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energy/land-use/enviro attorney, ecologist, activist & political junkie, angler/hunter, cyclist/triathlete, music lover, futbol (Arsenal) & Michigan sports fan; live in Traverse City. (he/him)

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 4h
A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.
wired.com
Health Care Workers Are Tired of Cleaning Up Palantir’s Mess
A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.
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juliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 4h
Escalate, and risk American troops and global energy markets. Back down, and Tehran learns outlasting Washington works. Stay the course, and the quagmire deepens. No good options remain, and the experts who could pick the least bad one are gone. We’re paying for the war.
foreignpolicy.com
Trump Unleashed
How the U.S. president might escalate against Iran after the midterm elections.
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juliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 4h
The President has no idea how to end this war. And it could get worse: what will he do once the midterms are behind him and gas prices no longer cost him votes? My former CIA and NSC colleagues Cole Bucy and Nate Swanson lay out the trap in Foreign Policy:
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WIRED @wired.com · 4h
CEO Matt Garman announced Amazon will stop using secret agreements with county officials and acknowledges community backlash could lead to data center "moratoriums" across the country. www.wired.com/story/amazon...
wired.com
Amazon Says It Is Going to Stop Using NDAs for Data Centers
CEO Matt Garman announced Amazon will stop using secret agreements with county officials and acknowledges community backlash could lead to data center "moratoriums" across the country.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h
Donald Trump tore into the reporter at the end of the sprawling, at times deranged interview. trib.al/KeuIcSe
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Trump Moans He Didn’t Get “One F*cking Positive Question” in Interview
Donald Trump tore into the reporter at the end of the sprawling, at times deranged interview.
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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 4h
More confirmation that the Trump Administration is staying underground with its anti-abortion plans until after the midterms. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
washingtonsun.com
White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 4h
A transcript like this underscores how much news outlets -- including print and edited TV news -- routinely clean up his quotes or don't quote the elliptical non sequiturs. Worth comparing to what happens when, for instance, Rep. AOC says "uh" or "um" while discussing foreign policy.
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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 4h
I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that there are mass climate casualties in one of the richest, most developed regions of the world. So many of the people that died had no way to help themselves.
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Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate News
As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.
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rhammer @rhammersley.bsky.social · 4h
because of course…
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Jim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 4h
www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...
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Springfield pastor urges Senate panel to protect Haitian immigrants under TPS
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is a...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h
"Trump officials have behaved like influencers and crooked investors, churning out self-promoting photos, books, and other products like little fascist Kardashians." Here @aselrod.bsky.social gets at how the unending quest for the dopamine high of online notoriety heavily drives MAGA-GOP politics:
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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social · 4h
We’re being forced to live through an episode of Democracy: Love It or List It.
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Dr. Carlie Trott @carlietrott.bsky.social · 4h
"Even today ... roads, schools and hospitals are often still being built according to standards developed in the 1980s. ... Extreme heat should be treated as a systemic public health threat, much like seasonal influenza risks, not as an occasional hazard."
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4h
According to the International Energy Agency, total global investment in solar energy (including both rooftop solar and utility-scale projects) was less than half of this figure, despite our dire ecological situation
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 4h
"Recurring heatwaves, made hotter and more common by climate breakdown, killed tens of thousands of people across the continent while ruining harvests and shutting power plants." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future
EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 4h
Great to see some coverage of great public instititions & servants doing their work www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Librarians Discuss the Challenges and Triumphs of Running a Library Today
We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.
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Gary Wilson @garyglx5.bsky.social · 4h
Trying hard not to be skeptical about Whitmer's Det Riv clean up announcement. But advocates have been pleading for the state to engage for years. Now in her waning days she comes with a small dollar amount and a 2040 completion date. Really? Appearances? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLxA...
youtube.com
State commits $89 million to restore Detroit and Kalamazoo rivers
YouTube video by WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7
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rhammer @rhammersley.bsky.social · 12h
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13h
Good news. This was always a bad idea.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 13h
One again, I ask: if these conservative, "contrarian" academics are really being silenced, why don't they ever shut the fuck up?
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13h
Good’s partner and brother filed two lawsuits, one against the government and one against a group of immigration officials. trib.al/6Wy0tWy
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Trump and His Team Hit With Two Lawsuits Over Renee Good’s Death
Good’s partner and brother are suing the federal government and a group of immigration officials.
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Russ McNamara @rpmcnamara.bsky.social · 13h
Herbstreit’s dog gonna release a statement disowning him.
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Bill Shea @billshea19.bsky.social · 13h
Herbstreit's gross Watson redemption rhetoric comes not only after his craven horseshit both-siderism over the anti-labor college sports bill/Ted Cruz but in the immediate wake of the Cornell gang rape tragedy. Clueless meathead shit.
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American Public Transportation Association @apta-info.bsky.social · 13h
"The American Public Transportation Association estimates the stopgap bill will result in an over 80% cut to federal passenger rail investment and 20% cut to federal public transit investment." www.planetizen.com/news/2026/10... @planetizen.bsky.social
planetizen.com
Sharp cuts to federal passenger rail, public transit funding arrive today
The American Public Transportation Associations estimates the stopgap bill will result in an over 80% cut to federal passenger rail investment and 20% cut to public transit investment.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 13h
U.S. Sending Third Aircraft Carrier, Up to 10,000 More Troops, to Middle East
The deployments come as Trump weighs resuming bombing Iran after the midtermsDonald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 19h
*takes out a red sharpie* Can I just circle this part right here AUTOMATED WAR INITIATIVE WTAF
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19h
Judicial supremacy is an elite, anti-majoritarian check on the nation.
motherjones.com
How the Supreme Court seized power to rule over the rest of us
A false mythology put the justices on top. The people could knock them down.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19h
"In Clewiston, Florida, Penny Lee, a 55-year-old who voted for Trump in 2024, was blunt about her past support for the president: "'I was a dumbass.'" www.ms.now/news/republi...
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‘I feel hoodwinked’: In red states, some of Trump’s former supporters turn on the president
A month before the midterms, frustration over high prices and the war in Iran has Republicans on defense in states Trump won easily in 2024.
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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 19h
Statement from ACS on the DOJ's misconduct complaint filed against federal judges in Minnesota. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Text reads: "DOJ’s misconduct complaint against Minnesota’s federal judges is as absurd as it is troubling. When judges defend the integrity of our legal system, they aren’t playing politics -- they’re fulfilling their oath to uphold the Constitution. Judicial independence requires judges to protect the administration of justice without fear of retaliation from the executive branch."

The background is an image of the Department of Justice in a blue hue. The ACS logo is in the top left corner.
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Jean-Michel Connard @torriangray.bsky.social · 19h
At best attacking Ms. Rachel just makes Republicans look really weird. We’re in the midst of a series of constitutional crises, prices are skyrocketing, we’re stuck in an illegal war and they’re going after random kids show hosts.
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 19h
Worth noting, however, the internals. Yes, I know we only see the good ones. But many of the internals (which are all Dem, Repubs aren’t releasing any, probably bc they’re all catastrophic) are showing +15 or greater. Maybe most are in the +11 or +12 range. But I dunno, we’re seeing +20 polls daily
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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 19h
Nixon is my state rep. Showed up to our tiny public school auditorium when the board was threatening closure. She's good at her job whether you agree with her policy positions or not. And even if that weren't true she would belong in America. Get out of here with this racist, volkish garbage.
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Kim McCauley @kimischilling.bsky.social · 19h
Love how several million people are like, OK he lied about or is completely incompetent on literally every issue EXCEPT I still believe him about the border
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My colleagues and I at @heatmap.news spent all day putting together a full explainer of the new bipartisan Senate permitting deal. Read and get up to speed! #energysky #greensky
heatmap.news
The Senate’s Big Bipartisan Permitting Deal, Explained
The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act would remove longstanding roadblocks to expanding the power grid and developing new energy infrastructure. Here’s our guide to what’s in it.
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rhammer @rhammersley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
if you haven’t seen it yet give @jordanklepper.bsky.social & co. a quick watch here because this is great writing (re. yesterday’s senate committee gop hijinks) youtu.be/Rb0KxHkguOo?...
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AI Leaders Sign Trump's "Self-Policing" Pact & Eric Schmitt's Ambush Backfires | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 30/09/2026
The Maine Republican’s reelection campaign is backed by at least $7.4 million in dark-money contributions that resemble the shell donations that drew FBI scrutiny.
huffpost.com
Susan Collins Faced An FBI Investigation Over Dark Money. It’s Still Flowing To Her Reelection Campaign.
The Maine Republican’s reelection campaign is backed by at least $7.4 million in dark-money contributions that resemble the shell donations that drew FBI scrutiny.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Unlike A.I., climate change’s existential threat is not hypothetical. It is killing people now." Amidst the AI-pocalypse, we can't lose sight of the climate crisis and the urgency of electrification. Gift link! shorturl.at/On4Jk
nytimes.com
The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I. (Gift Article)
Both are human-caused, both are frightening, and one of them has raced to the forefront of the global conversation.
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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump +22 district.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 30/09/2026
Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots
techcrunch.com
Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots
Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.
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Jeff St John @jeffstjohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
California must push down electric truck prices to meet its clean freight goals. Backers of a new law hope its pricing transparency rules can both curb overcharging by truck manufacturers and bring light to a now-murky EV truck financing scene: californiawire.substack.com/p/electric-t... #energysky
californiawire.substack.com
Electric trucks cost too much. California has a law for that.
The heavy-duty vehicles are more expensive in California than in Europe. SB 1213 could help drive down prices.
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
DOJ's complaint about at least seven fed. judges in Minnesota for talking to the NYTimes about the Trump administration's mismanagement of immigration enforcement complains of these ten truthful statements on the ground that some immigration cases are pending appeal. www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...
A list of ten statements the judges made in this NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/minnesota-judge-trump-immigration.html
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#RatepayerProtectionAct
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 30/09/2026
Not content with just its existing lawsuit against the FDA, the state of Louisiana—joined by Arkansas and Alabama—is asking the Supreme Court to consider a case that could strike down “shield” laws, which protect abortion providers who prescribe pills to patients in ban states.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Daniel Chomsky @danielchomsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Donald Trump does not appear to have the mastery of economic policy that the media and intellectual elites insist that he has.
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Chris Dashiell @cdashiell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The laws can’t be upheld if the majority party in Congress won’t uphold them. Calling this cowardice is a way of getting Republicans off the hook. It’s not cowardice, it’s complicity.
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Floodlight @floodlightnews.org · 30/09/2026
The chemical industry doesn't want you to be able to prove what pollution is in your air. We spent months documenting how.
floodlightnews.org
America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters.
Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters accountable.
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: The Trump regime is eviscerating the federal workforce as escalating risks increase the need for civil servants. Undoing the Vought-led onslaught is a matter of life-and-death. It would also be good politics.
revolvingdoorproject.substack.com
Reversing Voughtism; or, Creating a Pro-Worker Government to Save Lives
The Trump regime is dismantling the federal government’s ability to protect you. Undoing the Vought-led onslaught is a matter of life-and-death, and it would be good politics.
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