In most applications, I think use of AI is driven less by the promise of improved outcomes than the capacity to present a choice as authoritative or rational in a way that is beyond criticism. Basically, the idea that because something is derived from AI it must be right.

Discussion around advanced recycling is "driven less by the merits or feasibility" of the technology, and more by Big Oil's need to offer a solution "that doesn’t restrict the exponential growth in plastics production," said CCI's @davisallen.bsky.social during a recent panel w/ @eliorg.bsky.social.

A 'maddening' new bombshell report revealing the fraud of plastics recycling. @rebeccajohn.bsky.social reports for @desmog.com on an exclusive document showing the petrochemical industry knew as early as 1974 that recycling was a false solution. www.desmog.com/2025/08/05/m...

“It's further proof that the plastics industry has been actively deceiving the public for decades about the recyclability of plastics” says @davisallen.bsky.social @climateintegrity.org New evidence shows DuPont knew 50 years ago recycling "not feasible"

NEW: The president of one of the world's largest plastics producers acknowledged in 1974 that recycling plastic was "not feasible." It's “further proof that the plastics industry has been actively deceiving the public for decades about the recyclability of plastics” says @davisallen.bsky.social.

#PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2 resource--recycling-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/resource...

Big Oil and the plastics industry are misleading the public about "advanced recycling." Even industry insiders concede that it's a false solution to the plastic pollution crisis. CCI's @davisallen.bsky.social breaks down his latest investigation in @commondreams.org 👇

People are growing worried about the plastic pollution problem — and that’s worrying Big Oil and the plastics industry. In the words of one industry consultant, Big Oil has an “[u]rgent need for success stories.” But will they ever come? CCI’s @davisallen.bsky.social explains.

Big Oil and the plastics industry are deceptively marketing "advanced recycling" as a solution — even as industry insiders point out its limitations.  CCI's @davisallen.bsky.social spoke to CBS News about his recent investigative report, "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling."

Touted by Big Oil and the plastics industry as a major breakthrough, "advanced recycling" is anything but. Our hidden gem of the week unpacks how the technology is neither novel, scalable, nor environmentally friendly. By @davisallen.bsky.social in @climateintegrity.org buff.ly/ONdAAz1

1/2 „#Plastic producers have pushed “advanced #recycling” as a salve to the plastic waste crisis despite knowing for years that it is not a technically or economically feasible solution, a new report argues.“ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Advanced" recycling is not: ❌ new or groundbreaking ❌ able to address hard-to-recycle plastics ❌ environmentally friendly ❌ circular Don't take our word for it. Read what plastics industry insiders have said: 👇

“They’re claiming it’s a solution and it’s not, and they know it." Great piece exposing the truth about chemical recycling, based on the new @climateintegrity.org report, from @grist.org @josephwintervhs.bsky.social @davisallen.bsky.social #plasticpollution #advancedrecycling

Big Oil and the plastics industry want you to think that “advanced recycling” is a solution to the plastic waste crisis. “But they know the problems, the limitations," CCI's @davisallen.bsky.social tells @dharna.bsky.social about our new investigation.

First @davisallen.bsky.social exposed how the oil industry promoted recycling knowing full well it wouldn't address plastic waste Now it is "advanced recycling,” the same problem dressed up as a new "solution" -- check out his report! climateintegrity.org/projects/adv...

NEW: Big Oil and the plastics industry market “advanced recycling” as a solution to the plastic waste crisis. But their claims are undermined by their own words and experts. Our new report shows how "advanced recycling" is a deceptive industry ploy to keep producing more plastic.

NEW: We analyzed how State Farm's rate hike in California forces the rising costs of climate disasters onto policyholders — instead of the Big Oil companies fueling the crisis. The average homeowner will pay $841 more in 2025 than in 2023. Big Oil will pay $0. climateintegrity.org/news/view/an...

🚨NEW: Nearly 200 groups — including CCI — are urging Democratic leaders @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to unite their caucuses to oppose any proposal that could give immunity to the fossil fuel industry and shield Big Oil from accountability. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

CCI's research team is hiring a paid summer intern -- please share with anyone who might be a good fit! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

Note that the U.S. Constitution falls afoul of these guidelines, with its stated intent to "establish Justice" and provide "equal protection of the laws".

