Caitlin Starr Cohn, Ph.D.
@caitstarr.bsky.social
Fundraising at BlueGreen Alliance
Minneapolis-based professional climate/labor nerd, erstwhile clothing and bicycle historian, avid reader, and aspiring writer
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Views are my own
Minneapolis-based professional climate/labor nerd, erstwhile clothing and bicycle historian, avid reader, and aspiring writer
she/her
Views are my own
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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
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"The BlueGreen Alliance conducted an analysis of the potential impacts of the policies in the House bill on the employment footprint of manufacturing and found that repealing the clean manufacturing tax credits puts over two million jobs at risk."
Killing 2 million jobs, ho hum.
Killing 2 million jobs, ho hum.
BlueGreen Alliance | Research Brief: House Budget Bill Puts over Two Million Jobs at Risk
www.bluegreenalliance.org
June 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"The BlueGreen Alliance conducted an analysis of the potential impacts of the policies in the House bill on the employment footprint of manufacturing and found that repealing the clean manufacturing tax credits puts over two million jobs at risk."
Killing 2 million jobs, ho hum.
Killing 2 million jobs, ho hum.
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Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment?
It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.
It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hey, did you know there's an alternative to ChatGPT that makes sense economically and doesn't destroy the environment?
It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.
It's called English majors and they will happily fix all of your documents for the low price of health insurance and a living wage.
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What impacts could an EV Tax Credit repeal have on US manufacturing? 🚗⚡️ #PrincetonZEROlabs
🔴 Lose the nation’s entire portfolio of planned EV construction & expansion projects
🔴 Put 50% of existing EV assembly facilities at risk of closure
And more loom.ly/DZ8yc9s
🔴 Lose the nation’s entire portfolio of planned EV construction & expansion projects
🔴 Put 50% of existing EV assembly facilities at risk of closure
And more loom.ly/DZ8yc9s
March 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
What impacts could an EV Tax Credit repeal have on US manufacturing? 🚗⚡️ #PrincetonZEROlabs
🔴 Lose the nation’s entire portfolio of planned EV construction & expansion projects
🔴 Put 50% of existing EV assembly facilities at risk of closure
And more loom.ly/DZ8yc9s
🔴 Lose the nation’s entire portfolio of planned EV construction & expansion projects
🔴 Put 50% of existing EV assembly facilities at risk of closure
And more loom.ly/DZ8yc9s
@kavate.bsky.social doesn’t pull any punches in writing about CZI’s new director who claims she cannot see an effective way to distribute $1 billion on climate, which at best shows a staggering lack of imagination and is more likely deliberately misleading. Thanks for this piece.
“In climate, we have this kind of disease of volumetric gold stars that don’t necessarily correlate with impact. The thing that I track is, what are you doing? What’s the strategy?”
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Alicia Seiger talks climate and billions:
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/new-cha...
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Alicia Seiger talks climate and billions:
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/new-cha...
New CZI Climate Chief Doubts She Could Spend $1 Billion
Climate organizations reeling from cuts should not expect a big commitment from the Facebook cofounder and physician right now. What should they expect?
www.insidephilanthropy.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@kavate.bsky.social doesn’t pull any punches in writing about CZI’s new director who claims she cannot see an effective way to distribute $1 billion on climate, which at best shows a staggering lack of imagination and is more likely deliberately misleading. Thanks for this piece.
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Workers rights should not be up for debate✊🗣️
The PRO Act strengthens workers' rights by removing barriers to unionization, banning employer interference, increasing penalties for labor law violations, and more. Read here: loom.ly/zvaYEvU
The PRO Act strengthens workers' rights by removing barriers to unionization, banning employer interference, increasing penalties for labor law violations, and more. Read here: loom.ly/zvaYEvU
BlueGreen Alliance | Workers Need the PRO Act to Defend Their Rights
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March 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Workers rights should not be up for debate✊🗣️
The PRO Act strengthens workers' rights by removing barriers to unionization, banning employer interference, increasing penalties for labor law violations, and more. Read here: loom.ly/zvaYEvU
The PRO Act strengthens workers' rights by removing barriers to unionization, banning employer interference, increasing penalties for labor law violations, and more. Read here: loom.ly/zvaYEvU
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This new complaint against DOGE is truly cranked up to 11 from start to finish. What a way to start a lawsuit
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... h/t @mikesacks.bsky.social
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... h/t @mikesacks.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This new complaint against DOGE is truly cranked up to 11 from start to finish. What a way to start a lawsuit
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... h/t @mikesacks.bsky.social
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... h/t @mikesacks.bsky.social
On a happier note, my seven year was so busy working on the book she is writing that she didn’t hear me offer her a snack. Yep, she’s definitely mine.
March 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
On a happier note, my seven year was so busy working on the book she is writing that she didn’t hear me offer her a snack. Yep, she’s definitely mine.
The NY Times is factchecking and really what’s the point? Anything that isn’t a lie is only accidentally true
Ignore Trump's spin and lies, here's his actual record so far:
❌ 42,000+ jobs eliminated
❌ Tens of billions in clean energy funds frozen
❌ Highest electricity bills in decades
❌ Clean air and water protections gutted
Trump is throwing Americans under the bus to please billionaires. #JointAddress
❌ 42,000+ jobs eliminated
❌ Tens of billions in clean energy funds frozen
❌ Highest electricity bills in decades
❌ Clean air and water protections gutted
Trump is throwing Americans under the bus to please billionaires. #JointAddress
March 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The NY Times is factchecking and really what’s the point? Anything that isn’t a lie is only accidentally true
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The Trump administration is firing thousands of workers at the National Weather Service and NOAA.
The National Weather Service — which provides life-saving forecasts — costs taxpayers just $4/year per person and generates $100B in economic value.
This is chaos and destruction for the sake of it.
The National Weather Service — which provides life-saving forecasts — costs taxpayers just $4/year per person and generates $100B in economic value.
This is chaos and destruction for the sake of it.
February 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Trump administration is firing thousands of workers at the National Weather Service and NOAA.
The National Weather Service — which provides life-saving forecasts — costs taxpayers just $4/year per person and generates $100B in economic value.
This is chaos and destruction for the sake of it.
The National Weather Service — which provides life-saving forecasts — costs taxpayers just $4/year per person and generates $100B in economic value.
This is chaos and destruction for the sake of it.
“In mainstream discourse, it's become standard to blame the excesses of the right on liberals, the left, feminists, Black Lives Matter, affirmative action, environmental protection, and BIPOC and LGBTQ people.”
As opposed to correctly blaming the right for trying to destroy everything.
As opposed to correctly blaming the right for trying to destroy everything.
These stories amount to "the left was so annoying about pronouns or liberals made people feel so guilty about plastic straws they had no choice but to get on board with the second coming of the Third Reich and the destruction of the planet."
The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
“In mainstream discourse, it's become standard to blame the excesses of the right on liberals, the left, feminists, Black Lives Matter, affirmative action, environmental protection, and BIPOC and LGBTQ people.”
As opposed to correctly blaming the right for trying to destroy everything.
As opposed to correctly blaming the right for trying to destroy everything.
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If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.
February 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.
“I don't know where Trump, Musk, and Vance's story ends, but I know it doesn't end with them in power, and I don't think it will end particularly well for them, though my main concern--and yours, I presume--is trying to prevent damage along the way.” This is a must read.
These three horsemen of the MAGA-tech-bro apocalypse are in the position of penthouse dwellers who think their top floor apartment doesn't rest on all the floors underneath... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-one-knows...
No One Knows How This Will End (But I Do Not Think It Will End Well for Them)
I can sum up the Trump/Musk/Vance theory of power in five words: "We have power; you don't." Alternative version in six words: "we can do anything we want." They seem to believe that nothing is really...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“I don't know where Trump, Musk, and Vance's story ends, but I know it doesn't end with them in power, and I don't think it will end particularly well for them, though my main concern--and yours, I presume--is trying to prevent damage along the way.” This is a must read.
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For years it was considered gauche to call Trump’s guys Nazis and now his government is led by literal Nazis.
February 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
For years it was considered gauche to call Trump’s guys Nazis and now his government is led by literal Nazis.
Freezing federal funding is harming the planet, destroying livelihoods, and putting lives at risk. We won’t stop fighting.
With over 30 EPA grant programs on hold and millions divested from crucial federal agencies, workers are feeling “panic, confusion and anger.” Read the following CNN piece where our Executive Director Jason Walsh discusses the implications of Trump's federal funding freeze. loom.ly/THls-2M
February 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Freezing federal funding is harming the planet, destroying livelihoods, and putting lives at risk. We won’t stop fighting.
Autocorrect just changed my name to Caitlin Coherent, so I’ll be going with that from now on. It can be adapted to Caitlin (in)Coherent as needed. As Dr. Smart’s daughter it seems fitting @laurasmart.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Autocorrect just changed my name to Caitlin Coherent, so I’ll be going with that from now on. It can be adapted to Caitlin (in)Coherent as needed. As Dr. Smart’s daughter it seems fitting @laurasmart.bsky.social
What a beautiful, wise reminder. Thanks @laraly.bsky.social for sharing
“hope is a discipline”
— mariam kaba
— mariam kaba
February 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
What a beautiful, wise reminder. Thanks @laraly.bsky.social for sharing
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Group of unions representing 800,000+ federal workers has submitted a temporary restraining order seeking a court order extending tonight's deadline for employees to accept the Fork in the Road directive. Call it an "arbitrary, unlawful, short-fused ultimatum buy-out program."
Hearing at 1pm today.
Hearing at 1pm today.
Unions Ask Court To Pause “Fork Directive” - Democracy Forward
democracyforward.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Group of unions representing 800,000+ federal workers has submitted a temporary restraining order seeking a court order extending tonight's deadline for employees to accept the Fork in the Road directive. Call it an "arbitrary, unlawful, short-fused ultimatum buy-out program."
Hearing at 1pm today.
Hearing at 1pm today.
I used to tell my parents they had to pick which aspects of my life they were each going to be anxious about because I couldn’t take them both worrying. I think my friends and I may need to create sign up sheets for which horrors we are each going to focus on.
February 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I used to tell my parents they had to pick which aspects of my life they were each going to be anxious about because I couldn’t take them both worrying. I think my friends and I may need to create sign up sheets for which horrors we are each going to focus on.
Everything is terrible but at least my doomscrolling got interrupted by this thread. Rabbits!*
*We say “rabbits” instead of “rabbit rabbit” in my family for luck first thing on the first day of the month. We even send photos of rabbits as a reminder.
*We say “rabbits” instead of “rabbit rabbit” in my family for luck first thing on the first day of the month. We even send photos of rabbits as a reminder.
February 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Everything is terrible but at least my doomscrolling got interrupted by this thread. Rabbits!*
*We say “rabbits” instead of “rabbit rabbit” in my family for luck first thing on the first day of the month. We even send photos of rabbits as a reminder.
*We say “rabbits” instead of “rabbit rabbit” in my family for luck first thing on the first day of the month. We even send photos of rabbits as a reminder.
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I ran $100 billion in Infrastructure and IRA programs at EPA. We obligated over $70 billion onto signed awards and contracts to protect public health and the environment. All that funding is currently frozen. Here are the facts…
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January 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I ran $100 billion in Infrastructure and IRA programs at EPA. We obligated over $70 billion onto signed awards and contracts to protect public health and the environment. All that funding is currently frozen. Here are the facts…
🔌💡 1/X
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So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.
January 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.
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❌ Short-term politics undermining long-term solutions...
Trump froze trillions in investments for clean energy and infrastructure, halting progress for domestic manufacturing and clean energy projects. Read here: www.bluegreenalliance.org/the-latest/t...
Trump froze trillions in investments for clean energy and infrastructure, halting progress for domestic manufacturing and clean energy projects. Read here: www.bluegreenalliance.org/the-latest/t...
BlueGreen Alliance | Trump Administration Federal Funding Freeze Puts Jobs, Public Health, and Worker Safety at Risk
www.bluegreenalliance.org
January 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
❌ Short-term politics undermining long-term solutions...
Trump froze trillions in investments for clean energy and infrastructure, halting progress for domestic manufacturing and clean energy projects. Read here: www.bluegreenalliance.org/the-latest/t...
Trump froze trillions in investments for clean energy and infrastructure, halting progress for domestic manufacturing and clean energy projects. Read here: www.bluegreenalliance.org/the-latest/t...
These days I mostly use my PhD to amuse (annoy?) my husband with complaints about inaccurate costumes in historic shows. Except when we watch All Creatures Great and Small and I ooh and aah over sweaters and tweed.
January 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
These days I mostly use my PhD to amuse (annoy?) my husband with complaints about inaccurate costumes in historic shows. Except when we watch All Creatures Great and Small and I ooh and aah over sweaters and tweed.
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Are you a federal civil servant affected by Trump EOs? Do you know someone who is? Keep an eye on civilservicestrong.org for resources and info.
Civil Service Strong: Resources for Civil Servants
Effective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go...
civilservicestrong.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Are you a federal civil servant affected by Trump EOs? Do you know someone who is? Keep an eye on civilservicestrong.org for resources and info.