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Actions Lab Jan Meeting: Help Stop Sportswashing!
Help Stop Fossil Fuel Sportswashing! Fossil fuel companies spend billions of dollars on sports sponsorships to falsely associate their toxic brands with the positive values of sports–teamwork, health,...
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For an excellent study of medicalizing euphemisms please see Golfo Alexopolous’s history of the Gulag, entitled "Illness and Inhumanity."
December 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For an excellent study of medicalizing euphemisms please see Golfo Alexopolous’s history of the Gulag, entitled "Illness and Inhumanity."
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Op-ed in today's Albany Times Union.
"Supporting more renewable energy development, paired with storage and demand-side resources, will deliver predictable, low-cost power over decades and minimize exposure to volatile international fuel markets."
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"Supporting more renewable energy development, paired with storage and demand-side resources, will deliver predictable, low-cost power over decades and minimize exposure to volatile international fuel markets."
Gift article
Commentary: To make energy more affordable, double down on renewables
For years, fossil-fuel infrastructure has been subsidized by taxpayers, creating an illusion of affordability. But renewable energy has lower overall system costs.
www.timesunion.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Op-ed in today's Albany Times Union.
"Supporting more renewable energy development, paired with storage and demand-side resources, will deliver predictable, low-cost power over decades and minimize exposure to volatile international fuel markets."
Gift article
"Supporting more renewable energy development, paired with storage and demand-side resources, will deliver predictable, low-cost power over decades and minimize exposure to volatile international fuel markets."
Gift article
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"...if any energy projects should be cancelled because they threaten national security it should be fossil fuel plants, since the US defense and intelligence communities have issued literally dozens of reports...identifying fossil-fuel use and climate change as threats to national security..."
Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like
On Monday, December 22, the Trump Administration announced it was pausing five major offshore wind energy projects, citing “national security risks.”
thebulletin.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"...if any energy projects should be cancelled because they threaten national security it should be fossil fuel plants, since the US defense and intelligence communities have issued literally dozens of reports...identifying fossil-fuel use and climate change as threats to national security..."
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Learn why Fossil Fuel Divestment is a Win-Win-Win for IL, its pensioners & its residents. On 1.7.26.
Hosted by the IL Environmental Council & featuring IL legislative lead sponsors, members of the Climate Safe Pensions Illinois coalition will explain why.
Protect Pensions, Protect the Planet!
Hosted by the IL Environmental Council & featuring IL legislative lead sponsors, members of the Climate Safe Pensions Illinois coalition will explain why.
Protect Pensions, Protect the Planet!
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Learn why Fossil Fuel Divestment is a Win-Win-Win for IL, its pensioners & its residents. On 1.7.26.
Hosted by the IL Environmental Council & featuring IL legislative lead sponsors, members of the Climate Safe Pensions Illinois coalition will explain why.
Protect Pensions, Protect the Planet!
Hosted by the IL Environmental Council & featuring IL legislative lead sponsors, members of the Climate Safe Pensions Illinois coalition will explain why.
Protect Pensions, Protect the Planet!
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This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This struck me too. As Anne Applebaum doesn’t mention, she wrote a classic history of the Gulag.
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"2026 is either America’s 250th anniversary or its first. Our democracy, the institutions that upheld it, and a structure that symbolized it have fallen. It’s on us to not simply clean up the rubble, but to build something new in its place."
My article in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social is now online. It's much more personal than my usual work, an acknowledgement of how much we've lost and what I see as the only path forward. Is next year America's 250th anniversary or year one? That's up to us.
progressive.org/magazine/aft...
progressive.org/magazine/aft...
After the Wreck
One year from the midterm elections, what’s next for a nation of states no longer united?
progressive.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"2026 is either America’s 250th anniversary or its first. Our democracy, the institutions that upheld it, and a structure that symbolized it have fallen. It’s on us to not simply clean up the rubble, but to build something new in its place."
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Two of the four people arrested taking care packages to ICE detainees were old friends, all four are heroes! Thanks Fred, Sabine, and everyone else!
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
4 arrested taking care packages to immigrant detainees at Burlington processing center
Three activists and a reverend sought to bring attention to conditions and alleged human rights violations at the facility where immigrants are held.
www.wgbh.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Two of the four people arrested taking care packages to ICE detainees were old friends, all four are heroes! Thanks Fred, Sabine, and everyone else!
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Closing NCAR because it produces "climate alarmism" is like closing the fire department because it produces "fire alarmism"
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
A low point
Things will get better....I think
billmckibben.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Closing NCAR because it produces "climate alarmism" is like closing the fire department because it produces "fire alarmism"
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
Worth watching!
Here's a great PBS NewsHour video on small plug-in solar panels.
Thanks, @billmckibben.bsky.social, for mentioning this video in last night's The Crucial Years post. Things will get better!
youtu.be/yVO9GcNlkLQ?...
Thanks, @billmckibben.bsky.social, for mentioning this video in last night's The Crucial Years post. Things will get better!
youtu.be/yVO9GcNlkLQ?...
Small plug-in solar panels gain traction as an affordable way to cut electricity bills
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Worth watching!
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If you need ideas for good last-minute gifts, there are these great books by Third Act founder Bill McKibben, with descriptions and ways to order each one at: BillMcKibben.com/books
There are also lots of ways to donate to Third Act in someone’s name: thirdact.org/donate/
Happy Hopeful Holidays!
There are also lots of ways to donate to Third Act in someone’s name: thirdact.org/donate/
Happy Hopeful Holidays!
December 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
If you need ideas for good last-minute gifts, there are these great books by Third Act founder Bill McKibben, with descriptions and ways to order each one at: BillMcKibben.com/books
There are also lots of ways to donate to Third Act in someone’s name: thirdact.org/donate/
Happy Hopeful Holidays!
There are also lots of ways to donate to Third Act in someone’s name: thirdact.org/donate/
Happy Hopeful Holidays!
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Happy Holidays from Third Act SoCal, a group of activists over 60 working to save our climate and democracy. Come get into some "good trouble" with us this year; no matter how much time you have, you'll be glad you did something, and it's a fun group! thirdact.org/socal/
#thirdactsocal #thirdact
#thirdactsocal #thirdact
December 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Happy Holidays from Third Act SoCal, a group of activists over 60 working to save our climate and democracy. Come get into some "good trouble" with us this year; no matter how much time you have, you'll be glad you did something, and it's a fun group! thirdact.org/socal/
#thirdactsocal #thirdact
#thirdactsocal #thirdact
What’s #Sportswashing ? What can you do about it? Sign up now for @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social January meeting to find out thirdact.org/actions-lab/...
Actions Lab Jan Meeting: Help Stop Sportswashing!
Help Stop Fossil Fuel Sportswashing! Fossil fuel companies spend billions of dollars on sports sponsorships to falsely associate their toxic brands with the positive values of sports–teamwork, health,...
thirdact.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
What’s #Sportswashing ? What can you do about it? Sign up now for @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social January meeting to find out thirdact.org/actions-lab/...
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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... “The changing winds of public opinion have quieted Trump’s ambitions to seek an unconstitutional third term: Republicans are less willing to stick their necks out to help Trump…when his own ability to pull it off seems so slim.”
What’s going on with Donald Trump’s health? | Moira Donegan
The president’s appearance and schedule have sparked speculation – perhaps fueled in part by his political fortunes
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... “The changing winds of public opinion have quieted Trump’s ambitions to seek an unconstitutional third term: Republicans are less willing to stick their necks out to help Trump…when his own ability to pull it off seems so slim.”
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The SPEED Act still needs to pass the Senate before it can become law. Our senators can - and must - use their power to stop this latest giveaway to the fossil fuel industry at working people's expense. Tell your senator to say no to the SPEED Act: act.oilchange.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress to Stand Up for Our Environmental Protections!
Tell your Congresspeople to put the people they represent before fossil fuel industry profits, and say no to the SPEED Act. The health and safety of our communities depends on it.
The House of Repr...
act.oilchange.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The SPEED Act still needs to pass the Senate before it can become law. Our senators can - and must - use their power to stop this latest giveaway to the fossil fuel industry at working people's expense. Tell your senator to say no to the SPEED Act: act.oilchange.org/letters/tell...
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🚨 BREAKING: The House just voted through the SPEED Act, which would gut our environmental protections to make it easier for Big Oil + other polluters to cut corners on environmental review, bury info on the risks of their projects + steamroll community opposition.
oilchange.org/news/speed-a...
oilchange.org/news/speed-a...
Environmental and Frontline Groups Blast House Passage of the SPEED Act - Oil Change International
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act (H.R. 4776). The Act guts the National Environmental Policy…
oilchange.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🚨 BREAKING: The House just voted through the SPEED Act, which would gut our environmental protections to make it easier for Big Oil + other polluters to cut corners on environmental review, bury info on the risks of their projects + steamroll community opposition.
oilchange.org/news/speed-a...
oilchange.org/news/speed-a...
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New York is one of the states suing.
"Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for what they say is the unlawful withholding of over $2 billion in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs."
"Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for what they say is the unlawful withholding of over $2 billion in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs."
16 states sue Trump administration again over billions in withheld electric vehicle charging funds
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing President Donald Trump’s administration for what they say is unlawfully withholding billions of dollars in funding for two electric vehicle chargi...
apnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New York is one of the states suing.
"Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for what they say is the unlawful withholding of over $2 billion in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs."
"Sixteen states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration for what they say is the unlawful withholding of over $2 billion in funding for two electric vehicle charging programs."
Pressure from enraged citizens works! Congrats @chesapeakeclimate.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social and all the others who made this happen.
Gov. Moore announces full funding for RENEW environmental study, reversing course. Study is essential to helping to protect state taxpayers from the increasing costs associated with flooding and extreme weather.
Moore reverses veto plans to fund $500K climate impact study
Gov. Moore reverses veto to fund $500K RENEW Act study, analyzing climate change’s economic impact on Maryland and extreme weather costs.
tinyurl.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pressure from enraged citizens works! Congrats @chesapeakeclimate.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social and all the others who made this happen.
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Holiday-themed, @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social "Light Brigade" banner drop on Gorman Rd over I-95, MD. Guess who's on Santa's naughty list.
December 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Holiday-themed, @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social "Light Brigade" banner drop on Gorman Rd over I-95, MD. Guess who's on Santa's naughty list.
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Literally Jesus’s parents had to flee to another country with their baby to avoid the imperial police
Here’s the birth of Christ being defiled by masked federal thugs who think terrorizing marginalized people is funny.
Homeland Security would have zip-tied the baby Jesus if its agents had been deployed in Bethlehem.
Homeland Security would have zip-tied the baby Jesus if its agents had been deployed in Bethlehem.
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Literally Jesus’s parents had to flee to another country with their baby to avoid the imperial police
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This is the fossil fuel industry spraypainting the lens on the security cameras while they carry off the heist
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is the fossil fuel industry spraypainting the lens on the security cameras while they carry off the heist
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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Glad to see @thirdactco.bsky.social Third Act Colorado joining the fight to help save the Natl Ctr for Atmospheric Research
December 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Glad to see @thirdactco.bsky.social Third Act Colorado joining the fight to help save the Natl Ctr for Atmospheric Research
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Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.