Pouring one out for all thousands of white journalists who are trying to figure out how to continue to frame each of these as a strange, mysterious and inexplicable body spasms shorn of any context or meaning

Hannah Einbinder rightly called out Big Oil for fueling the climate and plastic waste crises: “The fossil fuel industry is to blame for the climate crisis and they need to pay to clean up the mess that they made.” 👏👏👏 www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

pete davidson removing his tattoos is probably indicative of a broader cultural shift toward conservatism and away from individual expression and all of that. at the same time, if i had *pete davidson’s tattoos* i’d want to get them removed too.

seeing takes about the aid institutions and their role in imperialism. correct. If someone said "investor-owned hospitals exploit the vulnerable to benefit shareholders" I'd nod. If their followup was "and that's why I'm turning off your mom's dialysis machine" I'd...have some followup questions

@nytimes.com headline editors are CRUSHING it today with the exonerative voice

They are just pouring water out of a reservoir for no goddamn reason other than Trump thinks that there's a magic valve that was stopping California from fighting wildfires.

Dehumanization begins with a backspace.

It is Friday afternoon of a wild, wild week. And yet for me a reassuring one. My greatest fear was not of what they would do. It's that we would let them. And I'm seeing a lot of beautiful intransigence. From federal workers. From people all over the country obstructing ICE....

New court papers filed on behalf of the middleman in a hacking scheme targeting climate activists ties the scandal back to Exxon. The hacking “is alleged to have been commissioned by DCI Group, a lobbying firm representing Exxon Mobil.” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Do we need to change our fundamental political strategy as our base vehemently rejected our warmongering, genocide, right-wing immigration and policing policies, and turbocapitalism? No, we need to appeal to the youth through more memorable(?) tuna melt(?) viral(?) moments.

google docs is incapable of giving me consistent formatting for a memo but absolutely insists on replacing any critical thinking

I hear [email protected] is getting flooded with AI-generated spam - please share this news

Who should pick up the tab for the billions of dollars in damages from these deadly fires in LA? The fossil fuel industry who lied about climate change for decades, that's who. Brilliant must read from @cadavejones.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...

Respectfully (and I genuinely mean this), I’ve never heard a single regular person ask for “bipartisanship.” That’s inside nonsense. They want things to work. If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.

Love googling for a basic fact and then spending 20 minutes trying to figure out what the hell the AI is talking about

"We have to acknowledge this is caused by the #FossilFuel industry which has been lying for almost half a century & blocking action .. They've known the whole time that the planet will get hotter .. & impacts like this fire will happen .. This is just the beginning, it's going to get way worse"

Exxon is suing California's AG and a group of nonprofits for accusing the company of deceiving the public about plastics recycling. Legal experts told me the case is a textbook SLAPP, intended to intimidate its opponents and prevent them from speaking out. www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-reso...

Something abolitionists did to good effect was promote the testimony of people who had endured slavery themselves.

The way that university officials have begun to treat “peaceful” and “disruptive” as antonyms, when they in fact are not antonyms, is the kind of violence to language that one expects of authoritarians

In 2024, California and Ford County, Kansas, filed the first lawsuits seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for the fraud of plastic recycling. More communities could bring similar cases in 2025. insideclimatenews.org/news/1112202...

Well, this is fascinating. The good people at @cplusc.bsky.social have found that voters with incomes under 100K overwhelmingly support fossil-fuel phaseout! So much for the myth that climate change is merely an "elite" preoccupation of the affluent, college-educated, dare I say "woke" voter. 🧵

Not a coincidence to achieve record low gun violence in same years as record highs in: ☀️ Paid youth summer jobs participation 👶 Universal pre-K access 🏘️ Affordable housing & homeownership investment 👩‍🍳 Small business creation 🌳 Parks programming 👩‍🏫 BPS early college & career seats

"We are better off doing with people who don’t share our political labels but nevertheless try to accomplish the same goals, the kind of organizing built into the culture of workers' unions, tenants' unions, debtors’ unions—collectives defined not by what their opinions are but by core goals."

News on this: the Biden DOJ just weighed in on these petitions, advising the Supreme Court to stay out of climate lawsuits against Big Oil. www.eenews.net/articles/bid...

It’s fun how both “the cops caught somebody” and “the cops failed to catch somebody” are political fodder for “give the cops more money”