C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline "There’s no agreement yet, but time marches on, and conditions on the river continue to be problematic — more problematic over time as those reservoirs decline.” www.latimes.com/environment/...

"You can’t solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it. Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth & build a fairer future." - @zackpolanski.bsky.social Perhaps even more true in the United States.

National Parks are a mirror of democracy — owned by the people, protected for all. Which is why, in an age of privatization and neglect, they’ve never been more imperiled.

Hear, hear, though it's concerning that most people calling for the end of fossil fuels still push the idea that we can keep everything else -- the same capitalism, growth economy, imperialism, inequality, production, consumption, & lifestyles. That's not working out. We need bigger changes, eg:

Any politician who uses the word "hopefully" when dealing with the GOP in 2025 is an unserious person & needs to be voted out of office. "When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet.” – Robert Greene

America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.

This is what's happening in Chicago right now, with @katmabu.bsky.social.

"Our politicians refuse to take action [on the #climatecrisis] because they are aligned with the capitalist class... We need a new way forward: build new mass-based political parties that can unite workers & environmentalists in a shared project of transformation..." - @jasonhickel.bsky.social

"The good news is that these policies are highly popular and can form the basis of a winning political platform. Democratic socialism is a viable path — indeed, the only path — to a safe and just future." tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...

When faced with the choice of changing our systems to save nature to save ourselves vs. business as usual govts (& most people) have chosen business as usual. Because who needs a cold Arctic, right? /sarcasm As a species, we are incredibly arrogant to think the harm we do to nature won't hurt us.

Folks. If you love your city and the people in it and feel helpless in the face of the fascist forces roaming your neighborhoods, read this piece and find some way to resist or to keep resisting or to support others who are. Be like Chicago. City of Broad Shoulders indeed.

This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media. Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

Here's a look at the extent of the "warmth" across the #Arctic in October. This map uses my normal anomaly scaling for each month, but it clearly doesn't work for something this extreme. Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...

Think of the quote in the photo below as you listen to this young man.

🔥 "One thing I notice when I read history is this: The world is shaped primarily by people who believe things and then take action in accordance with their beliefs." "Don’t think so much. Go fight. We have already lost way too much by failing to do this for too long." – @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social

@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social is on🔥: "Engaging with politics, to many voters, means stepping into the mind state of a political consultant ... I want to suggest a different mental model of politics: Think about what you want to happen. Then fight for that thing."

Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.

Yes

Elon Musk Is repsonsible for the deaths of 600,000 human beings and yet is being rewarded by capitalists with 1000 billion dollars bsky.app/profile/newy...

Related article👇: The Planet Can't Afford AI. It hogs too much energy & water. "Tech won’t save us. Human relationships built on love and reciprocity will. Mutual aid and parallel networks of care will. Connection to and reverence for the wild will. Encounters with soul will."

I didn't think the gap between climate science/reality & what people heard through mainstream media (not counting The Guardian) could get *worse* – yet here we are. We're in la-la-land pretending fossil-fueled business as usual & endless economic growth are somehow compatible with a livable planet.

Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN - Experts say 2023, 2024 and 2025 will be the three hottest years in 176 years of records, with 1.5C Paris agreement target now ‘virtually impossible’ #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Read the infuriating thread below from @hebagowayed.bsky.social about her experience with Time Magazine. Then read Heba's article: "Zohran Mamdani Campaign and the Radical Idea that Muslims are Human" to support her & say thank you to @therumpus.net for publishing with integrity.

JD Vance has always been the long-term plan for right-wing tech billionaires to cement a dictatorship in America. “Vance has been anointed by Thiel and the rest of the anti-democracy movement as the post-Trump president, tasked with replacing the US establishment with an authoritarian regime.”

YOU HAVE TO LEARN AI NOW IF YOU DON'T PICK IT UP IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS YOUR BUSINESS WILL GET LEFT BEHIND the YouTube ad shrieks at me. Yeah, what I'm hearing is that you have 18 months to make all these massively over-leveraged products turn a profit. And that's not a me problem.

Read the infuriating thread below from @hebagowayed.bsky.social about her experience with Time Magazine. Then read Heba's article: "Zohran Mamdani Campaign and the Radical Idea that Muslims are Human" to support her & say thank you to @therumpus.net for publishing with integrity.

“You’re a human being. Don’t treat yrself as disposable—that’s the logic of the deathmakers. Make yourself whole. You don’t just deserve healing & joy; you need those things. We need you here, on earth, in yr community, where you belong.” prismreports.org/2025/11/03/s... @mskellymhayes.bsky.social

Somehow, we have to make "leaders not in love with money but in love with justice" the reality... not as a rare exception (e.g., Mamdani), but as the rule.

As happy as I am that Zohran won we still need to face up to the fact that there is a problem with the Democrats. The establishment figures within that party have no intention of giving up their grip, they will choose another terrible Presidential candidate if people don’t say NO to them.

When I think of Corporate Centrist Dems – the types who helped squash the Bernie movement in 2016 – the phrase, "Who needs enemies when you have friends like these?" comes to mind. The Dem old guard does not get how it's change or perish. They will try (but fail) to stop what Mamdani has started.

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @deadder.bsky.social )

I often feel that the greedy destroyers in this world – those destroying nature &/or harming people – have not once in their lives felt at peace, or marveled at simple natural beauty, or felt humbled by it. Yes, our collective power must stop their harm..., but it's also sad what they have become.

The world has reached its first climate tipping point as global warming causes widespread diebacks of warm-water coral reefs, scientists have warned.... theecologist.org/2025/oct/13/...

Oligarchs and extreme wealth inequality are your real enemies. Not immigrants. Not Muslims. Not China. Not gay or trans people. Not the "War on Drugs" or "War on Terror". Billionaires are the enemy. Destroy them.

Some people waited in line up for 14 hours to receive a food box from a church giveaway. 500 people volunteered to help and they still ran out of food. Remember for every one person a food bank feeds, SNAP feeds 9. By turning off food assistance the regime is starving Americans.

Oh, the irony! NASA’s building an Earth shield to protect us from space rocks. Forests, oceans, and the atmosphere are the real shields…protecting us from more immediate threats and we’re wrecking them. www.eldiario24.com/en/nasa-eart...

It’s clear why Zohran Mamdani has a double-digit lead in the New York mayoral race | Margaret Sullivan

Seeing things like this in the media and they're half right. He does have an incredibly clear, practical and consistent message of optimism. But it's also the ORGANIZING, folks. There's never been a local campaign this well-ORGANIZED which makes this many people happy to participate.

Republicans don’t need to know how to govern for the same reason the 9/11 hijackers didn’t need to know how to land.

#Climate denial isn’t just rejecting science—it’s defending the myth of endless growth. As The Limits to Growth warned decades ago, we can’t expand forever on a finite planet. What we need now is a new story of progress—one rooted in limits, care, and belonging. 🧪🌍🌐 An excellent read 👇

Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

The world's 10 richest people (nearly all from the U.S.) are collectively $500 billion richer this year thanks to growth in stocks tied to AI. Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity. AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.

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