Vania
@dawookie.bsky.social
- Cat herder & vibe-shifter
- Altruism bully & uncompensated over-thinker
Currently: On a quest to save democracy and the world for selfish cat-based comfortable retirement reasons
- Altruism bully & uncompensated over-thinker
Currently: On a quest to save democracy and the world for selfish cat-based comfortable retirement reasons
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We made tobacco companies write warning labels with the truth. Fossil fuel companies should be next.
February 11, 2026 at 6:05 PM
We made tobacco companies write warning labels with the truth. Fossil fuel companies should be next.
The "it's not your fault" scene is the kind of epiphany state religions were built on.
If your religion installed shame in you instead of self-compassion, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Crack it open and connect YOUR light to the light of the world.
#enlightenment
Shame is a weapon of war. Love wins.
If your religion installed shame in you instead of self-compassion, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Crack it open and connect YOUR light to the light of the world.
#enlightenment
Shame is a weapon of war. Love wins.
February 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The "it's not your fault" scene is the kind of epiphany state religions were built on.
If your religion installed shame in you instead of self-compassion, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Crack it open and connect YOUR light to the light of the world.
#enlightenment
Shame is a weapon of war. Love wins.
If your religion installed shame in you instead of self-compassion, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Crack it open and connect YOUR light to the light of the world.
#enlightenment
Shame is a weapon of war. Love wins.
wealthforlife.substack.com/p/democracy-...
"The only thing worthy of hate is hate itself, because hate is nothing more than ignorance."
#Enlightenment is a human right.
Compassion training is the muscle you ALL need.
Get it get it get it.
#BetterDems
"The only thing worthy of hate is hate itself, because hate is nothing more than ignorance."
#Enlightenment is a human right.
Compassion training is the muscle you ALL need.
Get it get it get it.
#BetterDems
February 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
wealthforlife.substack.com/p/democracy-...
"The only thing worthy of hate is hate itself, because hate is nothing more than ignorance."
#Enlightenment is a human right.
Compassion training is the muscle you ALL need.
Get it get it get it.
#BetterDems
"The only thing worthy of hate is hate itself, because hate is nothing more than ignorance."
#Enlightenment is a human right.
Compassion training is the muscle you ALL need.
Get it get it get it.
#BetterDems
Definitely worth a referral to some sort of planet-sized criminal court with actual authority. How long before we have such a thing?
Then we could be deliberate instead of sneaky-hoping lawsuits against fossil fuels force their collapse to accelerate in ways that do more good than harm.
#BetterDems
Then we could be deliberate instead of sneaky-hoping lawsuits against fossil fuels force their collapse to accelerate in ways that do more good than harm.
#BetterDems
Climate leaders condemn Trump EPA’s biggest rollback yet: ‘This is corruption’
Climate leaders condemn Trump EPA’s biggest rollback yet: ‘This is corruption’
Leaders promise to fight back with court challenges as Trump rescinds finding foundational to US climate rules
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Definitely worth a referral to some sort of planet-sized criminal court with actual authority. How long before we have such a thing?
Then we could be deliberate instead of sneaky-hoping lawsuits against fossil fuels force their collapse to accelerate in ways that do more good than harm.
#BetterDems
Then we could be deliberate instead of sneaky-hoping lawsuits against fossil fuels force their collapse to accelerate in ways that do more good than harm.
#BetterDems
If the flashlight of your attention isn't big enough to consider the welfare of the ENTIRE planetary system, you're not taking a perspective big enough to see the entire game board well enough to strategize a least-harm path to winning.
#BetterDems
Start at your plate. Trace the harms. ALL of them.
#BetterDems
Start at your plate. Trace the harms. ALL of them.
@koheisaito.bsky.social calls @alybatt.bsky.social's Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature "more than a critique of capitalism—it is a call to action." Read his full review in @thenation.com ($):
How Capitalism Transformed the Natural World
In her new book, Alyssa Battistoni explores how nature came to be treated as a supposedly cost-free supplement of capital accumulation.
www.thenation.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
If the flashlight of your attention isn't big enough to consider the welfare of the ENTIRE planetary system, you're not taking a perspective big enough to see the entire game board well enough to strategize a least-harm path to winning.
#BetterDems
Start at your plate. Trace the harms. ALL of them.
#BetterDems
Start at your plate. Trace the harms. ALL of them.
We need to be talking about rehabilitating ICE employees NOW.
An organization that prioritized hiring some of the most damaged minds in the country presents an opportunity and a DUTY to provide mental health care to enlighten those folks and lift them out of cognitive poverty.
#BetterDems
An organization that prioritized hiring some of the most damaged minds in the country presents an opportunity and a DUTY to provide mental health care to enlighten those folks and lift them out of cognitive poverty.
#BetterDems
AG Keith Ellison: "The surge is contributing to violent crime. Two of the three homicides committed in Minneapolis in 2026 have come at the hands of federal immigration agents."
February 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
We need to be talking about rehabilitating ICE employees NOW.
An organization that prioritized hiring some of the most damaged minds in the country presents an opportunity and a DUTY to provide mental health care to enlighten those folks and lift them out of cognitive poverty.
#BetterDems
An organization that prioritized hiring some of the most damaged minds in the country presents an opportunity and a DUTY to provide mental health care to enlighten those folks and lift them out of cognitive poverty.
#BetterDems
Feudal Gaza? No.
If you want a free future, kids, eat the sun.
Electrify where you can. Give up beef & dairy. Defend your neighbors. Demand altruistic government. There's no domination without organization.
Civilization adapts or dies.
Stewardship of a better world is the bright path.
#BetterDems
If you want a free future, kids, eat the sun.
Electrify where you can. Give up beef & dairy. Defend your neighbors. Demand altruistic government. There's no domination without organization.
Civilization adapts or dies.
Stewardship of a better world is the bright path.
#BetterDems
Don’t be fooled by Kushner’s Gaza fantasy. The plan is to confine Palestinians to hyper-surveilled prison camps and exploit them as cheap labor for luxury developments they’ll never live in, all built atop mass graves. My latest for @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Jared Kushner’s “Plan” for Gaza Is an Abomination
Kushner is pitching a “new,” gleaming resort hub. But scratch the surface, and you find nothing less than a blueprint for ethnic cleansing.
www.thenation.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Feudal Gaza? No.
If you want a free future, kids, eat the sun.
Electrify where you can. Give up beef & dairy. Defend your neighbors. Demand altruistic government. There's no domination without organization.
Civilization adapts or dies.
Stewardship of a better world is the bright path.
#BetterDems
If you want a free future, kids, eat the sun.
Electrify where you can. Give up beef & dairy. Defend your neighbors. Demand altruistic government. There's no domination without organization.
Civilization adapts or dies.
Stewardship of a better world is the bright path.
#BetterDems
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Hong Kong–based startup launches glass-fiber composite solar module frames #energysky -- via pv magazine global:
Hong Kong–based startup launches glass-fiber composite solar module frames
Xilia Group has introduced composite frames for solar modules made from glass fiber–reinforced polyurethane. The company says the frames reduce weight, resist corrosion, and eliminate the need for grounding.
www.pv-magazine.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Hong Kong–based startup launches glass-fiber composite solar module frames #energysky -- via pv magazine global:
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protest works
February 12, 2026 at 3:23 PM
protest works
OK, guys, the strategy is "small potatoes."
Go after the TINIEST cheaters FIRST.
Steal baby formula, lose a hand, that kind of thing.
...
When do we go after the BIGGEST cheaters?
...
Oh, never.
#BetterDems
Flip the script. We need outcomes-based law.
TELL the STORY of what's happening.
Go after the TINIEST cheaters FIRST.
Steal baby formula, lose a hand, that kind of thing.
...
When do we go after the BIGGEST cheaters?
...
Oh, never.
#BetterDems
Flip the script. We need outcomes-based law.
TELL the STORY of what's happening.
February 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
OK, guys, the strategy is "small potatoes."
Go after the TINIEST cheaters FIRST.
Steal baby formula, lose a hand, that kind of thing.
...
When do we go after the BIGGEST cheaters?
...
Oh, never.
#BetterDems
Flip the script. We need outcomes-based law.
TELL the STORY of what's happening.
Go after the TINIEST cheaters FIRST.
Steal baby formula, lose a hand, that kind of thing.
...
When do we go after the BIGGEST cheaters?
...
Oh, never.
#BetterDems
Flip the script. We need outcomes-based law.
TELL the STORY of what's happening.
The most successfully selfish people twist the letters of laws to serve their own ends.
Outcomes-based rules are the future.
All in alignment with the greatest good for the greatest number across humanity AND ecosystems in BALANCE.
Stewardship > domination.
Collaboration > oppression.
#BetterDems
Outcomes-based rules are the future.
All in alignment with the greatest good for the greatest number across humanity AND ecosystems in BALANCE.
Stewardship > domination.
Collaboration > oppression.
#BetterDems
Industrial carbon pricing is Canada’s most powerful tool to cut emissions and protect competitiveness — but it’s not working properly.
Here’s how to fix it so that it drives big investments in low-emissions technology. 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/12/o...
Here’s how to fix it so that it drives big investments in low-emissions technology. 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/12/o...
Canada aims to fix industrial carbon pricing. Here’s how to make it work
Industrial carbon pricing is a critically important policy lever, but as it stands this tool is broken and needs immediate attention.
www.nationalobserver.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The most successfully selfish people twist the letters of laws to serve their own ends.
Outcomes-based rules are the future.
All in alignment with the greatest good for the greatest number across humanity AND ecosystems in BALANCE.
Stewardship > domination.
Collaboration > oppression.
#BetterDems
Outcomes-based rules are the future.
All in alignment with the greatest good for the greatest number across humanity AND ecosystems in BALANCE.
Stewardship > domination.
Collaboration > oppression.
#BetterDems
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I'm so proud to be a Minnesotan.
We showed the nation that neighbors standing together are stronger than Donald Trump and his masked agents.
Cruelty will not win. Now we continue the work. For Renee and Alex. For Liam Ramos. For people everywhere who deserve liberty and peace.
We showed the nation that neighbors standing together are stronger than Donald Trump and his masked agents.
Cruelty will not win. Now we continue the work. For Renee and Alex. For Liam Ramos. For people everywhere who deserve liberty and peace.
Trump's border czar announces end to months-long immigration operation in Minnesota that led to deaths of two US citizens and widespread outrage. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4re6TxZ
February 12, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I'm so proud to be a Minnesotan.
We showed the nation that neighbors standing together are stronger than Donald Trump and his masked agents.
Cruelty will not win. Now we continue the work. For Renee and Alex. For Liam Ramos. For people everywhere who deserve liberty and peace.
We showed the nation that neighbors standing together are stronger than Donald Trump and his masked agents.
Cruelty will not win. Now we continue the work. For Renee and Alex. For Liam Ramos. For people everywhere who deserve liberty and peace.
COURAGE UNDER FIRE.
#BetterDems
#BetterDems
February 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
COURAGE UNDER FIRE.
#BetterDems
#BetterDems
This IS democracy in action and I find it quite delightful.
Thank you to everyone involved.
Keep being willing to make mistakes, correct mistakes, agree to disagree, disagree to agree, debate, collaborate, dunk and push. This is a BIG boat to shift.
#BetterDems
Saving the world should be fun.
Thank you to everyone involved.
Keep being willing to make mistakes, correct mistakes, agree to disagree, disagree to agree, debate, collaborate, dunk and push. This is a BIG boat to shift.
#BetterDems
Saving the world should be fun.
February 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This IS democracy in action and I find it quite delightful.
Thank you to everyone involved.
Keep being willing to make mistakes, correct mistakes, agree to disagree, disagree to agree, debate, collaborate, dunk and push. This is a BIG boat to shift.
#BetterDems
Saving the world should be fun.
Thank you to everyone involved.
Keep being willing to make mistakes, correct mistakes, agree to disagree, disagree to agree, debate, collaborate, dunk and push. This is a BIG boat to shift.
#BetterDems
Saving the world should be fun.
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#ClimateEmergency
Stop eating beef and dairy, kids. It's a lever you can casually reach for and pull at EVERY meal for coolness' sake.
A pebble-sized choice tipping scales in the right direction.
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
#ClimateEmergency
Stop eating beef and dairy, kids. It's a lever you can casually reach for and pull at EVERY meal for coolness' sake.
