Brian Liebenow
@blieben.bsky.social
Veteran, eat through a feeding tube, a giant rhinoceros beetle chewed my arm off
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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In 1931 in Kiel, Germany, Rachel Posner, the wife of a rabbi, took this picture.
On the back of the photograph she wrote:
“‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says.
‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.”
The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah.
On the back of the photograph she wrote:
“‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says.
‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.”
The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah.
December 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In 1931 in Kiel, Germany, Rachel Posner, the wife of a rabbi, took this picture.
On the back of the photograph she wrote:
“‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says.
‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.”
The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah.
On the back of the photograph she wrote:
“‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says.
‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.”
The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah.
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For me, 2025 has felt like a particularly heavy year ... and you might feel the same. So as we head into the holiday season, I wanted to share a few recommendations — books, podcasts, and newsletters — that encourage me, make me think, and remind me how hope begins with action.
Climate content for purpose, courage, and hope | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Get more from Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe on Patreon
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December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
For me, 2025 has felt like a particularly heavy year ... and you might feel the same. So as we head into the holiday season, I wanted to share a few recommendations — books, podcasts, and newsletters — that encourage me, make me think, and remind me how hope begins with action.
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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![[indent] The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism. [/indent]
Before getting into anything else: this is bullshit. It is an extremely evidence-based claim, backed by dozens of studies spread over decades. Vaccines do not, in fact, cause autism. Studies have also not "ruled out the possibility" that I will one day emerge, Venus-like, from a giant clam shell floating one hundred meters above the Gateway Arch in St. Louis to sing a glorious a capella rendition of "The Boys Are Back in Town." And yet.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreibghrafe7z4kdpb43byuslhv7ipxfpfyokvmkt2mnhyopea4esz44@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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On this Veterans Day, more than any before, let us remember the valiant service of Black, Hispanic, Navajo, Japanese and other non-white Americans who fought bravely for the ideals of a country that failed to live up to them, and whose legacy a racist GOP is desperately trying to erase.
Two panels highlighting the role of African American soldiers in the liberation of the Netherlands have been removed from the American Military Cemetary Margraten. The Cemetary is controlled by the AMBC, and the panels were removed in line with current Trump policy.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Monument: Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun...
www.nrc.nl
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
On this Veterans Day, more than any before, let us remember the valiant service of Black, Hispanic, Navajo, Japanese and other non-white Americans who fought bravely for the ideals of a country that failed to live up to them, and whose legacy a racist GOP is desperately trying to erase.
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Joe Rogan has one of the world's most popular podcasts. Unfortunately, like nearly all of the most popular online shows, his tends to spread climate misinformation. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I scrutinize his recent episode with octogenarian climate contrarians Lindzen & Happer 🧵 (1/11)
Five ways Joe Rogan misleads listeners about climate change » Yale Climate Connections
Rogan exposes millions to climate denial. Let’s break down his tactics.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Joe Rogan has one of the world's most popular podcasts. Unfortunately, like nearly all of the most popular online shows, his tends to spread climate misinformation. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I scrutinize his recent episode with octogenarian climate contrarians Lindzen & Happer 🧵 (1/11)
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
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What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.
October 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.
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Before her death, Jane Goodall left us all with a compelling message from her last interviews: While we’re the most 'intellectual animals' to ever walk the planet, "we’re not intelligent."
“Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
From our friends at @vox.com:
“Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
From our friends at @vox.com:
Jane Goodall’s final, urgent, message
"Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
www.motherjones.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Before her death, Jane Goodall left us all with a compelling message from her last interviews: While we’re the most 'intellectual animals' to ever walk the planet, "we’re not intelligent."
“Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
From our friends at @vox.com:
“Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
From our friends at @vox.com:
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"Every single one of you has that indomitable spirit. But so many people don’t let it out. They don’t realize the power they have to influence and change the world. And so I’m saying to you, let your indomitable spirit make a difference." - Jane Goodall, 2024
Jane Goodall’s legacy of empathy, curiosity, and courage
As the iconic scientist and activist celebrates her 90th birthday, her message for younger generations is one of hope — and not fearing the next adventure.
grist.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Every single one of you has that indomitable spirit. But so many people don’t let it out. They don’t realize the power they have to influence and change the world. And so I’m saying to you, let your indomitable spirit make a difference." - Jane Goodall, 2024
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“I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation” | My new op-ed in the @sfchronicle.com:
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
#ScienceUnderSiege
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
#ScienceUnderSiege
I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation
OPINION: “What Trump is really doing is advancing a plan laid down years ago by plutocrats and polluters. And making a mockery of our country as he does so,” Michael E. Mann writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation” | My new op-ed in the @sfchronicle.com:
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
#ScienceUnderSiege
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
#ScienceUnderSiege
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The abortion drug mifepristone is safer than, well, Tylenol. And on its 25th anniversary, it's under assault as never before. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
On its 25th birthday, mifepristone is more under attack than ever
The FDA's approval of the revolutionary drug in 2000 helped change abortion access nationwide.
www.motherjones.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The abortion drug mifepristone is safer than, well, Tylenol. And on its 25th anniversary, it's under assault as never before. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Well don't I feel stupid
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well don't I feel stupid
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For anyone concerned there may be something to the Tylenol-autism BS, I present:
September 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
For anyone concerned there may be something to the Tylenol-autism BS, I present:
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This, by Musk, is the height of stupidity and ego.
The idea that X is a source of news so we don't need actual media and reporters is like saying we don't need weather satellites, climate scientists, and weather models because your phone has the weather on it.
The stupid, it burns.
The idea that X is a source of news so we don't need actual media and reporters is like saying we don't need weather satellites, climate scientists, and weather models because your phone has the weather on it.
The stupid, it burns.
September 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This, by Musk, is the height of stupidity and ego.
The idea that X is a source of news so we don't need actual media and reporters is like saying we don't need weather satellites, climate scientists, and weather models because your phone has the weather on it.
The stupid, it burns.
The idea that X is a source of news so we don't need actual media and reporters is like saying we don't need weather satellites, climate scientists, and weather models because your phone has the weather on it.
The stupid, it burns.
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Apple is sneaking AI into everything. Turn off enhanced visual search on your photos:
September 1, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Apple is sneaking AI into everything. Turn off enhanced visual search on your photos:
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To be clear, we really do not need to and should not be having to use our time 'debating' this fantastical nonsense in 2025. There are enough real bits of actual climate science to do. The collective brainpower expended on this by so many scientists could have been -much- better spent.
Great article in the NYTimes about our comment to the DOE about their climate report.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...
Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
To be clear, we really do not need to and should not be having to use our time 'debating' this fantastical nonsense in 2025. There are enough real bits of actual climate science to do. The collective brainpower expended on this by so many scientists could have been -much- better spent.
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More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
n.pr
September 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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On The Climate Brink, I write about the DOE report and our response.
The merchants of doubt are back
But this time, it's the U.S. government pushing doubt
www.theclimatebrink.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
On The Climate Brink, I write about the DOE report and our response.
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NEW: Huge anti-Trump protests happening across the US for Labor Day.
This is the current scene in San Diego. A seemingly endless line of thousands of people on the streets!
@50501movement.bsky.social #workersoverbillionaires #NoKings
(🎥 10-97 News)
This is the current scene in San Diego. A seemingly endless line of thousands of people on the streets!
@50501movement.bsky.social #workersoverbillionaires #NoKings
(🎥 10-97 News)
September 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
NEW: Huge anti-Trump protests happening across the US for Labor Day.
This is the current scene in San Diego. A seemingly endless line of thousands of people on the streets!
@50501movement.bsky.social #workersoverbillionaires #NoKings
(🎥 10-97 News)
This is the current scene in San Diego. A seemingly endless line of thousands of people on the streets!
@50501movement.bsky.social #workersoverbillionaires #NoKings
(🎥 10-97 News)
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There’s always a local angle. #journalism
August 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
There’s always a local angle. #journalism
1965 Commencement address at UT Knoxville
Aug 26, 1965 - “Climatic Change appears to be underway” – the commencement speech that should have rocked the world
Carl Borgmann at University of Tennessee;
"CO2... traps heat from the sun, and climatic change results – not overnight, but slowly and surely”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/25/c...
Carl Borgmann at University of Tennessee;
"CO2... traps heat from the sun, and climatic change results – not overnight, but slowly and surely”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/25/c...
“Climatic Change appears to be underway, in fact.” - the 1965 commencement speech that should have rocked the world. - All Our Yesterdays
Sixty years ago today, n Thursday August 26th 1965, Carl W. Borgmann stood in front of hundreds of young Americans in Knoxville. Borgmann, who was the director of the Ford Foundation’s Science and Eng...
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August 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
1965 Commencement address at UT Knoxville