Hans
@hanstilstra.bsky.social
Education professional - connectivist
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Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
www.levernews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
😡Exxon and Chevron deliberately delayed development of EV technology. See page 40 of this court document:
www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/P...
www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/P...
www.michigan.gov
February 5, 2026 at 4:28 AM
😡Exxon and Chevron deliberately delayed development of EV technology. See page 40 of this court document:
www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/P...
www.michigan.gov/ag/-/media/P...
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Well well well. Looks like they were correct. They just lied about who it was.
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Well well well. Looks like they were correct. They just lied about who it was.
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They want us working earlier and til we die to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Supervillains.
February 3, 2026 at 4:15 AM
They want us working earlier and til we die to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Supervillains.
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“Anyone who would denigrate the service of our NATO allies clearly never spent a day in uniform,” and “if we continue to show disdain for our allies … we may find ourselves fighting alone someday,” William H. McRaven argues.
Never Fight Alone
Anyone who would denigrate the service of our NATO allies clearly never spent a day in uniform.
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 11:15 PM
“Anyone who would denigrate the service of our NATO allies clearly never spent a day in uniform,” and “if we continue to show disdain for our allies … we may find ourselves fighting alone someday,” William H. McRaven argues.
This provocative piece suggests that small-town politics can lead to "rewarding base political instinct over common sense, rationality, or evidence. It's a style passed down to men who won small-town battles but never evolved their tactics beyond throwing a tantrum."
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Coalition shambles can trace its genesis to precisely one spot
The kingdom of Queensland has produced little emperors with no clothes, sure of their power within their branch and electorate.
thepoint.com.au
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 AM
This provocative piece suggests that small-town politics can lead to "rewarding base political instinct over common sense, rationality, or evidence. It's a style passed down to men who won small-town battles but never evolved their tactics beyond throwing a tantrum."
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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I begged for the American people to submit to violent authoritarianism. I said in March -- if you don’t stop complaining, we will kill you. And we did. I wish I wasn’t right. I don’t want to kill any more of you.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I begged for the American people to submit to violent authoritarianism. I said in March -- if you don’t stop complaining, we will kill you. And we did. I wish I wasn’t right. I don’t want to kill any more of you.
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Wow! For the second time today, Trump abruptly wraps up an event and refuses to take questions from reporters
January 29, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Wow! For the second time today, Trump abruptly wraps up an event and refuses to take questions from reporters
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
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Kristi Noem
What the hell?
Is this really the Minnesota State Police testing LRAD on protestors?
LRAD is a long-range acoustic device. Sound as a weapon.
Testing weapons on civilians is a war crime.
If this is legit, it means weapons of war against US citizens.
Is this really the Minnesota State Police testing LRAD on protestors?
LRAD is a long-range acoustic device. Sound as a weapon.
Testing weapons on civilians is a war crime.
If this is legit, it means weapons of war against US citizens.
January 27, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Kristi Noem
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Cellphone footage is an incredibly important source of accountability to report the news.
Journalists rely on videos filmed by regular people. Government attacks on those who document the news, whether journalists or not, are attacks on press freedom and the First Amendment.
By @juliaangwin.com
Journalists rely on videos filmed by regular people. Government attacks on those who document the news, whether journalists or not, are attacks on press freedom and the First Amendment.
By @juliaangwin.com
Opinion | The Best Weapon You Have in the Fight Against ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Cellphone footage is an incredibly important source of accountability to report the news.
Journalists rely on videos filmed by regular people. Government attacks on those who document the news, whether journalists or not, are attacks on press freedom and the First Amendment.
By @juliaangwin.com
Journalists rely on videos filmed by regular people. Government attacks on those who document the news, whether journalists or not, are attacks on press freedom and the First Amendment.
By @juliaangwin.com
Board of Peace 101
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ledbydonkeys on Instagram: "BOARD OF PEACE - Season 1View all 4,507 comments"
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January 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Board of Peace 101
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Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
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The FBI's raid of @washingtonpost.com reporter @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's home threatens press and violates federal law.