A pebble-sized choice tipping scales in the right direction.
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This White Shirt Day, we celebrate the @uaw.org Flint Sit-Down Strike that lasted 44 days and broke the dam for union rights in this country.
Solidarity. That was the lesson then—and it’s the lesson now. Corporate greed has nothing on we, the people when we stand TOGETHER.
Solidarity. That was the lesson then—and it’s the lesson now. Corporate greed has nothing on we, the people when we stand TOGETHER.
February 11, 2026 at 6:38 PM
This White Shirt Day, we celebrate the @uaw.org Flint Sit-Down Strike that lasted 44 days and broke the dam for union rights in this country.
Solidarity. That was the lesson then—and it’s the lesson now. Corporate greed has nothing on we, the people when we stand TOGETHER.
Solidarity. That was the lesson then—and it’s the lesson now. Corporate greed has nothing on we, the people when we stand TOGETHER.
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Frightening new paper by leading planetary scientists warning of cascading risks in the #climate system 😱
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I previously explored the connectedness of key earth processes in this thread below 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I previously explored the connectedness of key earth processes in this thread below 🧵
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Frightening new paper by leading planetary scientists warning of cascading risks in the #climate system 😱
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I previously explored the connectedness of key earth processes in this thread below 🧵
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I previously explored the connectedness of key earth processes in this thread below 🧵
If you like the Earth's current weather most of the time, stop eating beef and dairy.
Fascists hate when people make compassionate choices, too, so that's a bonus. Love is SO HARD to control.
#BetterDems
Fascists hate when people make compassionate choices, too, so that's a bonus. Love is SO HARD to control.
#BetterDems
Methane has driven about one-third of warming to date 🔥 and is far more potent than CO₂ in the short term. Learn about solutions in latest Insights piece from Emily Cassidy, Research Associate and Paul West, Senior Scientist: https://bit.ly/3NqBEkx
@enviroem.bsky.social @paul-west.bsky.social
@enviroem.bsky.social @paul-west.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 7:51 PM
If you like the Earth's current weather most of the time, stop eating beef and dairy.
Fascists hate when people make compassionate choices, too, so that's a bonus. Love is SO HARD to control.
#BetterDems
Fascists hate when people make compassionate choices, too, so that's a bonus. Love is SO HARD to control.
#BetterDems
For-profit justice is a contradiction in terms.
Money that goes to buy boats for selfish jerkwads is, by definition, wasted taxpayer money.
If we're pursuing America's ideals, we start by prioritizing pursuit of systemic-level thieves and reduce poverty to prevent smaller thefts.
#BetterDems
Money that goes to buy boats for selfish jerkwads is, by definition, wasted taxpayer money.
If we're pursuing America's ideals, we start by prioritizing pursuit of systemic-level thieves and reduce poverty to prevent smaller thefts.
#BetterDems
One expert estimates Louisiana’s prison population will nearly double in six years because of the state’s changes to parole.
It costs $37K a year to house an inmate compared with $2.2K a year for parole supervision.
With @veritenews.org
It costs $37K a year to house an inmate compared with $2.2K a year for parole supervision.
With @veritenews.org
Louisiana Paroles Its Lowest Number of Prisoners in 20 Years Under Gov. Jeff Landry
The state parole board freed 185 prisoners during Landry’s tenure, compared with 858 in the two years before he took office. Hundreds who would have been released under previous governors remain incar...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
For-profit justice is a contradiction in terms.
Money that goes to buy boats for selfish jerkwads is, by definition, wasted taxpayer money.
If we're pursuing America's ideals, we start by prioritizing pursuit of systemic-level thieves and reduce poverty to prevent smaller thefts.
#BetterDems
Money that goes to buy boats for selfish jerkwads is, by definition, wasted taxpayer money.
If we're pursuing America's ideals, we start by prioritizing pursuit of systemic-level thieves and reduce poverty to prevent smaller thefts.
