We watched the Lilith Fair documentary tonight. It was great… such fond memories. It was also infuriating, we have learned so little in the last 25 years.

Reading "On Tyranny" several years ago was a fast, very sobering read. It is a good read, but terrifying as it very clearly lays out what we are seeing occur in the US.

Really important @TimothySnyder column open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

I’ve ranted in class for 15+ years about the solar potential & preventing of evaporative losses. They have now finished a pilot! www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

A fire raging through the Sierra National Forest has burned through part of a grove of giant sequoias. @lilaseidman.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/... @latimes.com

I saw this today. Now we need one about water (same !@#$ story).

Over 85 experts and scientists worked collaboratively to dissect climate-science deceit from Trump's Department of Energy. A perspective ... and call to action (with a minor item of amusement?). getenergysmartnow.com/2025/09/02/c...

NEW: A devastating before and after montage of Rasheed Street in Gaza City. Put together by local photojournalist, Motaz Azaiza.

Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

The whole thread! Yes, this is the UK, but the ‘lived outcomes’ of many LGBT+ laws in many places (even those intended to ‘help’) are not understood or realistically evaluated.

This did not age well (where’s the lie). She knew & told us.

"National Security" was the same argument our government used 80 years ago to justify the immoral internment of people of Japanese descent at this very military base. It was wrong then, it’s wrong now.

Ha!

True & terrifying

The Insurance Industry and the #ClimateCrisis: How climate change is breaking the insurance industry, why insurers are fleeing high-risk states, the limitations of government backstops, and the looming political and financial crisis. Via @volts.wtf www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...

⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

"Motherf*ckin windfarms. Loud. Ugly. Harmful to nature. Who says that? These giants are standing tall against fossil fuels, rising out of the ocean like a middle finger to CO2." Wow. This ad campaign w/ Samuel Jackson is something else. Should I write about it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=bunG...

Terrifying!!! We can see it happening.

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.

I want to enthusiastically endorse this piece from @cselmendorf.bsky.social & @profschleich.bsky.social. Thus far YIMBY has been almost entirely focused on More Housing, but ultimately, if you want people to accept density, you have to make it *nice*, and that means more than just housing.

The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...

Seriously???? Give away the Boundary Waters?? I hope all affected by floods in Ely are OK.

Horrid to read, particularly because I know it is an attitude that persists in most academic fields.

Pulled some older footage captured in 2022 to compare to now. Never have been in the market with so many others. A million times better and no going back now.

Farm workers calling for a three day strike for dignity. Pointing out that people die labouring in these fields. That they get no holidays. No break. No benefits. Yet they show up every day to put food on our tables. Show up for them.

“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it.”

Though much remains uncertain (e.g. outcomes of lawsuits re: canceled grants), it is clear that U.S. gov funding for science — especially science that intersects w/ concerns about human flourishing — is going to be significantly diminished in coming years. Here are a few things we can do to help:

Wonky? A bit, yes, but so awesome! There are lessons for planners and policy makers.

A good provision of context &, most helpful, list of things you can do right now to fight ICE with links.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

I'm a fan of @heatmap.news's Shift Key. I'm especially excited about this new episode, which is a crash course on basic energy concepts. It seems like the next best thing to actually getting to sit in on @jessedjenkins.com's intro class at Princeton. 🔌💡 heatmap.news/podcast/shif...

Always true but especially true today: The only places we’re going to see meaningful progress for the next few years are state and local govts. Every local leader matters.

These WA apple pickers were working piece rate and get paid $30 per 900lb bin. On a good day they earned $140. #WeFeedYou Estos piscadores de manzanas de Washington trabajaban por pieza y recibían $30 por contenedor de 900 libras. En un buen día, ganaban $140. #SoyEsencial

Whoa! This is severe and so problematic.

BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S. This is what you get when you try to access them online

"If passed...By 2035 the US would emit 1 billion tons of additional carbon pollution compared to its current trajectory..would also lead to a massive wave of clean energy project cancellations at a time when America is already running out of electricity due to a surge in demand from AI data centers"

Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind. I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why. Please share! This is really important!!! @heatmap.news

In Michigan, native plants and pollinators are mandated by law around solar facilities. Research and experience show it supports bio diversity, beneficial insects, better drainage, and improved soils. good video explainer here thinc.blog/2025/06/27/s...

Cuz politics alone isn’t enough…

"Something really BAD gonna happen..OK? Shit's about to hit the fan!" Nicolle Wallace EXPLODES (on National TV)

It gets really hard to follow the news & not feel hopeless. I go to protests, donate, & all of the elected officials for which I can vote (except 47) are generally doing what I’d hope. Doesn’t seem to matter sometimes.

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

Sometimes it feels odd to post about how we can create more low-carbon, climate-resilient agriculture and food systems to feed more people in 2050 as climate-related disasters keep bearing down on us here in 2024. A tension we’ll be navigating as long as we work on this.

Solar + storage is now $104 per MWh in Las Vegas or similar regions for nearly 100% clean firm power. There is no way new nuclear can compete with this. Even new gas plants will struggle and that is assuming access to cheap gas over the life-cycle of the plant, which is kind of a crazy gamble TBH.

If you’re not outraged by this, you really should be.