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the new paper in question: emilygrubert.org/wp-content/u...
the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT is now online, in which @gruberte.bsky.social and @jlappen1.bsky.social deliver a fascinating conversation on their new paper, what getting off of fossil fuels actually entails, and the hard work of energy transition: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
i don't think there's a better (or really even comparable) congressional ally to the left than rashida tlaib. she and her office make themselves available to + support activists around metro detroit to an extent that a lot of MI *state* reps wouldn't dream of. michiganadvance.com/2026/01/30/r...
Mac Randolph RIP Alex Pretti, he was my Dads ICU nurse, he read my dad's final salut at the VA after he passed away. Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point. Also my Fathers final words to me was continue to fight the good fight. He would be honored in Alex' sacrifice, and ashamed of this current administration. In my Dads words I encourage you all to continue to "fight the good fight"
Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph βNever wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.β
the abolitionists + BLM were right btw. always were. philando castile, same damn city, 10 fucking years ago. itβs the same shit.
the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with Tyler McDaniel and Kellye Blosser of the Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council about community building and eco-tourism in ohio coal country, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
itβs pretty wild to me that a lot of people in that thread are saying that acknowledging this forecloses engagement w the political system, when in reality itβs basically a prerequisite for understanding just how much engagement is needed.
not only that, but to the extent that popular influence of politicians exists, it works both ways: politicians and their attendant media ecosystems are more than capable of shifting public opinion on things. immigration might be the most obvious example of this
that policy is entirely divorced from what wide swaths of the country actually want is one of the defining features of modern american politics!
this is demonstrably not true, is the thing
The more money, resources, and power you give to ICE, the more folks they're going to harm and kill. It's as simple as that.
Could an empire in decline do THIS? *launches deeply unpopular invasion cementing status as lunatic-led pariah state, its not clear what kind of move i was trying to do*
one of the best illustrations of the bipartisan imperialist consensus is that whenever trump does something psychotic on foreign policy you immediately get national democrats putting out completely incoherent statements about how the result was awesome but the process was bad.
the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT on WEFT, a conversation with author and journalist Nicola Twilley about her book FROSTBITE on the history, geopolitics, and ecology of refrigeration, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
my day job involves a fair amount of interaction with people at IL state agencies and itβs the same stories over and over: programs managed by one person that would take an entire department to run effectively; agencies w expanding responsibilities but no extra $; lack of interagency communication
weβre going on like 75 years of the myth of a bloated incompetent bureaucratic government when overwhelmingly the opposite is true: these agencies do not have the staff, money, or mandate to do what they are ostensibly supposed to do
there are already lots of exceedingly competent and dedicated bureaucrats at every level of government. the problem is that they are working within a system that ever since the neoliberal purging of the public sector has been designed to fail
the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with @maliniranga.bsky.social about caste-labor-climate politics in india and beyond, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with Ron Kaminkow and Nick Wurst from @rwu-org.bsky.social about their fight for good jobs and against monopolized railroads- and what that might mean for climate change- is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
was really happy to work on this with isaac and am excited that itβs finally out in the world. hopeful that it can be a useful tool for organizers in the public power and utility justice movements
In this new report from me & @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social for @cplusc.bsky.social & @publicgrids.org, we argue the current electricity affordability crisis is caused by the rules of private ownership. To solve the crisis, we recommend banning shutoffs now and using many tools to expand public power!
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the recording of yesterdayβs episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with @criticalpoleco.bsky.social about the political ecology of conservation in kenyaβs maasai mara, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
(full disclosure, he was my grad school advisor, is always a great conversation, and delivered an absolute heater which i am excited to air!)
this sunday on THE RIFT on WEFT: i speak with @criticalpoleco.bsky.social, professor at the University of Michigan, about conservation and colonialism in Kenyaβs Maasai Mara and the politics of knowledge production. 3pm CT, listen live or later: linktr.ee/theriftradio
the recording of yesterday's episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with randa watts of prairie rivers network about solar energy in southern and central illinois coal country, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
this sunday on THE RIFT on WEFT, we're back closer to home: i chat with randa watts, environmental organizer at prairie rivers network, about solar and the energy transition in rural central and southern illinois. listen live 3pm CT or later: linktr.ee/theriftradio
the recording of yesterdayβs episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with anthropologist steven gonzalez monserrate about the environmental politics of data centers and the cloud, is now online. really enjoyed this one: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
great work by @rebeccajohn.bsky.social who continues to provide invaluable documentation of FF/petrochem industry lies