Paul Wermer
@paulwermer.bsky.social
Retired chemist, climate advocate; feeling betrayed by the Democrats
This! 👇
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This! 👇
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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WWS also creates 25 mil more jobs than lost, uses less land & results in much less mining
Lower costs, better health, better climate, more jobs, less land, less mining, more energy security. No downside
More info
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
Lower costs, better health, better climate, more jobs, less land, less mining, more energy security. No downside
More info
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
WWS also creates 25 mil more jobs than lost, uses less land & results in much less mining
Lower costs, better health, better climate, more jobs, less land, less mining, more energy security. No downside
More info
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
Lower costs, better health, better climate, more jobs, less land, less mining, more energy security. No downside
More info
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...
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But yeah, let’s keep driving CARSCARS CARSCARSCARSCARSCARSCARSCARSCA—COugh
Startling new research finds marathon times go up when there's more fossil fuel pollution in the air. Los Angeles Marathon has it worst. Even elite runners suffer. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/c...
Take a Deep Breath? How Bad Air Affects Your Marathon Finish Time
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
But yeah, let’s keep driving CARSCARS CARSCARSCARSCARSCARSCARSCARSCA—COugh
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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This is meant as a message to anyone who will help Trump break the presidential term limits in the 22d Amendment: "You won't pay a price for undermining the Constitution for me."
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Symbolic Move, Trump Pardons 77 Allies Who Tried to Steal 2020 Election for Him
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is meant as a message to anyone who will help Trump break the presidential term limits in the 22d Amendment: "You won't pay a price for undermining the Constitution for me."
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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Sorry, say what you will, but @pelosi.house.gov would have figured a way to keep her caucus united in this fight. Senate Dems need new leadership
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Sorry, say what you will, but @pelosi.house.gov would have figured a way to keep her caucus united in this fight. Senate Dems need new leadership
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‘The BBC is punished for the wrong things. It loses its leaders over an editing error, while escaping accountability for its editorial failures on Gaza.’
BBC Trump row: Pro-Israel bias over Gaza is the real scandal
The corporation stands at a crossroads. Down one path lies self-censorship and hollow apologies; down the other lies the public it was built to serve
www.middleeasteye.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
‘The BBC is punished for the wrong things. It loses its leaders over an editing error, while escaping accountability for its editorial failures on Gaza.’
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A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
It's clear that some people understand how badly the oh, so sophisticated "moderates" have been played.
And that Chuck is too incompetent to help them understand that.
And that Chuck is too incompetent to help them understand that.
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It's clear that some people understand how badly the oh, so sophisticated "moderates" have been played.
And that Chuck is too incompetent to help them understand that.
And that Chuck is too incompetent to help them understand that.
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Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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November 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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The Mamdani text generator has some important messages to share.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The Mamdani text generator has some important messages to share.
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I am currently out of the philosophy department on parental leave. if this inquiry is about classes for next semester, please email the chair of the department. if your inquiry is about the nature or existence of the external world, please consult René Descartes' work
Just got the best out-of-office message I've ever seen from a fellow academic:
"I am currently away on leave. If this is an emergency... well, I doubt it. What could possibly be an emergency in my line of work?"
"I am currently away on leave. If this is an emergency... well, I doubt it. What could possibly be an emergency in my line of work?"
November 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I am currently out of the philosophy department on parental leave. if this inquiry is about classes for next semester, please email the chair of the department. if your inquiry is about the nature or existence of the external world, please consult René Descartes' work
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Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
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I'm still confused about why people use fake nonsense when there are actual real photos you can easily find online.
This Facebook page has close to half a million followers.
On the left their picture, on the right real ones taken by Bob Willoughby in 1958.
This Facebook page has close to half a million followers.
On the left their picture, on the right real ones taken by Bob Willoughby in 1958.
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'm still confused about why people use fake nonsense when there are actual real photos you can easily find online.
This Facebook page has close to half a million followers.
On the left their picture, on the right real ones taken by Bob Willoughby in 1958.
This Facebook page has close to half a million followers.
On the left their picture, on the right real ones taken by Bob Willoughby in 1958.
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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No one could accuse Donald of being woke.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
No one could accuse Donald of being woke.