So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

Lower the maximum wage.

Schrödinger’s charger: the phone is plugged in but I can’t tell if it’s charging. If I touch it to see, that will jiggle the loose charging wire. I can never know if it’s charging until it’s not.

Wouldn’t it be great to buy guilt-free plastics - without worrying that you are polluting the environment? That’s the promise of #plasticcredits. But are these credits really doing what they claim to do? Hear more from Benard Ogembo, Conor McGlone and Arpita Bhagat 🎧 soundcloud.com/plastisphere...

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Seems like this is worth trying

Who thinks #plastics are important for the economy? This new plant is slated to employ 300 people -- and its pollution will kill 410! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

For those still wondering what is at the root of the extreme polarization in modern society, the answer is very simple: inequality. www.cbsnews.com/news/k-shape...

At this point if Subway doesn't roll out a "Point Blank BLT" or "Felony Footlong" it's not serious about making money.

Before the constitutional amendment that created the income tax, the primary form of federal tax was tariffs. For constitutional originalists, “taxes” meant tariffs specifically.

How can they tell the difference?

Still thinking about Zohran’s full-throated defense of immigration and how long i’ve waited for it. No bullshit about border security or “legal” immigrants but just unabashed support for immigrants. How many people feel so much more seen today? I know I do. 1/

How the F did 40% out NYC vote for Cuomo????

I don’t know if we’ve fully come to grips with the fact that political polarization in the US is now based more on gender than race, income, urbanization or any other characteristic.

We published a global satellite survey of solid waste methane emissions at 150+ disposal sites in Nature today. You can find the paper at www.nature.com/articles/s41... and our accompanying news message at www.sron.nl/en/actueel/g....

This is pretty good. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Good lessons to learn from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social successful campaign: hopebased.substack.com/p/5-things-a...

The Onion never misses.

I don't think I've ever whooped for joy at a death announcement before.

Ningún mar en calma hizo experto a un marinero...dicho apropiado del día, de hoy y de muchos días.

This captures what confuses me about this moment.

The #plasticstreaty is at a crossroads. We need a dynamic chair who isn’t afraid to upset the apple cart if we are going to get a treaty that fulfills the mandate.

Teen Vogue has, surprisingly, been doing amazing political reporting even as prestige publications bent the knee. I smell a rat.

Yet another new report on the systemic failure of #carbonoffset projects. How many of these do we need before we give up on this fatally flawed concept? And learn the lessons for #plasticcredits as well. corporateaccountability.org/wp-content/u...

The IMO carbon tax negotiations were even worse than we heard. The US acts like a mafioso. Diplomatic envoys have been sacrosanct for centuries but that apparently means nothing to this government. Bad news for #multilateralism, diplomacy, and the #plasticstreaty. www.politico.eu/article/us-a...

NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.

The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026. If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it. So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.” Because that IS what they are going to say.

This unfortunately is true. Trump is merely a pimple sitting above a massive festering cyst that must be drained and disinfected. But democrats share blame too — they helped create the circumstances that allows fascism to thrive.

Great thread by @weatherwest.bsky.social

Want to sue the plastics industry? Here's a job for you! calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

What could possibly go wrong? Especially with the tech bros writing the AI software.

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results

Joan Jett just got an amazing update: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKCT...

So representing science in intergovernmental negotiations can now be considered treason. There is no point negotiating with such countries. Relevant to the #plasticstreaty #COP30 and elsewhere.

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible. Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

Refusing to feed people while building a massive ballroom is a fast track to eat the rich. No pun intended.

He did however knock on a lot of doors, put in a lot of shoe leather and framed his platform around what ordinary people said they actually needed.

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT: Refuses to swear in an elected Arizona representative….. what makes you think our elections won’t be disrupted or simply ignored.

I disagree with the claim that we had a fully functioning democracy 9 months ago. For many decades, US policy has been unresponsive to the wishes of the majority. Ppl were disenfranchised — effectively, not formally. That’s why so many are willing to burn it all down.

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

This quote and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social thread that follows nicely highlight the contrast between popular resistance and elite complicity. The fact that elite complicity has so far prevailed reveals the underlying power gap in the US.

So the US military is now routinely carrying out summary executions of unknown persons in international waters. Aside from being blatantly illegal, this is clearly conditioning them to do the same on land and eventually in the US. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

So excited to read this new book by Judith Enck (of @beyondplastics.bsky.social.) But I already have a question: Judith, the problem with plastic are so voluminous - how did you fit them all into such an accessible easy-to-read light little book? @storyofstuff

btw trump bombed another boat today

Soon-to-be Hurricane #Melissa has potential to be a devastating tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. This will be an extremely slow moving storm, and will tap a very deep pool of highly anomalously warm ocean water (i.e., "hurricane fuel). [1/2] #Hispanola #Jamaica