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nicklabinski.bsky.social
@nicklabinski.bsky.social
Former rhetoric/communication studies professor (presidential foreign policy rhetoric), now energy policy analyst.
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1. We earlier reported that the volume of protests in 2025 has been far greater than during 2017, that the movement remains overwhelmingly (and even historically) nonviolent, and that protests have been geographically far-reaching. But just how far-reaching have they been?
American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating
Contrary to conventional wisdom, anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed 2017 in size, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful.
wagingnonviolence.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
July 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Increasing vegetation in urban areas by 30% would have prevented 1.16 million of those heat-related deaths from 2000 to 2019

Botanical gardens, wetlands, rain gardens, green walls, tree-lined streets cool city air by 4 to 5 degrees C.

#heatwave

leahy.substack.com/p/cooler-cit...
Cooler Cities Save Lives
Cities and towns need to go green to survive a hotter world
leahy.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM