Mohan
@rmrt73.bsky.social
Academic interested in environmental sustainability, politics
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Exxon has a new plan to sell more fossil fuels: stick carbon capture on massive gas-fired power plants for AI and brand them as climate friendly.
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
Exxon’s new greenwashing ploy
The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.
www.exxonknews.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Exxon has a new plan to sell more fossil fuels: stick carbon capture on massive gas-fired power plants for AI and brand them as climate friendly.
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
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From @TheAthletic: Jelena Ostapenko appeared to tell Taylor Townsend that she has “no education” after losing to the American 7-5, 6-1 in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. nyti.ms/45C5lWo
August 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
From @TheAthletic: Jelena Ostapenko appeared to tell Taylor Townsend that she has “no education” after losing to the American 7-5, 6-1 in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. nyti.ms/45C5lWo
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New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
The authoritarian checklist
It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
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The justices have been reviewing extraordinary assertions of executive power on a speeded-up timeline. Of the 15 emergency applications that have been resolved, 12 have gone Donald Trump’s way
The Supreme Court keeps helping Donald Trump
The president is using emergency cases to expand his power
econ.st
July 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The justices have been reviewing extraordinary assertions of executive power on a speeded-up timeline. Of the 15 emergency applications that have been resolved, 12 have gone Donald Trump’s way
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76% of Americans think democracy is under serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. Their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem
76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
n.pr
July 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
76% of Americans think democracy is under serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. Their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
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It is obscene to give tax breaks to the top 1% by throwing more than 16 million people off health care, cutting nutrition for hungry kids and making it harder for working class young people to go to college.
That is exactly what Trump's budget reconciliation bill does.
That is exactly what Trump's budget reconciliation bill does.
June 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It is obscene to give tax breaks to the top 1% by throwing more than 16 million people off health care, cutting nutrition for hungry kids and making it harder for working class young people to go to college.
That is exactly what Trump's budget reconciliation bill does.
That is exactly what Trump's budget reconciliation bill does.
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Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind.
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
How the Senate GOP’s New Tax on Renewables Could ‘Kill’ the Industry
As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.
heatmap.news
June 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind.
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
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In 2019, President Trump awarded her the Presidential Early Career Award, the nation’s highest honor for early-career scientists. Last month, the government canceled nearly all of her funding.
Our analysis of the science at risk in Trump's clash with Harvard:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Our analysis of the science at risk in Trump's clash with Harvard:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard (Gift Article)
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In 2019, President Trump awarded her the Presidential Early Career Award, the nation’s highest honor for early-career scientists. Last month, the government canceled nearly all of her funding.
Our analysis of the science at risk in Trump's clash with Harvard:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Our analysis of the science at risk in Trump's clash with Harvard:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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As expected, RFK Jr. was lying during his confirmation hearing and now is ratfucking the vaccination system in the US.
The vast majority of the public does not want this and yet again it’s clear that the Republican administration does not serve the electorate.
The vast majority of the public does not want this and yet again it’s clear that the Republican administration does not serve the electorate.
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
As expected, RFK Jr. was lying during his confirmation hearing and now is ratfucking the vaccination system in the US.
The vast majority of the public does not want this and yet again it’s clear that the Republican administration does not serve the electorate.
The vast majority of the public does not want this and yet again it’s clear that the Republican administration does not serve the electorate.
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Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had temporarily closed. Researchers say that are many thousands of cases like his.
Marco Rubio said no one has died due to U.S. aid cuts. This mom disagrees
Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had temporarily closed. Researchers say that are many thousands of cases like his.
n.pr
May 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Mariam Mohammed says her younger son died when she could not get treatment for him at a U.S.-funded clinic that had temporarily closed. Researchers say that are many thousands of cases like his.
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Russ Vought—the shitweasel whose plan to put civil servants "in trauma" provide the blueprint for DOGE, wants to let data brokers sell your social security number and credit history.
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
wrd.cm
May 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Russ Vought—the shitweasel whose plan to put civil servants "in trauma" provide the blueprint for DOGE, wants to let data brokers sell your social security number and credit history.
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135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.
Israeli military begins ‘extensive’ ground operation as 135 killed in Gaza
Israel continues to unleash its bloodbath in the enclave, rendering all public hospitals in north Gaza ‘out of service’.
www.aljazeera.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.
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Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery
Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and replaced with a Trump hotel.
Fate of project is now up in the air.
nyti.ms/3YLwORG
Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery
Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and replaced with a Trump hotel.
Fate of project is now up in the air.
nyti.ms/3YLwORG
Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery (Gift Article)
Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and replaced with a Trump hotel.
nyti.ms
May 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
JUST POSTED:
Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery
Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and replaced with a Trump hotel.
Fate of project is now up in the air.
nyti.ms/3YLwORG
Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery
Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and replaced with a Trump hotel.
Fate of project is now up in the air.
nyti.ms/3YLwORG
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RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
May 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
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One in five Gazans are facing starvation, while the entire territory is confronted with a critical risk of famine that is projected to worsen in the coming months, the globe’s leading body on food emergencies said Monday.
Gaza faces ‘critical’ famine risk, experts say, as Israel blocks aid
The world’s leading body on food emergencies, the IPC, said Gaza was at “critical” risk of famine, two months into an aid blockade by Israel.
wapo.st
May 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
One in five Gazans are facing starvation, while the entire territory is confronted with a critical risk of famine that is projected to worsen in the coming months, the globe’s leading body on food emergencies said Monday.
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Given that it costs so little, has widespread support, and is entirely voluntary, why would the Trump Administration consider getting rid of the Energy Star program?
Why End Energy Star?
Many of the Trump Administration’s proposed rollbacks of climate policies run counter to its own goals.
www.newyorker.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Given that it costs so little, has widespread support, and is entirely voluntary, why would the Trump Administration consider getting rid of the Energy Star program?
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Emotional scenes were witnessed across the country as the last rites of those killed in shelling by Pakistan during the recent military conflict with India were performed on Sunday.
📸Reuters, PTI, AP
www.instagram.com/p/DJimo3wyrJ...
📸Reuters, PTI, AP
www.instagram.com/p/DJimo3wyrJ...
May 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Emotional scenes were witnessed across the country as the last rites of those killed in shelling by Pakistan during the recent military conflict with India were performed on Sunday.
📸Reuters, PTI, AP
www.instagram.com/p/DJimo3wyrJ...
📸Reuters, PTI, AP
www.instagram.com/p/DJimo3wyrJ...
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Marc Andreesen received government funding from NSF to create Mosaic.
(6/11)
The internet exists because we invested in science.
Decades before it changed the world, the NSF laid the groundwork for the internet—funding research, building networks, and connecting universities. Without public investment, there would be no world wide web.
www.nsf.gov/impacts/inte...
The internet exists because we invested in science.
Decades before it changed the world, the NSF laid the groundwork for the internet—funding research, building networks, and connecting universities. Without public investment, there would be no world wide web.
www.nsf.gov/impacts/inte...
May 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Marc Andreesen received government funding from NSF to create Mosaic.
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Howard Lutnick on UK Deal: “They opened their market for the first time in 30 years for 5 billion in exports, while paying us 6 billion a year in tariffs”
Fact check: The UK won’t pay a penny. American companies importing goods from the UK will pay the tariffs, and pass the cost on to consumers.
Fact check: The UK won’t pay a penny. American companies importing goods from the UK will pay the tariffs, and pass the cost on to consumers.
May 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Howard Lutnick on UK Deal: “They opened their market for the first time in 30 years for 5 billion in exports, while paying us 6 billion a year in tariffs”
Fact check: The UK won’t pay a penny. American companies importing goods from the UK will pay the tariffs, and pass the cost on to consumers.
Fact check: The UK won’t pay a penny. American companies importing goods from the UK will pay the tariffs, and pass the cost on to consumers.
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From a quote in the article;
“For just $32 million a year, Energy Star helps American families save over $40 billion in annual energy costs. That’s a return of $350 for every federal dollar invested.”
“For just $32 million a year, Energy Star helps American families save over $40 billion in annual energy costs. That’s a return of $350 for every federal dollar invested.”
www.cnn.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
From a quote in the article;
“For just $32 million a year, Energy Star helps American families save over $40 billion in annual energy costs. That’s a return of $350 for every federal dollar invested.”
“For just $32 million a year, Energy Star helps American families save over $40 billion in annual energy costs. That’s a return of $350 for every federal dollar invested.”
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"To make it to India's top 10% income earners, one must earn just Rs. 2.9 lakh a year. To enter the top 1%, Rs. 20.7 lakh will suffice. Wealth paints a similar picture. Accumulate Rs. 21 lakh in net assets, and one is now a 10-percenter. Accumulate Rs. 82 lakh and one is in the 1%."
May 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
"To make it to India's top 10% income earners, one must earn just Rs. 2.9 lakh a year. To enter the top 1%, Rs. 20.7 lakh will suffice. Wealth paints a similar picture. Accumulate Rs. 21 lakh in net assets, and one is now a 10-percenter. Accumulate Rs. 82 lakh and one is in the 1%."
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A Harvard Med researcher is approaching her 3rd month in a crowded (90 women to a room) Louisiana detention center, supposedly because she didn't declare frog embryos as she was re-entering the US.
She fears for her safety if she's deported to her native Russia.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
She fears for her safety if she's deported to her native Russia.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
HMS Researcher Denies Lying To Border Patrol Officials | News | The Harvard Crimson
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard Medical School researcher detained by Customs and Border Patrol officials in February, denied lying to authorities about the contents of her luggage in a Thursday statement.
www.thecrimson.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A Harvard Med researcher is approaching her 3rd month in a crowded (90 women to a room) Louisiana detention center, supposedly because she didn't declare frog embryos as she was re-entering the US.
She fears for her safety if she's deported to her native Russia.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
She fears for her safety if she's deported to her native Russia.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Vicious and endless cycles of revenge that are used by political parties to accumulate power.
May 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Vicious and endless cycles of revenge that are used by political parties to accumulate power.
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I joined the team from The Daily this week to have a conversation on just how the Trump family is playing in the crypto world, taking actions that create explicit conflicts of interest unlike anything in modern US history. Here's the episode: The Crypto President www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/p...
The Crypto President
A Times investigation shows how much President Trump and his family have profited from his championing of cryptocurrency.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I joined the team from The Daily this week to have a conversation on just how the Trump family is playing in the crypto world, taking actions that create explicit conflicts of interest unlike anything in modern US history. Here's the episode: The Crypto President www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/p...