@john1442.bsky.social
currently undefined, escaped the Silicon Valley to the Mendo Coast
Just cuz
This is Fendi. He is seen here demonstrating the internationally acknowledged sign language for politely requesting uppies. 13/10 would pick him up immediately (TT: isthat_jojo)
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Just cuz
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Cool that renewables have become the cheapest source of energy in the world just as a bunch of reactionary-centrist US pundits have taken up the right-wing "climate vs. cheap energy" framing.
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Cool that renewables have become the cheapest source of energy in the world just as a bunch of reactionary-centrist US pundits have taken up the right-wing "climate vs. cheap energy" framing.
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This is the most succinct, and accurate, summary of the battle we're fighting in America & around the world: it is feudalism vs. democracy, and feudalism is currently winning. @brockm.bsky.social captures the whole thing, and it should be required reading. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-coming...
The Coming Clash of Civilizations
From the Wilderness of a Recovering Technocrat
www.notesfromthecircus.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is the most succinct, and accurate, summary of the battle we're fighting in America & around the world: it is feudalism vs. democracy, and feudalism is currently winning. @brockm.bsky.social captures the whole thing, and it should be required reading. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-coming...
Excellent thread and references
In the past year we've had a series of papers with results that've shocked #climate scientists - the globe is heating #FasterThanExpected & we don't fully know why
The public discourse is not keeping up.
Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵
The public discourse is not keeping up.
Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Excellent thread and references
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September 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"The report finds that the amount of public money the US will now spend on domestic fossil fuels stands at least $34.8 billion a year."
Included in the Big Billionaire Bailout was $40B in additional fossil fuel subsidies spread over ten years.
Included in the Big Billionaire Bailout was $40B in additional fossil fuel subsidies spread over ten years.
The Trump administration has already added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil, gas, and coal in 2025, a report released Tuesday finds, sending an additional $4 billion out the door each year for fossil fuels over the next decade.
And guess what, taxpayers are going to pay for it.
And guess what, taxpayers are going to pay for it.
US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill
A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.
www.wired.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"The report finds that the amount of public money the US will now spend on domestic fossil fuels stands at least $34.8 billion a year."
Included in the Big Billionaire Bailout was $40B in additional fossil fuel subsidies spread over ten years.
Included in the Big Billionaire Bailout was $40B in additional fossil fuel subsidies spread over ten years.
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In the first half of 2025. China installed 212 gigawatts of solar capacity. The U.S. installed 12 gigawatts.
August 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In the first half of 2025. China installed 212 gigawatts of solar capacity. The U.S. installed 12 gigawatts.
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Latest CBO analysis of the full distributional effects of the Trump budget (the "One Big Bill") just landed. They blew out the budget, see how big of a slice you got.
www.cbo.gov/interactive/...
www.cbo.gov/interactive/...
August 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Latest CBO analysis of the full distributional effects of the Trump budget (the "One Big Bill") just landed. They blew out the budget, see how big of a slice you got.
www.cbo.gov/interactive/...
www.cbo.gov/interactive/...
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The Repub budget bill as passed into law included "a provision that hardwires increased logging [on the national forests] well into the future, with no meaningful consideration for wildlife, climate, or ecological recovery. It prioritizes board feet over biodiversity." 🌍 substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Chainsaw Pipeline: H.R. 1's Backdoor Attack on Public Lands and Biodiversity - Even Without the Sell-Offs
While some of the most extreme public sell-off provisions were stripped from H.R. 1, buried within the bill are provisions for a massive expansion of extractive and industry activity
substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The Repub budget bill as passed into law included "a provision that hardwires increased logging [on the national forests] well into the future, with no meaningful consideration for wildlife, climate, or ecological recovery. It prioritizes board feet over biodiversity." 🌍 substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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After the USFS research branch is abolished, all that will be left at the Forest Service will be some 'yes man' administrators whose primary job will be to farm out logging contracts to Big Timber -- just as described in Project 2025.
Im not holding my breath that this will make a lick of difference but it’s nice to see some dems speaking up on USFS Research.
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-murr... Merkley, Murray, Heinrich, Klobuchar Demand Immediate Halt to Forest Service Reorganization, Funding Cuts - Merkley
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-murr... Merkley, Murray, Heinrich, Klobuchar Demand Immediate Halt to Forest Service Reorganization, Funding Cuts - Merkley
Merkley, Murray, Heinrich, Klobuchar Demand Immediate Halt to Forest Service Reorganization, Funding Cuts - Merkley
Washington, D.C. – Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Energy and Natural...
www.merkley.senate.gov
July 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
After the USFS research branch is abolished, all that will be left at the Forest Service will be some 'yes man' administrators whose primary job will be to farm out logging contracts to Big Timber -- just as described in Project 2025.
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"While a mild fire removes duff, brush and small burnable fuels, it leaves large tree trunks. Logging removes the large stuff and leaves the small. 'Logging is not a solution to fire, Pyne said. Logging and fire do opposite things.'" www.kqed.org/science/1997...
California Faces Rough Fire Season as US Forest Service Work Becomes More Politicized | KQED
As California braces for fire season, experts see signals — and shortcomings — in the Forest Service Chief’s annual letter.
www.kqed.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"While a mild fire removes duff, brush and small burnable fuels, it leaves large tree trunks. Logging removes the large stuff and leaves the small. 'Logging is not a solution to fire, Pyne said. Logging and fire do opposite things.'" www.kqed.org/science/1997...
Finally what was obvious is being reported on
May 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Finally what was obvious is being reported on
I am old enough to remember when people didn't use "I am old enough to remember" as some sort of prelude.
April 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am old enough to remember when people didn't use "I am old enough to remember" as some sort of prelude.
Great article. One could pull a lot of interesting quotes from this interview.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Michael Lewis and John Lanchester: ‘Trump is a trust-destroying machine’
Before the 2024 election, the two authors tried to stop Donald Trump’s plan to gut the US federal government with an investigation that transformed the image of civil servants from bureaucrats to supe...
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Great article. One could pull a lot of interesting quotes from this interview.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Is cellular or biological intelligence the proper term for not artificial intelligence or is it just non-AI?
March 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Is cellular or biological intelligence the proper term for not artificial intelligence or is it just non-AI?
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If Russia actually had recruited an Agent Krasnov at the highest levels of American government, would he have acted any differently?
February 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If Russia actually had recruited an Agent Krasnov at the highest levels of American government, would he have acted any differently?
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Leopard: I will eat your face
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
J.P. Morgan econs on Trump’s latest are “increasingly concerned that the policy mix may tilt into an unintentionally far less business-friendly stance. The sustained 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico set to start this weekend is materially different than the tariff increases built into our baseline.”
February 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Leopard: I will eat your face
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp