Dean Kidd
@deankidd.bsky.social
Husband. Grandpa. Nurse. Cook. Gardener. Slow Marathoner. Occasional traveler. Read History. Learn CPR. My pronouns are He/Him
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
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Sounds about right.
January 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sounds about right.
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I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
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Trump's 'Ban on Wind Power' order would make the Outer Continental Shelf ineligible for wind energy leases.
Impacts: fewer renewable energy options for Americans, less competition and more profits for Big Oil and Gas, higher energy costs for consumers (9/9)
Impacts: fewer renewable energy options for Americans, less competition and more profits for Big Oil and Gas, higher energy costs for consumers (9/9)
January 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trump's 'Ban on Wind Power' order would make the Outer Continental Shelf ineligible for wind energy leases.
Impacts: fewer renewable energy options for Americans, less competition and more profits for Big Oil and Gas, higher energy costs for consumers (9/9)
Impacts: fewer renewable energy options for Americans, less competition and more profits for Big Oil and Gas, higher energy costs for consumers (9/9)
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Trump's 'Destroy Alaska' orders would restore leases to extract and drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and deny the creation of an Indigenous Sacred Site there.
Impacts: destruction of one the last pristine natural wonders in the US, harm to local fisheries (8/9)
Impacts: destruction of one the last pristine natural wonders in the US, harm to local fisheries (8/9)
January 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trump's 'Destroy Alaska' orders would restore leases to extract and drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and deny the creation of an Indigenous Sacred Site there.
Impacts: destruction of one the last pristine natural wonders in the US, harm to local fisheries (8/9)
Impacts: destruction of one the last pristine natural wonders in the US, harm to local fisheries (8/9)
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Trump's 'Climate Change Denial' order would rescind several Biden orders addressing climate change, including his order assessing the financial costs of worsening climate change.
Impacts: skyrocketing costs due to damage of businesses/infrastructure (7/9)
Impacts: skyrocketing costs due to damage of businesses/infrastructure (7/9)
January 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trump's 'Climate Change Denial' order would rescind several Biden orders addressing climate change, including his order assessing the financial costs of worsening climate change.
Impacts: skyrocketing costs due to damage of businesses/infrastructure (7/9)
Impacts: skyrocketing costs due to damage of businesses/infrastructure (7/9)
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Trump's 'Freedom for Polluters' orders roll back federal regulations for fossil fuel extraction on public lands & requires agencies to draft plans to cut regulations 'burdensome' to big oil.
Impacts: Fossil fuel companies are free to pollute without consequence (6/9)
Impacts: Fossil fuel companies are free to pollute without consequence (6/9)
January 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trump's 'Freedom for Polluters' orders roll back federal regulations for fossil fuel extraction on public lands & requires agencies to draft plans to cut regulations 'burdensome' to big oil.
Impacts: Fossil fuel companies are free to pollute without consequence (6/9)
Impacts: Fossil fuel companies are free to pollute without consequence (6/9)
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Trump's 'anti-electric' order rescinds President Biden's policies boosting American electric vehicle production.
Impacts: Growing Chinese dominance of electric vehicle market, loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs, increased carbon emissions (5/9)
Impacts: Growing Chinese dominance of electric vehicle market, loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs, increased carbon emissions (5/9)
January 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trump's 'anti-electric' order rescinds President Biden's policies boosting American electric vehicle production.
Impacts: Growing Chinese dominance of electric vehicle market, loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs, increased carbon emissions (5/9)
Impacts: Growing Chinese dominance of electric vehicle market, loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs, increased carbon emissions (5/9)
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Trump's 'Wildlife Destruction' order would compel the Army Corps of Engineers to bypass wildlife protections and the Endangered Species Act to approve fossil fuel projects.
Impacts: extinction of American wildlife, destruction of habitats, pollution (4/9)
Impacts: extinction of American wildlife, destruction of habitats, pollution (4/9)
January 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trump's 'Wildlife Destruction' order would compel the Army Corps of Engineers to bypass wildlife protections and the Endangered Species Act to approve fossil fuel projects.
Impacts: extinction of American wildlife, destruction of habitats, pollution (4/9)
Impacts: extinction of American wildlife, destruction of habitats, pollution (4/9)
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Trump's ‘Land Grab' order invokes the Defense Production Act to seize PRIVATE land and resources for energy production.
Impacts: government eminent domain, destruction of privately owned lands (3/9)
Impacts: government eminent domain, destruction of privately owned lands (3/9)
January 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trump's ‘Land Grab' order invokes the Defense Production Act to seize PRIVATE land and resources for energy production.
Impacts: government eminent domain, destruction of privately owned lands (3/9)
Impacts: government eminent domain, destruction of privately owned lands (3/9)
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Trump's 'Paris Accords' order pulls the U.S. out of the Paris Climate agreement—again. This signals to China, India, & other nations that they can abandon efforts to fight climate change without any pushback from the U.S.
Impacts: intensifying climate disaster (2/9)
Impacts: intensifying climate disaster (2/9)
January 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Trump's 'Paris Accords' order pulls the U.S. out of the Paris Climate agreement—again. This signals to China, India, & other nations that they can abandon efforts to fight climate change without any pushback from the U.S.
Impacts: intensifying climate disaster (2/9)
Impacts: intensifying climate disaster (2/9)
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Let's break down Trump's executive orders focused on destroying our environment. (1/9)
January 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Let's break down Trump's executive orders focused on destroying our environment. (1/9)
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I feel like this is appropriate today
January 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I feel like this is appropriate today
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I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
January 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
Empires rise and fall.
January 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Empires rise and fall.
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personally I think it’s good that the incoming administration is promising not to enforce a ban that was passed by Congress, signed by the president, and upheld by the Supreme Court. It’ll be fun to wake up every morning and find out which laws are still real.
January 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
personally I think it’s good that the incoming administration is promising not to enforce a ban that was passed by Congress, signed by the president, and upheld by the Supreme Court. It’ll be fun to wake up every morning and find out which laws are still real.
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Excellent obituary of Karen Wynn Fonstad, the superlative cartographer of Middle-earth, Pern, D&D, Narnia, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth (Gift Article)
She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Excellent obituary of Karen Wynn Fonstad, the superlative cartographer of Middle-earth, Pern, D&D, Narnia, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
