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Leif Utne 🇺🇸🇨🇦

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Climate communicator. Writer/editor/producer. Musician. Dad. Seattle Sounders fan.

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Leif Utne 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @leifutne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I was today years old when I learned that Joe Rogan went to my high school. 🤯 He graduated 5 years before me, so we didn’t overlap. But still… I’m not quite sure how I feel about that.
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Leif Utne 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @leifutne.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The SpaceX IPO is a dumpster fire. This video by @pboyle.bsky.social breaks it down.
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Leif Utne 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @leifutne.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Goldman Sachs shareholders deserve to know how the company THEY OWN spends THEIR money on lobbying. As someone I once respected said: "Democracy dies in darkness." #transparency #lobbying #darkmoney #corruption
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
theguardian.com
ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’
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Leif Utne 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @leifutne.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Hey, US Men’s Hockey: Congrats on the win. But fuck you for showing up to the #SOTU.
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Leif Utne 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @leifutne.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
What’s on your #SOTU bingo card? www.lwv.org/blog/state-u...
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Leif Utne 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @leifutne.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A hero, indeed. Rest in power.
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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
We (Climate Integrity) are about to drop our analysis of the fossil fuel industry donations to the major parties ahead of the 2025 federal election. As a small spoiler - there's still a lot of dirty money flowing in politics. transparency.aec.gov.au/ClientEntity...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
An Italian court has recognised refugee status for an EU citizen - a Hungarian national who faces persecution for being Roma and transgender Analysis by Chiara Scissa: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/01/mutu...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
Mutual trust does not supersede human rights! Italian judges unprecedently recognize the refugee status to an EU citizen
Dr. Chiara Scissa * Photo credit : Bologna Tribunal, photo by Alex Sirac via Wikimedia Commons * Research fellow in EU law at the Uni...
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onion person @junlper.beer · 03/01/2026
thankfully donald trump is speedrunning administration and political movement suicide. this should be extremely bad for him and his movement long term. democrats please stand against this the world is begging for you to stand strong against imperialism
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.
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Megan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
nytimes.com
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
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Blackfulness @blackfulness.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Fishback should have asked Target. #epstein #blacksky
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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Please ask #Maine friends to Vote NO on Ballot 1: absentee ballots: boltsmag.org/maine-questi... and #Pennsylvania friends to vote YES to retain judges. It's critical the Dems keep the Supreme Court
boltsmag.org
A Ballot Measure Targets Mail Voting in Maine - Bolts
Question 1, on the November ballot, would set up a barrage of new restrictions on absentee ballots that would considerably affect older voters and people with disabilities.
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treekisser @treekisser.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
DHS is funneling $10B through the US Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of concentration camps across the US www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
cnn.com
Looking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy | CNN Politics
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement ai...
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Brian Tang @btangywx.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
It appears the earlier secondary eyewall merged with the primary eyewall quickly, similar what happened in Hurricane Milton. That merger may have paused intensification, but Melissa appears to be making its move to Cat. 5 tonight. Certainly has that look. Next set of recon. missions will be telling.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
zohranfornyc.com/gotv
zohranfornyc.com
Get Out The Vote for Zohran | Zohran for NYC
We need YOU to get your neighbors out to vote for Zohran! Our movement has to win big on November 4th to have the strength to pass our affordability agenda. Sign up for our final stretch shifts now an...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The Supreme Court is on the verge of gutting the Voting Rights Act's equal opportunity protections for minority voters — 12 years after they first rolled back its safeguards against voter suppression.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/10/2025
NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
propublica.org
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
There’s always more, and it’s always worse. But it’s never new.... 1965:
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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...
quotes from cybertruck owners
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20/09/2025
I've really come to think that many people recoil from climate politics, as they did from Covid politics, not *in spite* of the fact that the problem obviously calls for (can only be solved by) solidarity & cooperation, but *because* of it.
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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
📺 In this video, Johan Rockström explains the key findings of the 2025 Planetary Health Check: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndPV...
