Dwight McCabe
@dwightmc.bsky.social
Retired marketing exec. Recovering moderate concerned about the takeover of our democracy by billionaires. Some knowledge of history and foreign policy. I've lived in 5 countries on 3 continents but my adult life in the US.
And Trump is a Russian tool.
And Trump is a Russian tool.
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Dwight McCabe
@dwightmc.bsky.social
· May 16
🧵 I’ve talked a lot about disordered discourse, conspiracies, polarisation, denialism. But maybe the better question is: why does this keep happening? Why does our shared reality keep fracturing? What are the drivers I talk about as a dimension of disordered discourse?
I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
Important
How social media has made us all unpaid serfs, slaving for free to get attention.
And how the mistaken belief in meritocracy glorifies the rich and successful while making those who struggle think they are to blame.
How social media has made us all unpaid serfs, slaving for free to get attention.
And how the mistaken belief in meritocracy glorifies the rich and successful while making those who struggle think they are to blame.
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Very smart approach. Of course Dems didn’t take it.
Now that Dems have capitulated, at the very least they should now make every future extension of funding contingent on Trump following the law. Any lawbreaking must be met with: No more votes from us, period.
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Very smart approach. Of course Dems didn’t take it.
Solar, wind, heat pumps are dramatically more efficient than other methods
I think, of all the slides in this report, this is the most important -- it's really worth examining closely. This illustrates why the triumph of electrotechnical is inevitable.
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Solar, wind, heat pumps are dramatically more efficient than other methods
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Jeet Heer
The Democratic leader’s cave-in makes it all too clear: It’s time to clean house in the Senate.
The post After This Shutdown Surrender, Chuck Schumer Needs to Go appeared firs...
The Democratic leader’s cave-in makes it all too clear: It’s time to clean house in the Senate.
The post After This Shutdown Surrender, Chuck Schumer Needs to Go appeared firs...
After This Shutdown Surrender, Chuck Schumer Needs to Go
The Democratic leader’s cave-in makes it all too clear: It’s time to clean house in the Senate.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Jeet Heer
The Democratic leader’s cave-in makes it all too clear: It’s time to clean house in the Senate.
The post After This Shutdown Surrender, Chuck Schumer Needs to Go appeared firs...
The Democratic leader’s cave-in makes it all too clear: It’s time to clean house in the Senate.
The post After This Shutdown Surrender, Chuck Schumer Needs to Go appeared firs...
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🤯The Russian army command is disbanding evacuation groups and forming additional assault groups from them for battles near Pokrovsk
The priority remains attacks and moving forward, and the wounded are rescued on a "residual basis"
t.me/Dobropillya_...
The priority remains attacks and moving forward, and the wounded are rescued on a "residual basis"
t.me/Dobropillya_...
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🤯The Russian army command is disbanding evacuation groups and forming additional assault groups from them for battles near Pokrovsk
The priority remains attacks and moving forward, and the wounded are rescued on a "residual basis"
t.me/Dobropillya_...
The priority remains attacks and moving forward, and the wounded are rescued on a "residual basis"
t.me/Dobropillya_...
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How long till we learn American, United & Delta worked the phones on Senate Dems?
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
How long till we learn American, United & Delta worked the phones on Senate Dems?
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Many of us start our days with coffee. Let the coffee makers lead the way to start much bigger things too!!!
BREAKING: Starbucks baristas at Downtown Disney couldn’t stand another day of their managers’ unfair labor practices & kicked off our nationwide strike this weekend. These workers have shut down one of largest Starbucks stores in the country — and we’re just getting started! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Many of us start our days with coffee. Let the coffee makers lead the way to start much bigger things too!!!
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The most literal definition of a leader is to go first. Thank you @indivisible.org for your steadfast leadership, courage & clarity about what this moment requires.
indivisible.org/statements/i...
indivisible.org/statements/i...
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The most literal definition of a leader is to go first. Thank you @indivisible.org for your steadfast leadership, courage & clarity about what this moment requires.
indivisible.org/statements/i...
indivisible.org/statements/i...
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13) I think Dem leadership still suffers from frame drag. They think it's the 90s. Trump is dismantling the powers of Congress. They have to rise to that moment and demand big things.
Vought is expanding the playing field to thinks off the table. Dems need to do the same.
