Ross Macfarlane
@rossmacfarlane.bsky.social
Advocate for climate action, clean energy & democracy. Likes to play outside. Director with Sierra Club Foundation, Way to Rise, and Clean Energy Transition Institute and recently Director and Vice President with Sierra Club.
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Don’t Look Away: The Climate Crisis Demands Our Attention
We live in a time of crisis overload. President Trump and his team are following his advisor Steve Bannon’s strategy to “flood the zone…
medium.com
I wrote a piece for Earth Week about the need to keep bringing focus to the need for climate action at this time we are all being overloaded with issues that are appropriately demanding our attention. Appreciate any thoughts and sharing with anyone you think might be interested.
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Trump, who says he had "no idea" at the time that Epstein sexually molested girls, told the police in 2006 that "everyone has known he’s been doing this.” That's according to an FBI interview with the then-Palm Beach police chief.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
www.miamiherald.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Trump, who says he had "no idea" at the time that Epstein sexually molested girls, told the police in 2006 that "everyone has known he’s been doing this.” That's according to an FBI interview with the then-Palm Beach police chief.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
Here's a gift link to Julie K. Brown's article in the Miami Herald.
Elmo's meme stock can only continue to go up, right? Who needs to sell EVs when you have humanoid robots and you are planning space stations on the moon? @lockettwill.bsky.social wlockett.medium.com/tesla-is-utt...
Tesla Is Utterly Cooked
2025 was a bad year for Tesla, but it is only going to get worse from here.
wlockett.medium.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Elmo's meme stock can only continue to go up, right? Who needs to sell EVs when you have humanoid robots and you are planning space stations on the moon? @lockettwill.bsky.social wlockett.medium.com/tesla-is-utt...
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SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
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Iconic moment as he says "God Bless América" and then names every country in South, Central, and North america in order
For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S.
It means evveeerrybody
For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S.
It means evveeerrybody
February 9, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Iconic moment as he says "God Bless América" and then names every country in South, Central, and North america in order
For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S.
It means evveeerrybody
For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S.
It means evveeerrybody
This is outstanding. I am particularly fascinated to see what will happen with aviation fuels as electrification begins to significantly change the markets for ground transportation. Refineries aren't set up to produce kerosene as a primary product.
February 7, 2026 at 10:47 PM
This is outstanding. I am particularly fascinated to see what will happen with aviation fuels as electrification begins to significantly change the markets for ground transportation. Refineries aren't set up to produce kerosene as a primary product.
Sick and depraved
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Sick and depraved
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I keep thinking about Ted Cruz, who fervently backed Texas Republicans' partisan gerrymandering scheme, crying online about how mean it is that Virginia Democrats pulled off a partisan gerrymandering scheme.
I know he has no principles, but Jesus Christ, man, have some self-respect and dignity.
I know he has no principles, but Jesus Christ, man, have some self-respect and dignity.
February 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I keep thinking about Ted Cruz, who fervently backed Texas Republicans' partisan gerrymandering scheme, crying online about how mean it is that Virginia Democrats pulled off a partisan gerrymandering scheme.
I know he has no principles, but Jesus Christ, man, have some self-respect and dignity.
I know he has no principles, but Jesus Christ, man, have some self-respect and dignity.
"There is simply no question that this is the most flagrant display of presidential racism since Woodrow Wilson screened D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” in the White House in 1915." @jamellebouie.net @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
"There is simply no question that this is the most flagrant display of presidential racism since Woodrow Wilson screened D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” in the White House in 1915." @jamellebouie.net @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
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Yes, Lutnick procured the children:
February 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Yes, Lutnick procured the children:
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🚨BREAKING: Someone just projected this video onto a Las Vegas building ahead of the Super Bowl, dubbing it the "Pedo Bowl" and highlighting the men who dominate the Epstein files. Spoiler alert: Donald Trump, Howard Lutnick, and Steve Bannon are the MVP lineup nobody asked for.
February 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
🚨BREAKING: Someone just projected this video onto a Las Vegas building ahead of the Super Bowl, dubbing it the "Pedo Bowl" and highlighting the men who dominate the Epstein files. Spoiler alert: Donald Trump, Howard Lutnick, and Steve Bannon are the MVP lineup nobody asked for.
Save the leopards eating faces memes for the oligarchs and politicians -- we need to welcome every convert we can.
As much as we want to rip them a new one for getting us into this mess, when people on the right come forward and apologize and admit they were wrong, we should probably welcome them to the light.
February 7, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Save the leopards eating faces memes for the oligarchs and politicians -- we need to welcome every convert we can.
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ICYMI:
950+ Google workers signed a petition demanding that executives "disclose all contracts and collaboration with DHS, CBP, and ICE, and to divest from these partnerships."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
950+ Google workers signed a petition demanding that executives "disclose all contracts and collaboration with DHS, CBP, and ICE, and to divest from these partnerships."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Google Workers Demand End to Cloud Services for Immigration Agencies
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:37 PM
ICYMI:
950+ Google workers signed a petition demanding that executives "disclose all contracts and collaboration with DHS, CBP, and ICE, and to divest from these partnerships."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
950+ Google workers signed a petition demanding that executives "disclose all contracts and collaboration with DHS, CBP, and ICE, and to divest from these partnerships."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Absolutely insane to block the cheapest, cleanest, and quickest form of power as electricity demand soars. Trump policies are hurting consumers, companies, & communities
It's not just federal lands — the Trump administration is blocking hundreds of wind and solar farms on private property: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...
A Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects Nationwide
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Absolutely insane to block the cheapest, cleanest, and quickest form of power as electricity demand soars. Trump policies are hurting consumers, companies, & communities
They're saying that like it's a bad thing. LFG!
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
They're saying that like it's a bad thing. LFG!
"The single largest factor... has been higher-than-normal winter temperatures. This December was the hottest in Washington’s recorded history, a data set which stretches back to 1895....These warming trends are playing out around the world as climate change continues to heat the planet."
February 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
"The single largest factor... has been higher-than-normal winter temperatures. This December was the hottest in Washington’s recorded history, a data set which stretches back to 1895....These warming trends are playing out around the world as climate change continues to heat the planet."
Washington State and the NW are facing our 4th straight season with an abnormally low snowpack in the mountains. This isn't just an issue for skiers. Huge challenges for fish, farmers, and the hydro system. @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Where’s all our mountain snow? Experts are worried
Washington's snowpack sits at its third-lowest level in generations. There's still time this winter for more snow, but current trends aren’t bringing optimism.
www.seattletimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Washington State and the NW are facing our 4th straight season with an abnormally low snowpack in the mountains. This isn't just an issue for skiers. Huge challenges for fish, farmers, and the hydro system. @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
“They were careless people.... they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
February 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
“They were careless people.... they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Time for our legislators to demand that polling places be ICE free zones. @govjayinslee.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
www.meidasplus.com/p/dont-let-i...
www.meidasplus.com/p/dont-let-i...
Don’t Let ICE Freeze Voting
Guest article by Jay Inslee, former governor of Washington State
www.meidasplus.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Time for our legislators to demand that polling places be ICE free zones. @govjayinslee.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
www.meidasplus.com/p/dont-let-i...
www.meidasplus.com/p/dont-let-i...
There is no bottom to the gaping pit of his insatiable ego
Trump offered to unfreeze funding for NYC tunnel if Dulles airport, train station renamed for him, source says reut.rs/4ac0nRa
Trump offered to unfreeze funding for NYC tunnel if Dulles airport, train station renamed for him, source says
U.S. President Donald Trump offered last month to drop his hold on funding for a key $16 billion New York Hudson River tunnel project in exchange for Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer supporting the renaming of Washington Dulles Airport and New York Penn Station after Trump, a source told Reuters Thursday.
reut.rs
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 AM
There is no bottom to the gaping pit of his insatiable ego
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Your suspicion was right.
Trump shut down the Kennedy Center out of pure embarrassment after the cancellations.
He’s betting we forget in two years.
In 2023 the Kennedy Center was in the black, pulling in $286M in revenue. And it reopened from a $250M renovation in 2019.
Trump shut down the Kennedy Center out of pure embarrassment after the cancellations.
He’s betting we forget in two years.
In 2023 the Kennedy Center was in the black, pulling in $286M in revenue. And it reopened from a $250M renovation in 2019.
February 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Your suspicion was right.
Trump shut down the Kennedy Center out of pure embarrassment after the cancellations.
He’s betting we forget in two years.
In 2023 the Kennedy Center was in the black, pulling in $286M in revenue. And it reopened from a $250M renovation in 2019.
Trump shut down the Kennedy Center out of pure embarrassment after the cancellations.
He’s betting we forget in two years.
In 2023 the Kennedy Center was in the black, pulling in $286M in revenue. And it reopened from a $250M renovation in 2019.
Bitcoin "has no intrinsic value and is not backed by anything. ....Bitcoin investors seem to be relying on the greater fool theory—all you need to profit from an investment is to find someone willing to buy the asset at an even higher price."
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
February 5, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Bitcoin "has no intrinsic value and is not backed by anything. ....Bitcoin investors seem to be relying on the greater fool theory—all you need to profit from an investment is to find someone willing to buy the asset at an even higher price."
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...