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The Trump FIFA Peace Award?
Fake, Ignorant, Falsified Adoration
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I've seen this MS Now promo ad, that is claiming to be representing "We the People" and citing the Preamble to the Constitution.
“We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, ... 1/
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"The seriously retarded governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz...." says the adolescent in the White House (and an immature, bully-ish variety of adolescent, as many adolescents are more mature and human than this). What an absolute child. 1/
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
How is it that I am entirely NOT SURPRISED? Nothing but oblivious hypocrisy and lies.
“The suspect in the attack is an Afghan immigrant who entered the country legally as part of a resettlement program under the Biden administration, ...1/
'You Won't Be Here For Long!': Trump Posts Bonkers 'Salutation' Just Before Midnight
The president said he would "permanently pause" all migration from developing countries.
www.huffpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Nawwwww! Illegal? They NEVER do that! apnews.com/article/come... 
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at Presiden...
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Just saw an ad for the newly rebranded "MS Now" (had been MSNBC). It recited "We the People" pre-amble to the Constitution. While those values are under siege in our present reality, the most important "re-branding" is still absent: ... 1/
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“Avoiding the most dire damages of climate change “requires transforming the world economy at a speed and scale that has ‘no documented historic precedent.’” —Coral Davenport citing an IPCC report

Moe-Lobeda, Cynthia D. “Building a Moral Economy” . Augsburg Fortress (2024)
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Trump’s agriculture secretary is threatening to withhold federal funds from New York now. The president called Mamdani a “communist disaster” on Truth Social at 3 AM. Don’t bother, let them rage. ... — buff.ly/joCdeCw 1/
Mamdani Proves That Americans Want What We in Europe Already Have
On the warning signs we recognize and the hope we share
theplanet.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The fact that Gates framed all this in a way designed to appeal to the president is so obvious that it hardly bears mentioning (the richest men in the world have all been sucking up to him, so no extra shame here)
Climate Gates
Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything
buff.ly
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“The fact that Gates framed all this in a way designed to appeal to the president is so obvious that it hardly bears mentioning (the richest men in the world have all been sucking up to him, so no extra shame here)” — Bill McKibben in buff.ly/rxVICLG
Climate Gates
Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything
substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We need every one of our sane Hollywood voices. Athletes need to step up, too, since we are NOT hearing from any of them on this.
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’ | Climate crisis | The Guardian buff.ly/BUYwTif 1/
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
Indiana Jones star calls US president one of history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"I was hungry, and you built me a 90,000 square foot ball room adorned in gold"
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“In 1969, while the worldwide youth "revolution" of 1968 was still in full swing, physicist Werner Heisenberg (who formulated the uncertainty principle) made some observations that provide a fruitful starting point for our topic.
His conference to the Association of German Scientists ...1/
October 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
LOL. Great future vision she'd like to see described by Kate Marvel:

“HEAD OF THE AFRICAN UNION I’m so glad we solved climate change. That was a close one!
POPE Yes, we should always listen to the scientists. It was very nice of them to warn us.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Nothing will be torn down,” Leavitt said when she announced the project in July. buff.ly/I0vUyj5 It's what they say about EVERYTHING. No credulity whatsoever.
www.fastcompany.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What about the Ecological Crisis? How does that not even crack this list? It will prevent us from being able to do much of anything other than survive, if even that?
October 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Eventually, when increased chaos hits home, we'll realize just how vulnerable and decaying our "economy" has been and is worsening because of our unwillingness to move to an Ecological Economics that realizes (meaning it takes into account) the Ecological Costs of ... 1/
October 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I would call Leonardo Boff a "Deep Liberation Eco-Theologian"; that kinda covers all the bases. The "Deep" adjective add-on testifies to the wholistic nature of the liberation proclaimed and lived, which encompasses the socio-political and economic welfare of ... 1/
October 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“The Amazon is the place where Gaia displays the lush riches of her body; it is also where she suffers the greatest violence. If we want to see the brutal face of the capitalist and industrial system, we need only visit the Brazilian Amazon. 1/
October 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
OMG. The only ACTUAL "remedy" is to use LEGITIMATE LAW to arrest, detain, and imprison insane and inane right wing KOOKERY and VIOLENCE and throw away the key.
October 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Come with me if you want to live".
x.com/WeDontHaveTi...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I am blown away by the level of scientific respect and insight in the "theological" work of Leonardo Boff in "Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor". Looking like I'm going to have to part with some money and buy the Kindle version. 1/
September 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“How are we, human beings and environment, with our common origin and common destiny, to survive together? How are we to safeguard creation in justice, participation, wholeness, and peace?” — Boff, Leonardo (2012). Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor. Orbis Books. Kindle Edition.
September 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Discontinuity: a widening gap between new realities and existing beliefs and practices" — Alex Steffen buff.ly/uEHQlAx
September 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"I see repeated efforts to shoehorn discontinuous change into the framework of continuity" — Alex Steffen in buff.ly/e0WMrC7
Unpatterning
What comes next is not a new version of what came before.
alexsteffen.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM