Biggerthanfrogs
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Lurking, learning, maybe commenting. "Conscientious objector from the culture war." Reposts ≠ 100% agreement
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William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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England's water companies have 1,200 criminal convictions.
They lose a trillion litres of water to leaky pipes. Dump sewage in rivers for 4m hours. Customers fleeced.
None has its licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Corporate fines are not collected
Whatever happened to democracy, rule of law?
They lose a trillion litres of water to leaky pipes. Dump sewage in rivers for 4m hours. Customers fleeced.
None has its licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Corporate fines are not collected
Whatever happened to democracy, rule of law?
Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money
37 years of privatisation has been a disaster
leftfootforward.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:22 AM
England's water companies have 1,200 criminal convictions.
They lose a trillion litres of water to leaky pipes. Dump sewage in rivers for 4m hours. Customers fleeced.
None has its licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Corporate fines are not collected
Whatever happened to democracy, rule of law?
They lose a trillion litres of water to leaky pipes. Dump sewage in rivers for 4m hours. Customers fleeced.
None has its licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Corporate fines are not collected
Whatever happened to democracy, rule of law?
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One lesson MAHA disinformation doctors learned regarding COVID is they could make outrageous fake claims and except for a few people here, everyone else would forget.
Things are no different today.
Things are no different today.
February 2, 2026 at 11:38 PM
One lesson MAHA disinformation doctors learned regarding COVID is they could make outrageous fake claims and except for a few people here, everyone else would forget.
Things are no different today.
Things are no different today.
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i am very much of the view that undermining the court’s secrecy is a necessary part of remaking it into something like an actual court (and not some guardian council) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:56 PM
i am very much of the view that undermining the court’s secrecy is a necessary part of remaking it into something like an actual court (and not some guardian council) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
"Toxic Colonialism"
"Last year, 85 percent of all scrapped ships—when measured by weight—ended up on just three beaches in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan..." 👇🏻
"Last year, 85 percent of all scrapped ships—when measured by weight—ended up on just three beaches in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan..." 👇🏻
This is horrible.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0202202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0202202...
‘Toxic Colonialism’ on the Bay of Bengal - Inside Climate News
Every day along the coast of Sitakunda, Bangladesh, the earth recoils without warning. The ground shudders as steel sections, hundreds of feet in length, fall away from the carcasses of former long-di...
insideclimatenews.org
February 2, 2026 at 11:42 PM
"Toxic Colonialism"
"Last year, 85 percent of all scrapped ships—when measured by weight—ended up on just three beaches in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan..." 👇🏻
"Last year, 85 percent of all scrapped ships—when measured by weight—ended up on just three beaches in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan..." 👇🏻
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New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of robotaxi mileage, reveals Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher than human drivers, and that’s with a safety monitor in every car.
Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla's own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
Tesla’s nascent robotaxi program is off to a rough start. New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of...
electrek.co
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of robotaxi mileage, reveals Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher than human drivers, and that’s with a safety monitor in every car.
Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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Tesla has reported 9 crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin, TX.
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"I don't think people are scared enough."
Polly Hemming on how to cut through on climate messaging.
Read more from Polly here: https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251110-caution-is-killing-us
Polly Hemming on how to cut through on climate messaging.
Read more from Polly here: https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251110-caution-is-killing-us
January 31, 2026 at 8:55 PM
"I don't think people are scared enough."
Polly Hemming on how to cut through on climate messaging.
Read more from Polly here: https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251110-caution-is-killing-us
Polly Hemming on how to cut through on climate messaging.
Read more from Polly here: https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251110-caution-is-killing-us
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"We can either tax you out of existence or we can launch you into the sun with a trebuchet. Your call!"
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 31, 2026 at 10:42 PM
"We can either tax you out of existence or we can launch you into the sun with a trebuchet. Your call!"
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Warnock on the arrest of Don Lemon: It’s chilling, and I think that is the intent. They intend to send chills down the backs of journalists. The authoritarian march is happening in real time, and it’s way past the time to wake up.
January 30, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Warnock on the arrest of Don Lemon: It’s chilling, and I think that is the intent. They intend to send chills down the backs of journalists. The authoritarian march is happening in real time, and it’s way past the time to wake up.
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Each time I see an email from one of these academics to Epstein (which is FAR more often an occurrence than it should be), I think of Claudine Gay and grow irate.
Look im not jumping into the opsec conversation but consider the irony of people debating opsec while more powerful people are just using their academic emails like this
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Each time I see an email from one of these academics to Epstein (which is FAR more often an occurrence than it should be), I think of Claudine Gay and grow irate.
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Trump claims people “are going after Kristi Noem …because she is a woman.”
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Trump claims people “are going after Kristi Noem …because she is a woman.”
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The Albanese Government has overseen a massive increase in investment in Palantir by the Future Fund since the genocide in Gaza began (and was facilitated by companies like Palantir)
January 29, 2026 at 5:57 AM
The Albanese Government has overseen a massive increase in investment in Palantir by the Future Fund since the genocide in Gaza began (and was facilitated by companies like Palantir)
Amy Remeikis - "Beware the new normal"
"Some people just like power. Those same people enjoy sowing seeds of discord that they never have to actually solve, in order to keep it. They are able to do that, because many of us in the media work to make their offerings seem sane and normal."
"Some people just like power. Those same people enjoy sowing seeds of discord that they never have to actually solve, in order to keep it. They are able to do that, because many of us in the media work to make their offerings seem sane and normal."
“The normalisation of One Nation, through reality TV, breakfast TV slots and inclusion as a serious political player in Australia has been media-driven, dressed up as the people’s choice,” writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social.
Read Amy Remeikis’ full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4alz8EU
Read Amy Remeikis’ full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4alz8EU
January 29, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Amy Remeikis - "Beware the new normal"
"Some people just like power. Those same people enjoy sowing seeds of discord that they never have to actually solve, in order to keep it. They are able to do that, because many of us in the media work to make their offerings seem sane and normal."
"Some people just like power. Those same people enjoy sowing seeds of discord that they never have to actually solve, in order to keep it. They are able to do that, because many of us in the media work to make their offerings seem sane and normal."
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This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
January 29, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
Kevin M. Kruse on ICE and masks:
"While they might not technically act with immunity, ICE agents are certainly acting with impunity these days. And that comes less from them having the cover of law and more with them having a literal covering of face masks that give them anonymity."
"While they might not technically act with immunity, ICE agents are certainly acting with impunity these days. And that comes less from them having the cover of law and more with them having a literal covering of face masks that give them anonymity."
As I noted here, ICE's masks have given them impunity to inflict harm without consequences, just like the Klan.
And just like the Klan, when they're unmasked by new laws, they'll be weakened across the board.
campaign-trails.ghost.io/masks-off/
And just like the Klan, when they're unmasked by new laws, they'll be weakened across the board.
campaign-trails.ghost.io/masks-off/
Masks Off
Over the past year and, in particular, over the past month, the United States has suffered an alarming rise in the number of verbal threats, physical assaults, and even murders committed by agents of ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Kevin M. Kruse on ICE and masks:
"While they might not technically act with immunity, ICE agents are certainly acting with impunity these days. And that comes less from them having the cover of law and more with them having a literal covering of face masks that give them anonymity."
"While they might not technically act with immunity, ICE agents are certainly acting with impunity these days. And that comes less from them having the cover of law and more with them having a literal covering of face masks that give them anonymity."
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Reporting the Trump had “pivoted” was journalistic malpractice popular.info/p/how-legacy...
January 29, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Reporting the Trump had “pivoted” was journalistic malpractice popular.info/p/how-legacy...
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Good journalists will make sure you—not a public figure, not a commutations pro—understand what talking to reporters means. They will clearly explain what on/off the record, on background mean and ensure you know what applies when you’re speaking to them. And they will put source protection first.
For the amazing on-the-ground heroes in MN: it would be sooo valuable for you talk to media. We need to show that it’s just regular folks who are standing up for their neighbors.
If you would like media training to help you feel comfortable doing that, please hmu
If you would like media training to help you feel comfortable doing that, please hmu
January 29, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Good journalists will make sure you—not a public figure, not a commutations pro—understand what talking to reporters means. They will clearly explain what on/off the record, on background mean and ensure you know what applies when you’re speaking to them. And they will put source protection first.
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
"[A]busive behavior by DHS has stood out in the chaos of Operation Metro Surge. But the Justice Department has done its part, too."
Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
ICE and CBP are at the head of Trump's campaign to terrorize Minnesotans. But the Justice Department is not far behind.
January 28, 2026 at 10:25 PM
"[A]busive behavior by DHS has stood out in the chaos of Operation Metro Surge. But the Justice Department has done its part, too."
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Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
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Now Dr Oz is trying to do the whole Somali fraud thing but for Armenians, painting an Armenian bakery in CA as a nefarious hub of home care fraud
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Now Dr Oz is trying to do the whole Somali fraud thing but for Armenians, painting an Armenian bakery in CA as a nefarious hub of home care fraud
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This is accurate. Trump has not changed course. He is trying to contain political damage. That's it. There is not pivot. There is no shift at this point. Past experience shows the "new tone," if you can call it that, will be temporary.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
This is accurate. Trump has not changed course. He is trying to contain political damage. That's it. There is not pivot. There is no shift at this point. Past experience shows the "new tone," if you can call it that, will be temporary.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...