Third Act Maryland
@thirdactmd.bsky.social
A group of folks who used to not "trust anyone over 30" fighting for climate justice and democracy and a livable planet for future generations. https://thirdact.org/maryland/
The way things are doesn't have to be.
NYC's socialist mayor has a radical proposal: making government do its job
Rent freezes and free buses can come later. But what if landlords obeyed the law and transit ran on time?
www.motherjones.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The way things are doesn't have to be.
Build community. Preserve one's agency. “Protests often have a subtle cascade effect. These are long-term fights.” See also thirdact.org/maryland/202...
December 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Build community. Preserve one's agency. “Protests often have a subtle cascade effect. These are long-term fights.” See also thirdact.org/maryland/202...
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! 2025 has certainly been one [redacted] year. Here's wishing everyone a healthy and peaceful New Year, as we hopefully build toward our Bedford Falls.
It’s a Wonderful Life
We can create kindness and decency, despite Trump
robertreich.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! 2025 has certainly been one [redacted] year. Here's wishing everyone a healthy and peaceful New Year, as we hopefully build toward our Bedford Falls.
Icymi: National Academies' Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare 2025 report, a response to EPA's proposed recission of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. 2-page summary is worth a read. Overarching Conclusion: see below.
tinyurl.com/25yrnyx7
tinyurl.com/25yrnyx7
National Academies Publish New Report Reviewing Evidence for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare
A new National Academies report reviews evidence gathered by the scientific community since 2009 on greenhouse gas emissions and their effects on U.S. climate, health, and welfare.
tinyurl.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Icymi: National Academies' Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare 2025 report, a response to EPA's proposed recission of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. 2-page summary is worth a read. Overarching Conclusion: see below.
tinyurl.com/25yrnyx7
tinyurl.com/25yrnyx7
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Appalachian Trail over I-70. Banner deployment with ear worm @thirdactmd.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Appalachian Trail over I-70. Banner deployment with ear worm @thirdactmd.bsky.social
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CO₂ is plant food 🙃
Food becoming more calorific but less nutritious due to rising carbon dioxide
Researchers noticed ‘dramatic’ changes in nutrients in crops, including drop in zinc and rise in lead
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
CO₂ is plant food 🙃
“Young people are inheriting an uncertain future where climate change is only going to continue to worsen, and it feels essential for us to use our voices and take action in [any] way we can”
As the US invests in fossil fuels, young climate activists push back in the courts
In this week’s newsletter: A generation is using the legal system to demand accountability for climate harm
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“Young people are inheriting an uncertain future where climate change is only going to continue to worsen, and it feels essential for us to use our voices and take action in [any] way we can”
"This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide, and solar and wind energy grew fast enough to cover the entire increase in global electricity use from January to June"
Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:19 AM
"This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide, and solar and wind energy grew fast enough to cover the entire increase in global electricity use from January to June"
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PJM’s latest auction = billions in higher electricity bills for MD families. Meanwhile, 90% of clean energy projects sit stuck in PJM’s backlog.We need reforms now.
🔗 chesapeakeclimate.org/pjm-auction-...
@thirdactmd.bsky.social @progressivereform.bsky.social
🔗 chesapeakeclimate.org/pjm-auction-...
@thirdactmd.bsky.social @progressivereform.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
PJM’s latest auction = billions in higher electricity bills for MD families. Meanwhile, 90% of clean energy projects sit stuck in PJM’s backlog.We need reforms now.
🔗 chesapeakeclimate.org/pjm-auction-...
@thirdactmd.bsky.social @progressivereform.bsky.social
🔗 chesapeakeclimate.org/pjm-auction-...
@thirdactmd.bsky.social @progressivereform.bsky.social
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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...
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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.
"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."
"If we no longer bear the burden of saving a system broken beyond repair, there’s an opportunity to envision something new." Join us at the next Tesla Takedown rally on the Pike. Dec. 20, 11 am-noon, Rockville Tesla, 1300 Rockville Pike, MD.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/k5tvsvxr
#TeslaTakedown #Democracy
RSVP: tinyurl.com/k5tvsvxr
#TeslaTakedown #Democracy
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"If we no longer bear the burden of saving a system broken beyond repair, there’s an opportunity to envision something new." Join us at the next Tesla Takedown rally on the Pike. Dec. 20, 11 am-noon, Rockville Tesla, 1300 Rockville Pike, MD.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/k5tvsvxr
#TeslaTakedown #Democracy
RSVP: tinyurl.com/k5tvsvxr
#TeslaTakedown #Democracy
"We must inform the public of the danger that their antiscience campaign poses to all of us, and massively mobilize voters for a mid-term election that could determine the future course of science, democracy and our planet. It’s not game over. It’s game on."
Science Under Siege -- The NCAR development | Michael E. Mann
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has played a key role developing the science of climate modeling and the measurement of climate observations going back […]
michaelmann.net
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"We must inform the public of the danger that their antiscience campaign poses to all of us, and massively mobilize voters for a mid-term election that could determine the future course of science, democracy and our planet. It’s not game over. It’s game on."
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 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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.
This is super easy to do. About 3 minutes to send a message to your 2 senators and 1 rep. Optionally, it'll also connect you to their offices for you to leave a message.
The Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is senseless & dangerous.
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
It would weaken weather forecasting, climate research, & the science that keeps people safe.
We urge that this plan be abandoned.
Call Congress to #SaveNCAR today. buff.ly/7ka1BQA
Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
buff.ly
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is super easy to do. About 3 minutes to send a message to your 2 senators and 1 rep. Optionally, it'll also connect you to their offices for you to leave a message.
Just put on blinders and put in ear plugs and, voilà, no more climate crisis! Unbelievable. This is not just shooting oneself in the foot; this is shooting oneself in the head. Everyone would be affected. A good time to call your reps in DC--right now.
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado
Governor Jared Polis warned that breaking up Boulder’s NCAR would put ‘public safety at risk’
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Just put on blinders and put in ear plugs and, voilà, no more climate crisis! Unbelievable. This is not just shooting oneself in the foot; this is shooting oneself in the head. Everyone would be affected. A good time to call your reps in DC--right now.
Many Third Actors have served in the military, so when Trump decided to attend the Army-Navy football game in Baltimore last Saturday, we showed up too!
This is no time to sit on the sidelines. It’s time to get in the game! If you’re 60+, join us:
thirdact.org/maryland/join
#NoKings #Democracy
This is no time to sit on the sidelines. It’s time to get in the game! If you’re 60+, join us:
thirdact.org/maryland/join
#NoKings #Democracy
December 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Many Third Actors have served in the military, so when Trump decided to attend the Army-Navy football game in Baltimore last Saturday, we showed up too!
This is no time to sit on the sidelines. It’s time to get in the game! If you’re 60+, join us:
thirdact.org/maryland/join
#NoKings #Democracy
This is no time to sit on the sidelines. It’s time to get in the game! If you’re 60+, join us:
thirdact.org/maryland/join
#NoKings #Democracy
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Billionaires are a policy failure.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
We must take them on.
#InLovingMemoryOfDavidMott
@1199seiu.org @mddc.1199seiu.org
@marylandppc.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social
Pass it on.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
We must take them on.
#InLovingMemoryOfDavidMott
@1199seiu.org @mddc.1199seiu.org
@marylandppc.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social
Pass it on.
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
We must take them on.
#InLovingMemoryOfDavidMott
@1199seiu.org @mddc.1199seiu.org
@marylandppc.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social
Pass it on.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
We must take them on.
#InLovingMemoryOfDavidMott
@1199seiu.org @mddc.1199seiu.org
@marylandppc.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social
Pass it on.
The music corner is always among the early arrivals at Saturday's Tesla Takedown rally on the Pike. 11 am-noon, Rockville Tesla, 1300 Rockville Pike, MD. Here's one of our playlist favorites from yesterday. #TeslaTakedown #democracy
December 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The music corner is always among the early arrivals at Saturday's Tesla Takedown rally on the Pike. 11 am-noon, Rockville Tesla, 1300 Rockville Pike, MD. Here's one of our playlist favorites from yesterday. #TeslaTakedown #democracy
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Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
U.S. seizes ‘very large’ oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says
The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Help us override Gov Moore's veto of the RENEW Act study bill, an important first step toward making polluters pay for the climate damage they have caused in Maryland.
Email your Maryland legislators: tinyurl.com/musujp48
@thirdactorg.bsky.social #MakePollutersPay
Email your Maryland legislators: tinyurl.com/musujp48
@thirdactorg.bsky.social #MakePollutersPay
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Help us override Gov Moore's veto of the RENEW Act study bill, an important first step toward making polluters pay for the climate damage they have caused in Maryland.
Email your Maryland legislators: tinyurl.com/musujp48
@thirdactorg.bsky.social #MakePollutersPay
Email your Maryland legislators: tinyurl.com/musujp48
@thirdactorg.bsky.social #MakePollutersPay
"Solar is no longer just cheap daytime electricity, solar
is now anytime dispatchable electricity. This is a game-changer for
countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources."
is now anytime dispatchable electricity. This is a game-changer for
countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources."
ember-energy.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"Solar is no longer just cheap daytime electricity, solar
is now anytime dispatchable electricity. This is a game-changer for
countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources."
is now anytime dispatchable electricity. This is a game-changer for
countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources."