Will Walker, PhD.
@energystate.bsky.social
Energy policy scholar, working in energy efficiency program evaluation. VATSIM Air Traffic Controller. Foster parent. Cat dad.
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me
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The entire ethos of the Trump administration is that nobody who disagrees with them, nobody who fails to support them, is legitimate or entitled to any rights in any way. It is the ethos of thuggish tyranny.
I can't think of an attorney general ever showing this much open contempt for Congress before.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
February 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
The entire ethos of the Trump administration is that nobody who disagrees with them, nobody who fails to support them, is legitimate or entitled to any rights in any way. It is the ethos of thuggish tyranny.
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We are gonna need help getting millions of women their passports.
Terrible. The bill now goes to the Senate. Make those calls. 202-224-3121
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:03 AM
We are gonna need help getting millions of women their passports.
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The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ
Contact Your MOC
social.demcast.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The so-called Save America Act will force 21 million American citizens to produce passports or birth certificates just to register to vote. Most do not have them ready. Turning paperwork into a barrier is a poll tax by another name. #HandsOffHerVote social.demcast.com/s/L9X3k1fQ
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Birth rates have plunged worldwide.
An interesting comment stated: animals in captivity often don’t reproduce
A dying planet, hyper disconnection or artificial connection, mega surveillance and economic struggle all to blame.
An interesting comment stated: animals in captivity often don’t reproduce
A dying planet, hyper disconnection or artificial connection, mega surveillance and economic struggle all to blame.
February 12, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Birth rates have plunged worldwide.
An interesting comment stated: animals in captivity often don’t reproduce
A dying planet, hyper disconnection or artificial connection, mega surveillance and economic struggle all to blame.
An interesting comment stated: animals in captivity often don’t reproduce
A dying planet, hyper disconnection or artificial connection, mega surveillance and economic struggle all to blame.
There's a lot to be stressed about. Remember to feed your own brain, too. For me? That's keeping my stream going.
Newbie-Friendly #ATC Service on the #VATSIM network! I'm running the KSYR TRACON (including KRME) to welcome newer pilots to the network. Come fly with me, or just say hi!
#avgeek
Newbie-Friendly #ATC Service on the #VATSIM network! I'm running the KSYR TRACON (including KRME) to welcome newer pilots to the network. Come fly with me, or just say hi!
#avgeek
PhDIPO - Twitch
PhD Climate/Energy Policy Scholar, aspirational aviator, Air Traffic Controller on the VATSIM network.
twitch.tv
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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LISTEN: There are a lot of folks out here working tirelessly to get the truth out there. Replying to us that nothing matters because there'll be no consequences is not only incorrect, but it belittles the work we do. It's insulting and shortsighted. Stop following us if you don't want the info.
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
LISTEN: There are a lot of folks out here working tirelessly to get the truth out there. Replying to us that nothing matters because there'll be no consequences is not only incorrect, but it belittles the work we do. It's insulting and shortsighted. Stop following us if you don't want the info.
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I cannot over-emphasize how important it will be for people to make a plan to vote early in-person this year.
February 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I cannot over-emphasize how important it will be for people to make a plan to vote early in-person this year.
The seriousness of the substance aside, can we all agree that "Calvin Ball" is just the worst name for someone involved in official rulemaking? (I'm sure he's heard this joke before and is super sick of it.)
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The seriousness of the substance aside, can we all agree that "Calvin Ball" is just the worst name for someone involved in official rulemaking? (I'm sure he's heard this joke before and is super sick of it.)
And governors, and - sadly - other branches of state-level executive power.
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM
And governors, and - sadly - other branches of state-level executive power.
Jesus has been #2 since 1323, when they canonized Aquinas. They declared every chapter in his book it's own miracle in order to qualify him for sainthood - eclipsing Christ's miracle high score considerably.
February 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Jesus has been #2 since 1323, when they canonized Aquinas. They declared every chapter in his book it's own miracle in order to qualify him for sainthood - eclipsing Christ's miracle high score considerably.
