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Costa Samaras
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Read this great thread below. We can build a climate community on Bluesky. Here’s a starter pack for folks to follow some people who work on climate. go.bsky.app/Aa1sErQ
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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What an interesting idea with an accessible execution! The quick shift from quant to qualitative + quant anticipated my "next ?." Very cool. Sad what's happened to TWTR but love being here where it's easy to find great new follows. It's like down town in a college town.
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Greg Sargent
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NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech.
"Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!"
Video and story here:
newrepublic.com/article/1834...
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Kevin M. Kruse
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Taps sign:
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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And now I'm thinking of an older model: the storefront with an apartment above, behind, or beside the shop. Think of all the forces that specialized space, separating "life" from work. "Specialization" is a type of rationalizing, which we're taught is good. Perhaps not always.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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I once saw an incredible graphic illustrating this point. In confined space, cars are *the worst* use of space if you care about efficient people flow. Foot, bike, bus are all way better users of space -- and probably a bunch of other resources. Intuitive once you think outside the car, so to speak.
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Jeffrey Vagle
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What is Heritage rebelling against?
- Civil rights
- Regulation of financial markets, environment, consumer goods, antitrust
- Marriage equality
- Fair immigration
- Anything that they see as discriminatory against white people and their brand of Christianity
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Jonathan M. Katz
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McEntee for those of you who don’t know is a wildly misogynistic alpha male TikTok influencer who posts on an account called “Date Right Stuff.” He’s also a failed college quarterback who entered politics through via a Fox News job he got from his industry dad and a viral trick shot YouTube video.
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Dave Levitan
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I have no idea the best path re Biden but I do know a solid week straight of “Biden Old” and “Rich Dems Worried” above-the-fold stories are *obscene* in the face of SCOTUS using the Constitution to wipe their asses purely in the service of reinstating a felon rapist as president. Crazy-making shit.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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These revealing offhand remarks are evidence Biden can't prosecute a case against Trump, let alone govern. Americans don't want stress at every high-stakes moment because the alternative is too risky to choose. That's no choice at all. I hope Biden comes to see the good he'd do by stepping aside.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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The Times is too big -- too much spare time on its hands, as we used to say. Is that bad to say? IDK but I think this every day when I see these formulaic heads.
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Gregory Hays
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Wow, real banana republic stuff. I'm glad our presidents can launder money and associate criminally without worrying about this kind of thing.
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The Kyiv Independent
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"I love America and I know that we can do the right thing. My biggest fear is that we'll simply choose not to, and the consequences will follow us for generations to come," writes Anna Belokur, a social media manager at the Kyiv Independent, in her op-ed.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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Example. I have to do quick WordPress (WP) theme dev. I need MySQL, Apache + PHP, WordPress. WP made a Docker container. I d/l and run it, and get a URL of a WP site I can develop. My needs are packaged in this "mini machine" and isolated from the rest of my Mac. OrbStack worked well for this, btw.
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The Washington Post
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President Biden’s guiding principle for jumping into the 2020 presidential race was that he was the only person who could beat then-President Donald Trump. Now, if Biden is to jump out of the race, he will have to decide he is no longer that person.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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Right? 60+, now 70+% voters have said they don't want old guys. Respond! Don't "hide our problem harder;" cult; equivocate in public vs truth in private; "put party over country;" or kick the can-manage it like a responsible governing party. Trump will Trump. But voters may reward the fresh start.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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Well done!
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Daniel Drezner
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I wrote patriotically today. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/a-republic...
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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Since Kevin Roberts of Heritage is naming their project a "second revolution," I suppose we should get into the habit of referring to their project as a counter-revolution to highlight its reactionary focus.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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Suggested and adjacent to that.
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Matthew Sheffield
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Taraji P. Henson did a huge public service calling out Project 2025. Earlier today, Kevin Roberts, chair of Project 2025, threatened violence: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be." It's Christofascism. Make no mistake.
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Katie Mack
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Keeping Trump out of the White House isn’t the only thing that needs doing and it isn’t enough to solve all problems facing the country & world but if it isn’t done then all those problems get exponentially worse in ways I don’t even know how to express and it scares me when people pretend otherwise
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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They're working hard to make the decision and its implications be something other than what it and they are.
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Absolutely same.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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The VP seems the easiest alternative path. She takes "age" and "crime family" from Trump's mouth, inherits a popular agenda, rids us of the "dual of two old guys" that polls say we don't want. An orchestrated transition could energize us out of this gloom! Let's see more of VP Harris to test this.
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Texas Observer
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Introducing “Going to See the Volcanos.” Cuban journalist Jesús Jank Curbelo shares his harrowing journey ending with his Rio Grande crossing to seek asylum in the U.S.
Collab w/ palabra.
🗓️Story available online July 9.
Read a preview 🔗 bit.ly/3VL9xgo
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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I'm a product of late-'60s - '70s-era South Florida public education. It was solid, including the full-on mid-20th C "civic religion." I didn't think we were perfect, but a net positive on most days. This faction has savaged and trashed every principle I was taught and accepted. I'm gutted.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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I missed that despite *massive* consumption of WaPo, NYT, & pods both left and center. Which brings me to: it's said Joe and Dems get no credit for what they've done. "Voters don't even know." