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Miranda C. Spencer

@mirandacspencer.bsky.social
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Free-range book editor, media critic & multimedia journalist on environment/health/social justice beats. Piano student, cat person, Jersey girl in the Granite State. Subverting the dominant paradigm one day at a time.

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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
No one is safe. #ICE #immigration
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Report: More school districts are banning #books than ever before, and some are using AI to do it.  #Censorship
pen.org
A Spotlight on School Book Bans
Nearly 12,000 books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The #climate movement does understand the meaning of “Sue the bastards!” Let’s go!
insideclimatenews.org
21 States Sue EPA to Reinstate Climate Pollution Rules for Power Plants - Inside Climate News
Democrat-led states and cities argue that the rollback harms public health and the environment.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
10 AM ET today on the SCOTUS website #climate #law
washingtonsun.com
The Supreme Court Is Considering the Future of Climate Change Lawsuits
The justices hear oral arguments Monday in a major environmental case over fossil fuel company liability.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/10/2026
There are so many climate policy conversations in so many places around the world on "pragmatism", "realism", "compromise" etc How many of them include this end of the equation?
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/01/i...
counterpunch.org
If AI is Crashing, the Story Should be Jail In, Not Bail Out
The end-of-the-week meltdown of Oracle, coupled with Sam Altman’s admission that his Open AI team has no idea what it’s doing, has many hoping that the AI bubble is about to burst. It’s too early to k...
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump’s SEC Can Now Rewrite Wall Street’s Rules With A Single Vote What could go wrong?…
levernews.com
Trump SEC Quorum Rule Lets One Commissioner Act Alone
A quiet rule change could signal “the end of independent financial regulators” just as the SEC prepares to deregulate crypto, mega-IPOs, and corporate governance.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/28/a...
theintercept.com
AI Almost Started a U.S.–China War — and No One Seems to Care
The tech world is too busy dreaming up imaginary doomsday scenarios to focus on a very real one that flared up between nuclear powers.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 30/09/2026
A recent disclosure of Amazon’s internal “employee relations” documents reveals just how extreme Amazon’s methods of warehouse surveillance and control have become.
truthout.org
Amazon Is Deploying AI to Spy on Its Workers and Bust Unions Before They Form
Internal company documents obtained by a Canadian labor board show how Amazon is tracking workers’ every move.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Data center #water issues apparently go beyond how much they required to run. #AI
theguardian.com
US datacenters face further backlash over wastewater pollution
From rare bacteria to ‘forever chemicals’, a series of cases of violations or alleged pollution has prompted alarm
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Connecting the dots between forever chemicals and data centers #PFAS #AI
theguardian.com
‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
With all the major hacks and out-of-control #AI, couldn’t judicial dissolution be an option— i.e., these companies could have their corporate charters revoked?  Legal and business types please advise.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘I Write This to Frighten You’: How Scientists Took On Existential Risk Once Before. #AI
nytimes.com
How Scientists Can Shape Public Opinion Over A.I. Risks (Gift Article)
Artificial intelligence workers may have leverage to make the world safer.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New lawsuit against Trump: #Iran war is unconstitutional.
levernews.com
Iran War Victims Put Trump’s Power Grab On Trial
An unprecedented lawsuit from Iranian-American families challenges Trump’s ability to wage war without Congress.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Chemicals linked to #breastcancer are everywhere. No wonder the disease is so prevalent. 😭
insideclimatenews.org
Chemicals Linked to Breast Cancer Are ‘Ubiquitous,’ Study Shows - Inside Climate News
Hundreds of potential breast carcinogens taint everyday consumer products, food, drinking water, medicines, building materials and pesticides, scientists reported.
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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 26/09/2026
Twice as fast and at half the cost: A geothermal startup is collaborating with one of the nation’s largest homebuilders to drive down the cost of tapping the subsurface for heating and cooling.
insideclimatenews.org
New Colorado Neighborhood Could Offer Glimpse into the Future of Home Energy Use - Inside Climate News
The partners behind a project in suburban Denver think they’ve found a way to accelerate the adoption of residential geothermal heating and cooling.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
He is spot on about how and why to talk about #climatechange and why Democrats must do so more aggressively. But I’d ask him: what are you going to do about the fact that California has a ginormous, greenhouse-gas-gushing #oil and #gas industry? Where is your transition plan?
theguardian.com
Gavin Newsom condemns Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’, predicts Trump’s downfall and expects AOC to run in 2028
Democrats must show links of climate shocks to ‘kitchen table’ issues, California governor says
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The “art of the deal” aka pay 💰 to play.
theguardian.com
Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call
Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So this is the political atmosphere in my state right now. This and a bunch of folks calling them themselves the “free state movement” who are openly trying to take over the state and mold it to their own vision. #NewHampshire #politics
indepthnh.org
Social Media Post Calls for Assassinating all Elected NH Democrats  - InDepthNH.org
The X account of the Libertarian Party of NH Tuesday called for assassinating every elected Democrat in New Hampshire.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Per @amywestervelt.bsky.social, we don’t have to just accept #ClimateChange, #AI or anything else.
drilled.ghost.io
The Unbearable Bleakness of "Inevitability"
My entire adult life people who are supposedly sensible have been telling me some catastrophe or another is “inevitable.” Nuclear war, climate change, and now the AI takeover. Apparently the “end of r...
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Imagine if ANY other president did any of these things….
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 03/09/2026
The Australien Government made an ad about carbon offsets and koalas, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🌏🌳🐨 💛 produced by our Patrons 🙏 support us on Patreon: patreon.com/thejuicemedia ☕ buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/thejuicemedia
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Please, if you can, #VOTE in person rather than by mail. Trump is trying to disenfranchise us and the mail voting situation is too much in flux to know if you’ll get a chance to do it or be counted.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem was so important to me as a teenager in the 1970s. Ms was one of the first magazines I ever subscribed to, in college. Another giant gone. 😭
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
CCS=carbon capture and storage.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
With this terrifying news, the same legacy media that have covered floods from melting glaciers and deadly heat waves in Europe should be making UN report the lead story. Instead, @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com buried it wayyy down on their online pages.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Post Office is going postal and must be made to obey the judge’s ruling #voting #corruption
nytimes.com
Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nauseating manipulation of the public and politicians by #climatechange- causing cronies and phonies
levernews.com
A Natural Gas Astroturf Group Says It Flipped NY Gov. Hochul
How a front for fossil fuel is using affordability fears, former Democratic officials, and dubious polling to turn establishment Democrats against the climate left.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Sophistry at its finest #taxes #plutocracy
themoneytrail.substack.com
On the Money: Washington Post says cut Social Security, don’t raise taxes on the wealthy
Given the newspaper is owned by Jeff Bezos, the third richest person on the planet, that’s not a surprise
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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Great @michaelemann.bsky.social on climate collapse in Nepal. Kicker? It’s a campaign issue. Vote. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster | Michael Mann
The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action now
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So interesting! I am a proud EV owner these days. This suggests that’s the future, and I am here for it.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This song is about #climatechange but so relevant to US politics right about now. 😭Rest in power, Dolly!
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I hope it doesn’t need to be said that more gas power=drives more climate heating. Yet this is rarely mentioned.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I can’t believe this information needs to be repeated, but it’s very helpful .
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
They could not look guiltier if they tried. If Mitch is dead/incapacitated, These people should be in prison for fraud/racketeering. They’re defrauding the people of Kentucky for their salaries at the VERY least. @govandybeshear.bsky.social #MissingMitchMcconnell
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The video we need today!
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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Apply this to everyone in these concentration camps right now.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Helpful info on how to spot less obvious ICE activity and what you can do if you notice it. (Just the messenger.)
the50501movement.org
ICE Vehicles Don’t Look Like ICE Vehicles Anymore
What to look for, how they’re blending in, and why reporting sightings to ICE-watch networks keeps communities safer.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
What they want you to believe: Wildfires = Canada mismanagement. What the data says: 335 million hectares burned globally in 2025. 3,955 fires in Canada in 2026 alone, 1,092,095 hectares in non-EU Europe, Spain, France, USA, South Africa, Australia. This is climate, not a country.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 23/07/2026
Floridians and everyday people across the country are fighting back, forcing local governments to stop the deployment of intrusive surveillance infrastructure and blocking the construction of data centers.
truthout.org
Floridians Have Made Resistance to Flock and Data Centers Central to State Politics
Public backlash has pushed some counties to pull funding for Flock cameras and issue moratoriums on data centers.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents suggest #climatechange
nytimes.com
Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest
The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported, according to industry files cited by the Center for Climate Integrity, an activist organization.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I observed this omission and now this writer has documented it. #climate
columnblog.com
ABC, NBC, CBS Nightly News Report on “Toxic Wildfire Smoke,” “Catastrophic Flooding”—Without Once Mentioning Climate Change’s Role
A media that refuses to connect the dots.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 20/07/2026
NEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.
climateintegrity.org
The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“the absurdity of collapsing the chasm of distinction between your local DSA chapter and Al-Qaeda is self evident. So is the idea of a United international left…” Yet here we are.
forever-wars.com
The War on Terror Approaches Its Final Form
ICE executes the nonwhite while the White House and State Department look to declare the U.S. left a Foreign Terrorist Organization. We've been heading here since 9/11
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I smell a novel form of greenwashing that sounds a bit like The Matrix. We’ll pay you to suck off your private #energy supply so that we get first dibs at the grid? Wish @canarymedia.com had taken a more critical eye to this report. #datacenters
canarymedia.com
New Jersey law will let data centers pay for home energy upgrades
In a first, the state could speed up data centers’ grid connection if they bankroll energy-saving residential tech like heat pumps and batteries.
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Miranda C. Spencer @mirandacspencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The title says it all. Corporate America had no comment. (Gift article) #climate
nytimes.com
How to Abandon Your Climate Commitments and Get Away With It (Gift Article)
Big business made big promises about saving the planet. Following through hasn’t been easy.
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Maria Lorraine @marialorraine.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
. “No one would be trying to take your vote away from you with this level of intensity if they didn’t understand how important your vote is, how powerful it makes you. Your vote matters. Prepare to do whatever it takes this fall to cast it.” @joycewhitevance.bsky.social Link to Substack below.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 17/07/2026
“We need Nuremberg trials for Big Oil,” the Sunrise Movement wrote on social media as wildfires rage across Canada. The fossil fuel industry knew for decades that its products were largely responsible for the climate crisis, yet chose to push climate denial instead.
buff.ly
Calls Grow for Accountability From Fossil Fuel Execs Amid Climate-Fueled Fires
“We need Nuremberg trials for Big Oil,” the Sunrise Movement wrote on social media as wildfires rage across Canada.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 17/07/2026
No members remain on the federal commission that sets U.S. voting system standards.
truthdig.com
Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midterms
Democrats Benjamin Hovland and Thomas Hicks were fired from the Election Assistance Commission, while Christy McCormick, the Republican, was allowed to resign.
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