Provo Macher
@provo.bsky.social
Prickly over-60 leftist. Pseudonym b/c my family was threatened by cons and libs on Twitter. Provo refers to the Netherlands' Provo movement. Regenerative not sustainable, mutual aid, community, and direct action.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Fantastic piece from our friends at @natfairhouse.bsky.social and Relman & Colfax. Proving discrimination through circumstantial or indirect evidence is an approach grounded in over half a century of case law and shouldn't be considered remotely controversial.
www.americanbanker.com/opinion/redl...
www.americanbanker.com/opinion/redl...
Redlining is a bigger problem than banks' representatives admit
The American Bankers Association's assessment of the Biden administration's fair lending enforcement efforts makes questionable claims about a practice that remains a major problem in some U.S. commun...
www.americanbanker.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Fantastic piece from our friends at @natfairhouse.bsky.social and Relman & Colfax. Proving discrimination through circumstantial or indirect evidence is an approach grounded in over half a century of case law and shouldn't be considered remotely controversial.
www.americanbanker.com/opinion/redl...
www.americanbanker.com/opinion/redl...
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New Quinnipiac University poll out today and hoo boy. If you can vote in New York or know people who can, then you need to activate. Not liking this Q-Poll trend as the racist attacks have mounted.
Oct. 23-27: Mamdani +10
Oct. 3-7: Mamdani +13
Sep. 4-8: Mamdani +16
Oct. 23-27: Mamdani +10
Oct. 3-7: Mamdani +13
Sep. 4-8: Mamdani +16
New York City Mayoral Election 2025: Latest Polls
Track the latest polls about Mamdani, Cuomo, Adams and Sliwa in the New York City mayoral election.
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
New Quinnipiac University poll out today and hoo boy. If you can vote in New York or know people who can, then you need to activate. Not liking this Q-Poll trend as the racist attacks have mounted.
Oct. 23-27: Mamdani +10
Oct. 3-7: Mamdani +13
Sep. 4-8: Mamdani +16
Oct. 23-27: Mamdani +10
Oct. 3-7: Mamdani +13
Sep. 4-8: Mamdani +16
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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...at some point around the middle they came for John Bolton, and I did not speak out, because it kinda seemed like that dude belongs in prison.
October 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
...at some point around the middle they came for John Bolton, and I did not speak out, because it kinda seemed like that dude belongs in prison.
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#WolffBites: The Billionaire class's capitalism is already cutting back Medicaid for the poor in several states cut their budgets even before Trump's federal cuts kick in. All part of MAGA.
www.npr.org/2025/10/05/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/05/n...
States are cutting Medicaid provider payments long before Trump cuts hit
North Carolina and Idaho have cut their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new fed...
www.npr.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#WolffBites: The Billionaire class's capitalism is already cutting back Medicaid for the poor in several states cut their budgets even before Trump's federal cuts kick in. All part of MAGA.
www.npr.org/2025/10/05/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/05/n...
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press
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"His mother told NBC4 that the agent told her son they had confused him with someone else, but to “look at the bright side: you’re gonna have an exciting story to tell your friends when you go back to school”."
WTF
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
WTF
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mother of boy, 15, held at gunpoint by US immigration agents files $1m claim
Trump officials accused of false imprisonment and ‘unconstitutional racial profiling’ over incident in LA
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"His mother told NBC4 that the agent told her son they had confused him with someone else, but to “look at the bright side: you’re gonna have an exciting story to tell your friends when you go back to school”."
WTF
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
WTF
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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All in all, I’d recommend not to ride the “is he dead” train but think why was this trendy rumor planted now and what shall this redirect your attention from.
August 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
All in all, I’d recommend not to ride the “is he dead” train but think why was this trendy rumor planted now and what shall this redirect your attention from.
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I often talk about the fact that MAGA does not access the same news as the left wing. I present to you Exhibit A.
Dr. Daskalakis’ resignation letter excoriated RFK Jr. and shared that RFK Jr. was lying to the public, manipulating data, and ordering unethical actions.
This what Fox News served.
Dr. Daskalakis’ resignation letter excoriated RFK Jr. and shared that RFK Jr. was lying to the public, manipulating data, and ordering unethical actions.
This what Fox News served.
August 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I often talk about the fact that MAGA does not access the same news as the left wing. I present to you Exhibit A.
Dr. Daskalakis’ resignation letter excoriated RFK Jr. and shared that RFK Jr. was lying to the public, manipulating data, and ordering unethical actions.
This what Fox News served.
Dr. Daskalakis’ resignation letter excoriated RFK Jr. and shared that RFK Jr. was lying to the public, manipulating data, and ordering unethical actions.
This what Fox News served.
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This month, outlets like @washingtonpost.com and @npr.org
have let DC Police union head Greggory Pemberton present himself as an authority on crime statistics.
But he's at the heart of an ongoing scandal that led to the first ever sanction of a DC prosecutor for manipulating and hiding evidence:
have let DC Police union head Greggory Pemberton present himself as an authority on crime statistics.
But he's at the heart of an ongoing scandal that led to the first ever sanction of a DC prosecutor for manipulating and hiding evidence:
Newly Revealed FBI Document Confirms Collaboration Between DC Police and Discredited Far-Right Group Project Veritas - UNICORN RIOT
Federal Prosecutor Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens and DC Police Detective Greggory Pemberton Conspired to Alter Key Video Evidence From Project Veritas Used to Prosecute More Than 200 Inauguration Day Pro...
unicornriot.ninja
August 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This month, outlets like @washingtonpost.com and @npr.org
have let DC Police union head Greggory Pemberton present himself as an authority on crime statistics.
But he's at the heart of an ongoing scandal that led to the first ever sanction of a DC prosecutor for manipulating and hiding evidence:
have let DC Police union head Greggory Pemberton present himself as an authority on crime statistics.
But he's at the heart of an ongoing scandal that led to the first ever sanction of a DC prosecutor for manipulating and hiding evidence:
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I'll be selling this on 9/7 at our Craft Fair for Gaza happening from noon to 6 pm at 629 Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn.
August 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I'll be selling this on 9/7 at our Craft Fair for Gaza happening from noon to 6 pm at 629 Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn.
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“We came up with a plan to compromise with the Gestapo”
That’s what you sound like.
That’s what you sound like.
New Dems just released our Immigration & Border Security framework—a plan for how we can pass commonsense, bipartisan policies that fix our system & address the issues Americans care most about.
Read more about it in @washingtonpost.com ⬇️
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Read more about it in @washingtonpost.com ⬇️
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
These House Democrats seek a new middle ground on immigration
The New Democratic Coalition unveiled a plan to win back voters on immigration but they need the party’s support.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“We came up with a plan to compromise with the Gestapo”
That’s what you sound like.
That’s what you sound like.
Zohran Mamdani destroyed decades of fear-mongering about NYC safety in one afternoon with a scavenger hunt.
So much of what Trump is doing now is for show. It’s meant to intimidate and escalate and justify the erosion of civil liberties and democracy.
But all Americans need to do is go outside to see that his claims about crime (reinforced by sensationalist right-wing media) are bullshit.
Touch grass.
But all Americans need to do is go outside to see that his claims about crime (reinforced by sensationalist right-wing media) are bullshit.
Touch grass.
August 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Zohran Mamdani destroyed decades of fear-mongering about NYC safety in one afternoon with a scavenger hunt.
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Just "yes, and"-ing here:
"It should be illegal for..."
Unless you're talking about the Laws of Physics that binds us all together, whatever you're going to say next entirely hinges on "what group is going to enforce that law?"
Its illegal to do all kinds of shit in America. Who enforces it?
"It should be illegal for..."
Unless you're talking about the Laws of Physics that binds us all together, whatever you're going to say next entirely hinges on "what group is going to enforce that law?"
Its illegal to do all kinds of shit in America. Who enforces it?
Most Americans genuinely believe there's some grand overarching force that stops illegal things from happening. That's the truth. We think there's a Boss who says "I won't allow this" and are genuinely surprised when an illegal or unfair thing happens anyway.
August 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Just "yes, and"-ing here:
"It should be illegal for..."
Unless you're talking about the Laws of Physics that binds us all together, whatever you're going to say next entirely hinges on "what group is going to enforce that law?"
Its illegal to do all kinds of shit in America. Who enforces it?
"It should be illegal for..."
Unless you're talking about the Laws of Physics that binds us all together, whatever you're going to say next entirely hinges on "what group is going to enforce that law?"
Its illegal to do all kinds of shit in America. Who enforces it?
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if no one ever burned another American flag they'd just loop old footage of flag burnings and call Democrats the flag burning party as long as they thought that might get them a vote.
stop pretending reality matters and start playing the damn game.
stop pretending reality matters and start playing the damn game.
August 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
if no one ever burned another American flag they'd just loop old footage of flag burnings and call Democrats the flag burning party as long as they thought that might get them a vote.
stop pretending reality matters and start playing the damn game.
stop pretending reality matters and start playing the damn game.
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Anti-AI activists targeted "AI Portland’s Summer Soiree," writing anti-AI graffiti, throwing paint on cars, and leaving behind these flyers declaring '“Butlerian Jihad Against AI,” a reference to the Legends of Dune prequel trilogy...depicting a war of humanity versus robots and computers."
August 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Anti-AI activists targeted "AI Portland’s Summer Soiree," writing anti-AI graffiti, throwing paint on cars, and leaving behind these flyers declaring '“Butlerian Jihad Against AI,” a reference to the Legends of Dune prequel trilogy...depicting a war of humanity versus robots and computers."
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Secretive dark money groups are pushing states to redefine methane gas, undermining renewable energy initiatives. www.levernews.com/war-is-peace...
War Is Peace, Gas Is Now “Clean Energy”
Secretive dark money groups are pushing states to redefine methane gas, undermining renewable energy initiatives.
www.levernews.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Secretive dark money groups are pushing states to redefine methane gas, undermining renewable energy initiatives. www.levernews.com/war-is-peace...
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lmao
every tough guy wants to dress like a soldier and be treated like a soldier. none of them want to spend days shitting themselves in a shipping crate while someone fires rockets at them in the distance
this isn't exactly what they deserve but it's pretty funny
every tough guy wants to dress like a soldier and be treated like a soldier. none of them want to spend days shitting themselves in a shipping crate while someone fires rockets at them in the distance
this isn't exactly what they deserve but it's pretty funny
"Nearly a dozen immigration officers and eight deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the searing-hot East African nation of Djibouti, where they face the constant threat of malaria and rocket attacks from nearby Yemen"
This story is bonkers.
This story is bonkers.
ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants
The ICE officers and deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the East African nation of Djibouti. They also face the threat of malaria and rocket attacks.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
lmao
every tough guy wants to dress like a soldier and be treated like a soldier. none of them want to spend days shitting themselves in a shipping crate while someone fires rockets at them in the distance
this isn't exactly what they deserve but it's pretty funny
every tough guy wants to dress like a soldier and be treated like a soldier. none of them want to spend days shitting themselves in a shipping crate while someone fires rockets at them in the distance
this isn't exactly what they deserve but it's pretty funny
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Some protests happening this weekend so time to re-up this banger
May 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Some protests happening this weekend so time to re-up this banger
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I hesitated posting this bc my philosophy is always that you have to wait a long, long time before calling a peak and describing a trend, but this is very well researched and caveated and worth reading
Take nothing for granted, but do celebrate how much harm has been avoided so far (which is A LOT)
Take nothing for granted, but do celebrate how much harm has been avoided so far (which is A LOT)
Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time - Carbon Brief
For the first time, the growth in China’s clean power generation has caused the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite rapid power demand growth.
www.carbonbrief.org
May 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I hesitated posting this bc my philosophy is always that you have to wait a long, long time before calling a peak and describing a trend, but this is very well researched and caveated and worth reading
Take nothing for granted, but do celebrate how much harm has been avoided so far (which is A LOT)
Take nothing for granted, but do celebrate how much harm has been avoided so far (which is A LOT)
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When people say the Paris agreement caused a decrease in fossil CO₂ emissions, I always wonder whether they're aware of the recent global pandemic and energy wars.
A temporary blip ≠ a trend change.
This trend shows an increase in CO₂ emissions of about 4.5 billion tons/yr/decade:
A temporary blip ≠ a trend change.
This trend shows an increase in CO₂ emissions of about 4.5 billion tons/yr/decade:
May 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
When people say the Paris agreement caused a decrease in fossil CO₂ emissions, I always wonder whether they're aware of the recent global pandemic and energy wars.
A temporary blip ≠ a trend change.
This trend shows an increase in CO₂ emissions of about 4.5 billion tons/yr/decade:
A temporary blip ≠ a trend change.
This trend shows an increase in CO₂ emissions of about 4.5 billion tons/yr/decade: