Michael Johnson Chase
@carbonstories.bsky.social
I write the Substack newsletter carbonstories, along with Illustrator Jenny Hershey. We travel by bicycle and focus on communities and climate change.
Heading to Quebec City, where we will bicycle up the Saint Lawrence River toward Lac Saint-Jean through Tadoussac into the interior. Learn how Canadians view America now in the next “carbonstories” newsletter. Hint: the Trump regime is viewed negatively, but friendliness toward non-MAGA Americans.
June 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Heading to Quebec City, where we will bicycle up the Saint Lawrence River toward Lac Saint-Jean through Tadoussac into the interior. Learn how Canadians view America now in the next “carbonstories” newsletter. Hint: the Trump regime is viewed negatively, but friendliness toward non-MAGA Americans.
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March 5, 2025
In the gym of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, former and future prime minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill rose to deliver a speech.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Chris Murphy today: “We are debating the Republicans’ billionaire tax giveaway. We offered an amendment to say no tax cut for over $10 million a year. Every Republican voted no. We tried $100 million. Every Republican voted no. We tried $500 million! Every Republican a no. See what’s going on?”
February 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Chris Murphy today: “We are debating the Republicans’ billionaire tax giveaway. We offered an amendment to say no tax cut for over $10 million a year. Every Republican voted no. We tried $100 million. Every Republican voted no. We tried $500 million! Every Republican a no. See what’s going on?”
On the main page at DOGE (doge.gov) is a link to a big X, which leaves us.gov and gets you to…. Surprise! Elon Musk’s social media company X. That’s almost as weird as the shell company dogegov.com which sells DOGE meme cryptocurrency coins. If you aren’t appalled you certainly should be
Work | DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency | DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency
Work | DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency.
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February 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On the main page at DOGE (doge.gov) is a link to a big X, which leaves us.gov and gets you to…. Surprise! Elon Musk’s social media company X. That’s almost as weird as the shell company dogegov.com which sells DOGE meme cryptocurrency coins. If you aren’t appalled you certainly should be
Muskraking in Texas... open.substack.com/pub/carbonst...
February 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Muskraking in Texas... open.substack.com/pub/carbonst...
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February 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Check out our latest post on Substack and learn about the underside of Elon Musk’s reach into Texas…
February 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Check out our latest post on Substack and learn about the underside of Elon Musk’s reach into Texas…
Did you know in 2021, SpaceX received a potential $1.8 billion classified contract from DOD and the details of this contract are not publicly available? Below is a photo taken two days ago at Space X off Boca Chica Road east of Brownsville. More details soon in a post by carbonstories on Substack.
January 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Did you know in 2021, SpaceX received a potential $1.8 billion classified contract from DOD and the details of this contract are not publicly available? Below is a photo taken two days ago at Space X off Boca Chica Road east of Brownsville. More details soon in a post by carbonstories on Substack.
Join us as we pedal through South Texas, finding moments of connection and discovery duriing these turbulent times.
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A River of Reflection, Part One: Biking South Texas
Writing by Michael Johnson Chase, illustrations by Jenny Hershey
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January 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Join us as we pedal through South Texas, finding moments of connection and discovery duriing these turbulent times.
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Jenny and I are on bicycles from San Antonio to Laredo to Brownsville.The video below is a commemoration of the 53 immigrants who were locked and abandoned in a trailer and perished in extreme heat just south of San Antonio in 2023. Please subscribe to carbonstories on substack for our next post.
January 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Jenny and I are on bicycles from San Antonio to Laredo to Brownsville.The video below is a commemoration of the 53 immigrants who were locked and abandoned in a trailer and perished in extreme heat just south of San Antonio in 2023. Please subscribe to carbonstories on substack for our next post.
Last night in our car, just east of Knoxville, TN, on Interstate 40, we passed (on the way to San Antonio to begin another long-distance bicycle trip) a Trump MAGA Superstore. For other roadside discoveries check us out at carbonstories. For $25 you can buy a car window shade or inspiring flag.
January 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Last night in our car, just east of Knoxville, TN, on Interstate 40, we passed (on the way to San Antonio to begin another long-distance bicycle trip) a Trump MAGA Superstore. For other roadside discoveries check us out at carbonstories. For $25 you can buy a car window shade or inspiring flag.
I just joined Bluesky, and here is my fifth post. I write the Substack newsletter carbonstories in collaboration with illustrator Jenny Hershey. We travel throughout North America on bicycles and post about communities and climate change.
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Fear and Reality; Biking from Mississippi to Savannah
Writing by Michael Chase, Drawings by Jenny Hershey
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January 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I just joined Bluesky, and here is my fifth post. I write the Substack newsletter carbonstories in collaboration with illustrator Jenny Hershey. We travel throughout North America on bicycles and post about communities and climate change.
open.substack.com/pub/carbonst...
open.substack.com/pub/carbonst...
I just joined Bluesky, and here is my fourth post. I write the Substack newsletter carbonstories in collaboration with illustrator Jenny Hershey. We travel throughout North America on bicycles and post about communities and climate change.
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The Peril of Inequality: Biking from Birmingham to Jacksonville
Writing by Michael Chase, Drawings by Jenny Hershey
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January 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I just joined Bluesky, and here is my fourth post. I write the Substack newsletter carbonstories in collaboration with illustrator Jenny Hershey. We travel throughout North America on bicycles and post about communities and climate change.
open.substack.com/pub/carbonst...
I just joined Bluesky, and here is my third post. I write the Substack newsletter carbonstories in collaboration with illustrator Jenny Hershey. We travel throughout North America on bicycles and post about communities and climate change.
open.substack.com/pub/carbonst...
The Intimacy of Nature: Biking Northern Lake Superior
Writing by Michael Chase, Drawings by Jenny Hershey
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January 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I just joined Bluesky, and here is my third post. I write the Substack newsletter carbonstories in collaboration with illustrator Jenny Hershey. We travel throughout North America on bicycles and post about communities and climate change.
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I just joined Bluesky, and here is my first post. I write the Substack newsletter carbonstories in collaboration with illustrator Jenny Hershey. We travel throughout North America on bicycles and post about communities and climate change.
open.substack.com/pub/carbonst...
A Province of Foresight: Biking Newfoundland
Writing by Michael Chase, Drawings by Jenny Hershey
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January 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I just joined Bluesky, and here is my first post. I write the Substack newsletter carbonstories in collaboration with illustrator Jenny Hershey. We travel throughout North America on bicycles and post about communities and climate change.
open.substack.com/pub/carbonst...