Mark
@crosetti.bsky.social
Environmental junkie/politics follower/wildlife enthusiast/mental health professional
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Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit
Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit
US president signals potential room for adjustments after Zelenskyy says proposals force Ukraine to choose between national dignity and losing the US
Donald Trump said on Saturday that his Moscow-drafted “peace plan” was “not my final offer”, after a furious backlash from Ukrainians who described it as reminiscent of Neville Chamberlain’s 1938 Munich agreement with Adolf Hitler.
The US president told reporters during brief remarks at the White House: “We’d like to get to peace. It should’ve happened a long time ago … we’re trying to get it ended, one way or the other we have to get it ended.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit
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King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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As Russian state TV praises Trump’s *peace plan* as directly in line with Russia’s goals, Grok concludes it was translated to English from Russian 🤔
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
As Russian state TV praises Trump’s *peace plan* as directly in line with Russia’s goals, Grok concludes it was translated to English from Russian 🤔
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If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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A few thoughts from Chicago.
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A few thoughts from Chicago.
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Trump just boosted a MAGA account based in “South Asia” #AmericaFirst
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Trump just boosted a MAGA account based in “South Asia” #AmericaFirst
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"COP30 ends with a whimper - The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it" via @economist.com [paywalled]: www.economist.com/internationa...
#COP30
#COP30
COP30 ends with a whimper
The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it
www.economist.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
"COP30 ends with a whimper - The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it" via @economist.com [paywalled]: www.economist.com/internationa...
#COP30
#COP30
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Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
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Per PBS’s Nick Schifrin, it was delivered to Trump envoy Steve Witkoff by someone representing Russia. Trump and the administration pushed it. They pressured Zelenskyy to accept the terms. Allies condemned it. 2/
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Per PBS’s Nick Schifrin, it was delivered to Trump envoy Steve Witkoff by someone representing Russia. Trump and the administration pushed it. They pressured Zelenskyy to accept the terms. Allies condemned it. 2/
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Now, Rubio is denying it had anything to do with the U.S.
This is a major foreign policy scandal. 3/3
This is a major foreign policy scandal. 3/3
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Now, Rubio is denying it had anything to do with the U.S.
This is a major foreign policy scandal. 3/3
This is a major foreign policy scandal. 3/3
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The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.
Here’s what to look out for:
Here’s what to look out for:
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The EPA is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.
Here’s what to look out for:
Here’s what to look out for:
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Trump’s Dept. of Transportation has:
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump’s Dept. of Transportation has:
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
• Scrapped possible limits on train/bus driver hours to keep them from falling asleep
• Delayed a rule to help prevent 9/11-style cockpit takeovers
• Proposed exempting school bus child-restraint systems from crash-protection rules
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Many of us learned long ago that there is no "Legal Philosophy" in the Federalist Society. It is a club that gives members a leg up in the competition for certain judicial clerkships and jobs in the Trump administration. That is it. Period.
How does the NY Times not know this?
How does the NY Times not know this?
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Many of us learned long ago that there is no "Legal Philosophy" in the Federalist Society. It is a club that gives members a leg up in the competition for certain judicial clerkships and jobs in the Trump administration. That is it. Period.
How does the NY Times not know this?
How does the NY Times not know this?
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The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, among other deregulatory moves. If the proposals are finalized and upheld in court, they could reshape U.S. environmental policy for years to come, environmental lawyers and activists said.
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, among other deregulatory moves. If the proposals are finalized and upheld in court, they could reshape U.S. environmental policy for years to come, environmental lawyers and activists said.
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Back in January, they said the resistance was dead.
Now our pro-democracy movement is surging — and the midterms are our next big electoral test. Please pitch in if you can to help us power the grassroots organizing that will win back Congress: secure.actblue.com/donate/indiv...
Now our pro-democracy movement is surging — and the midterms are our next big electoral test. Please pitch in if you can to help us power the grassroots organizing that will win back Congress: secure.actblue.com/donate/indiv...
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Back in January, they said the resistance was dead.
Now our pro-democracy movement is surging — and the midterms are our next big electoral test. Please pitch in if you can to help us power the grassroots organizing that will win back Congress: secure.actblue.com/donate/indiv...
Now our pro-democracy movement is surging — and the midterms are our next big electoral test. Please pitch in if you can to help us power the grassroots organizing that will win back Congress: secure.actblue.com/donate/indiv...
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Another post on the new peace plan assessing how Ukraine should respond - don’t rush, don’t agree to a package and then wait for more Russians demands, keep up pressure, ask questions, cherry pick. (£/free trial), open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...?
How should Ukraine respond?
And more details on the "peace plan"
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Another post on the new peace plan assessing how Ukraine should respond - don’t rush, don’t agree to a package and then wait for more Russians demands, keep up pressure, ask questions, cherry pick. (£/free trial), open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...?
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Unclear where this war profiteering plan came from or why it emerged right now, but clear that it is in every way disastrous
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Unclear where this war profiteering plan came from or why it emerged right now, but clear that it is in every way disastrous
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WATCH — @theconsciouslee.bsky.social on TN-7: “You have one candidate bought off by billionaires (Van Epps) and one candidate that ain’t taking no corporate PAC money at all ( @aftynbehn.bsky.social ).”
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
WATCH — @theconsciouslee.bsky.social on TN-7: “You have one candidate bought off by billionaires (Van Epps) and one candidate that ain’t taking no corporate PAC money at all ( @aftynbehn.bsky.social ).”
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"COP30 conference was an abject failure." - That is, in terms of reaching "an agreement that limits planetary warming below catastrophic (>1.5C/3F) levels."
The clock..."quickly now running out."
The clock..."quickly now running out."
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"COP30 conference was an abject failure." - That is, in terms of reaching "an agreement that limits planetary warming below catastrophic (>1.5C/3F) levels."
The clock..."quickly now running out."
The clock..."quickly now running out."
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Cognitive function tends to get worse as we age. Scientists have developed “brain workouts” to fight that decline.
Want to keep your brain from aging? Try a cognitive workout : Short Wave
Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age. The results of this 10-week study back earlier animal research showing that environments that stimulate the brain can increase levels of certain neurotransmitters. And other studies of people have suggested that cognitive training can improve thinking and memory. So how does it all work? And by how much does it all work? Here to break everything down and help you understand how to keep your brain sharp is NPR science correspondent Jon Hamilton.Interested in more brain science? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Cognitive function tends to get worse as we age. Scientists have developed “brain workouts” to fight that decline.
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We cannot shrug at Donald Trump’s dangerous rhetoric or we’re giving him a free pass to erode democracy and lower the bar for what Americans should expect from their leaders. #Velshi
The Dangers of Downplaying Trump’s threats
Donald Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of sedition and said their actions were “punishable by death” after they posted a video urging service members to refuse unlawful orders. Experts say the lawmakers did nothing illegal, and even more concerning, Trump’s hostile rhetoric comes amid a surge in political violence in the U.S.
www.ms.now
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We cannot shrug at Donald Trump’s dangerous rhetoric or we’re giving him a free pass to erode democracy and lower the bar for what Americans should expect from their leaders. #Velshi
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Look at what the Trump admin has done to the official White House website.
Split Screen: ‘MySafeSpace’ and the Collapse of whitehouse.gov
Visual language is never neutral. It shapes our subconscious understanding of power, legitimacy, and identity.
contrarian.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Look at what the Trump admin has done to the official White House website.
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On top of the stink of whatever it is Putin has on Trump, this rotten deal adds the odor of more looting by the billionaires.
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
On top of the stink of whatever it is Putin has on Trump, this rotten deal adds the odor of more looting by the billionaires.