!!!!! Just say no to torture camps in a civil society seems like such a low bar basic humanity thing but here we are.

Another great article on the hazards of wild land firefighting. We can do better.

Have you seen this reporting? It is excellent. Maybe you don’t live close to wildfires but we should still care as these people are doing dangerous jobs without respiratory protection to save our environment and our homes.

Thanks so much for reading. Luis has started a GoFundMe for himself and Rooney, here: www.gofundme.com/f/luis-marti...

"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth... "It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Across the country, communities are fighting back against Big Tech and preventing construction of power-hungry AI data centers in their backyards. In response, Big Tech is launching an all-out lobbying blitz. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=OabmXBYpoINwEDPD

Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.

Please help us fight #Amazon! We are ACRES. A group in a small #Vermont town trying to keep these Goliaths out of our forest. Currently, we have a donor willing to match dollar for dollar up to $10k. #btv #vtpoli #EssexVT @sanders.senate.gov @welch.senate.gov @balint.house.gov givebutter.com/CxQYhQ

Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head. That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Page One, @latimes.com “.. Stanford computer-science graduates are struggling to find entry-level jobs. I think that’s crazy.” 👀

Built with U.S. technology, China’s surveillance empire now reaches Nepal. An AP investigation finds how this was used to crush the ‘Free Tibet’ movement in the Himalayan kingdom.

In just the past month, #MedicareForAll has gained 7 new cosponsors, bringing us to 17 in the Senate and 111 in the House. More members of Congress are joining us to recognize that the only solution to our health care crisis is Medicare for All. Our movement is growing!

My midwestern roots showing. I am definitely in the spritz camp.

There are consequences for threatening a good neighbour. Keep up the good work Canada! (Glorious Canada/FB) #Canada #USBoycott #Never51

This is horrific. RFK Jr’s CDC is funding a study in Guinea-Bissau which would involve deliberately withholding the hepatitis B vaccine from hundreds of newborn infants, putting them at great risk of death. They want to repeat Tuskegee.

Your family doesn’t need something on that influencer’s recommended gift list. Break the cycle of consumption. Best gift you can give is the gift of your presence. #shoplocal #givegiftoftime #pricelessgift

So, not a bonus. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, who are in this case the same person

Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man

Gift link www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Please help fight #Amazon in #Vermont. Amazon was denied but have appealed. This fight is about who gets to decide what our local towns look like — Vermonters and our small businesses—or a major corporation? #MainStreetOverWallStreet

Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...

Today in errands around Vermont, I drove by two (of many) places hiring in area. Tractor Supply is paying $14.26 to $15.53 an hour. Subway is paying $15/hour. Not a #livingwage. Do not support these major corporations by spending your hard earned money there. #ShopLocal #WorkerExploitation

When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. #LivingWage #MainStreetOverWallStreet #ShopLocal

Help Vermont keep Amazon out of our Brave Little State. #MainStreetOverWallStreet #ShopLocal #BurnedByBillionaires

The Health Secretary of the United States instructed the US Food & Drug Administration to recommend AGAINST COVID vaccines for people who are or could be pregnant. That recommendation leads to severe illness and premature birth.

Vermont is one of four hotpsots nationwide, with est 1 in 39 people actively infectious.

This is what the Vermont National Guard are being sent off to - lawless killing without Congressional oversight 💔

May we be the Light in this time of great darkness.

A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research, writes @alexkwan.bsky.social. www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop... #neuroskyence

Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.

Free shipping isn't free. It is baked into price or paid by subscription. Even if it were free, we'd still pay by harming the planet thru shipping emissions, packaging, etc And you lose community, face-to-face connection, local jobs, and real shopping places The cost of convenience is too high

Anyone still serving in the Trump Administration must reckon with the reality that, when the government has previously perpetrated egregious miscarriages of justice, history has not been forgiving to those who’ve gone along, however reluctantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

A cool #Vermont resource: LocalMinutes.org Guy behind this has been organizing public records of different towns and layered on a generative AI interface so you can more easily find town info and decisions.

All of this + more time with those you love. Your health is priceless and you don’t get time back, spend it wisely.

Just listen to Flavor Flav

Worthwhile read. We aren’t doing nearly enough.

On Friday, was at meeting about S&P growth in recent years. Speakers expecting more growth in 2026, given strong earnings for 80% of companies, assuming unemployment doesn’t spike. All I could think about was this earnings growth is achieved on backs of workers without real wage growth.

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

The FBI is focused on immigration. The Department of HOMELAND SECURITY is wearing masks chasing roofers and abuela's around cities. No one is focused on actual terror. These crimes aren't being committed by undocumented immigrants no matter how much the Republican Doormat Congress and Trump say it.

@sanders.senate.gov We need your support blocking #Amazon in #Vermont #VT The local town denied the application as not meeting local requirements. Amazon wants its way tho and has appealed. There are 300 acres adjacent to site that could be easily be data center. Please stand w Vermonters 🙏🏼💪🏼

Congratulations to the people of Chandler, AZ, who — despite a fierce lobbying campaign — defeated a massive AI data center that would have raised utility bills and drained scarce water. Oligarchs want working Americans to foot the bill while they profit. Not gonna happen!

No more articles on "what Trump voters think." Trump voters don’t think. That is the problem. He appeals to their wounded psyches in some way — racism, sexism, xenophobia, etc. Enough already. We don't need any more stories on the "mind" of Trump voters.

“He is not unstoppable and you are not without power” Remind yourself of this every day. Especially on the bad days.

Let the revolution against billionaires and AI begin. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/t...

Like Bernie or not, he’s not wrong here. Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people. This is why we created @acres-vermont.bsky.social to fight back against Amazon in Vermont. #MainStreetOverWallStreet #PeopleOverProfits

Wild.

They are not “skeptics,” they are extremist science deniers who think that some children deserve to die

When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy. This is a danger to the free press.

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.