@emilythorn.bsky.social
Ecologist, sociologist, and writer based in Southwestern Colorado.
Dolores, Colorado impromptu rally to protest DOGE, Trump, and the anti-American Republican agenda. Someone said 400 people where out (Dolores is pop. 925). Rep. Jeff Hurd's liaison was a no-show. Guess he isn't interested in what his constituents say.
February 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Dolores, Colorado impromptu rally to protest DOGE, Trump, and the anti-American Republican agenda. Someone said 400 people where out (Dolores is pop. 925). Rep. Jeff Hurd's liaison was a no-show. Guess he isn't interested in what his constituents say.
"The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to be sick of the war." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @theatlanticpr.bsky.social
Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation
The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.
www.theatlantic.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to be sick of the war." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @theatlanticpr.bsky.social
“A lot of the actions that the Trump administration has taken or has proposed to take are pretty far out of step with what Westerners want to see in terms of our public lands.” @highcountrynews.bsky.social
Poll finds majority of Westerners support climate action and conservation - High Country News
Colorado College’s annual survey included residents of 8 Western states, the majority of whom identified as politically conservative or moderate.
www.hcn.org
February 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“A lot of the actions that the Trump administration has taken or has proposed to take are pretty far out of step with what Westerners want to see in terms of our public lands.” @highcountrynews.bsky.social
Another important @anneapplebaum.bsky.social article.
Trump's cruelty is remarkable...
"Now is the moment to recognize the scale of the seismic change unfolding, and to find new ways to live in the world that a very different kind of America is beginning to create."
Trump's cruelty is remarkable...
"Now is the moment to recognize the scale of the seismic change unfolding, and to find new ways to live in the world that a very different kind of America is beginning to create."
The End of the Postwar World
Trump and Vance are sending a dark message to America’s allies.
www.theatlantic.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Another important @anneapplebaum.bsky.social article.
Trump's cruelty is remarkable...
"Now is the moment to recognize the scale of the seismic change unfolding, and to find new ways to live in the world that a very different kind of America is beginning to create."
Trump's cruelty is remarkable...
"Now is the moment to recognize the scale of the seismic change unfolding, and to find new ways to live in the world that a very different kind of America is beginning to create."
"The negotiators displayed mainly incompetence, as well as cringeworthy servility to their master in the White House. Trump’s part, though, was pure malignity."
Incompetence Leavened With Malignity
The Trump administration’s Ukraine policy is liable to end in disaster.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"The negotiators displayed mainly incompetence, as well as cringeworthy servility to their master in the White House. Trump’s part, though, was pure malignity."
"Americans back home are not entering a geographic Russia, of course, or a zone of Russian occupation; but we are hurtling towards having a Russian-type regime...: the transformation of our public and private lives."
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Crossing a line (audio and text)
Borders between one kind of life and another
snyder.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Americans back home are not entering a geographic Russia, of course, or a zone of Russian occupation; but we are hurtling towards having a Russian-type regime...: the transformation of our public and private lives."
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
This is important. Everything @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes about is important.
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is important. Everything @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes about is important.
Reposted
If you are a Wheaton alum, here is a letter urging the college administration not to endorse Vought or Project 2025. You can sign via the link at the top of the doc.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter
Click here if you are a Wheaton College (IL) alumnus and would like to add your signature February 10th, 2025 An Open Letter from Wheaton College Alumni on Project 2025 & Endorsing Russell Vought To ...
docs.google.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
If you are a Wheaton alum, here is a letter urging the college administration not to endorse Vought or Project 2025. You can sign via the link at the top of the doc.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I was built to keep people safe during NORMAL-ASS TRAFFIC INCIDENTS. You can’t drop a bomb on an American roadway and then sit there with your “BUT BUT BUT THE GUARDRAILS!!”
I’m a Guardrail, and I Don’t Know What the Fuck You People Want from Me
Okay, so look. I’m your basic galvanized steel thrie-beam guardrail. My job is to keep vehicles from flying off the escarpment and squishing all th...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 23, 2024 at 8:24 PM
I was built to keep people safe during NORMAL-ASS TRAFFIC INCIDENTS. You can’t drop a bomb on an American roadway and then sit there with your “BUT BUT BUT THE GUARDRAILS!!”