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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Congratulations to MapQuest for becoming the #1 navigation app in the App Store. And thanks for being the navigation app of the resistance! ✊

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Never thought I’d do this, but I’m deleting Google Maps rn.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Medicare for All is the guarantee of healthcare from cradle to grave—without premiums, copays, or deductibles. That’s it. Pass it.

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My nurse friend in Oakland shared this with me. Yikes. #COVID outbreak happening all over CA. With CDC now basically useless, pmc19.com is filling in the #publichealth gaps.

Screen grab from pmc19.com showing a map of CA, “High” and list of counties: Sonoma, YOLO, Alameda, Stanislaus, San Benito, Kings, Tulare, San Luis Obispo. ~1 in 35Residents estimated actively infectious”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/08/2026

Spotted outside The Penthouse Nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Chris Helgren.

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Major Mitchell’s cockatoo 35-40cm lives in the arid and semi-arid inland regions of Australia Affectionate Pairs form monogamous bond for life. Both partners share tasks like chewing out tree hollows for nests, taking turns incubating eggs, and preening or feeding each other and their chicks.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/08/2026

important piece of how journalism works right here www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/never-apol...

The Post, a truly immoral scumbag tabloid that is simultaneously the most skilled tabloid journalism publication in America in a way that we can all learn from, ran the story, and then it was picked up over the next few days by other right wing outlets making essentially the same “hey this left winger is a rich kid” joke, and then yesterday the story was picked up by the New York Times, which had profiled Gordillo earlier, and once that happened it instantly became acceptable fodder for non-right-wing reporters and pundits. This is a textbook case of how to shepherd a shallow partisan smear into the mainstream news cycle. You may find it distasteful, but you should admire its efficacy. Any competent cutthroat political communicator must be able to replicate this process on demand.

(When I worked at Gawker, we frequently played a similar but less political role in this general process, by writing about stories that the Times was interested in but considered disreputable, which would then allow them to write follow-ups framed as “People are talking about this thing,” which provides them an entry point to feed their readers salacious news while still maintaining an analytical, hands-off pose. Once you understand this dynamic you will see it all the time.)

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Twenty-three judges have ruled against this. Not one member of Congress has had to answer a question about it. Judges don’t stand for reelection. Your members of Congress do. ⬇️ tinyurl.com/3f3m728j

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Tell Congress: Push back on Trump's attacks on our voting rights

Contact Congress today!

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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 24/08/2026

Hottest global sea surface temperatures EVER. Should be front-page news. Instead? Peanuts. #ClimateCrisis #OceanHeat

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A billboard in Georgia. 👇

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National Charging Access Coalition (NCAC) @chargingaccess.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A "modest proposal" from @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social - and yet another reason for increasing #EV adoption. "In short, vegetable-oil based biofuels can benefit the climate, but only if we let them take food out of our mouths." energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/h...

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How to Prevent Biofuels from Causing Deforestation

This year, the federal government requires that more than 10% of diesel used in the US be biofuel. To meet this requirement, Americans will have to use almost 7 billion gallons of biomass-based die…

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Photographer Varun Aditya spent three straight nights in a hide with no flash to capture this pride of Asiatic lions, one of only 600 left in the wild, all confined to India's Gir Forest.

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MCE @mcecleanenergy.org · 13/08/2026

Solar is shining in the Bay Area! ☀️ 1 in 6 MCE customers now generate clean energy at home (up from 1 in 7 last year), helping build a resilient grid and cut emissions. ⚡️ Ready to switch to solar or battery storage? Start your clean energy journey: mceCleanEnergy.org/Solar-and-Storage-Basics 📲

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The appointment of Todd Blanche, as AG, is the latest sign that America is experiencing a form of personalist rule. This is a form of autocracy which organizes around the self-preservation of a leader whose private interests prevail over national ones in shaping domestic & foreign policy.

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Now 25,617 of us. Let’s make it 25,618.

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So excited for this #polluterpays lawsuit… citing the critical work of @amywestervelt on the history of #climatedisinformation. If nothing else, it will reveal just how impartial the Roberts court really is when it comes to Big Oil. Full brief: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Ask yourself what a man learns defending Donald Trump in criminal court. Now imagine handing him every prosecutor in America. Stop it here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Tell Your Senators: Oppose Todd Blanche for Attorney General

Contact Congress today!

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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Every other democracy on earth caps how long a judge can sit on its highest court. Here, nine people hold that power until they decide to die or quit. Let’s put an end to that nonsense: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Tell Congress: Put term limits on the Supreme Court

Contact Congress today!

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Smells like #wildfire smoke in Berkeley and El Cerrito today. I’m assuming it’s from #woodsidefire? @watchduty.org @weatherwest.bsky.social

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A good reminder that this isn’t new (it’s just worse) 👇

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Helpful guidance: “Can we practise consuming emotionally challenging content online without getting sick? As with food consumption, the problem may not be so much the abundance of information, but the absence of an adequate framework for managing our intake.” psyche.co/ideas/dont-t...

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sorry to be Uncle Marxism but employer-based healthcare is a tool of social control for the ruling class

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

“Oligarchy is not the only thing wrong with America. [But] until we bring that concentration of wealth at the top down, we're going to be fighting a constant rearguard action trying to save some of what America is supposed to be about.” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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Oligarchy and the Media

Can the takeover be stopped?

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Energy Institute at Haas @ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Why Are We Sinking Billions into a Gas System We Plan to Leave Behind? A new post by Meredith Fowlie. Old rules, new pipes, and a shrinking customer base. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/w...

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

In the Bay this weekend? This is guaranteed to be an uplifting concert!

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

“Once countries that produce fossil fuels start discussing how to leave them behind, the market hears… transition risk becoming transition policy. That is how phaseouts tend to happen in practice. First the taboo breaks. Then the process forms. Then capital starts to move.”

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Such a delight to spend time with Dr Delton Chen at the Transition Away Conference in Santa Marta, Colombia! His Global Carbon Reward (made famous in Ministry for the Future) was one inspiration for my proposal to create an Intl Climate Fund to issue Climate Reserve Assets.

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

“For now, the chief justice contended that the court had to act immediately because the energy industry “must make changes to business plans today.”” Hoping the @nytimes.com will also dig into Roberts’ ties to the oil industry. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

“More Americans can name the seven dwarves than justices on the US Supreme Court. 50% can’t explain how a law gets made in DC. We won’t keep our #democracy if people don’t understand how our government works.” - @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Chemerinsky

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Resonating with the final words of #climatejustice icon and former UN High Commissioner for #humanrights Pres. Mary Robinson in her lecture today at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Banatao Institute: “You’re never too young to lead, and never too old to learn”

Photo of Mary Robinson at the podium onstage, wearing a red jacket with blue screen reading “dean’s distinguished lecture on shared futures”

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Anyone in the Bay Area know what's up with the fighter jets overhead? Blue Angels?

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Colin Peters @colinpeters.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I dunno, it seems kind of obvious that, given you can get to a place, being able to walk around is more conducive to shopping. I mean, shopping malls were generally not built like giant drive-thrus.

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Come sing with me! If you like to sing, and you’re in the Bay Area - @oigc.bsky.social is holding annual auditions March 7!

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

"Do not mistake crisis management for real reform, and don’t believe for a second that MAGA’s fury is easing." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...

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Opinion | What MAGA Sees in the Minnesota Mirror

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HudsonRiverCroc @hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

He’s going to tear it down

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

NYT has published a brief rundown of some of the men included in the latest batch of #epsteinfiles . Since DOJ (who works for POTUS) released them 6 WEEKS LATE (with no consequences), we shouldn't be surprised that the files don't include much about T. Brin, though... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

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Powerful Men Who Turn Up in the New Batch of Epstein Files

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Vanessa Warheit @vwarheit.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A friend of mine has launched something called “Conference” — an incredibly cool idea to get people talking. If you’re in the East SF Bay Area, consider showing up, and please share with your friends! See confcal.org for more info.

Conference calendar, listing topics for every day of the month of February except Fridays.

Conference Manifesto -

February 2026
CONFERENCE
TIMES AND PLACES FOR TOPIC-DRIVEN IN-PERSON CONVERSATION.
MANIFEE
conrcal.org
Check website for
latest schedule.
Wanna discuss something interesting with a bunch of people? There are many
first choice, but what it you're super interested in something that they aren't, or you want to hear some new perspectives?
Professional conferences one miere caperis go deer with the latest findings, but widen youre not on excert won't travel and pay to attend, or want to talk about something that doesn't even have an organized conference?
Lectures, panel discussions, and author events are great, but they focus on consuming and people onstage, rather than discussing everyone eise's
Online forums and Comments sections
but they're typically superficial, polarized, and filled with trolls and bots.
Plus, your every word is engines and Als.
gatherings can work if you towards topics of mutual interest, but that's easier for
Conference is a real life space.
The Conference calendar lists discussion topics, times, and local places where anyone can come join the discourse. You don't have to be an expert, but people will appreciate it if you are.
The discussions are free and unstructured, although a facilitator will be present to help make things click.
There's no commitment or tracking; if you want to show up for some or all of the discussion, great. But there's also no photography or recording; the folks who miss a discussion that they're interested in will just have to hear about it from the people who went.
How-To: The rules of Conference are simple:
• Be respectful cho conversations with
thanks
• Offer to treat people that you learn from
No recording or photography
(Recommended) In commercial venues, buy
sometring, so its worth it for them to host,
• (Under 21) Check age
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attending
(Optional) To indicate that you're participating, wear a leaf.
Facilitators: A leaf-wearing, facilitator for Conference will be at each venue to…

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

BREAKING: Trump-appointed judge blocks FBI/DOJ/DHS from destroying or altering evidence related to shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis. Judge Eric Tostrud grants TRO & sets Monday hearing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

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Order on Motion for TRO – #10 in Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-00628) – CourtListener.com

Order on Motion for TRO

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is not to convince the regime they're wrong. The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself. We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.

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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“The general strike is the name for when the riot, the strike, and the commune all happen at once,” late theorist Joshua Clover said..."that’s the day, the week, or the year where there will be a role for everyone.” There is a role for everyone; that time must be now theintercept.com/2026/01/24/s...

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We Can Fight This: Minnesota’s General Strike Shows How

A day before Alex Pretti’s brutal killing by federal agents in the Minneapolis steets, Minnesota showed us a way forward: the general strike.

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Nathan @never-say-die.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Dave Guttenfelder is an amazing photojournalist who‘s most recently primarily focused on conflict photojournalism in Syria and Ukraine. Hes recently turned his talents to Minneapolis.

Federal agents violently arresting a man with another federal agent holding a grenade launcher in the foreground

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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Sovereignty requires a population willing to withstand pain for what they believe in - that was the background to Carney’s Davos speech. Tim and I chatted about what Canada has actually been doing the past year - building a coalition that will endure suffering inflicted by the US:

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Canada's new non-alignment

What sovereignty means now

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 25/01/2026

A doctor who witnessed the shooting submits a sworn declaration in federal litigation to halt ICE surge in MN: "I did not see him attack the agents or brandish a weapon of any kind." and "The victim had at least three bullet wounds in his back." Read storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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