Thelma Young Lutunatabua
@thelmayoung.bsky.social
Climate solutions storyteller. Works at The Solutions Project. Co-Editor of "Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility."
A piece I wrote to try and wrap my brain around the current realm of bended reality we're living in. Defending a shared truth is crucial - so learn about what you can do about it. Thank you @luckytran.com for chatting with me.
To limit the spread of misinformation, we need to increase our digital literacy skills and be brave enough to have hard personal conversations.
Halting misinformation in its tracks
To limit the spread of misinformation, we need to increase our digital literacy skills and have hard personal conversations.
wagingnonviolence.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A piece I wrote to try and wrap my brain around the current realm of bended reality we're living in. Defending a shared truth is crucial - so learn about what you can do about it. Thank you @luckytran.com for chatting with me.
I’m not Romanian but it feels like Trump is in his 80s Ceaușescu phase
September 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’m not Romanian but it feels like Trump is in his 80s Ceaușescu phase
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A must read:
“A foreign policy organized around punishing and killing our supposedly sworn enemies, diplomacy be damned, conveys the terrible message that we can only kill and maim our way to achieving the world we want to live in.”
Hasan Piker
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
“A foreign policy organized around punishing and killing our supposedly sworn enemies, diplomacy be damned, conveys the terrible message that we can only kill and maim our way to achieving the world we want to live in.”
Hasan Piker
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
Opinion | I Was Supposed to Debate Charlie Kirk. Here’s What I Would Have Said.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A must read:
“A foreign policy organized around punishing and killing our supposedly sworn enemies, diplomacy be damned, conveys the terrible message that we can only kill and maim our way to achieving the world we want to live in.”
Hasan Piker
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
“A foreign policy organized around punishing and killing our supposedly sworn enemies, diplomacy be damned, conveys the terrible message that we can only kill and maim our way to achieving the world we want to live in.”
Hasan Piker
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
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NEW RESULT: Democrats have flipped a state Senate in Iowa.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
August 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
NEW RESULT: Democrats have flipped a state Senate in Iowa.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
If you want to follow the latest updates on resistance to the Trump regime -- make sure to follow @resistlist.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If you want to follow the latest updates on resistance to the Trump regime -- make sure to follow @resistlist.bsky.social
Just to be clear: "No votes have taken place on the House floor related to flood recovery."
Texas Republicans value racial gerrymandering over helping those affected by extreme floods.
Texas Republicans value racial gerrymandering over helping those affected by extreme floods.
Texas House Approves Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Just to be clear: "No votes have taken place on the House floor related to flood recovery."
Texas Republicans value racial gerrymandering over helping those affected by extreme floods.
Texas Republicans value racial gerrymandering over helping those affected by extreme floods.
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Israel told the world they were carrying out precise strikes to minimize civilian deaths.
“Self Defense”, they said.
This is total annihilation. What Netanyahu doesn’t want the world to see: “Deprivation of the means to sustain life.”
#GazaIsGone
“Self Defense”, they said.
This is total annihilation. What Netanyahu doesn’t want the world to see: “Deprivation of the means to sustain life.”
#GazaIsGone
The most shocking aerial footage yet of Gaza, filmed two days ago from aboard an ‘aid’ airdrop plane.
(Mosab Abu Toha, X)
#Gaza #IsraeliWarCrimes
(Mosab Abu Toha, X)
#Gaza #IsraeliWarCrimes
August 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Israel told the world they were carrying out precise strikes to minimize civilian deaths.
“Self Defense”, they said.
This is total annihilation. What Netanyahu doesn’t want the world to see: “Deprivation of the means to sustain life.”
#GazaIsGone
“Self Defense”, they said.
This is total annihilation. What Netanyahu doesn’t want the world to see: “Deprivation of the means to sustain life.”
#GazaIsGone
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In June, for the first time ever, solar was the largest source of power in the EU.
Solar is EU’s biggest power source for the first time ever in June 2025 | Ember
ember-energy.org
August 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In June, for the first time ever, solar was the largest source of power in the EU.
This is very similar to conversations with Tech world oligarchs. Their egos were bruised and they weren't treated as god-like figures and so they shifted right.
