Dusty Lucite
@dustylucite.bsky.social
Basement rocking PDX since 2016.
4th LP “Normal Harder” out on bandcamp 11/21/24.
https://dustylucite.bandcamp.com
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4th LP “Normal Harder” out on bandcamp 11/21/24.
https://dustylucite.bandcamp.com
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Dusty Lucite
@dustylucite.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Dusty Lucite - The Rate of Change of the Rate of Change
YouTube video by Dusty Lucite
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Many thanks to the lovely people at @weareyellowdot.bsky.social for allowing me to use their Extreme Weather Report series for my latest music video “The Rate of Change of the Rate of Change”. youtu.be/S0bws6Q0Bz4?...
Sorry 23rd largest city in America, you can’t fly out of your own airport because morons need to play with lasers.
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Sorry 23rd largest city in America, you can’t fly out of your own airport because morons need to play with lasers.
WTF?!
BREAKING: The FAA has closed airspace over El Paso and parts of southern New Mexico for 10 days under a “national defense airspace” designation, offering no explanation for the rare move. The order warns violators could face interception and possible deadly force.
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/u...
El Paso, New Mexico airspace closed by FAA without explanation; flights restricted under national defense noticeWithout explanation, FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days, cites national defense airspace - El Paso Matters
The Federal Aviation Administration has closed airspace over El Paso and parts of southern New Mexico for 10 days under a national defense designation, offering no explanation for the rare move.An…
elpasomatters.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
WTF?!
Reposted by Dusty Lucite
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Populism is destroying our planet by pretending this isn’t happening.
Populism is destroying our planet by pretending this isn’t happening.
Nature's 'engine is grinding to a halt' as climate change gains pace, says study
Many ecologists hypothesize that, as global warming accelerates, change in nature must speed up. They assume that as temperatures rise and climatic zones shift, species will face local extinction and ...
phys.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:22 AM
phys.org/news/2026-02...
Populism is destroying our planet by pretending this isn’t happening.
Populism is destroying our planet by pretending this isn’t happening.
New profile pic. Who dis? A lady who got her masters back and is dropping the 1st single off her 5th album on 2/20/26, that’s who! 🎶🐝💙
February 11, 2026 at 12:04 AM
New profile pic. Who dis? A lady who got her masters back and is dropping the 1st single off her 5th album on 2/20/26, that’s who! 🎶🐝💙
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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.
These poor babies 💔 😭
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
These poor babies 💔 😭
Reposted by Dusty Lucite
"This is the hard truth I want to land: climate does not care what’s trending. It’s not interested in Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, or Greenland. There is no algorithmic mercy. Physics is physics, and it is getting more abrupt."
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
If Epstein is Trending, Why Isn’t +1.7°C?
The news cycle has become a hall of mirrors: Epstein, Trumpism, war, outrage, retribution. A thousand scandals designed to keep us anxious, tribal, and tired. We have to hold multiple truths at once: ...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:57 AM
"This is the hard truth I want to land: climate does not care what’s trending. It’s not interested in Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, or Greenland. There is no algorithmic mercy. Physics is physics, and it is getting more abrupt."
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...
Just because the acute stage of a virus presents as flu or cold like symptom, it doesn’t mean the virus is done hurting your body. We need to fight for neutralizing vaccinations and clean air in shared spaces to prevent this kind of suffering.
“When my doctors told me that I had Hodgkin lymphoma, they shared the various molecular markers the biopsy revealed…‘It’s EBV positive,’ they told me. My cancerous cells bore the genetic fingerprints of Epstein-Barr virus.”
Opinion | A viral infection can have devastating effects. I experienced this firsthand.
The consequences of the anti-vaccine movement reach beyond today’s controversies.
wapo.st
February 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Just because the acute stage of a virus presents as flu or cold like symptom, it doesn’t mean the virus is done hurting your body. We need to fight for neutralizing vaccinations and clean air in shared spaces to prevent this kind of suffering.
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From THEY KNEW, excerpted here in 2022: "It became reasonable to believe that a critical mass of people in power were either criminals, pedophiles, or traitors, or that they were being blackmailed, bribed, or threatened by a criminal, pedophile, or traitor."
