Nate Johnson
@verbalist.bsky.social
I grow food for people and pitch in to shape a better future. Let’s get together for a change. Long hauler for democracy. Humanist.
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Hundreds of millions of bees, almost 80% of bees in the US, have died over he past eight months. Researchers don't know why.
Here is what this means:
Here is what this means:
March 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hundreds of millions of bees, almost 80% of bees in the US, have died over he past eight months. Researchers don't know why.
Here is what this means:
Here is what this means:
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We just won our first ever UFW contract. Now we get paid days off, better pay & get more respect. I worry non-union growers will use Trump's threats to keep us scared & working for low wages in poor conditions. We can't let fear get the better of us. -Alejandro, #ConEstasManos
March 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We just won our first ever UFW contract. Now we get paid days off, better pay & get more respect. I worry non-union growers will use Trump's threats to keep us scared & working for low wages in poor conditions. We can't let fear get the better of us. -Alejandro, #ConEstasManos
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Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
March 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
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A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
March 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
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Every Democratic Governor should issue and sign an Executive Order making it illegal to pay anyone to sign a petition, and likewise illegal to accept any form of payment to sign petition. They should do this before they go to sleep tonight.
March 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Every Democratic Governor should issue and sign an Executive Order making it illegal to pay anyone to sign a petition, and likewise illegal to accept any form of payment to sign petition. They should do this before they go to sleep tonight.
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Make no mistake this could be a game changer and the fossil fuel industry and mining industry of cobalt lithium nickel and graphite will be completely hostile to this development as they could find themselves redundant and irrelevant
March 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Make no mistake this could be a game changer and the fossil fuel industry and mining industry of cobalt lithium nickel and graphite will be completely hostile to this development as they could find themselves redundant and irrelevant
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Tesla protest Salem Oregon! We're not the biggest but we're here every week!
March 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Tesla protest Salem Oregon! We're not the biggest but we're here every week!
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Reminder: DOGE isnt real. Its a fake department.
Fugazi
Fugazi
March 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Reminder: DOGE isnt real. Its a fake department.
Fugazi
Fugazi
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need you to constantly remind yourself that the average normal person has no idea that any of the stuff we are rightly getting upset about is going on. they dont know. and we need to do everything we individually can to make them know.
March 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
need you to constantly remind yourself that the average normal person has no idea that any of the stuff we are rightly getting upset about is going on. they dont know. and we need to do everything we individually can to make them know.
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WATCH | Former African Union Ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao discusses Niger’s move to nationalize its uranium resources.
March 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
WATCH | Former African Union Ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao discusses Niger’s move to nationalize its uranium resources.
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Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
March 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
The headline promises to reveal how he ended up in detention, then the next line implies it’s his own fault: he didn’t mask up!
Why didn’t the Times present his plight first and foremost as the result of a civil-rights violation by authorities?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...
Why didn’t the Times present his plight first and foremost as the result of a civil-rights violation by authorities?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...
How Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia Student Activist, Landed in Federal Detention
Mahmoud Khalil never shielded his face with a mask the way some protesters did. That made him a target when President Trump decided to move aggressively against campus activists.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The headline promises to reveal how he ended up in detention, then the next line implies it’s his own fault: he didn’t mask up!
Why didn’t the Times present his plight first and foremost as the result of a civil-rights violation by authorities?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...
Why didn’t the Times present his plight first and foremost as the result of a civil-rights violation by authorities?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...
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Democrats built their entire party structure on polite deference, seniority, and chasing bipartisanship—as opposed to elevating the most talented and passionate politicians.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Democrats built their entire party structure on polite deference, seniority, and chasing bipartisanship—as opposed to elevating the most talented and passionate politicians.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
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March 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I also want to reiterate that it took every single Democratic Senator to agree to this deal. A single Democratic Senator could have denied unanimous consent, pushed this into Monday, allowed more time for the discontent to fester. Every Senate Democrat is complicit.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Senate moves ahead on shutdown votes
Democrats agreed to speed up consideration of the bill to allow a vote on Friday in exchange for votes on four amendments.
www.politico.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I also want to reiterate that it took every single Democratic Senator to agree to this deal. A single Democratic Senator could have denied unanimous consent, pushed this into Monday, allowed more time for the discontent to fester. Every Senate Democrat is complicit.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Great summary from Robert Kuttner.
