@mdtiemann.bsky.social
I feel so dirty for having subscribed to @nytimes.com for so long. At least I unsubscribed in 2023. Alas, too late to save American democracy.
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I feel so dirty for having subscribed to @nytimes.com for so long. At least I unsubscribed in 2023. Alas, too late to save American democracy.
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Guys, I know you all still cling to conspiracy theories about Merrick Garland bc ... well, you watch too many TV lawyers who knew fuckall about the investigation.
But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.
Who killed it? John Roberts.
But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.
Who killed it? John Roberts.
September 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Guys, I know you all still cling to conspiracy theories about Merrick Garland bc ... well, you watch too many TV lawyers who knew fuckall about the investigation.
But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.
Who killed it? John Roberts.
But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.
Who killed it? John Roberts.
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Edgewater NIMBYs: "Upzoning to allow high-rises near Red Line will destroy the character of the nabe!"
Also NIMBYs: "Let's put up a street sign honoring Bob Newhart, who lived in a high-rise near Red Line in his sitcom!"
Left photo: Abundant Housing IL
@stevevance.net @betterstreetschicago.org
Also NIMBYs: "Let's put up a street sign honoring Bob Newhart, who lived in a high-rise near Red Line in his sitcom!"
Left photo: Abundant Housing IL
@stevevance.net @betterstreetschicago.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Edgewater NIMBYs: "Upzoning to allow high-rises near Red Line will destroy the character of the nabe!"
Also NIMBYs: "Let's put up a street sign honoring Bob Newhart, who lived in a high-rise near Red Line in his sitcom!"
Left photo: Abundant Housing IL
@stevevance.net @betterstreetschicago.org
Also NIMBYs: "Let's put up a street sign honoring Bob Newhart, who lived in a high-rise near Red Line in his sitcom!"
Left photo: Abundant Housing IL
@stevevance.net @betterstreetschicago.org
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Thanking God for sparing you in a natural disaster is a bit like sending a thank you note to a serial killer for murdering the family next door.
September 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thanking God for sparing you in a natural disaster is a bit like sending a thank you note to a serial killer for murdering the family next door.
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"The IPCC issued its First Assessment Report in 1990, concluding with certainty that the earth was being warmed by the greenhouse effect, with CO2 contributing about half of the increased warming."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/28...
"The IPCC issued its First Assessment Report in 1990, concluding with certainty that the earth was being warmed by the greenhouse effect, with CO2 contributing about half of the increased warming."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/28...
Leave It in the Ground: The Politics of Coal and Climat…
Employing scientific explanations and hard data, this b…
www.goodreads.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"The IPCC issued its First Assessment Report in 1990, concluding with certainty that the earth was being warmed by the greenhouse effect, with CO2 contributing about half of the increased warming."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/28...
"The IPCC issued its First Assessment Report in 1990, concluding with certainty that the earth was being warmed by the greenhouse effect, with CO2 contributing about half of the increased warming."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/28...
RBNZ has a difficult line to walk. They must project total confidence in their governance and their outlook, no matter how their governance is undermined and no matter how much Government impairs the outlook. Or they could just speak truth to power.
finance.yahoo.com/news/rbnz-ch...
finance.yahoo.com/news/rbnz-ch...
NZ central bank chair Quigley resigns on fallout from governor's sudden exit
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Chairman Neil Quigley has resigned with immediate effect, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said on Friday, citing the fallout over the handling o...
finance.yahoo.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
RBNZ has a difficult line to walk. They must project total confidence in their governance and their outlook, no matter how their governance is undermined and no matter how much Government impairs the outlook. Or they could just speak truth to power.
finance.yahoo.com/news/rbnz-ch...
finance.yahoo.com/news/rbnz-ch...
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The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
August 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Three flood-prone Texas camps want a bailout from the State as compensation for stricter regulations. Their request is misdirected: as a class, they should sue fossil fuel companies, as a class, for being most responsible for increased flood risk. ⛽ Is guilty!
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/29/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/29/t...
Kerr County youth camps appeal to Dan Patrick on proposed floodplain restrictions
Camp Waldemar, Vista Camps and Camp Stewart ask the lieutenant governor for an expert to determine where cabins are located, want financial aid if pending camp safety bills pass.
www.texastribune.org
August 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Three flood-prone Texas camps want a bailout from the State as compensation for stricter regulations. Their request is misdirected: as a class, they should sue fossil fuel companies, as a class, for being most responsible for increased flood risk. ⛽ Is guilty!
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/29/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/29/t...
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Conflict of interest statement: my wife and I both graduated from Ivy League schools. But yes, Branwald's statement is more true than false.
The presidential law of the land is "it's illegal to dislike me and my friends" and I'm tired of pretending any of these grown up children are fit to lead. Ivy League schools are adult daycares for the rich and powerful. They don't create leaders. They spit out permanent babies.
August 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Conflict of interest statement: my wife and I both graduated from Ivy League schools. But yes, Branwald's statement is more true than false.
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Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht
August 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht
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There's no difference!
August 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
There's no difference!
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Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points:
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
August 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points:
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
•Section 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
•Section 10 forbids ex post facto laws
This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship
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Drowned out: While Texans beg for help, the GOP redraws the map to cheat.
The purpose of the special session wasn’t about flood relief. It was about stealing elections.
Let me make it plain: Over 100 dead. Flood victims plead for help. Republicans were busy rigging maps for Trump.
The purpose of the special session wasn’t about flood relief. It was about stealing elections.
Let me make it plain: Over 100 dead. Flood victims plead for help. Republicans were busy rigging maps for Trump.
