emily thai
@ethai.bsky.social
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emily thai
@ethai.bsky.social
· Dec 29
From MontCo to Bucks, from our streets to the halls of congress, one thing rings true: politics are personal. They're in our rent, health insurance premiums, electricity bills, and grocery bills. I’m running for Congress to ensure that government works for us, not billionaires and corporate donors.
some personal news:
if anyone else called me to say "hi I'm running for Congress, will you move across the country to help" I'd say "no lol ur delusional" but it was Lucia so I said "yes duh"
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if anyone else called me to say "hi I'm running for Congress, will you move across the country to help" I'd say "no lol ur delusional" but it was Lucia so I said "yes duh"
drop a follow, help bring a climate policy expert + the kindest, most principled human I know to Congress
genuinely i will defend EAs on a lot of things but it's hard when they love nothing more than digging their own grave and then wondering why everyone thinks they're dead
Villalobos, a former research at Epoch AI, was also the first to share the link to the site on any public platform, as far as I can tell. I'd put money behind him being involved or the originator of this
February 3, 2026 at 3:34 AM
genuinely i will defend EAs on a lot of things but it's hard when they love nothing more than digging their own grave and then wondering why everyone thinks they're dead
awww i used to live right by sipping turtle, i think it could/should survive as a cute lil coffee and sandwich shop but logandale deserves better boba at this point in the 21st century
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 AM
awww i used to live right by sipping turtle, i think it could/should survive as a cute lil coffee and sandwich shop but logandale deserves better boba at this point in the 21st century
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we are going to win
A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE
1 in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.
inthesetimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
we are going to win
oooh interesting i feel like the international chains are expanding faster these days - when i was living in chicago i felt like we were 5 years behind in getting gong cha, tiger sugar, etc. i was diehard for tao tea
February 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
oooh interesting i feel like the international chains are expanding faster these days - when i was living in chicago i felt like we were 5 years behind in getting gong cha, tiger sugar, etc. i was diehard for tao tea
this post is how im finding out that chicago has molly and chicha now
February 2, 2026 at 4:02 AM
this post is how im finding out that chicago has molly and chicha now
i say this bc a union-backed candidate whose campaign opened with a commitment to economic, social, and climate justice winning +14 is not the same as "Dems" winning +14, and corporate Dems hoping to ride the coattails of candidates braver than them are setting us up to fail
February 2, 2026 at 3:25 AM
i say this bc a union-backed candidate whose campaign opened with a commitment to economic, social, and climate justice winning +14 is not the same as "Dems" winning +14, and corporate Dems hoping to ride the coattails of candidates braver than them are setting us up to fail
drawing any conclusion requires making some assumptions, but certainly not those specific assumptions
February 1, 2026 at 5:25 PM
drawing any conclusion requires making some assumptions, but certainly not those specific assumptions
it'll be interesting to see the tarrant county exit polls but there's something icky about Pundit Class immediately jumping to "texas +30 for dems!!!", as if the electorate is an inanimate mass that sways from one side of the imaginary left-right spectrum to the other
February 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM
it'll be interesting to see the tarrant county exit polls but there's something icky about Pundit Class immediately jumping to "texas +30 for dems!!!", as if the electorate is an inanimate mass that sways from one side of the imaginary left-right spectrum to the other
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“If (Taylor Rehmet) were to lose by six points, that’d be worth talking about,” one political expert told me ahead of last night's race. “And if Rehmet were to win? You’d say, ‘Holy shit.’”
Rehmet won by 14 points.
Rehmet won by 14 points.
Union-backed Dem Taylor Rehmet nearly pulled off a stunning upset in November — almost winning a deep-red TX Senate seat over two billionaire-funded Republicans. He's now in a runoff with a fixture of the Texas far right. My latest, from Tarrant County, a bellwether and hub of Christian nationalism:
In Tarrant County, a Hub for the Far Right, a Democrat Seeks a Major Upset
In a runoff election for Texas Senate District 9, which has not elected a Democrat since 1991, Taylor Rehmet is betting his pro-labor message can flip disillusioned voters.
www.texasmonthly.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
“If (Taylor Rehmet) were to lose by six points, that’d be worth talking about,” one political expert told me ahead of last night's race. “And if Rehmet were to win? You’d say, ‘Holy shit.’”
Rehmet won by 14 points.
Rehmet won by 14 points.
hate to say it but these guys somehow have a more coherent strategy than the online leftists instagramming about a general strike
Billionaires get a bad rap. But most of them make our lives much better.
The proposed CA Billionaire Tax Act is a tax on unrealized gains and is already driving founders out of the state.
Join us Feb 7 and #MarchForBillionaires!
marchforbillionaires.org
The proposed CA Billionaire Tax Act is a tax on unrealized gains and is already driving founders out of the state.
