Elaine Olund
@myclimatejournal.bsky.social
A writer who draws. Searching for hope in darkness.
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America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose
America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose
This is the news we should be paying attention to. At least for the moment, everything else is a distraction
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 AM
America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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Dug this up for anyone who needs it. If you get the chance, please read about Frank Marble from Caltech, and take inspiration from him.
This is a man who openly defied the FBI during McCarthyism, even knowing it could kill his scientific career.
This is a man who openly defied the FBI during McCarthyism, even knowing it could kill his scientific career.
January 11, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Dug this up for anyone who needs it. If you get the chance, please read about Frank Marble from Caltech, and take inspiration from him.
This is a man who openly defied the FBI during McCarthyism, even knowing it could kill his scientific career.
This is a man who openly defied the FBI during McCarthyism, even knowing it could kill his scientific career.
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Never has a President wagged a dog harder than Trump and MAGA now.
To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.
To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.
January 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Never has a President wagged a dog harder than Trump and MAGA now.
To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.
To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.
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I'm boosting myself to say this:
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I'm boosting myself to say this:
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
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“This morning I was writing—the words were just flowing and doing their thing—then I had a zoom meeting and the words died. They are gone. Such is the writing life with its daily graves.”
-- Alina Stefanescu
-- Alina Stefanescu
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“This morning I was writing—the words were just flowing and doing their thing—then I had a zoom meeting and the words died. They are gone. Such is the writing life with its daily graves.”
-- Alina Stefanescu
-- Alina Stefanescu
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Lame duck or...insane duck? Discuss.
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Lame duck or...insane duck? Discuss.
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
Release the Epstein Files
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of ...
sign.moveon.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The public deserves to know the extent of Epstein’s abuse and to hold accountable anybody—regardless of political affiliation—who enabled it. Add your name to the petition to demand the Department of Justice and White House publicly release the files.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/ep...
The NFL must act NOW to stop ICE from targeting the Super Bowl LX where Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show before it’s too late. #SBLX #AppleMusicHalftime sign.moveon.org/petitions/su...
NFL: No ICE at the 2026 Super Bowl!
The @NFL must act NOW to stop Trump's ICE from targeting the Super Bowl LX where Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show before it’s too late. #SBLX #AppleMusicHalftime
sign.moveon.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The NFL must act NOW to stop ICE from targeting the Super Bowl LX where Bad Bunny will be performing at the halftime show before it’s too late. #SBLX #AppleMusicHalftime sign.moveon.org/petitions/su...
Reading Wendell Berry, from 1977. He saw all this coming.
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Reading Wendell Berry, from 1977. He saw all this coming.
Feeling wistful.
September 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Feeling wistful.
Just donated in support of my daughter’s friends in Gaza…Help 18 yo Uday, 3 yo Kemal and their family survive chuffed.org/project/uday...
Help 18 yo Uday, 3 yo Kemal and their family survive
Hi all, we are Sky and Ashley from the USA and Claudia and Brenda from the Netherlands and we started this fundraiser for our kind and caring friend Uday Banar and his family of 7.
chuffed.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Just donated in support of my daughter’s friends in Gaza…Help 18 yo Uday, 3 yo Kemal and their family survive chuffed.org/project/uday...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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No Kings Cincinnati.
June 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
No Kings Cincinnati.
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No Kings March, Cincinnati Ohio. Do you hear that thunder? That's the sound of strength in numbers ...
June 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
No Kings March, Cincinnati Ohio. Do you hear that thunder? That's the sound of strength in numbers ...
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This is why people don't support big media. Greta Thunberg was kidnapped. Point blank. Was on international waters. Israel is not the world Police. They do not have jurisdiction in international waters. That is kidnapping. No denying it. And not a single […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
June 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is why people don't support big media. Greta Thunberg was kidnapped. Point blank. Was on international waters. Israel is not the world Police. They do not have jurisdiction in international waters. That is kidnapping. No denying it. And not a single […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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Scoop: NOAA's climate portal, climate.gov, will soon no longer publish new content after its staff were recently dismissed.
Former staff fear that the website may become a mouthpiece for the administration's anti-science views.
My latest for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Former staff fear that the website may become a mouthpiece for the administration's anti-science views.
My latest for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Scoop: NOAA's climate portal, climate.gov, will soon no longer publish new content after its staff were recently dismissed.
Former staff fear that the website may become a mouthpiece for the administration's anti-science views.
My latest for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Former staff fear that the website may become a mouthpiece for the administration's anti-science views.
My latest for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The shadows are deep today. Trying to summon faith that our country and the principles of freedom and justice and checks on abuse of power will endure this madness. Poem from the amazing readalittlepoetry.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The shadows are deep today. Trying to summon faith that our country and the principles of freedom and justice and checks on abuse of power will endure this madness. Poem from the amazing readalittlepoetry.com
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We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s militarized escalation.
On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.
Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.
Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
June 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s militarized escalation.
On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.
Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.
Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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In December the South Korean president declared Martial Law. And guess what happened? The people/protesters showed up anyway.
And then it failed.
That’s what WE will do. We will DEFY his declaration, Martial Law will be reversed, trumps demise will be ever-clearer.
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And then it failed.
That’s what WE will do. We will DEFY his declaration, Martial Law will be reversed, trumps demise will be ever-clearer.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
In December the South Korean president declared Martial Law. And guess what happened? The people/protesters showed up anyway.
And then it failed.
That’s what WE will do. We will DEFY his declaration, Martial Law will be reversed, trumps demise will be ever-clearer.
🇺🇸
And then it failed.
That’s what WE will do. We will DEFY his declaration, Martial Law will be reversed, trumps demise will be ever-clearer.
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Hey Bush, Gore, Pence, Obama, Clinton
Your silence is deafening.
Hold a fucking press conference and condemn the shit that is happening in the United States of America.
Act like the former Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States of America that you are for fucks sake!
Your silence is deafening.
Hold a fucking press conference and condemn the shit that is happening in the United States of America.
Act like the former Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States of America that you are for fucks sake!
June 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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