How much of our current US politics is because white men have fragile egos?
How much of our current US politics is because white men have fragile egos?
and here's David Mamet revealing that getting snubbed by Terry Gross is what radicalized him into conservatism
August 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is very similar to conversations with Tech world oligarchs. Their egos were bruised and they weren't treated as god-like figures and so they shifted right.
How much of our current US politics is because white men have fragile egos?
How much of our current US politics is because white men have fragile egos?
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can TX republicans actually arrest democrats who left the state? can abbott really remove them from office and fill their vacant seats? can he extradite them to texas from another state?
answers to your questions here:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
answers to your questions here:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Republicans Issue Arrest Warrants for Texas Democrats, But They Likely Aren’t Enforceable
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
can TX republicans actually arrest democrats who left the state? can abbott really remove them from office and fill their vacant seats? can he extradite them to texas from another state?
answers to your questions here:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
answers to your questions here:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“Among the horrors the Israel-Gaza war has brought to its people, the torture of parents seeing their children starve and being powerless to save them is surely one of the worst.”
‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones
‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestones
Parents watch children waste away as deliberate aid restrictions from Israel mean hunger is becoming a killer, as experts confirm famine is currently playing out
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“Among the horrors the Israel-Gaza war has brought to its people, the torture of parents seeing their children starve and being powerless to save them is surely one of the worst.”
There is money for climate justice and a just transition - it’s just being spent on AI
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Big tech has spent $155bn on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more
Tech giants have spent more on AI than the US government has on education, jobs and social services in 2025 so far
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
There is money for climate justice and a just transition - it’s just being spent on AI
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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If you don’t count covid victims people won’t die.
If you don’t measure carbon the temperature won’t rise.
If you fudge unemployment numbers the economy will soar.
Our fool is building his paradise
If you don’t measure carbon the temperature won’t rise.
If you fudge unemployment numbers the economy will soar.
Our fool is building his paradise
August 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If you don’t count covid victims people won’t die.
If you don’t measure carbon the temperature won’t rise.
If you fudge unemployment numbers the economy will soar.
Our fool is building his paradise
If you don’t measure carbon the temperature won’t rise.
If you fudge unemployment numbers the economy will soar.
Our fool is building his paradise
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yup
despite everything, i still believe in the potential of humankind to create utopia. but it will require hard work, courage, and above all else extremely deep v-necks that go almost down to the dick
August 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
yup
Rebecca @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social reminded me of this quote from Adam Hochschild "When the national census showed that his reign of terror was shrinking the country’s population, Stalin ordered the members of the census board shot. The new officials, not surprisingly, came up with higher figures."
August 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Rebecca @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social reminded me of this quote from Adam Hochschild "When the national census showed that his reign of terror was shrinking the country’s population, Stalin ordered the members of the census board shot. The new officials, not surprisingly, came up with higher figures."
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I can’t stop thinking about how the Access Hollywood tape came out before the election even happened, yet suddenly we have people concerned that the President might have lied about being a sexual predator who were totally fine with it when he told the truth about being a sexual predator
very grim
very grim
July 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I can’t stop thinking about how the Access Hollywood tape came out before the election even happened, yet suddenly we have people concerned that the President might have lied about being a sexual predator who were totally fine with it when he told the truth about being a sexual predator
very grim
very grim
Reminder “16 women have accused Donald Trump of various forms of sexual assault, including one accusation of rape and another, in which the accuser has not used the word “rape” but whose description meets the legal definition of rape.”
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
All the assault allegations against Donald Trump, recapped
Their charges range from an unwanted touch from behind to aggressive, sudden kissing to fingers groping up their skirt and into their underwear. Donald Trump and his campaign insist all of the stories...
www.pbs.org
July 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Reminder “16 women have accused Donald Trump of various forms of sexual assault, including one accusation of rape and another, in which the accuser has not used the word “rape” but whose description meets the legal definition of rape.”
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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He's saying the families are evil for asking why their kids are dead.
If you wondered why Trump has embraced 'religion' recently, it's not just because he thinks they're easy marks for a grift but he can blame God for shit and say it's out of my hands
If you wondered why Trump has embraced 'religion' recently, it's not just because he thinks they're easy marks for a grift but he can blame God for shit and say it's out of my hands
REPORTER: Families are upset because warnings didn't go out in time. What do you say to those families?
TRUMP: Well I think everyone did an incredible job under the circumstances. Only a bad person would ask a question like that. Only an evil person would ask a question like that.
TRUMP: Well I think everyone did an incredible job under the circumstances. Only a bad person would ask a question like that. Only an evil person would ask a question like that.
July 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
He's saying the families are evil for asking why their kids are dead.
If you wondered why Trump has embraced 'religion' recently, it's not just because he thinks they're easy marks for a grift but he can blame God for shit and say it's out of my hands
If you wondered why Trump has embraced 'religion' recently, it's not just because he thinks they're easy marks for a grift but he can blame God for shit and say it's out of my hands
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#climatecrisis tripled death toll in Europe’s June heatwave, study finds
- Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say
theguardian.com/environment/...
- Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say
theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate breakdown tripled death toll in Europe’s June heatwave, study finds
Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say
theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#climatecrisis tripled death toll in Europe’s June heatwave, study finds
- Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say
theguardian.com/environment/...
- Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say
theguardian.com/environment/...
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@houstonchronicle.com needs to follow the lead of @texasmonthly.bsky.social
and as @latimes.com did in the fires and drop all the paywalls from flood related stories. These are stories vital to community safety and understanding. No paywalls are barriers to information
and as @latimes.com did in the fires and drop all the paywalls from flood related stories. These are stories vital to community safety and understanding. No paywalls are barriers to information
July 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@houstonchronicle.com needs to follow the lead of @texasmonthly.bsky.social
and as @latimes.com did in the fires and drop all the paywalls from flood related stories. These are stories vital to community safety and understanding. No paywalls are barriers to information
and as @latimes.com did in the fires and drop all the paywalls from flood related stories. These are stories vital to community safety and understanding. No paywalls are barriers to information
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Staff at FEMA haven't received any internal communications from the agency or department leadership since the deadly floods in Texas, which is unheard of in the wake of a major disaster.
Acting Administrator David Richardson is "nowhere to be found."
Acting Administrator David Richardson is "nowhere to be found."
FEMA response to deadly Texas floods delayed & deficient with Noem in charge
Staffers sound the alarm.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Staff at FEMA haven't received any internal communications from the agency or department leadership since the deadly floods in Texas, which is unheard of in the wake of a major disaster.
Acting Administrator David Richardson is "nowhere to be found."
Acting Administrator David Richardson is "nowhere to be found."
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Unfortunately it’s not a big step from “The forecast was wrong” to “NWS is incompetent and wasteful,” and there are strong political incentives to make that argument now regardless of the truth (see also: attacks on FEMA after Helene)
The missing piece of this viral post is that the Texas officials are lying and deflecting blame. The NWS, hobbled as it is, issued an accurate flood watch for Kerr County the evening before and accurate escalating warnings overnight as the flood was developing.
After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
July 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Unfortunately it’s not a big step from “The forecast was wrong” to “NWS is incompetent and wasteful,” and there are strong political incentives to make that argument now regardless of the truth (see also: attacks on FEMA after Helene)
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This is a brilliant thread of contextualization of this moment and what's praiseworthy about it amidst the atrocities.
I know we don't feel like there's much to celebrate this July 4th. It's been a rough several years.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
So I want to talk about how we're making history right now.
July 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is a brilliant thread of contextualization of this moment and what's praiseworthy about it amidst the atrocities.
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For more on how our weather is becoming more extreme and harder to predict using the tools and expertise we've developed based on past conditions, read:
Earth's climate is in the era of 'global weirding'
Weather is harder to predict and more extreme
theweek.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
For more on how our weather is becoming more extreme and harder to predict using the tools and expertise we've developed based on past conditions, read:
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Wouldn’t wish what those parents in Texas are going through on my worst enemy
July 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Wouldn’t wish what those parents in Texas are going through on my worst enemy