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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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Insane. Can I take Geology 101 and reject the final exam with "God made the world in 7 days" and get a good grade? Same thing.
If I took a religious studies course on Christianity and submit a citation-free essay ignoring the question, just asserting "Jesus is a false prophet", I'd expect to fail
If I took a religious studies course on Christianity and submit a citation-free essay ignoring the question, just asserting "Jesus is a false prophet", I'd expect to fail
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Insane. Can I take Geology 101 and reject the final exam with "God made the world in 7 days" and get a good grade? Same thing.
If I took a religious studies course on Christianity and submit a citation-free essay ignoring the question, just asserting "Jesus is a false prophet", I'd expect to fail
If I took a religious studies course on Christianity and submit a citation-free essay ignoring the question, just asserting "Jesus is a false prophet", I'd expect to fail
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politica...
prospect.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
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The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
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Lots of great media pouring in as Sun Day hits high noon on the west coast!
www.commondreams.org/news/celebra...
www.commondreams.org/news/celebra...
'Celebratory and Uplifting': Sun Day Events Champion Promise of Wind and Solar | Common Dreams
Despite Trump's shadow, organizers behind the day of action say the "clean energy revolution is here."
www.commondreams.org
September 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Lots of great media pouring in as Sun Day hits high noon on the west coast!
www.commondreams.org/news/celebra...
www.commondreams.org/news/celebra...
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To fight the Trump administration's war on solar, we have to get rid of dumb permitting requirements for putting panels on your roof and balcony. Australia and the EU have done this--time for our mayors and state legislatures to follow
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
July 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
To fight the Trump administration's war on solar, we have to get rid of dumb permitting requirements for putting panels on your roof and balcony. Australia and the EU have done this--time for our mayors and state legislatures to follow
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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In effect, the Supreme Court ruled that only it could decide issues on a national level. And then, with thousands and thousands of people waiting in limbo for resolution of many legally disputed Trump orders, the justices went on summer vacation, not to return until October.
June 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In effect, the Supreme Court ruled that only it could decide issues on a national level. And then, with thousands and thousands of people waiting in limbo for resolution of many legally disputed Trump orders, the justices went on summer vacation, not to return until October.
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Getting faster at setting up the solar scope before work. 🧪 Making the most of the 11-year solar maximum. Calcium K filter arriving this week.
June 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Getting faster at setting up the solar scope before work. 🧪 Making the most of the 11-year solar maximum. Calcium K filter arriving this week.
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No surprise that the federal data grab continues to fuel the AI race.
And also no coincidence that this occurred within days of the Librarian of Congress being fired without cause. The Office of the Register of Copyrights sits within the Library of Congress.
Keep fighting @morelle.house.gov.
And also no coincidence that this occurred within days of the Librarian of Congress being fired without cause. The Office of the Register of Copyrights sits within the Library of Congress.
Keep fighting @morelle.house.gov.
Donald Trump’s termination of Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis.
It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
May 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
No surprise that the federal data grab continues to fuel the AI race.
And also no coincidence that this occurred within days of the Librarian of Congress being fired without cause. The Office of the Register of Copyrights sits within the Library of Congress.
Keep fighting @morelle.house.gov.
And also no coincidence that this occurred within days of the Librarian of Congress being fired without cause. The Office of the Register of Copyrights sits within the Library of Congress.
Keep fighting @morelle.house.gov.
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![Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago on 14 September 1955, the son of Louis Marius Prevost and Mildred Martínez.[4] His father, who was a United States Navy veteran of World War II and school administrator,[5] was of French and Italian descent, and his mother of Spanish descent.[6] As a child, Prevost served as an altar boy at St. Mary of the Assumption Church on the far South Side of Chicago.[7] He completed his secondary studies at the minor seminary of the Order of St. Augustine in 1973. Prevost earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics at Villanova University in 1977.[8]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wvexgwndckqyszwviyuoeibi/bafkreiab6e3zx37wlvxtahxnpfjpgngci34k3l2o27vr2bhiniiglkydtm@jpeg)
May 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Revealed preferences theory suggests that Wall Street executives value their ability to call their subordinates gay at approximately 8 trillion dollars
April 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Revealed preferences theory suggests that Wall Street executives value their ability to call their subordinates gay at approximately 8 trillion dollars
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Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
February 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
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Erasure.
At the National Institute of Health, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social
At the National Institute of Health, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Erasure.
At the National Institute of Health, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social
At the National Institute of Health, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social
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Just in case you thought the 🍊💩’s cruelty came with his decreased mental capacity
February 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Just in case you thought the 🍊💩’s cruelty came with his decreased mental capacity
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Please Participate If You Can. Kindly Repost! 💙😎
February 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Please Participate If You Can. Kindly Repost! 💙😎
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I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.
There’s not.
There’s not.
February 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.
There’s not.
There’s not.
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While President Trump illegally pauses federal funding from Congress, the Senate must not be business as usual.
We do not consent to this lawless power grab.
We do not consent to this lawless power grab.
January 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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2026 is the year we take back the House and the Senate.
Clearly, Republicans can’t govern.
What happened yesterday can’t be allowed for the next four years.
Clearly, Republicans can’t govern.
What happened yesterday can’t be allowed for the next four years.
January 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
2026 is the year we take back the House and the Senate.
Clearly, Republicans can’t govern.
What happened yesterday can’t be allowed for the next four years.
Clearly, Republicans can’t govern.
What happened yesterday can’t be allowed for the next four years.
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Brits don't do Thanksgiving because if we had to take a day off for the anniversary of us fucking over a native people and ruining their country we'd never have to go to work.
November 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Brits don't do Thanksgiving because if we had to take a day off for the anniversary of us fucking over a native people and ruining their country we'd never have to go to work.