The way things are doesn't have to be.

Build community. Preserve one's agency. “Protests often have a subtle cascade effect. These are long-term fights.” See also thirdact.org/maryland/202...

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! 2025 has certainly been one [redacted] year. Here's wishing everyone a healthy and peaceful New Year, as we hopefully build toward our Bedford Falls.

Icymi: National Academies' Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare 2025 report, a response to EPA's proposed recission of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. 2-page summary is worth a read. Overarching Conclusion: see below. tinyurl.com/25yrnyx7

Appalachian Trail over I-70. Banner deployment with ear worm @thirdactmd.bsky.social

CO₂ is plant food 🙃

“Young people are inheriting an uncertain future where climate change is only going to continue to worsen, and it feels essential for us to use our voices and take action in [any] way we can”

"This year, renewables surpassed coal as a source of electricity worldwide, and solar and wind energy grew fast enough to cover the entire increase in global electricity use from January to June"

PJM’s latest auction = billions in higher electricity bills for MD families. Meanwhile, 90% of clean energy projects sit stuck in PJM’s backlog.We need reforms now. 🔗 chesapeakeclimate.org/pjm-auction-... @thirdactmd.bsky.social @progressivereform.bsky.social

Closing NCAR because it produces "climate alarmism" is like closing the fire department because it produces "fire alarmism" billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...

Holiday-themed, @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social "Light Brigade" banner drop on Gorman Rd over I-95, MD. Guess who's on Santa's naughty list.

"2026 is either America’s 250th anniversary or its first. Our democracy, the institutions that upheld it, and a structure that symbolized it have fallen. It’s on us to not simply clean up the rubble, but to build something new in its place."

"If we no longer bear the burden of saving a system broken beyond repair, there’s an opportunity to envision something new." Join us at the next Tesla Takedown rally on the Pike. Dec. 20, 11 am-noon, Rockville Tesla, 1300 Rockville Pike, MD. RSVP: tinyurl.com/k5tvsvxr #TeslaTakedown #Democracy

"We must inform the public of the danger that their antiscience campaign poses to all of us, and massively mobilize voters for a mid-term election that could determine the future course of science, democracy and our planet. It’s not game over. It’s game on."

Gov. Moore announces full funding for RENEW environmental study, reversing course. Study is essential to helping to protect state taxpayers from the increasing costs associated with flooding and extreme weather.

This is super easy to do. About 3 minutes to send a message to your 2 senators and 1 rep. Optionally, it'll also connect you to their offices for you to leave a message.

Just put on blinders and put in ear plugs and, voilà, no more climate crisis! Unbelievable. This is not just shooting oneself in the foot; this is shooting oneself in the head. Everyone would be affected. A good time to call your reps in DC--right now.

Many Third Actors have served in the military, so when Trump decided to attend the Army-Navy football game in Baltimore last Saturday, we showed up too! This is no time to sit on the sidelines. It’s time to get in the game! If you’re 60+, join us: thirdact.org/maryland/join #NoKings #Democracy

Billionaires are a policy failure. Billionaires are a policy failure. Billionaires are a policy failure. We must take them on. #InLovingMemoryOfDavidMott @1199seiu.org @mddc.1199seiu.org @marylandppc.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social Pass it on.

The music corner is always among the early arrivals at Saturday's Tesla Takedown rally on the Pike. 11 am-noon, Rockville Tesla, 1300 Rockville Pike, MD. Here's one of our playlist favorites from yesterday. #TeslaTakedown #democracy

Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Help us override Gov Moore's veto of the RENEW Act study bill, an important first step toward making polluters pay for the climate damage they have caused in Maryland. Email your Maryland legislators: tinyurl.com/musujp48 @thirdactorg.bsky.social #MakePollutersPay

"Solar is no longer just cheap daytime electricity, solar is now anytime dispatchable electricity. This is a game-changer for countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources."

Mapping the environmental impact of AI by state that would put the tech industry's climate goals out of reach. Key takeaway: location of a data center matters.

MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”

Icymi, here's the webinar recording, Democratizing Solar: How Plug-In Solar Expands Energy Affordability & Resilience. Putting "power back in people’s hands. Plug-in solar isn’t just a new technology; it’s a new model of energy ownership"

Hey #TeslaTakedown there’s a new nighttime technique in town #Arlington @thirdactsocal.bsky.social @thirdactmd.bsky.social

“If you act on climate change, you will reduce thermal stress to coral reefs, and the impact of cyclones. The second major solution is to reduce local threats."

“This tells us that congestion pricing didn’t simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic. Instead, folks are likely choosing cleaner transportation options altogether, ..."

A judge struck down 🌮’s halt on approvals of wind power projects on federal lands and waters, a blow to the administration’s campaign against reewable energy. Judge Patti B. Saris of the U.S. District Court wrote that 🌮’s executive order was violating federal law. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/c...

Just started: The Last Class [in UC Berkeley] with Robert Reich: Live Watchalong. Q&A afterward.

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

It's Saturday! Must be Tesla Takedown rally on the Pike! 11 am-noon, Rockville Tesla, 1300 Rockville Pike, MD. RSVP: tinyurl.com/rwc35u67 Or, just show up! Here are some pics from last week. #TeslaTakedown #Democracy

It was cold with some snow at today's @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social banner drop on Gorman Rd over I-95, MD. But folks still showed up with important messaging that passing cars agreed with (honking, waving, flashing lights). Fridays, 3-5 pm: www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

"Utah became the first state in the country to pass legislation allowing people to purchase and install small, portable solar panels that plug into a standard wall socket." Similar bills to be filed soon by New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Maryland, New Hampshire.

Energy Justice Town Hall Returns to Baltimore, Dec. 6 9:30 am-2 pm, Digital Harbor High School, 1100 Covington St., Baltimore. RSVP: tinyurl.com/yns4vew6 Be empowered to be advocates, educators, and change-makers, to take control of our collective energy future. Free on-site parking. Lunch provided.

Maryland PIRG’s new analysis finds BGE’s multi-billion dollar gas pipeline replacement program may be slowing the work to repair or replace the riskiest pipes. A 2025 law could result in major changes moving forward to stop wasteful spending & require BGE to prioritize safety. bit.ly/pirgreport

Icymi: Webinar on Bright Saver White Paper - Democratizing Solar: How Plug-In Solar Expands Energy Affordability & Resilience. Plug-in solar, with regulatory change, will drop precipitously in cost, reaching millions of American households within years. Power to the people--literally.

'On top of all these problems is the climate crisis. “The house was on fire because of mismanagement, and then climate change … is adding fuel”' 'The conditions driving it — low rainfall and soaring temperatures — would not have been possible without human-caused climate change'

Quite a wind chill at today's @indivisiblehocomd.bsky.social banner drop on Gorman Rd over I-95, MD. A couple dozen people showed up and were warmed by all the positive (honking, waving, flashing lights) reactions from passing cars. Nearby? Check it out! Fridays, 3-5 pm: tinyurl.com/3zmeaen6

Spotify is running ads to recruit for the regime’s secret police. Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky

Some "behind the scenes" photos of how we set up our "light brigade" signs on the overpass! 🦋 #resist

11/27-12/1, don't shop at Target, Amazon, or Home Depot. Shop local, independent stores instead. Target caved to Trump’s attacks on DEI. Home Depot colludes with ICE. Amazon funds funding Trump to secure corporate tax cuts. @thirdactorg.bsky.social #WeAintBuyingIt #BlackoutBlackFriday

"Hope in the big brain ... Probably the real question is how big is the heart that brain is connected to."

Icymi: Human Nature: Exploring climate science and solutions through the lens of emotion. From Drawdown Ignite, with Dr. Kate Marvel, exploring "climate science and solutions through the lens of different emotions, from wonder, to anger and fear, and finally to hope."

Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

What a balm for the end of the day, especially in these times, and what else the world could be like. @mayorwu.boston.gov

#Founders against #Fascists #removetheregime @thirdactmd.bsky.social @thirdactdc.bsky.social @thirdactva.bsky.social @thirdactorg.bsky.social