@gentlystream.bsky.social
Pro-kindness, pro-planet, pro-democracy. For my children and grandchildren.
I read this in January, dreaded what Trump may do with all the eager militia types, and now we’re seeing it: thugs turned loose to terrorize. @maddow.msnbc.com @ryanjreilly.com @bencollins.bsky.social @kathleenbelew.bsky.social @aclu.org @mehdihasan.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I read this in January, dreaded what Trump may do with all the eager militia types, and now we’re seeing it: thugs turned loose to terrorize. @maddow.msnbc.com @ryanjreilly.com @bencollins.bsky.social @kathleenbelew.bsky.social @aclu.org @mehdihasan.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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This entire article points out that there is no plan. His own Treasury Secretary says he doesn’t know anything about it. So why does media keep running these kind of headlines? He keeps making these Truth Social posts and media keeps running stories as if it is something real.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This entire article points out that there is no plan. His own Treasury Secretary says he doesn’t know anything about it. So why does media keep running these kind of headlines? He keeps making these Truth Social posts and media keeps running stories as if it is something real.
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"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
THREAD: “Trump was walking the path toward self-immolation. Nine democrats saved him from himself.” The tragedy of Dem caving.
15. GOP voters often make choices that turn them into hostages. Admittedly, there wasn’t a lot of reason for them to reconsider that behavior, but now there’s none at all. Trump was walking the path toward self-immolation. Nine Democrats saved him from himself.
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
THREAD: “Trump was walking the path toward self-immolation. Nine democrats saved him from himself.” The tragedy of Dem caving.
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When Trump posted an AI video of himself flying a jet and bombing Americans with feces, the media decided it was no big deal. Why? Because he’s been bombing us with feces for a decade, and the media are used to it.
Their normalization is easing us into tyranny.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
Their normalization is easing us into tyranny.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
When Trump posted an AI video of himself flying a jet and bombing Americans with feces, the media decided it was no big deal. Why? Because he’s been bombing us with feces for a decade, and the media are used to it.
Their normalization is easing us into tyranny.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
Their normalization is easing us into tyranny.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
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The Dems sabotaged public trust. Poll after poll suggested most of the blame was on Trump. Last week’s elections suggested the shutdown was a legitimate resistance to illegitimate rule. Pressure was mounting. Rs were sweating. Trump was calling for the end of the filibuster. Then Schumer caved.
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Dems sabotaged public trust. Poll after poll suggested most of the blame was on Trump. Last week’s elections suggested the shutdown was a legitimate resistance to illegitimate rule. Pressure was mounting. Rs were sweating. Trump was calling for the end of the filibuster. Then Schumer caved.
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Plastics and petrochemicals have become the new frontier of the fossil-fuel economy. Under Trump's deregulation, the big oil industry has taken control of the regulatory bodies meant to protect us, as toxic compounds are now taking over the human body. #OpCanary #EndAutoGenocide 🧵
The Plastic Experiment
A global chemical crisis unfolds as industry turns inward. Plastic pollution becomes self-inflicted, an autogenocide of comfort, profit, and survival.
spookyconnections.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Plastics and petrochemicals have become the new frontier of the fossil-fuel economy. Under Trump's deregulation, the big oil industry has taken control of the regulatory bodies meant to protect us, as toxic compounds are now taking over the human body. #OpCanary #EndAutoGenocide 🧵
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Every 6 weeks, I get an IV medication to treat my autoimmune disorder.
My cost: $20
Insurance pays: $1,328.53
Provider charges: $8,500
Every 6 weeks. That's 8 or 9 times per year.
My cost: $20
Insurance pays: $1,328.53
Provider charges: $8,500
Every 6 weeks. That's 8 or 9 times per year.
so, today I got the surgery center where I got my deviated septum fixed to send me an itemized bill so I could submit to my FSA for reimbursement
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
my out of pocket cost: $473
what my insurance paid: $4258
what they tried to charge my insurance (not a misprint): $173692
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Every 6 weeks, I get an IV medication to treat my autoimmune disorder.
My cost: $20
Insurance pays: $1,328.53
Provider charges: $8,500
Every 6 weeks. That's 8 or 9 times per year.
My cost: $20
Insurance pays: $1,328.53
Provider charges: $8,500
Every 6 weeks. That's 8 or 9 times per year.
