isaac
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Posting about electricity and how we can care for one other. @publicgrids.org. SF. they.
Latest: “To fight oligarchy, build local democracy"
https://www.isaacsevier.com/notes/to-fight-oligarchy-build-local-democracy/
Latest: “To fight oligarchy, build local democracy"
https://www.isaacsevier.com/notes/to-fight-oligarchy-build-local-democracy/
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Overcharged: The Rules Of The Electricity Affordability Crisis
Nearly a quarter of adults in the US—or over 52 million people—cannot pay their power bills.
climateandcommunity.org
In this new report from me & @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social for @cplusc.bsky.social & @publicgrids.org, we argue the current electricity affordability crisis is caused by the rules of private ownership. To solve the crisis, we recommend banning shutoffs now and using many tools to expand public power!
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Guatemala 🇬🇹
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Guatemala 🇬🇹
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My favorite monarch butterfly overwintering site isn't looking that hot yet, but Santa Cruz is LIGHTING UP westernmonarchcount.org/western-mona...
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
My favorite monarch butterfly overwintering site isn't looking that hot yet, but Santa Cruz is LIGHTING UP westernmonarchcount.org/western-mona...
Trying to log into doc portal but it says something's wrong. Try to recover the password. No email. The page literally says "if you don't get an email in 30 minutes email this other address." I still get marketing and patient reminder emails daily. Web 4.0 should be about the web being simple again.
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Trying to log into doc portal but it says something's wrong. Try to recover the password. No email. The page literally says "if you don't get an email in 30 minutes email this other address." I still get marketing and patient reminder emails daily. Web 4.0 should be about the web being simple again.
LFG. A decade of socialist mayors could fix us
LEAD CHANGE: Katie Wilson is now ahead of Mayor Harrell by... 91 votes.
That's out of ≈270K!
Seattle counted roughly 39K ballots today, & they broke in favor of Wilson by 11.4%, erasing the entirety of the incumbent's lead.
That's out of ≈270K!
Seattle counted roughly 39K ballots today, & they broke in favor of Wilson by 11.4%, erasing the entirety of the incumbent's lead.
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
LFG. A decade of socialist mayors could fix us
Never clicked something so fast in my life www.hearingthings.co/new-york-i-l...
New York, I Love You
On LCD Soundsystem, borrowed nostalgia, and the election of Zohran Mamdani
www.hearingthings.co
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Never clicked something so fast in my life www.hearingthings.co/new-york-i-l...
Just this morning I saw that Starbucks bear trend and it's such a clear cut example of how our rights as workers are opposed to our mindless, seemingly bottomless consumption culture
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just this morning I saw that Starbucks bear trend and it's such a clear cut example of how our rights as workers are opposed to our mindless, seemingly bottomless consumption culture
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The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.
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I know the idea that ICE and BP will be prosecuted en mass is comforting but it absolutely isn’t going to happen. If you actually care about this issue you should be more serious about it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Feeling peak uncle while Asian squatting on a street corner in the inner Richmond waiting for someone
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Feeling peak uncle while Asian squatting on a street corner in the inner Richmond waiting for someone
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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This is the most comprehensive reporting released on the DHS-alleged shooting so far. Read the entire story (reminder: reporters don't usually choose headlines).
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is the most comprehensive reporting released on the DHS-alleged shooting so far. Read the entire story (reminder: reporters don't usually choose headlines).
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
For folks asking if it's true an ICE agent was shot: no, that is a verifiably false rumor. No injuries. A lot else remains in question.
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CBP/ICE was supported by the FBI this morning in Little Village, with reports of plainclothes feds seen in vehicles across the area.
This also included using Chicago FBI HQ for staging. Bovino is seen here doing rock paper scissors with another agent for the DHS cameras, as people yell insults:
This also included using Chicago FBI HQ for staging. Bovino is seen here doing rock paper scissors with another agent for the DHS cameras, as people yell insults:
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
CBP/ICE was supported by the FBI this morning in Little Village, with reports of plainclothes feds seen in vehicles across the area.
This also included using Chicago FBI HQ for staging. Bovino is seen here doing rock paper scissors with another agent for the DHS cameras, as people yell insults:
This also included using Chicago FBI HQ for staging. Bovino is seen here doing rock paper scissors with another agent for the DHS cameras, as people yell insults:
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More of this!
In every country!
In every country!
Thousands of homeless people will be able to open a bank account and five major banks as part of a strategy to improve financial inclusion.
Five major banks to allow homeless people to open bank accounts under new pilot
www.bigissue.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
More of this!
In every country!
In every country!
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Finnur Dellsén got a nice pic of me on my standard Q&A slide, so now I have a stock reply to any time anyone disagrees with me.
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Finnur Dellsén got a nice pic of me on my standard Q&A slide, so now I have a stock reply to any time anyone disagrees with me.
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Good news: One week into NewsMatch, we have raised over $9,500 and hit the first of three match caps!
Through Dec. 31st, your new monthly donation is matched 24x (or your one-time donation tripled!), up to $1,000. Hear from our members why they give to The Xylom:
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Through Dec. 31st, your new monthly donation is matched 24x (or your one-time donation tripled!), up to $1,000. Hear from our members why they give to The Xylom:
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![“I'm so impressed with The Xylom team and what you've done and continue to accomplish.
Your small but mighty newsroom gives me hope for the future of [the] press in the U.S. Keep it up 💛”
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November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Good news: One week into NewsMatch, we have raised over $9,500 and hit the first of three match caps!
Through Dec. 31st, your new monthly donation is matched 24x (or your one-time donation tripled!), up to $1,000. Hear from our members why they give to The Xylom:
fundrazr.com/sustain-the-...
Through Dec. 31st, your new monthly donation is matched 24x (or your one-time donation tripled!), up to $1,000. Hear from our members why they give to The Xylom:
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"I often have the same concern about folks working in media that I do of folks working in climate: not enough of 'em have ever had to make a dollar stretch and it makes them absolutely terrified of standing up to power."
Make Media Brave Again
The only way to protect what’s left of journalism is to do the job right.
drilled.media
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"I often have the same concern about folks working in media that I do of folks working in climate: not enough of 'em have ever had to make a dollar stretch and it makes them absolutely terrified of standing up to power."
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Shooketh
BREAKING: The USDA tells states funds will be made available later today to pay November SNAP benefits in full.
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Shooketh
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(the article is dated 11/4)
Sam Altman apparently subpoenaed moments into SF talk with Steve Kerr
The man approached Altman just moments after he walked onstage.
www.sfgate.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
(the article is dated 11/4)
There's so much evidence about the evils being done by the many fingers of AI's 'invisible' hand, and, without blinking, many "grid experts" are actively collaborating in this project.
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
There's so much evidence about the evils being done by the many fingers of AI's 'invisible' hand, and, without blinking, many "grid experts" are actively collaborating in this project.
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LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.
Oh, this is wild.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
DOJ went to SCOTUS *before* we got the First Circuit's administrative stay denial. (We know this because DOJ just filed a letter at SCOTUS about the admin stay denial.)
So, DOJ went to SCOTUS b/c the First Circuit did not meet its less-than-seven-hour "deadline" for a ruling.
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.
About that LRT...
I wrote about how one alternative to "no kings" is not just one king but many kings, and discuss how some very commonly held ideas about the solutions of clean energy today overlaps with this idea that benefits oligarchy and their dystopian vision of the future.
To fight oligarchy, build local democracy
"No kings." This is a clear, unambiguous demand, but it isn't a rallying cry for the world we need to build. A world with no kings requires making our infrastructure reflect our commitments to local d...
www.isaacsevier.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
About that LRT...
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Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.
The people of New York elected an openly socialist mayor this week and inspired the world. I travel with some of the best comrades I could ask for as we build something bigger than ourselves. Not a single thing you can show me this week can hurt me. We gotta take the wins where we can.
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The people of New York elected an openly socialist mayor this week and inspired the world. I travel with some of the best comrades I could ask for as we build something bigger than ourselves. Not a single thing you can show me this week can hurt me. We gotta take the wins where we can.
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Here’s a thought: what if it wasn’t the DEI, but the fact that most organizations only adopted DEI as a messaging strategy and not as a policy strategy? Are we ready for that conversation?
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here’s a thought: what if it wasn’t the DEI, but the fact that most organizations only adopted DEI as a messaging strategy and not as a policy strategy? Are we ready for that conversation?