Evan Berry
@ecothought.bsky.social
Settler on Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh territory. Sunny, but grumpy at the same time. Academic interests: environmental humanities, religion and climate change, petroculture, religious studies in public higher education, human rights 🍉🌈🏜️
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Imagine a parallel-universe US with a ~$20 trillion public wealth fund, built from the profits that O&G owners/executives/major shareholders took in our universe. Imagine how much better US health care, education, infrastructure, childcare, retirement support, etc. could be. Breaks the brain a bit.
(Norway's oil fund is about $2 trillion [about $350k per person], built from oil reserves and past production that are about 10x smaller than America's. Which puts the hypothetical US oil fund in a parallel universe at $20 trillion or so, very roughly.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Imagine a parallel-universe US with a ~$20 trillion public wealth fund, built from the profits that O&G owners/executives/major shareholders took in our universe. Imagine how much better US health care, education, infrastructure, childcare, retirement support, etc. could be. Breaks the brain a bit.
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
Congratulations to Dr. Mario Orospe Hernandez, who yesterday successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Mattering Technologies. Secular/Religious Borders in Bolivian Lithium Mining” at Arizona State University
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Mario Orospe Hernandez, who yesterday successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Mattering Technologies. Secular/Religious Borders in Bolivian Lithium Mining” at Arizona State University
Kinda weird that after a solid year of daily front page coverage of President Biden’s infirmities, that the @nytimes.com is now barely giving any attention to Trump’s on camera sundowning, his obvious confusion and digressive mumbling.
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Kinda weird that after a solid year of daily front page coverage of President Biden’s infirmities, that the @nytimes.com is now barely giving any attention to Trump’s on camera sundowning, his obvious confusion and digressive mumbling.
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They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
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Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
Emoluments clause when
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Emoluments clause when
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If you are an academic—instructor or grad student—please sign this letter of solidarity for Professor Farhana Sultana who has been vilified by the right for calling CK what he was.
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
forms.gle
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you are an academic—instructor or grad student—please sign this letter of solidarity for Professor Farhana Sultana who has been vilified by the right for calling CK what he was.
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
One way I’ve heard the Renaissance described is as a mass realization that people could build things and make art as good or better than the Romans had.
Sometimes you just gotta look up and marvel about the things that human beings have built together.
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
One way I’ve heard the Renaissance described is as a mass realization that people could build things and make art as good or better than the Romans had.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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Fitting on the day Cheney died that seizing control of Venezuela's oil fields is in the lede graph from NYT
Another neocon war for oil based on lies
Another neocon war for oil based on lies
Five-byline alert:
“.. The Trump admin has developed a range of options for military action in Venezuela, including direct attacks on military units that protect .. Maduro and moves to seize control of the country’s oil fields, according to multiple U.S. officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
“.. The Trump admin has developed a range of options for military action in Venezuela, including direct attacks on military units that protect .. Maduro and moves to seize control of the country’s oil fields, according to multiple U.S. officials
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Fitting on the day Cheney died that seizing control of Venezuela's oil fields is in the lede graph from NYT
Another neocon war for oil based on lies
Another neocon war for oil based on lies
Everyone talking about what a slick, flawless campaign Mamdani has run, but fewer people talking about how it's so much easier to run a slick, flawless campaign when you have just policies and are not a total piece of shit.
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Everyone talking about what a slick, flawless campaign Mamdani has run, but fewer people talking about how it's so much easier to run a slick, flawless campaign when you have just policies and are not a total piece of shit.
In the United States, policing has been a deeply broken, corrupt system for decades, and it’s getting worse by the day.
It’s clear who the aggressors are. Keep remaining nonviolent, and record EVERYTHING. All of these masked ICE thugs will be held accountable.
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In the United States, policing has been a deeply broken, corrupt system for decades, and it’s getting worse by the day.
“We do hard things” absolutely kicks ass as a political slogan
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“We do hard things” absolutely kicks ass as a political slogan
Another reason to sue the federal government on establishment clause grounds
@atheists.org @ffrf.org @aclu.org
@atheists.org @ffrf.org @aclu.org
Add a dose of propaganda to your morning coffee.. This smells of Russian-like “special operation”
November 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Another reason to sue the federal government on establishment clause grounds
@atheists.org @ffrf.org @aclu.org
@atheists.org @ffrf.org @aclu.org
Baseball is, famously, a game of inches
November 2, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Baseball is, famously, a game of inches
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I can't think of anything to say
November 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I can't think of anything to say
The petrodollars <-> weapons industry nexus should be of great concern to us all
A sovereign wealth fund generated from fossil fuels and heavily invested in weapons manufacturing
www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-nor...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-nor...
