ZenKen
@zenken5.bsky.social
Environmentalist, seeker of Zen, geopolitical enthusiast. Just riding this beautiful rock, loving people and guessing what's next. Manchester City fan! Mountain biker. OSU College of Forestry graduate student. Go Beavs!
Now that's just funny!
December 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Now that's just funny!
Energy transitions are rarely “just” environmental. They rewire trade relationships, alter security dependencies, and create new chokepoints. Climate policy is now inseparable from geopolitics—whether governments admit it or not.
December 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Energy transitions are rarely “just” environmental. They rewire trade relationships, alter security dependencies, and create new chokepoints. Climate policy is now inseparable from geopolitics—whether governments admit it or not.
What the hell?!?!
MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
December 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What the hell?!?!
True
To those thinking Russia is winning in Ukraine:
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
December 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
True
Make no mistake, history will judge harshly those who go along; elected officials who can do something but refuse to.
December 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Make no mistake, history will judge harshly those who go along; elected officials who can do something but refuse to.
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I wrote about the glaciers. A study out today projects their future, and it is grim.
When the Glaciers Go, They Won't Come Back
Shaving every tenth of a degree off whatever final thermometer number we end up at means a few more glaciers hanging on, diminished perhaps, but a glacier still, with room to grow.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I wrote about the glaciers. A study out today projects their future, and it is grim.
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Michelle Obama always keeps it real. That’s why we love her.
This is how a decent and good person speaks about other decent and good people who died from a tragic murder.
This is how a decent and good person speaks about other decent and good people who died from a tragic murder.
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Michelle Obama always keeps it real. That’s why we love her.
This is how a decent and good person speaks about other decent and good people who died from a tragic murder.
This is how a decent and good person speaks about other decent and good people who died from a tragic murder.
VERY important!
December 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
VERY important!
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One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies?
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One reason why Republicans won't extend expiring ACA subsidies?
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Koch-backed lobby groups have spent over $1.1M pressuring GOP lawmakers to let 20M Americans' health insurance costs go up.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Climate change is not one problem—it’s a cascade. Warming alters precipitation, which shifts ecosystems, which feeds back into carbon storage and fire behavior. The system responds nonlinearly, not politely or gradually.
December 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Climate change is not one problem—it’s a cascade. Warming alters precipitation, which shifts ecosystems, which feeds back into carbon storage and fire behavior. The system responds nonlinearly, not politely or gradually.
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The claimants argue that Shell has known for decades that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change and has campaigned to undermine the scientific consensus on the issue. Philippines Typhoon Survivors Sue Shell Over Its Role in Climate Change.
www.wsj.com/articles/phi...
www.wsj.com/articles/phi...
Philippines Typhoon Survivors Sue Shell Over Its Role in Climate Change
Claimants say the oil giant has known for decades that burning fossil fuel contributes to global warming, something the company disputes.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The claimants argue that Shell has known for decades that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change and has campaigned to undermine the scientific consensus on the issue. Philippines Typhoon Survivors Sue Shell Over Its Role in Climate Change.
www.wsj.com/articles/phi...
www.wsj.com/articles/phi...
The backlash is beginning.
December 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The backlash is beginning.
Showing us every day what a horrible person and president he is.
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Showing us every day what a horrible person and president he is.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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What's happening on Twitter.
December 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
What's happening on Twitter.
100%
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
100%
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www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
He cannot trust the US… especially when it’s 2 greedy real estate Putin puppets doing the negotiating.
He cannot trust the US… especially when it’s 2 greedy real estate Putin puppets doing the negotiating.
Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory
BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the U.S. push for cedi...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
He cannot trust the US… especially when it’s 2 greedy real estate Putin puppets doing the negotiating.
He cannot trust the US… especially when it’s 2 greedy real estate Putin puppets doing the negotiating.
Lovely
The Islamic State group and other militant organizations are experimenting with artificial intelligence as a tool to boost recruitment and refine their operations.
Militant groups are experimenting with AI, and the risks are expected to grow
The Islamic State group and other militant organizations are experimenting with artificial intelligence as a tool to boost recruitment and refine their operations.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Lovely
Interesting and disturbing numbers
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Interesting and disturbing numbers
We need some republican senators to consult their moral compass and stand up like Fulbright did in 1966.
One senator’s investigation into Lyndon Johnson’s expanding war was a turning point. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/15/d...
One senator’s investigation into Lyndon Johnson’s expanding war was a turning point. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/15/d...
Are the Drug Boat Killings Trump’s Vietnam Moment?
One senator’s investigation into Lyndon Johnson’s expanding war was a turning point.
foreignpolicy.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We need some republican senators to consult their moral compass and stand up like Fulbright did in 1966.
One senator’s investigation into Lyndon Johnson’s expanding war was a turning point. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/15/d...
One senator’s investigation into Lyndon Johnson’s expanding war was a turning point. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/15/d...
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There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
December 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Exactly, unfortunately we have a reality-tv president. He can't help himself.
Maybe someone could ask the president not to post the all-clear on mass shootings before the suspect is in custody.
December 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Exactly, unfortunately we have a reality-tv president. He can't help himself.
What a clown show administration.
For some reason it was important for Kash to be in the middle of the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team in the Oval Office. The man always works so hard at the FBI.
December 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
What a clown show administration.
Here we go. Bring it out and take these peds down, left-right-or center. Convict them all!
No cherry-picking. No party filter. Just receipts.
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
And a lot of powerful men are terrified right now.
KASIE HUNT: “Do you have pictures of people engaged in sexual acts as part of this?”
REP. SUBRAMANYAM: “Yes, there are people engaged in sexual acts.”
@repsuhas.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here we go. Bring it out and take these peds down, left-right-or center. Convict them all!