Carol Capper
@cjcapper.bsky.social
Poet, Yoga Therapist, Retired Occupational Therapist, Knitter,
Lover of Democracy (and not necessarily in that order)
Lover of Democracy (and not necessarily in that order)
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This essay on Trump v. Orr, the transgender passports case, is excellent. The short of it: The Supreme Court put a lot of people in harms’ way, both at home and abroad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Opinion | The Ruling About Passports Isn’t About ID. It’s About Social Control.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This essay on Trump v. Orr, the transgender passports case, is excellent. The short of it: The Supreme Court put a lot of people in harms’ way, both at home and abroad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
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^^ the chip manufacturing side of things gets overlooked a bit but it is pretty shocking when you dig into it
Also see this @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social report from earlier this year
CALLED.......CHIPPING POINT
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
Also see this @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social report from earlier this year
CALLED.......CHIPPING POINT
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
Artificial Intelligence Supply Chain Threatens Climate Progress in East Asia - Greenpeace East Asia
Electricity consumption from the manufacture of artificial intelligence (AI) chips has soared by more than 350 percent worldwide between 2023 and 2024,
www.greenpeace.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
^^ the chip manufacturing side of things gets overlooked a bit but it is pretty shocking when you dig into it
Also see this @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social report from earlier this year
CALLED.......CHIPPING POINT
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
Also see this @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social report from earlier this year
CALLED.......CHIPPING POINT
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
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"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
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Rightwatch is a media project that focuses on misinformation from the far right and is a collaboration between @voxeurop.bsky.social 🇪🇺& @internazionale.it 🇮🇹 & Solomon 🇬🇷. Check it out!
RightWatch: debunking far-right disinformation
Far-right misinformation is spreading fast across Europe, twisting debates on migration, climate, gender equality, and LGBT+ rights. By fact-checking political and media claims in Italy, Greece and Fr...
voxeurop.eu
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Rightwatch is a media project that focuses on misinformation from the far right and is a collaboration between @voxeurop.bsky.social 🇪🇺& @internazionale.it 🇮🇹 & Solomon 🇬🇷. Check it out!
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A reminder that there is a lot of ongoing litigation around the drawing (and redrawing) of congressional maps. My firm is currently involved in more than a dozen cases in 10 states: AL, CA, GA, LA, MO, NC, NY, TX, VA and WI.
Subscribe to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Subscribe to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A reminder that there is a lot of ongoing litigation around the drawing (and redrawing) of congressional maps. My firm is currently involved in more than a dozen cases in 10 states: AL, CA, GA, LA, MO, NC, NY, TX, VA and WI.
Subscribe to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Subscribe to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Please tell a friend and share this info. “Despite the Trump administration scrapping this year’s signature survey for assessing trends in the federal workforce, a new opportunity has emerged for federal employees to make their voices heard.”
federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
Amid data gap, an alternative to FEVS emerges for federal employees
The Partnership for Public Service said its decision to create an alternative survey for federal employees is “not the first choice, but the necessary choice.”
federalnewsnetwork.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Please tell a friend and share this info. “Despite the Trump administration scrapping this year’s signature survey for assessing trends in the federal workforce, a new opportunity has emerged for federal employees to make their voices heard.”
federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
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“They trust ICE at a negative 11 percent rate, and Congress ranks lowest at negative 32 percent.”
“Americans have lost so much faith in their government that they trust Congress less than they trust Immigration and Customs Enforcement—an organization already hated by the majority of the country.”
newrepublic.com/post/202987/...
newrepublic.com/post/202987/...
Even ICE Is More Popular Than Congress Now, Says Brutal Poll
Americans have little faith in Congress to do the right thing.
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“They trust ICE at a negative 11 percent rate, and Congress ranks lowest at negative 32 percent.”
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“We have the highest prices in the world because people who provide health care here can set prices that high. The government doesn’t regulate it nearly as much as they do in other countries.”
The 2 factors driving your health care costs higher and higher www.vox.com/explain-it-t...
The 2 factors driving your health care costs higher and higher
Another open enrollment, another eye-popping premium increase. Why?
www.vox.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“We have the highest prices in the world because people who provide health care here can set prices that high. The government doesn’t regulate it nearly as much as they do in other countries.”
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Flight Disruptions Accelerate Amid Air Traffic Controller Shortage www.today.com/video/shutdo...
Flight Disruptions Accelerate Amid Air Traffic Controller Shortage
As the fallout from the government shutdown continues to wreak havoc on air travel plans, flight delays and cancellations are accelerating at airports across the United States due to ongoing staffing ...
www.today.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Flight Disruptions Accelerate Amid Air Traffic Controller Shortage www.today.com/video/shutdo...
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These kinds of things happened two decades ago under the last Republican president. A lot of people made a lot of short term money. Then it all came crashing down and his successor had to clean up a huge mess. Here we go again.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
These kinds of things happened two decades ago under the last Republican president. A lot of people made a lot of short term money. Then it all came crashing down and his successor had to clean up a huge mess. Here we go again.
A thorough grounded post shutdown assessment by Dan Pfeiffer (won't make you less angry but will help you direct that energy)
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
How Democrats Can Get Past the Shutdown Debacle
The end of the shutdown was a disaster, but we have to put it behind us and move forward.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A thorough grounded post shutdown assessment by Dan Pfeiffer (won't make you less angry but will help you direct that energy)
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
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Prices are up during this administration:
💰Inflation has accelerated to 3%
🥦Grocery prices have increased, not decreased
🍔It isn’t just beef. Dozens of grocery products have gotten more expensive
⛽Gas prices aren’t the lowest in two decades and aren’t close to $2 per gallon
💰Inflation has accelerated to 3%
🥦Grocery prices have increased, not decreased
🍔It isn’t just beef. Dozens of grocery products have gotten more expensive
⛽Gas prices aren’t the lowest in two decades and aren’t close to $2 per gallon
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Prices are up during this administration:
💰Inflation has accelerated to 3%
🥦Grocery prices have increased, not decreased
🍔It isn’t just beef. Dozens of grocery products have gotten more expensive
⛽Gas prices aren’t the lowest in two decades and aren’t close to $2 per gallon
💰Inflation has accelerated to 3%
🥦Grocery prices have increased, not decreased
🍔It isn’t just beef. Dozens of grocery products have gotten more expensive
⛽Gas prices aren’t the lowest in two decades and aren’t close to $2 per gallon
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Well, these images have done the viral circuit, and are now at the spot where people are accusing them of being AI.
Bummer to those folks: they are not AI. These are real photographs, made with my mirrorless cameras.
Media literacy sure is lost on so many people, it's quite sad.
Bummer to those folks: they are not AI. These are real photographs, made with my mirrorless cameras.
Media literacy sure is lost on so many people, it's quite sad.
Border Patrol agents posed at "The Bean" for an apparent photo op after a weekend of clashes in Little Village. blockclubchi.co/4oUHKae
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Well, these images have done the viral circuit, and are now at the spot where people are accusing them of being AI.
Bummer to those folks: they are not AI. These are real photographs, made with my mirrorless cameras.
Media literacy sure is lost on so many people, it's quite sad.
Bummer to those folks: they are not AI. These are real photographs, made with my mirrorless cameras.
Media literacy sure is lost on so many people, it's quite sad.
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What you don't talk about still can hurt you.
The big issue Democrats have stopped talking about
A Washington Post analysis of Democratic lawmakers’ appearances and social media posts show they are going quiet on climate.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
What you don't talk about still can hurt you.
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This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This allows Trump (via DOJ) to use taxpayer money to bribe eight GOP Senators. It's that simple, there's no other way to describe it.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
And where's the compensation for people injured by the Trump admin's unlawful conduct through DHS & DOGE?
Take a bow, @schumer.senate.gov, you did this.
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As the 2026 election approaches, the GOP’s Trump-driven gerrymander campaign isn’t just unfolding in state legislatures. It’s also playing out in federal courtrooms where challenges to new congressional maps will be decided. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump-Appointed Federal Judges Could Lock In GOP House Advantage
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
As the 2026 election approaches, the GOP’s Trump-driven gerrymander campaign isn’t just unfolding in state legislatures. It’s also playing out in federal courtrooms where challenges to new congressional maps will be decided. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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[COMMENTARY]
A new op-ed warns that Bill Gates’ new essay, “Three Tough Truths About Climate,” risks undermining progress by framing development and climate action as a trade-off.
“The challenge is to ensure everyone thrives on a healthy planet,” she writes.
** Views are the author’s.
A new op-ed warns that Bill Gates’ new essay, “Three Tough Truths About Climate,” risks undermining progress by framing development and climate action as a trade-off.
“The challenge is to ensure everyone thrives on a healthy planet,” she writes.
** Views are the author’s.
No, Bill Gates, we don’t have to choose between people & planet (commentary)
Bill Gates has long been a leading voice in the global response to human health and climate change. His climate investments and advocacy have helped drive innovation, expand access to clean energy…
news.mongabay.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
[COMMENTARY]
A new op-ed warns that Bill Gates’ new essay, “Three Tough Truths About Climate,” risks undermining progress by framing development and climate action as a trade-off.
“The challenge is to ensure everyone thrives on a healthy planet,” she writes.
** Views are the author’s.
A new op-ed warns that Bill Gates’ new essay, “Three Tough Truths About Climate,” risks undermining progress by framing development and climate action as a trade-off.
“The challenge is to ensure everyone thrives on a healthy planet,” she writes.
** Views are the author’s.
Every woman gets to make her own decision but removing the Black Box Warnings seems misleading and ultimately irresponsible.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/h...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/h...
F.D.A. Will Remove Black Box Warnings From Hormone Treatments for Menopause
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Every woman gets to make her own decision but removing the Black Box Warnings seems misleading and ultimately irresponsible.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/h...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/h...
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U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.
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Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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Don't give another dollar to Democrats until @schumer.senate.gov resigns as Minority Leader
8 Senate Democrats sided with Trump and Republican fascists in throwing 15 million Americans off Medicaid and Obamacare:
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Angus King (I-ME), Cortez Masto (NV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), John Fetterman (PA).
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Don't give another dollar to Democrats until @schumer.senate.gov resigns as Minority Leader
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Chuck Schumer currently in mid-air after the football was pulled away.
US HOUSE SPEAKER JOHNSON SAID HE WON'T COMMIT TO A VOTE ON ACA SUBSIDIES, I'M TOLD – SEMOFAR REPORTER ON X
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Chuck Schumer currently in mid-air after the football was pulled away.
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Climate reporter Nina Lakhani says corporations at #COP30 are "there to promote false solutions" like carbon markets that "are not going to save the planet."
Exposed: 5,000+ Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Got Access to U.N. Climate Talks & Helped Block Climate Action
Over 5000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to U.N. climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, adequate climate action and record oil an...
www.democracynow.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Climate reporter Nina Lakhani says corporations at #COP30 are "there to promote false solutions" like carbon markets that "are not going to save the planet."
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I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I feel like we're in a weird world where the average Dem partisan, engaged voter is better informed than most of their representatives