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@wwestmor.bsky.social
Bad at describing myself. Doing local politics, native ecology, and sustainable agriculture stuff. Raising a kid with my wife. Mostly reposting the good ideas other people had before me.
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Virtually everyone who comments on American politics accepts the implicit premise that that Republican voters are owed deference while Democratic voters exist on sufferance.
“Deplorables” was a scandal for years and she wasn’t even in the government yet. This is the White House Press Secretary, whose salary is paid by the American public.
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Virtually everyone who comments on American politics accepts the implicit premise that that Republican voters are owed deference while Democratic voters exist on sufferance.
Why do I get the feeling he's not talking about the guy on his left here?
Scalise: "When a good day for you is defined by how much suffering you can impose on other people, maybe you need to look in the mirror and check yourself at the door and wonder what it is you're up here trying to accomplish."
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Why do I get the feeling he's not talking about the guy on his left here?
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solar and wind generated more electricity that coal for the first time ever in the first half of 2025. that's the good shit ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.
ember-energy.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
solar and wind generated more electricity that coal for the first time ever in the first half of 2025. that's the good shit ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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I mean yes flag burning is protected speech but I feel like maybe the more important thing is that the man exercising the power of the presidency doesn’t get to by fiat create an offense and a mandatory minimum sentence and seemingly no judicial participation in the process?
Trump calls for ICE and other cops to enforce his executive order banning flag burning, something that’s blatantly unconstitutional given Texas v Johnson (1989), which established flag burning as protected speech.
October 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I mean yes flag burning is protected speech but I feel like maybe the more important thing is that the man exercising the power of the presidency doesn’t get to by fiat create an offense and a mandatory minimum sentence and seemingly no judicial participation in the process?
This is a legitimately great thing I didn't know about! But I wonder if it's not like giving calculators to cats. Yes, they have the tool, but do they have the desire or prerequisite knowledge to use it. (People are the cats)
This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society
September 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is a legitimately great thing I didn't know about! But I wonder if it's not like giving calculators to cats. Yes, they have the tool, but do they have the desire or prerequisite knowledge to use it. (People are the cats)
Your profile should display "Number of posts/replies written and discarded" and those with the highest number should be shown great respect but also we should be institutionalized.
September 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Your profile should display "Number of posts/replies written and discarded" and those with the highest number should be shown great respect but also we should be institutionalized.
Haven't posted in a while. Here's some garden pics.
September 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Haven't posted in a while. Here's some garden pics.
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We must conserve and restore forests because they are wonderful, full of life, support the lives and livelihoods of over a billion people, and play multiple vital roles in the maintenance of a liveable planet
But to slow climate breakdown, we have to bring about the end of the fossil fuel age
But to slow climate breakdown, we have to bring about the end of the fossil fuel age
Realistic models of the potential for global reforestation suggest that it could absorb roughly 5% of human CO2 emissions. This is still worthwhile but nowhere near a solution on its own. New paper just published 🧪🌏🌐
Addressing critiques refines global estimates of reforestation potential for climate change mitigation - Nature Communications
Reforestation is a key climate change mitigation strategy, but global maps of its potential are widely criticized. This study shows that addressing those critiques substantially refines estimates of t...
www.nature.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We must conserve and restore forests because they are wonderful, full of life, support the lives and livelihoods of over a billion people, and play multiple vital roles in the maintenance of a liveable planet
But to slow climate breakdown, we have to bring about the end of the fossil fuel age
But to slow climate breakdown, we have to bring about the end of the fossil fuel age
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This is so humiliating that Stephen Miller is in a chair in a corner somewhere watching
June 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is so humiliating that Stephen Miller is in a chair in a corner somewhere watching
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Any person in uniform wearing a mask and refusing to be properly and reliably identified should be assumed to be the same kind of murderer we’ve seen in Minnesota.
Shooters were dressed like law enforcement and this is exactly why I’m pissed about ice officers wearing masks, driving unmarked cars and not being identifiable when they terrorize communities
June 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Any person in uniform wearing a mask and refusing to be properly and reliably identified should be assumed to be the same kind of murderer we’ve seen in Minnesota.
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Republicans won’t answer for this and the media won’t force them to. But if a single piece of property gets damaged today, Dems will be sure to run to the press to denounce and condemn
A few days after Kristi Noem said that she wanted to liberate municipalities from dems who were elected to office...
Governor Waltz has now confirmed that Hortman and her husband were killed in the attack.
