So, for all those who love the Finger Lakes: a b*tcoin miner plans to turn the old retired coal plant on Cayuga Lake (just north of Ithaca) into a hyperscale data center. A bunch of us worked for years to shut down that coal plant—and won in 2019. sustainablefingerlakes.org/2025/10/08/c...

CNN reports Israel will not release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas. The eminent pediatrician was detained in Dec. during Israel’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital, after he refused to abandon patients under siege. Continued below ⬇️

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, and @astra.bsky.social for a town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left, hosted w/ @hammerandhope.bsky.social. Tuesday, October 14th at 6:00 PM ET RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

“The SSEP pipeline poses a threat to crucial waterways in North Carolina, including drinking water sources for more than 1 million people,” said Juhi Modi of Appalachian Voices.

The proposed co-location of two high-pressure, large diameter methane gas pipelines is a significant concern for local residents. Now, federal regulators are saying that having two may be unnecessary. https://loom.ly/VrZr5eo

Join us at the South Durham Farmer's Market!

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency @heatmap.news

I donated some copies of Let This Radicalize You for distribution at an ICE watch training for folks who want to join school patrols in a nearby neighborhood. Not everyone got a copy, because 120 people showed up for that training tonight. I am endlessly proud of Chicago.

I am working on a pretty big project. I can’t reveal too much about it, but I am putting out a public call for the worst pandemic takes from right-wing media and think tanks. Bonus points if the author works in the Trump administration.

BlackRock is seeking to buy Aligned Data Centers, a data center construction company. It’s also going to buy AES, one of the major power providers for Big Tech data centers. While these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.

"So when the shutdown furloughs environmental staff but keeps fossil fuel permits flowing, it’s because the people making those decisions used to cash checks from oil companies." open.substack.com/pub/fossilfr...

Important read here: Fracking's Water Demand Soared in Drought-Plagued Northeast BC. A report today from Stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50% in 2024. via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Larry Ellison: —Second‑richest man on Earth —Gave $16.6 million to Friends of the IDF —Hosted Netanyahu on his private island —Trump plan makes him co-own TikTok —Son, David, just spent $150 million to buy The Free Press & make Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS —Wants Warner Bros (CNN, HBO)

Joe Biden said without Israel, Jewish people wouldn't be safe. Israeli officials just dragged an American Jewish man to his knees, made him take a photo op with the Israeli flag, and yelled in his face and called him a terrorist

NEW: David Adler—a Jewish American on the Gaza aid Flotilla—details Israeli detention. At one point, he says, he was forced to his knees for a photo op with the Israeli flag, as Ben Gvir yelled in his face, calling him a terrorist. Says US "hung up" on families of Americans, veterans seeking help.

Emmy-award winner Hannah Einbinder: "I have trouble with the term 'liberal Zionism' because I think it absolves the identifier of reckoning with the necessary elements for the ideology to thrive." Watch it all in Zeteo's new podcast, Beyond Israelism with Simone Zimmerman: zeteo.com/p/beyond-isr...

Hearing from a lot of folks in and around CBS / Paramount. Thank you! But there's more I'd love your help with. If you work there, might you be able to text me? You can reach me on Signal @ premthakker.35 Your anonymity will be protected No info? That's ok, just boost this so others see it too :)

“We Are Elated by the Gaza Ceasefire News. Now, the World Must Hold Israel to Account for 2 Years of Genocide” In an emotional essay for Zeteo, former Palestinian negotiator Diana Buttu reacts to the ceasefire announcement, what it means for Palestinians, and what still worries her. Your #mustread:

Some 70 people are reported killed, injured, or missing beneath the rubble after Israeli airstrikes struck Gaza’s Al Sabra neighborhood. Families that had gathered in celebration were bombed, leading to casualties among many women and children.

Michigan Avenue right now.

After 5 years, our annual meeting is back--join us in Clemmons on October 25th! cwfnc.org/2025meet/ Topics will include: -Water Justice in Recovery from Helene -Energy Justice as NC Faces a Huge Gas Buildout - and Data Centers. We hope to see you there! 😊More info on agenda will be shared soon.

Communities Over Corporate Profit: We Won’t Pay for Pipelines & Data Centers! Plus: GIANT ROBOT FIGHT CLUB Who'll win? Team CEO Billionaires or THE PEOPLE OF NC? Oct. 26, 2-4pm NC Freedom Park-218 N. Wilmington St. Raleigh bit.ly/SunOct26 @hawriverassembly.bsky.social @350triangle.bsky.social

“MVP’s proposed extension of its pipeline into North Carolina — MVP Southgate — is now within half a mile of another dangerous proposed pipeline, Transco SSEP, and the burden on our communities will only be compounded.” ncnewsline.com/2025/10/06/f...

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility. Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying. All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds #Climate

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files. She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

The Trump administration’s energy policies have led to a nearly 50 percent decrease in the forecast for renewable energy growth in the U.S.

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

“It’s clear that national political sentiment is making its way into this plan. I don’t know what else accounts for prolonging coal, because the economics are certainly not on its side.” ~Josh Brooks www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

Greta--always a hero, and always eager to get the focus where it belongs www.teenvogue.com/story/greta-...

A bill is sitting on @GavinNewsom’s desk that would lower Californians’ utility bills – all he has to do is sign it. But rumors are swirling that he plans to do the opposite - a move that could prove disastrous for California and for Newsom. A 🧵:

She called out world leaders for sitting by and watching a live-streamed genocide without taking action.

Greta: "I will never comprehend how humans can be so evil. That you would deliberately starve millions of people living trapped under an illegal siege as a continuation of decades of oppression and apartheid.” Source: Global Sumud Flotilla via X

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

Video: Australian doctor Nada Abu Alrub reports from Gaza (video from Instagram)

⭕ Two years of genocide: The Government Media Office says Israel has dropped over 200,000 tons of explosives on Gaza in 730 days — roughly 13 times the force of the Hiroshima bomb...The office released new statistics; here are some of the main points:

BREAKING: The Trump admin has installed 100+ fossil fuel insiders and corporate lobbyists to roles across federal agencies. These staffers are enacting a dirty energy agenda and destroying our public lands. Our new report with Revolving Door Project breaks it all down ⬇️

If you are in the National Guard or ICE and have any information or tips you’d like to share, text me on Signal premthakker.35 Your anonymity will be protected