David Gordon
@dkgordon.bsky.social
Eurasia watcher. Environmentalist. Nature lover. Indigenous Peoples' rights. Amateur Photography. Tennis. Pacific Northwest (Olympia, WA). Elizabeth Warren stan. Not necessarily in that order.
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🤯Two Russian tankers carrying tonnes of fuel oil break in half and start sinking near Kerch Strait – videos
Two Russian tankers carrying tonnes of fuel oil break in half and start sinking near Kerch Strait – videos
Reports emerged on the morning of 15 December indicating that two Russian tankers, Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239, were sinking in the Kerch Strait. Both vessels were reported to be broken in half, w...
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December 15, 2024 at 10:59 AM
🤯Two Russian tankers carrying tonnes of fuel oil break in half and start sinking near Kerch Strait – videos
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Thousands of people demonstrated in front of the Parliament building in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, for a second day on Friday after the government announced that the country had suspended its bid to join the European Union for four years. nyti.ms/416nABr
November 30, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Thousands of people demonstrated in front of the Parliament building in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, for a second day on Friday after the government announced that the country had suspended its bid to join the European Union for four years. nyti.ms/416nABr
A changed Georgia is no longer a haven for Russia’s political exiles
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December 1, 2024 at 1:28 AM
A changed Georgia is no longer a haven for Russia’s political exiles
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"Today, the Georgian Parliament no longer exists, and whether it is the Georgian Parliament or the ruling party, one party has ripped up the Constitution", President Salome Zurabishvili addressed the Georgian people.
November 25, 2024 at 3:24 PM
"Today, the Georgian Parliament no longer exists, and whether it is the Georgian Parliament or the ruling party, one party has ripped up the Constitution", President Salome Zurabishvili addressed the Georgian people.
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Update on Initiative 2066 in WA: “the Building Industry Association is basically requesting that we roll back energy codes all the way to 2015... independent analysis has shown that could increase annual utility bills by over $200.” 💡🔌 columbiabasinherald.com/news/2024/no...
Washington voted to lift natural gas restrictions, but will the changes stick?
OLYMPIA — Of the four initiatives that were on the Washington ballot this year, only one passed, and it’s one that affects housing statewide, including in Grant and Adams counties.
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November 25, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Update on Initiative 2066 in WA: “the Building Industry Association is basically requesting that we roll back energy codes all the way to 2015... independent analysis has shown that could increase annual utility bills by over $200.” 💡🔌 columbiabasinherald.com/news/2024/no...
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04:15 AM. Overnight protesters in Georgia begin performing the national anthem. #GeorgiaProtests
November 25, 2024 at 12:21 AM
04:15 AM. Overnight protesters in Georgia begin performing the national anthem. #GeorgiaProtests
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Violence against peaceful protesters in Tbilisi is unacceptable. Police repression threatens Georgia’s democracy and violates fundamental human rights. It’s time for the world to act.
🧵Here’s how the U.S., Canada, Europe, and other countries should respond.
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🧵Here’s how the U.S., Canada, Europe, and other countries should respond.
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November 19, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Violence against peaceful protesters in Tbilisi is unacceptable. Police repression threatens Georgia’s democracy and violates fundamental human rights. It’s time for the world to act.
🧵Here’s how the U.S., Canada, Europe, and other countries should respond.
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🧵Here’s how the U.S., Canada, Europe, and other countries should respond.
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Good to see some environmental reporting from a little covered region.
Climate change is having a huge effect on glaciers in Georgia, which critically relies on glacier & snow melt to power it's hydro energy plants
#Caucasus
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Climate change is having a huge effect on glaciers in Georgia, which critically relies on glacier & snow melt to power it's hydro energy plants
#Caucasus
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Caucasus glaciers could start disappearing by 2050
An interview with Ilia State University climate scientist Levan Tielidze, an expert on glacier melting.
eurasianet.org
November 22, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Good to see some environmental reporting from a little covered region.
Climate change is having a huge effect on glaciers in Georgia, which critically relies on glacier & snow melt to power it's hydro energy plants
#Caucasus
eurasianet.org/caucasus-gla...
Climate change is having a huge effect on glaciers in Georgia, which critically relies on glacier & snow melt to power it's hydro energy plants
#Caucasus
eurasianet.org/caucasus-gla...
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Update on HR 9495: The bill that would give Treasury Secretary power to dismantle nonprofits, wo clear standards of evidence. Vote expected tomorrow. Couple hundred orgs have signed a letter of opposition--including labor unions and Riverkeeper, once affiliated w RFK. www.aclu.org/documents/ci...
November 20, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Update on HR 9495: The bill that would give Treasury Secretary power to dismantle nonprofits, wo clear standards of evidence. Vote expected tomorrow. Couple hundred orgs have signed a letter of opposition--including labor unions and Riverkeeper, once affiliated w RFK. www.aclu.org/documents/ci...
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This Bill coming up for vote, HR 9495 threatens organizations like my own and many of my partners. And yes numerous democrats supported it to dilemce the campus protestors nonprofitquarterly.org/bill-threate...
Bill Threatening Nonprofits Advances in US House—Again - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Last week, HR 9495, a bill that would give the US secretary of the treasury the power to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status if unilaterally deemed to be a “terrorist-supporting” organization ...