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Vought is expanding the playing field to thinks off the table. Dems need to do the same.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
13) I think Dem leadership still suffers from frame drag. They think it's the 90s. Trump is dismantling the powers of Congress. They have to rise to that moment and demand big things.
Vought is expanding the playing field to thinks off the table. Dems need to do the same.
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Vought is expanding the playing field to thinks off the table. Dems need to do the same.
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@jay.bsky.team
Fix this.
Fix this.
Surprising and disturbing! WTF @jay.bsky.team ??
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November 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
@jay.bsky.team
Fix this.
Fix this.
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Surprising and disturbing! WTF @jay.bsky.team ??
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November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Surprising and disturbing! WTF @jay.bsky.team ??
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there’s this really dumb idea among the brain dead liberal punditocracy that you shouldn’t even mention ICE but nah this guy ran aggressively against them in a purple center/center-right county and won.
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
there’s this really dumb idea among the brain dead liberal punditocracy that you shouldn’t even mention ICE but nah this guy ran aggressively against them in a purple center/center-right county and won.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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Hi, Jean. My friend is a Nigerian prince who needs to urgently retrieve $1,000,000 from an abandoned trust from his father.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Hi, Jean. My friend is a Nigerian prince who needs to urgently retrieve $1,000,000 from an abandoned trust from his father.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
If you can wire $5,000 today, you will be entitled to 35% of the trust. Please reply at your earliest convenience.
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We're officially live. It's incredibly important to have a real record of how our public servants are behaving and this database will be a powerful tool for researchers, reporters, and ordinary Americans.
1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
The Government Lawyers Database
glowlaw.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We're officially live. It's incredibly important to have a real record of how our public servants are behaving and this database will be a powerful tool for researchers, reporters, and ordinary Americans.
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Oh, so he totally stole the money
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Oh, so he totally stole the money
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"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
The Electrotech Revolution | Ember
The annual slidedeck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team unpacks how electrotech is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy.
ember-energy.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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Mark Kelly notably declines to endorse Chuck Schumer as the leader of Senate Dems going forward
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Mark Kelly notably declines to endorse Chuck Schumer as the leader of Senate Dems going forward
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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I'd like for someone in the dem caucus to tell us which senators were real no votes and which ones voted no because they were allowed to.
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
How to destroy international trust in the US arms industry.
By Donald (please buy my crypto bribe tokens now) Trump
By Donald (please buy my crypto bribe tokens now) Trump
The US govt shutdown is already the longest in history.
Here's one reason Trump may be quite happy for it to continue - Putin benefits.
Axios reports NATO "allies" are unable to even get weapons paid for. Deliveries of Aegis combat systems, AMRAAM + HIMARS have been suspended😡
Here's one reason Trump may be quite happy for it to continue - Putin benefits.
Axios reports NATO "allies" are unable to even get weapons paid for. Deliveries of Aegis combat systems, AMRAAM + HIMARS have been suspended😡
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
How to destroy international trust in the US arms industry.
By Donald (please buy my crypto bribe tokens now) Trump
By Donald (please buy my crypto bribe tokens now) Trump
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continues to be hard to say why the White House is taking such a beating for the shutdown when they keep announcing new voluntary actions they say explicitly are meant to increase pain to pressure Dems and then lots of bad things happen and people get sad.
"Even those passengers who successfully reach their destination are encountering long departure delays, extended tarmac times and highly unpredictable arrival times; many flight crews are timing out...or missing connections." - Airlines for America www.airlines.org/news-update/...
Latest Data Shows Huge Impact of the Government Shutdown on Airlines and Our Customers – Airlines For America
www.airlines.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
continues to be hard to say why the White House is taking such a beating for the shutdown when they keep announcing new voluntary actions they say explicitly are meant to increase pain to pressure Dems and then lots of bad things happen and people get sad.
Trump and his corrupt wreckers have less than a year to do their worst. If we can flip the House we can stop his budget and start investigating the bribes and illegal behavior.
Dems need to say firmly that they will prosecute all the criminal behavior of this regime and its enabling corporations.
Dems need to say firmly that they will prosecute all the criminal behavior of this regime and its enabling corporations.
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump and his corrupt wreckers have less than a year to do their worst. If we can flip the House we can stop his budget and start investigating the bribes and illegal behavior.
Dems need to say firmly that they will prosecute all the criminal behavior of this regime and its enabling corporations.
Dems need to say firmly that they will prosecute all the criminal behavior of this regime and its enabling corporations.