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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with john dodd of @energyalabama.bsky.social about the struggle for energy affordability in alabama, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 30: Energy Justice in Alabama with John Dodd

Podcast Episode · The Rift · May 3 · 56m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT, a conversation about the iranian environmental movement with dr. maziar samiee, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 28: How Iran's Environmental Movement is Navigating Repression and War with Dr. Maziar Samiee

Podcast Episode · The Rift · March 15 · 50m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

sunday’s episode of THE RIFT: i talk with dr maziar samiee, political economist + scholar of iranian environmental movements, about enviro activists’ struggle within iran, contextualized by imperialist intervention from without. listen live or later: linktr.ee/theriftradio

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isaac @sevier.io · 10/03/2026

In Tucson, where there is a fierce fight for public ownership of the electricity system, the private corporation is promising to make $2 million annual "contributions" contingent on the city dropping any pursuit of Public Power.

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City & TEP Reach Milestone on Proposed Energy Collaboration Agreement

The City of Tucson and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) have reached a major milestone in efforts to advance Tucson’s clean energy and climate goals with the development of a proposed Energy Collaboration ...

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT is now online, in which @gruberte.bsky.social and @jlappen1.bsky.social deliver a fascinating conversation on their new paper, what getting off of fossil fuels actually entails, and the hard work of energy transition: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 27: Managing the Decline of Fossil Fuels with Emily Grubert and Joshua Lappen

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 02/15/2026 · 55m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

i don't think there's a better (or really even comparable) congressional ally to the left than rashida tlaib. she and her office make themselves available to + support activists around metro detroit to an extent that a lot of MI *state* reps wouldn't dream of. michiganadvance.com/2026/01/30/r...

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Rashida Tlaib on pro-Palestine students facing discipline: ‘Who needs ICE when you have U of M?’ • Michigan Advance

A black drone hovered over passersby on the campus of the University of Michigan Thursday as several pro-Palestine student activists huddled in freezing temperatures outside the Ruthven Administration...

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph “Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.”

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RIP Alex Pretti,
he was my Dads ICU nurse, he read my dad's final salut at the VA after he passed away. Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point. Also my Fathers final words to me was continue to fight the good fight. He would be honored in Alex' sacrifice, and ashamed of this current administration. In my Dads words I encourage you all to continue to "fight the good fight"

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

the abolitionists + BLM were right btw. always were. philando castile, same damn city, 10 fucking years ago. it’s the same shit.

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with Tyler McDaniel and Kellye Blosser of the Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council about community building and eco-tourism in ohio coal country, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 25: Eco-Tourism in Ohio Coal Country with Kellye Blosser and Tyler McDaniel

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 01/18/2026 · 52m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

this is demonstrably not true, is the thing

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Austin McCoy @austinmccoy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The more money, resources, and power you give to ICE, the more folks they're going to harm and kill. It's as simple as that.

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Could an empire in decline do THIS? *launches deeply unpopular invasion cementing status as lunatic-led pariah state, its not clear what kind of move i was trying to do*

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

one of the best illustrations of the bipartisan imperialist consensus is that whenever trump does something psychotic on foreign policy you immediately get national democrats putting out completely incoherent statements about how the result was awesome but the process was bad.

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT on WEFT, a conversation with author and journalist Nicola Twilley about her book FROSTBITE on the history, geopolitics, and ecology of refrigeration, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 24: The History and Politics of Refrigeration with Nicola Twilley

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 12/21/2025 · 53m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

there are already lots of exceedingly competent and dedicated bureaucrats at every level of government. the problem is that they are working within a system that ever since the neoliberal purging of the public sector has been designed to fail

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with @maliniranga.bsky.social about caste-labor-climate politics in india and beyond, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 23: Caste, Labor, and Climate Politics with Malini Ranganathan

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 12/07/2025 · 47m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with Ron Kaminkow and Nick Wurst from @rwu-org.bsky.social about their fight for good jobs and against monopolized railroads- and what that might mean for climate change- is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 22: Class Struggle and Climate Change in the Rail Industry with Railroad Workers United

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 11/16/2025 · 56m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

was really happy to work on this with isaac and am excited that it’s finally out in the world. hopeful that it can be a useful tool for organizers in the public power and utility justice movements

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isaac @sevier.io · 23/10/2025

In this new report from me & @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social for @cplusc.bsky.social & @publicgrids.org, we argue the current electricity affordability crisis is caused by the rules of private ownership. To solve the crisis, we recommend banning shutoffs now and using many tools to expand public power!

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Overcharged: The Rules Of The Electricity Affordability Crisis

Nearly a quarter of adults in the US—or over 52 million people—cannot pay their power bills.