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November 19, 2024 at 4:28 PM
This Bill coming up for vote, HR 9495 threatens organizations like my own and many of my partners. And yes numerous democrats supported it to dilemce the campus protestors nonprofitquarterly.org/bill-threate...
Please call your congresspeople today to urge them to vote NO on HR 9495. This bill is a big risk to nonprofits. I have seen this power abused against NGOs in other countries like Russia.
🚨 The dangerous anti-dissent bill IS BACK. TODAY, tell your congressperson to VOTE NO on HR 9495, the bill that would give the Trump admin power to destroy nonprofits that oppose their agenda.
❗ Contact your reps TODAY.
1. Email them with our quick and easy form [and then see #2 in thread below]
❗ Contact your reps TODAY.
1. Email them with our quick and easy form [and then see #2 in thread below]
Protect the Right to Protest and Dissent — Indivisible Chicago Alliance
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November 19, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Please call your congresspeople today to urge them to vote NO on HR 9495. This bill is a big risk to nonprofits. I have seen this power abused against NGOs in other countries like Russia.
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Georgia's President Salome Zurabishvili declared the parliamentary elections illegitimate.
Key points from her statement:
1.New elections demanded: Free and fair elections under new elections administration and electoral procedures adjusted under OSCE/ODIHR recommendations
2. Protests continue
Key points from her statement:
1.New elections demanded: Free and fair elections under new elections administration and electoral procedures adjusted under OSCE/ODIHR recommendations
2. Protests continue
November 18, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Georgia's President Salome Zurabishvili declared the parliamentary elections illegitimate.
Key points from her statement:
1.New elections demanded: Free and fair elections under new elections administration and electoral procedures adjusted under OSCE/ODIHR recommendations
2. Protests continue
Key points from her statement:
1.New elections demanded: Free and fair elections under new elections administration and electoral procedures adjusted under OSCE/ODIHR recommendations
2. Protests continue
Very concerning to see the Georgian police crack down on peaceful protesters.
Georgian police raided protests this morning in #Tbilisi, with at least several arrested and beaten up, including TV Pirveli Cameraman and some opposition party members. Photos via Radio Tavisupleba
November 19, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Very concerning to see the Georgian police crack down on peaceful protesters.
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Georgian police raided protests this morning in #Tbilisi, with at least several arrested and beaten up, including TV Pirveli Cameraman and some opposition party members. Photos via Radio Tavisupleba
November 19, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Georgian police raided protests this morning in #Tbilisi, with at least several arrested and beaten up, including TV Pirveli Cameraman and some opposition party members. Photos via Radio Tavisupleba
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Huge, huge thanks to @matthewcort.land and @celestepewter.bsky.social for the resources they have provided here on bluesky on HR 9495. Just emailed this to the 975 subscribers on my mailing list
H.R. 9495 Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Nonprofits
CALL YOUR HOUSE REP MONDAY MORNING, I AM NOT KIDDING
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November 18, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Huge, huge thanks to @matthewcort.land and @celestepewter.bsky.social for the resources they have provided here on bluesky on HR 9495. Just emailed this to the 975 subscribers on my mailing list
Truly impressed at the tenacity, durability, and endurance of Georgian protestors challenging the results of the country's October elections. The movement really took off in 2023 with massive, sustained protests against a law modeled on Russia's Foreign Agent law that criminalizes NGOs.
Protesters will spend yet another night in front of Tbilisi State University tonight.
Demand is the same: new elections.
Video: Makuna Gochiashvili
Demand is the same: new elections.
Video: Makuna Gochiashvili
November 18, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Truly impressed at the tenacity, durability, and endurance of Georgian protestors challenging the results of the country's October elections. The movement really took off in 2023 with massive, sustained protests against a law modeled on Russia's Foreign Agent law that criminalizes NGOs.
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Protesters will spend yet another night in front of Tbilisi State University tonight.
Demand is the same: new elections.
Video: Makuna Gochiashvili
Demand is the same: new elections.
Video: Makuna Gochiashvili
November 18, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Protesters will spend yet another night in front of Tbilisi State University tonight.
Demand is the same: new elections.
Video: Makuna Gochiashvili
Demand is the same: new elections.
Video: Makuna Gochiashvili
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Across the Globe, thousands participated in marches against the Russia-Ukraine war and Putin's criminal regime organized by Yulia Navalny, Ilya Yashin, and other leaders of the Russian opposition today. In Chicago, hundreds showed up to say "Stop Putin, stop the war!"
November 18, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Across the Globe, thousands participated in marches against the Russia-Ukraine war and Putin's criminal regime organized by Yulia Navalny, Ilya Yashin, and other leaders of the Russian opposition today. In Chicago, hundreds showed up to say "Stop Putin, stop the war!"
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They got me again, every week I share this meme and they still got me again.
November 18, 2024 at 12:10 AM
They got me again, every week I share this meme and they still got me again.
If you see this, please repost with a favorite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently
November 18, 2024 at 12:14 AM
If you see this, please repost with a favorite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently
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Leica MP240 + LLL 50mm F2 ELCAN replica
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November 17, 2024 at 4:28 PM
If you see this, please repost with a favorite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently
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