June 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Republicans won’t answer for this and the media won’t force them to. But if a single piece of property gets damaged today, Dems will be sure to run to the press to denounce and condemn
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i think southern baptists should probably consider a ban on being led by child predators
Southern Baptists overwhelmingly endorse a ban on gay marriage — including a call for reversing the Supreme Court's precedent legalizing it nationwide.
Read more: cnn.it/45jI6R9
Read more: cnn.it/45jI6R9
June 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
i think southern baptists should probably consider a ban on being led by child predators
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Yeah my job is pretty cool. My uniform is a tactical vest that’s two sizes too small and a gaiter I bought in a gas station. They send me to sneak into schools to kidnap little kids because people got mad about having to press 1 for English. The president had to warn everyone to stop spitting on me.
June 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Yeah my job is pretty cool. My uniform is a tactical vest that’s two sizes too small and a gaiter I bought in a gas station. They send me to sneak into schools to kidnap little kids because people got mad about having to press 1 for English. The president had to warn everyone to stop spitting on me.
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instantly primariable, i am not fucking joking
Keep track of any Democrat or commentator or personality who advocates for Musk to be welcomed back into the fold. These are people you cannot trust and should be kept as far away from the levers of power as humanly possible.
June 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
instantly primariable, i am not fucking joking
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the "our children" here is claiming that your children are a state resource and belong to the government
June 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
the "our children" here is claiming that your children are a state resource and belong to the government
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consistently lost in navel-gazing about political violence is that, generally speaking, the kinds of people who engage in it individually are generally pretty incoherent and the act is usually more attributable to personal heroic narratives than actual, clear politics attributable to a real ideology
June 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
consistently lost in navel-gazing about political violence is that, generally speaking, the kinds of people who engage in it individually are generally pretty incoherent and the act is usually more attributable to personal heroic narratives than actual, clear politics attributable to a real ideology
Responses to this very good thread are just the lowest IQ gutter garbage you could possibly imagine. Had not seen this side of BSky before. Long, hot summer indeed.
June 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Responses to this very good thread are just the lowest IQ gutter garbage you could possibly imagine. Had not seen this side of BSky before. Long, hot summer indeed.
DEI review question: Should you ever slap a coworker's ass and yell "YEEHAW!"?
A) No
B) 3
C) Leonard Cohen
D) No
Guys: Attica! Attica! Attica!
A) No
B) 3
C) Leonard Cohen
D) No
Guys: Attica! Attica! Attica!
why are these guys all so mad about HR trainings. how is that supposed to be a roadblock for young men. my company's yearly DEI training is an hour they pay me to not work followed by a test with questions you can pass without reading the actual questions.
I have never seen any example of the left "hating" young men that doesn't distill to "refusal to coddle them/insistence on treating them like adults with agency."
May 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
DEI review question: Should you ever slap a coworker's ass and yell "YEEHAW!"?
A) No
B) 3
C) Leonard Cohen
D) No
Guys: Attica! Attica! Attica!
A) No
B) 3
C) Leonard Cohen
D) No
Guys: Attica! Attica! Attica!
I'm no longer doing business with the grocery store. My wife and son are very happy with all the money we're saving. It's very simple.
Trump: "We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars with China. Now we're essentially not doing business with China. Therefore, we're saving hundreds of billions of dollars. It's very simple."
May 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm no longer doing business with the grocery store. My wife and son are very happy with all the money we're saving. It's very simple.
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I’m not gonna pretend to know the mechanics of a shadow cabinet but we need one in the US. Someone to hold a press conference to refute everything RFK is saying about autism, for one.
April 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I’m not gonna pretend to know the mechanics of a shadow cabinet but we need one in the US. Someone to hold a press conference to refute everything RFK is saying about autism, for one.
Rapidly becoming my new favorite flower (definitely not because it's what's blooming right now...)
April 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Rapidly becoming my new favorite flower (definitely not because it's what's blooming right now...)
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realizing they won’t get this call tonight is rather heartbreaking
Every evening, without fail, Pope Francis speaks with priests and parishioners at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City. He tells them that they are not forgotten and that, as long as he has a voice to cry out for an end to the Israeli assault on Gaza, there is hope for peace and justice.
A Pope Who Prays for Palestine
Pope Francis, who is in daily contact with Gazans, has consistently called for an end to the Israeli assault and for Palestinians and Israelis to be able to live in peace.
www.thenation.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
realizing they won’t get this call tonight is rather heartbreaking