Aaron Brakel
@junolocal.bsky.social
Love y’all
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Would that Alaska had such candidates in its U.S. Senate race as Texas's James Talerico and Jasmine Crockett.
James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
December 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Would that Alaska had such candidates in its U.S. Senate race as Texas's James Talerico and Jasmine Crockett.
Winter solstice in home town on suncalc.org
December 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Winter solstice in home town on suncalc.org
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Hype.
No form of CO₂ removal is a climate solution as long as we’re still releasing >40 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year from fossil fuel burning.
No form of CO₂ removal is a climate solution as long as we’re still releasing >40 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year from fossil fuel burning.
Hope or hype? Deep Sky says unique carbon-capture facility eyed for southwestern Manitoba will help ‘save our planet’; critics call technology high-risk and under-researched
Since early October, the rural municipalities of Pipestone and Two Borders — agriculture and oil-dominant communities about three hours southwest of Winnipeg — have found themselves at the heart of a ...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hype.
No form of CO₂ removal is a climate solution as long as we’re still releasing >40 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year from fossil fuel burning.
No form of CO₂ removal is a climate solution as long as we’re still releasing >40 billion tonnes of CO₂ every year from fossil fuel burning.
‘Could’ is less definite than what is to be expected.
“After a Generation of Peace, Europe Tells Its People to Prepare for War:
As Trump tries to negotiate Ukraine peace deal, European leaders sound alarm that Russia could target their countries next” — apple.news/Anx_4KI6ZSIW...
As Trump tries to negotiate Ukraine peace deal, European leaders sound alarm that Russia could target their countries next” — apple.news/Anx_4KI6ZSIW...
After a Generation of Peace, Europe Tells Its People to Prepare for War — The Wall Street Journal
As Trump tries to negotiate Ukraine peace deal, European leaders sound alarm that Russia could target their countries next
apple.news
December 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
‘Could’ is less definite than what is to be expected.
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What was the last big tsunami to hit Washington state like? @kuow.org's got you covered.
"At Pacific Beach, a married couple and their two grandchildren were rudely awakened when waves lifted their home off its foundation and shoved it 40 feet to the northwest. ..." www.kuow.org/stories/tsun...
"At Pacific Beach, a married couple and their two grandchildren were rudely awakened when waves lifted their home off its foundation and shoved it 40 feet to the northwest. ..." www.kuow.org/stories/tsun...
Nine Alaska seismic stations to go dark in January, slowing West Coast tsunami alerts
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
What was the last big tsunami to hit Washington state like? @kuow.org's got you covered.
"At Pacific Beach, a married couple and their two grandchildren were rudely awakened when waves lifted their home off its foundation and shoved it 40 feet to the northwest. ..." www.kuow.org/stories/tsun...
"At Pacific Beach, a married couple and their two grandchildren were rudely awakened when waves lifted their home off its foundation and shoved it 40 feet to the northwest. ..." www.kuow.org/stories/tsun...
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middle class folks older than 50 couldn't afford ACA premiums *with* the subsidies, bc most didn't qualify for them. but they pay for them anyway via federal taxes.
people who are not 100% for the status quo aren't stupid, or greedy, they're just wondering when the fuck it starts working for them
people who are not 100% for the status quo aren't stupid, or greedy, they're just wondering when the fuck it starts working for them
December 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
middle class folks older than 50 couldn't afford ACA premiums *with* the subsidies, bc most didn't qualify for them. but they pay for them anyway via federal taxes.
people who are not 100% for the status quo aren't stupid, or greedy, they're just wondering when the fuck it starts working for them
people who are not 100% for the status quo aren't stupid, or greedy, they're just wondering when the fuck it starts working for them
Know the feeling..
Woke up with a bad president again. This sucks.
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Know the feeling..
I want a better president.
I want a better president.
December 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I want a better president.
Trump. Making America shittier, one day at a time.
Just got the word that the Trump administration is throwing a brilliant medical researcher friend of mine out of the country because they’re Chinese. Insane and unreal. Literally doing research in the US to help the US
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Trump. Making America shittier, one day at a time.
Read the screenshot for a Juneau Onion story.
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Read the screenshot for a Juneau Onion story.
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We will skip through the meadows and run through the woods and swim in the river.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We will skip through the meadows and run through the woods and swim in the river.
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The US does virtually nothing for Ukraine - some intelligence & some arms Europe pays for.
Trump is a full-fledged supporter of Putin & not entitled to any voice on Ukraine.
Ukraine & Europe should just ignore the Kremlin proposal that Trump embraces as his.
Trump is a full-fledged supporter of Putin & not entitled to any voice on Ukraine.
Ukraine & Europe should just ignore the Kremlin proposal that Trump embraces as his.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The US does virtually nothing for Ukraine - some intelligence & some arms Europe pays for.
Trump is a full-fledged supporter of Putin & not entitled to any voice on Ukraine.
Ukraine & Europe should just ignore the Kremlin proposal that Trump embraces as his.
Trump is a full-fledged supporter of Putin & not entitled to any voice on Ukraine.
Ukraine & Europe should just ignore the Kremlin proposal that Trump embraces as his.
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Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
Some of the ugliest Russian war crimes include abducting children and attempting to hide it by erasing their Ukrainian identity.
Russia is abducting Ukrainian children, changing their identities, and placing them with Russian families under the guise of “adoption.”
🧵 1/16 ⬇️
🧵 1/16 ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Some of the ugliest Russian war crimes include abducting children and attempting to hide it by erasing their Ukrainian identity.
Please take a couple minute to read this thread.
This is the most dishonorable and racist administration I can conceive of.
This is the most dishonorable and racist administration I can conceive of.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Please take a couple minute to read this thread.
This is the most dishonorable and racist administration I can conceive of.
This is the most dishonorable and racist administration I can conceive of.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“Climate change” is unavailable for comment.
JUST IN: Sen. Ted Cruz, speaking at Federalist Society conference, says efforts to censor are uniformly from the left. Cruz: "It is not both sides. It is only one side saying: 'Silence my critics.'...It's only one side that is calling for silencing those they disagree with.'"
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“Climate change” is unavailable for comment.
Throw the bums out
The 6 far-right extremist terrorists on the Supreme Court have now begun hearing arguments from criminal career bigot Kim Davis about ending same-sex marriage. She’s the scumbag known for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
It’s always been about hate.
It’s always been about hate.
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Throw the bums out
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I’m just saying, but if I had just gotten completely shellacked on Tuesday, I wouldn’t be asking SCOTUS to let me starve millions of people 3 days later.
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I’m just saying, but if I had just gotten completely shellacked on Tuesday, I wouldn’t be asking SCOTUS to let me starve millions of people 3 days later.
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There’s a bill pushed by Republicans in the US congress that would deny me future federal funding for research because I’ve co-authored papers with scientists in China in the past 5 years. 🙄
Conferees on Defense bill asked to jettison House language that would end US collaborations with Chinese scientists and former students back in China www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
There’s a bill pushed by Republicans in the US congress that would deny me future federal funding for research because I’ve co-authored papers with scientists in China in the past 5 years. 🙄
That’s nice.
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“This evolution marks a shift toward a model of control exercised from the air, without boots on the ground, yet one that nonetheless reaches deeply into the daily lives and private spaces of those below.”
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
An Automated Occupation in South Lebanon
Israeli drones are taking on a variety of tasks, including killing people, searching bags, and guiding spies working on Israel’s behalf.
carnegieendowment.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
That’s nice.
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DEI is more than the Republicans want you to believe.
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
DEI is more than the Republicans want you to believe.
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American Cruise Lines Announces 10 New U.S. Built Ships Through 2028
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American Cruise Lines Announces 10 New U.S. Built Ships Through 2028
American Cruise Lines is pleased to announce 10 new ships for the U.S. market beginning with American Pioneer debuting in Florida on October 31st. Ame...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
American Cruise Lines Announces 10 New U.S. Built Ships Through 2028
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