Josh Levinger
@jlev.online
Engineering a green building revolution at ElephantEnergy.com
Progressive coder OpenSourceActivism.tech, Spacedog.xyz
Cares about the why of tech as much as how
VT born, 2x MIT.edu, Calif 12 yrs, now Mass again
Progressive coder OpenSourceActivism.tech, Spacedog.xyz
Cares about the why of tech as much as how
VT born, 2x MIT.edu, Calif 12 yrs, now Mass again
“The people demand the fall of the regime” was the powerful chant across the Arab Spring. It might work for us, too.
I just don’t understand what these folks’ theory of human behavior is. Do they not think people in the Tunisian or Egyptian revolutions for example cared about ”affordability”?
But rage at the grotesque corruption of their ruling elites was also a powerful driver of anti-authoritarian mobilization
But rage at the grotesque corruption of their ruling elites was also a powerful driver of anti-authoritarian mobilization
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“The people demand the fall of the regime” was the powerful chant across the Arab Spring. It might work for us, too.
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After an economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms and screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely rich assholes who aren't listening
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
After an economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms and screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely rich assholes who aren't listening
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
Time for all these institutionalists to get out of the way. They care more about “bipartisanship” and comity than their constituents.
At least there are several decent progressives running in the NH Democratic primary to replace Shaheen, keep the seat blue, and show some spine to Trump republicans.
At least there are several decent progressives running in the NH Democratic primary to replace Shaheen, keep the seat blue, and show some spine to Trump republicans.
John Fetterman, Angus King, Maggie Hassan, Dick Durbin, Jon Ossoff, Jeanne Shaheen, Kirsten Gillibrand, Catherine Cortez Masto, Mark Warner, Cory Booker, and of course Chuck Schumer. Maybe others not top of mind. Not all responsible will publicly vote for the cave - that's not how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Time for all these institutionalists to get out of the way. They care more about “bipartisanship” and comity than their constituents.
At least there are several decent progressives running in the NH Democratic primary to replace Shaheen, keep the seat blue, and show some spine to Trump republicans.
At least there are several decent progressives running in the NH Democratic primary to replace Shaheen, keep the seat blue, and show some spine to Trump republicans.
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"Acquiring huge amounts of money is like taking a blow to the head. Wealth seems to scramble certain cognitive functions, particularly those related to empathy and perspective." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social #climateaction #climatecrisis #TaxTheRich
"Truckloads of money available. Just after Gates published his new missive, @oxfaminternational.bsky.social revealed that the net worth of the 10 richest US billionaires grew by $698bn in the past year." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #TheFutureIsEqual #TaxTheRich
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Acquiring huge amounts of money is like taking a blow to the head. Wealth seems to scramble certain cognitive functions, particularly those related to empathy and perspective." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social #climateaction #climatecrisis #TaxTheRich
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Every time a tech entrepreneur says “we don’t need to stop global warming because AI will” I want to slap them with a fish that says, “if a superhuman intelligence came into being and we asked it how to stop global warming, it would say ‘stop burning fossil fuels, you fools.’”
I’m going to regret asking this, but… what mechanism are people proposing whereby AI will “end scarcity”?
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Every time a tech entrepreneur says “we don’t need to stop global warming because AI will” I want to slap them with a fish that says, “if a superhuman intelligence came into being and we asked it how to stop global warming, it would say ‘stop burning fossil fuels, you fools.’”
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A big part of the Millennial experience has been seeing our peers locked out of political power while an older generation refuses to step aside out of a sense of entitlement. That's why it feels good to see candidates like Michelle Wu and Zohran Mamdani succeed.
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A big part of the Millennial experience has been seeing our peers locked out of political power while an older generation refuses to step aside out of a sense of entitlement. That's why it feels good to see candidates like Michelle Wu and Zohran Mamdani succeed.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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Re-upping this on the news of Dick Cheney's death. A man whose life work will go down in the fossil record.
"every time you hear a piece of good news about the explosive growth of clean energy, it’s worth remembering that the benchmark in question likely could have been met in 2005, rather than 2025, if not for Big Oil’s climate deception"
@aaronregunberg.bsky.social banger in @newrepublic.com -->>>>>
@aaronregunberg.bsky.social banger in @newrepublic.com -->>>>>
Big Oil’s Three-Decade Plot to Kill America’s Clean Energy Revolution
In 1988, the U.S. was in prime position to dominate the industry for decades to come. But thanks to fossil fuel giants, China is instead the world’s superpower in renewables.
newrepublic.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Re-upping this on the news of Dick Cheney's death. A man whose life work will go down in the fossil record.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works, and like and follow for more.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and select all that include images of motorcycles.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and I am once again asking for your financial support.
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works, and like and follow for more.
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I don't think we should talk about climate change anymore, we should talk about kitchen-table issues. Like how climate change will destroy your kitchen table and everything else you have
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I don't think we should talk about climate change anymore, we should talk about kitchen-table issues. Like how climate change will destroy your kitchen table and everything else you have
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This is one of this signs of massive climate change, and it’s been happening for years now.
When Melissa grew from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 4 hurricane this weekend, it became the fourth of this year’s five Atlantic hurricanes to undergo what hurricane experts call “rapid intensification.”
Its wind speeds doubled in less than a day.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
Its wind speeds doubled in less than a day.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
Hurricane Melissa’s Wind Speeds Doubled in Less Than a Day
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is one of this signs of massive climate change, and it’s been happening for years now.
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"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."
Taxing the rich works!
Taxing the rich works!
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"In the two years since the state started charging a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million, the effort has created a $5.7 billion windfall, with the surplus being used to fund bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit."
Taxing the rich works!
Taxing the rich works!
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i just keep hearing this quote in my head
October 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
i just keep hearing this quote in my head
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Whatever you think of the White House as a building or a symbol, the fact is that the image of it being torn apart on a whim two days after 7 million people hit the streets against autocracy is going to make a HUGE amount of people really, really angry, and that's an energy that should be harnessed.
October 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Whatever you think of the White House as a building or a symbol, the fact is that the image of it being torn apart on a whim two days after 7 million people hit the streets against autocracy is going to make a HUGE amount of people really, really angry, and that's an energy that should be harnessed.
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it is again insane to me that people think it’s better to shoot shit into the atmosphere- which has consequences we don’t know about- than stop using fossil fuels, something we already know how to do.
The thing about solar geoengineering is that once you start you cannot stop *ever* unless somehow you have already removed all the multi-billions of tons of carbon emitted since the day you started.
If you stop at the higher CO2 concentration you get virtually instantaneous catastrophic heating.
If you stop at the higher CO2 concentration you get virtually instantaneous catastrophic heating.
"If geoengineering works well initially & you see this temperature drop, the tempempation to keep going & extracting fossil fuels will be greater than ever, because it will seem that you have a technologically that can cut off the link between temperature rises & fossil fuel combustion."
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
it is again insane to me that people think it’s better to shoot shit into the atmosphere- which has consequences we don’t know about- than stop using fossil fuels, something we already know how to do.
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Strong and clear response from MIT to this regime's latest attempt to take over university teaching. The demands are blatantly fascist. MIT: "we freely choose these values because they're right..." 👏🏽 orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
Dear members of the MIT community,
orgchart.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Strong and clear response from MIT to this regime's latest attempt to take over university teaching. The demands are blatantly fascist. MIT: "we freely choose these values because they're right..." 👏🏽 orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
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i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers
October 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers
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If only there was some kind of warning.
October 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
If only there was some kind of warning.
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The land of the brave
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The land of the brave
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We will regret not acting faster on climate change.
October 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We will regret not acting faster on climate change.
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they are destroying US climate science on purpose, and it hurts my heart. but take it from an MIT-trained nerdass:
all most of us need to know is that we have to stop burning stuff
stop burning stuff for heat
stop burning stuff for make car go
stop burning stuff for power
we have the tools
all most of us need to know is that we have to stop burning stuff
stop burning stuff for heat
stop burning stuff for make car go
stop burning stuff for power
we have the tools
September 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
they are destroying US climate science on purpose, and it hurts my heart. but take it from an MIT-trained nerdass:
all most of us need to know is that we have to stop burning stuff
stop burning stuff for heat
stop burning stuff for make car go
stop burning stuff for power
we have the tools
all most of us need to know is that we have to stop burning stuff
stop burning stuff for heat
stop burning stuff for make car go
stop burning stuff for power
we have the tools
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my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
September 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
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We don’t talk enough about how racists and authoritarians are the ones who actually genuinely hate this country.
September 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
We don’t talk enough about how racists and authoritarians are the ones who actually genuinely hate this country.