and AI. Now focused on the energy transition and trying to save democracy in the US.
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The United States killed American Indians and drove them from their homes in order to steal their land. Could it work in Gaza?
I’m traveling and can’t make it but I have donated and signed up as a volunteer. It’s going to be epic!
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I’ve followed many or these hearings with Ensign as the government lawyer… he’s a horrible little man.
Yes, I heard him on volts and he’s spot on.
A really important thread.
The Democratic Party has badly lost its way.
Don’t make me get a TikTok account!
There needs ti be an independent investigation. DHS isn’t a trustworthy organization.
People should so some research before automatically reacting. Voluntary demand response programs are an important tool to manage peak energy use and can reduce the need for new power plants.
Putin has not changed. In the last 25 years he started four wars. He can only be kept in check through strong deterrence. We must be precise and fast with the surge in our defence posture ↓ europa.eu/!wgH6QK
Putin > Trump Xi > Putin Therefore, by the transitive principle Xi > Trump
My name is Graham Platner. I'm the oysterman and Marine veteran running against Susan Collins. In 10 days we raised $1 million and signed up 3,000 volunteers. Please share this. Spread the word. Help us build something strong enough to defeat the billionaire class.a
My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
If the pictures and video we saw to day were the best the White House could do, Trump is very sick.
Let’s do this! Susan Collins has done enough damage. Time to send her home.
The bipartisan approach is guaranteed to fail. Even if the GOP makes some concessions, they’ll ignore them after the vote. They’ll just refuse to spend authorized funds. Any democrat who doesn’t see this is delusional.
This crime at Social Security might amount to the biggest data theft in human history. Committed by a government against its own citizens. I don’t think anyone has begun to grasp the sheer scale of corruption and institutional destruction that has occurred in the last few months. Era-defining.
Not from scientists, but his family called RFK Jr a "predator addicted to power", a drug dealer and someone who put baby chickens into a blender. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
That's what we call a rhetorical question!
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
You spelled ENDANGERING wrong, @nytimes.com. “Pushing the boundaries” is a *positive* frame implying unconventional innovations. There are no innovations here. Just medieval anti-science populist attacks on some of best methods of truth seeking we have.
I didn’t!
For once, I don’t regret looking at the news when I wake up at 4:00am.
Or Don Jr hawking a new meme coin.
I guess they're not listing the blood draws, infusions and scans in Trump's daily schedule.
Usually don’t repost myself.
Read this entire thread. The arrest of the firefighters in WA is much worse than I expected. Thank you @salinas.house.gov
We're going to need a bigger museum!
Has Trump made any public appearances in the last 3 days? What are they hiding? rollcall.com/factbase/tru...
I hope you told them that directly!
Don't forget that Trump decimated Americorps and other national service programs. Instead, he's misusing our military to justify his plans to deploy them against blue states.
And behind Vance, Peter Thiel is seizing the real power.
I wish the interviewer had focused more on the fact that Trump won't turn over all of materials instead of just the discharge petition.
Love the term "faux populism" and agree that people are starting to see that.
Yep. Thiel isn't a MAGA himself, but he's happy to use them.
I'm one of the volunteers who signed up. It felt great to meet other volunteers and to dive right in. We need fighters like @grahamformaine.bsky.social who don't dance around the issues. You can donate or volunteer here www.grahamforsenate.com Don't give up! Find a way to fight and dive in.
"The mainstream press is still in self-flagellation mode over how they purportedly 'ignored' Biden’s decline. (In reality, they never stopped talking about.) But this soul-searching is apparently only backward looking and exclusive to Democratic presidents." — @playtyperguy.com
It will be interesting to see how SCOTUS justifies a 180 degree turn if we every have a Democratic President again.
Thiel is worse than Musk. He's smarter, more strategic and more evil. His people are all over the government, from J.D. Vance to the new acting director of the CDC. Follow @jennycohn.bsky.social if you have the stomach face up to how powerful and dangerous Thiel is.
GOP Rep. Moore tucked tail and ran during a brutal town hall booing
I remember when Google's ethic was 'Don't be evil'. That time is long gone, replaced by a soulless drive for money and power, no matter what the cost. This outcome is inevitable when billionaires and large corporations make the rules. We need to take back our government!
This aligns nicely with their strategy to make poor people poorer. The rich will be able to get kidneys at a bargain price.
I've been a Democrat for my entire life, and I couldn't agree more. We need @chrismurphyct.bsky.social instead of @schumer.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social instead of @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social. There are other options, but the current 'leaders' need to step aside.
I guess they're not listing the blood draws, infusions and scans in Trump's daily schedule.
Pure evil.
The firing together with multiple high-level resignations has led to a lot of press coverage and pressure on the Senators. By not going quietly they will probably have a bigger impact than if they stayed. RFK Jr and his lackys need to go!
Just a reminder that Trump gutted the national service program Americorps. www.npr.org/2025/05/09/n...
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Welcome to the many, many people who have found this campaign in the last week. My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. 2,900 volunteers. $1 million raised. In just over a week. Join us.
And a lie!
