surfer slacker stoner spy
@briansantacruz.bsky.social
Scouting report: bats left, throws left, has problems with authority figures. Read a little too much Horkheimer and Adorno in his formative years.
Hoya Saxa!
📍 Santa Cruz, CA 🤙
Hoya Saxa!
📍 Santa Cruz, CA 🤙
Pinned
Hope this cheers up your timeline
HAPPY SPOOL ROLLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ANNIVERSARY!
Today in 2017.
Today in 2017.
January 6, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Hope this cheers up your timeline
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Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
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“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today. Not in the sense of being charming rogues or alluring antiheroes. We are the bad guys.”
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Before Trump invaded Venezuela, I wrote a long post on things we (me!) should do in 2026. Partly, it's about using the foundation laid by the Epstein files to focus on OTHER corrupt oligarchs Trump is protecting. It's also about making some things more visible.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/02/w...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/02/w...
Where We Go from Here - emptywheel
Here are ten things we can do in 2026 to hold Trump accountable.
www.emptywheel.net
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Before Trump invaded Venezuela, I wrote a long post on things we (me!) should do in 2026. Partly, it's about using the foundation laid by the Epstein files to focus on OTHER corrupt oligarchs Trump is protecting. It's also about making some things more visible.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/02/w...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/02/w...
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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I can’t believe we live in a society where the children of the victims of political violence have to beg the President of the United States to stop making a mockery of their parents’ deaths on the internet.
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I can’t believe we live in a society where the children of the victims of political violence have to beg the President of the United States to stop making a mockery of their parents’ deaths on the internet.
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The big story has been the collapse of legacy media and big law as a bulwark against authoritarianism.
I started a law firm in 2021 to fight for free and fair elections.
I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to be a voice for the pro-democracy movement. Subscribe now to support. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I started a law firm in 2021 to fight for free and fair elections.
I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to be a voice for the pro-democracy movement. Subscribe now to support. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The big story has been the collapse of legacy media and big law as a bulwark against authoritarianism.
I started a law firm in 2021 to fight for free and fair elections.
I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to be a voice for the pro-democracy movement. Subscribe now to support. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
I started a law firm in 2021 to fight for free and fair elections.
I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to be a voice for the pro-democracy movement. Subscribe now to support. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Haha what a shit show
January 4, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Haha what a shit show
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"When Congress neglected to do its duty – declining to begin impeachment proceedings after the first unconstitutional act of war – it was an implicit invitation to the Trump administration," @rikleen.bsky.social writes. "The Trump administration accepted the invitation."
The logical consequences
Congress gave Trump a free pass for bombing Iran – his attack on Venezuela is the logical consequence
by Alex Rikleen
As a teacher, part of my job was responding when a student answered a phone cal...
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
"When Congress neglected to do its duty – declining to begin impeachment proceedings after the first unconstitutional act of war – it was an implicit invitation to the Trump administration," @rikleen.bsky.social writes. "The Trump administration accepted the invitation."
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Amazing he can hold this much sway over Congress just because they don't want him to be mean to them in social media.
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Amazing he can hold this much sway over Congress just because they don't want him to be mean to them in social media.
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It's finally happening, America has begun bombing the Venezuelan capital of Caracas
And polls show that Americans overwhelmingly oppose this conflict before it even begins
Read the latest polling for free here: usapolling.substack.com/p/america-ma...
And polls show that Americans overwhelmingly oppose this conflict before it even begins
Read the latest polling for free here: usapolling.substack.com/p/america-ma...
America Marches Into Another Forever War
With no attack on the US and no public mandate, Washington launches a war Americans never asked for, and voters are not on board
usapolling.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 AM
It's finally happening, America has begun bombing the Venezuelan capital of Caracas
And polls show that Americans overwhelmingly oppose this conflict before it even begins
Read the latest polling for free here: usapolling.substack.com/p/america-ma...
And polls show that Americans overwhelmingly oppose this conflict before it even begins
Read the latest polling for free here: usapolling.substack.com/p/america-ma...
Spotted in CDMX today
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Spotted in CDMX today
Got my ass out of bed in a hurry
Boom Shakalaka
@stefanburns.bsky.social
"The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and its epicenter was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero"
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/02/e...
@stefanburns.bsky.social
"The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and its epicenter was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero"
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/02/e...
Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 rattles southern and central Mexico
The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and its epicenter was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero.
www.baltimoresun.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Got my ass out of bed in a hurry
I live in CA and traveling to seismic countries a lot, so I always keep one of these in my go-bag along with passport and cash. I also map out and count steps to the exits wherever I stay. Shoes, socks, jacket are always at the foot of the bed.
Came in handy for today’s earthquake in CDMX
Came in handy for today’s earthquake in CDMX
January 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I live in CA and traveling to seismic countries a lot, so I always keep one of these in my go-bag along with passport and cash. I also map out and count steps to the exits wherever I stay. Shoes, socks, jacket are always at the foot of the bed.
Came in handy for today’s earthquake in CDMX
Came in handy for today’s earthquake in CDMX
Felt that earthquake in CDMX !
January 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Felt that earthquake in CDMX !
My 3 favorite cities in the world: Sarajevo, Budapest, Mexico City.
Ok, 4 cities because I had to include Ljubljana
Ok, 4 cities because I had to include Ljubljana
January 2, 2026 at 6:04 AM
My 3 favorite cities in the world: Sarajevo, Budapest, Mexico City.
Ok, 4 cities because I had to include Ljubljana
Ok, 4 cities because I had to include Ljubljana
Deplorables like Paul Newby of North Carolina are why Americans are dropping Christianity like a radioactive turd
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Deplorables like Paul Newby of North Carolina are why Americans are dropping Christianity like a radioactive turd
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According to the new rules, if you and a few friends go to a defense contractor’s testing facility and you say “where are the missiles” and they don’t let you in then all federal funds for defense contractors will be frozen
January 1, 2026 at 10:44 PM
According to the new rules, if you and a few friends go to a defense contractor’s testing facility and you say “where are the missiles” and they don’t let you in then all federal funds for defense contractors will be frozen
Go Dog Go
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Go Dog Go
CDMX street art
January 2, 2026 at 4:55 AM
CDMX street art
Street art in CDMX
January 2, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Street art in CDMX
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to stop calling certain people stupid. I just tell them they have epistemological boundaries and the stupid ones take it as a compliment.
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 AM
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to stop calling certain people stupid. I just tell them they have epistemological boundaries and the stupid ones take it as a compliment.
They still have pay phones in Mexico City
January 1, 2026 at 7:32 AM
They still have pay phones in Mexico City