mukei-gh.bsky.social
@mukei-gh.bsky.social
BA Math, MA Econ, retired software dev. Strong interest in environmental econ, paleoanthropology, history of CEE, flourishing of liberal democracy. Aspiring Zen teacher. Los Angeles. Essentials: On Freedom (Tim Snyder), Neo-Idealism (Benjamin Tallis).
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He definitely understands risk pools, but he’s counting on many voters not to—and to hear “Obamacare…fraud” and think “yeah! Why *are* insurance companies getting paid for nothing! It’s Obama’s fault!”
Dems should welcome him to Team Single-Payer. They can write it into their December bill. 🤡
Dems should welcome him to Team Single-Payer. They can write it into their December bill. 🤡
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
He definitely understands risk pools, but he’s counting on many voters not to—and to hear “Obamacare…fraud” and think “yeah! Why *are* insurance companies getting paid for nothing! It’s Obama’s fault!”
Dems should welcome him to Team Single-Payer. They can write it into their December bill. 🤡
Dems should welcome him to Team Single-Payer. They can write it into their December bill. 🤡
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People shouldn't forget that the first domino setting off tonight's capitulation came from the American Federation of Government Employees two weeks ago
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
People shouldn't forget that the first domino setting off tonight's capitulation came from the American Federation of Government Employees two weeks ago
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
Millions of American workers are now going to lose their health care
What ever happened to solidarity?
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Allégorie de la situation mondiale depuis janvier 2025...
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Allégorie de la situation mondiale depuis janvier 2025...
Every Dem, running for office or not, should be pointing to this daily from here on out, saying, "Imagine all the jobs we'd create building ubiquitous renewable energy & modernizing the nation's power grid, & how much of our income would be freed up for *other things* as the $ of electricity falls."
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Every Dem, running for office or not, should be pointing to this daily from here on out, saying, "Imagine all the jobs we'd create building ubiquitous renewable energy & modernizing the nation's power grid, & how much of our income would be freed up for *other things* as the $ of electricity falls."
I can't *afford* to dump my Model 3 and get an EV from someone else's company. 😡
#IMissMarc&Martin #ShouldaBoughtaBolt
#IMissMarc&Martin #ShouldaBoughtaBolt
How did we ever let this man pretend to be a genius
Musk claimed Optimus robots “will eliminate poverty,” “give everyone amazing medical care,” and will be “bigger than cell phones...” He also said they’d be used for “containment of future crime” by following criminals around and stopping them from “doing crime.” www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/t...
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I can't *afford* to dump my Model 3 and get an EV from someone else's company. 😡
#IMissMarc&Martin #ShouldaBoughtaBolt
#IMissMarc&Martin #ShouldaBoughtaBolt
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Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
Well, South America and Africa were once joined as a single continent. Not recently, though.
I guess this is why he can't decide whether to go to war against Venezuela or Nigeria -- bc he can no longer tell South America and Africa apart.
Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20 meeting in South Africa."
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Well, South America and Africa were once joined as a single continent. Not recently, though.
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I’m actually gonna go with “People are so eager and ready for change that they were up and ready to go to the polls, even in a state that had no elections this year”
There is a distinct possibility that some people are too stupid to participate in a democracy
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I’m actually gonna go with “People are so eager and ready for change that they were up and ready to go to the polls, even in a state that had no elections this year”
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A lot of people probably won't get how finely crafted this joke is and how many layers it has, applause to Jane
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A lot of people probably won't get how finely crafted this joke is and how many layers it has, applause to Jane
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Btw, the press obsessing about Mamdani seems weird. He seriously underperformed the Democratic vote in NYC compared to recent elections, barely scraping 50%. Moderate Democrats in VA and NJ dramatically overperformed. That seems the real story
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Btw, the press obsessing about Mamdani seems weird. He seriously underperformed the Democratic vote in NYC compared to recent elections, barely scraping 50%. Moderate Democrats in VA and NJ dramatically overperformed. That seems the real story
There is simply no way that exhaustible, ever more costly fossil fuels can win against continuing, cost-reducing innovation in tapping into inexhaustible natural energy flows.
Huge wins for clean energy in Virginia and New Jersey tonight. The Trumpists attacked on electrical costs - and got clobbered. People didn’t like Trump’s braindead effort to take away clean, affordable energy. This ends any talk of retreat on clean energy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
There is simply no way that exhaustible, ever more costly fossil fuels can win against continuing, cost-reducing innovation in tapping into inexhaustible natural energy flows.
And so may it be! 😊
Texas Democrats watching the election results from around the country.
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
And so may it be! 😊
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Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones."
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
Mandatory Installation of Solar Panels in Public Parking Lots to Apply Retroactively to Existing Facilities
Starting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. ...
cm.asiae.co.kr
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones."
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
How about the one Mitt Romney (R) got passed when he was governor of Massachusetts? That seemed pretty good.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew on Republicans' healthcare plan: "The plan is to come up with something better."
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
How about the one Mitt Romney (R) got passed when he was governor of Massachusetts? That seemed pretty good.
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No single state can end the tit-for-tat gerrymandering cycle on its own.
A national shift to #ProportionalRepresentation w/ multi-member would end gerrymandering, allowing voters to choose their leaders – rather than the other way around.
A national shift to #ProportionalRepresentation w/ multi-member would end gerrymandering, allowing voters to choose their leaders – rather than the other way around.