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Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
THREAD: To date, capitalism runs counter to climate health, with a focus on profits now vs planetary health now and into the future. We need a different structure—to care, to lead. @jasonhickel.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
THREAD: To date, capitalism runs counter to climate health, with a focus on profits now vs planetary health now and into the future. We need a different structure—to care, to lead. @jasonhickel.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
SNAP recipient: “It wasn’t 40 million people starving that made them cave. They were willing to put up with that. But the threat of holiday travel being disrupted… They have failed everyone. I’m so angry.” cc @nicollewallace.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov (after all Virginia’s Dem gains) @msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
SNAP recipient: “It wasn’t 40 million people starving that made them cave. They were willing to put up with that. But the threat of holiday travel being disrupted… They have failed everyone. I’m so angry.” cc @nicollewallace.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov (after all Virginia’s Dem gains) @msnbc.com
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Excellent analysis by EJ of the elections last Tuesday. Maddening that Senate Democrats decided to rain on their own parade.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Excellent analysis by EJ of the elections last Tuesday. Maddening that Senate Democrats decided to rain on their own parade.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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'Genocide stopped only in media': Gaza endures daily bombings a month into truce - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/genocide-stopped-only-media-gaza-endures-daily-bombings-month-truce
'Genocide stopped only in media': Gaza endures daily bombings a month into truce
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<p>Originally from Gaza City, the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a> mother has remained displaced in Deir al-Balah since the truce took effect on 11 October, as most of her neighbourhood, Shujaiya, remains under <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> control.</p>
<p>Two weeks into the agreement, Israeli forces heavily bombed the area where she was staying, forcing her to seek refuge elsewhere.</p>
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<p>“She never imagined she would be killed here too, leaving her children without a mother or father.”</p>
<h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/genocide-stopped-only-media-gaza-endures-daily-bombings-month-truce">Gaza endures daily bombings a month into truce</a></h3>
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November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
'Genocide stopped only in media': Gaza endures daily bombings a month into truce - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/genocide-stopped-only-media-gaza-endures-daily-bombings-month-truce
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📌I can't stop banging this drum: Democrats had a spectacular Tuesday at the polls, the wind at their backs, and basically punched themselves and their voters in the face five days later.
This is political malpractice at best, and out and out brazen capitulation to their billionaire donors at worst.
This is political malpractice at best, and out and out brazen capitulation to their billionaire donors at worst.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📌I can't stop banging this drum: Democrats had a spectacular Tuesday at the polls, the wind at their backs, and basically punched themselves and their voters in the face five days later.
This is political malpractice at best, and out and out brazen capitulation to their billionaire donors at worst.
This is political malpractice at best, and out and out brazen capitulation to their billionaire donors at worst.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Even the "centrist" Sherrill is against the caving.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Even the "centrist" Sherrill is against the caving.
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DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump
Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
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I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
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Shame over poverty is such that people reflexively hide it. I had one pair of pants for years, and we lost our house to bankruptcy. But my mother and stepfather in the same town (with whom I didn't live) had no idea. So many people, barely hanging on, keeping it to themselves, now without food.
“The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.”
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Shame over poverty is such that people reflexively hide it. I had one pair of pants for years, and we lost our house to bankruptcy. But my mother and stepfather in the same town (with whom I didn't live) had no idea. So many people, barely hanging on, keeping it to themselves, now without food.
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It makes no sense to continue investing in oil, gas, and coal which keep getting more expensive, when clean energy is *cheaper* because the wind and sun are *unlimited* and *free.*
Fossil fuels are only still around because of the lies and corruption of the fossil fuel industry.
Fossil fuels are only still around because of the lies and corruption of the fossil fuel industry.
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It makes no sense to continue investing in oil, gas, and coal which keep getting more expensive, when clean energy is *cheaper* because the wind and sun are *unlimited* and *free.*
Fossil fuels are only still around because of the lies and corruption of the fossil fuel industry.
Fossil fuels are only still around because of the lies and corruption of the fossil fuel industry.
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Yes, it's a moral failure to allow fossil fuel pollution and fail to switch to clean energy.
And a criminal failure b/c it is enabled by disinformation, fraud, and negligence.
And a financial failure b/c WE are paying TRILLIONS in damage so fossil fuel companies can make billions in profits. 💸💸💸
And a criminal failure b/c it is enabled by disinformation, fraud, and negligence.
And a financial failure b/c WE are paying TRILLIONS in damage so fossil fuel companies can make billions in profits. 💸💸💸
Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit
UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Yes, it's a moral failure to allow fossil fuel pollution and fail to switch to clean energy.
And a criminal failure b/c it is enabled by disinformation, fraud, and negligence.
And a financial failure b/c WE are paying TRILLIONS in damage so fossil fuel companies can make billions in profits. 💸💸💸
And a criminal failure b/c it is enabled by disinformation, fraud, and negligence.
And a financial failure b/c WE are paying TRILLIONS in damage so fossil fuel companies can make billions in profits. 💸💸💸
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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It is both ethically wrong & fundamentally anti-democratic for one man to command this much wealth and power.
States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It is both ethically wrong & fundamentally anti-democratic for one man to command this much wealth and power.
States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dropped everything to publish this new op-ed to @mongabay.com by former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson
She calls Bill Gates' new essay on #climatechange dangerous & false
“The great challenge of our time is to build a future where every person can thrive on a healthy planet,” Robinson argues:
She calls Bill Gates' new essay on #climatechange dangerous & false
“The great challenge of our time is to build a future where every person can thrive on a healthy planet,” Robinson argues:
No, Bill Gates, we don’t have to choose between people & planet (commentary)
Bill Gates has long been a leading voice in the global response to human health and climate change. His climate investments and advocacy have helped drive innovation, expand access to clean energy, an...
news.mongabay.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Dropped everything to publish this new op-ed to @mongabay.com by former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson
She calls Bill Gates' new essay on #climatechange dangerous & false
“The great challenge of our time is to build a future where every person can thrive on a healthy planet,” Robinson argues:
She calls Bill Gates' new essay on #climatechange dangerous & false
“The great challenge of our time is to build a future where every person can thrive on a healthy planet,” Robinson argues: