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Rob Wald
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Getting in good trouble and supporting younger people as a climate justice activist (volunteer) with Third Act Maryland. Love sports, beer, coffee, art, literature, biking, hiking, and napping.
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tomorrowknowslady.bsky.social
Want to find ways to help the "Make Polluters Pay Climate Fund" take on Big Oil? Attend an upcoming Grassroots Organizing Meeting on Zoom:

Nov 17, 2025, 5 PM
Dec 1, 2025, 5 PM
Dec 15, 2025, 5 PM
Dec 29, 2025, 5 PM
biologicaldiversity-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#makepolluterspay #polluterspay
November 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Reposted by Rob Wald
insideclimatenews.org
Just about everyone hates data centers, as we’re seeing in election results and a flurry of policy changes.
A New Unifying Issue: Just About Everyone Hates Data Centers - Inside Climate News
Recent election results and evidence from states show misgivings about the growth of AI and the ramifications for energy costs and the environment.
insideclimatenews.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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thirdactmd.bsky.social
On Nov. 15, people around the world will make it clear: We won’t stand for trillion-dollar payouts to Elon Musk or anyone.

11 a.m. Sat. @ Rockville (MD) Tesla, 1300 Rockville Pike. RSVP: tinyurl.com/2zfrsumd

Find Tesla location near you: bit.ly/notrillionaires

#NoTrillionaires #TeslaTakedown
White text set against black background, reading Join the movement #notrillionaires November 15, 2025. Tesla facilities everywhere. bit.ly/notrillionaires Photo of two women holding signs. Sign on left reads No! No! A trillion times no! Sign on right reads Boycott trillionaires. Photo of many holding a sign and American flag in front of the Tesla showroom. The sign depicts Trump, Stephen Miller, and Elon Musk seated and wearing white dunce caps. Text reads, turns out that nobody likes these dopes. Photo of a woman wearing a tricorner hat and hoding signs that read $1 trillion for DOGE mayhem, and I am Auntie-Fa: Old Broad against fascism.
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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thirdactmd.bsky.social
Vagina Power at Rockville Tesla Takedown!

One of our regular rally-goers showed up with this beautiful vagina sign last week. We felt obligated to share it.

Tesla Takedown, 1300 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, every Saturday at 11 a.m.

@thirdactorg.bsky.social #TeslaTakedown #VaginaPower
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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joindayenu.bsky.social
Okay, Oilprice.com - you said it.

"The geopolitical age of oil and gas may already be waning. The age of renewables and resilience is dawning. The choice is not only moral or environmental, it is strategic. And those who ignore it do so at their peril."

oilprice.com/Alternative-...
Why Nations That Bet on Renewables Will Win the Next Energy Era | OilPrice.com
The more distributed your renewable base, the less you depend on foreign suppliers to feed your grid
oilprice.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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billmckibben.bsky.social
Hideous flooding in Vietnam, where five feet of rain in 24 hours nears world-record

Life and death on an overheated planet

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Record Vietnam Rains Kill Nine, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate
Widespread flooding across central Vietnam killed at least nine people and damaged more than 100,000 homes in the tourist hubs of Hue and Da Nang, as the Southeast Asian nation endures another bout of...
www.bloomberg.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Reposted by Rob Wald
billmckibben.bsky.social
Parts of Jamaica may see more than 30 inches of rain from Hurricane Melissa

This is the mark of an overheated earth, and the damage it causes will be terrifying. Please be prepared to help those providing aid
October 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Reposted by Rob Wald
billmckibben.bsky.social
What if you powered data centers by installing heat pumps in homes? And a thousand other good ideas
billmckibben.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
Beyond the solar panel
Finding all the clever paths forward!
billmckibben.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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thirdactmd.bsky.social
Billionaires Suck.

We're sending a message to Musk & billionaires everywhere that we will fight back.

Tesla Takedown
Saturdays at 11 a.m.
1300 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

These are 100% nonviolent protests.

@thirdactorg.bsky.social @teslatakedown.com #TeslaTakedown #AbolishBillionaires
Photo of protesters holding signs. The closest and only legible sign reads, Terminate billionaire parasites. Above the photo against a yellow background is text in blue that reads, Billionaires suck. Tesla Takedown, every Saturday, 11 a.m., 1300 Rockville Pike, Rockville.
October 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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jfrejnyc.bsky.social
We are sick and tired of the appalling, Islamophobic attacks on Zohran for daring to care about the well-being of Palestinians.

It's not antisemitic to call out Israel for indiscriminate bombings, war crimes, and killing thousands upon thousands of civilians.

Enough is enough.
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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thirdactmd.bsky.social
No Kings Day was fun & energizing. Now let's get sh*t done.

Here are two actions every MD resident should take:

-Email Sen. Alsobrooks re: TVA: tinyurl.com/TVAAlso

-Help stop Avelo Air deportation flights: tinyurl.com/AveloBWI

#NoKings @thirdactorg.bsky.social @thirdacttn.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
robwald.bsky.social
No Kings dance party at Baltimore Penn Station. Best time I've ever had at a protest.

#NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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thirdactmd.bsky.social
We Have Friends Everywhere

Families fight to survive while billionaires get richer. Dictators take, people protect. WE decide, not dictators. Oct 18: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=t...

#NoKings #NoKingsBaltimore #NoKingsDC @thirdactorg.bsky.social
Illustration of a crown with a red X through it. The crown is yellow outlined in black. Below it is large black text reading We have friends everywhere. No kings. October 18. nokings.org. In the background are the names of numerous cities, all run together, separated by bullets, and printed in gray as a wallpaper effect.
October 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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thirdactmd.bsky.social
No Kings. No Billionaires. No Pedophiles. No Fascists. No ICE.

Photos from #TeslaTakedown last Saturday, 1300 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. We'll be at #NoKingsDay events next Saturday but return to Rockville Tesla 10/25 at 11 a.m. Photos by Margaret Loomis.

@thirdactorg.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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docs4campclosure.bsky.social
Avelo Airlines contracts with ICE to deport people abducted from their homes & communities. We join a nationwide movement to say NO! We are calling on Gov Moore to (easily & legally) end Maryland’s contract with Avelo. Sign the petition here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/go... #AveloOutOfBWI
August 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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thirdactmd.bsky.social
Make Solar Ubiquitous. Sign the Petition Today!

We just broke social media norms by using a big word in our headline. Now let's break bureaucratic norms.

Tell your local leaders you want solar . . . er . . . everywhere.

Sign the petition today: qrco.de/sun-day-petition

#SolarEnergy
September 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reposted by Rob Wald
thirdactmd.bsky.social
Power to the People!

Unlike fossil fuels, which are controlled by billionaires and corporations, the sun belongs to us all. We can use it to create all the electricity we need. Find out how at Sun Day. RSVP for more info: tinyurl.com/sundaybmore

@thirdactorg.bsky.social #SunDayOfAction #Solar
Illustration of a yellow sun against a blue-green background. The sun takes up almost the entire space. Inside the sun is blue-green text reading Power to the people. Sun Day. September 21, 1 to 4 p.m. Civic Works, Baltimore. Admission is free, just like the sun. There is a QR code to RSVP in the upper right corner.
September 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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thirdactmd.bsky.social
We’ve Got Solar Flair!

Who knew solar energy could be so hip and stylish? Or that you can take advantage of the cheapest energy on Earth even if you rent or have a shady roof?

