@gwchilly.bsky.social
Late-stage generalist, RPCV🌍, history/art/jazz/fiets-urb/pro-sci/anti-dictator, gentler in person.
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How one family fought for 100 years to free the Klamath River
Dams sickened the Klamath River for over a century. Across generations, a family fought to heal the waterway and save its salmon.
www.sfchronicle.com
🎁 - Hands down my favorite story of 2025: the restoration of the Klamath River. Lots of published work on it, all worth reading. Here is one, a photo essay from the Chron.
A metaphor of demonstrated success for where America needs to go.
Make this our ‘26.
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
A metaphor of demonstrated success for where America needs to go.
Make this our ‘26.
www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
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Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
The Golden Gate from the Nimitz Trail, Tilden Park, East Bay Regional Parks, Cal., Jan. ‘26.
📷 -gw
📷 -gw
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 AM
The Golden Gate from the Nimitz Trail, Tilden Park, East Bay Regional Parks, Cal., Jan. ‘26.
📷 -gw
📷 -gw
Good stuff from the scicomms folks at Yale Climate Connections .. lather, rinse, repost
I was alarmed when I saw this trend in electricity prices.
I bet you will be too.
Data centers are causing big increases in energy demand, but it's our bills that are rising the most. Seems unfair, eh?
For @climateconnections.bsky.social #energysky
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/home...
I bet you will be too.
Data centers are causing big increases in energy demand, but it's our bills that are rising the most. Seems unfair, eh?
For @climateconnections.bsky.social #energysky
yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/01/home...
January 6, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Good stuff from the scicomms folks at Yale Climate Connections .. lather, rinse, repost
Terrific essay about Ida Tarbell’s groundbreaking investigative approach to the Standard Oil story by Stephanie Gorton in Rust Belt Magazine, 3/3/20.
beltmag.com/ida-tarbell-...
beltmag.com/ida-tarbell-...
January 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Terrific essay about Ida Tarbell’s groundbreaking investigative approach to the Standard Oil story by Stephanie Gorton in Rust Belt Magazine, 3/3/20.
beltmag.com/ida-tarbell-...
beltmag.com/ida-tarbell-...
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This Financial Times piece is something.
“Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter”
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
“Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter”
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
January 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
This Financial Times piece is something.
“Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter”
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
“Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter”
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
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🎁 - “In Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises,” the character Mike Campbell explains how he went bankrupt: “Gradually and then suddenly.” The decades of imperfect but transformative peace that the U.N. Charter helped create now faces the same fate.“
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
Opinion | The Great Unraveling Has Begun
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:02 PM
🎁 - “In Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises,” the character Mike Campbell explains how he went bankrupt: “Gradually and then suddenly.” The decades of imperfect but transformative peace that the U.N. Charter helped create now faces the same fate.“
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
DICTATURA DELENDA EST
January 6, 2026 at 7:24 AM
DICTATURA DELENDA EST
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Self-Portrait by Max Beckmann, 1938
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137489
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137489
January 6, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Self-Portrait by Max Beckmann, 1938
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137489
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137489
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We wanted to know what will happen next in Venezuela. So we talked to three oil executives at a Fogo de Chão in Houston.
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 AM
We wanted to know what will happen next in Venezuela. So we talked to three oil executives at a Fogo de Chão in Houston.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM
“On May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers, host of the..children's television series “Mister Rogers' Neighborhood”, testified before (a) Senate committee..to defend $20 million in federal funding proposed for the newly formed non-profit Corporation for Public Broadcasting..”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...
January 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
“On May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers, host of the..children's television series “Mister Rogers' Neighborhood”, testified before (a) Senate committee..to defend $20 million in federal funding proposed for the newly formed non-profit Corporation for Public Broadcasting..”
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...
January 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
“Donald Trump Jr. is an adviser to both Kalshi and Polymarket, and has invested millions into Polymarket through his firm, 1789 Capital.”
A whale went on Polymarket a few days ago & earned $400,000 correctly predicting Maduro's capture.
@emmarjanssen.bsky.social had already been studying how easy it would be for White House officials to use prediction markets to self-enrich based on their own policy decisions.
This is a great report.
@emmarjanssen.bsky.social had already been studying how easy it would be for White House officials to use prediction markets to self-enrich based on their own policy decisions.
This is a great report.
Monetizing Regime Change - The American Prospect
It is trivially easy for administration officials to use prediction markets to bet on the policies they authorize. We may have just seen it in Venezuela.
prospect.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:28 PM
“Donald Trump Jr. is an adviser to both Kalshi and Polymarket, and has invested millions into Polymarket through his firm, 1789 Capital.”
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The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM
The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
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It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
Innovations for a heating climate: protected kayak lanes..
(Stephen Lam/S.F. Chronicle)
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/f...
(Stephen Lam/S.F. Chronicle)
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/f...
January 4, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Innovations for a heating climate: protected kayak lanes..
(Stephen Lam/S.F. Chronicle)
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/f...
(Stephen Lam/S.F. Chronicle)
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/f...
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“Foreign adventures in the wake of domestic failure is a recognizable pattern. Mussolini was driven to the Ethiopian war out of the “domestic stagnation” of fascism. Like in the United States, the imperial project had existed under the previous liberal regime, but had stalled out …”
Trying to think through the regime's actions in Venezuela.— www.unpopularfront.news/p/crude-ideo...
Crude Ideology
Some Thoughts on Venezuela
www.unpopularfront.news
January 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
“Foreign adventures in the wake of domestic failure is a recognizable pattern. Mussolini was driven to the Ethiopian war out of the “domestic stagnation” of fascism. Like in the United States, the imperial project had existed under the previous liberal regime, but had stalled out …”
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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The work of Shio Kusaka, contemporary Japanese ceramics artist #Womensart
January 4, 2026 at 5:15 AM
The work of Shio Kusaka, contemporary Japanese ceramics artist #Womensart
This is a very discouraging and dangerous first-pass compendium of fabricated AI imagery and misinformation from last night’s attack.
We need to wise up, very quickly, to our vulnerability to unprecedented purposeful deceit.
We need to wise up, very quickly, to our vulnerability to unprecedented purposeful deceit.
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 4, 2026 at 5:09 AM
This is a very discouraging and dangerous first-pass compendium of fabricated AI imagery and misinformation from last night’s attack.
We need to wise up, very quickly, to our vulnerability to unprecedented purposeful deceit.
We need to wise up, very quickly, to our vulnerability to unprecedented purposeful deceit.
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Pine trees at sunset, Tom Thomson 1915
January 4, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Pine trees at sunset, Tom Thomson 1915