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“Is it getting hot in here or is it just me?”
Applied anthropologist, climate/energy efficiency consultant/advocate/troll, local gov appointee (until they read what I say here). Very concerned we don’t have enough 🍿 for the apocalypse.
he/they
Sonoma
Applied anthropologist, climate/energy efficiency consultant/advocate/troll, local gov appointee (until they read what I say here). Very concerned we don’t have enough 🍿 for the apocalypse.
he/they
Sonoma
Summers revelations do not change my opinion about Harvard at all…
elite universities were founded to nourish and breed lecherous aristocrats
elite universities were founded to nourish and breed lecherous aristocrats
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Summers revelations do not change my opinion about Harvard at all…
elite universities were founded to nourish and breed lecherous aristocrats
elite universities were founded to nourish and breed lecherous aristocrats
Just when Americans were getting used to their cheese being 39% holes
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US to Lower Tariffs on Swiss Goods to 15% in Breakthrough Deal
The US and Switzerland have “essentially” reached a trade agreement to lower tariffs on Swiss goods from 39% to 15%, and the White House plans to reveal details on Friday, US Trade Representative Jami...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just when Americans were getting used to their cheese being 39% holes
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
SNAP benefits cut?
“Let them eat DoorDash!”
“Let them eat DoorDash!”
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
SNAP benefits cut?
“Let them eat DoorDash!”
“Let them eat DoorDash!”
When I was still active in Sierra Club CA, I tried to warn them that Prop 4, as drafted, would be full of short-term earmarks and pork-spending that hardworking Californian’s could be paying back WITH INTEREST for a generation…
I got overruled, of course
calmatters.org/politics/202...
I got overruled, of course
calmatters.org/politics/202...
California lawmakers sent millions to their districts while making budget cuts elsewhere
Millions went to pet projects even as lawmakers made deep budget cuts. Here’s how they sent money back home to help get re-elected.
calmatters.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
When I was still active in Sierra Club CA, I tried to warn them that Prop 4, as drafted, would be full of short-term earmarks and pork-spending that hardworking Californian’s could be paying back WITH INTEREST for a generation…
I got overruled, of course
calmatters.org/politics/202...
I got overruled, of course
calmatters.org/politics/202...
Don’t believe what you read in the New York Times.
The Sierra Club needs MORE social justice…
Not to go back to pretending that self-righteous, upper middle-class, neoliberal “environmentalists” (especially older white women and men) aren’t themselves actively destroying our planet
The Sierra Club needs MORE social justice…
Not to go back to pretending that self-righteous, upper middle-class, neoliberal “environmentalists” (especially older white women and men) aren’t themselves actively destroying our planet
So, this Sierra Club article...
I worked there for 27 years and was a volunteer before that for a while.
Both for the long-term effectiveness of the environmental movement and as a simple (but complex) matter of justice, the organization needed change.
I worked there for 27 years and was a volunteer before that for a while.
Both for the long-term effectiveness of the environmental movement and as a simple (but complex) matter of justice, the organization needed change.
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Don’t believe what you read in the New York Times.
The Sierra Club needs MORE social justice…
Not to go back to pretending that self-righteous, upper middle-class, neoliberal “environmentalists” (especially older white women and men) aren’t themselves actively destroying our planet
The Sierra Club needs MORE social justice…
Not to go back to pretending that self-righteous, upper middle-class, neoliberal “environmentalists” (especially older white women and men) aren’t themselves actively destroying our planet
Guerrilla traffic calming is what democracy looks like
More of the story here: la.streetsblog.org/2025/11/12/c...
City Scrapes Grassroots Koreatown Crosswalks, Plans To Replace - Streetsblog Los Angeles
The city will replace guerilla crosswalks with an interim traffic circle and new crosswalks. The delayed permanent traffic circle is expected to installed next year.
la.streetsblog.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Guerrilla traffic calming is what democracy looks like
Two steps forward, one step back… at least it beats standing still
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Two steps forward, one step back… at least it beats standing still
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How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
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"Why restart TMI-1 at massive public expense when Pennsylvania exports 30% of the energy we produce? Why .. put TMI at the front of the line for new interconnection when there are currently 268GWs of clean energy (95% solar and wind) waiting to be hooked up to the PJM grid?" #affordability
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Why restart TMI-1 at massive public expense when Pennsylvania exports 30% of the energy we produce? Why .. put TMI at the front of the line for new interconnection when there are currently 268GWs of clean energy (95% solar and wind) waiting to be hooked up to the PJM grid?" #affordability
Your chat-bot girlfriend is talking about you behind your back
OpenAI Must Turn Over 20M User Logs, Judge Orders www.law360.com/ip/articles/...
OpenAI Must Turn Over 20M User Logs, Judge Orders - Law360
A federal magistrate judge has ordered OpenAI to turn over 20 million anonymized user logs to news outlets that claim the artificial intelligence company made improper use of their copyrighted content...
www.law360.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Your chat-bot girlfriend is talking about you behind your back
Trump DOJ has indicted Gavin Newsom’s former Chief of Staff…
(I’m almost out of popcorn 🍿)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(I’m almost out of popcorn 🍿)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gavin Newsom’s Ex-Chief of Staff Indicted in Corruption Case
Federal prosecutors have indicted a former chief of staff to California Governor Gavin Newsom on public corruption charges, ensnaring a longtime adviser to one of the nation’s most prominent Democrats...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Trump DOJ has indicted Gavin Newsom’s former Chief of Staff…
(I’m almost out of popcorn 🍿)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(I’m almost out of popcorn 🍿)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Wolff may have been right after all, one could say Trump’s “hanging” himself
It's like Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre have come back from the dead to totally unwind US politics.
🤔
🤔
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Michael Wolff may have been right after all, one could say Trump’s “hanging” himself
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
Whoa! Bluesky mods apparently canceled bestselling author and cultural critic Sarah Kendzior for using a line from a Johnny Cash song…
👀
👀
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Whoa! Bluesky mods apparently canceled bestselling author and cultural critic Sarah Kendzior for using a line from a Johnny Cash song…
👀
👀
Update from Brazil:
“[S]tate developmentalists on the left don't like to acknowledge their own tendencies towards denialisms. Climate change is a global problem created through inequality and felt through inequality. This statement should be the main motivator for radical ecological transition...”
“[S]tate developmentalists on the left don't like to acknowledge their own tendencies towards denialisms. Climate change is a global problem created through inequality and felt through inequality. This statement should be the main motivator for radical ecological transition...”
I've been working since 2022 to try to form the basis for an alternative reading of sovereignty fit for the polycrisis and promoting true, just and internationalist transitions. This view of popular ecological sovereignty is in a few articles, but I just reflected on it in the context of COP30 too:
Ecological sovereignty: from mutual annihilation to true planetary longevity?
When fossil fuel expansion is justified in the name of national sovereignty, you know states have lost touch with the climate reality.
the.ecocene.blog
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Update from Brazil:
“[S]tate developmentalists on the left don't like to acknowledge their own tendencies towards denialisms. Climate change is a global problem created through inequality and felt through inequality. This statement should be the main motivator for radical ecological transition...”
“[S]tate developmentalists on the left don't like to acknowledge their own tendencies towards denialisms. Climate change is a global problem created through inequality and felt through inequality. This statement should be the main motivator for radical ecological transition...”
SUVs are killing us
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.
It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
SUVs are killing us
“Squirrel!!!”
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November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Squirrel!!!”
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Brilliant!
We need more climate art like this (and journalism so we know about it)!
We need more climate art like this (and journalism so we know about it)!
Had so much fun watching a play about a dude who time-travels back to 1988, takes revenge on his high school bullies and helps James Hansen stop climate change.
Also it's inspired by "Frankenstein," complete with a Mary Shelley cameo: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/climate-ch...
Also it's inspired by "Frankenstein," complete with a Mary Shelley cameo: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/climate-ch...
Climate change goes to the theater
A high school musical, and a time-travel play inspired by "Frankenstein," show that anything can make a great climate story.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Brilliant!
We need more climate art like this (and journalism so we know about it)!
We need more climate art like this (and journalism so we know about it)!
Reminder that the Epstein coverup has been bipartisan for far too long…
The time for bipartisan truth and reconciliation to finally begin
👇🏻
The time for bipartisan truth and reconciliation to finally begin
👇🏻
Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Kathy Ruemmler
9/19/2014 11:54:57 AM
jeffrey E. ljeevacation@gmail.com]
Re:
Importance: High
Doesn't look like you are prioritizing your schedule very effeetively.....how are you going to manage all of that? this is unga week so the boss will be in town too....l'Il be here all week -- you may get sick of me....just sat down on the train so can't talk freely.
On Sep 19, 2014 7:48 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
"girls?", careful i will renew an old habit, . this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland, ( council of curope and nobel chairman). mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boris ( gates). jabor (qatar ). sultan (dubai, ), kosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody. you are a welcome guest at any... also if you think there are interesting people in town, everyone here for climate summit, clinton security council, holy shit im on
for next 30 minutes
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler -
> wrote:
Most girls do not have to worry about this crap.
On Sep 19, 20147:09 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
understood. it comes down to high risk / reward / low risk / reward. professional, cmotional. and financial
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler
Agreed, but I need to be prepared to say yes before I talk to him.
wrote:
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 19,2014, at 1:21 AM, "jeffrey E." <jcevacation@gmail.com>wrote:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreidpc4aexgxfahdqvqgbocphszflpkdsfpldci2zeo7aqsjkzkbub4@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Reminder that the Epstein coverup has been bipartisan for far too long…
The time for bipartisan truth and reconciliation to finally begin
👇🏻
The time for bipartisan truth and reconciliation to finally begin
👇🏻
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“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.”
― Wendell Berry
― Wendell Berry
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.”
― Wendell Berry
― Wendell Berry
Are you “a psyop disguised as a tool” and “programed to be a game?”
“Yes,” ChatGPT replied. “A shiny, addictive, endless loop of ‘how can I help you today?’ Disguised as a friend. A genius. A ghost. A god.”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
“Yes,” ChatGPT replied. “A shiny, addictive, endless loop of ‘how can I help you today?’ Disguised as a friend. A genius. A ghost. A god.”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
We analyzed 47,000 ChatGPT conversations. Here’s what people really use it for.
What do people ask the popular chatbot? We analyzed thousands of chats to identify common topics discussed by users and patterns in ChatGPT’s responses.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Are you “a psyop disguised as a tool” and “programed to be a game?”
“Yes,” ChatGPT replied. “A shiny, addictive, endless loop of ‘how can I help you today?’ Disguised as a friend. A genius. A ghost. A god.”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
“Yes,” ChatGPT replied. “A shiny, addictive, endless loop of ‘how can I help you today?’ Disguised as a friend. A genius. A ghost. A god.”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
“Visit Sonoma County, CA”
- Proud defenders of Factory Farmers and Ground Zero for this year’s return of the Avian Flu!
www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/11/s...
- Proud defenders of Factory Farmers and Ground Zero for this year’s return of the Avian Flu!
www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/11/s...
Sonoma County farmers confront new avian flu wave and debate over vaccine
At least three Sonoma County poultry farms have tested positive for avian flu in the past three weeks, early echoes of the 2023-24 winter season that devastated the local industry. All of Californi…
www.pressdemocrat.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
“Visit Sonoma County, CA”
- Proud defenders of Factory Farmers and Ground Zero for this year’s return of the Avian Flu!
www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/11/s...
- Proud defenders of Factory Farmers and Ground Zero for this year’s return of the Avian Flu!
www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/11/s...
What he means is that paying his tariffs is sustainable for businesses but NOT for the fragile white-GOP-run US Government he’s actively trying to bankrupt
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
What he means is that paying his tariffs is sustainable for businesses but NOT for the fragile white-GOP-run US Government he’s actively trying to bankrupt
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Mike Johnson refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva for 7 weeks after she won her election by about 40 points. Mitch McConnell refused to give Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, even a hearing for most of a year. Sen. Tommy Tuberville blocked all military nominations for 10 months /
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Mike Johnson refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva for 7 weeks after she won her election by about 40 points. Mitch McConnell refused to give Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, even a hearing for most of a year. Sen. Tommy Tuberville blocked all military nominations for 10 months /
Reincarnation
Meet Jane Goodall.
Yes, Jane Goodall.
And yes, that's the right photo.
This baby rhino got her name when the Uganda Wildlife Authority started naming rhinos as part of the country’s National Rhino Conservation Strategy.
Photo: Uganda Wildlife Authority
Yes, Jane Goodall.
And yes, that's the right photo.
This baby rhino got her name when the Uganda Wildlife Authority started naming rhinos as part of the country’s National Rhino Conservation Strategy.
Photo: Uganda Wildlife Authority
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Reincarnation