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Rohan Bhargava

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Climate and international development 🌎 📍Washington DC

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I appreciated this chance to go on Bloomberg Tech, though it's always a bit odd to have a conversation with a reporter who is really interested in what's effectively a fictional story. www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...
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Watch Bender: AI’s ‘Existential’ Risk Is ‘Fake’ - Bloomberg
University of Washington professor Emily Bender argues the AI safety debate is too focused on hypothetical existential threats while overlooking harms already happening today. She points to environmen...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.  May peace be our future.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 24/09/2026
over at the newsletter I wrote about the comically shitty media coverage of the AI doompocalypse
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Lazy Journalism At The 'End Of The World'
U.S. corporate media long ago gave up on accurately describing abject reality.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ANOTHER death in ICE detention which appears likely to be the result of medical neglect. A diabetic who told his family members he wasn't receiving regular insulin shots OR getting diabetic-appropriate meals just died in custody. The U.S. prison-ICE detention-industrial complex kills.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's clear that the Trump regime is committing an armed robbery in Venezuela, and they won't tell the public who's getting the loot.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's fascinating, to me, how many columns and articles were written after Biden's withdraw from Afghanistan about the looming humanitarian catastrophe that Biden caused and how many fewer were written about Trump slashing US humanitarian aid still being sent there from $3B/year to $0 in 2025.
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Emathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from.
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
the official policy of tech companies like Google/YouTube is that they are allowed to gobble up every ounce of data on earth to create a robot they hope will replace you but also if you use two seconds of a movie to talk about said movie for half an hour, every dollar you make belongs to the studio
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2026
under remarked on aspect of trump is his deep hatred of natural beauty and the natural world.
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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner.
ICE vehicle - black Nissan Maxima with plate cover - posted up in a spot that also serves as an elementary school bus stop. Another ICE vehicle, black Dodge Durango, lurking around the community. Two more ICE vehicles - black Dodge Durango and a white SUV, unclear on make, model - on a quiet residential street, being quietly creepy. Note that the white SUV has its plate covered. Yet another ICE vehicle. Black Nissan Pathfinder. They were all over the neighborhood.
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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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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Awful. Just awful. A promising young man, a high school honors grad who joined JROTC and dreamed of becoming a doctor, killed himself because of the Trump admin’s obsession with hurting Haitians and the humiliating shame of an ICE ankle monitor. His blood is on their hands.
A picture of a young black man, dressed in a light blue suit with a smart black bow tie, smiling as he is handed a diploma from a school official, a white man in his 40s-50s who is also smiling. Underneath is the caption “Pierre Damas Bel receives his high school diploma. (Family Photo/Instagram)”Bel arrived in the United States in 2024 in order to reunite with his parents, who had fled Haiti three years before. The family was granted temporary protected status, purchased a home in Springfield and settled into life in the U.S. Bel dreamed of studying medicine and graduated high school last May with honors and as a proud member of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC), his father said. He was the eldest of three siblings and his family described him as smart and responsible.
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Death by intentional neglect is the characteristic method of murder in concentration camps
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Trump, empowered by SCOTUS, entered office convinced he could do insider trading, sell pardons and favors, take bribes, steal and openly flout the law. Now, with the prospect of investigations looming, he is growing ever more fearful that he miscalculated.
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
they think it is poor people’s duty to die for them. that is what they are saying
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the moon report 🌘 @seachanger.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
this is annoying of me to post, but i really was dead scared about this climate reality in like 1997. people are surprised that the earth's habitability could break down within a human lifespan but the science was mostly all there 30 years ago and available to anyone willing to reckon with it
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Trump-endorsed IndyCar race on the DC streets into a great unintentional advertisement for the effectiveness of raised crosswalks as a traffic calming measure
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Central NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸 @princetonyimby.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
An 18-yo e-biker in Princeton was run over by an 89-yo driver making a turn without looking. The driver knocked the cyclist unconscious and continued for 65-ft with the e-bike wedged under the car. When the cyclist woke up, he got a ticket for unregistered e-bike. www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...
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July Crashes: Two Injured E-Cyclists, Three Drunk Drivers, Several Crash-Prone Seniors on Princeton Roads
Princeton, NJ —  In July, two e-cyclists were injured when they collided with cars. One cyclist hit the back of a car when it stopped in traffic, causing him to smash through the car
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
walking around by the capitol and the level of disruption this car race is causing is honestly maybe the most nuts thing I’ve seen
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18/08/2026
On Sunday, parents across the five boroughs got a night to themselves while NY's Cutest enjoyed free activities with NYC Parks staff at select recreation centers. Free & accessible child care doesn’t just make our city more affordable — it gives parents time to rest, recharge, or enjoy a night out.
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Robert Prinz @prinzrob.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
And then you get that riding time back via extended life expectancy. Bicycling is a time machine! road.cc/content/news...
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Riding a bike for an hour extends cyclist's life by same time, say Dutch researchers
Riding a bike for one hour extends the average cyclist’s life by the same amount of time, according to a study in the Netherlands, which also found that they live six months longer than people who do ...
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Clarence Eckerson Jr./Streetfilms @streetfilms.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Montreal's open streets are great! But the Mt. Royal version is gangbusters at 1.5 miles in length and since it is a largely business corridor for those who have difficulty getting around or are seniors there is a FREE pedi-cab service that anyone can use! I did! @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 11/08/2026
it's maddening. and not only this, renewables are now the cheapest form of electricity AND fossil fuels have suffered repeated severe price shocks AND EVs are now price competitive with gas cars
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/08/2026
A new company called PriorityEvac, which launched in June, is offering private evacuation flights from Florida’s coasts. For $1,250 a year, a member is guaranteed a spot aboard an Airbus A320 aircraft to Atlanta for a maximum of two hurricanes per season. cnn.it/4cpbgkr
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Rohan Bhargava @rbhargava.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Not only is the Reflection Pool empty and fenced off, they set up cameras with an AI detection tool and speaker that yells at the National Guard for trespassing every 2 minutes.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph  showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Also among those detained was a Ugandan woman in a wheelchair who has sickle cell anemia and an active asylum application, according to her lawyer." “It’s not people with criminal records” being targeted, Mr. Shamieh said. “You are talking about people with legitimate pending applications.”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A tax that is losing money? You can see how this guy managed to bankrupt a casino.
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 28/07/2026
Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Same guy trying to eliminate the International Criminal Court for some reason.
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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
You might get sick of hearing this but if he keeps doing it I'm gonna keep saying it: this is an unconstitutional impoundment, violating both Congress' Article I spending authority and the 1974 Impoundment Control act, and immediately impeachable.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
There's no federal civil action against federal agents killing someone (RIP Bivens) and now there's no federal criminal culpability. Even if states investigate (and they absolutely should), Supremacy Clause immunity might bar prosecution. It's lawless impunity.
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𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷 @jastuart68.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Watching ICE agents literally run away from a Mount Laurel Starbucks without their coffee because the neighborhood completely rejected them is pure gold. South Jersey will make you unwelcome every single time you show your faces.
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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
NEW from us: China's traffic-related air pollution levels dropped sharply after the Hormuz crisis, as fuel consumption fell and EV use surged. This is more evidence that the fall in China's oil import isn't just inventory drawdown but real consumption cuts. 🧵
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 16/07/2026
The beautiful game. The people’s game. Throughout this World Cup, we have been reminded of a simple truth: football belongs to everyone. So does the joy and community it creates. Yesterday, I joined New Yorkers on Rikers Island to watch England take on Argentina.
Mayor Mamdani greets detainees in Rikers Island jail for a World Cup watch party. A detainee on Rikers Island is served from a buffet.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
These will be among the iconic images of the global warming era. Such sadness and awe
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
1,700 people were killed by the June heatwave in Belgium. Massive overload in hospital emergency rooms, 19,000 calls to the emergency number 112 in a day. Many brought to hospitals with heat stroke, body temperatures of 42°C. #climate #climatechange #extremeweather. www.standaard.be/binnenland/h...
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Hulpverleners reconstrueren het fatale hitteweekend: “We vonden mensen dood in de zetel, op een stoel of in bed”
De hittegolf van juni sloeg ongenadig toe, vooral in het laatste weekend. Hoe is dat kunnen gebeuren? Een reconstructie aan de hand van de hulpverleners die het vanop de eerste rij meemaakten. “Ik denk dat veel mensen niet doorhebben wat er echt gebeurd is.”
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/07/2026
It was an honor to join a home-based providers round-table at Xiomara Family Day Care in the Bronx.   While Wall Street execs make $1,796/hr, child care workers earn a median of $6/hr — a reflection not of their value, but of a system that has failed to value care itself. We're changing that system.
Mayor Mamdani listens to a roundtable of home-based child care providers.Mayor Mamdani poses with the roundtable group at Xiomara Family Day Care in the Bronx.Roundtable participants laugh and chat.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This morning a driver struck and killed Louisa Gag, a biking advocate and transportation planner. Gag had coauthored a Vision Zero Action plan: visionzeronetwork.org/wp-content/u...
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Boston transportation planner fatally struck by car near Roxbury Crossing, family says - The Boston Globe
Louisa Gag, 36, "was a dedicated public servant to the City of Boston and passionately advocated for safer streets,” her sister said.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo called Houston home for 35 years. On Tuesday, an ICE agent shot and killed him. His family learned of his death from a video before anyone bothered to knock on their door.
New York City stands with the Salgado family in demanding a full, independent investigation and real accountability. To the Salgado family and any immigrant family in this city living in fear: we grieve with you and we will continue to stand beside you in the pursuit of justice.
Abolish ICE.
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CNN @cnn.com · 07/07/2026
Exclusive: Rush for targets led US commanders to ignore warnings before deadly Iran school strike, sources say cnn.it/4pcGpwP
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Rohan Bhargava @rbhargava.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
ICE killed him.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Appeal kicked out for lack of standing! FIFA basically SCOTUS now.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
By his own admission, he had no idea what a red card was, but he knew -- better than the ref, better than FIFA -- that what Balogun did did not meet the standards for getting a red card, which, again, he had never heard of before. This is like watching JD lecture the pope, but more corrupt.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 05/07/2026
How shallow must your ideas be to alarm(!!) people in finance? What the hell are they suggesting?!
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