Reposted by Donna SheltonCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI. 2241401194 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I'm so happy to say my new book on #water, #war, and #peace is available for pre-order! Bill McKibben kindly says: "We finally have a comprehensive account of the building water crisis... with workable ideas for addressing it. Gleick speaks with utter authority here." thenewpress.org/books/when-t...thenewpress.orgWhen the Well Is Dry - The New PressA comprehensive look at the relationship between water and violence, and how we can move from conflict to cooperation and peace, by one of the world’s leading water experts The first major water war e... 15112 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/07/2026I genuinely don't know what to do about this. In our diseased information environment, one MAGA-adjacent "influencer" can do more to shape public opinion than mountains of studies or facts. Where are the pro-clean-energy influencers to counter this shit?heated.worldThe influencer teaching millions to fear solarAlexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true? 62829207 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/08/2026‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroomtheguardian.com‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroomEducation is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back? 518870 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/07/2026In the well-over 100,000 documents written by founders included in the Founders Online database from the National Archives, no one uses the phrase "God's noble experiment." No one. 35384862044 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 28/06/2026Here’s what the air conditioning discourse illuminates: to deal with climate change we need to electrify & we need zero carbon electricity, we also need more electricity- like double or triple what we have. And we need more cooling & cooling equity. There will be folks fighting against all of that. 201039241 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonLawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I had a good time working at E&E back in the day. Its demise is sad, although not unexpected. The new focus on the "e" in energy and not the "e" in environment says a lot about where we are right now. www.semafor.com/article/06/0...semafor.comExclusive: Politico folds E&E News ahead of broader energy pushIn September, Politico plans to launch a series of energy-focused newsletters. 12613 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026In this year, in 2026, in this Age of Global Fascism, the think pieces I do not have the slightest interest in are any flavor of: ‘Has the left gone too far?’ ‘Has ‘woke’ ruined everything?’ ‘Have the left ruined the humanities/academia?’ ‘Are white men really the real really real victims?’ 943386 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonNorm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 31/05/2026oh for crying out loud 074 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonCanary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 27/05/2026Say your final goodbyes to New York's nation-leading climate law.canarymedia.comNew York state gives up on its most ambitious climate targetsGov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat up for reelection in November, pushed hard to water down the state’s 2019 climate law. With a new budget vote, she’s… 1116 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Posting this screenshot because Boguslaw is not on BlueSky. www.wired.com/story/us-law... 64422 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonMicah @rincewind.run · 25/05/2026this is why I find climate dooming so frustrating there is no point - none - at which throwing up your hands and going “well we’re fucked” is the correct response every tenth of a degree matters and can make a big difference and is worth fighting for 2839461283 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Today, the University of Maine's Vice Chancellor for Finance and Strategic AI Integration (who made $243,000 last year) sent UMaine campuses an announcement that we have partnered with OpenAI with a contract for ChatGPT Edu. I sent him the following questions: 1225192 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonThe Jer Witch Project @neveronbrand.bsky.social · 07/04/2026How it feels doing literally any task right now. 72145373318 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonKraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The fact that the Hungarian opposition waited until the moment J.D Vance arrived in Hungary to leak a recording of this conversation between Orbán and Putin, is soooo delicious. 8373138 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026The winner of this year's WaPo Peeps Diorama Contest is "A Shaming of the Shoes." www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0... 18800209 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonTom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I discuss "invasive species" in my next book, currently in progress.. I'll certainly read your essay. The issue of invasive species is never connected to the true culprit, the horticulture industry (and hence capitalism). There is also more than a hint of racism in this subject. 1142 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonThe Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 29/03/2026It’s that time of year - folks asking us about #bumblebees - WHY THEY’RE SEEING THEM ON THE GROUND - so here’s a thread to explain. Please #repost! Every queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist and produce new queen #bees for next year! So important to #share! 1/9 #nature #caring 8234165 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I've gone a few times to help stand watch during prayer times at this mosque and the people who go there are so effusively appreciative of the support they've gotten from their neighbors. (By which I mean, hugs, tea, sambusas, and people yelling "WE LOVE YOU!" from their car windows as they pass.) 318376 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonJake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Here’s my faculty argument for my “right to refuse AI”: I have academic freedom. I’m not fucking doing that. Thank you. 541884 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026I know this is an obvious thing to say but we should talk more about what a racist this guy is. He’s as racist as George Wallace or Strom Thurmond but unlike them he often escapes having racism mentioned as a leading cause for all his decisions. 1034444922 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonDavid Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Gift link so people can (mostly) read the first article in the thread www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/n...nytimes.comHochul Moves to Delay and Alter Climate Law, Citing Energy Prices 1136 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonColin Kinniburgh @colinreports.