Reposted by Ben Kaufman🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 01/11/2025I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here. And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must. 30685953604
Reposted by Ben KaufmanDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2025A new Nature study on the four horsemen of the climate-tipping-points apocalypse: "the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the South American monsoon system and the Amazon rainforest."nature.comDestabilization of Earth system tipping elements - Nature GeoscienceA review of observation-based evidence suggests that four interconnected Earth system tipping elements have moved towards their critical thresholds, highlighting the need for better monitoring and increased mitigation efforts. 4246117
Reposted by Ben KaufmanMother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/06/2025Fuerza responds to scenes where alleged ICE enforcement is reported. If officers are indeed with ICE, they hit record and spread the word. They also speak directly with those being detained. They are part of a growing scrappy network of volunteers protecting neighbors from ICE. bit.ly/4lgke5N 351103863906
Reposted by Ben KaufmanSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 13/06/2025This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone. If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about? 780173725146
Reposted by Ben KaufmanThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/06/2025NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“ 10804422710940
Reposted by Ben KaufmanMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/05/2025As much fun as the TACO memes are, don't forget what that stands for: TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT. It would be a shame to ignore the chicken memes that are there for the taking. Here's a little Starter Kit you might need. ENJOY! 47789051945
Reposted by Ben KaufmanDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/05/2025Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.app.wedonthavetime.orgThe World’s Most Urgent Scientific Questionhttps://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level There is no question more urgent than the one indicated by that red arrow in the graph... 431531711
Ben Kaufman @benkau.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Do I care about Alito's dissent? Why no, zero f's to give. 000
Reposted by Ben KaufmanDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/04/2025Has anyone in the legislative branch developed a plan for what to do when/if the executive branch finally, formally tells the judicial branch to get bent? Congress? Anyone in there with a plan? A thought? A response other than futile spluttering? 681016229
Ben Kaufman @benkau.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Time to protest! Get out there and make your voice heard! 010
Reposted by Ben KaufmanMelissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 28/03/2025🙌🏼 I’m not sure who had the amazing idea to invite this constitutional lawyer to a senate hearing that intended to prove Biden colluded with Meta to censor conservatives, but she took the opportunity to speak truth to power ✊🏼 on the hypocrite 👑 KING OF FREE SPEECH, Donald Trump, himself. 👏🏼 Brava!! 752182881
Reposted by Ben KaufmanDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 31/03/2025The four-year college experience -- the *only* time many Americans ever live in close proximity to other people and are exposed to new activities and new ideas -- may not survive the Trump administration.theatlantic.comThe End of College LifeIf they persist, Donald Trump’s attacks on universities will destroy a cornerstone of American life. 1025261
Reposted by Ben KaufmanJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 26/03/2025hey, Sen. Ernst and Sen. Tillis- proud of your votes for Hegseth? This is on your too as much as Hegseth. You knew he was not remotely qualified 386188873934
Reposted by Ben KaufmanKeira Havens @highcountryrose.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Please do! And if you can write a letter to the editor so much the better - apparently that's the thing they actually care about. I've probably shared this before but just in case :) bsky.app/profile/high... 063
Reposted by Ben Kaufman California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 07/03/2025What a wonderful idea…👇 Let’s. Do. This. ✨ 14525236914192
Reposted by Ben KaufmanGary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Madness He is destroying our country 642171134747
Reposted by Ben KaufmanDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/03/2025I want every local Facebook group in the country to see this. 1337293
Reposted by Ben KaufmanDr. Levi Cowan @tropicaltidbits.bsky.social · 26/02/2025A statement I must make: 22416138
Reposted by Ben KaufmanDr. Levi Cowan @tropicaltidbits.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Probationary employees across @NOAA and the @NWS are being terminated today, including those in mission-essential roles. My own wife is among them, essential to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's 24/7 critical mission of seismic monitoring and tsunami prediction to protect the public. 19439229
Reposted by Ben KaufmanMaxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 04/02/2025We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social 41328386419942
Ben Kaufman @benkau.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Doom scroll in the morning, work & make change in the afternoon, dance it all out at night. #apashe 000
Reposted by Ben KaufmanWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2025We’re in a society under assault from the worst people on the planet, and instead of rallying the population against the attackers and building barricades, our leaders are engaged in an endless navel-gazing session over how, if they’d just be better listeners, the invasion would stop 1558685
Reposted by Ben KaufmanBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 24/01/2025"The people who run this country should not lead comfortable lives while the rest of us suffer. If decorum is dead, let it be buried." damn that is a BAR. made me pause reading so I could find out if the writer's on bluesky lol (she is btw @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social) defector.com/the-old-rule...defector.comThe Old Rules Are For Losers | DefectorThe further we get away from the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the more I become convinced that Michelle Obama standing on that stage saying, “When they go low, we go high,” was a death knell. ... 261403397
Ben Kaufman @benkau.bsky.social · 22/01/2025AOC is showing a lot of courage speaking out and standing up right now. In fact, I'm going to get off the sidelines and attend a few local meetings to see how I can help. 🎉💪 Thanks @aoc.bsky.social 030
Ben Kaufman @benkau.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Went to the Banff Mountain Film Festival tonight. And all I have to say is 50 days struggling through the Alaskan outback with too much gear climbing huge mtns, crossing glaciers, and pack rafting massive rivers sounds really nice right about now. 030
Ben Kaufman @benkau.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I'm more focused on getting my personal affairs in order and loving those around me better. 010
Ben Kaufman @benkau.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Valuable perspective on perhaps the main driver of the slow motion collapse of democracy. 000
Ben Kaufman @benkau.bsky.social · 09/01/2025This is what I used to love about Twitter and now deeply appreciate on Blue sky. A science based thread with helpful cogent context for important, and in this case, deeply distressing event. 000
Reposted by Ben KaufmanRebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 08/01/2025ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...noaa.govWildfire climate connectionClimate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ... 12193967614705
Reposted by Ben KaufmanMorgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 08/01/2025The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this 597344227689
Ben Kaufman @benkau.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Mortgage rates are up even as the Fed reduces rates because the bond market protends inflation, a bad economy, or a sea of red ink on the books the next four years. www.americanactionforum.org/daily-dish/b...americanactionforum.orgBad News From the Bond Market - AAFThe chart (below) is courtesy of Torsten Slok, the Apollo chief economist, who notes: “The Fed has cut interest rates 100 basis points since September, and over the same period, 10-year interest rates... 000
Ben Kaufman @benkau.bsky.social · 08/01/2025My wife grew up in Altadena and has been reviewing all the places she frequented. The houses, parks, schools, her friends houses, and contacting the friends who still live there. She's devestated. So much history destroyed so quickly. #EatonFire 010
Reposted by Ben KaufmanTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 01/01/2025My marine biologist son Rob has lived on the same island for 7 years, doing painstaking work to improve biodiversity and train local people in conservation. Here’s a new video. Nothing dramatic (he’s not Attenborough and doesn’t have a film crew). Just a healthy coral reef: youtu.be/2wlk-yfYi9Q?...youtu.beReef Highlights 2024YouTube video by Drawaqa Marine Conservation Trust 2565618691
Reposted by Ben KaufmanLake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 29/12/2024This one is in honor of Jimmy Carter for a life of kindness and service to humanity 🌊🌊RIP 281310302668
Reposted by Ben KaufmanDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/12/2024Fun fact: children are not being rushed into gender reassignment surgery. If that's what's holding you back from supporting the trans community, which is under vicious, coordinated attack, good news! You don't have to worry about it. You can just be supportive, without the "but." 745285