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Official Planetary Health Check 2025 with Johan Rockström
YouTube video by Planetary Boundaries Science
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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries ➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 30/07/2025
PSA on links: On Bluesky, there’s no limit to the number of links you can share, and they will receive the same visibility as your other posts 💙
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
BREAKING: Judge rules that during its large-scale enforcement operation in LA, DHS/ICE has been arresting people without probable cause -- based on factors like accent and line of work. She orders the agencies to stop. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Shaktari @shaktari.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
READ the CONSTITUTION & OUR LAWS DHS is urging police to consider a wide range of normal activities as violent tactics, including riding a bike & livestreaming a senior ACLU atty says the gov has no business treating constitutionally protected activities as threats www.wired.com/story/dhs-te... .
wired.com
Skateboards and Livestreams: DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
💥 NEW AfroTech: "Shareholders at 30 of the largest U.S. companies just delivered a powerful counterpunch to the anti-DEI movement. During the 2025 proxy season, every single one of the anti-DEI proposals filed at these corporations’ shareholder meetings was rejected" afrotech.com/shareholders...
afrotech.com
Shareholders Across 30 Major US Companies Unanimously Reject Anti-DEI Proposals - AfroTech
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The Peace Candidate.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
💥 Shareholders of 30 of the world's largest corporations are about to run the table -- voting unanimously to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025. Mastercard shareholders will vote on an anti-DEI proposal on Tuesday. MA Board urges shareholders to vote to reject. www.impactivize.org/2025-shareho...
impactivize.org
Impactivize Shareholder Scorecard™ -
2025 Anti-DEI Proposals and Shareholder Voting Results
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Bruce Herbert, aif @newgroundsri.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Shareholders understand what right-wing ideologues don’t: DEI policies aren’t just good for humanity, they’re good for business.
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Leif Utne 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @leifutne.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Fuck
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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 28/05/2025
Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years #Climate
theguardian.com
Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years
Data also shows small but ‘shocking’ likelihood of year 2C hotter than preindustrial era before 2030
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Rogue Citizen One @roguecitizenone.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🚨 ICE agents in masks and no uniforms abducting people from a Phoenix immigration court - no ID, no explanation, no due process. This is not law enforcement. This is authoritarianism. Demand accountability. Stay loud. Stay informed. Stay safe.
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Bruce Herbert, aif @newgroundsri.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Alec Baldwin moves shareholder proposal #7 at Chevron's 2025 annual meeting, on Newground's behalf. The proposal requests a lower threshold to call special meetings, so shareholders can address lapses in oversight of the company's environmental and human rights practices. vimeo.com/1088158263
vimeo.com
Alec Baldwin Speaks to Chevron
Alec Baldwin will address Chevron shareholders during the company's 2025 annual meeting on May 28, 2025. The actor will deliver a short speech to move shareholder…
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.” – Former Bogotá Mayor Enrique Peñalosa.
Graphic with same text as post
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Leif Utne 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @leifutne.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I’m not pregnant! Phew!😅 4th bout with C done. Thank god for Paxlovid.
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Bruce Herbert, aif @newgroundsri.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Celebrating the new American Pope!
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
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Leif Utne 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @leifutne.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
It was a glorious scene in Seattle yesterday. #HandsOff
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Leif Utne 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @leifutne.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This is insane.
bloomberg.com
US Weather Agency Websites Set to Vanish With Contract Cuts
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...
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Serena Larkin @serenalarkin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Seattle pals! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
What if you’re so outrageously incompetent you get it done in a matter of minutes?
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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
People will say this is the result of a presidential election, and that’s partly true. But the Constitution does not delegate tariff power to the president, and he is only able to impose these ruinous, peace-destroying taxes because Congress has let him do so. Congress can end this at any time.
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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Call it the Reichstag fire Trump-version where the wanna-be dictator is too lazy to even burn the building and instead just declares a fake "national emergency" and counts on the media and politicians to just submit to his blatant attack on reality. #StopTheCoup #HandsOff
whitehouse.gov
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security
PURSUING RECIPROCITY TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY AND RESTORE NATIONAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that foreign trade and
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Domestic politics will make it difficult for other countries' leaders to cut deals with Trump, even if they see that as the way to go. bsky.app/profile/josh...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
So good. 🤡 @brendanvduke.bsky.social
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