#BetterDems
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Some striking arguments here from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) to Pam Bondi
"You replaced real prosecutors with counterfeit stooges who robotically do the President's bidding"
"Trump orders up prosecutions like pizza.. and you deliver every time"
"You replaced real prosecutors with counterfeit stooges who robotically do the President's bidding"
"Trump orders up prosecutions like pizza.. and you deliver every time"
February 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Some striking arguments here from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) to Pam Bondi
"You replaced real prosecutors with counterfeit stooges who robotically do the President's bidding"
"Trump orders up prosecutions like pizza.. and you deliver every time"
"You replaced real prosecutors with counterfeit stooges who robotically do the President's bidding"
"Trump orders up prosecutions like pizza.. and you deliver every time"
He's insanely good at this.
#BetterDems
This is a performance that puts a false horn on a real unicorn. It's beautiful to watch.
#BetterDems
This is a performance that puts a false horn on a real unicorn. It's beautiful to watch.
Minutes into House Judiciary Committee hearing with Pam Bondi, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) blasts Bondi for "shockingly" not redacting private information about Epstein survivors
February 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
He's insanely good at this.
#BetterDems
This is a performance that puts a false horn on a real unicorn. It's beautiful to watch.
#BetterDems
This is a performance that puts a false horn on a real unicorn. It's beautiful to watch.
Just to be clear, meanie-pants scaredy cats ARE my favorite kinds of cats.
#Enlightenment is a human right.
Go forth and save each other.
There's no darkness that can't be illuminated with a dedicated system of unassailable safety-based boundaries and relentless understanding.
#BetterDems
#Enlightenment is a human right.
Go forth and save each other.
There's no darkness that can't be illuminated with a dedicated system of unassailable safety-based boundaries and relentless understanding.
#BetterDems
February 11, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Just to be clear, meanie-pants scaredy cats ARE my favorite kinds of cats.
#Enlightenment is a human right.
Go forth and save each other.
There's no darkness that can't be illuminated with a dedicated system of unassailable safety-based boundaries and relentless understanding.
#BetterDems
#Enlightenment is a human right.
Go forth and save each other.
There's no darkness that can't be illuminated with a dedicated system of unassailable safety-based boundaries and relentless understanding.
#BetterDems
If you've never cried on a podcast, you're not a good politician.
#BetterDems
Compassion is the one weird trick. Let go of winning and aim for saving the world. Then there's no performance. Everything is practice for all the moments you're granted the opportunity to choose the greater good.
#BetterDems
Compassion is the one weird trick. Let go of winning and aim for saving the world. Then there's no performance. Everything is practice for all the moments you're granted the opportunity to choose the greater good.
Tomorrow's episode of Bold Politics is so so rare in British politics: real people who are unafraid to just be themselves for an hour because they know they don't have to protect any vested interests.
It's time for a clearout of robots in Westminster.
It's time for a clearout of robots in Westminster.
February 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
If you've never cried on a podcast, you're not a good politician.
#BetterDems
Compassion is the one weird trick. Let go of winning and aim for saving the world. Then there's no performance. Everything is practice for all the moments you're granted the opportunity to choose the greater good.
#BetterDems
Compassion is the one weird trick. Let go of winning and aim for saving the world. Then there's no performance. Everything is practice for all the moments you're granted the opportunity to choose the greater good.
Her bravery alone is pulling a lever long enough to lift something heavy.
Can she win? When the answer is yes, we can save the world.
#BetterDems
We owe everyone compelled to offer her hatred education enough to learn to love themselves. Bigotry harms its host.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/02/10/o...
Can she win? When the answer is yes, we can save the world.
#BetterDems
We owe everyone compelled to offer her hatred education enough to learn to love themselves. Bigotry harms its host.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/02/10/o...
A trans candidate in rural Ohio lost two elections, was doxxed, and she’s running again in 2026
Arienne Chidlrey failed in 2023 to unseat a Republican incumbent in rural Ohio. But that's not stopping her in 2026.
thebuckeyeflame.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Her bravery alone is pulling a lever long enough to lift something heavy.
Can she win? When the answer is yes, we can save the world.
#BetterDems
We owe everyone compelled to offer her hatred education enough to learn to love themselves. Bigotry harms its host.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/02/10/o...
Can she win? When the answer is yes, we can save the world.
#BetterDems
We owe everyone compelled to offer her hatred education enough to learn to love themselves. Bigotry harms its host.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/02/10/o...