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Jeff Gang

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More active at @gang@c.im on Mastodon Organizer, climate hawk, nonprofit leader, consultant. Let’s talk about bikes, urbanism, nonviolent direct action, energy transition… Part-time farmer, language nerd, band geek He/him 🇺🇸/🇲🇽/🇳🇱 jeffgang.org

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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 29/09/2026
Governor Healey, no thanks! Let's build a better transit system instead of subsidizing the worst practices. (And if you're ready to forego tax revenue, maybe just rebate that money to every resident instead...) mass.streetsblog.org/2026/09/23/i...
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In the Midst of A Reelection Campaign, Gov. Healey Proposes $120 Million Tax Cut For Drivers and Oil Companies - Streetsblog Massachusetts
The Governor's office estimates that the proposal would reduce the state's Fair Share funding for transportation and education investments by approximately $120 million.
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I really love this chart. I'm guess that the correlation here (.85) is about as big as you would find for any other variable. Also, a less serious scholar than @tesler.bsky.social (namely me) would have made a crude Freudian reference to the slope of the line.
Chart shows a close positive relationship between Trump's 2024 vote and Google searches for testosterone boosters.
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 24/09/2026
The entirety of this thread is worth following, and as of 3:00 AM CDT, the story isn’t yet done.
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 22/09/2026
update: perhaps predictably, the human support agent left the chat, saying someone else would replace them. that was an hour ago.
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 22/09/2026
I'm sorry to report that, after weeks of fighting with the Meta Business Support AI, I have given in and signed up for Meta Verified at $12/month. ... and now, of course, a human agent has coincidentally dropped into the thread and is actually reviewing my request 🫠 Great business model, team!
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Tax Private Jets @taxprivatejets.org · 18/09/2026
JUST OUT: Our latest report finds private jets pollute 10–14x more than commercial flights—and the rest of us subsidize that luxury through taxes and public policy. Read more (The Guardian): www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #Climate #Inequality #PrivateJets
theguardian.com
Private jets pollute up to 14 times as much as commercial planes and are undertaxed in US, report says
Number of private jets has surged in recent years, but they do not pay commensurate portion of fees to FAA operations
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 18/09/2026
NEW: Private jet travel — the most ecologically destructive form of transportation — is increasing among the wealthiest 0.003% of people. Taxpayers and commercial flyers are subsidizing it. It's time to tax this reckless consumption. REPORT:
ips-dc.org
High Flyers 2026: The High Cost of Private Jet Excess - Institute for Policy Studies
High Flyers 2026: The High Cost of Private Jet Excess
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump approval among "the most conservative generation in 60 years," Gen Z (ages 18-29, NYT/Siena 9/8-9/13): Approve: 18% Disapprove: 78% www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Toplines: September 2026 Times/Siena Poll of Registered Voters
Results of a New York Times/Siena poll conducted among 1,503 voters from Sept. 8 to 13, 2026.
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A popular Toronto-based travel influencer posted an Instagram video and blog about how they replaced car trips with an e-cargo bike and how much they love it. This feels like an indication of big culture shifts - biking is really going mainstream in Toronto!
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Urban Arrow FamilyNext Pro Review: Our Family Cargo Bike - Mini Jetsetter
Our honest Urban Arrow FamilyNext Pro review after a summer of daily riding in Toronto: what we love, what to know, and if a family cargo bike is worth it.
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Tax Private Jets @taxprivatejets.org · 15/09/2026
They’re trying to slip a tax break for private jet owners into the ALERT Act—an aviation safety bill. Safety fixes: yes. Billionaire giveaways: no. The Senate version doesn’t include it right now. Let’s keep it that way. Message your Senators: actionnetwork.org/letters/ineq...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Close the loophole that subsidizes private jets!
