Stephanie Damassa
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Stephanie Damassa
@shdamassa.bsky.social
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‘To live a normal life again, it’s a dream come true’: UK’s first climate evacuees can cast off their homes and trauma

#climatecrisis
Story by Bethan McKernan
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘To live a normal life again, it’s a dream come true’: UK’s first climate evacuees can cast off their homes and trauma
Forty-odd residents of Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl, south Wales, relieved by council buyout after years in fear of fast flooding
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Last year, the administration cancelled the solar for all program that was helping improve the grid and help low-income households in all 50 states and Puerto Rico bsky.app/profile/cost...
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
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This years Super Bowl ads are all sponsored by the buy nothing movement
February 9, 2026 at 12:14 AM
America in commercials: horror, gambling, weight loss drugs, trucks, and AI
February 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Has anyone asked Bad Bunny for his thoughts on DC statehood
February 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Good morning! Taxing the wealth of the richest 1% of Americans down to the median wealth of the next-richest 9% ($5.2 million per household) would free up $48 trillion. Redistributing that to the poorest 50% of Americans would give *68 million households* an average of *$700k per household*.
February 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Paul Duggan is on A1 but they laid him off
February 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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A new RMI report does the math & finds that consumers save money by buying used EVs.
Tired of Gasoline Prices? Here's a Surprising Way to Save Money - RMI
Used EVs offer the secret to affordable driving – generally cheaper to buy than gas cars and can cut ongoing car expenses 40-65 percent
rmi.org
February 7, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Unbelievable
February 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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STRONG MESSAGING about the seriousness of the cold and wind on Saturday from the National Weather Service. Power outages possible. Longest period with subzero wind chills in 30+ years.

A good day to stay inside, or bundle up big time if you have to be outside.
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
'Democracy Dies in Darkness': Super Bowl commercial (2019)
YouTube video by Washington Post
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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The Post has done some of America's best climate journalism. They won a Pulitzer for climate, then grew the team to 30+ people. Exec editor Sally Buzbee called climate "perhaps the century’s biggest story."

Now down to 5 writers. Thank you Jeff Bezos. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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@sammyroth.bsky.social reporting that the Post cuts include 14 climate journalists:

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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MacKenzie Scott has the chance to do the funniest thing right now.
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Spitballing/bargaining stage of grief: A “Washington Banner” outlet, spun off the successful Baltimore Banner and taking advantage of its backend, built out of laid off Washington Post Metro and Sports staffers and funded via a mixed nonprofit and subscription model…
February 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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If you ever want to feel like you live in “the ruins of a once great civilization,” then read a local daily paper from the middle of last century — our predecessors had more and better knowledge of their neighbors, their societies, and their local democracies than we do about our own.
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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turns out when Bezos suggested "democracy dies in darkness" it was a goal, not a slogan
February 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Sports coverage is more than scores. It’s about the people, politics and cultural factors that drive it. Sports journalism adds vivid color and context to these dynamics. Without it, every sports fan suffers. Some of the best sports journalism all-time came from WaPo. Inexcusable loss.
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Growing up (especially in the pre-internet 80s/90s) the best part of my morning= digging into the Washington Post sports section before school. It was everything. Then there was the Sunday paper with a big breakfast, the best combo. So many talented people let go because of another evil Billionaire.
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Everything about how we got here is just heartbreakingly, mind-bogglingly, irredeemably, self-servingly stupid.

So much incredible work done under trying conditions for low pay by smart people to educate us when we desperately need it, just tossed aside.

And for what? www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...
Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post'
The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.
www.npr.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
It’s also important to note the importance of physical newspapers for accidentally reading things you might not have read ordinarily. And as I keep saying, give kids a chance to read something in their house.
Every time there is a mass layoff I hope people remember that newsletters cannot save us. The Free Press started as a newsletter but came to influence as something more like a newspaper (without the journalism).

We need to somehow invest in media infrastructure, not a thousand little ladders.
February 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Every time there is a mass layoff I hope people remember that newsletters cannot save us. The Free Press started as a newsletter but came to influence as something more like a newspaper (without the journalism).

We need to somehow invest in media infrastructure, not a thousand little ladders.
February 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Please don't report this as a straightforward business story; it's a story about coercive social transformation being imposed by people so rich they've ceased to see the rest of us as legitimate stakeholders in our own lives
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM