Trump is batshit crazy. If the generals didn't know this before--they sure know it now. @secdef.govpeeps.us

Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 30, 2025 ~ These are the coolest days. "Extreme heat is not a distant risk – it is here now, threatening our people, our economies and our future." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 29, 2025 ~ Complicating? "Rising power demand due to increased use of air conditioning and artificial intelligence, as well as economic growth in developing nations, is complicating the energy transition." www.ft.com/content/66bb...

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Trump is batshit crazy. If the generals didn't know this before--they sure know it now. @secdef.govpeeps.us

"It is one of the great ironies of the American government that the Senate is one of the least democratic institutions in the country." www.marytrump.org/p/mary-trump...

Can anyone possibly imagine what must have gone through Pete Hegseth's head during that endless deranged rant by POTUS? Do you suppose it was what he expected? What do you suppose the generals expected?

FYI the national blackout continues!

Pay attention to the indispensible voices! American History: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-... The Courts: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a... Economics: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/understand... Climate Crisis: bsky.app/profile/clim... Fascism: snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-ter...

"Trump’s troop deployment to Portland, Oregon, faces immediate pushback in court" www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The Keystone Flops, making America safe from people riding bikes. All hail Dear Leader.

Your 'doom quote' for today: "One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds." www.goodreads.com/book/show/40...

"We are more than a news network. If you eliminate me and my brothers, independent news will only grow stronger as Trump grows weaker. The spark has been lit on the proliferation of independent news, and the MeidasTouch Network and its ethos will always live on." www.meidasplus.com/p/they-are-c...

"We are more than a news network. If you eliminate me and my brothers, independent news will only grow stronger as Trump grows weaker. The spark has been lit on the proliferation of independent news, and the MeidasTouch Network and its ethos will always live on." www.meidasplus.com/p/they-are-c...

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Pay attention to the indispensible voices! American History: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-... The Courts: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a... Economics: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/understand... Climate Crisis: bsky.app/profile/clim... Fascism: snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-ter...

Pay attention to the indispensible voices! American History: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-... The Courts: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a... Economics: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/understand... Climate Crisis: bsky.app/profile/clim... Fascism: snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-ter...

Pledge to The Führer is go.

Pi and e day vanquished? Square day! Be there *and* be square.

Your 'doom quote' for today: "It is an extraordinary thing for a foreigner to witness: one of the world's most sophisticated and beautiful nations being ransacked by barbarians." www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...

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It was clear nine years ago! FFS

"The question isn’t whether more of this is coming. It is. The question is whether we, as a society, are willing to admit the obvious: that the violence isn’t a glitch. It’s the plan." @michaelcohen212.bsky.social www.meidasplus.com/p/rage-desce...

Read my latest: open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

Your 'doom quote' for today: "We aren't losing the earth, but the earth is getting so hot so fast that it is on a trajectory to lose a great many of us." www.goodreads.com/book/show/43...

Antarctic sea-ice extent has likely passed its maximum for the year and 2025 came in with the 3rd lowest maximum since measurements began in 1979. The only years with a lower maximum were 2023 and 2024.

"The memo, titled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” aims to address how the administration will identify and target so-called “domestic terrorism.” truthout.org/articles/tru... "It fails to note that most political violence is performed by right-wing actors."

"The memo, titled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” aims to address how the administration will identify and target so-called “domestic terrorism.” truthout.org/articles/tru... "It fails to note that most political violence is performed by right-wing actors."

I believe this blaming of the left to be bullshit. Reality: www.snopes.com/fact-check/d...

Faschistische Schuldumkehr

I believe this blaming of the left to be bullshit. Reality: www.snopes.com/fact-check/d...

Politicians Debating Global Warming: atkinsopht.wordpress.com/2019/12/30/d...

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Timothy Snyder on Trump's designation of "Antifa" as a terrorist organization. With examples from Germany in the 30's. Must listen! Must repost! open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

"An inexperienced prosecutor loyal to Trump, filed criminal charges against one of her boss’s most-reviled opponents. She did so at Mr. Trump’s command, but also against the urging of her own subordinates and her predecessor. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

"An inexperienced prosecutor loyal to Trump, filed criminal charges against one of her boss’s most-reviled opponents. She did so at Mr. Trump’s command, but also against the urging of her own subordinates and her predecessor. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Timothy Snyder on Trump's designation of "Antifa" as a terrorist organization. With examples from Germany in the 30's. Must listen! Must repost! open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Your bonus 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "US utilities have shed the gains they made during the Biden administration. Almost none are on track to switch from fossil fuels to carbon-free energy at the speed and scale needed..." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Your 'doom quote' for today: "It is crystal clear that technology alone will unfortunately not save us. And it is still very much the lobbyists, fighting for the interests of short-term economics, who occupy the driver's seat in our society." www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709837...

Breaking News! Code UFB! The 36-month running average for Earth albedo (reflectivity) hit another record low as of the latest data release for July, 2025 by CERES. In other words, the darkening of the planet is growing stronger.

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Everything but the only thing that counts--the end of putting CO2 into the atmosphere. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Rabies, anyone? apnews.com/article/aggr...  'Very mean squirrel' seeking food has sent at least 2 people to the ER in a California city

The accompanying picture is misleading. The prominent effluent from natural draft cooling towers is pure water vapor. It is the *chimneys* that are the problem.