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Peter D. Buck

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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
According to AAA, the average price of gas in Pennsylvania has risen from $3.46/gallon to $4.15 over the last month and diesel from $4.68/gallon to $6.09. Glad I’m driving an EV.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
If you are tired of these petrostate wars & have the money, buy an EV. Regardless, your next car should be an EV. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/02/e...
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EV demand is getting a boost from the Iran war — just as auto giants pivot back to combustion engines
Various car selling platforms have reported a sharp increase in consumer interest for EVs since the Middle East crisis began.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I will be sad for Tommy Wiseau if “Melania" displaces “The Room” as the worst movie of all time.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
There are no ethical and practical systems thinkers in the Trump regime. They are simple-minded ideologues who think every problem is a Gordian Knot they can cut through as if they are Alexander the Great. None of that is true. peterdbuck.substack.com/p/a-desperat...
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A desperate need for systems thinking, ethics, and strategic competence in the American government.
We are deeply unwell. Trump is a symptom of our lunacy. We have become a detached from reality, addicted to hyperbole, clinically self-obsessed, and inured to violence. We need a recovery program.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I am so grateful to have gotten to work on the Centre County solar power purchase agreement. It’s wild that it took the full might of the federal government to stop it. Let that sink in. “First one through the wall gets bloody.” Glad to do it. peterdbuck.substack.com/p/the-centre...
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The Centre County intergovernmental solar project falls to the war on clean energy. But its potential is very much alive.
Even though it will not be completed, the cause remains. Public opinion on solar and climate change as well as rising prices and budget stress will demand ingenuity. We are prepared.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Tea rooms.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
These guys were selling t-shirts until they needed a war to cover up the intentional damage they did to the economy and the president's involvement in a pedophilia scandal.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/03/2026
A PSA from Thomas Massie:
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently!
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Steve Postman 🇨🇦 @steve1970peng.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Eisenhower
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/03/2026
Hell. Hell is where you go.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America. And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
On Friday, 10 local governments met to end the intergovernmental solar power purchase agreement I catalyzed. After almost 7 years of painstaking work, it became a casualty of the MAGA war on clean energy. But I am more heartened than saddened. Read why. peterdbuck.substack.com/p/the-centre...
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The Centre County intergovernmental solar project falls to the war on clean energy. But its potential is very much alive.
Even though it will not be completed, the cause remains. Public opinion on solar and climate change as well as rising prices and budget stress will demand ingenuity. We are prepared.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
An unjust war should never be fought. But those who demand the war be fought should pay for it with their greatest effort.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This is not something we can ignore. Obama never went to war with Iran. Trump has failed to negotiate effectively on the world stage & is failing to govern the United States.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 28/02/2026
The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Sidewalk chalk from a rally for Black lives after the murder of George Floyd. With a white nationalist in the White House & ICE terrorizing Americans, these words are at least as important today as they were then.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This is an utter tragedy. A developer & the landowner decided to fell 65 acres of forest with no warning to the township or residents. They did it because they could, not because they had to. More thoughts to come on Substack. www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...
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‘Heartbroken.’ Forest in Ferguson Township cleared years after controversial plans
The township’s tree preservation ordinance only applies at sites where there are active development plans or permit requests. There currently are no such plans on the Pine Hall Forest site.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I need only to stand in the midst of a clear-cut forest, a strip-mined hillside, a defoliated jungle, or a dammed canyon to feel uneasy with assumptions that could yield the conclusion that no human action can make any difference to the welfare of anything but sentient animals. John Rodman
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
…create economic policy that levels the playing field, protect the environment, & use evidence & reason. You know how to stop freedom? Create a one-party system that fetishizes guns, castes, & idolizes a man in the name of God & country.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
You know how to support freedom? Support public education, use public libraries, read & support an independent & free press, respect the independent judiciary, recognize the power of peer-reviewed science, fight for public health & universal healthcare,…
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
As Phillips O’Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrew’s in Scotland, said, Trump appears to have launched this attack for domestic political reasons. The hostilities should cease immediately & diplomacy resumed.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The U.S. bombing of Iran is a war of choice. It runs completely contrary to Trump’s campaign promises to both end conflicts & keep the U.S. out of conflicts. apnews.com/live/live-up...
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Live updates: Trump say Iran’s supreme leader is dead
The U.S. and Israel struck Iran on Saturday. President Donald Trump said Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, telling Iranians to take back their country.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Correct. The second we stop talking, bad things happen. See you soon.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
You clearly have a different operating definition of communism than I do. I don’t even know where to start with that. So I’m not going to. If you are honestly interested in having a conversation, shoot me an email and we can have lunch or coffee.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The freedom of speech must include the right to offend. I will vigorously fight fascist speech with anti-fascist speech. I will also never negotiate with a fascist. War and political violence are not acceptable. Full stop. Dr. King was right. Stephen Miller is wrong.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
…or others in a fact-free zone. If you want a conversation, find my work email and we can get a coffee & see where we agree. My record of actually fighting white Christian nationalists—who, for the record, have free speech just like I do—is crystal clear. Keep your Stalin rhetoric to yourself.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
If you want to have a real conversation, then have a real conversation. Don’t come onto my Bluesky and unleash a torrent of insults, accusing me of cosplay. You don’t have free speech on my page. I’ve seen this game play out before, where someone thinks they have a free speech right to insult me…
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
No fascists allowed.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
“When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don’t speak out, ain’t anybody going to speak out for you.” Fannie Lou Hamer
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Spotted in DC.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Eliminating the endangerment finding on CO2 puts us at more risk. The finding enabled the federal government to treat carbon dioxide as a pollutant, making it directly subject to regulation. This move is a middle finger followed by a mugging. It will cost us dearly. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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We are in more danger without "the endangerment finding" on carbon dioxide
It would be generous to say this is a “head in the sand” approach. It is really a middle finger followed by a mugging.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
It cannot be made greater (again) by cynicism, racism, nativism, fundamentalism, or authoritarianism. We have no safe space for nihilists. We are…thriving because of our commitment to the dignity & worth of all people.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I live in State College, Pennsylvania. It is a special place. We are the home of Penn State which was created by Abraham Lincoln signing the Morrill Act in 1863. Education, discovery, service, creativity, openness to all people, and sportsmanship make this place great.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
“…The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” Frederick Douglass
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters...”
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
AI is occupying our lives. Its rapid rise has required massive investment in data centers. Their impact on electricity prices, energy security, & climate impacts are significant. open.substack.com/pub/peterdbu...
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Pennsylvania is the home of the Constitution. Pennsylvanians assemble. We have to fight this fascist evil.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Concentrations camps are facilities to incarcerate politically targeted individuals & minorities—immigrants, Muslims & atheists, LGBTQ+ people, “radical left scum,” intellectuals—on the basis of “national interests” & domination. Trump wants them everywhere. www.spotlightpa.org/berks/2026/0...
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Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for PA detention centers
ICE detention centers planned for Berks and Schuylkill Counties would burden residents and possibly violate state legal requirements, officials say.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The SAVE Act is a misogynistic, racist, anti-poor horror bill. Of course, that self-obsessed trash ogre John Fetterman says he will vote for it. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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SAVE Act explained: Republicans' sweeping elections overhaul would impose strict new voting rules, potentially disenfranchising millions of voters
The bill was approved by the House of Representatives, but faces long odds of being passed by the Senate.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The NFL & its advertisers proved the United States is a diverse nation & that white Christian nationalists are a shrieking minority who suck at everything.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Our rights are popular & Trump’s ICE/CBP is very unpopular. - 74%: we should be able to record - 59%: we should be able to share where ICE/CBP is acting - 72%: unacceptable to use people’s appearance or language to check immigration status - 61%: unacceptable for ICE/CBP to wear masks
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
You can’t abuse people into greatness. Abuse destroys. It diminishes. It creates failure. That’s Trump & MAGA. Abusers. Failures. They can’t stop themselves. We have to.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Minneapolis is a great city. Portland is a great city. Chicago is a great city. L.A. is a great city. Like all cities, they have challenges, some of them significant. ICE & CBP terrorizing residents, kidnapping kids, assaulting & murdering non-violent observers & protestors won’t make them better.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Get your priorities in order & fight fascists. My God. open.substack.com/pub/peterdbu...
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Seriously. The f-bomb is the least of your worries.
I can’t believe I am about to write this.
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Peter D. Buck @peterdbuck.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
61% of Americans disapprove of Trump overall. 50% say Trump’s actions are worse than they expected. 21% say Trump is doing better. Majorities believe Trump lacks character across six qualities. “Acts ethically in office” the worst. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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Republican support for Trump’s agenda has declined over the last year
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