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When we choose our politicians based on how many rich people they went to high school with, this is the result.
I have been on food stamps. I know politics isn’t a sport. It isn’t about scoring points on cable news. Politics is our actual lives.
But I am building the campaign funding on the fly.
I have been on food stamps. I know politics isn’t a sport. It isn’t about scoring points on cable news. Politics is our actual lives.
But I am building the campaign funding on the fly.
The people we spoke to - across racial groups, and across geographies in Pennsylvania - told us they feel disconnected from our leaders and our political system, that politics looks like a game played by privileged people. They don't feel like politicians really care about them or their communities.
February 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
When we choose our politicians based on how many rich people they went to high school with, this is the result.
I have been on food stamps. I know politics isn’t a sport. It isn’t about scoring points on cable news. Politics is our actual lives.
But I am building the campaign funding on the fly.
I have been on food stamps. I know politics isn’t a sport. It isn’t about scoring points on cable news. Politics is our actual lives.
But I am building the campaign funding on the fly.
Attention Democratic Establishment.
See this?
Be more like this.
See this?
Be more like this.
Inviting English hate monger Graham Linehan to Congress is bullshit.
Actual parents are terrified their children will lose access to medical care. Republicans respond by importing lying bigots to lie.
I am running for Congress so they have to say this shit to my face: bethfordemocracy.com
Actual parents are terrified their children will lose access to medical care. Republicans respond by importing lying bigots to lie.
I am running for Congress so they have to say this shit to my face: bethfordemocracy.com
Beth for Democracy | Bethany Andres-Beck for Congress
Bethany Andres-Beck is a candidate for Congress running to represent Massachusetts' 6th District.
bethfordemocracy.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Attention Democratic Establishment.
See this?
Be more like this.
See this?
Be more like this.
Quiet...quiet..quiet... SUDDENLY AIRPLANES. Wound up running multiple runways at SYR to avoid having to sequence people too hard, wound up with a go around anyway due to a scenery issue. Oops. RADAR Service terminated. See y'all in two Wednesdays!
DELTAS FOR DUMMIES (Charlies for Chumps Edition) is live!
Today's airfield: Syracuse, NY (KSYR) and Griffis International (KRME).
Online until ~1900Z
Come fly with me!
#VATSIM #avgeek #studentpilot #aviation #ATC #flightsim
Today's airfield: Syracuse, NY (KSYR) and Griffis International (KRME).
Online until ~1900Z
Come fly with me!
#VATSIM #avgeek #studentpilot #aviation #ATC #flightsim
PhDIPO - Twitch
DELTAS FOR DUMMIES (Charlies for Chumps Edition): Newbie-friendly ATC service on !VATSIM. Syracuse, NY (KSYR) TRACON.
twitch.tv
January 31, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Quiet...quiet..quiet... SUDDENLY AIRPLANES. Wound up running multiple runways at SYR to avoid having to sequence people too hard, wound up with a go around anyway due to a scenery issue. Oops. RADAR Service terminated. See y'all in two Wednesdays!
DELTAS FOR DUMMIES (Charlies for Chumps Edition) is live!
Today's airfield: Syracuse, NY (KSYR) and Griffis International (KRME).
Online until ~1900Z
Come fly with me!
#VATSIM #avgeek #studentpilot #aviation #ATC #flightsim
Today's airfield: Syracuse, NY (KSYR) and Griffis International (KRME).
Online until ~1900Z
Come fly with me!
#VATSIM #avgeek #studentpilot #aviation #ATC #flightsim
PhDIPO - Twitch
DELTAS FOR DUMMIES (Charlies for Chumps Edition): Newbie-friendly ATC service on !VATSIM. Syracuse, NY (KSYR) TRACON.
twitch.tv
January 31, 2026 at 1:03 PM
DELTAS FOR DUMMIES (Charlies for Chumps Edition) is live!
Today's airfield: Syracuse, NY (KSYR) and Griffis International (KRME).
Online until ~1900Z
Come fly with me!
#VATSIM #avgeek #studentpilot #aviation #ATC #flightsim
Today's airfield: Syracuse, NY (KSYR) and Griffis International (KRME).
Online until ~1900Z
Come fly with me!
#VATSIM #avgeek #studentpilot #aviation #ATC #flightsim
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As far as I know, Tom Suozzi here still does not have a primary challenger in his district (NY-3 on Long Island).
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
Confronted Congressman Tom Suozzi, one of seven Democrats casting the decisive votes to increase ICE funding by $10,000,000,000.
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 AM
As far as I know, Tom Suozzi here still does not have a primary challenger in his district (NY-3 on Long Island).
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
The filing deadline is April 6 for the primary on June 23, and if there's a remotely progressive town council member or PTA president in that district, this is the time to make a move.
DELTAS FOR DUMMIES is live! YOU'RE LISTENING TO 126.125, THE 'CUSE! (KSYR)
I'm running the whole TRACON, including Griffis, to welcome newer pilots to #VATSIM. Come fly with me!
#avgeek #aviation #studentpilot #flightsim #twitch
I'm running the whole TRACON, including Griffis, to welcome newer pilots to #VATSIM. Come fly with me!
#avgeek #aviation #studentpilot #flightsim #twitch
PhDIPO - Twitch
DELTAS FOR DUMMIES (Charlies for Chumps Edition): Newbie-friendly ATC service on !VATSIM. Syracuse, NY (KSYR) TRACON.
twitch.tv
January 29, 2026 at 12:25 AM
DELTAS FOR DUMMIES is live! YOU'RE LISTENING TO 126.125, THE 'CUSE! (KSYR)
I'm running the whole TRACON, including Griffis, to welcome newer pilots to #VATSIM. Come fly with me!
#avgeek #aviation #studentpilot #flightsim #twitch
I'm running the whole TRACON, including Griffis, to welcome newer pilots to #VATSIM. Come fly with me!
#avgeek #aviation #studentpilot #flightsim #twitch
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More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
I guess they're running out of ways to shit on veterans in this country after killing a VA nurse, so they have to start shitting on veterans in other countries to meet quota?
The U.S. Embassy in Denmark removed 44 Danish flags honoring Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan outside the building, drawing outrage from the country’s veterans amid heightened tensions between Copenhagen and Washington.
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
https://wapo.st/4rfbSOz
Removal of flags for fallen Danish soldiers at U.S. Embassy sparks backlash
There was no malicious intent in removing the flags, said a State Department spokesperson, who added that the flags had been replaced.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I guess they're running out of ways to shit on veterans in this country after killing a VA nurse, so they have to start shitting on veterans in other countries to meet quota?
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Head’s up if you’re shopping for your neighbors hunted by ICE:
Don’t put the address in your devices. Don’t use GPS.
Don’t put the address in your devices. Don’t use GPS.
January 28, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Head’s up if you’re shopping for your neighbors hunted by ICE:
Don’t put the address in your devices. Don’t use GPS.
Don’t put the address in your devices. Don’t use GPS.
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it's the Blitz all over again, and the Nazis are always surprised when being terrorized doesn't make people give up
The MAGA regime also really obviously doesn't know what to do with the fact that each time ICE murders somebody, the people they're trying to scare merely get more angry and more motivated to fight back.
January 26, 2026 at 8:58 PM
it's the Blitz all over again, and the Nazis are always surprised when being terrorized doesn't make people give up
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THIS. Strike while they're vulnerable.
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 AM
THIS. Strike while they're vulnerable.
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Every instance in which the Trump administration is forced to make changes, even cosmetic alterations like removing Bovine, is a good sign that US democracy is not yet dead.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Every instance in which the Trump administration is forced to make changes, even cosmetic alterations like removing Bovine, is a good sign that US democracy is not yet dead.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
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when woke 2 hits we're creating a whole new alphabet just for pronouns
the woke pendulum is swinging back so hard they're gonna be crying and begging for Brandon
January 27, 2026 at 4:40 AM
when woke 2 hits we're creating a whole new alphabet just for pronouns