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There are many renewable resources in the world, time is not one of them.

Now: caregiver in Silicon Valley. EV & Climate Policy. Past: Motiv Power Systems, Powerflex/EDF Renewables, Climate Finance Solutions, 2020 CA D12 DNC Warren delegate, SFWPC 🏳️‍🌈
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In case you’re wondering what’s going on with all these stories… I refer you to yesterday’s drawing of the day:

IT IS A COUP!
Drawing of the Day: the world is on fire and the efforts to stop adding fuel are coming up short. But in nicer news @wutrain.bsky.social played the piano with Yo-Yo Ma so there’s also beautiful things out there.
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Drawing of the Day:
Trump fawns over Mamdani who doesn’t roll back comments calling Trump a fascist. MTG announced her resignation and SCOTUS lets Texas keep gerrymandered maps
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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That press conference is the wildest footage I’ve ever seen. Trump gleefully agreed that he’s a “fascist” and “despot,” and that the US has used taxes to support “Israeli genocide.”

And he smiled at and defended Mamdani with an affection I’ve literally never seen him direct at anyone before.

Wut.
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Yesterday I opened the internet and Trump had accused federal Democrats of seditious behavior deserving summary execution

Today I opened the internet to see that he’s a one-man Mamdani fan club

I am not ok
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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There’s something important, though, in the fact that Mamdani is going to meet with Trump at the moment of Mamdani’s maximum politician power and popularity and Trump’s greatest weakness and vulnerability. Trump is *always* submissive next to someone who is popular with huge ratings.
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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you know what? good advice.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?

Mamdani: I've spoken about --

Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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As somebody situated in that exact cultural space at that time, this is *mind blowingly accurate.* The landscape is SO different, it feels like remembering a parallel universe.
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power

people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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i am mortally certain that a resolution to condemn fascism would not win those votes, which is bad since fascists are considerably more powerful
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Yeah not good.
We’re gonna have to do better than that if we want to enjoy life on earth. I don’t care about fossil fuel profits as much as I care about humanity and all the ecosystems on earth.
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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unclear to me why i haven't seen a single elected calling for impeachment today 🤷
We've all said this for years, but it's absolutely essential: he must be impeached and removed from office. Any "leader" who's not on board with that is no leader at all.
Insanity
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
So Bastille just released a song called Save My Soul which is definitely a big singalong number- but my favorite part is at 3:11 in the recording you can hear the laugh in Dan’s voice. Good music makes you feel something and that moment is just so good.
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Drawing of the Day: Trump calls for the death of several congress members, Judge says DC troop deployment is illegal, Trumps Ukraine - Russia peace plan is so pro Russian that Ukraine already rejected it, and Israel violates the ceasefire again making it a question of what to call the current phase
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Seeing the amount of elected officials who don’t seem to get that when the president does high crimes or misdemeanors it’s their job to do something feels absurd.

To volunteer with the city I sign a statement affirming I will follow the constitution, and I take it more seriously than they do.
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Ukraine is rejecting Trump’s plan right now at the UN Security Council.

⬇️
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Elon Musk is very explicitly altering the X algorithm to show people content that aligns with his far-right worldview.

If you're still posting there and think you can win hearts and minds or something, this is what you're up against. You're never going to win a rigged game.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.

Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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😡
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Trump is calling for the murder of his political opponents

It was five months ago that Minnesota Speaker Melissa Hortman was gunned down in her home in an act of political violence

He didn’t go to the funeral

He didn’t lower flags for her

He’s riling up his base and it will cause more violence
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Also if you haven’t yet gotten your flu or Covid vaccines this season get them. They won’t prevent you from getting sick but they can reduce the severity.
Test if you are sick. There are antibody treatments for both flu (tamiflu and xofluza) and Covid (paxlovid) which must be used early on
Stay safe!
Lots of folks are coming down sick. As we look ahead to next week when many are gathering with loved ones, esp older folks, you can take precautions to protect others:
- Washing hands
- Wearing a mask / ventilating air
- Staying home if you are sick (& encouraging others to do the same)
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Folks, it is past time to remove the President. A short 🧵:
This is one of those points as an academic and researcher who focuses on authoritarianism and fascism I don’t like to make but:when the leader of the fascist movement that holds the government starts posting about murdering their opposition specifically political opposition you are in massive danger
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM