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And on the way down, spotted a few charismatic mega fauna...but no sandworms.

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Smart alecs who know Colorado might think this looks like Mt. Bierstadt, a CO 14er, but it's on Arrakis, really!

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I am naming this the Sandworm Flower

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RL Miller @rlmiller.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Hello friends. Nearly done with my Arrakis journey. Spent several days at a conference covering lack of snowfall on high peaks, causing drought in seven states dependent on water So I decided to explore for myself. First, a couple of large cousins of the famous Arrakis desert mouse, muad dib

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Time to explore this strange new world of Arrakis

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RL Miller @rlmiller.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Still on Arrakis. Some charismatic mega fauna thirst for water. Others spray it to warn other critters. And still others prefer their water via crunchy greens.

Feeding embedded water to charismatic mega fauna on Arrakis

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RL Miller @rlmiller.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I was promised a sandworm ride!

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RL Miller @rlmiller.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Guess where I am? Wrong answers only

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Climate Hawks Vote @climatehawksvote.com · 10/06/2026

California has been counting its ballots slowly, but it's official: Congratulations to @villegas4congress.bsky.social in CA-22. Onward to victory in November and a Red-to-Blue pickup for this progressive #climatehawk!

Randy Villegas stands in front of a crowd of supporters waving signs with his name on them wearing a blue shirt and khaki pants.

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Plane, boarding. Thread, ended. See ya soon Los Angeles!

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Part 3. Revenge. If that sounds too ugly, call it accountability. Or retribution. Or (truth and) reconciliation. Because they have corrupted us, stolen from us, enriched themselves, and we demand justice be served. Not a mural. But a fun little water spigot at Philadelphia City Hall.

Water spigot. Because people used to care about building well.

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Part 2. Reignite hope. The nuts and bolts of rebuilding must make big ideas into reality. Remember to dream and dream big. Give people reasons to trust govt to solve big problems. Mural: a phoenix style bird

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Part 1. Rebuild, repair, replace. Rehire the EPA scientists. Re-fund shrunken science departments. Replace Trump’s name. Nuts and bolts. Mural: water is life.

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RL Miller @rlmiller.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Hey folk, just wrapped up Netroots Nation in Philly including an awesome climate caucus. And I want to share a 3 part framework for all the Dem Project 2029s fermenting out there. Climate or not. With Philly pix, starting with this mural made out of mirrors. Because we are all Eagles.

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Voted. I understand that my vote may not count unless I take a selfie.

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RL Miller @rlmiller.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🎉🎉🎉Today is Unsubscribe From All Likely Losing Primary Candidates' Email* Lists Before They Sell Your Name To Pay Their Campaign Debts Day to all who celebrate. *=Texts, too. Srsly. It's not ActBlue who sells your name. It's the candidates and their consultants.

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Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I came to the sad conclusion that a self-funded billionaire is my best bet against corporate money influence in elections. A friend in the nonprofit housing sector has worked with Steyer for a long time and assured me that Steyer's stated values are the values he lives by.

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Paul Coelho @individkid.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Ostensibly, I switched to Steyer because he hedges less on CAHSR, but he might hedge less because he is given less slack. In fact, I probably switched because of leftist independent media. Ostensibly, they opposed Porter because they have better crystal balls, and knew she would be unpopular.

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This is a good thread although needing updating in light of XB backpedaling off major climate goals

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Source for the screenshot at the beginning, re 52 percent of Porter supporters open to voting for someone else, sorry for linking to Xitter x.com/PollTracker2...

x.com

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If you want to stop a corporate takeover of California politics (in the form of Big Business Becerra and his corporate donors), please think long and hard about casting your vote for Tom instead of Katie. I will be voting for Tom. I hope Katie stays in politics because we still need her voice.

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I hear you --Tom Steyer's status as a billionaire makes him hard to accept, and Katie has been explicitly running against his money in politics. However, his policies are closest to Katie's policies. Health care for all. Holding fossil fuel companies accountable. Lowering costs for working folk.

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And if I thought Katie Porter had a chance to finish in the Top Two, I'd stick to that. However, reality in the form of dismal polling has set in. It's ok to blame misogyny. I do.

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I wanted to see California's first woman governor -- especially one who empathizes with struggling single moms. I defended her in online chats -- yes, she's tough, but we need that in a governor. And yet. Here we are.

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

An open letter to 52 percent of Katie Porter Supporters. I was one of you. I voted for Katie at the Cal Dem Party convention. I was excited about the idea of her razor sharp mind and whiteboard holding accountable the fossil fuel companies, especially the refiners and their funny math.... 🧵time

screenshot of poll showing that 52 percent of Porter supporters could change their minds

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Another $500,000 from Chevron to the PAC that clearly states it supports Becerra. Losing count of how much money Chevron has spent to support Becerra. They keep ratcheting up because Steyer is gaining.

Chevron gives ANOTHER $500,000 to the PAC with the Orwellian name, "Working Families for Healthy Communities." There are no healthy communities where Chevron is concerned.

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RL Miller @rlmiller.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Is anyone in Sacramento still doing actual journalism any more? Follow up questions, pressing for explanations? Is Becerra really proposing to re route all the high speed rail built so far???

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RL Miller @rlmiller.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Hey folk earnestly explaining that campaigns cannot legally coordinate with SuperPACs and thus have no clue what is being done with the money spent by PG&E, Chevron, Uber, et al... let me introduce you to the concept of redboxing. Messaging directions from the candidate to the SuperPAC.

Redboxing example from Becerra for Governor

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Gonna try to upload video of my question and his response

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1. Make Polluters Pay 2. Environmental Justice 3. Clean is Cheap (aka deploymentl) Gonna try to upload video

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Huh. I just asked Tom Steyer the exact same question that got me tossed out of the Xavier Becerra town hall two weeks ago...and I got a substantive response. No security goons needed. "You come to the fastest warming county in the lower 48 states, do you have a climate plan?"

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CA-01: Mike McGuires hates PG&E more than you do. CA-03: Heidi Hall is such a tree-hugger, she signed the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge on a tree! CA-22 is a battle for the soul of the party: choose Randy Villegas. CA-26: Chris Espinosa is the Dolores Huerta Dem. CA-32: Jake Levine is the real deal.

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