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Information, data, and systems geek. Climate, sustainability, and adaptation focused with a healthy dose of democracy and public health thrown in. Anti-fascist He/him/fuck-u-fascist

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Need an illustration on why it isn't always necessary to tell both sides?

09.03.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 243 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

Worse thought: what if the regime isn't simply unwilling or unable, but actually doing the planning?

09.03.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The current fracas puts truth to what I've been saying for years:

Electrify everything, decarbonize the grid

Enough with the sludge dealers

09.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Biggest Pro-Trump Mega-Media Monopoly Ever (it’s already distorting war coverage) But this mega-media monopoly can be stopped. Here’s how.

open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
"...This isn’t news. It’s pablum from the White House. β€œ60 Minutes” was once a reliable source of tough reporting. Now it’s becoming a shill for the Trump regime.
CBS News is on the verge of becoming part of the largest pro-Trump media monopoly in America..."

08.03.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 500 πŸ” 254 πŸ’¬ 48 πŸ“Œ 18
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Iran war could save Vladimir Putin’s failing Ukraine invasion.

08.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 198 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 14
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Trump's decision to bomb Iran is now the greatest windfall to the Russian war effort on record. If it continues, it might save the Russian war economy.

09.03.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 2288 πŸ” 1175 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 122

The US economy has been teetering for a while, buoyed by "AI" and police state spending and obscured by regime data manipulation

I'm willing to bet that the current oil crisis is about to blow the whole house of cards down. Hold on, y'all

09.03.2026 03:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The media is not "liberal" and it is not on our side

08.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The reason i know the regime is run by toddlers is that they clearly don't have object permanence

Once you publish the files they are not going away even if you remove them from a web site - this isn't s thrilling game of peekaboo

06.03.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What's more: if this isn't a war - if no war was declared - who are they supposed to surrender to?

06.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Putin's got what he wants out of this

06.03.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ultimately it's Stephen Miller running all of it, so there's literally no change

06.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This, along with sending Homan into Minnesota to change tactics, is just an attempt to reset the narrative

ICE and DHS more generally are still violating the Constitution

05.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

From a certain perspective it is all the same war

04.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(Christo-)Fascist shit

04.03.2026 00:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look around, at the wars in Europe and the mid East, at the march of authoritarianism, at the erosion of human rights...

All of this is because we tolerate the existence of billionaires, a class of people whose greed can never be sated

03.03.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/kyiv...

02.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, a theocratic dictator is dead, but that's not how the right wing autocracies are benefiting:

Israel & Saudi = removing a regional power
US = removing LNG competition, distract from domestic issues
Russia = increased oil prices
China = soaking up soft power while the West gets bogged down

02.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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who made this

02.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 11364 πŸ” 5189 πŸ’¬ 497 πŸ“Œ 475
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First, it’s a mistake to say that Trump got America into war on Saturday. What he did was respond to a war that Iran has been waging against the United States since 1979.

Screenshot of text: First, it’s a mistake to say that Trump got America into war on Saturday. What he did was respond to a war that Iran has been waging against the United States since 1979.

Cool hey did anything happen *before* 1979 between the United States and Iran

02.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 4717 πŸ” 773 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 34
Screenshot of Mastodon user @scott@carfree.city writing:

"As an ethical AI user, I begin each session by asking the chatbot to give a stolen data acknowledgement. It is an important first step toward justice."

Screenshot of Mastodon user @scott@carfree.city writing: "As an ethical AI user, I begin each session by asking the chatbot to give a stolen data acknowledgement. It is an important first step toward justice."

01.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 270 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5

The only rational conclusion is that the Constitution is just a piece of paper and the regime knows it but the rest of us are just trying to pretend it isn't

01.03.2026 06:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fascists aren't doing one horrible thing to distract from another.

They are just doing lots of different horrible things because that's who they are.

28.02.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 467 πŸ” 156 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 4

This war brought to you by: The Board of Peaceβ„’

28.02.2026 08:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Welp, used it is

28.02.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

26.02.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 9579 πŸ” 3149 πŸ’¬ 523 πŸ“Œ 115

We could have a just, equitable existence for all of humanity - the means and resources exist

Instead, the ultra rich decided they want their fifedoms and hereditary titles back

And they will use all manner of racism, sexism, xenophobia, and religious bigotry to get there

26.02.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fetterman bout to be the new Manchin/Sinema

25.02.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good news, but also... I have it from someone on the ground there that the feds haven't left, they've just changed tactics. They are avoiding the areas with community patrols, thus obviating the response tactics that have worked thus far. It's not over, it's just quieter, the way Homan likes it

25.02.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They are trying to promote "AI" as some sort of neutral technology when, in fact, they are and will be used to advance a right wing agenda... Best to get it all out in the open now

24.02.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0