“The question for any Democrat running for anything in the next four years … is whether you understand what it means: what it broke, what it’ll cost, what you’re willing to do to hold this country together while there’s still a country to hold. “ open.substack.com/pub/betterdo...

necessary voice telling us necessary things: “The goo is not going to be come a caterpillar again” ie transformation is already underway way. Petro-patriarchy isn’t going down without a fight but they have already been defeated. They just don’t know it yet.

Time to regulate industries that over-consume scarce water resources: cattle, mining, and data centers

folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI

The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...

This is obviously horrific at any time but this is exam week at Smith. This news is going to throw all these already stressed-out kids into a tailspin. The cruelty is the point always. F*ck these f*cukers apnews.com/article/smit...

By gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court is killing the Second Reconstruction. The first Reconstruction shows how Congress should respond. Me and Daphna Renan in the NYT on the tools we have to save democracy from a hostile Court.

Then I'd set up a Super-Circuit Court of Final Appeal. 15 judges, chosen randomly from among the fed'l circuit courts and replaced every 6-12 mos. And I'd have them hear all appeals chosen by another randomly-constituted and periodically-renewed panel of fed'l judges.

What comes after the end of the American empire? www.equator.org/articles/gho...

An administration run by zealots and oil-soaked sellouts, engaged in an epic act of national economic self-sabotage.

Dying in office because you insisted on clinging to power until the very end instead of letting a new generation of leaders rise should be seen for the shameful, egomaniacal act that it is.

If there are any Democrats who are thinking of running for the presidency on 2028 on anything less than a clear agenda of widespread prosecution for this administration's corruption and fundamental structural changes to ensure it can't happen again, they should just stop right there.

Breaking: New study using observational constraints projects that the Atlantic Ocean circulation #AMOC will weaken ~50% by 2100, even for medium emissions and without Greenland melting. 🌊 More realistic models means stronger weakening - not entirely unexpected. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Good morning, NYC billionaires! Your days of self-righteous freeloading are at an end. Or, ok fine, go ahead and move to Miami. See how that works out for you. You need NYC more than we need you.

Timeline cleanse: it’s time for ramps!!

Beginning to wonder if Trump hasn't been paid off by Big Solar www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Using your debt, your search history, and your private data to decide how much you’re worth? Hell no. This is what happens when technology is built to serve profit instead of people. This is why every worker needs a union.

The last few weeks have changed the psychological meaning of energy forever. Oil and gas used to mean freedom and power; now they mean insecurity. Sun and wind suddenly seem like the safe choice open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

pretty clear bright line today, anyone in power who isn't doing everything they can to remove him from office deserves handcuffs when this is all over. that includes any democrat who votes for anything he wants

speak loudly and ask if you can borrow somebody else’s stick

I don't "feel" my work has been stolen. I know it. This kind of language use by the NYT is part of the problem. Framing it as some kind of emotional woo woo instead of a clear copyright breach...

the government is saying “underage girls are testing positive for pregnancy at ICE detention centers” instead of saying “ICE agents are raping & impregnating underage girls.”

From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Right now, unfolding around us on a global scale, is a rich and unambiguous lesson on the dangers of fossil fuel dependence. The most obvious solution is for the affected countries to reduce their dependence through clean energy. Are you seeing that message in media?

1/ Disruptions mean countries will rush to exit US-led oil order Worst case scenario for oil companies (best for rest of us) is that people permanently shift...what they call “demand destruction“ i.e short term pain but Long: Iran war will accelerate ongoing STRUCTURAL shift to solar+EVs+batteries

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

Seems like none of the galaxy brains drawing lines on empty maps considered just asking for directions

This is what ecocide looks like.

"The most effective consumer boycotts in history share two qualities: they are narrow and they are easy," writes @rutgerbregman.com

I'm gonna repeat my comment. Talking about nonexistent "super intelligent" machines is like talking about the Cookie Monster rather than corporations creating real things causing harm. A non existent machine god bringing apocalypse or utopia is a framing that is harmful. Period.

Necessary argument against despair

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

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This is what I voted for

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪

ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms

Nurses show up in our darkest moments. 9/11. The pandemic. Every illness and emergency. Their worth is not negotiable. Fair pay, safe conditions, dignity now. NYC stands with nurses and demands good faith bargaining for justice and care for all.

I ❤️ NYC

This is lovely, doesn’t matter if you’ve been reading romance for decades or since you discovered Heated Rivalry. It’s a genre that is delighted by your feelings, and happy to make you feel more of them.

i wrote about dissociation, reading as comfort, vice and self obliteration during times of horror, and also about reading exclusively about gay love for like. a year buttondown.com/theswordandt...

Amid the thuggery, trump admin also fighting to remain stuck in the trap of fossil fuel just as the rest of the world begins to break free www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“There's a global solar energy revolution happening led by China and it should have been one of the biggest stories of 2025 While the US is committing to a suicide pact with fossil fuels, the rest of the world is leapfrogging into cheap nearly limitless energy” bsky.app/profile/wand...

*taps mic* have you ever watched Heated Rivalry???

Hockey Players Blast ‘Heated Rivalry’ For Unrealistic Depiction Of Anal Sex https://theonion.com/hockey-players-blast-heated-rivalry-for-unrealistic-depiction-of-anal-sex/

The data centre boom is a black hole gravity well sucking resources away from the monetary, physical and human infrastructure of decarbonisation. If you care about 'more tech' this won't bother you. I care about climate outcomes, and this is really bad. techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/f...

Climate change is killing workers. The fix is simple. Water. Shade. Rest Breaks. Our new Health Affairs study: California's heat standard was associated with a 33% drop in heat-related deaths among outdoor workers. Now it's time for OSHA to adopt a federal heat standard. tinyurl.com/4wejjhkd