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Hochul’s big reveal on proposed climate law changes: She wants a seven-year extension on issuing rules to meet emissions targets, tied to a new 2040 target instead of 2030. And she wants to change how NY counts emissions. Still working on getting more details but here it is in Hochul’s words:empirereportnewyork.comClimate Action and Affordability Can and Must Go Hand-In-HandNew York's front page for political news. Latest NY politics news, reports, and columnists 355 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 25/02/2026“The sergeant of arms told me it is because I was standing up. Silently. No buttons, no facial expressions, no gestures, no signs. Not one sound … There are only two things you can do at the State of the Union, and they are sit down and stand up! All kinds of people were standing up all night.” 29258 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026The student-author of this piece is Grace Kaste, who should be widely applauded for writing it. www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2026...columbiaspectator.comTo incoming University President Mnookin: Please don’t let artificial intelligence devalue the liberal artsLast month, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin <a href="https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025/12/uw-receives-approval-to-move-l-ss-largest-majors-to-new-ai-focused-school... 113645 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 18/02/2026THE UNBOXING IS UPON US 2627146 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonLarisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Stress Break, Cool Science 112844 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/01/2026Fascinating: "We identify a risk of collapses in service availability as specific elements of fossil infrastructures reach what we term 'minimum viable scale,' a level of throughput past which existing physical, financial, & managerial infrastructures can no longer effectively operate as expected."science.orgFossil energy minimum viable scaleUnseen infrastructural threats to safety and decarbonization may arise as fossil energy systems are phased out 1012239 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Important not to lose sight of what’s starting up in Maine right now. 12902444 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonNina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 24/01/2026If ICE is emboldened to carry out extrajudicial killings of American citizens in broad daylight, imagine what's happening to the tens of thousands of people being held in makeshift detention camps across the US without cameras, attorneys and organizers 112559 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonDoctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Stop calling it an immigration crackdown! That is not what is happening here. That is not what has been happening here. Revise your style guide! 18825 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 23/01/2026My honest best take on what's happening with ICE funding. I got it down to 10 points: 1) Trump/Miller/GOP want more ICE funding 2) Dem leadership doesn't want it but also doesn't see a way to stop it without focusing attention on it. 3) Dems consultants say focus on ICE is a political loser. 67612165 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Megan is one of our great historians writing deeply researched but entirely accessible history. BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ 38221 0
Reposted by Donna Sheltonbrian nam-sonenstein @bson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“ 3618291048 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonKaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 17/01/2026The fact that Gavin Newsom is even talking to the likes of Shapiro is a sign that he’s a non-starter. I’ve never forgotten how Shapiro said that Trayvon Martin deserved to die. Not fucking ever. 15473711627 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonHester Blum @hesterblum.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Yes in thunder. My syllabus statement: 21969176 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/01/2026i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you. 109133952787 0
Reposted by Donna Sheltonashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 10/01/2026god, there’s apparently ICE agents in Bemidji, in northern MN. Bemidji is between my reservation and two others. there is very little diversity besides the Indigenous population. truly terrifying with how vulnerable Native women especially already are. 241117370 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonSara Spector @miriam2626.bsky.social · 10/01/2026In light of what happened to Renee Good, I thought it important to reiterate my grandmother's advice. 12912366 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Democrats will continue to vote for Republican judges (like this guy, who refused to say who won the 2020 election) until Democrats are punished for voting for Republican judges 1113285948 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonCongresswoman Robin Kelly @robinkelly.house.gov · 08/01/2026I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy. She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end. 21936310914169 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 07/01/2026Renee Nicole Good 5991251 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonPrimordial Platypus @perfectclarity.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Gonna shout out @nysfocus.bsky.social for great state-level reporting for New York State. Extra helpful because nothing helps me beat rancid vibes like going offline and working on a good cause. Good local and state reporting helps me find those causes! 131 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonMoudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Some of the most gorgeous and interesting nonfiction books I’ve read this year. First — Bonnie Lander Johnson’s Vanishing Lancscapes: The Story of Plants and How We Lost Them I’ve never enjoyed a nonfiction book this much. I felt nostalgic for a time I never lived in. The world feels different now 19923 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 24/12/2025Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social. I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI. A few thoughts for your consideration... 131162417 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonRobert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 29/12/2025“But I am a hater, which is a kind of integrity. It means I am willing to disagree with anyone, even if it is rude.” It was one of the best things I read this year, in any format, and I am glad it is circulating again.anthonymoser.github.ioI Am An AI HaterI am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater. 28317 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonNicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social · 28/12/2025If all goes to plan, there’ll be two more books. I’m pondering timelines right now… 15948 0
Reposted by Donna SheltonBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 24/12/2025This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.open.substack.comThere Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning. 771744470 0
Reposted by Donna Sheltonlarelli @larelli.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Here is a link that still works! Bari Weiss just failing upwards in the most ridiculous manner possible archive.org/details/insi...archive.orgInside CECOT | 60 Minutes : CBS News : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveSharyn Alfonsi's Inside CECOT for 60 Minutes, which was censored by Bari Weiss, as it appeared on Canada's Global TV app. 03313 0