Rob Shum
@robshum.bsky.social
Public policy ( #climate / energy policy, more specifically ) & IR prof (but also ex-🇨🇦 trade diplomat). PoliSciSky 🗺️, EnergySky 🔌💡, & GreenSky 🌱.
Cf. same handles on also-ran microblogging sites.
Cf. same handles on also-ran microblogging sites.
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Rob Shum
@robshum.bsky.social
· Aug 2
YOUR DAILY REMINDER
"We'll need [coal/oil/gas] for decades" is a rhetorical tool to distract you from the real point: we need to minimise how much we burn over the coming decades.
The vague statement flattens and obscures the single priority: steep, immediate reductions.
"We'll need [coal/oil/gas] for decades" is a rhetorical tool to distract you from the real point: we need to minimise how much we burn over the coming decades.
The vague statement flattens and obscures the single priority: steep, immediate reductions.
You can worry about if you’re over-dooming or under-dooming.
Or you can do something more productive: Focus on how to INCREASE THE SLOPE of decarbonization.
Or you can do something more productive: Focus on how to INCREASE THE SLOPE of decarbonization.
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“The Trump administration sought to end protections for children held in detention that are in place through the Flores Settlement Agreement. The 1997 agreement requires that children be treated humanely and that officials should prioritize their release.”
Immigrant families protest inside Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota www.texastribune.org/2026/01/24/i...
Detained immigrant families protest inside Texas facility
Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were detained in Minnesota in an incident that’s further inflamed tensions over the Trump administration’s hardline immigration enforcement.
www.texastribune.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM
“The Trump administration sought to end protections for children held in detention that are in place through the Flores Settlement Agreement. The 1997 agreement requires that children be treated humanely and that officials should prioritize their release.”
If you have not (understandably) watched any of the videos, this is again worth highlighting.
Krugman is rightly enraged: Monsters open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Monsters
And their enablers are accessories to murder
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:16 PM
If you have not (understandably) watched any of the videos, this is again worth highlighting.
Cross-national indices of press freedom should really account for the relative absence or presence of this tendency.
The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians:
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
January 25, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Cross-national indices of press freedom should really account for the relative absence or presence of this tendency.
‘… It’s not a fair fight, with one side repeating a litany of claims found on anti-wind websites, and the wind power companies obligated to stick to facts that will stand up in court, said Danielson.
“It’s not even really an adult conversation anymore,” …’ 🔌💡 🌱
“It’s not even really an adult conversation anymore,” …’ 🔌💡 🌱
What's killing onshore wind power? I went to the state where I was born and raised to try to figure out why onshore wind development, once a point of pride, has slowed almost to a stop. With @ajbeamer.bsky.social in Shenandoah, Iowa:
insideclimatenews.org/news/2501202...
#energysky
insideclimatenews.org/news/2501202...
#energysky
What’s Killing Onshore Wind Power? - Inside Climate News
Facing staunch local opposition and federal roadblocks, new wind project development is teetering on the brink, despite growing power demand. Even Iowa, the nation’s most wind-powered state, is “close...
insideclimatenews.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
‘… It’s not a fair fight, with one side repeating a litany of claims found on anti-wind websites, and the wind power companies obligated to stick to facts that will stand up in court, said Danielson.
“It’s not even really an adult conversation anymore,” …’ 🔌💡 🌱
“It’s not even really an adult conversation anymore,” …’ 🔌💡 🌱
“American carnage” and “engineered chaos” were and are tell-tale projections and self-fulfilling prophecies of fascism.
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 PM
“American carnage” and “engineered chaos” were and are tell-tale projections and self-fulfilling prophecies of fascism.
Shorter NRA: #TreadOnMe and my community.
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Shorter NRA: #TreadOnMe and my community.
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They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 AM
They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.
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Impeach the entire Executive Branch
Here's Pam Bondi making an offer worthy of a mob boss: give us your voter rolls so we can shut down the midterm elections, and we'll call off the DHS invasion of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Impeach the entire Executive Branch
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“Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me.”
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:26 AM
“Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me.”
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The first professional police force in the US began in 1838 in Boston. In 1854 only three cities had police forces: NYC, Philly, and Boston.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:16 AM
The first professional police force in the US began in 1838 in Boston. In 1854 only three cities had police forces: NYC, Philly, and Boston.
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So, cops in blue states can start shooting motherfuckers like these on sight now?
January 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM
So, cops in blue states can start shooting motherfuckers like these on sight now?
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Unarmed civilian defenders clashing with Trump's ICE paramilitary forces in Minneapolis in the immediate aftermath of Alex Pretti's murder by regime thugs. #3E #GoodvsEvil
📹@3janetv
youtu.be/Z_fnqVy0Qfs
📹@3janetv
youtu.be/Z_fnqVy0Qfs
January 25, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Unarmed civilian defenders clashing with Trump's ICE paramilitary forces in Minneapolis in the immediate aftermath of Alex Pretti's murder by regime thugs. #3E #GoodvsEvil
📹@3janetv
youtu.be/Z_fnqVy0Qfs
📹@3janetv
youtu.be/Z_fnqVy0Qfs
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The govt lying about the killing of a U.S. citizen at the hands of the state, is by itself, a front page a story, worthy of drumbeat coverage, resignations, and impeachments.
January 25, 2026 at 1:16 AM
The govt lying about the killing of a U.S. citizen at the hands of the state, is by itself, a front page a story, worthy of drumbeat coverage, resignations, and impeachments.
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Imagine this in a trial.
Devastating first-hand witness to Alex Pretti's killing
Declaration filed in federal court:
"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."
Devastating first-hand witness to Alex Pretti's killing
Declaration filed in federal court:
"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Imagine this in a trial.
Devastating first-hand witness to Alex Pretti's killing
Declaration filed in federal court:
"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."
Devastating first-hand witness to Alex Pretti's killing
Declaration filed in federal court:
"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him."
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Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
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holy shit they are still asking Democrats if they will tone down the rhetoric
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
holy shit they are still asking Democrats if they will tone down the rhetoric
The best of us, killed by the worst.
“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
January 25, 2026 at 1:09 AM
The best of us, killed by the worst.
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I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
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Alex Pretti will not be forgotten.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Alex Pretti will not be forgotten.
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teachers and nurses. it's like there's a running contest to see who can kill the most sympathetic victim.
AOC: "Early reports are that he was an ICU nurse at the Mpls VA. So we are talking about Donald Trump accusing a VA ICU as being a terrorist against the United States. A man who was treating service members to our country ... his final act on early was helping a woman pushed to the ground."
January 24, 2026 at 10:58 PM
teachers and nurses. it's like there's a running contest to see who can kill the most sympathetic victim.
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Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
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Pro-murder vs. anti-murder
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Pro-murder vs. anti-murder
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"Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to 'massacre' them. Video footage shows Mr. Pretti stepping between a woman and an agent who is pepper spraying her. ...
January 24, 2026 at 10:51 PM
"Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to 'massacre' them. Video footage shows Mr. Pretti stepping between a woman and an agent who is pepper spraying her. ...
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If ICE did nothing wrong - why are they confiscating all the eyewitness's smartphones?
January 24, 2026 at 10:31 PM
If ICE did nothing wrong - why are they confiscating all the eyewitness's smartphones?
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Abolishing ICE is not nearly sufficient. State and local officials need to start arresting and prosecuting these kidnappers and murderers.
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Abolishing ICE is not nearly sufficient. State and local officials need to start arresting and prosecuting these kidnappers and murderers.
