Just found my first helpful use of AI: I recorded the first part of a talk I am preparing as a voice memo on my phone and asked ChatGPT to add punctuation to the transcript. It cleaned up some other transcription snafus. Probably saved me 15 minutes of editing.

I voted for projects in my district yesterday.

We are considering launching a fight for this policy in Ohio democracyjournal.org/magazine/80/...

thanks again joe manchin!

!!! Happiness bus right into my veins

I guess laughs are the silver lining of a bubble before it pops

I’ve heard (secondhand) that some conservative Protestants feel concerns about growing numbers of new Catholic converts. This may be an attempt to speak to that sliver of the MAGA coalition

In state and local elections, we’re already seeing wins that tie the material impacts of the climate crisis to the cost-of-living crisis. Meanwhile, working class movements are taking matters into their own hands to advance climate and affordability together. (8/10)

The government can address the overlapping crises we face and rebalance power by delivering fast, fighting greed, building the public sector, and mobilizing investment. (7/10)

If you read one thing this week about the climate and energy crisis – and what we can and must do about both – then I highly recommend this from @cplusc.bsky.social. I'm on my way to New York to support the launch tonight!

The Seattle campaign for a new social housing developer is such an inspiration. Glad to learn about it today at the #JustEconomy conference

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

Why "tough on crime" isn't about being tough on crime, but tough on people, in one simple graph. ALL sorts of other government services--the ones conservative pols denigrate while wrapping themselves in Blue Lives Matter flags--play a huge role in keeping us safe. AND healthy, educated, etc.

Propagating the myth that religious institutions are apolitical serves only fools and thieves

I know enough working class trans kids to bet she does too.

Great piece: "As Musk’s medical company falls in line with the broader BCI field, does it also drift further from his vision of human enhancement and back to regular medical assistance for those who need it most?"

Heading to the #JustEconomy Conference in DC with @justeconomy.bsky.social in an modest little panel called 'What it will take to rebuild and reimagine American Democracy'. Spoiler: I don't know, exactly. Let me know if you'll be there! @pbp-org.bsky.social

No tax on tips!

My sister’s latest piece for @theverge.com

imagine arguing with your devout catholic grandma and shouting "the pope is WEAK on crime"

JD Vance please, please come back to Ohio to stump for Vivek Ramaswamy.

Private equity is a cancer on the American economy open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...

I am exited to read this!

I love me an article that pushes back on low fertility panic by talking to demographers like @karenguzzo.bsky.social and @philipncohen.com. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

One year after our original Guardian essay, Naomi Klein and I are excited to reveal the North American cover of our forthcoming book END TIMES FASCISM - and the Fight for the Living World. It will be on bookshelves on September 15th and is available for pre-order. More details below. bit.ly/4cbLfEr

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Privatize the profits and socialize the costs, specifically those caused by their own negligence and disinvestment. When they can't do this, Buffett himself threatened to exit in a shareholder letter a couple years ago. It is working.

Love the creativity and clarity coming from @moneyontheleft.bsky.social!

Cops fractured his skull for standing by in peaceful protest. And people in power claimed he assaulted the cops. No hell greater for those who smeared him. RIP.

This week @defendpublichealth.bsky.social launched the People's Health Platform -- an ambitious, hopeful, rights- and evidence-based vision of the future of health justice in America. Will you join me in endorsing the People's Health Platform? actionnetwork.org/forms/endors...

Spoiler alert: nothing trickled down.

So to recap, Trump: - Started a war for no reason on the belief that Iran would surrender immediately - Killed thousands including over 100 elementary schoolgirls - Threatened genocide up to and including nuclear war - Then backed down in exchange for a worse position than the US had before ?

@repshontelbrown.bsky.social we need you on this list. No time to waste.

I am impressed with this Ohio boy’s commitment to be a first rate international boot licker.

The US is a sick sick sick society

Had we won the bid, Cleveland would have applied our best minds to spinning this outcome into a positive story. Must feed the hype machine!

The more I learn about air pollution (mostly from Tim!) the more I am a clean air absolutest

Consider the infrastructure v enforcement debate settled. Car culture is a problem of public space. There is no policing your way to results as impressive as this.

Some good news in a bleak news world.

We have a very simple solution to universal programs benefiting the wealthy. You claw back the money through taxes on the back end. Everyone has known this for 100 years, but people get to pretend they don’t when it’s convenient for their ideology.

Rooftop solar has come out of nowhere and is now 20% of Puerto Rico's energy generation mix -- more than natural gas.

Team non-bomb-based masculinity.

Someone sent me this.

The roar of multiple diesel generators while I take a walk during a 24-hour power outage in Cleveland in April is the sound track of a country failing to adapt

Sauer just had to say that slaves had an "intent to remain" in the US. Motherfucker WHAT??

Podcast: From a Pittsburgh land trust to a Seattle tax on millionaires, local funding models are filling the gap left by an unreliable federal government. nextcity.org/podcast/the-...

In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.

“I asked ChatGPT”- ok well I asked the mycelium and it said to plant more trees and to tell you to return to the forest

Some context: what I meant and still mean is not it’s worthless to understand issues or that policy should be set absent understanding. Rather: 1. That does not substitute for power building 2. Process isn’t power 3. climate/energy world often privileges knowledge over power. It’s almost hazing.🧵

I imagine this cost is eating up the monthly payments many homeowners and landlords could have otherwise used on decarbonization budgets.