@megamelia.bsky.social
Unitarian Universalist retired minister, lover of this precious planet
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This is very literally a coup. This is the administration acting as an authoritarian/fascist regime.
NEW: The Trump administration is not backing down in its effort to slash spending and reshape the federal government, despite multiple court orders explicitly restraining the president’s sweeping actions.
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.
Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority —…
propub.li
February 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is very literally a coup. This is the administration acting as an authoritarian/fascist regime.
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New research suggests misleading climate messaging used by oil & gas, plastics & agrichemicals industries on social media is “aligned and coordinated”.
Researchers sorted 12k tweets into 8 types of argument — 4 of climate denial, 4 of climate delay.
@gristnews.bsky.social @jbwinters.bsky.social
Researchers sorted 12k tweets into 8 types of argument — 4 of climate denial, 4 of climate delay.
@gristnews.bsky.social @jbwinters.bsky.social
The 8 talking points fossil fuel companies use to obstruct climate action
New research highlights companies’ “aligned and coordinated” use of Twitter to deny climate change and delay solutions.
grist.org
January 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
New research suggests misleading climate messaging used by oil & gas, plastics & agrichemicals industries on social media is “aligned and coordinated”.
Researchers sorted 12k tweets into 8 types of argument — 4 of climate denial, 4 of climate delay.
@gristnews.bsky.social @jbwinters.bsky.social
Researchers sorted 12k tweets into 8 types of argument — 4 of climate denial, 4 of climate delay.
@gristnews.bsky.social @jbwinters.bsky.social
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"What is distinctive about our time is that its monsters consist not only of political extremists of all kinds, but also of weather events that could not have been conceived of in Gramsci’s lifetime: supercharged storms, megadroughts, catastrophic rain-bombs and the like."
“Wildfires & rain-bombs are deeply political creatures: the by-products of historical processes that have hugely benefited a small minority of human beings at the expense of the great majority.”
From @amitav.bsky.social’s magnificent Erasmus Prize acceptance speech.
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
From @amitav.bsky.social’s magnificent Erasmus Prize acceptance speech.
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
Erasmusprijswinnaars - Praemium Erasmianum Foundation
It takes only a glance at a newspaper nowadays to see that much of what we once took for granted is either being cast aside or turned on its head. Indeed, with floods sweeping away entire cities, and ...
erasmusprijs.org
November 30, 2024 at 6:23 PM
"What is distinctive about our time is that its monsters consist not only of political extremists of all kinds, but also of weather events that could not have been conceived of in Gramsci’s lifetime: supercharged storms, megadroughts, catastrophic rain-bombs and the like."
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Good policy.
November 30, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Good policy.
Inaugural post! Feels like it should be profound…but I am a far cry from there. Grateful to be finding my people here and not yet sure exactly how to connect.
November 17, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Inaugural post! Feels like it should be profound…but I am a far cry from there. Grateful to be finding my people here and not yet sure exactly how to connect.