Chris Wilke
@chriswilke.bsky.social
Sailor. Musician. Activist.
Science geek. Democracy aficionado.
Full, Fast & Fair Fossil Fuel Phase-Out to stabilize 🌍!
Science geek. Democracy aficionado.
Full, Fast & Fair Fossil Fuel Phase-Out to stabilize 🌍!
US leads record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands, with big costs for the climate #Climate
US leads record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands, with big costs for the climate
Projects this year expected to triple global gas capacity, forecast finds, as concerns grow over impacts on planet
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Newsom v. Trump ruling, from Judge Breyer, opening sentence. 🔥 👨⚖️
"The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one."
Damn, that is making a point! 🔥
H/t: @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
"The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one."
Damn, that is making a point! 🔥
H/t: @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Newsom v. Trump ruling, from Judge Breyer, opening sentence. 🔥 👨⚖️
"The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one."
Damn, that is making a point! 🔥
H/t: @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
"The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one."
Damn, that is making a point! 🔥
H/t: @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
The cruelty is the point.
Rampant human rights abuses in immigrant prisons (for the crime of wanting a better life), while Ghislaine Maxwell gets a puppy and walks in the park.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Rampant human rights abuses in immigrant prisons (for the crime of wanting a better life), while Ghislaine Maxwell gets a puppy and walks in the park.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | The Cruelty Is the Point for ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 AM
The cruelty is the point.
Rampant human rights abuses in immigrant prisons (for the crime of wanting a better life), while Ghislaine Maxwell gets a puppy and walks in the park.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Rampant human rights abuses in immigrant prisons (for the crime of wanting a better life), while Ghislaine Maxwell gets a puppy and walks in the park.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Fox News Headlines today:
- Unrest grows, details emerge after Border Patrol agent shoots, kills suspect with 'defensive shots'
- New onlooker video shows Border Patrol-involved Minneapolis shooting
-Trump criticizes Minneapolis officials after Border Patrol shooting
See cmts for NYT Headlines👇
- Unrest grows, details emerge after Border Patrol agent shoots, kills suspect with 'defensive shots'
- New onlooker video shows Border Patrol-involved Minneapolis shooting
-Trump criticizes Minneapolis officials after Border Patrol shooting
See cmts for NYT Headlines👇
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Fox News Headlines today:
- Unrest grows, details emerge after Border Patrol agent shoots, kills suspect with 'defensive shots'
- New onlooker video shows Border Patrol-involved Minneapolis shooting
-Trump criticizes Minneapolis officials after Border Patrol shooting
See cmts for NYT Headlines👇
- Unrest grows, details emerge after Border Patrol agent shoots, kills suspect with 'defensive shots'
- New onlooker video shows Border Patrol-involved Minneapolis shooting
-Trump criticizes Minneapolis officials after Border Patrol shooting
See cmts for NYT Headlines👇
Reposted by Chris Wilke
Two days after the Trump regime released a doctored photo of a Minnesota protester to make it look like she was crying when she wasn't, they want us to believe their explanation for shooting a man to death on a Minneapolis street.
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Two days after the Trump regime released a doctored photo of a Minnesota protester to make it look like she was crying when she wasn't, they want us to believe their explanation for shooting a man to death on a Minneapolis street.
Meanwhile, while the craziness of the news cycle plays out, slower moving crises (water, climate, genocide) continue unabated.
The world is entering “water bankruptcy,” UN researchers warn — draining rivers, aquifers and glaciers far faster than nature can replace them.
With 4 billion people already facing seasonal water scarcity, scientists say the crisis is now one of irreversible damage, not shortage alone.
With 4 billion people already facing seasonal water scarcity, scientists say the crisis is now one of irreversible damage, not shortage alone.
Overuse is pushing the world toward ‘water bankruptcy’
The world is depleting its freshwater far faster than nature can replace it, pushing many regions into “water bankruptcy,” according to a new report from the United Nations University Institute for…
news.mongabay.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Meanwhile, while the craziness of the news cycle plays out, slower moving crises (water, climate, genocide) continue unabated.
Does anyone think he will stop? Unless he is stopped?
Congress: do your job!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Congress: do your job!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Trump Announces New European Tariffs in Greenland Standoff; Allies Outraged
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Does anyone think he will stop? Unless he is stopped?
Congress: do your job!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Congress: do your job!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Here's the data:
January 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Reposted by Chris Wilke
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”
I heard a disturbing thing today on local @npr.org affiliate @kuow.org. It was a promo for an upcoming segment where they would discuss "why acquiring #Greenland could be strategic for the U.S."
Parroting deranged rhetoric, visions of empire and ILLEGAL grabs of sovereign land is a new low for NPR!
Parroting deranged rhetoric, visions of empire and ILLEGAL grabs of sovereign land is a new low for NPR!
January 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I heard a disturbing thing today on local @npr.org affiliate @kuow.org. It was a promo for an upcoming segment where they would discuss "why acquiring #Greenland could be strategic for the U.S."
Parroting deranged rhetoric, visions of empire and ILLEGAL grabs of sovereign land is a new low for NPR!
Parroting deranged rhetoric, visions of empire and ILLEGAL grabs of sovereign land is a new low for NPR!
Trump, Rubio and the U.S. military are hiding their military action in Venezuela under the guise of a law enforcement action to avoid accountability to Congress.
A law enforcement action that results in more than 80 people dead, innocent of any charges, has another word to describe it: a massacre.
A law enforcement action that results in more than 80 people dead, innocent of any charges, has another word to describe it: a massacre.
January 5, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Trump, Rubio and the U.S. military are hiding their military action in Venezuela under the guise of a law enforcement action to avoid accountability to Congress.
A law enforcement action that results in more than 80 people dead, innocent of any charges, has another word to describe it: a massacre.
A law enforcement action that results in more than 80 people dead, innocent of any charges, has another word to describe it: a massacre.
Congress can remove him in a matter of days.
Failure to do so is complicity.
Gift article:
Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Failure to do so is complicity.
Gift article:
Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Congress can remove him in a matter of days.
Failure to do so is complicity.
Gift article:
Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Failure to do so is complicity.
Gift article:
Trump Accuses Democrats of Sedition, ‘Punishable by Death,’ Over Message to the Military www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
While everyone tracks the shutdown, Epstein, LGBTQ rights, ICE raids, murderous airstrikes, economic mayhem & all the horrible implications, the admin is giving their donors what they want: right to pollute!
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
While everyone tracks the shutdown, Epstein, LGBTQ rights, ICE raids, murderous airstrikes, economic mayhem & all the horrible implications, the admin is giving their donors what they want: right to pollute!
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
I imagine they’re also suing to block the redistricting in Texas….
They are, suing there also, right?
…Right?
🙄
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
They are, suing there also, right?
…Right?
🙄
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Republicans Swiftly File Lawsuit in Bid to Block California’s New House Maps
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I imagine they’re also suing to block the redistricting in Texas….
They are, suing there also, right?
…Right?
🙄
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
They are, suing there also, right?
…Right?
🙄
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Reposted by Chris Wilke
In any economic system other than this one, that would lead to an immediate change of course.
November 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
In any economic system other than this one, that would lead to an immediate change of course.
Reposted by Chris Wilke
No Kings 10.18.25 Seattle, WA
October 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
No Kings 10.18.25 Seattle, WA
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reposted by Chris Wilke
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
Reposted by Chris Wilke
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
October 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
Watching this coverage it would easy to conclude that this woman has no regard for the rule of law and that she is only motivated by power and contempt.
It would also be easy to conclude that D Senators need some serious coaching. They fell completely flat. Again.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
It would also be easy to conclude that D Senators need some serious coaching. They fell completely flat. Again.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Defiant Bondi Stonewalls Democrats on Epstein and Homan Investigations
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Watching this coverage it would easy to conclude that this woman has no regard for the rule of law and that she is only motivated by power and contempt.
It would also be easy to conclude that D Senators need some serious coaching. They fell completely flat. Again.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
It would also be easy to conclude that D Senators need some serious coaching. They fell completely flat. Again.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Reposted by Chris Wilke
"All of these powerful people trying to save their own skin have effectively multiplied Trump’s attacks, by enhancing a false sense of inevitability and invincibility...The people, it turns out, are far more courageous than their leaders."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
www.theatlantic.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"All of these powerful people trying to save their own skin have effectively multiplied Trump’s attacks, by enhancing a false sense of inevitability and invincibility...The people, it turns out, are far more courageous than their leaders."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Data centers = climate pollution, obscene water consumption and permanent poisoning of the environment with highly toxic chemicals.
Where is the line? At what point will we realize our gadgets are not worth it?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Where is the line? At what point will we realize our gadgets are not worth it?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom
Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Data centers = climate pollution, obscene water consumption and permanent poisoning of the environment with highly toxic chemicals.
Where is the line? At what point will we realize our gadgets are not worth it?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Where is the line? At what point will we realize our gadgets are not worth it?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The average price of gas is about the same as it was a year ago (Within 1%)
Yet Exxon is laying off 3-4% of its work force because of low energy prices
Who here is dumb enough to believe that “Drill Baby Drill” is going to lower your price at the pump?
I’ll wait…
www.thestreet.com/employment/e...
Yet Exxon is laying off 3-4% of its work force because of low energy prices
Who here is dumb enough to believe that “Drill Baby Drill” is going to lower your price at the pump?
I’ll wait…
www.thestreet.com/employment/e...
ExxonMobil CEO quietly issues stern warning to employees
The energy giant is undergoing a major change.
www.thestreet.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The average price of gas is about the same as it was a year ago (Within 1%)
Yet Exxon is laying off 3-4% of its work force because of low energy prices
Who here is dumb enough to believe that “Drill Baby Drill” is going to lower your price at the pump?
I’ll wait…
www.thestreet.com/employment/e...
Yet Exxon is laying off 3-4% of its work force because of low energy prices
Who here is dumb enough to believe that “Drill Baby Drill” is going to lower your price at the pump?
I’ll wait…
www.thestreet.com/employment/e...