Find out more: tinyurl.com/sundaybmore

@thirdactorg.bsky.social #SunDayOfAction #SolarEnergy
Black text on a pink background, with an illustrated sun in black in the upper right. Text in sun reads, Sun Day, September 21. Other text reads We’ve got solar flair. Baltimore celebrates Solar. Solar demos, solar job training info, kids activities, solar art, live music, food trucks. Sun Day day of action, September 21, 1-4 p.m. Admission is free, just like the sun! Civic Works, 3501 Brehms Lane, Baltimore. Free parking and shuttle, Clifton Mansion, 2701 St. Lo Dr. RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/sundaybmore.
September 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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thirdactmd.bsky.social
Energy from Heaven, not from Hell.

We're celebrating a ball of hot plasma way up in the heavens! We’re talking about the sun, of course, the most plentiful source of energy there is.

Solar power & job training info, kids activities, live music and more. RSVP: tinyurl.com/sundaybmore
#SunDay
Text graphic with black wording set against a yellow background, with a pink illustrated sun in the upper right corner. Text reads, Energy from heaven, not from hell. Sun Day day of action, September 21, 1 to 4 p.m. Civic Works, 3501 Brehms Lane, Baltimore. Free parking and shuttle at Clifton Mansion, 2701 St. Lo Drive. RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/sundaybmore
September 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
robwald.bsky.social
I was there, and it was amazing! Mainstream media are, of course, ignoring nearly all acts of resistance, including yesterday's march, which was a major show of solidarity, with labor and justice groups coming together. #FreeDC
thirdactmd.bsky.social Third Act Maryland @thirdactmd.bsky.social · Sep 7
Third Actors from DC, Maryland, and Virginia marched in DC yesterday with our Resist Tyranny banner. What a beautiful day of resistance and solidarity against the Trump regime.

#WeAreAllDC #FreeDC #FreePalestine #EndTheOccupation #AbolishICE @thirdactorg.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
robwald.bsky.social
Corporations can’t hoard the sun. It’s in the sky, free for all of us. Learn how to use it to power your home.

Sun Day
RSVP: tinyurl.com/sundaybmore

Sept. 21, 1-4 p.m.
Civic Works
3501 Brehms Ln., Baltimore

@sundayofaction.bsky.social @thirdactorg.bsky.social #SunDayOfAction #SolarEnergy
Illustration of workers installing solar panels on a roof with a yellow sun overhead. Inside the sun are the words, Can't hoard the sun. Below the roof is text reading, Rise of for clean energy. Sun Day, September 21, 1-4 p.m. Civic Works, 3501 Brehms Lane, Baltimore. RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/sundaybmore
August 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
robwald.bsky.social
The boycott of West Virginia has begun.

Don't go to WV. Don't buy WV agricultural products.

Residents of DC and the MD and VA suburbs spend millions annually in WV. Or at least they did until today.

#BoycottWV #BoycottWestVirginia #FreeDC #EndTheOccupation

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
West Virginia to deploy hundreds of national guard troops to Washington DC
Troops requested by Trump team are ‘ready to respond’ but ‘not on a political policing mission’, veteran group says
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
robwald.bsky.social
This caught my eye. Pirro said "illegal guns." I thought only people were illegal. BTW, a large number of those illegal guns are trafficked from Virginia, so maybe start there Jeanine.
August 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
robwald.bsky.social
Even some of Trump's biggest media supporters are turning on him over the Epstein cover-up. app.sosha.ai/s/HdOAhsrQ
MAGA media rips Trump over Epstein cover-up
app.sosha.ai
July 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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thirdactmd.bsky.social
Why aren’t Maryland’s Democratic leaders fighting back against Trump? One Maryland Third Actor takes Gov. Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown to task.
Read the full story: tinyurl.com/59sbxuye
@thirdactorg.bsky.social #CleanCars #ActOnClimate #MarylandEVs #EV #Tesla #CarPollution
Clean cars in Maryland? Governor, attorney general drag their feet as Trump harms our state - Maryland Matters
Marylanders take comfort knowing that their leaders are often a bulwark against the worst of President Donald Trump’s impulses, Rob Wald writes, which is why it's puzzling that the state has not jumpe...
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July 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM