Jordan Van Voast
@ricecongee.bsky.social
Lifelong activist, adventurer/explorer of outer and inner universes, acupuncturist in disaster zones, spokesman and public servant of all sentient beings, tree protector, gardener, Buddhist community organizer, meditator, parent, husband, brother.
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This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
April 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.
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If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…
April 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop Trump’s Political Retaliation and Deportations!
This is not a drill. Trump is weaponizing ICE and Homeland Security to arrest and disappear people, including students, fathers, academics, among other everyday people, in yet another power grab demon...
sign.moveon.org
April 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
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A cadre of Atlanta doctors is making a concerted effort to talk to patients about the realities of climate change and the threat it can pose to their health. By @alexmusicwrites.bsky.social for @thexylom.com.
The Fifth Vital Sign: Atlanta Doctors Are Talking Climate Change With Patients
Leveraging trust built over time, doctors hope to depolarize the issue and break through misinformation.
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March 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A cadre of Atlanta doctors is making a concerted effort to talk to patients about the realities of climate change and the threat it can pose to their health. By @alexmusicwrites.bsky.social for @thexylom.com.
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Click that photo of the capitol building (Denver, CO). A progressive political agenda that centers empathy -- care for people in our community and the planet - is the way to win and fight back against the cruelty of fascism.
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Click that photo of the capitol building (Denver, CO). A progressive political agenda that centers empathy -- care for people in our community and the planet - is the way to win and fight back against the cruelty of fascism.
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The members of the Jan 6 Committee are all proud of our work.
Your threats will not intimidate us.
Or silence us.
Your threats will not intimidate us.
Or silence us.
March 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The members of the Jan 6 Committee are all proud of our work.
Your threats will not intimidate us.
Or silence us.
Your threats will not intimidate us.
Or silence us.
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Musk doesn't get how nonviolent protest works. Why are we Troublemakers? Because as Rep. John Lewis, RIP, knew: in hard times, good trouble is ESSENTIAL to all that we love.
When the world is at risk, when democracy is at risk, we're either troublemakers—or collaborators.
So: who's a Troublemaker?
When the world is at risk, when democracy is at risk, we're either troublemakers—or collaborators.
So: who's a Troublemaker?
March 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Musk doesn't get how nonviolent protest works. Why are we Troublemakers? Because as Rep. John Lewis, RIP, knew: in hard times, good trouble is ESSENTIAL to all that we love.
When the world is at risk, when democracy is at risk, we're either troublemakers—or collaborators.
So: who's a Troublemaker?
When the world is at risk, when democracy is at risk, we're either troublemakers—or collaborators.
So: who's a Troublemaker?
A concise summary from Robert Reich on the fallacies being promoted by Musk's DOGE and where the real waste is located: youtu.be/2hVMghqarHY?...
The REAL Waste That Elon's DOGE Should Cut
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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February 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A concise summary from Robert Reich on the fallacies being promoted by Musk's DOGE and where the real waste is located: youtu.be/2hVMghqarHY?...
"...we human beings do as well. If each ant refused to trust and care for others, all of them would soon die. It is the same with us human beings sharing life on planet Earth. We flourish when we work for the common good; we destroy each other when we think only of our own benefit." The Dalai Lama
December 9, 2024 at 5:37 AM
"...we human beings do as well. If each ant refused to trust and care for others, all of them would soon die. It is the same with us human beings sharing life on planet Earth. We flourish when we work for the common good; we destroy each other when we think only of our own benefit." The Dalai Lama
"I believe that survival of the most cooperative overrides survival of the fittest. Unbounded self-concern and competition lead to destruction, whereas caring and cooperating with one another lead to the benefit of all. Ants and bees survive because they cooperate and care for one another;
December 9, 2024 at 5:36 AM
"I believe that survival of the most cooperative overrides survival of the fittest. Unbounded self-concern and competition lead to destruction, whereas caring and cooperating with one another lead to the benefit of all. Ants and bees survive because they cooperate and care for one another;
"People ask what enables me to remain optimistic, considering all that has happened in my homeland, Tibet....I see the basic good in human beings and know that their mistaken actions occur not because they are evil people but because their afflictions overwhelm them." His Holiness the Dalai Lama
December 4, 2024 at 6:35 PM
"People ask what enables me to remain optimistic, considering all that has happened in my homeland, Tibet....I see the basic good in human beings and know that their mistaken actions occur not because they are evil people but because their afflictions overwhelm them." His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Cognitive dissonance, indeed.