We’ll get the party we deserve when we remove the deadwood and remake it with better materials.
prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
We’ll get the party we deserve when we remove the deadwood and remake it with better materials.
prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
Ex-Democratic Leader Schumer
Today on TAP: He has defied the will of the vast majority of Senate Democrats and played right into the hands of Trump. Time for a new leader.
prospect.org
March 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Great summary from Robert Kuttner.
We’ll get the party we deserve when we remove the deadwood and remake it with better materials.
prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
We’ll get the party we deserve when we remove the deadwood and remake it with better materials.
prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...
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"We are entering waters beyond the scale of constitutional crises and nearly every expert in this shallow pool feels ill-equipped to speak about it publicly for a variety of reasons. I’m having trouble imagining circumstances more dangerous."
Can Trump Arbitrarily Take Money From Anyone's Bank Account?
The Trump administration debited $80.5 million from New York City’s bank account, raising alarms about the reliability of the U.S. dollar.
www.rollingstone.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"We are entering waters beyond the scale of constitutional crises and nearly every expert in this shallow pool feels ill-equipped to speak about it publicly for a variety of reasons. I’m having trouble imagining circumstances more dangerous."
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. @annecaprara.bsky.social is correct here
March 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
. @annecaprara.bsky.social is correct here
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“The government hates us. I was originally putting up with it because I believed in the park’s mission, but I can’t go back to the anxiety of, ‘Am I fired or am I not?’” - Yellowstone employee.
Federal employee recruitment is going to be fucked, for years.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Federal employee recruitment is going to be fucked, for years.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Despite judge’s rehiring orders, some fired feds might not come back
Fallout from the legal wins for those opposing mass firings reveals the practical limits of the courts in quickly checking the power of President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“The government hates us. I was originally putting up with it because I believed in the park’s mission, but I can’t go back to the anxiety of, ‘Am I fired or am I not?’” - Yellowstone employee.
Federal employee recruitment is going to be fucked, for years.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Federal employee recruitment is going to be fucked, for years.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Today in Tysons VA - TESLA TAKEDOWN!
These rallies are working! Musk is bleeding money and his power over DC shrinks with every dollar he can't stuff into their pockets!
8500 Tyco Road!
Starts at 11 am runs until it ends!
#TeslaTakedown #Tysons #Protest
These rallies are working! Musk is bleeding money and his power over DC shrinks with every dollar he can't stuff into their pockets!
8500 Tyco Road!
Starts at 11 am runs until it ends!
#TeslaTakedown #Tysons #Protest
a poster that says protesting is not a disturbance to the peace and corruption and intimidation is
Alt: a poster that says protesting is not a disturbance to the peace and corruption and intimidation is
media.tenor.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today in Tysons VA - TESLA TAKEDOWN!
These rallies are working! Musk is bleeding money and his power over DC shrinks with every dollar he can't stuff into their pockets!
8500 Tyco Road!
Starts at 11 am runs until it ends!
#TeslaTakedown #Tysons #Protest
These rallies are working! Musk is bleeding money and his power over DC shrinks with every dollar he can't stuff into their pockets!
8500 Tyco Road!
Starts at 11 am runs until it ends!
#TeslaTakedown #Tysons #Protest
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DOGE owns every one of these now whether or not it's directly the result of their actions
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
DOGE owns every one of these now whether or not it's directly the result of their actions
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This is going to kill many public libraries, especially in rural areas. If you use a public library, you will be impacted. #imls is a dust mote in the federal budget. It also provides things like internet at your local library so people can apply for jobs and kids can do homework.
This, by the by, is an effing disaster if it holds up. The number of public libraries that will go under if IMLS is shuttered is mind-boggling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is going to kill many public libraries, especially in rural areas. If you use a public library, you will be impacted. #imls is a dust mote in the federal budget. It also provides things like internet at your local library so people can apply for jobs and kids can do homework.