“The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly…AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector & tech monopolists run amok.“ Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.

Van Hollen: We are here to say not one more dime for Donald Trump's ICE operations

Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

Israel planning renewed Gaza offensive in March, report says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-plans-renewed-gaza-offensive-march-report-says

I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell, 1984

not saying it can't get worse but this week really feels like a straightforward depiction of what worst-case 'post truth' information apocalypse ppl were warning of in the late 2010s

This is crazy. Will be hard to rejoin given the Senate.

American conservatives and centrists have come together to destroy academic freedom in the most simple direct way there is, by dictating what material can be taught in university classrooms.

When people argue that renewable energy sources are too expensive, remember that we don’t invade countries to seize wind farms and there are no solar cartels. Fossil fuels have enormous geopolitical, public health, and climate externalities.

Tech bros have gotten rich F-ing up every other part of our lives by claiming to solve nonexistent problems. Next up they take on the long-standing dilemma of: NIGHT! Yes apparently the fact that it is dark at night is a problem that this start-up is going to solve for us. 🫠

RELEASE: Maryland reiterates importance of full hepatitis B vaccination schedule for all newborns, and issues guidance and standing order to help maintain access. Learn more: bit.ly/4pTFoJb.

No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going. It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.

Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines. Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context. I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.

Did You Know???… The conviction of police deputy Sean Grayson for the murder of Sonya Massey is *the first time in US history* a cop was convicted of murdering a Black woman

Once again, yes, I'm familiar with the different revenue streams involved. And yet once again, I want to point out that the entire federal budget for area studies & foreign language fellowships <nationwide> was $86 million. bsky.app/profile/mcop... Show me your budget, & I'll show you your values.

“ ‘A lot of academic research on AI currently is also funded by the AI industry, which creates the risk of distorting scientific knowledge.’ ”

The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry

Good news. NY Court orders the State (finally) to implement our climate law and follow the Final Scoping Plan from the Climate Action Council, passed 18-3 in Dec 2022. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

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Massive escalation at the ICE facility. Federal agents made multiple arrests (at least 4), threw out gas, and shot tons of pepper balls. Heard one of the people arrested screaming minutes later. Not possible to get a visual.

In cities, street space is a really scarce (and under-valued) commodity. Increasing vehicle size costs everyone. And vehicle weight determines your impact on the wear-and-tear of cities. So this kind of public policy is really just common sense.

breaking from me: the trump administration just suffered its first major loss in court over its onslaught on offshore wind the revolution wind project can now resume construction after a federal judge found its developer orsted was likely to win against the trump order to stop work @heatmap.news

Just launched 📣 CGS's new flagship website on Country Climate Ambition offers critical insight for the Paris process through in-depth analyses and policy recommendations for major-emitting countries, as they set and seek to achieve ambitious 2035 #NDCs: www.country-ambition.cgs.umd.edu

A belief of mine that I’ve not only questioned but almost completely reversed is that people respond politically to their materiel conditions. Since COVID I think most people live in a world mostly mediated by what they see on TV or their phones and respond more to that than to reality

She’s beauty, she’s grace, and she just won the whole Junior Villa race. IT'S BIGGIE 🎉 We'll see you next week for the big Fat Bear Week bracket reveal.

Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

Thinking of this quote again in light of the Korea / ICE debacle at the Georgia auto plant.

⛵️JUST IN | “The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) has begun the final leg of its historic journey to help break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza. Yesterday, 18 boats set sail from Catania, Italy.

One of my sources of hope and inspiration is the growing Indigenous-led buffalo rematriation movement. It combines ecological restoration and cultural reconciliation to begin addressing the legacy of genocide to both Native cultures and the land. We can remember our way forward... 🎁🔗 #ClimateSky

This is all just being said out loud now on the air on Fox “News”, instead of away from the cameras like before. That’s what’s changed. They’re testing the response and normalizing the idea at the same time.

would you believe they are DOING THIS in the Finger Lakes region of NY? because they are! check it out: carbon “offsets” that aren’t tree planting or sketchy high tech schemes, they’re funding insulation and heat pumps for households to help them get off fossil fuels fingerlakesclimatefund.org

Today @merkley.senate.gov and I released a report on our recent trip to the Middle East. Our inescapable conclusion: the Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Tune in as we discuss what we saw and where we go from here:

New Mexico is set to become the first state to offer free child care for all families regardless of income starting in November. 👶 www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...

Buckle up, babes, the fattening is almost upon us. Mark your calendars: Fat Bear Junior: September 18-19 Fat Bear Week: September 23-30

Floatis! I call 602 Floatis because he is the Floatato and Otis' offspring!

Remember the Gaza Humanitarian Fund? The shady American nonprofit run by a Christian Nationalist that was given full control of food aid distribution sites in Gaza? Its parent organization GH solutions hired members of an American white supremacist biker gang to run security for the all the sites.

Mandla Mandela, a grandson of South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, says he’ll join the Global Sumud Flotilla seeking to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza with an aid boat from Tunisia. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/5phozp

I’m once again working with a city writing new integrated transportation & land use policy, and we’ve been discussing whether to PRIORITIZE walking, biking and transit, or achieve “BALANCE.” This is a key conversation where I sometimes give a fast and simple answer, but the truth is more complex. 1/

So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org 110 top experts from around the world 13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this Will be free online Oct 14 1/x global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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If like me you saw this post and said that’s great but didn’t listen, I recommend listening. It’s a good sound.

You'll want sound on this one...🔊👈 Just remember, you don't hate cities, you hate the danger and chaos of cars in cities. Design for people and you'll restore life.