Improving redistricting with proportional representation - FairVote
The Fair Representation Act would improve redistricting by implementing multi-member districts and ranked choice voting for the U.S. House.
fairvote.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
No single state can end the tit-for-tat gerrymandering cycle on its own.
A national shift to #ProportionalRepresentation w/ multi-member would end gerrymandering, allowing voters to choose their leaders – rather than the other way around.
A national shift to #ProportionalRepresentation w/ multi-member would end gerrymandering, allowing voters to choose their leaders – rather than the other way around.
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These racist fucks just climbing all over each other for the best seat in the gutter
November 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
These racist fucks just climbing all over each other for the best seat in the gutter
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Horrific. Devastating. Unfathomable loss.
I feel so helpless seeing the many ways humans are destroying our planet and each other.
Love your neighbors. Give what you can. Think creatively about your skills and where you can put them to use to help others. Be a light in this spreading darkness.
I feel so helpless seeing the many ways humans are destroying our planet and each other.
Love your neighbors. Give what you can. Think creatively about your skills and where you can put them to use to help others. Be a light in this spreading darkness.
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Horrific. Devastating. Unfathomable loss.
I feel so helpless seeing the many ways humans are destroying our planet and each other.
Love your neighbors. Give what you can. Think creatively about your skills and where you can put them to use to help others. Be a light in this spreading darkness.
I feel so helpless seeing the many ways humans are destroying our planet and each other.
Love your neighbors. Give what you can. Think creatively about your skills and where you can put them to use to help others. Be a light in this spreading darkness.
🧵!
Another great example of multi-ethnic coalitions: the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (1934-1960), founded in Tyronza, Arkansas.
In 1934, there were ~8 million sharecroppers working farmland owned by a landlord. About a third were Black.
So when the STFU (yes, really 😉) began organizing...
In 1934, there were ~8 million sharecroppers working farmland owned by a landlord. About a third were Black.
So when the STFU (yes, really 😉) began organizing...
You in fact can't talk about the history of the labor movement without talking about multi-ethnic coalitions. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was initially composed of Jewish and Italian immigrants, but later grew to Black, Puerto Rican, Chinese, and Filipino workers.
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🧵!
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In 1911, Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt was diagnosed with cataracts, where lenses in the eye become clouded with protein deposits as we age.
A failed cataract surgery left her essentially blind. Her last painting was 1914.
Claude Monet was diagnosed with cataracts in 1912...
A failed cataract surgery left her essentially blind. Her last painting was 1914.
Claude Monet was diagnosed with cataracts in 1912...
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In 1911, Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt was diagnosed with cataracts, where lenses in the eye become clouded with protein deposits as we age.
A failed cataract surgery left her essentially blind. Her last painting was 1914.
Claude Monet was diagnosed with cataracts in 1912...
A failed cataract surgery left her essentially blind. Her last painting was 1914.
Claude Monet was diagnosed with cataracts in 1912...
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![Comic. [two connected spacecraft hovering in space above the Earth] Houston, the view is superb. We can see the continents spread out below us, right where they’ve been since the Earth formed. [caption] I still can’t believe we developed spaceflight before we figured out that the continents moved.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicp2ka5asjgkmgfdfj33vnjb5bbvk3vnyao6ju5kipxcdc23pqasm@jpeg)
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I should perhaps add that the podcast itself is called Explaining Ukraine, and that the conversations I’m particularly recalling — though not this one, for some reason, though it certainly could have been — are labeled “Thinking in dark times.”
This conversation is so so good. There is something deeply healing about conversations like this. Ukraine World podcast has many.
⚡ The Threat of Violence in Russian Captivity
Maksym Butkevych, a Ukrainian human rights defender who spent over two years in Russian captivity, talks about the role of violence in captivity, and how to remain yourself while imprisoned:
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
Maksym Butkevych, a Ukrainian human rights defender who spent over two years in Russian captivity, talks about the role of violence in captivity, and how to remain yourself while imprisoned:
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
October 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I should perhaps add that the podcast itself is called Explaining Ukraine, and that the conversations I’m particularly recalling — though not this one, for some reason, though it certainly could have been — are labeled “Thinking in dark times.”
This conversation is so so good. There is something deeply healing about conversations like this. Ukraine World podcast has many.
⚡ The Threat of Violence in Russian Captivity
Maksym Butkevych, a Ukrainian human rights defender who spent over two years in Russian captivity, talks about the role of violence in captivity, and how to remain yourself while imprisoned:
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
Maksym Butkevych, a Ukrainian human rights defender who spent over two years in Russian captivity, talks about the role of violence in captivity, and how to remain yourself while imprisoned:
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
October 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This conversation is so so good. There is something deeply healing about conversations like this. Ukraine World podcast has many.
“Unless Congress restores the arteries of rural care, the quiet extinction of these hospitals will mark the moment the country accepted inequity as normal and watched its heart stop in slow motion.”
October 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“Unless Congress restores the arteries of rural care, the quiet extinction of these hospitals will mark the moment the country accepted inequity as normal and watched its heart stop in slow motion.”
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Either this ends with some sort of truth and reconciliation process where a very large number of people go to prison for a very long time or we will take a short pause and then start doing it again, but worse.
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.
trib.al
October 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Either this ends with some sort of truth and reconciliation process where a very large number of people go to prison for a very long time or we will take a short pause and then start doing it again, but worse.