levinche.bsky.social
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Breaking news: The #NCCR #CLIM+ on "Climate Extremes & Society" will be funded by the @snf-fns.ch in the coming 4 years! With 47 PIs, 20 institutions & 22 stakeholders from #health to #finance & #agriculture, it will unite climate expertise from both natural & social science!
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January 30, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Breaking news: The #NCCR #CLIM+ on "Climate Extremes & Society" will be funded by the @snf-fns.ch in the coming 4 years! With 47 PIs, 20 institutions & 22 stakeholders from #health to #finance & #agriculture, it will unite climate expertise from both natural & social science!
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‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war
‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war
Alex Pretti’s death could be a moment of reckoning for Democrats to call time on Trump waging war on his people
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:48 AM
‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war
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2026 US National Defense Strategy is out. Let's see:
»Previous administrations squandered our military advantages ... to uphold cloud-castle abstractions like the rules-based international order.«
Yeah, it's what I thought.
»Previous administrations squandered our military advantages ... to uphold cloud-castle abstractions like the rules-based international order.«
Yeah, it's what I thought.
media.defense.gov
January 24, 2026 at 1:44 AM
2026 US National Defense Strategy is out. Let's see:
»Previous administrations squandered our military advantages ... to uphold cloud-castle abstractions like the rules-based international order.«
Yeah, it's what I thought.
»Previous administrations squandered our military advantages ... to uphold cloud-castle abstractions like the rules-based international order.«
Yeah, it's what I thought.
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I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
www.timesofisrael.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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Trump-Musk want to annex Canada, Greenland & Panama. Not only for the minerals, but to create a Technocracy based on Musk's family fantasy lore. See links.
Putin & Trump are all in w/Musk because it dovetails with Trump's Napoleonic fantasy & Putin's imperialism.
Technate map below. Look familiar?
Putin & Trump are all in w/Musk because it dovetails with Trump's Napoleonic fantasy & Putin's imperialism.
Technate map below. Look familiar?
March 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Trump-Musk want to annex Canada, Greenland & Panama. Not only for the minerals, but to create a Technocracy based on Musk's family fantasy lore. See links.
Putin & Trump are all in w/Musk because it dovetails with Trump's Napoleonic fantasy & Putin's imperialism.
Technate map below. Look familiar?
Putin & Trump are all in w/Musk because it dovetails with Trump's Napoleonic fantasy & Putin's imperialism.
Technate map below. Look familiar?
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If this isn’t proof of his mental instability then what is? This is not “Trump being Trump” this is Trump THREATENING A NATO ALLY. Remove him from office now!! What are we waiting for??
January 20, 2026 at 6:22 AM
If this isn’t proof of his mental instability then what is? This is not “Trump being Trump” this is Trump THREATENING A NATO ALLY. Remove him from office now!! What are we waiting for??
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Trump posts what appears to be a private text message sent to him by Macron
January 20, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Trump posts what appears to be a private text message sent to him by Macron
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REPORTER: Do you commit to not militarily engaging NATO partners?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
January 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
REPORTER: Do you commit to not militarily engaging NATO partners?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
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RFK Jr’s new diet guidelines pose risks for health and the environment, experts say
RFK Jr’s new diet guidelines pose risks for health and the environment, experts say
US health department’s new food pyramid places red meat and cheese high in saturated fats over plant-based proteins
The new food pyramid rolled out in US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) places animal-based proteins, including cheese and red meats high in saturated fats, above plant-based proteins, which has raised alarm bells among health and environmental experts.
This rejiggered food pyramid is in line with Kennedy’s previous signals that he will recommend increasing saturated fat in US diets as part of the “Make America healthy again” movement. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:48 PM
RFK Jr’s new diet guidelines pose risks for health and the environment, experts say
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Wikipédia, les 25 ans d’une utopie réussie devenue le punching-ball de l’extrême droite
L’encyclopédie en ligne, gratuite et coopérative, a été lancée le 15 janvier 2001. Son succès a dépassé toutes les attentes, malgré les critiques récurrentes de son modèle
Par @dan-mdpt.bsky.social
L’encyclopédie en ligne, gratuite et coopérative, a été lancée le 15 janvier 2001. Son succès a dépassé toutes les attentes, malgré les critiques récurrentes de son modèle
Par @dan-mdpt.bsky.social
Wikipédia, les 25 ans d’une utopie réussie devenue le punching-ball de l’extrême droite
L’encyclopédie en ligne, gratuite et coopérative, a été lancée le 15 janvier 2001. Avec 65 millions d’articles en 326 langues, son succès a dépassé toutes les attentes, malgré les critiques récurrentes de son modèle. Le camp réactionnaire la désigne aujourd’hui comme l’une de ses principales ennemies.
l.mediapart.fr
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Wikipédia, les 25 ans d’une utopie réussie devenue le punching-ball de l’extrême droite
L’encyclopédie en ligne, gratuite et coopérative, a été lancée le 15 janvier 2001. Son succès a dépassé toutes les attentes, malgré les critiques récurrentes de son modèle
Par @dan-mdpt.bsky.social
L’encyclopédie en ligne, gratuite et coopérative, a été lancée le 15 janvier 2001. Son succès a dépassé toutes les attentes, malgré les critiques récurrentes de son modèle
Par @dan-mdpt.bsky.social
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We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Noem Says ‘Hundreds More’ Agents Will Be Sent to Minnesota Over ‘Corruption’
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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The right-wing bullshit machine is operating at full steam & across all cylinders today, strategically framing the horrific ICE killing of a MN woman to defend/bolster their political aims. For exampe, Trump's message (below) will shape how his supporters (willfully mis)interpret the video evidence.
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The right-wing bullshit machine is operating at full steam & across all cylinders today, strategically framing the horrific ICE killing of a MN woman to defend/bolster their political aims. For exampe, Trump's message (below) will shape how his supporters (willfully mis)interpret the video evidence.
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Since Bill is back in the news today...
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
Michael Mann to Bill Gates: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Since Bill is back in the news today...
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
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It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
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Someone told me to watch this SNL sketch about America’s “media-opoly.”
It feels eerily prophetic given the Warner Bros/Netflix/Paramount merger saga. Watch.
It feels eerily prophetic given the Warner Bros/Netflix/Paramount merger saga. Watch.
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Someone told me to watch this SNL sketch about America’s “media-opoly.”
It feels eerily prophetic given the Warner Bros/Netflix/Paramount merger saga. Watch.
It feels eerily prophetic given the Warner Bros/Netflix/Paramount merger saga. Watch.
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La même page en 2024
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
La même page en 2024
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What happened to this RFK Jr.?
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
What happened to this RFK Jr.?
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This week Trump pardoned a private equity fraudster, the drug-trafficking ex-president of Honduras, and a Congressman who allegedly took bribes.
Meanwhile, he's weaponizing government to go after his enemies.
An utter mockery of the rule of law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
Meanwhile, he's weaponizing government to go after his enemies.
An utter mockery of the rule of law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
Trump’s Pay-to-Pardon Scheme
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This week Trump pardoned a private equity fraudster, the drug-trafficking ex-president of Honduras, and a Congressman who allegedly took bribes.
Meanwhile, he's weaponizing government to go after his enemies.
An utter mockery of the rule of law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
Meanwhile, he's weaponizing government to go after his enemies.
An utter mockery of the rule of law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NflcWXdV-B0
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Wasn't on my 2025 bingo card that #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & me would make 2025 top 25 book of the year lists in the @financialtimes.com and (conservative) @telegraph.co.uk, but not show up on @sciam.bsky.social's top *sixty seven* list 🤨
(Trump-era timidity)?
(Trump-era timidity)?
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Wasn't on my 2025 bingo card that #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & me would make 2025 top 25 book of the year lists in the @financialtimes.com and (conservative) @telegraph.co.uk, but not show up on @sciam.bsky.social's top *sixty seven* list 🤨
(Trump-era timidity)?
(Trump-era timidity)?
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Read this great WSJ story about how top Trump advisors think chucking Ukraine to the wolves is worth being able to do business with Vlad back-to-back with this great Guardian story about the repercussions of that judgement: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Read this great WSJ story about how top Trump advisors think chucking Ukraine to the wolves is worth being able to do business with Vlad back-to-back with this great Guardian story about the repercussions of that judgement: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Really can't overstate how problematic robotaxis become at scale:
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
Self-driving cars will transform urban economies
A robotaxi boom is coming. The impacts might be broader than you expect
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Really can't overstate how problematic robotaxis become at scale:
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
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Climat, biodiversité: les seuils écologiques tombent les uns après les autres, mais la catastrophe renforce les mouvements… hostiles à l’écologie. L’essai «Greenbacklash» analyse ce paradoxe douloureux. Leurs codirecteurs répondent à @lesjoursfr
« Les pouvoirs autoritaires ont désormais tous une composante explicitement antiécologique »
Une régression antienvironnementale, financée par l’industrie, est en cours. Entretien avec les trois codirecteurs d’un livre sur le « green backlash ».
lesjours.fr
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Climat, biodiversité: les seuils écologiques tombent les uns après les autres, mais la catastrophe renforce les mouvements… hostiles à l’écologie. L’essai «Greenbacklash» analyse ce paradoxe douloureux. Leurs codirecteurs répondent à @lesjoursfr
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In a 2024 paper criticizing the 'billion-dollar-disasters' database, Roger Pielke Jr. published analysis that is best described as a Russian-doll of errors.
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.
economicsfromthetopdown.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In a 2024 paper criticizing the 'billion-dollar-disasters' database, Roger Pielke Jr. published analysis that is best described as a Russian-doll of errors.
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Here's my in-depth take down of his appallingly bad work.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
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"For 15 years, I’ve launched my bay boat ... into Long Island Sound before sunrise, chasing striped bass like generations of coastal fishermen before me. But lately, the water feels empty," Mark Robichaux writes.
"The stripers didn’t vanish on their own. The food that sustains them went first."
"The stripers didn’t vanish on their own. The food that sustains them went first."
Opinion | It’s the ‘most important fish in the sea.’ And it’s disappearing.
If the menhaden decline continues, striped bass could be next to vanish.
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"For 15 years, I’ve launched my bay boat ... into Long Island Sound before sunrise, chasing striped bass like generations of coastal fishermen before me. But lately, the water feels empty," Mark Robichaux writes.
"The stripers didn’t vanish on their own. The food that sustains them went first."
"The stripers didn’t vanish on their own. The food that sustains them went first."