@robpalin.bsky.social
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Here are my three truths about climate:
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
www.gatesnotes.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Here are my three truths about climate:
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
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Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
July 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
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The flash flood in Texas are a grim reminder that the Climate Crisis does not care where you live or who you voted for. Climate Change will affect everyone, everywhere.
Together is the only way we get out of this.
Together is the only way we get out of this.
July 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The flash flood in Texas are a grim reminder that the Climate Crisis does not care where you live or who you voted for. Climate Change will affect everyone, everywhere.
Together is the only way we get out of this.
Together is the only way we get out of this.
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Big fan of democracy but we'll have to admit it's an L of historic proportions to get subverted and destroyed not by some strategic genius but by possibly the dumbest man on earth
July 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Big fan of democracy but we'll have to admit it's an L of historic proportions to get subverted and destroyed not by some strategic genius but by possibly the dumbest man on earth
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Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind.
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
How the Senate GOP’s New Tax on Renewables Could ‘Kill’ the Industry
As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.
heatmap.news
June 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind.
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
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Starting a war bc nobody went to his birthday.
June 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Starting a war bc nobody went to his birthday.
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It’s time Americans understood that the term “socialism” is used by the powerful as a slur to describe all forms of capitalism that actually are concerned with genuinely equal opportunity, fairness, & a social contract based on decency. It is the approach in virtually every other developed society.
Zohran Mamdani has surged in the past few weeks of New York City’s mayoral race, Michael Powell writes. “But transmuting socialist dreams into electoral victory is a tricky business, and governing by those principles is trickier still”:
The Magic Realism of Zohran Mamdani
The socialist New York mayoral candidate’s proposals don’t hold up to serious scrutiny. Will that matter?
bit.ly
June 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It’s time Americans understood that the term “socialism” is used by the powerful as a slur to describe all forms of capitalism that actually are concerned with genuinely equal opportunity, fairness, & a social contract based on decency. It is the approach in virtually every other developed society.
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What I don’t understand about libertarians is that the current moment should be their Superbowl and they’re not even in the stadium. What’s up?
June 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What I don’t understand about libertarians is that the current moment should be their Superbowl and they’re not even in the stadium. What’s up?
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“Fixing climate change is too expensive.”
Um no. What’s really expensive is doing nothing.
Climate disasters cost billions—and those costs are rising fast. Climate solutions save money and lives, as well as building a better world for us all 🌏💚
Um no. What’s really expensive is doing nothing.
Climate disasters cost billions—and those costs are rising fast. Climate solutions save money and lives, as well as building a better world for us all 🌏💚
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
“Fixing climate change is too expensive.”
Um no. What’s really expensive is doing nothing.
Climate disasters cost billions—and those costs are rising fast. Climate solutions save money and lives, as well as building a better world for us all 🌏💚
Um no. What’s really expensive is doing nothing.
Climate disasters cost billions—and those costs are rising fast. Climate solutions save money and lives, as well as building a better world for us all 🌏💚
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If you are a Democratic member of Congress and you’re trading stock, you are part of the reason millions of voters believe the system isn’t built to help them.
April 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If you are a Democratic member of Congress and you’re trading stock, you are part of the reason millions of voters believe the system isn’t built to help them.
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james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
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Explain to me like I’m 10 years old: Why is our drug problem the fault of suppliers but not our gun problem?
New fentanyl data undercuts White House’s portrayal of Canada’s role in U.S. drug crisis
Fentanyl identified as coming from Canada amounted to barely more than one-10th of 1%, according to data obtained through American freedom-of-information laws
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Explain to me like I’m 10 years old: Why is our drug problem the fault of suppliers but not our gun problem?
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Incompetent people do not understand their incompetence.
March 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Incompetent people do not understand their incompetence.
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I'll never understand politicians (pretty much all Republicans and many Democrats) who care more about keeping their job than doing the right thing. What's the point of you having the job if you're just going to cower
March 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I'll never understand politicians (pretty much all Republicans and many Democrats) who care more about keeping their job than doing the right thing. What's the point of you having the job if you're just going to cower
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I will never not be proud of Marc and ELG for standing up for what is right. I will never not be appalled and disappointed by the cowardice, greed and self-interest of so many.
“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
Statement from Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias
elias.law
March 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I will never not be proud of Marc and ELG for standing up for what is right. I will never not be appalled and disappointed by the cowardice, greed and self-interest of so many.
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Next time someone tells you that the energy transition cannot be done remember:
In 2012 almost 40% of UK electricity was coal.
Since 1 October 2024 it is zero.
This is the moment Britains last coal power plant shut down on 30 September - the end of 142 years of coal.
HT @neso-energy.bsky.social
In 2012 almost 40% of UK electricity was coal.
Since 1 October 2024 it is zero.
This is the moment Britains last coal power plant shut down on 30 September - the end of 142 years of coal.
HT @neso-energy.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Next time someone tells you that the energy transition cannot be done remember:
In 2012 almost 40% of UK electricity was coal.
Since 1 October 2024 it is zero.
This is the moment Britains last coal power plant shut down on 30 September - the end of 142 years of coal.
HT @neso-energy.bsky.social
In 2012 almost 40% of UK electricity was coal.
Since 1 October 2024 it is zero.
This is the moment Britains last coal power plant shut down on 30 September - the end of 142 years of coal.
HT @neso-energy.bsky.social
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This article is far too glib. It's not Tяump's lying that does the damage, it's that he faces no consequences for it, coupled with the knock-on effect that has on society. We must find a way to challenge this behaviour for without accountability, democracy is lost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/u...
Trump’s Contradictions Are His Ultimate Cover: ‘You Can’t Pin Him Down’
President Trump’s shifting positions and outright lies have presented the American public with dueling narratives at every turn.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This article is far too glib. It's not Tяump's lying that does the damage, it's that he faces no consequences for it, coupled with the knock-on effect that has on society. We must find a way to challenge this behaviour for without accountability, democracy is lost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/u...
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The problem isn't that Democrats aren't being outraged enough. The problem is that the debate about tactics remains premised on the notion that 2026 and 2028 will have "normal" elections—the kind which OECD election monitors would describe as mostly "free and fair."
March 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The problem isn't that Democrats aren't being outraged enough. The problem is that the debate about tactics remains premised on the notion that 2026 and 2028 will have "normal" elections—the kind which OECD election monitors would describe as mostly "free and fair."
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I wrote about moral courage, and what those who have it have in common asharangappa.substack.com/p/fearless-s...
Fearless Speech: What Are You Willing to Risk to Speak Out?
The Greek ideal of a truth-teller is a model for all of us.
asharangappa.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I wrote about moral courage, and what those who have it have in common asharangappa.substack.com/p/fearless-s...
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The dividing line issue among Dems is not between progressive & centrist. It's between strong & weak & by extension, between young & old. Time for the institutionalist gerontocracy to move along. Thanks for your service. We need leaders clear about what they are for not just what they're against.
January 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The dividing line issue among Dems is not between progressive & centrist. It's between strong & weak & by extension, between young & old. Time for the institutionalist gerontocracy to move along. Thanks for your service. We need leaders clear about what they are for not just what they're against.