Jimmy Neckbeard
@jjsands.bsky.social
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." -James Baldwin
I am YIMBY, but I believe we can keep environmental laws and shouldn't ally with fascists.
I am YIMBY, but I believe we can keep environmental laws and shouldn't ally with fascists.
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We cannot build thriving, climate resilient communities and associated economies if we destroy the ecological foundation those communities and economies demand.
That ecological foundation is essential and non-negotiable.
That ecological foundation is essential and non-negotiable.
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We cannot build thriving, climate resilient communities and associated economies if we destroy the ecological foundation those communities and economies demand.
That ecological foundation is essential and non-negotiable.
That ecological foundation is essential and non-negotiable.
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Used effectively, the National Environmental Policy Act lifts up community-based values and opportunity, such as in Colorado's North Fork Valley, where @westernlaw.org & partners have used it to protect land, water, & wildlife key to the area's recreation and agricultural economy.
Legal agreement blocks oil, gas leasing on 2.2 million acres in Colorado - Western Environmental Law Center
Conservation groups and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management have finalized a legal agreement that will prevent new oil and gas leasing across 2.2 million acres of southwestern Colorado until the agency...
westernlaw.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Used effectively, the National Environmental Policy Act lifts up community-based values and opportunity, such as in Colorado's North Fork Valley, where @westernlaw.org & partners have used it to protect land, water, & wildlife key to the area's recreation and agricultural economy.
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The National Environmental Policy Act is also a tool to protect sacred and cherished landscapes, such as New Mexico's Greater Chaco region--long a sacrifice zone for fossil fuels--and to thereby protect history, community, & belonging essential to a thriving society.
Federal appeals court rejects oil and gas drilling and fracking in northwest New Mexico's Greater Chaco region - Western Environmental Law Center
A federal appeals court yesterday rejected the Biden administration’s defense of unchecked oil and gas fracking in the Greater Chaco region of northwest New Mexico, ruling the U.S. Interior Department...
westernlaw.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The National Environmental Policy Act is also a tool to protect sacred and cherished landscapes, such as New Mexico's Greater Chaco region--long a sacrifice zone for fossil fuels--and to thereby protect history, community, & belonging essential to a thriving society.
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Over the course of the last ~10 years, @westernlaw.org has used the National Environmental Policy Act to defeat federal oil & gas lease sale after lease sale. Roughly ~10 million acres of public lands & resources.
They are targeting NEPA for a reason: It is a shield against destruction.
They are targeting NEPA for a reason: It is a shield against destruction.
@caadcoalition.bsky.social has an overview of all the many ads big oil is buying for permitting reform.
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Over the course of the last ~10 years, @westernlaw.org has used the National Environmental Policy Act to defeat federal oil & gas lease sale after lease sale. Roughly ~10 million acres of public lands & resources.
They are targeting NEPA for a reason: It is a shield against destruction.
They are targeting NEPA for a reason: It is a shield against destruction.
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@caadcoalition.bsky.social has an overview of all the many ads big oil is buying for permitting reform.
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
@caadcoalition.bsky.social has an overview of all the many ads big oil is buying for permitting reform.
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
Further, they say: "If you hear people...who aren’t your usual climate deniers arguing that we need to scrap [NEPA], ask them why they’re doing the fossil fuel industry’s advertising for them."
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Any "permitting reform" legislation, in this fraught moment, is a profound mistake. Reject it. Hold the line & fight for a brighter day when we have a chance to revitalize (not "reform") bedrock environmental laws, including the Magna Carta of such laws: The National Environmental Policy Act.
Conservationists to House Natural Resources Committee: Permitting reform under Trump would spell disaster - Western Environmental Law Center
A coalition of 27 western conservation groups sent a letter to Rep. Huffman and the members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources advising all to exercise extreme caution on permitting refo...
westernlaw.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Any "permitting reform" legislation, in this fraught moment, is a profound mistake. Reject it. Hold the line & fight for a brighter day when we have a chance to revitalize (not "reform") bedrock environmental laws, including the Magna Carta of such laws: The National Environmental Policy Act.
Teaching my children to hate Elliot Abrams.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Teaching my children to hate Elliot Abrams.
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Elliott Abrams must be setting a record for longevity as a pro-war cheerleader.
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Elliott Abrams must be setting a record for longevity as a pro-war cheerleader.
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stop making me look at noah smith's tweets, i am begging you.
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
stop making me look at noah smith's tweets, i am begging you.
You don't get to dismantle the Voting Rights Act and claim you support representative democracy for your blood for oil conflicts. You have to choose one.
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
You don't get to dismantle the Voting Rights Act and claim you support representative democracy for your blood for oil conflicts. You have to choose one.
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Sorry, MAGA doesn't even support democracy here anymore, I'm supposed to believe they support it in Venezuela? bsky.app/profile/katz...
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sorry, MAGA doesn't even support democracy here anymore, I'm supposed to believe they support it in Venezuela? bsky.app/profile/katz...
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WTF 🤬
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
WTF 🤬
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
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“Lift yourself out of poverty by saving money”
“NO not like THAT”
“NO not like THAT”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“Lift yourself out of poverty by saving money”
“NO not like THAT”
“NO not like THAT”
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And risk is ultimately the key.
There are bad things we know will happen as a result of climate change, but there are many more areas where there is a growing risk of a catastrophic failure - extreme weather, harvests, ecosystems, ocean currents, sea level - that is hard to quantify.
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There are bad things we know will happen as a result of climate change, but there are many more areas where there is a growing risk of a catastrophic failure - extreme weather, harvests, ecosystems, ocean currents, sea level - that is hard to quantify.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
And risk is ultimately the key.
There are bad things we know will happen as a result of climate change, but there are many more areas where there is a growing risk of a catastrophic failure - extreme weather, harvests, ecosystems, ocean currents, sea level - that is hard to quantify.
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There are bad things we know will happen as a result of climate change, but there are many more areas where there is a growing risk of a catastrophic failure - extreme weather, harvests, ecosystems, ocean currents, sea level - that is hard to quantify.
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There is no realistic way that we get where we need to get without phasing out fossil fuels, and the fact that even that is being put back up for debate doesn’t bode well for our ability to act quickly and decisively enough.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
There is no realistic way that we get where we need to get without phasing out fossil fuels, and the fact that even that is being put back up for debate doesn’t bode well for our ability to act quickly and decisively enough.
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“Climate change isn’t everything“ is becoming a go-to justification for delaying action.
This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
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This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
“Climate change isn’t everything“ is becoming a go-to justification for delaying action.
This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
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This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
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Great thread demolishing the Bill Gates / Abundance / climate-isn't-everything narrative.
“Climate change isn’t everything“ is becoming a go-to justification for delaying action.
This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
1/
This is - deliberately or inadvertently - a misframing of the issue. The point isn’t CC is everything, it’s that it’s essential to deal with.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Great thread demolishing the Bill Gates / Abundance / climate-isn't-everything narrative.
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Everyone is joking about this because it’s very funny but it’s kind of insane to integrate a software into your workflow that’s so opaque you literally can’t even tell if it’s processing or not
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Everyone is joking about this because it’s very funny but it’s kind of insane to integrate a software into your workflow that’s so opaque you literally can’t even tell if it’s processing or not
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One day we’ll look back on this as one of the stupidest things we’ve done.
California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
One day we’ll look back on this as one of the stupidest things we’ve done.
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And for readers if a journalist refuses to do at least this—which truly is the bare minimum, any journalist truly interested in covering this space should have a basic working knowledge of different types of models—they are not trustworthy. Do not read them
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
And for readers if a journalist refuses to do at least this—which truly is the bare minimum, any journalist truly interested in covering this space should have a basic working knowledge of different types of models—they are not trustworthy. Do not read them
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My Facebook account was suspended for hate speech in 2017 after I posted "I want to thank everyone for promoting my new podcast 'All Men Are Scum'"
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My Facebook account was suspended for hate speech in 2017 after I posted "I want to thank everyone for promoting my new podcast 'All Men Are Scum'"
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End legacy admissions, should be such a lay up.
3 factors at play: (1) legacy admissions, (2) non-academic credentials, (3) athletes
Start from the top, get rid of legacy preferences gwagner.com/legacy
@oppinsights.bsky.social
Start from the top, get rid of legacy preferences gwagner.com/legacy
@oppinsights.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
End legacy admissions, should be such a lay up.
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I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I had a popular account with a valuable audience and my Twitter payout was $80 a month-ish, to the point where I disabled monetization instead of uploading my ID. Payouts are only material if you live in a developing country, so “guy in Nigeria posting right-wing Amerislop” has taken over the site.