Why does Trump want Greenland? “National security.” Why should Trump’s ballroom vanity project proceed? “National security.” Why is Trump killing the wind energy industry? “National security.” Why does Trump hate the New York Times? “National security.” The pattern is ... not subtle.

Trans instructor: “you didn’t do this assignment” Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment” Student: “I didn’t do the assignment” University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask” some days I just want to scream and scream

my payments are going to more than double with the end of SAVE. the SAVE forbearance has helped pay for daycare. going to be limping to that ten year finish line because they wouldn’t fund higher ed in 2009

Yep. Get to it. And punish the organized sex crimes inside any organization

And Almost always imposing more #pollution on lower income #communities, while powering #AI bullshit.

Yep. Now let’s focus on #electrifying everything.

When I wrote a book about oil train regulations I got to see how regulations were made. So none of the info in this document about the EU methane regulations surprises me but if the oil and gas companies are in on closed door meetings with regulators, it's unlikely we get real regs.

“exports have been curtailed to major trading partners; Canada has been boycotting American spirits since March in retaliation for President Trump’s ongoing trade war and U.S. whiskey sales to that country are down by more than 60% through October.” 📝: Janet Patton and Karla Ward

"Abundance bros, from Yglesias to Trembath to Stapp, ride on the perception that they are politically savvy, data driven thinkers. But they're just a bunch of hacks who get shit catastrophically wrong." That last bit should count for something. But apparently not to the NYT.

Counter balancing: Japan has accelerated plans to devote 2 percent of its GDP — and more — to its military as China grows more assertive and the U.S. urges allies to spend bigger. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Madness

It brings me no pleasure to report that my beat — offshore wind power — skyrocketed to the top of new sites today. I just published a scoop about Trump's halt on 5 in-progress wind farms capable of powering 2.7 million homes. Here's a mega🧵 🔗 2nd post is a link to my scoop 🎁 last post is a gift

Had Bari Weiss just ran the story, it would have been seen by a couple million people tops. The bootleg has now gone viral, and may end up being the most-watched 60 Minutes segment ever. It might be time to rename the Streisand Effect.

SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how huge SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in our cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by #NotJustBikes. Then please share it as much as you can.

Don’t forget to thank your cruel, racist, fascist-supporting loved ones this Christmas season for the great America they’re making The damage they’ve done and the harms & deaths they caused can never be undone. Golly! Jesus must be so proud Merry Christmas!

No wonder the resident Trump propagandist at CBS didn't want us to see this. It is horrific and shows how deeply lawless and depraved the Trump/Miller administration is.

Don’t fuck with archivists. They are librarians with sociopathic tendencies.

And thank you to the person/people who leaked this damning story. And to the people, like @muellershewrote.com‬, who had the wherewithal to disseminate it. Whether it is the Epstein Files or unflattering documentaries, we only win against Trump censorship if we can defy it.

The competition in the Trump administration to be the first to tip off Putin must have been fierce.

Love this. The plague of #frog costumes demonstrates the subversive #power of play in #protests theconversation.com/the-plague-o...

Next stop in effort to restore passenger rail in Lehigh Valley coming up soon thanks to new funds https://www.newsbeep.com/us-pa/66387/ The Lehigh Valley is taking another step toward potentially restoring passenger rail service to the region with $400,000…

if you want to know what happened in CECOT to the Venezuelans the United States paid to imprison there, you need not wait for the 60 Minutes story to be ready. You can simply read this: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

So prophetic that it’s a bit chilling.

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Of course. They believe in nothing beyond money. Human rights & dignity are currently inconvenient & costly.

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

This was my approach when trying to get oral interviews with segregationists for my first book. “I’m writing about you and I’d love to get your input, but I’m writing about you either way.”

Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.

Excellent. Glad we are using this for the new NCA

This is a stunning piece of work by Global Witness laying out how Musk's chatbot software actively helps spread climate denial and disinformation. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

I would like to see everyone involved in the production of "Inside CECOT" resign from CBS News by the end of tonight

The “war” for control in the GOP is between people who want to replace the elephant with the swastika and those who want a confederate flag.

I like how he pauses and smiles here to be sure everyone caught what a racist piece of shit he is. “Tee hee, I’m such a little stinker, tee hee”

Stop burning fossil fuels. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

Erika Kirk, a grift that keeps grifting.

Disaster

Since this op-ed specifically cites the example of other countries let me remind you that Canadian liberals' decades-long attempt to reconcile with the oil and gas industry and the province of Alberta have yielded no benefits for climate whatsoever and I'm not aware of any economic benefits either.

Looks amazing. And some actually good #environmental news www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Thread on why even using AI as a way to brainstorm a project is a horrible idea.

Check it! Can the world quit coal? theconversation.com/can-the-worl...

check it! Why even pro-climate action organisations may pull in different directions theconversation.com/why-even-pro...

Check it! We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why theconversation.com/we-dont-need...

Several countries including Costa Rica, Nepal, Albania, Ethiopia, Iceland and Norway have already reached, or come very close to, 100% renewable power. For countries like Ireland, Spain, and the UK, renewables have saved over a billion in energy costs. Read more:

The Massachusetts SJC will hear a 2nd challenge to the 2021 MBTA Communities law requiring towns to rezone a small area near transit for modest density multi-family housing. The Town of Marshfield claims it’s an “unfunded mandate” because they incur costs updating their zoning.

I encourage people posting to stay mindful of the fact that countless real little girls and young women were horribly victimized by the Epstein network—and there are also MANY other survivors reading what is written here.

There is some small number of people inside the government who have seen the unredacted versions of what is probably some of the most disturbing shit imaginable, and well they have some options now