Nathaniel Hoffman
@paleomedia.bsky.social
#climate #migration #democracy / @amorandexile author / sometimes hunter/gatherer / perpetual hack
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If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
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An analysis from World Weather Attribution reports human-caused climate change intensified the winds and rainfall unleashed by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean.
Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa's destructive winds and rain, analysis finds
An analysis from World Weather Attribution reports human-caused climate change intensified the winds and rainfall unleashed by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
An analysis from World Weather Attribution reports human-caused climate change intensified the winds and rainfall unleashed by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean.
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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It quickly became apparent that @hellgatenyc.com had figured out how to translate its signature voice — irreverent yet deeply knowledgeable — into video. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/hell...
Hell Gate took on the New York City mayoral election with a livestream and watch parties
At 28 bars across the city, the worker-owned news site became the broadcaster of choice.
www.niemanlab.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It quickly became apparent that @hellgatenyc.com had figured out how to translate its signature voice — irreverent yet deeply knowledgeable — into video. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/hell...
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Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Warning to utility commissioners who mindlessly pass utility rate increases onto customers: FAFO.
georgiarecorder.com/2025/11/04/d...
georgiarecorder.com/2025/11/04/d...
Democrats flip two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission • Georgia Recorder
Democrats have flipped two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission, which is currently an all-GOP panel. The PSC regulates Georgia utilities.
georgiarecorder.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Warning to utility commissioners who mindlessly pass utility rate increases onto customers: FAFO.
georgiarecorder.com/2025/11/04/d...
georgiarecorder.com/2025/11/04/d...
Ahmed, who I met last year at NY Climate Week, left Bangladesh as an emissary for his community after a series of massive storms and floods, fueled by the climate crisis, made village life untenable.
He now organizes in NYC with other climate displaced leaders: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVlW...
He now organizes in NYC with other climate displaced leaders: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVlW...
Dignity for Climate Displaced People: Ahmed's story
YouTube video by npnewamericans
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Ahmed, who I met last year at NY Climate Week, left Bangladesh as an emissary for his community after a series of massive storms and floods, fueled by the climate crisis, made village life untenable.
He now organizes in NYC with other climate displaced leaders: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVlW...
He now organizes in NYC with other climate displaced leaders: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVlW...
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SCOOP: Idaho’s health department quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding in April, leaving patients statewide without any access to the family planning program.
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
While some states fight to restore Title X family planning funding, Idaho chooses to forfeit it
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding, leaving patients statewide without free and low-cost contraception and repr...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
SCOOP: Idaho’s health department quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding in April, leaving patients statewide without any access to the family planning program.
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
Solid update on US refugee admissions program, with Boise featured, from
@jsummers.bsky.social
Trump's lies about resettlement based on scarcity frame; our capacity for welcoming folks is actually very abundant, esp. here.
Eyes on legal challenges to the admin.
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
@jsummers.bsky.social
Trump's lies about resettlement based on scarcity frame; our capacity for welcoming folks is actually very abundant, esp. here.
Eyes on legal challenges to the admin.
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
Trump is slashing the number of refugees. What does that mean? : Consider This from NPR
Every year the President of the United States determines how many refugees can enter this country. The law says he must consult Congress on this number. But last week President Trump announced just 7,...
www.npr.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Solid update on US refugee admissions program, with Boise featured, from
@jsummers.bsky.social
Trump's lies about resettlement based on scarcity frame; our capacity for welcoming folks is actually very abundant, esp. here.
Eyes on legal challenges to the admin.
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
@jsummers.bsky.social
Trump's lies about resettlement based on scarcity frame; our capacity for welcoming folks is actually very abundant, esp. here.
Eyes on legal challenges to the admin.
www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
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What is the single most powerful thing you can do the day before an election besides get yourself ready?
Call a friend or five to remind them that tomorrow is the day!
Getting everyone to vote is the strategy. Send some texts to your loved ones today. #idpol
Call a friend or five to remind them that tomorrow is the day!
Getting everyone to vote is the strategy. Send some texts to your loved ones today. #idpol
November 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
What is the single most powerful thing you can do the day before an election besides get yourself ready?
Call a friend or five to remind them that tomorrow is the day!
Getting everyone to vote is the strategy. Send some texts to your loved ones today. #idpol
Call a friend or five to remind them that tomorrow is the day!
Getting everyone to vote is the strategy. Send some texts to your loved ones today. #idpol
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Great piece by Keith Bradsher on how China beat trump. Highlights 4 decade long technological and economic positioning in rare earths. You don't beat the hegemon in a game of pain-tolerance in a jiffy but with sustained effort (and far better elite-mass cohesion) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/p...
Is China Beating Trump?
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Great piece by Keith Bradsher on how China beat trump. Highlights 4 decade long technological and economic positioning in rare earths. You don't beat the hegemon in a game of pain-tolerance in a jiffy but with sustained effort (and far better elite-mass cohesion) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/p...
“This is a perfect example of why we pay taxes and why we want to help society in general, because we don’t need to create generational issues, which this will, because it impacts the unborn fetus,” Shields said.
The people who need SNAP assistance come from varying circumstances. I spoke with a woman in rural Idaho who needed food stamps after her partner died by suicide when she was 11 weeks pregnant.
And some have pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes — which requires a strict diet to control.
And some have pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes — which requires a strict diet to control.
Losing SNAP could mean more pregnancy complications as food insecurity grows
Without action from Congress before Saturday, millions nationwide will be cut off from access to government food assistance, including those who are pregnant or have babies and young children.That pos...
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“This is a perfect example of why we pay taxes and why we want to help society in general, because we don’t need to create generational issues, which this will, because it impacts the unborn fetus,” Shields said.
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A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
BREAKING: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of raids across Chicago, Evanston and Skokie on Friday, does not have to report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried to rein in federal agents’ use of force, an appeals court ruled. @wttw.bsky.social
Appeals Court Rules Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Does Not Have to Check In Every Day With Federal Judge
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who led a series of raids across Chicago, Evanston and Skokie on Friday, does not have to report every weekday at 6 p.m. in person to the federal judge who has tried t...
news.wttw.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston
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NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiczapq36myqhzcrdp4jfodg5rkso7nuvlta4e5b5r4l5upce7b3le@jpeg)
![As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT
Document 26 Filed 10/31/25
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiac7aa6icx44x5xjkilpwj7il5oriyttttnrslzrhkwvw6b32cbnm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
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Today, the White House announced an FY26 refugee admissions goal of only 7,500—the lowest since the program began.
USCRI is deeply disappointed. 123M+ people are forcibly displaced worldwide and this decision disregards global calls for increased protection and compassion.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qziUOC
USCRI is deeply disappointed. 123M+ people are forcibly displaced worldwide and this decision disregards global calls for increased protection and compassion.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qziUOC
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Today, the White House announced an FY26 refugee admissions goal of only 7,500—the lowest since the program began.
USCRI is deeply disappointed. 123M+ people are forcibly displaced worldwide and this decision disregards global calls for increased protection and compassion.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qziUOC
USCRI is deeply disappointed. 123M+ people are forcibly displaced worldwide and this decision disregards global calls for increased protection and compassion.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4qziUOC
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microsoft wants to use your linkedin data to train LLMs
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
microsoft wants to use your linkedin data to train LLMs
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
turn it off here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
All three words in name of school are giant red flags
Faith Family Academy is one of eight Texas charter school districts on track to be shut down at the end of the year after receiving an “F” rating.
Board members paid its superintendent a peak annual compensation of $560,000 in recent years.
With @texastribune.org
Board members paid its superintendent a peak annual compensation of $560,000 in recent years.
With @texastribune.org
These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.
Three charter school districts in Texas underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
All three words in name of school are giant red flags
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#Boise Farmers Market is doing Fill the SNAP GAP event 11/1, 9am to 1pm.
$2k available for SNAP/EBT recipients.
Show your card, receive $40 in market tokens.
$2k available for SNAP/EBT recipients.
Show your card, receive $40 in market tokens.
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#Boise Farmers Market is doing Fill the SNAP GAP event 11/1, 9am to 1pm.
$2k available for SNAP/EBT recipients.
Show your card, receive $40 in market tokens.
$2k available for SNAP/EBT recipients.
Show your card, receive $40 in market tokens.
“[14,000] Families in Idaho turn to rooftop solar to gain stability and independence from unpredictable and ever-rising utility costs,” Kate Bowman, Vote Solar’s Interior West senior regulatory director, said in a written statement.
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/10/31/s...
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/10/31/s...
Solar power advocates appeal Idaho Power’s decreased reimbursement rates for solar panels • Idaho Capital Sun
Solar advocates are asking for the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to review the fairness of solar reimbursement rates prior to 2028.
idahocapitalsun.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“[14,000] Families in Idaho turn to rooftop solar to gain stability and independence from unpredictable and ever-rising utility costs,” Kate Bowman, Vote Solar’s Interior West senior regulatory director, said in a written statement.
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/10/31/s...
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/10/31/s...
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Trump’s administration arrested Sami Hamdi following a social media campaign from far-right, Islamophobic figures.
Read @premthakker.bsky.social and @minnahfarshad.bsky.social's piece: zeteo.com/p/trump-sami...
Read @premthakker.bsky.social and @minnahfarshad.bsky.social's piece: zeteo.com/p/trump-sami...
Trump Is Detaining a British Muslim Journalist for Criticizing Israel
Trump’s administration arrested Sami Hamdi following a social media campaign from far-right, Islamophobic figures.
zeteo.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Trump’s administration arrested Sami Hamdi following a social media campaign from far-right, Islamophobic figures.
Read @premthakker.bsky.social and @minnahfarshad.bsky.social's piece: zeteo.com/p/trump-sami...
Read @premthakker.bsky.social and @minnahfarshad.bsky.social's piece: zeteo.com/p/trump-sami...
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Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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“Tim Martin engaged in a classic example of civil disobedience to make a political point … the authorities basically threw the book at him. It’s hard to fathom how a peaceful protester can receive more prison time than many of the insurrectionists who tried to overturn an election.”
Capitol rioter to serve 8 months in prison in 1st felony sentencing from Jan. 6
A Florida man who joined in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol will serve eight months in prison in the first felony sentencing to result from the Jan. 6 attack.
abcnews.go.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“Tim Martin engaged in a classic example of civil disobedience to make a political point … the authorities basically threw the book at him. It’s hard to fathom how a peaceful protester can receive more prison time than many of the insurrectionists who tried to overturn an election.”
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This means less disaster reporting at a time when we desperately need it.
NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This means less disaster reporting at a time when we desperately need it.