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

the recording of yesterday’s episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with @criticalpoleco.bsky.social about the political ecology of conservation in kenya’s maasai mara, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Episode 21: Conservation and Violence in Kenya's Maasai Mara with Bilal Butt

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 10/20/2025 · 51m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

this sunday on THE RIFT on WEFT: i speak with @criticalpoleco.bsky.social, professor at the University of Michigan, about conservation and colonialism in Kenya’s Maasai Mara and the politics of knowledge production. 3pm CT, listen live or later: linktr.ee/theriftradio

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

the recording of yesterday's episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with randa watts of prairie rivers network about solar energy in southern and central illinois coal country, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Episode 20: Solar Energy in Illinois Coal Country with Randa Watts

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 10/06/2025 · 36m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

this sunday on THE RIFT on WEFT, we're back closer to home: i chat with randa watts, environmental organizer at prairie rivers network, about solar and the energy transition in rural central and southern illinois. listen live 3pm CT or later: linktr.ee/theriftradio

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

the recording of yesterday’s episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with anthropologist steven gonzalez monserrate about the environmental politics of data centers and the cloud, is now online. really enjoyed this one: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Episode 18: The Environmental Impact of the Cloud with Steven Gonzalez Monserrate

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 09/07/2025 · 53m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

great work by @rebeccajohn.bsky.social who continues to provide invaluable documentation of FF/petrochem industry lies

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT, a conversation with @batul.bsky.social about zohran mamdani's campaign and working-class climate politics in NYC, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 17: Zohran Mamdani's Green Economic Populism with Batul Hassan

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 08/04/2025 · 49m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

this Sunday’s episode of THE RIFT on WEFT: i speak with @seaweedreport.bsky.social about ocean pollution, native land rights, marxist feminism, and how she makes art from her research. 3pm CT 90.1 FM, listen live or later: linktr.ee/theriftradio

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

be so for real guys, ask yourselves if you honestly think that upon regaining legislative majorities, federal democrats will so much as cut ICE’s funding to pre-big beautiful bill levels, let alone shutter ICE entirely

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely

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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

"The US official said, referring to the Israelis: 'They may be more comfortable with destroying [Iran] than we are'" But US support still flows + expands despite the seeming disconnect; no sign of forcing restraint. Remarkable how Trump keeps echoing Biden on Gaza. www.axios.com/2025/06/17/i...

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Regime change emerges as unstated goal of Israel's war in Iran

Trump is unconvinced: "The Ayatollah you know versus the Ayatollah you don't"

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT on WEFT 90.1 FM, a conversation with former EPA scientist ellie hagen about the effect of trump admin cuts on the EPA, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 15: The Republican Assault on the EPA with Ellie Hagen

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 06/15/2025 · 48m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

this week on THE RIFT on WEFT 90.1 FM, i'll be speaking with a former EPA scientist about the trump admin's cuts, how its workers' union (the AFGE) is fighting back, and the project of rebuilding the state with class consciousness in mind. sunday 3pm CT, listen live or later: linktr.ee/theriftradio

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@theriftradio | Linktree

A radio show about climate, ecology, politics + power on WEFT Champaign 90.1 FM

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT on WEFT, a conversation with @prosocial.bsky.social of @waronwant.bsky.social about imperialism and ecological justice for the global south, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 14: Imperialism and Ecological Breakdown with Leon Sealey-Huggins

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 06/01/2025 · 53m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

fully grown adult saying this shit lol

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

it's always weird to say 'i had a great time' when talking about the grim realities of present, but I did have a great time talking with @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social about the Global South debt, climate, and ecological crisis, + how a reparative approach differs from the current direction of travel

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

the recording of today’s episode of THE RIFT on WEFT, a conversation with @pmbigger.bsky.social of @cplusc.bsky.social on global finance and ecological justice, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Episode 13: Debt, Ecology, and Reparative Climate Finance with Patrick Bigger

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 05/18/2025 · 50m

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years. from @404media.co www.404media.co/republicans-...

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para6 graph (2), no State or political subdivision thereof
7 may enforce any law or regulation regulating artifi8 cial intelligence models, artificial intelligence sys9 tems, or automated decision systems during the 10-
10 year period beginning on the date of the enactment
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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

please suggest: who should i get on the radio show to talk about climate justice and "international" "development" (big scare quotes) … debt, loss and damage, climate reparations, etc

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

recording of sunday's ep of THE RIFT, a conversation with @txsharon.bsky.social of @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social (+ a message from andres gomez of the FF nonproliferation treaty initiative) on the impacts of fracking in the permian basin and beyond, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 12: Fracking From the Permian Basin to Colombia with Sharon Wilson and Andres Gomez

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 05/05/2025 · 52m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

or today's episode of THE RIFT, i spoke with Malcolm Harris about his new book, WHAT'S LEFT: THREE PATHS THROUGH THE PLANETARY CRISIS. you can listen to the episode here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 11: What's Left with Malcolm Harris

Podcast Episode · The Rift · 04/20/2025 · 54m

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

people have been letting whitmer off the hook for far worse than this for years. i think it would be nice if the average democrat reacted the same way to her ignoring the benton harbor water crisis or scuttling every environmental justice bill on the table in 2023 while national media kissed her ass

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Morris “Day and The Time” Katz @vodkasnowflake.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

if you’re going to pull this shit over and over again, then you should go visit Dearbon and yell at Muslim and Arab Americans to their faces. you won’t do that because you’re actually a chickenshit. racists tend to be.

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roshan @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

the recording of today's episode of THE RIFT on WEFT, a conversation with deepa padmanabha of @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social about their legal battle against the company behind the dakota access pipeline, is now online: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The Rift

Politics Podcast · Updated Biweekly · A radio show about climate change, ecology, politics, and power. Aired live every first and third Sunday of the month at 3pm CT on WEFT Champaign, 90.1 FM. Record...

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