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The common good, transit, cats, dark skies, music, film, walking, biking. Lehigh Valley via Stamford, DMV, Philly, El Paso, Fabens. Previously obsessed with making radio collage in Allentown, mid 80’s through 90’s.
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Establishing an authoritarian state while simultaneously destroying state capacity was never going to work; it's just going to be massively unpleasant to live through, and for those of us who aren't young it will probably consume the remaining years we have.
I am well aware that they are and will continue to do massive damage to this country
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
but does it feel like they’re on a glide path to successful authoritarian consolidation anymore? I submit that it does not
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Establishing an authoritarian state while simultaneously destroying state capacity was never going to work; it's just going to be massively unpleasant to live through, and for those of us who aren't young it will probably consume the remaining years we have.
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We have reached 1.4 degrees celsius #globalheating according to NASA data (smooth black trend line). Breaching 1.5 is now inevitable. From now on the fight is to keep overshoot as small and short as possible.
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We have reached 1.4 degrees celsius #globalheating according to NASA data (smooth black trend line). Breaching 1.5 is now inevitable. From now on the fight is to keep overshoot as small and short as possible.
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1/How to make sense of Saudi-US expose -- golf course licenses and real estate deals for a defense agreement and nuke tech? Enter the world of neo-royalism (www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
1/How to make sense of Saudi-US expose -- golf course licenses and real estate deals for a defense agreement and nuke tech? Enter the world of neo-royalism (www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mxthh...)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
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My fear is scientists will just sit by & be complicit. Saying you are for 1.5C or net zero is not ambition.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
Rich, historical polluter countries that had the highest legal responsibility to take climate action failed. And now some of these same countries are speaking about '1.5C ambition'. What a charade
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
My fear is scientists will just sit by & be complicit. Saying you are for 1.5C or net zero is not ambition.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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“The DoD can murder people because the WH (giving the orders) has determined they’re justified” is just someone’s brain giving their trigger finger permission, not a legal argument.
The memo purportedly justifying these murders also contains a lengthy section that lays out arguments defending the actions of those carrying out the strikes. In short, it *preemptively* defends them from potential prosecution later.
Experts say this is unusual. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Experts say this is unusual. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“The DoD can murder people because the WH (giving the orders) has determined they’re justified” is just someone’s brain giving their trigger finger permission, not a legal argument.
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Jared Kushner has a secret(!) partnership with the Serbian regime, which we've only just learned about: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Serbia secretly agreed deal with Jared Kushner firm to develop protected Belgrade site
Government established joint venture with Trump’s son-in-law in February 2024 to build hotel, apartments and museum complex
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Jared Kushner has a secret(!) partnership with the Serbian regime, which we've only just learned about: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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This would be maybe the most outrageous thing he has ever done.
Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This would be maybe the most outrageous thing he has ever done.
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Mark Baumgartner, known anti-choice protester in South Carolina, has shot someone at a Planned Parenthood in South Carolina. www.fitsnews.com/2025/11/14/s...
Shooting at South Carolina Planned Parenthood - FITSNews
One wounded, one detained in connection with parking lot incident involving pro-life protester...
www.fitsnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Mark Baumgartner, known anti-choice protester in South Carolina, has shot someone at a Planned Parenthood in South Carolina. www.fitsnews.com/2025/11/14/s...
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Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
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Equalizing electricity prices between residential, commercial, and industrial customers would save households - aka voters - 21% on their electricity bills. Commercial prices would go up 1%. Industrial prices would go up 59% because residential and commercial customers deeply subsidize them today.
7. Residential customers - aka you and me, aka voters - pay 28% more (16.5 c/kWh, 2024 average) than commercial customers (12.9 c/kWh) and 201% more than industrial (8.2 c/kWh). This trend is accelerating: Residential prices rose 27% from 2019-2023, vs. 21% for commercial and 19% for industrial.
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Equalizing electricity prices between residential, commercial, and industrial customers would save households - aka voters - 21% on their electricity bills. Commercial prices would go up 1%. Industrial prices would go up 59% because residential and commercial customers deeply subsidize them today.
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All the terrible things you hear about bail reform are actually true of Trump pardons. They literally cause new crime.
We're now up to over 40 persons pardoned by Trump facing charges for new crimes. The recidivism rate is exceptionally high. Showing that the people sentenced were in fact hardened criminals... but wealthy enough to buy their pardons. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ponzi Schemer Who Got Trump Clemency Faces 50 Years in New Fraud
A convicted Ponzi schemer whose 24-year prison term was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2021 now faces as much as 50 years behind bars for an investor fraud that took place after his clemency.
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
All the terrible things you hear about bail reform are actually true of Trump pardons. They literally cause new crime.
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A USA TODAY review of a trove of Epstein emails shows the convicted sex offender had significant concerns about his longtime friend and confidant.
'I am the one able to take him down.' What Jeffrey Epstein said about Donald Trump.
A USA TODAY review of a trove of Epstein emails shows the convicted sex offender had significant concerns about his longtime friend and confidant.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A USA TODAY review of a trove of Epstein emails shows the convicted sex offender had significant concerns about his longtime friend and confidant.
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Not content with attacking freedom of speech at home, the US regime is now on a witch hunt against political speech it disagrees with in other countries.
The Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau is trawling through social media to revoke papers from people who criticize the US, fueling a debate about sovereignty and freedom of speech
‘The visa remover’: Christopher Landau’s scrutiny of Mexican social media accounts
The Deputy Secretary of State is trawling through social media to revoke papers from people who criticize the US, fueling a debate about sovereignty and freedom of speech
english.elpais.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Not content with attacking freedom of speech at home, the US regime is now on a witch hunt against political speech it disagrees with in other countries.
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Oh, so NOW Sam Alito thinks judges deciding cases according to their personal policy preferences is bad
Sam Alito Very Concerned About the Possibility of People Not Being In Prison For As Long As Possible
Interesting to which issues prompt judges to get worked up about other judges deciding cases in line with their personal ideological agendas.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Oh, so NOW Sam Alito thinks judges deciding cases according to their personal policy preferences is bad
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my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
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I remind you that Robert Acost knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Jeff Sessions knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Bill Barr knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Merrick Garland knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Pam Bondi knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Jeff Sessions knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Bill Barr knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Merrick Garland knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Pam Bondi knew all of this shit and covered it up.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I remind you that Robert Acost knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Jeff Sessions knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Bill Barr knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Merrick Garland knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Pam Bondi knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Jeff Sessions knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Bill Barr knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Merrick Garland knew all of this shit and covered it up.
Pam Bondi knew all of this shit and covered it up.
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“I wouldn’t guess that a product designed for a helpless, developing human in the United States could cause something this severe." apnews.com/article/byhe...
Families of two babies sickened by infantile botulism sue ByHeart over recalled formula
The parents of two babies who were sickened in an infantile botulism outbreak linked to recalled ByHeart infant formula are suing the company.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“I wouldn’t guess that a product designed for a helpless, developing human in the United States could cause something this severe." apnews.com/article/byhe...
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this is true for both the 'not enough babies' and 'too many babies' sides, btw
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
this is true for both the 'not enough babies' and 'too many babies' sides, btw
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Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over a South Shore building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims.
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in the midnight Chicago raid are telling their stories. blockclubchi.co/43rPmbX
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in the midnight Chicago raid are telling their stories. blockclubchi.co/43rPmbX
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over a South Shore building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims.
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in the midnight Chicago raid are telling their stories. blockclubchi.co/43rPmbX
For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in the midnight Chicago raid are telling their stories. blockclubchi.co/43rPmbX