Lobbyists tacked a tax break for private jet owners onto the ALERT Act — a bipartisan bill meant to fund air-traffic controller training after last year's deadly helicopter-jet collision over DC. I j...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thomas Rose, a 37-year-old assistant professor at MIT and an expert in the archaeometallurgy of copper, has died after being hit by a driver while riding his bike at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Ave.
bostonglobe.com
MIT professor hit while riding his bicycle in Cambridge last month has died, university officials say - The Boston Globe
Thomas Rose, 37, joined MIT in January and was set to begin teaching courses this fall.
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 28/08/2026
Arif comes out as not an LLM
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
An estimated 15 million people around the world are threatened by floods from glacial lakes, and the danger is growing as Earth heats up due to our continued burning of fossil fuels. Check out this report from @rhersher.bsky.social and colleagues at @npr.org from a few years ago.
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Living in the shadow of a dangerous shrinking glacier
Melting glaciers are leaving behind large, unstable lakes around the world. Millions of people live downstream, in places increasingly threatened by deadly flash floods. What will it take to protect t...
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I hope people read this. This includes a great breakdown of the proposed legislation in Massachusetts which includes guard rails for data use and collection, and importantly limits the use of information collected by traffic cameras for anything but enforcement.
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Tram T. Nguyen @teamtram.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Boston Globe has endorsed this campaign! Thank you, @bostonglobe.com Editorial Board for recognizing the hundreds of volunteers, supporters, voters, and community members who make up this incredible campaign. Here's to a stronger Massachusetts, and a better future for us all.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 27/08/2026
donald trump just posted a video of him writing "LAKE AMERICA" on a map of Lake Ontario, and he he didn't even end the video with "Lake America Great Again" tbh i think he may be slipping
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Josh K-sky @joshksky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
happy tuesday to all climate fiction writers seeking a metaphorical framework to express the climate catastrophe's resurfacing of long-thought-settled atavistic conflicts, and only to you
latimes.com
Wildfires expose — and detonate — buried bombs and mines from WWI and WWII
Some of the weapons have exploded in the intense heat. Blasts have been reported in France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, where a bomb-disposal team was dispatched to check a forest threatened...
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We have a major Democratic law firm, two major party committees, and two media outlets dead to rights suppressing research into how digital fundraising firms scam seniors and barely a peep from the national press corps or elected officials. A goddamn shame.
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 19/08/2026
sorry to be a reply guy but - Evan's pronouns are they/them FYI
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 18/08/2026
What if a 45-minute ride were just $3, like the subway or the bus? Join our City Bike Riders Union: 3dollarcitibike.nyc
3dollarcitibike.nyc
$3 Citi Bike — City Bike Riders Union
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 05/08/2026
both the @taxprivatejets.org PJET calculations and Google's travel-impact model exclude non-CO2 warming effects (contrails, mostly), but you could estimate these at 70% in addition to the direct combustion CO2. see ecologi.com/flights/meth... for more on that!
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 05/08/2026
To your question: a person flying economy-class from JFK to Heathrow causes 418 kg co2e. 147 kilotons --> 147,000,000 kg --> roughly 350,000 such trips. (commercial flight emissions calculated using Google's Travel Impact Model travelimpactmodel.org/lookup/route... )
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 05/08/2026
ips-dc.org/report-high-... (and I see I’m answering the wrong question …)
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High Flyers 2023: How Ultra-Rich Private Jet Travel Costs the Rest of Us and Burns Up the Planet - Institute for Policy Studies
In this report, we assess the environmental, economic, and security risks of private jet travel — and lay out tax reforms to offset them.
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 05/08/2026
The per-passenger-mile CO2 is about 10-20x higher in a private jet vs commercial - let me find our 2023 report
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 04/08/2026
Loving the sports coverage from @katharinehayhoe.com. Katherine, you might also be interested in the research @taxprivatejets.org published on private-jet carbon impact from the 2026 World Cup -- bsky.app/profile/taxp...
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
(1/2) The Iran war is a redistribution machine: Big oil profits have shot up to historic highs. Our research shows that 50% of fossil fuel profits go to the richest 1% in the U.S. The rich are the ultimate beneficiaries of the war windfalls.
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What does a grain have to do with anti-fascist economics? Everything. Penguin put the whole argument on the UK cover of my book. A thread 🌾
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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Louisa Gag Ghost Bike Installed.
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 19/07/2026
climate/football news you can use @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social @davidho.bsky.social @maxberger.bsky.social @enjohnston.bsky.social @duncanwrites.bsky.social @frankhuisingh.bsky.social @kevinrye.bsky.social @stevecockburn.bsky.social
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Cool cool cool cool cool cool cool
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 17/07/2026
Every worker should be able to join a union.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 17/07/2026
Hey Democrats, don't talk about climate change
Wildfires and smoke in North America
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Duncan Meisel @duncanwrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Wait, countries can intervene when other countries emit dangerous levels of pollution? Are you SURE you want that precedent as the world's largest carbon polluter?
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 16/07/2026
we might be able to see WHICH oil co jets were in these data sets ... let me see who's tracking ownership
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 16/07/2026
and climate-justice folks @spje.bsky.social @staygroundednet.bsky.social @polluterspay.bsky.social @jamiehenn.bsky.social @fossilfreefootball.bsky.social @climatetown.bsky.social @climatebrad.hillheat.com @emorwee.bsky.social
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 16/07/2026
tagging airplane-tracking folks @airplaneian.com @jjindc.bsky.social @gillianthreeg.bsky.social @kcimc.bsky.social @jacks.grndcntrl.net @tomcartwright.bsky.social @trainsonplanes.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/taxp...
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Tax Private Jets @taxprivatejets.org · 16/07/2026
THIS IS THE WORLD CUP: a huge spike in carbon emissions from private jets The blue line is 2026 carbon emissions from private jets in and around Atlanta from Jul 13 - 17. The gray band outlines the high and low bands from 2021-2025. Can you find the kickoff time? ⚽🟥 bsky.app/profile/taxp...
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 16/07/2026
Here's what I've been busy with .... shout if you want a login to our private-jet carbon emissions tracker!
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Jeff Gang @jeffgang.org · 07/07/2026
Also there's Local TV +, an app that gives you all the broadcast Boston channels in HD www.yourlocaltv.org
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Home | Masslocaltv
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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 07/07/2026
Pausa de Humiliacion
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
That’s what happens when you get rid of the department of defense
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/07/2026
I've been posting the 8-15 ICE removal flights a day for months. Even if those flights were full--and we know many of them aren't--it would add up to ~1,500 seats max. We know a small # are deported as ticketed passengers on commercial flights, there's no way it's 1,700 a day. He's lying or dumb.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 22/06/2026
honestly i welcome the data center lobby just openly saying climate goals needed to be trashed so the tech industry can build ai — intense heat waves, record forest fires, worsening natural disasters be damned
politico.eu
Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says
Tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 20/06/2026
HYDRATION BREAK 🐣 🪶
A western grebe riding on their parents back, leaning down to the water to take a drink, or maybe its jumping in the water
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Inequality.org @inequality.org · 18/06/2026
Elon Musk’s wealth now roughly amounts, in today’s dollars, to 175 times the net worth of the richest American back in 1982.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/06/2026
$765 million of your tax dollars being paid to *not* develop wind power.
heatmap.news
Trump Pays $765 Million to Kill 4 More Offshore Wind Leases
The deal with developer Invenergy includes a commitment to build geothermal generation in addition to natural gas.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 15/06/2026
#OtD 15 Jun 1990 LA police attacked ~500 striking janitors and their supporters at a peaceful @SEIU protest against cleaning contractor ISS. The workers later won health benefits, better pay & union recognition stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8695...
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 10/06/2026
Rather be Grebein'
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Kraig Peck @kraigpeck.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
In Massachusetts Today, Uber and Lyft Drivers Went Union prospect.org/2026/05/26/i...
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In Massachusetts Today, Uber and Lyft Drivers Went Union - The American Prospect
Under a recently enacted state law, independent contractors can bargain collectively—and now, they will.
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