How Norway, home of the Nobel Peace Prize, profits from war in Gaza
Oslo has divested from some Israeli companies but its $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund remains heavily invested in arms companies supplying Israel’s military
www.middleeasteye.net
November 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The petrodollars <-> weapons industry nexus should be of great concern to us all
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Just stop clicking on this shit, I'm serious. People re-heat these "one weird trick so Trump can run again" stories bc people will skip over actual news to read them.
this is paywalled, but I suppose this is the moronic “he could be elected vice president and then the president could resign” theory. I am mad at every lib law professor who has entertained this Rube-Goldberg bullshit
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
October 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Just stop clicking on this shit, I'm serious. People re-heat these "one weird trick so Trump can run again" stories bc people will skip over actual news to read them.
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Attending #AARSBL25?
Join us in Boston for the Religion, Nature, and Ecology Reception!
Friday, 21 November | 5:00 - 8:00pm
Co-hosted with @religion-ecology.bsky.social
Join us in Boston for the Religion, Nature, and Ecology Reception!
Friday, 21 November | 5:00 - 8:00pm
Co-hosted with @religion-ecology.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Attending #AARSBL25?
Join us in Boston for the Religion, Nature, and Ecology Reception!
Friday, 21 November | 5:00 - 8:00pm
Co-hosted with @religion-ecology.bsky.social
Join us in Boston for the Religion, Nature, and Ecology Reception!
Friday, 21 November | 5:00 - 8:00pm
Co-hosted with @religion-ecology.bsky.social
The State Press gets the scoop:
“ASU President Michael Crow said ‘there's no reason to contemplate’ signing the White House's higher education proposal.”
www.statepress.com/article/2025...
“ASU President Michael Crow said ‘there's no reason to contemplate’ signing the White House's higher education proposal.”
www.statepress.com/article/2025...
President Crow says signing higher education compact is not 'viable' - The Arizona State Press
Congressional and state representatives, as well as students, urged ASU administrators to reject the Trump administration's proposal.
www.statepress.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The State Press gets the scoop:
“ASU President Michael Crow said ‘there's no reason to contemplate’ signing the White House's higher education proposal.”
www.statepress.com/article/2025...
“ASU President Michael Crow said ‘there's no reason to contemplate’ signing the White House's higher education proposal.”
www.statepress.com/article/2025...
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Yet again i want to remind everyone that Bill Gates and several other billionaires have invested in mining projects in Greenland that are only accessible because of melted land and sea ice, he and other billionaires are essentially shorting the planet
Bill Gates softens 'Climate Disaster' approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem
Bill Gates softens 'Climate Disaster' approach, says too many resources are going to fight the problem
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says countries and leaders need to shift their approach to climate change and focus on 'improving lives'
cnb.cx
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Yet again i want to remind everyone that Bill Gates and several other billionaires have invested in mining projects in Greenland that are only accessible because of melted land and sea ice, he and other billionaires are essentially shorting the planet
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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My gosh. This should be leading every news outlet in America today — a top official gives first-hand proof that the US took Israel's side after its soldiers killed our Palestinian-American press colleague, Shireen Abu-Akleh:
“My findings were beyond reasonable doubt that this was an intentional killing of Shireen Abu Akleh.”
Retired Army Colonel Steve Gabavics tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, was intentional according to his findings.
Watch the episode:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-a...
Retired Army Colonel Steve Gabavics tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, was intentional according to his findings.
Watch the episode:
zeteo.com/p/breaking-a...
October 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
My gosh. This should be leading every news outlet in America today — a top official gives first-hand proof that the US took Israel's side after its soldiers killed our Palestinian-American press colleague, Shireen Abu-Akleh:
It’s disappointing to watch the media ignore Islamophobia and weaponize antisemitism for clicks.
Rather than playing litmus test politics about foreign policy (not in a mayor’s purview), the media should be focusing on Cuomo’s disqualifying “cheering for another 9/11” comment.
Rather than playing litmus test politics about foreign policy (not in a mayor’s purview), the media should be focusing on Cuomo’s disqualifying “cheering for another 9/11” comment.
In the most Jewish city in America, debates over antisemitism have exploded in the final days of the mayoral race as New Yorkers appear close to electing Zohran Mamdani — a 34-year-old Muslim who does not believe Israel should exist as a Jewish state.
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral candidacy stirs Jews in New York – and beyond
Questions about what the rise of an anti-Zionist mayor in the most Jewish U.S. city means
www.washingtonpost.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It’s disappointing to watch the media ignore Islamophobia and weaponize antisemitism for clicks.
Rather than playing litmus test politics about foreign policy (not in a mayor’s purview), the media should be focusing on Cuomo’s disqualifying “cheering for another 9/11” comment.
Rather than playing litmus test politics about foreign policy (not in a mayor’s purview), the media should be focusing on Cuomo’s disqualifying “cheering for another 9/11” comment.