Congress must launch an oversight investigation into it.
Read the letter we signed with 15 other press freedom and civil liberties orgs: demandprogress.org/advocates-as...
Congress must launch an oversight investigation into it.
Read the letter we signed with 15 other press freedom and civil liberties orgs: demandprogress.org/advocates-as...
January 23, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The FBI's raid of @washingtonpost.com reporter @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's home threatens press and violates federal law.
Congress must launch an oversight investigation into it.
Read the letter we signed with 15 other press freedom and civil liberties orgs: demandprogress.org/advocates-as...
Congress must launch an oversight investigation into it.
Read the letter we signed with 15 other press freedom and civil liberties orgs: demandprogress.org/advocates-as...
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The party of law and order literally just wrote themselves a memo that says they don't have to follow the 4th Amendment.
That's right, ICE intends to perform illegal search and seizures without a warrant.
Add that to the list with "we had to beat up the police on Jan 6 to defend our democracy".
That's right, ICE intends to perform illegal search and seizures without a warrant.
Add that to the list with "we had to beat up the police on Jan 6 to defend our democracy".
January 23, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The party of law and order literally just wrote themselves a memo that says they don't have to follow the 4th Amendment.
That's right, ICE intends to perform illegal search and seizures without a warrant.
Add that to the list with "we had to beat up the police on Jan 6 to defend our democracy".
That's right, ICE intends to perform illegal search and seizures without a warrant.
Add that to the list with "we had to beat up the police on Jan 6 to defend our democracy".
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just got out of an uber. the driver was telling me how he has to work 16 hour days, seven days a week, at two different jobs to afford rent. he doesn't have healthcare and he worries about retirement. "i would feel a lot better if we owned greenland," he told me. then he cried.
January 17, 2026 at 8:33 PM
just got out of an uber. the driver was telling me how he has to work 16 hour days, seven days a week, at two different jobs to afford rent. he doesn't have healthcare and he worries about retirement. "i would feel a lot better if we owned greenland," he told me. then he cried.
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I found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.
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Karoline Leavitt is a disgrace. Goebbels with a cross necklace.
Karoline Leavitt has a complete emotional breakdown after a journalist tells her that an ICE agent acted recklessly and murdered Renee Nicole Good. "You fake like you're a journalist, you shouldn't even be sitting in that seat, you're a left-wing activist," she screeches.
January 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Karoline Leavitt is a disgrace. Goebbels with a cross necklace.
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This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
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Buckle UP
Trump’s Next Power Grab Doesn’t Need a Mob
Forget Jan 6th. Trump’s next move is smarter and far more dangerous: use the courts, AI & right-wing militias to erase millions of Americans from the vote — legally. It’s not a theory. It’s a plan.
hartmannreport.com/p/james-carv...
Trump’s Next Power Grab Doesn’t Need a Mob
Forget Jan 6th. Trump’s next move is smarter and far more dangerous: use the courts, AI & right-wing militias to erase millions of Americans from the vote — legally. It’s not a theory. It’s a plan.
hartmannreport.com/p/james-carv...
James Carville Is Right to Panic — Because Trump’s Next Power Grab Doesn’t Need a Mob
Forget Jan 6th. Trump’s next move is smarter, and far more dangerous: use the courts, AI & right-wing militias to erase millions of Americans from the vote — legally. It’s not a theory. It’s a plan.
hartmannreport.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Buckle UP
Trump’s Next Power Grab Doesn’t Need a Mob
Forget Jan 6th. Trump’s next move is smarter and far more dangerous: use the courts, AI & right-wing militias to erase millions of Americans from the vote — legally. It’s not a theory. It’s a plan.
hartmannreport.com/p/james-carv...
Trump’s Next Power Grab Doesn’t Need a Mob
Forget Jan 6th. Trump’s next move is smarter and far more dangerous: use the courts, AI & right-wing militias to erase millions of Americans from the vote — legally. It’s not a theory. It’s a plan.
hartmannreport.com/p/james-carv...