Pol
@polrobin.bsky.social
Dog-mom, professor, writer, woodworker, and appreciator of good humor.
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here's a thread criticizing the article, by a former employee, and it fits with my sense reading between the lines of the article of what's really been going on in this space
I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
here's a thread criticizing the article, by a former employee, and it fits with my sense reading between the lines of the article of what's really been going on in this space
No. Nonononono! We do t want Idaho, never did, never will. Nope.
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
No. Nonononono! We do t want Idaho, never did, never will. Nope.
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the aim of the american constitutional structure is twofold: to prevent major change without consensus and to have a workable system of self-government. supermajority rules for ordinary business might promote consensus (i think this is wrong btw) but they make government unworkable!
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
the aim of the american constitutional structure is twofold: to prevent major change without consensus and to have a workable system of self-government. supermajority rules for ordinary business might promote consensus (i think this is wrong btw) but they make government unworkable!
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Wow. Looks just like my Charlie…from long ago.
November 1, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Wow. Looks just like my Charlie…from long ago.