Join us Feb 7 and #MarchForBillionaires!
marchforbillionaires.org
February 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
hate to say it but these guys somehow have a more coherent strategy than the online leftists instagramming about a general strike
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the Twin Cities action was genuinely impressive and unprecedented in the modern era. today's "nationwide general strike" is another in a long line of "boycott Amazon don't buy anything today!" infographic slop activism that actually demobilizes people
January 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM
the Twin Cities action was genuinely impressive and unprecedented in the modern era. today's "nationwide general strike" is another in a long line of "boycott Amazon don't buy anything today!" infographic slop activism that actually demobilizes people
i've heard roughly the same from people in academia, arts, freelancers
unfortunately those of us over here whining about people over there does not fix that problem for them and in fact probably makes it worse
unfortunately those of us over here whining about people over there does not fix that problem for them and in fact probably makes it worse
January 29, 2026 at 7:59 PM
i've heard roughly the same from people in academia, arts, freelancers
unfortunately those of us over here whining about people over there does not fix that problem for them and in fact probably makes it worse
unfortunately those of us over here whining about people over there does not fix that problem for them and in fact probably makes it worse
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This is physically unsustainable for all life on earth.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This is physically unsustainable for all life on earth.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.
ok now i need to leave tiktok and ig reels because my mental soundtrack all day has been eat zucchini, eat zucchini, eat zucchini, eat zucchini, do you need me, like the emoji
January 28, 2026 at 3:46 AM
ok now i need to leave tiktok and ig reels because my mental soundtrack all day has been eat zucchini, eat zucchini, eat zucchini, eat zucchini, do you need me, like the emoji
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If you have friends in tech, ask them to sign onto this letter demanding that CEOs speak out against the Pillsbury Proud Boys rampaging in our streets and that the firms cut ties with ICE iceout.tech
Tech demands ICE out of our cities
iceout.tech
January 26, 2026 at 11:32 PM
If you have friends in tech, ask them to sign onto this letter demanding that CEOs speak out against the Pillsbury Proud Boys rampaging in our streets and that the firms cut ties with ICE iceout.tech
yet another day where i wish the left was as well-organized as fox news claims we are
Then there’s…this. This is a news article, not an op ed. I reviewed Fox’s December 2019-March 2020 COVID coverage in their online news section and it didn’t throw in shit like this, even since then they’ve deteriorated
January 26, 2026 at 9:26 PM
yet another day where i wish the left was as well-organized as fox news claims we are
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Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality | Indivisible
indivisible.org
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
the beauty of a good meme is that if you weren't there when it happened you don't really know what it means until a thinkpiece explains it and by then of course the internet has moved on archive.ph/C9CsA
> "they function as a projection of... the decay of the American dream”
> "they function as a projection of... the decay of the American dream”
archive.ph
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 PM
the beauty of a good meme is that if you weren't there when it happened you don't really know what it means until a thinkpiece explains it and by then of course the internet has moved on archive.ph/C9CsA
> "they function as a projection of... the decay of the American dream”
> "they function as a projection of... the decay of the American dream”
ok i've been spending more time on tiktok and ig reels for research purposes and sad to say i have missed out on so many good memes by being mostly a bsky user for the past few months. how did no one on here tell me about "you've met me at a very chinese time in my life"
January 23, 2026 at 10:44 PM
ok i've been spending more time on tiktok and ig reels for research purposes and sad to say i have missed out on so many good memes by being mostly a bsky user for the past few months. how did no one on here tell me about "you've met me at a very chinese time in my life"
i don't think so (i'm also not in the city proper) but now we're all internet moots so that's even better
January 23, 2026 at 10:42 PM
i don't think so (i'm also not in the city proper) but now we're all internet moots so that's even better
true true true thank you - urgency-towards-action rather than urgency-towards-doomerism
January 23, 2026 at 10:36 PM
true true true thank you - urgency-towards-action rather than urgency-towards-doomerism
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
but if you want to solve climate (or anything) in the long run i fail to see how you do that without building narrative and power explicitly around climate. like the "don't talk about it" approach is centrist wonks digging themselves a hole
January 23, 2026 at 7:43 PM
but if you want to solve climate (or anything) in the long run i fail to see how you do that without building narrative and power explicitly around climate. like the "don't talk about it" approach is centrist wonks digging themselves a hole
tbh my hot take here is that it's at least in part a byproduct of the urgency culture we the left created around climate - if you need to get something done tomorrow, in today's political conditions, then maybe it makes sense to talk about affordability, bc our movements don't have governing power
January 23, 2026 at 7:43 PM
tbh my hot take here is that it's at least in part a byproduct of the urgency culture we the left created around climate - if you need to get something done tomorrow, in today's political conditions, then maybe it makes sense to talk about affordability, bc our movements don't have governing power
LOL no it was a lot of crunchy footsteps and machinery whizzing
January 23, 2026 at 2:22 PM
LOL no it was a lot of crunchy footsteps and machinery whizzing