My fellow older Boomers and I have lived through some weird shit in our lives but this past year … uh … exceeded expectations.

”The problem of misinformation in the current age, argues political scientist Samuel Bagg, is not that reliably truth-producing institutions and practices don’t exist, but that people have ceased to trust them.“ Changing that requires far more than fact checking … www.volts.wtf/p/the-cure-f...

Holy fuck! Showing ZERO fear of retribution from a vengeance-obsessed TRAITOR who attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, usurp the constitution, and overthrow the U.S. government, Jack Smith, with ZERO fucks left to give is what a badass American hero looks like.

Oh, c’mon. How bad could falling vaccination rates be? Too bad RFK Jr. wasn’t around 230 years ago when Edward Jenner was working to prevent smallpox — which killed 3 of 10 who contracted it — he could have stopped this inoculation nonsense from the get-go. /s www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...

A reminder: In most places where this happened, it was despite fierce opposition from Republicans who had no trouble with extending tax cuts to billionaires. www.epi.org/blog/over-8-...

Trump has vetoed 2 bipartisan bills to make it easier to build a water pipeline in CO & give a Native American tribe more control over the Everglades Why? Because they don't support his immigration policies Trump is citing immigration to ban INDIGENOUS Americans from basic human rights like water🤦🏽‍♂️

A reminder: In most places where this happened, it was despite fierce opposition from Republicans who had no trouble with extending tax cuts to billionaires. www.epi.org/blog/over-8-...

Oh, c’mon. How bad could falling vaccination rates be? Too bad RFK Jr. wasn’t around 230 years ago when Edward Jenner was working to prevent smallpox — which killed 3 of 10 who contracted it — he could have stopped this inoculation nonsense from the get-go. /s www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...

His murder was a major factor pushing me (age 16) into a lifetime of activism. Now the US is on the precipice of smashing a crucial victory spurred by Evers & other warriors for justice. If it happens, what do SupCt justices think will be the reaction? www.contrabandcamp.com/p/a-century-...

Tried and true tactic of fossil fuel disinformation machine. An excerpt from #ScienceUnderSiege:

”The problem of misinformation in the current age, argues political scientist Samuel Bagg, is not that reliably truth-producing institutions and practices don’t exist, but that people have ceased to trust them.“ Changing that requires far more than fact checking … www.volts.wtf/p/the-cure-f...

Here’s Bloomberg’s look at a fat batch of Trump regime attacks on the environment, particularly anything to do with addressing climate. tinyurl.com/55uv757n

A quick look back at 2025 regarding the instability risk of the Atlantic Ocean circulation #AMOC.🌊 Some bad, some positive news. A meta-analysis of 768 simulations with 38 different climate models shows an #AMOC shutdown is not a low-probability event any more. 1/6 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Proof for those still unaware that it’s not just immigrants without papers that the Trump regime is going after. bsky.app/profile/utah...

Three studies —two in Europe and one in the U.S. — have also told us this story over the past few years. cleantechnica.com/2025/12/29/c...

Here’s Bloomberg’s look at a fat batch of Trump regime attacks on the environment, particularly anything to do with addressing climate. tinyurl.com/55uv757n

“Where is that same energy?” Suddenly the people who didn’t care about Trump’s 34 felony counts are super into accountability and against fraud? Please spare us

Why is it that interstellar movie aliens can show up with their wormhole ships and plasma guns but cannot defeat kerosene-powered, air-breathing planes slinging hard projectiles? Asking for some friends in a galaxy far, far away.

We’re headed for the FO part of FAFO if we don’t curtail the actions of the corporate and gov’t people who claim climate change isn’t an existential threat and that continuing to burn fossil fuels is crucial to ensure a prosperous future.

Well, at least he won’t be coming to DC and getting his third standing ovation from Congress, including many Democrats. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.

One good thing about the brutal thuggishness displayed by the Republican regime in carrying out its immigrant roundup is that it’s made an airtight case for abolishing ICE.

One good thing about the brutal thuggishness displayed by the Republican regime in carrying out its immigrant roundup is that it’s made an airtight case for abolishing ICE.

We’re headed for the FO part of FAFO if we don’t curtail the actions of the corporate and gov’t people who claim climate change isn’t an existential threat and that continuing to burn fossil fuels is crucial to ensure a prosperous future.

Trump is determined to have 25 new “battleships” built under the same proviso as his ballroom — unprecedentedly gigantic. Will this obsolete-before- it’s-launched fleet be painted gold? Battleships are about as valuable in the current era as Viking longships, no matter how cool they look.

As terrible as much of the Washington Post‘s political coverage and op-ed choices are these days, solid reporting on Trumpian dystopia like this piece still appears. But the lousy headline on it fails to show skimming readers who‘s at fault for this “collapse.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

As terrible as much of the Washington Post‘s political coverage and op-ed choices are these days, solid reporting on Trumpian dystopia like this piece still appears. But the lousy headline on it fails to show skimming readers who‘s at fault for this “collapse.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

J. Weiner at NYT on Trump’s insults of women journalists: ”The absolute lack of any consequences is worse. And the failure of the rest of the press corps to stand up for their colleagues and take him to task — or even just repeat the female journalist’s question until he answers? … worst of all.”

It's particularly wild to see facile comparisons because we have stuff like Bitcoin mining, supersonic jets hype, NFTs, SUVs, single use plastic etc all from the past decade to compare the AI boom to

Hmm. www.unchartedblue.com/hey-im-begin...

The Storytelling We Need to Rebuild Belief in Government www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/22/t...

If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.

“…rather than promising the impossible.” Climate goals are becoming more realistic? Author seems to think the pace of the climate crisis will slow down if we continue this retreat on goals. How about asking climate scientists how they view “more realistic” goals. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...

I am so excited. I just got news that our winter antifa uniforms have been shipped!!

“…rather than promising the impossible.” Climate goals are becoming more realistic? Author seems to think the pace of the climate crisis will slow down if we continue this retreat on goals. How about asking climate scientists how they view “more realistic” goals. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...

Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year. Im sure there will be no issues there at all.

Yet another case of natural forest regeneration happening quite fast, once grazing was banned, in contrast with more expensive large tree-planting scheme which largely failed. "Sal, sisau and simal grew back within three to four years.”

counter take: we will deeply regret not having put down another 4-5x solar plants this decade

Sen. Murray blasts Trump regime for VA abortion ban: The “VA already prohibits abortion care except in incredibly limited circumstances — this change goes even further, blocking women veterans whose health is in danger, or who are survivors of rape or incest, from getting the basic care they need.”

From the golden ballroom to the President Donald J. Trump Highway in Okla., everything that gets tainted with our Outlaw Prez’s name attached shd include “grifter and predator“ on the accompanying plaque. Some of the rowdier members of Congress cd become midnight taggers if that’s what it takes.

The Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, rare red lightning and more. Check out Nature's picks for the best science images of 2025: spklr.io/63322BQTNq 🧪

Merry Christmas! 🎄✨ 🔭🧪🐡🎨

Donald Trump & Melania answered Santa calls to NORAD from kids. In one call, a child from Oklahoma asked why Santa is being tracked. Trump said: "We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we are not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa." He also said, "Don’t ever leave Oklahoma."

There’s a lot of excitement about the growth of next-gen geothermal in the US. But geothermal is *already* competing at price parity in Europe. On this week’s episode of Shift Key, @jessedjenkins.com and I chat with Mark Fitzgerald, the CEO of a geothermal firm that is now powering a German town:

We will see if this is how our Outlaw Prez responds to the 6-3 SupCt ruling saying he cannot deploy the National Guard To Chicago.

JD Vance has previously invoked a (probably apocryphal) quote from Andrew Jackson on an 1832 SupCt ruling on Indian removal: “[Chief Justice] John Marshal has made his decision. Now let him enforce it.“

Every “nice” 60+ degree day in December has its costs. I am chilled to the bone in this winter drought when people talk about how “beautiful” the warm snow-cap-less day is.

My totally speculative theory on CBS is that when the WH saw the story, someone called an Ellison, who called Bari Weiss in a panic over the Warner Bros. bid, ordered her to kill it Only a non-journalist (Ellison) would be too dumb not to understand killing the story just made things 100X worse

7... Supreme Court, tax the billionaires, regulate AI and restore real democracy to America. Stop waiting for the Godot of an Epstein "bombshell" when a corrupt house is dealing the cards, and let's get to work -30-