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Interested in Climate Change, Public Health, Social Justice, Environment
With GOP taking over, I will be focusing a lot more energy on local community
With GOP taking over, I will be focusing a lot more energy on local community
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Multiple historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are on lockdown after receiving potential threats on Thursday, including Alabama State University, Virginia State University, Hampton University in Virginia, Southern University in Louisiana, and Clark Atlanta University in Georgia.
Multiple HBCUs under lockdown after receiving threats amid rising campus security concerns
At least six historically Black colleges enacted lockdowns after receiving threats, amid heightened concerns following recent campus violence at Utah Valley University.
abcnews.go.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Multiple historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are on lockdown after receiving potential threats on Thursday, including Alabama State University, Virginia State University, Hampton University in Virginia, Southern University in Louisiana, and Clark Atlanta University in Georgia.
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I wrote this back in 2019 but I think it’s relevant now: No, Charlie Kirk was not an advocate for debate and speech. In fact, he may have been the single most important figure in ensuring speech would be punished on campus. He was a well funded right-wing agitator connected to state power.
The “Free Speech” Cheat | Shane Burley
While TPUSA has staked their reputation in the defense of “free speech,” student activists are increasingly pointing out their material effect on campuses.
thebaffler.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I wrote this back in 2019 but I think it’s relevant now: No, Charlie Kirk was not an advocate for debate and speech. In fact, he may have been the single most important figure in ensuring speech would be punished on campus. He was a well funded right-wing agitator connected to state power.
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For the people in the back, bigotry is not an opinion…
September 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
For the people in the back, bigotry is not an opinion…
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We don't yet have any idea what the ideology of the Kirk shooter was.
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts
Armed with a revolver, the 16-year-old shooter systematically reloaded and fired as he wandered the school, trying to find new targets, police say.
www.denverpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We don't yet have any idea what the ideology of the Kirk shooter was.
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
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As someone who has closely watched some of these fascists pre-regime but is still trying to make sense of how they govern AS a regime, this is a very helpful crystallization
again: it’s a regime, and the regime’s composition includes various private citizens, propagandists, and soon, likely, paramilitaries. it doesn’t include career civil servants. opposition party is not a governance partner, it’s an enemy to be crushed. bsky.app/profile/rvbd...
Ok……
Charlie Kirk’s casket being loaded on Air Force Two by JD Vance and members of the US armed forces.
Charlie Kirk’s casket being loaded on Air Force Two by JD Vance and members of the US armed forces.
September 12, 2025 at 5:06 AM
As someone who has closely watched some of these fascists pre-regime but is still trying to make sense of how they govern AS a regime, this is a very helpful crystallization
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The reaction to Kirk’s murder on the right is a reminder that Republicans are the most bad faith people on the face of the planet.
September 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The reaction to Kirk’s murder on the right is a reminder that Republicans are the most bad faith people on the face of the planet.
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Charlie Kirk died blaming black people for gun violence while at the exact same time a white supremacist was carrying out a school shooting.
We don't yet have any idea what the ideology of the Kirk shooter was.
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts
Armed with a revolver, the 16-year-old shooter systematically reloaded and fired as he wandered the school, trying to find new targets, police say.
www.denverpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Charlie Kirk died blaming black people for gun violence while at the exact same time a white supremacist was carrying out a school shooting.
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This place could use a chunky dose of delicious satellite imagery.
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
November 19, 2024 at 2:41 AM
This place could use a chunky dose of delicious satellite imagery.
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
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Beware, this "BBC Breaking News" account is fake. It's not an official BBC News account.
If BBC News ever joins this platform, it'll be publicised via official BBC platforms.
If BBC News ever joins this platform, it'll be publicised via official BBC platforms.
November 19, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Beware, this "BBC Breaking News" account is fake. It's not an official BBC News account.
If BBC News ever joins this platform, it'll be publicised via official BBC platforms.
If BBC News ever joins this platform, it'll be publicised via official BBC platforms.
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having to watch Fox News should be considered an aggravating circumstance by the courts.
“Matt Gaetz, allegedly paid for two women in 2019 to travel to New York to have sex, watch his appearance on Fox News, and attend the Broadway show ‘Pretty Woman,’ an attorney for the women told ABC News.”
Gaetz allegedly flew 2 women to New York, paid them for sex: Attorney
Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, allegedly paid for two women in 2019 to travel to New York to have sex, a lawyer for the women says.
abcnews.go.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:16 AM
having to watch Fox News should be considered an aggravating circumstance by the courts.
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Mace voted for a rapist and her good friend Matt Gaetz sex trafficked a minor. Please spare me this protecting women bullshit.
November 19, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Mace voted for a rapist and her good friend Matt Gaetz sex trafficked a minor. Please spare me this protecting women bullshit.
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Sadly ☹️
November 18, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Sadly ☹️
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Excellent piece on winning against big oil by communicating smarter (focused on the US, but useful elsewhere)
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-... @billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-... @billmckibben.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Excellent piece on winning against big oil by communicating smarter (focused on the US, but useful elsewhere)
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-... @billmckibben.bsky.social
billmckibben.substack.com/p/youre-not-... @billmckibben.bsky.social
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This!
Now is not the time for acceptance and resignation. This is - yet again - a time for commitment and action.
Do not say you’re weary - before the battle has been joined. Simply unacceptable.
Do not say you’re weary - before the battle has been joined. Simply unacceptable.
November 18, 2024 at 10:47 PM
This!
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Rumor has it that it's #VolcanoMonday. Happy to join with some of my favorite volcanoes. That's Kilauea (2018) with the lava, Iliamna (2004) with the ice avalanche, and Redoubt (2004) with the swooping wall and glacier.
November 18, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Rumor has it that it's #VolcanoMonday. Happy to join with some of my favorite volcanoes. That's Kilauea (2018) with the lava, Iliamna (2004) with the ice avalanche, and Redoubt (2004) with the swooping wall and glacier.
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Yep. Also, the strategy of “we need a popular front against fascism that spend everyone from Angela Davis to Liz Cheney” probably would have worked better if the WH had actually acted like fascism was an imminent threat.
bsky.app/profile/less...
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I still hold that it was actually pretty reasonable for low info voters to conclude J6 et al was no big deal, because obviously if a guy tried a violent overthrow of the govt he wouldn’t be walking free and allowed to run for president again.
November 18, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Yep. Also, the strategy of “we need a popular front against fascism that spend everyone from Angela Davis to Liz Cheney” probably would have worked better if the WH had actually acted like fascism was an imminent threat.
bsky.app/profile/less...
bsky.app/profile/less...
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You know where we’re headed, right?
November 18, 2024 at 2:40 AM
You know where we’re headed, right?
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This account sucks so fucking bad
November 16, 2024 at 2:39 PM
This account sucks so fucking bad
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For the first time since 2007 I don't have a Twitter account. It has been a constant through my professional career.
As an ADHD introvert, it's how I networked, chatted hobbies, and bemoaned football.
I hope it works out here!
As an ADHD introvert, it's how I networked, chatted hobbies, and bemoaned football.
I hope it works out here!
November 17, 2024 at 8:30 AM
For the first time since 2007 I don't have a Twitter account. It has been a constant through my professional career.
As an ADHD introvert, it's how I networked, chatted hobbies, and bemoaned football.
I hope it works out here!
As an ADHD introvert, it's how I networked, chatted hobbies, and bemoaned football.
I hope it works out here!
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Why I’m optimistic about the energy transition:
Humans tend to underestimate the pace of innovation and overestimate the inertia of incumbent technologies.
Clean energy technologies have scaled much more rapidly than predicted by modellers
Humans tend to underestimate the pace of innovation and overestimate the inertia of incumbent technologies.
Clean energy technologies have scaled much more rapidly than predicted by modellers
November 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Why I’m optimistic about the energy transition:
Humans tend to underestimate the pace of innovation and overestimate the inertia of incumbent technologies.
Clean energy technologies have scaled much more rapidly than predicted by modellers
Humans tend to underestimate the pace of innovation and overestimate the inertia of incumbent technologies.
Clean energy technologies have scaled much more rapidly than predicted by modellers
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Since I think I'm finally done with twitter, figured I'd introduce myself here. I'm the campaigns director at America's Voice, based out of Texas (El Paso as of about a month ago), and have been doing immigration communications advocacy for more than 10 years now.
November 13, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Since I think I'm finally done with twitter, figured I'd introduce myself here. I'm the campaigns director at America's Voice, based out of Texas (El Paso as of about a month ago), and have been doing immigration communications advocacy for more than 10 years now.
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Missed this earlier but Marine Le Pen is facing a five year prison and a 5 year public office ban for embezzling EU funds.
www.politico.eu/article/pros...
www.politico.eu/article/pros...
Prosecutors request ban on Marine Le Pen running for public office in embezzlement trial
The three-time presidential candidate is accused of having embezzled EU funds, charges she denies.
www.politico.eu
November 14, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Missed this earlier but Marine Le Pen is facing a five year prison and a 5 year public office ban for embezzling EU funds.
www.politico.eu/article/pros...
www.politico.eu/article/pros...