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Following politics, protecting democracy in Ukraine, US, and elsewhere, and environmental issues, particularly climate change and natural resource protection. Other Brian Schmidts (we are legion): happy to trade links so people find the right one.

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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 8m
Even if Schmitt (so glad it's spelled wrong) had been right that Smith had been in Atlanta once in 2024, so what? How does that prove Smith met with Fani Willis? The whole thing was stupid from the beginning.
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 6h
I think carbon capture may work someday, but playing games to stop action on climate change isn't the way forward. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 13h
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 11h
Not much room for nuance in BSky over Israel, but there's nothing requiring nuance over this attempt to further destroy Israeli democracy (note that it's not final though): www.dw.com/en/israel-ba...
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Israel has banned Arab parties from standing in the upcoming election. How can they do that?
Israel's push to ban Arab parties from standing in the upcoming election has been called "another nail in the coffin of democracy." Is there a legal basis for doing this, and what could it mean for Ar...
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: A Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report released today "exposes how [Howard Lutnick-linked] Tether & its...token have become central to Iran’s shadow banking system" allowing Iran to fund proxies, commit human rights abuses, and...defy US sanctions, says Senator Blumenthal.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Agreeing with this: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
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Opinion | The Democrats’ Policy on Palestine Is Detached From Reality
The party needs more than a stance on Israel.
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Any anti-crypto super-PACs out there, especially effective ones? So many grifters out there, fortunately mostly Republican but also some Democratic ones.
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Rep. Sam Liccardo @liccardo.house.gov · 22/09/2026
We don’t talk to the Chinese because we trust them or agree with them; we shouldn’t and don’t. We talk to the Chinese because—as with the USSR during the Cold War—all of our lives depend on it.
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins' campaign engaging in corruption and entangling her own work. And not just her, while the Republican Administration dismantles public corruption investigations. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-fbi...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
This story was originally published by ProPublica,  a nonprofit newsroom that investigates...
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Problems with a chaos monkey, possessing only a chaotic sense of what's its own self-interest: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thing...
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Things Fall Apart (in the Middle East): The Donald Trump Story
One of the key arguments for a great power — other than...
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Crypto isn't as dangerous as AI, but it's really bad. Most Republicans are playing with explosives, a few Democrats are playing along. We're tottering along from one crisis to another. We might make it through if we get change this November. Maybe. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There is a Planet B, folks. It's Giedi Prime. phys.org/news/2026-09... That's what the current Republican Party is fighting for. Not MAGA but MEGP ("MegPee").
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Trump administration makes major cuts to endangered species protections
President Donald Trump's administration will no longer treat the unintentional killing of protected wildlife as unlawful, officials confirmed Thursday, in a shift conservationists say could gut the En...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A new report from independent investigators appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council says there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes during two strikes in Iran in February.
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SpotGideon @shepf.art · 18/09/2026
it's so stupid, and yet I love it
rear end of a Rivian R1T EV with a pair of wire nuts hanging underneath the rear bumper
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the most masculine video on the internet right now
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COOLJEN @cooljenim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
ALERT FOR YOU GREEN CANDIDATE NUTS...
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The DHS video in the link is unbelievable. I bet a lot of people supporting this think they're Christian. www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
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'Blood is on our hands': Haitian honour student's death sparks outcry over ICE ankle monitors | CBC News
Pierre Damas Bel fled Haiti and came to the U.S. with a dream of becoming a neurosurgeon. But after U.S. immigration authorities fitted the 20-year-old university student with an ankle monitor, he fel...
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Give it up to endangered fish, they've protected us from racism and xenophobia: www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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Gilroy ICE facility blocked after sparking 'wave of fear' among residents
"It kind of felt like a UFO landed in our community," Rebecca Armendariz told SFGATE.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Correct me if I'm wrong, but letting a building go to seed and then swooping in to "save" it with a rebuild is sort of an old developer trick, isn't it?
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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
San Francisco has seen an enormous drop in vehicle burglaries since 2023. Most of the discussion I've seen about why has centered on new technologies (drones and license plate readers) & more enforcement. I wrote about why I'm skeptical of these explanations. jasher.substack.com/p/is-technol...
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Is Technology Driving Down San Francisco's Vehicle Burglaries?
A deeper dive into what may and probably is not be behind a massive drop.
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
for two years we have been saying that the current Democratic leadership — including Schumer, Jeffries, and Gillibrand — are a problem.
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Crypto billionaire among dozens to back startup from Gillibrand’s son
Chris Larsen, John Griffin and Mark Ein are angel investors in a new financial exchange led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s 22-year-old son.
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Dear @bsky.app, once again please stop putting posts in my feed from people who disable replies. They have every right to disable replies, that's totally fine, but if they don't want to hear from me then I don't want to hear from them.
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L i l y @everlily24.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
He thinks they'll fall for his lie again.
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Is it newsworthy that the President of the United States publicly led his supporters in a pledge to cheat like hell in an upcoming election?
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One smaller, but still sad, addition to the 911 tragedy is the minds who let themselves get poisoned by the 911 Inside Job nonsense. An earlier version of the conspiracy theories on the right and left that plague us today. Lost a friend over this.
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John Mashey @johnmashey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This long piece is very well worth reading, given the rapid & pervasive changes in effective media usage.
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is an excellent point. JD is likely, anonymously leaking claims to try to look good about the Iran war (which doesn't mean the leaks are true).
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Authoritarian censorship in the US and it barely gets a mention: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A relief to see the literally-criminal use of American military reduced to a crime against property (although arguably kidnapping as well) instead of the murder that the Republican Administration had been committing. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Some nicknames are too spot on. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Off drugs, maybe, but still a sleazeball who harmed the Democrats in general and convinced Joe to tarnish his presidency and his legacy. I don't care if he can toss off a good burn against Republicans on occasion.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So important. "A Judicial Guide to Search Warrants Seeking Election Materials: How Alternatives to Election Material and Ballot Seizures Can Avoid Irreparable Harm, Promote Election Integrity, and Further the Public Interest" law.ucla.edu/sites/defaul... NPR coverage: www.npr.org/2026/09/09/n...
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Ballot seizures seemed impossible. But judges and officials are prepping for them now
The idea of law enforcement taking possession of ballots in the middle of an active election used to be considered impossible. Now, it's a scenario voting officials — and judges — are training for.
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A damning report. And anything being slow-walked is likely to be never-walked in the end. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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RFK Jr. Promised Children’s Health Reforms. Here’s How He Did.
A year after the Trump administration laid out its plan to improve the health of American children, we examine where those efforts stand.
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Reasons why Trump's PAC may sit on his war chest even past 2028: 1. He wants to steal the money. This is the laziest choice but it might be real. He managed to abuse the Trump Foundation $ for decades before being stopped. Allocation: 30% of his motivation. 2. For post-2028 manipulation....
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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Somebody in the room needs the institutional authority to say: “Mr. President… what the fuck is wrong with you?” Apparently that position wasn’t included in the staffing plan.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Fetterman is not only a terrible, lazy senator who was supported by his parents until his mid-40s, he’s just a garbage human being. No surprise he ended up as a regular Fox contributor where he feels most at home.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is called imperialism. We are profiting from the use of force in another country. American are not imperialists. We fought against empire to obtain our independence.
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RuthJackson @ruthjack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just a reminder! When the Dems take over.. Fight Fire with Fire…. By the way, Where’s Mitch? 🫪🤔
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Republicans passed the Big Beautiful Data Center Tax Break Bill last year, killing cheap renewable energy and spreading data centers everywhere. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Cleared the Way for More Data Centers. Dems Are Hoping You Know That.
Democrats are taking a convoluted, complex provision that was included in Republicans’...
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Tunisia was the one promising democracy arising from the Arab Spring until Saied came along. Hopefully there will be another chance. www.dw.com/en/tunisian-...
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Tunisia's activists decry civil society crackdown
Five years into Tunisian President Kais Saied’s increasingly authoritarian rule, rights groups warn that the country’s once vibrant civil society is being silenced.
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm really hoping someone will notice that some of the Patriot missiles built in Ukraine could be sent back to the US for our defense. Throwing that offer into the mix might speed up negotiations. english.nv.ua/nation/rubio...
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Rubio: Ukraine, U.S. still negotiating Patriot licensing
The United States is still negotiating with Ukraine on licenses that would allow Kyiv to produce interceptors for Patriot air defense systems, according to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
People on Bluesky routinely exaggerate what's known about Epstein and Trump, but there's definitely a coverup happening: www.youtube.com/shorts/QqKua...
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Another layer of the Epstein coverup revealed
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Solar has overtaken coal in China China now has 1,288GW of solar installed capacity, against coal's 1,285GW, a landmark moment for the world's biggest emitter. This is the first time coal's share dropped below 50% in electricity generation in China. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Solar overtakes coal as China's largest source of installed power capacity
Solar farms overtook coal plants in July to become ​China's top source of installed power ‌capacity, state-run media reported on Tuesday, although solar still lags well behind coal in terms of ​power ...
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Ting Barrow @tingb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
8647. Please.
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