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Sarah Kendzior on Trumpland’s Criminal Distortions of American Reality
It is common to hear that Americans no longer inhabit a shared reality. To a large extent this is true, especially in an era of social media manipulation, but we did not share a reality in simpler …
lithub.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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He should still be here with us. At 31, he could have been an engineer or astronaut with NASA for many years at this point. He might have been involved with the current Artemis project. That should have been his life.
February 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
He should still be here with us. At 31, he could have been an engineer or astronaut with NASA for many years at this point. He might have been involved with the current Artemis project. That should have been his life.
I hate that I live in a state with one of the highest vaccine exemption rates for kids. All of this pointless suffering is so stupid.
The South Carolina measles outbreak has triggered rare but serious brain swelling in some children
Brain swelling is one of measles’ nastiest side effects, and it’s happening in South Carolina
The South Carolina measles outbreak has triggered rare but serious brain swelling in some children
www.scientificamerican.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I hate that I live in a state with one of the highest vaccine exemption rates for kids. All of this pointless suffering is so stupid.
It’s wild how much living in the objective truth and reality of this world has become completely optional for so many people.
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
February 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
It’s wild how much living in the objective truth and reality of this world has become completely optional for so many people.
The Washington Post and CBS News just fired their climate reporters. 🙃
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
Flawed economic models mean the accelerating impact of the climate crisis could lead to a global financial crash, experts warn.
Recovery would be far harder than after the 2008 financial crash, they said, as “we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
The Washington Post and CBS News just fired their climate reporters. 🙃
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Raw milk used to be the leading cause of death of children under the age of 5. Routine pasteurization of milk halved childhood mortality rates.
We are without a doubt on the stupidest timeline of human history. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We are without a doubt on the stupidest timeline of human history. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all.
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm Halts Sale of Raw Milk Due to Bacteria Concerns: Report
Hannah and Daniel Neeleman have paused Ballerina Farm's sale of raw milk following health violations discovered during routine testing. Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the ...
people.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Raw milk used to be the leading cause of death of children under the age of 5. Routine pasteurization of milk halved childhood mortality rates.
We are without a doubt on the stupidest timeline of human history. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We are without a doubt on the stupidest timeline of human history. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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This indifference or enthusiasm for sexual violence is a cultural pathology born of misogyny, not a peculiar or unique degeneracy of the rich. You know people who have responded to rape like that.
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
This indifference or enthusiasm for sexual violence is a cultural pathology born of misogyny, not a peculiar or unique degeneracy of the rich. You know people who have responded to rape like that.
If my ex pulled a “Curb Your Enthusiasm Benadryl Brownie” on me with antibiotics to treat the STI he gave me from sex trafficked kids… I’d be spilling blood along with all the tea on his bullshit.
MELINDA GATES: “It brings back memories of some very painful times in my marriage — They need to answer to those things, not me.”
She implies she left her marriage and the Gates Foundation for reasons related to Bill’s ties to Epstein.
(H/T shadowofezra)
She implies she left her marriage and the Gates Foundation for reasons related to Bill’s ties to Epstein.
(H/T shadowofezra)
February 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
If my ex pulled a “Curb Your Enthusiasm Benadryl Brownie” on me with antibiotics to treat the STI he gave me from sex trafficked kids… I’d be spilling blood along with all the tea on his bullshit.
A couple of miles away from me today, little girls made signs with markers and stickers and marched for the lives of their neighbors and friends. ICE tear gassed them in their faces. I want to puke and cry and scream. Fuck!
February 1, 2026 at 2:54 AM
A couple of miles away from me today, little girls made signs with markers and stickers and marched for the lives of their neighbors and friends. ICE tear gassed them in their faces. I want to puke and cry and scream. Fuck!
They are gonna take a giant hunk of all other aquatic life with them when they go. 💔
Coral is the oldest member of the animal kingdom: it’s been here for over 500 million years. After only 200,000 years of humankind we are killing it.
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
World's coral reefs in almost irreversible die-off, scientists say | CBC
Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected, with the world's coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first "tipp...
www.cbc.ca
February 1, 2026 at 2:28 AM
They are gonna take a giant hunk of all other aquatic life with them when they go. 💔
Along with taking prenatal vitamin, giving up alcohol and soft cheeses, masking should be a part of any health pregnancy. It’s bonkers we’re churning out a generation of medically high needs kids that our janky healthcare and education systems will not be able to support.
The pandemic may have faded, but researchers say its effects may still be unfolding in children exposed to Covid before birth.
What Covid in Pregnancy May Mean for a Generation of Children
A growing body of research shows that exposure to Covid-19 in the womb can have a subtle but lasting impact on brain development.
bloom.bg
January 31, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Along with taking prenatal vitamin, giving up alcohol and soft cheeses, masking should be a part of any health pregnancy. It’s bonkers we’re churning out a generation of medically high needs kids that our janky healthcare and education systems will not be able to support.
Praying to the climate gods that this does not lead to my state burning down later this year 😩
Update on water year values (departure in inches) across the western U.S., since October 1st. You can see where the split in the jet stream has pushed most of the moisture north or south of our region. The orange, yellow and red areas stand out very well in this graphic.
January 30, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Praying to the climate gods that this does not lead to my state burning down later this year 😩
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Catherine O'Hara is as much of a "good in absolutely everything, no matter how good the thing itself was" actor as Philip Seymour Hoffman.
January 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Catherine O'Hara is as much of a "good in absolutely everything, no matter how good the thing itself was" actor as Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Like it was a goddamn open boarder free for all in the country prior to 2002. 🙄🤬🙄🤬Do they literally think we all have the memory and intellect of a goldfish? Geeez!!!
"If it means that we're just going to abandon immigration enforcement, I don't think Democrats or Republicans would support that in large numbers,” David Axelrod said.
Ex-Obama Adviser Warns Dems Not To Push ICE Abolition: ‘People Believe You Should Come To The Country Legally’
"If it means that we're just going to abandon immigration enforcement, I don't think Democrats or Republicans would support that in large numbers,” David Axelrod said.
www.huffpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Like it was a goddamn open boarder free for all in the country prior to 2002. 🙄🤬🙄🤬Do they literally think we all have the memory and intellect of a goldfish? Geeez!!!
One day we will look back in shame and horror at sending kids back into classrooms without proper fresh air exchanges and hepa filtration. The billionaire shmucks at Davos get clean air, why aren’t you mad your kid doesn’t get the same thing?
"These findings reinforce an urgent message that children and adolescents can develop #LongCovid not only after an initial infection, but also after reinfection. The public health implications are substantial." @buonsenso.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#LongCovidKids #Children
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#LongCovidKids #Children
Long COVID is here to stay—even in children
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC, also known as long COVID) are complex,
multisystem, long-lasting complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection that profoundly impact
the daily life of those...
www.thelancet.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:38 PM
One day we will look back in shame and horror at sending kids back into classrooms without proper fresh air exchanges and hepa filtration. The billionaire shmucks at Davos get clean air, why aren’t you mad your kid doesn’t get the same thing?
Yass! More art and music that is a response to the hell world we find ourselves living in please! No shade to Bruce, but this is more my vibe.
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Fuckin' Bitch EP, by Anal Trump
10 track album
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January 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Yass! More art and music that is a response to the hell world we find ourselves living in please! No shade to Bruce, but this is more my vibe.
Anytime the truth is a bummer, people actively don’t want to hear it and will spin all kinda yarns in their heads to justify what they WANT to believe. Climate change won’t get that bad, Covid is just a cold, you can reform ICE with better training, etc. It’s really a fatal flaw in human beings.
The most interesting thing about this ABC Challenger long read (to me) is that the five engineers who warned it was unsafe then became "lepers".
Why is it not the managers who overruled them to suffer social ostracism?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Why is it not the managers who overruled them to suffer social ostracism?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
'They're gonna die': How five people tried to stop the Challenger tragedy
Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent the tragedy.
www.abc.net.au
January 29, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Anytime the truth is a bummer, people actively don’t want to hear it and will spin all kinda yarns in their heads to justify what they WANT to believe. Climate change won’t get that bad, Covid is just a cold, you can reform ICE with better training, etc. It’s really a fatal flaw in human beings.