Starbucks CEO pay: $96 MILLION Starbucks worker pay: $15,000 Coca-Cola CEO pay: $28 MILLION Coca-Cola worker pay: $14,000 CEOs used to make like 20x the average worker. In 2024, the average CEO earned 632x more. The system is rigged.
As a physicist, I appreciate your framing of our current situation!
Seems like a troll account. Blocked.
The 'Issues' page hasn't been updated since the election! The section on "Economy and Jobs" starts with: "There’s more work to do, but Democrats’ plan to fight inflation and lower costs is working."
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Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who chose to break into an unauthorized area during an insurrection against the repeated warnings of law enforcement. She ignored those warnings and got killed through no one's fault but her own. She was a traitor. She doesn't deserve full military honors.
This is a must read 🧵 RFK Jr and Voight are psychopaths and we must fight them as such. This is not some abstract battle about ideology, it is a fight against the real damage being done by these evil men and their followers.
Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
The AI tech barons are also firmly anti-democratic. It's not enough for them to have almost infinite wealth, they are determined to control all aspects of government and society. The tech oligarchs are a bigger threat than the old fossil fuel industry.
I think it's both. He's paying off his fossil fuel supporters (and they're paying him off) and also attacking the libs. He's just as mad at low flow shower heads!
Call Susan Collins as well. She had concerns.
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
Monarez is playing her weak hand perfectly, and should be a model for institutional resistance for the next four years: 1. Make them fire you 2. Don’t go along to get along 3. Don’t apologize, have confidence in your own integrity and the importance of your role 4. Always escalate the conflict
cc: everyone in a position of power and responsibility
I'm sure she expected it, but I respect her for not making it easy. RFK Jr needs to go!
As we watch the RFK Jr. destroy the CDC, remember that Susan Collins voted to confirm him. She could have stopped him, but she chose to accept his assurances (lies). Just donated to @grahamformaine.bsky.social. He doesn't seem like the type of guy who would vote for something he doesn't believe in.
Wow, there's someone as delusional at Senator Collins. That's damn impressive.
Tom Clancy's "Frog and Toad Are Friends"
Wow! Everyone should read the full resignation letter! It's a powerful indictment of HHS under RFK Jr. and should be an example for people across all agencies who are fired or choose to resign. Also, share this with friends and relatives who don't know the extent of the damage being done by Trump.
Thanks. Just donated.
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
Thank you! What's the best way to support you and your team?
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
This is evil -- the kind of evil you read about in history books, the kind of evil you would never mistake for a single second if you saw it in another country. When you ask, of historical evils, "how could they let that happen?" That's us. We're letting this happen.
So sad, so confused, so angry.
It will take more than spewing hatred to save our country.
Of course I can. I'm not afraid to work with people who I don't 100% agree with. He's done more to fight Trump than most Democrats.
You don't speak for all democrats. I support Bernie, AOC , Adam Kinzinger, Bill Kristol, Chris Murphy, Elizabeth Warren and many others. As long as they will fight fascism, support democracy, tell the truth, protect the environment.....
RFK and his minions are both dangerous and incompetent.
Exactly. I get so annoyed when pundits give advice on policy and candidate selection without addressing the distorted view of reality that many of the GOP voters have.
I'd guess that 10% of those are trapped in the Fox New/right-wing media bubble and have a false view of the world. Immigrant gangs everywhere, Dems cheering on the gangs, boys going to school and coming home girls, communism destroying our economy... The other 30% are racists, anti-women, fascists
RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS: If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail. But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
They do support those whose faith tells them to buy guns, hate others and destroy our planet.
Read the statements from GOP congressmen... we're being run by idiots.
I'm glad you pushed Dan Stein on the use of the term 'effective altruism'. When I see buzzwords like that, I usually just stop reading. I loved your response to the mission statement.... So you help people give money to environmental causes?
We need more people and institutions who will do the right thing when it's not easy.
So sorry to hear that. I hope all goes well with the treatment.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that we are slowly seeing Trump try and gain control of all important US institutions: Universities, TV stations, the Federal Reserve, cities, and now rail transport
This is obviously a BS justification that they came up with after Trump said no wind farms.
I'm still blown away by 1.) The public's widespread disapproval of Trump and his policies (unlike his first term, he's not more popular than his policies this go around). And, 2.) the timidity of people that hold positions of power when it comes to opposing Trump. The people want resistance! 1/2
Each institution is hoping someone else gets hurt more than they do. They don't value our democracy or society highly enough to risk any short-term pain.
After playing the clip that doesn't include Gov. Moore calling Trump 'the greatest president of my lifetime', Will Cain ends with 'Who's telling the truth? We'll let you decide'
It’s not enough to lie. The lie has to be over the top. ‘I can tell you unequivocally: President Donald J. Trump is the healthiest president this nation has ever seen,” Jackson said in a statement’
Ethanol is just a payoff to Iowa farmers. It makes no sense.
It looked like a room full of bobbleheads
Perfect! And, since he loves beautiful coal, maybe a few coal powerplants just upwind of Mar-a-Lago
The @nytimes.com has some good reporters, but the publisher and editors have completely failed America. They are beyond repair.
Honestly one of the most disgraceful pieces I’ve ever read.