Caleb Heeringa
@calebheeringa.bsky.social
Climate, energy, insurance, political change. Holding Big Oil accountable at @climateintegrity.org - I like my cities dense, my wilderness wild and my baseball teams winning. He/him.
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Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
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A record snow drought with unprecedented heat is hitting Oregon, along with most of the American West.
Oregon’s record snow drought could mean less water, more wildfires
A record snow drought with unprecedented heat is hitting Oregon, along with most of the American West.
www.oregonlive.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
A record snow drought with unprecedented heat is hitting Oregon, along with most of the American West.
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This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
February 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
In the future we're gonna look back at online gambling and prediction markets in the same way we look now at cigarettes on airplanes and lead-based paint
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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"It was the collapse of Puerto Rico’s power grid that became a symbol of Maria’s destruction."
Big Oil lied for decades about the climate risks of its products, with devastating consequences.
Thirty-seven Puerto Rico municipalities are now seeking to hold the industry accountable for its lies.
Big Oil lied for decades about the climate risks of its products, with devastating consequences.
Thirty-seven Puerto Rico municipalities are now seeking to hold the industry accountable for its lies.
Bad Bunny Spotlights Puerto Rico Climate Vulnerability
Celebrate Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, a cultural moment that spotlighted Puerto Rico's many struggles, climate chaos included.
www.momscleanairforce.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:43 PM
"It was the collapse of Puerto Rico’s power grid that became a symbol of Maria’s destruction."
Big Oil lied for decades about the climate risks of its products, with devastating consequences.
Thirty-seven Puerto Rico municipalities are now seeking to hold the industry accountable for its lies.
Big Oil lied for decades about the climate risks of its products, with devastating consequences.
Thirty-seven Puerto Rico municipalities are now seeking to hold the industry accountable for its lies.
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this may be a radical take BUT I think we should proceed cautiously with the rushed integration of half-cooked automation into problematic business sectors in a broadly-corrupt country without functional regulatory oversight
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
this may be a radical take BUT I think we should proceed cautiously with the rushed integration of half-cooked automation into problematic business sectors in a broadly-corrupt country without functional regulatory oversight
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Air pollution from burning fossil fuels causes 100,000 to 200,000 avoidable American deaths per year. At the EPA's statistical value of life of $10 million, these deaths cost America $1 to $2 trillion per year, every year. These costs far outweigh the costs of transitioning off of fossil fuels.
Air pollution deaths attributable to fossil fuels: observational and modelling study
Objectives To estimate all cause and cause specific deaths that are attributable to fossil fuel related air pollution and to assess potential health benefits from policies that replace fossil fuels wi...
www.bmj.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Air pollution from burning fossil fuels causes 100,000 to 200,000 avoidable American deaths per year. At the EPA's statistical value of life of $10 million, these deaths cost America $1 to $2 trillion per year, every year. These costs far outweigh the costs of transitioning off of fossil fuels.
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Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.
Climate change-driven home insurance premium hikes are an underrecognized driver of America's affordability crisis.
California, New York and Hawaiʻi are looking to protect their residents by holding Big Oil accountable for the rising cost of climate disasters. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
California, New York and Hawaiʻi are looking to protect their residents by holding Big Oil accountable for the rising cost of climate disasters. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters
Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring rates
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Climate change-driven home insurance premium hikes are an underrecognized driver of America's affordability crisis.
California, New York and Hawaiʻi are looking to protect their residents by holding Big Oil accountable for the rising cost of climate disasters. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
California, New York and Hawaiʻi are looking to protect their residents by holding Big Oil accountable for the rising cost of climate disasters. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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Re-upping 2018 story I wrote about the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. I still think about the revolutionary I met in the mountains who brandished Simon Bolivar's sword and said, “Anything I can do to make the world a more just place, I will do.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Perfect Storm: How Climate Change and Wall Street Almost Killed Puerto Rico
How climate change and Wall Street almost killed Puerto Rico
www.rollingstone.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Re-upping 2018 story I wrote about the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. I still think about the revolutionary I met in the mountains who brandished Simon Bolivar's sword and said, “Anything I can do to make the world a more just place, I will do.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
1) Seattle rules.
2) Football is quite boring, something I feel qualified to judge as a baseball fan.
3) That was the best SB halftime show ever? Absolute King Shit. Viva La America.
2) Football is quite boring, something I feel qualified to judge as a baseball fan.
3) That was the best SB halftime show ever? Absolute King Shit. Viva La America.
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 AM
1) Seattle rules.
2) Football is quite boring, something I feel qualified to judge as a baseball fan.
3) That was the best SB halftime show ever? Absolute King Shit. Viva La America.
2) Football is quite boring, something I feel qualified to judge as a baseball fan.
3) That was the best SB halftime show ever? Absolute King Shit. Viva La America.
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heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
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Lots that is grotesque here, but I think the key thing to notice is the zero-sum worldview: if we take in a 5yo immigrant, this somehow displaces or harms at 5yo American kid. There's a finite pool of "American" to distribute.
A zero-sum worldview is the molten core of reactionary thinking.
A zero-sum worldview is the molten core of reactionary thinking.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Lots that is grotesque here, but I think the key thing to notice is the zero-sum worldview: if we take in a 5yo immigrant, this somehow displaces or harms at 5yo American kid. There's a finite pool of "American" to distribute.
A zero-sum worldview is the molten core of reactionary thinking.
A zero-sum worldview is the molten core of reactionary thinking.
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The biggest fraud ever perpetrated in America:
February 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The biggest fraud ever perpetrated in America:
“Without a doubt, the increasing incidence of really devastating natural disaster events is what’s driving the insurance crisis,” Hawaiʻi state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole said. "Whose fault is that? We know.” @dharna.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters
Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring rates
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
“Without a doubt, the increasing incidence of really devastating natural disaster events is what’s driving the insurance crisis,” Hawaiʻi state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole said. "Whose fault is that? We know.” @dharna.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
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But the other piece of evidence -- the point of this thread -- is that we now have an example of what it looks like when US political & corporate elites *really are* obsessed with and committed to something.
Namely: AI.
Namely: AI.
February 7, 2026 at 8:47 PM
But the other piece of evidence -- the point of this thread -- is that we now have an example of what it looks like when US political & corporate elites *really are* obsessed with and committed to something.
Namely: AI.
Namely: AI.
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
Decades and decades of work to clean up the grid suddenly thrown out the window so that Big Tech can make a version of Clippy that is better at extorting money out of you when you try to buy things online.
Most direct example I've seen of the AI data center boom complicating the energy transition. Amazon just outbid a Washington state electric utility for one of the nation's largest solar projects: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Amazon outbids WA utility for one of nation’s largest solar projects
Tech companies like Amazon are racing to build datacenters that power AI. That requires a lot of electricity.
www.seattletimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Decades and decades of work to clean up the grid suddenly thrown out the window so that Big Tech can make a version of Clippy that is better at extorting money out of you when you try to buy things online.
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In New Orleans, checking out home fortification programs that are allowing residents to afford homeowners insurance. Climate change is driving up insurance costs and pushing homeownership out of reach here and across the country.
February 7, 2026 at 2:54 AM
In New Orleans, checking out home fortification programs that are allowing residents to afford homeowners insurance. Climate change is driving up insurance costs and pushing homeownership out of reach here and across the country.
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When you hear of a billionaire losing money on a pricey hobby or side business — whether it's a race horse or a newspaper — remember that those losses can actually create huge write-offs that let the ultrarich get away with paying little or no income tax.
(Published 2021)
(Published 2021)
When You’re a Billionaire, Your Hobbies Can Slash Your Tax Bill
Thoroughbred horses, auto racing, massive ranches, luxury hotels. The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income ...
www.propublica.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM
When you hear of a billionaire losing money on a pricey hobby or side business — whether it's a race horse or a newspaper — remember that those losses can actually create huge write-offs that let the ultrarich get away with paying little or no income tax.
(Published 2021)
(Published 2021)
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In related news about the Washington Post and the state of journalism today, Amazon "ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion."
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts
The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'
www.politico.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
In related news about the Washington Post and the state of journalism today, Amazon "ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion."
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...