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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG

@gpfriend.bsky.social
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Advisor. Board member. Coach. Speaker. I post about #sustainability, #climate, #strategy, #policy, #employeeOwnership. And what it might be like if we if we did business—& everything else—as though we actually belong to the living world. Because we do.

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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Nothing makes sense without a sense of proportion
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Taking all measures… California officials urge voters to circumvent USPS as Trump’s war on mail voting escalates - San Francisco Chronicle
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Hope is a form of planning.” - Gloria Steinem, RIP
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
this ossoff guy not only for squarely landed a hit on these freaks, but he gave the absolutely, unassailably correct response to the pearl clutching: these are adult public figures on the public payroll. no one gives a shit about how they feel. that's the only response it deserves. quit if youre sad
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
NOONAN, on Trump’s corruption: “.. An odd thing about all this is the absence of furor. There is no broad public outcry. .. Jimmy Carter’s shaking down the system to see what coins fall out would have been news, Donald Trump’s doing the same is Tuesday.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
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EC @prairiecrab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Sounds like someone recently took a large position in the Argentine beef commodities market.
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Guy Kawasaki @guykawasaki.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Your next breakthrough might not happen at your desk💡🌿 Sometimes the smartest thing you can do is stand up, take a walk, and let your brain catch up. Manoush Zomorodi explains why movement fuels better thinking. 🎙️ Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I gotta say, Jon Ossoff is getting more negative press for noting that Trump enjoys traveling with the one aide who (as he's remarked) actually cares deeply about him—a fact Trump wouldn't even deny—than Trump has ever gotten for calling for his political opponents to be executed
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 20/08/2026
🚨 OCEAN HEAT: We are entering uncharted territory. Record-breaking ocean temperatures are pushing ecosystems closer to dangerous tipping points. Fossil fuel corporations and big polluters are gambling with a liveable planet for profit.
Line graph of Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomalies from 1982–2026. The red 2026 line rises from around -0.7°C in January to nearly +2.7°C by mid-August, far above most previous years. Source: Climate Reanalyzer, using NOAA OISST v2.1 data.
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Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Highway 37 sees 40,000 car commuters a day who will get an $11 billion taxpayer gift from Caltrans to elevate the freeway to deal with the climate change caused by the cars. BART sees 200,000 commuters a day who have to fight like hell to raise $3.6 billion just to keep the trains running.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20/08/2026
FOLKS - when we stop burning fossil fuels, oversizing agriculture and killing nature, the warming of Earth also stops worsening No floppy optimism here; no hollow appeal to hope. The laws of physics that created this problem also govern the fact we can choose to stop it.
Graph correlating cumulative CO2 emissions since 1850 with global warming to 2050, showing historical warming and colored projections for SSP1-1.9, SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0 and SSP5-8.5 with shaded uncertainty bands.
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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A key distinction. Be kind to individuals but when discussing what we as a society should do, don’t shrink from telling the truth: vaccines save lives and people against vaccines cause death and disease. It’s that simple.
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Alex Papadopoulos @egeasri.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Australia is giving the world the blueprint. ☀️ Rooftop solar 🔋 Home batteries ⚡ Lower energy costs 🌎 Cleaner energy 🏠 Greater energy independence Maybe protecting the environment and lowering our energy bills were never opposing goals. #CleanEnergy #SolarEnergy www.fastcompany.com/91591220/how...
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How Australia made electricity cheaper while U.S. prices keep rising
A combination of abundant rooftop solar, subsidized home batteries, and far less red tape is pushing power prices down—and changing when and how Australians use electricity.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Can some representative of the law and the will of the people sue the contractors?
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“I’m very good at flagpoles.” - Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#periodicreminder
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Medical Advice
How to survive the global heatwave 
Stay hydrated 
Treat yourself to an ice cream 
Dismantle the fossil fuel industry which is literally burning the planet for the short term profit of a vanishingly small capitalist class
Loose fitting clothing
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We're all on the decoy plane.
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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Vote to make this happen.
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The Fifth Dentist @fifthdentist.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The usual excuse behind the rush to build these data centers is "we can't let China get ahead of us". But we seem to have no problem letting China lap us when it comes to renewable energy. Odd, ain't it?
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
50 Senators let a Weekend News Anchorman run the Pentagon because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of N Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with S Korea.” This man is failing to defend the United States. This man is a traitor. This man should be removed.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The real choice before us is between democracy and tyranny, between an economy that works for all or one that works just for the rich. If the Democrat's mega-donor class chooses the latter, it may be acting in its narrow self-interest — but it will also be acting against the future of this nation.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Do MAGAs understand that if Trump nukes Iran, America and *all Americans* will *never* be forgiven? In fact, even the *serious threat* of a nuclear war crime could make it so that you, your whole family, and all your American friends are unwelcome around the world until you die. Think about that.
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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
James is right. After decades of study of the climate problem and how to fix it, there is no excuse for any public figure to downplay the severity of the crisis or the need for immediate rapid actions to get emissions to zero. Anyone who does so should be shamed and shunned.
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Todd Blanche: “I am not sure of the uproar of having a Border Patrol or ICE agent at a polling location. What's the risk?” Uhm, maybe because it’s illegal? Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits deploying “troops or armed men” to locations where elections are held. An AG should know this.
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Help me understand: why would anybody think that an executive order has any authority at all over vaccine schedules and availability list of all the news mediators?
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Helluva thread! Read it!
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
#periodicreminder
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Baba Ram Dass @babaramdass.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Ram Dass explores playing your part on all of the stages that life presents, then answers questions about dreams, preventing detachment from turning into laziness, dealing with burnout & more. Be Here Now Network 🎧 beherenownetwork.com/ram-dass-here-…
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Outgoing Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis are reportedly undecided about Todd Blanche's nomination for AG. A single GOP "No" vote in committee this Thursday could tank Blanche's nomination entirely. Call and tell them to reject Blanche: (202) 224-3121
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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A good read about business transparency, and those seeking less of it: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-r...
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The Revolt of the Insiders
Here’s a brief follow up, genetically if not literally similar to my...
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026
As *tech*, AI isn't exceptional. It's not exceptionally wicked. It's not exceptionally good. Take away the accompanying, galactic-scale stock-swindle, and we'd call AI's apps "plug-ins" and we'd use them and abuse them in the same way that we've used every other technology: www.normaltech.ai 1/
A carny barker waving his top-hat and selling tickets from a roll; his head has been replaced with the hostile red eye of HAL9000 from Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' The background is a magnified, halftoned detail from a US$100 bill.


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Jonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I really liked Jeff's thread, but as one of the early originators of the carbon footprint concept, I want to address this misconception because I've heard it often.
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 29/06/2026
The Supreme Court Gives Donald Trump Full Control Over the Executive Branch, Except the Part of It that Impacts Their Retirement Portfolios
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Oh, those pesky facty things
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Supremes deliver a dark day for democracy. The mystery though: why did they exempt the Fed?
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
All thermal power plants need cooling. Guess which power plants don’t?
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
#periodic reminder
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Iraq War Vet @corgwynmom.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Natty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎 @grillnatty.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
How is it the power grid couldn’t handle electric cars but it will be fine with all these data centers?
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The kind of day this is: she posts this, and 155 people comment (we’re not alone!), and I read them all!
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I figure Christopher Johnson will have something to say about this…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" $1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%... "That's just how it is."
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 24/06/2026
For the first time on record, solar generated more electricity than coal across the entire U.S. - despite active federal policy pushing the other direction. Read more at the link below!
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The great solar-coal flip | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Solar passes coal, super El Niño looms, and show your warming stripes Coal built the Industrial Revolution - now wind and solar are beating
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So Many Faces @iseefacesinthings.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
☹️ #Pareidolia #Iseefaces #FacesInThings #FacesInPlaces #ThingsWithFaces ©️ (Photographer unknown, source: Facebook)
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Beginning next week, Australians get free electricity for three hours every afternoon. That's what happens when you build out wind, sun, and batteries open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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How about Free? Is that affordable enough for you?
The latest on energy, climate and affordability
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Gil Friend - Sustainability OG @gpfriend.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“By what fkn authority?” asks the First Amendment.
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