#Cruise 🛳️😷🤡fans don't give a shit. #cruisenews #pollution #over-tourism
#Cruise 🛳️😷🤡fans don't give a shit. #cruisenews #pollution #over-tourism
The cognitive dissonance of boomer cruise passengers riding these diesel guzzling behemoths all the way to Juneau and booking dozens of helicopter tours a day to see the last of the glaciers before they disappear because of climate change is honestly infuriating.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We’ve become an amusement park’: the Alaskan town torn apart by cruise ship tourism
Juneau’s residents are divided over whether to embrace the economic benefits of millions of visitors, or reclaim their town from an industry that has reshaped it
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Cognitive dissonance, indeed.
#Cruise 🛳️😷🤡fans don't give a shit. #cruisenews #pollution #over-tourism
#Cruise 🛳️😷🤡fans don't give a shit. #cruisenews #pollution #over-tourism
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Generosity is one way we affirm our humanity in relation to each other.
November 28, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Generosity is one way we affirm our humanity in relation to each other.
While your ire is focused on the Criminal in Chief, don't forget how sophisticated phishing has become. Phone call from "Fraud Department" at bank using the bank's spoofed phone # alerting me to fraud was actually a phishing scheme for personal info.
November 30, 2024 at 1:50 AM
While your ire is focused on the Criminal in Chief, don't forget how sophisticated phishing has become. Phone call from "Fraud Department" at bank using the bank's spoofed phone # alerting me to fraud was actually a phishing scheme for personal info.
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New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
November 28, 2024 at 7:07 PM
New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
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AI is fueling a surge in emissions
A single query to an AI-powered chatbot can use up to ten times as much energy as an old-fashioned Google search.
A generative AI system may use 33 times more energy to complete a task than traditional software.
theconversation.com/power-hungry...
A single query to an AI-powered chatbot can use up to ten times as much energy as an old-fashioned Google search.
A generative AI system may use 33 times more energy to complete a task than traditional software.
theconversation.com/power-hungry...
Power-hungry AI is driving a surge in tech giant carbon emissions. Nobody knows what to do about it
Google, Microsoft and Meta have all reported significant emissions increases due to AI.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:41 PM
AI is fueling a surge in emissions
A single query to an AI-powered chatbot can use up to ten times as much energy as an old-fashioned Google search.
A generative AI system may use 33 times more energy to complete a task than traditional software.
theconversation.com/power-hungry...
A single query to an AI-powered chatbot can use up to ten times as much energy as an old-fashioned Google search.
A generative AI system may use 33 times more energy to complete a task than traditional software.
theconversation.com/power-hungry...
Frenchman Coulee, near George, WA. Beautiful hike. www.wta.org/go-hiking/tr...
Frenchman Coulee
I spent considerable time researching the location of the trailhead. Google Maps lists "Frenchman Coulee" a mile or so back up the road towards the climbing area. If you look carefully on the ...
www.wta.org
November 28, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Frenchman Coulee, near George, WA. Beautiful hike. www.wta.org/go-hiking/tr...
The Earth is Speaking. Now. Can you hear her?
November 28, 2024 at 5:03 PM
The Earth is Speaking. Now. Can you hear her?
I had my mid life crisis at 28. I ran away to a cabin on the ocean, far from the urban rat race, but the trauma of bearing witness to a culture of killing - each other, the planet - hit me hard one day. All the tears of the world welled up inside me. My heart was crushed. And then....
November 25, 2024 at 4:31 PM
I had my mid life crisis at 28. I ran away to a cabin on the ocean, far from the urban rat race, but the trauma of bearing witness to a culture of killing - each other, the planet - hit me hard one day. All the tears of the world welled up inside me. My heart was crushed. And then....
I visited the Hopi reservation in 1989. They told me that every morning they pray for the sun to rise. As long as there are Hopi people still praying for the sun to rise, it will. I don't take that message literally, just to mean that by the power of their practice, this world will stay in balance.
November 25, 2024 at 12:44 AM
I visited the Hopi reservation in 1989. They told me that every morning they pray for the sun to rise. As long as there are Hopi people still praying for the sun to rise, it will. I don't take that message literally, just to mean that by the power of their practice, this world will stay in balance.
I am happy that so many of my friends are marking themselves safe from the recent storm. Though prompted to do likewise, I am still not safe from the violent storms of the unenlightened mind that keeps me revolving through endless lifetimes in samsara. Therefore, I must renounce these inner demons.
November 22, 2024 at 11:48 PM
I am happy that so many of my friends are marking themselves safe from the recent storm. Though prompted to do likewise, I am still not safe from the violent storms of the unenlightened mind that keeps me revolving through endless lifetimes in samsara. Therefore, I must renounce these inner demons.