Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That: 28860731589
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Safe to say the people of Kentucky are not being represented properly 2916146403617
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026if you ever wonder how Americans became the richest major country on the planet but most of us still feel so poor, looking at what we spend on cars — not just directly but in tax money for infrastructure and space in the built environment — is the answer. 644391
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined. 34895834677
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century 7234441177
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialMatt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Immigration judge to my client in court today: "Ma'am, the children will need to wait outside--but this shouldn't take long. I don't want you to be separated from your children." given what the order I knew she was about to issue, the cruelty of this phrasing stopped my breath 231331375
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Rep. Ralph Norman, who’s in a Senate runoff with Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline, secretly urged a military-backed coup in 2021 to keep Trump in power. But the NY Times thinks it’s no big deal. In its last 92 stories mentioning Norman over 3 years and 7 months, it hasn’t stated that fact once. 1/7🧵 9430051437
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialJørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 9136761735
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Is this just business as usual in politics? No. Approval rates of federal disaster aid requests were about the same regardless of the state and did not vary much with the party of the President. This graph powerfully conveys the scale of the partisan discrimination now. 231485546
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Poll results vs. how poll results are presented in the Wall Street Journal. 25189101759
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026matthew always brings the receipts 6776053905
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026In March 2025, Trump met in the Oval Office with oil & gas executives. They listen their grievances and, on the spot, Trump leapt to address them. The executives were, in their own words, "stunned." Read these extraordinary excerpts. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/c... 4221100
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialRude Law Dog @esghound.com · 14/07/2026An unfathomable clean air act violation. I worked in this exact field for years, including in oil and gas, and i still can't get over how wanton and obvious this crime is. Just stunning 3626411116
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialBill Prady @billprady.com · 02/07/2026There were two entities: America 250, a bipartisan organization chartered by Congress, and Freedom 250, a Trump-backed group. Companies intending to donate to America250 were supplied routing and account numbers that directed their funds to Freedom 250. wapo.st/4fe4Whswapo.stDonors were misled by Trump-backed Freedom 250, House Democrats allegeThe lawmakers’ report alleges that Trump allies worked to divert funds away from America250, a bipartisan effort to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial. Freedom 250 denies the allegations. 15829561263
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door. It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo! 9568502599
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialCalifornia YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Each month of permitting delay adds ~1% to building costs. Preapproved 'pattern book' plans cut weeks-to-months off that timeline and up to $10K in upfront design costs. 40+ communities now offer them. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/y... 0353
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb 876144223854
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2026Mamdani: "Those who led through exclusion & isolation have tried to win power & enrich themselves by turning us against one another ... today, too many of our leaders do not believe in a vision of this nation as an asylum for the persecuted, but rather as one that persecutes those seeking asylum" 291184125132
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 23/01/2026"Send the Mexicans home, make the blacks work." The "philosopher" of the tech-fascist movement 951158319
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The key difference is that they wanted Biden to lose and they want Trump to win and rule over us. 13890191
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Gross: Trump is now directly linking grants of disaster aid to states right to local GOP candidates in the midterms, giving them a boost. He's crediting *them* for his decisions. This is supposed to be a neutral process! On the pod, @stevebenen.com lays it all out: newrepublic.com/article/2126... 23714304
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 27/06/2026“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup: 2338661526
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialRichard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 27/06/2026This is like B-movie level silly but so is every other 2026 villain. This @opendemocracy.net exposé on climate disinfo tinfoil hat 'doomsday cult' AllatRa - and how it has managed to infiltrate COPs, European Parliament, US Capitol, *and the Vatican* - is BEYOND WILD. But wait there's more... 🧵 511361
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialDr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I especially love this diagram. 5248552011
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialBob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 25/06/2026It’s never been a secret that the MIT Joint Program on Global Change, the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum and the Princeton Carbon Mitigation Initiative received funding from and engaged intellectually with the fossil fuel industry. 13911
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialm @keptsimple.bsky.social · 25/06/2026lol does this article really not mention that Clarence Thomas was in house counsel for Monsanto, the Roundup manufacturer? 5138861383
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/06/2026this is a great illustration of one of the fundamental insights of democracy — that there is no such thing as "the people" and that majorities are elusive and ever shifting. no election, no decision, is final and treating an election as a final decision is profoundly undemocratic. 13588051701
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years. 14864802579
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialBruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 14/06/2026this is unsustainable 231745559
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The Washington Post editorial board printing a straight up right-wing lie 201491203
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/06/2026No joke, it would be cheaper to pay every coal miner $5m every year to not mine coal. There are only 40,000 coal miners, while the coal industry produces >$500 billion in external costs every year, including by routinely burning coal just to burn it despite it costing more ("uneconomic dispatch"). 441726639
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The US is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure 25645312027
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialJeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Greg Bovino will speak at a white nationalist conference in Portugal tomorrow. He will share the stage with no fewer than five people who idolize Hitler, including one who joined a group created by two Nazi SS members. Another guy is a self-described racist who refers to women as "cockroaches."🧵 36429821524
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialMuhammad Alameldin @muhammadspeaks.bsky.social · 22/05/2026🧵 Thread: California is about to have a massive fight over taxes, housing, and democracy itself. Here's what's at stake and why the legislature needs to cut a deal by mid-June. 613451
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Bezos says that the US has one of the most progressive tax codes. This is true by some measures. But our tax and transfer system reduces inequality far less than countries with broader tax systems. Tax cuts can't help people who don't have an income, but a generous tax financed welfare state can. 622433490
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialJason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 21/05/202638 million deaths since 1971. “When you consider the scale of the violence and damages, it becomes clear that this system is not something we can continue to accept.” 310653
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/05/20261. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0 23996104059
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 19/05/2026Kinda buried the lede here: “The fee would mean EV drivers could end up paying more than drivers of traditional vehicles, who pay between $73 and $89 a year in gasoline taxes, according to ZETA data.” 615535
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Very interesting paper teasing out the nuances of flood risk distribution in the US using an incredible individual-level dataset. Documents a huge concentration of flood risk among the very highest income group - lots of wealthy people enjoying the coast and river views from their second homes. 14519
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 18/05/2026Pretty rare to see reporting about an Embattled Liberal Politician in which the writers explicitly concede that they are participating in a narrative astroturfed by conservative activists www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/u... 1634860
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18/05/20261. What I found in Trump's new 113-page financial disclosure report. It doesn't look good. 15842821882
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialArin Dube @arindube.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Here is a figure showing the various OECD countries minimum wages as a ratio of median. Average around 60%. But many at or above 2/3. Then there is an outlier, the US. 02620
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/05/2026Another for instance! Down in Queensland, Australia, fossil gas used to provide all the peak power. Then batteries start nibbling at it. Then chomping on it. And now they've basically eaten it all up. No more gas. Look at this graphic! Glorious. reneweconomy.com.au/big-batterie... 13897237
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026really insightful and horrifying stuff from @thefarce.org 401995951
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 15/05/2026This This and This ... are not 3 things... they are one thing 172799801
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialWeirwoodTreeHugger @weirwoodtreehug.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Students complain about a white conservative guy set to give a commencement speech, the university doesn't cancel him, it gets an article in the NYT. Students complain about a brown anti-genocide guy set to give a commencement speech, he is canceled, and no one on the campus culture cares. Huh. 6421120
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/05/2026The American job market is behaving in a way that economists are struggling to explain. The economy is growing. Unemployment is low. And yet, for millions of workers, finding a job has become harder than at almost any other point in decades. wapo.st/3PzU2J3 174213
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Watching a series of former Confederate states rush to eliminate any vestige of black representation in the House pretty much answers the question whether the Voting Rights Act was still necessary. 233168325157
Reposted by @hbfgh.bsky.socialIt's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit. 472105848
![xAI's unpermitted turbine emissions would dwarf federal permit thresholds
Potential annual emissions, in short tons, from 30 unpermitted turbines at xAI's Southaven, MS facility
Chart: Potential emissions at 80% load
Nitrogen oxide: 2,474
Carbon monoxide: 4,065
A vertical dotted line indicates the Federal permit threshold.
Note: Federal permit threshold of 100 short tons/year is based on emissions at 100% capacity. Emissions shown at 80% capacity reflect the lower end of typical operating levels for gas turbines, according to the EPA.
He said the facility would be on par with the top 25 U.S. gas plants for nitrogen oxide emissions, citing EPA data for actual emissions.
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![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a)
