@marcusalrightius.bsky.social
Stoic-in-training looking for eudaimonia, virtue, arete', and phronesis, while striving to live in accord with nature. Deep dive fact checker. Fan of 2425 years of democracy. Climate realist-actionist. Likes:Pointed questions, power electronics, and banjo.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Dang!
September 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Dang!
Lately, politics has become the entertainment division of the oligarchic fascization complex.
September 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Lately, politics has become the entertainment division of the oligarchic fascization complex.
It seems like it would be worthwhile to determine the actual airspeed of the object by correcting for the camera's motion ie. angular velocity of the moving background. abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/new... #GerogeKnapp
a man with long curly hair is holding a ball in his hands with the words " you just got orbed " above him
ALT: a man with long curly hair is holding a ball in his hands with the words " you just got orbed " above him
media.tenor.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It seems like it would be worthwhile to determine the actual airspeed of the object by correcting for the camera's motion ie. angular velocity of the moving background. abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/new... #GerogeKnapp
2 billion tons of coal a year has now turned into about a trillion tons of CO2 for the accumulated total. Approximate back of the envelope math: Divide a trillion by the mass of the atmosphere(~5.5 quadrillion tons) and you get 180 ppm increase. 420ppm(now)-280ppm(pre-industrial) is 140ppm.
1912 - it’s there in black & white!
But 110 YEARS LATER governments subsidised the fossil fuel industry to the tune of $7 TRILLION!
Billions of people will die not because climate collapse is unavoidable, but because elites decided our lives are less important than fossil fuel profits.
But 110 YEARS LATER governments subsidised the fossil fuel industry to the tune of $7 TRILLION!
Billions of people will die not because climate collapse is unavoidable, but because elites decided our lives are less important than fossil fuel profits.
September 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
2 billion tons of coal a year has now turned into about a trillion tons of CO2 for the accumulated total. Approximate back of the envelope math: Divide a trillion by the mass of the atmosphere(~5.5 quadrillion tons) and you get 180 ppm increase. 420ppm(now)-280ppm(pre-industrial) is 140ppm.
Seems like #Idiocracy should be represented.
September 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Seems like #Idiocracy should be represented.
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The simpler my life gets the happier I am. That's likely the case for others who go down the path of simplification.
www.zmescience.com/science/psyc...
www.zmescience.com/science/psyc...
People Who Choose to Live With Less Report Higher Happiness and a Stronger Sense of Purpose Than Big Spenders. What Is Voluntary Simplicity?
Fulfilling relationships, not more stuff, may be the key to wellbeing
www.zmescience.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The simpler my life gets the happier I am. That's likely the case for others who go down the path of simplification.
www.zmescience.com/science/psyc...
www.zmescience.com/science/psyc...
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
August 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
“Based on testimony — that would be based on witnesses that have come forward. But what I can tell you is just we’re told that they were that, they’ve seen things,” Luna told Rogan. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
August 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“Based on testimony — that would be based on witnesses that have come forward. But what I can tell you is just we’re told that they were that, they’ve seen things,” Luna told Rogan. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
"A grand jury can indict a ham sandwich." -Republican Sol Wachtler
“sandwich based assaults on our brave officers are up 1000% percent”
Stay salty DC 🔥
August 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"A grand jury can indict a ham sandwich." -Republican Sol Wachtler
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Up On The Roof
🎶When my poll numbers start getting me down
And reality is just too much for me to face
I'm pulled right up to the top of the stairs
To get away from my splintering base
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there, mean facts below can't bother me🎶
(Apologies to Gerry Goffin)
🎶When my poll numbers start getting me down
And reality is just too much for me to face
I'm pulled right up to the top of the stairs
To get away from my splintering base
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there, mean facts below can't bother me🎶
(Apologies to Gerry Goffin)
August 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Up On The Roof
🎶When my poll numbers start getting me down
And reality is just too much for me to face
I'm pulled right up to the top of the stairs
To get away from my splintering base
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there, mean facts below can't bother me🎶
(Apologies to Gerry Goffin)
🎶When my poll numbers start getting me down
And reality is just too much for me to face
I'm pulled right up to the top of the stairs
To get away from my splintering base
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there, mean facts below can't bother me🎶
(Apologies to Gerry Goffin)
Republicans complain about Texas Democrats “fleeing”—yet just days ago, they themselves fled D.C. to avoid voting on the Epstein files.
Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office.
One side dodges accountability.
The other fights for democracy.
Repost @djmelodie
Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office.
One side dodges accountability.
The other fights for democracy.
Repost @djmelodie
August 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Mama mia! That's a spicy plasma ejecta!
Sun ejecting Plasma, as captured by the Parker Solar Probe.
-Credits: NASA
-Credits: NASA
July 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Mama mia! That's a spicy plasma ejecta!
"It may be hard to believe in the current era of declining media credibility and amid President Donald Trump's bitter condemnations of "fake news," but mainstream journalists once were trusted figures in society who could sway public opinion in a major way." www.usnews.com/news/ken-wal... #Colbert
www.usnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"It may be hard to believe in the current era of declining media credibility and amid President Donald Trump's bitter condemnations of "fake news," but mainstream journalists once were trusted figures in society who could sway public opinion in a major way." www.usnews.com/news/ken-wal... #Colbert
A growing reality emerges through the fossil fog. How cheap does clean and free have to get? #sustainability #microgrids
reneweconomy.com.au/it-changes-e...
reneweconomy.com.au/it-changes-e...
“It changes everything:” Plunging costs of PV and batteries mean 24-hour solar a growing reality
Plunging cost of PV and battery storage in last year has made “24-hour” solar a reality for cities and industries in many parts of the world, a new report says.
reneweconomy.com.au
July 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A growing reality emerges through the fossil fog. How cheap does clean and free have to get? #sustainability #microgrids
reneweconomy.com.au/it-changes-e...
reneweconomy.com.au/it-changes-e...
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We can do this.
Midterm elections are coming.
Start working NOW.
It might be America's last chance for peaceful change.
Midterm elections are coming.
Start working NOW.
It might be America's last chance for peaceful change.
July 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We can do this.
Midterm elections are coming.
Start working NOW.
It might be America's last chance for peaceful change.
Midterm elections are coming.
Start working NOW.
It might be America's last chance for peaceful change.
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From @bengeman.bsky.social: Ron Swanson may have hated salads, but the actor who played him likes EVs enough to be their pitchman in a new public-awareness campaign.
www.axios.com/2025/07/14/r...
www.axios.com/2025/07/14/r...
Exclusive: Ron Swanson helps jump-start big new EV push
"Electric for All" is the "first and largest nonprofit-led EV education campaign in the U.S.," an announcement says.
www.axios.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
From @bengeman.bsky.social: Ron Swanson may have hated salads, but the actor who played him likes EVs enough to be their pitchman in a new public-awareness campaign.
www.axios.com/2025/07/14/r...
www.axios.com/2025/07/14/r...