August 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Drowned out: While Texans beg for help, the GOP redraws the map to cheat.
The purpose of the special session wasn’t about flood relief. It was about stealing elections.
Let me make it plain: Over 100 dead. Flood victims plead for help. Republicans were busy rigging maps for Trump.
The purpose of the special session wasn’t about flood relief. It was about stealing elections.
Let me make it plain: Over 100 dead. Flood victims plead for help. Republicans were busy rigging maps for Trump.
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the idea that “DEI” is to blame for racist assumptions about the ability of nonwhite people and not actual racism is such a perfect example of racecraft www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Poll shows decline in belief that Blacks and Asians face racial discrimination
Meanwhile, about three in 10 people said DEI increased discrimination against white people.
www.nbcnews.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
the idea that “DEI” is to blame for racist assumptions about the ability of nonwhite people and not actual racism is such a perfect example of racecraft www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
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This would make for a powerful montage: the story, the reporters, the historic consequences, the awards, the resignations, repeated 100 times. At 6 seconds per element times five elements per reporter, it would take nearly an hour just to watch it. 😮💨
POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.
July 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This would make for a powerful montage: the story, the reporters, the historic consequences, the awards, the resignations, repeated 100 times. At 6 seconds per element times five elements per reporter, it would take nearly an hour just to watch it. 😮💨
I don't often post to LinkedIn, but when I do...
Here I discuss a thought experiment I heard on @npr.org: what does it mean when the word of God comes from a chatbot? I have some thoughts...
www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
Here I discuss a thought experiment I heard on @npr.org: what does it mean when the word of God comes from a chatbot? I have some thoughts...
www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
NPR offered up quite the thought experiment this weekend: | Michael Tiemann
NPR offered up quite the thought experiment this weekend:
Encore: Religion and AI, what does it mean when the word of God comes from a chatbot? : NPR https://lnkd.in/gUBgWfAW
Hot take: I think it is...
www.linkedin.com
July 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I don't often post to LinkedIn, but when I do...
Here I discuss a thought experiment I heard on @npr.org: what does it mean when the word of God comes from a chatbot? I have some thoughts...
www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
Here I discuss a thought experiment I heard on @npr.org: what does it mean when the word of God comes from a chatbot? I have some thoughts...
www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
This is rich: www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...
given this graph aggregating the IEA's 20+ annual solar "predictions": www.reddit.com/r/solar/comm...
Trump essentially confesses that the US has been putting its thumb on the scale and using fraud to inform policy, explaining 20+ yrs of bad predictions
given this graph aggregating the IEA's 20+ annual solar "predictions": www.reddit.com/r/solar/comm...
Trump essentially confesses that the US has been putting its thumb on the scale and using fraud to inform policy, explaining 20+ yrs of bad predictions
U.S. Threatens IEA Withdrawal Over ‘Politicized’ Energy Forecasts
Energy Sec. Chris Wright warned that IEA must either reform its modeling processes related to energy projections or face U.S. cancellation of its support for the agency.
www.forbes.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is rich: www.forbes.com/sites/davidb...
given this graph aggregating the IEA's 20+ annual solar "predictions": www.reddit.com/r/solar/comm...
Trump essentially confesses that the US has been putting its thumb on the scale and using fraud to inform policy, explaining 20+ yrs of bad predictions
given this graph aggregating the IEA's 20+ annual solar "predictions": www.reddit.com/r/solar/comm...
Trump essentially confesses that the US has been putting its thumb on the scale and using fraud to inform policy, explaining 20+ yrs of bad predictions
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The nation as we know it and government stablity ended after the Nixon admin. Got worse under the Reagan admin (the corruption used just to get Reagan elected, making deals with Iran over hostages), then every subsequent RepubliKKKlan admin just did something worse to get us here.
July 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The nation as we know it and government stablity ended after the Nixon admin. Got worse under the Reagan admin (the corruption used just to get Reagan elected, making deals with Iran over hostages), then every subsequent RepubliKKKlan admin just did something worse to get us here.
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It’s difficult to look at the climate science, & face up to what our current path means for our children’s futures.
It’s easy to ignore the science, & condemn our children to that future.
It’s easy to ignore the science, & condemn our children to that future.
July 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It’s difficult to look at the climate science, & face up to what our current path means for our children’s futures.
It’s easy to ignore the science, & condemn our children to that future.
It’s easy to ignore the science, & condemn our children to that future.
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I don’t think 1.5 degrees failed because it was too ambitious. It failed because hardly anyone made a serious effort. Just look at fossil fuel subsidies. Any serious attempt to phase out fossil fuels would have started by immediately stopping all fossil subsidies.
July 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I don’t think 1.5 degrees failed because it was too ambitious. It failed because hardly anyone made a serious effort. Just look at fossil fuel subsidies. Any serious attempt to phase out fossil fuels would have started by immediately stopping all fossil subsidies.
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There are no moderates in the GOP. There are only scared MAGA and proud MAGA.
July 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There are no moderates in the GOP. There are only scared MAGA and proud MAGA.
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NEW: The number of extreme weather disasters has jumped fivefold worldwide over the past 50 years, and the number of deaths has nearly tripled.
The recent disaster in Texas is a grim omen of the climate chaos still to come.
By @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org
The recent disaster in Texas is a grim omen of the climate chaos still to come.
By @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org
The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come
Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.
www.propublica.org
July 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
NEW: The number of extreme weather disasters has jumped fivefold worldwide over the past 50 years, and the number of deaths has nearly tripled.
The recent disaster in Texas is a grim omen of the climate chaos still to come.
By @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org
The recent disaster in Texas is a grim omen of the climate chaos still to come.
By @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org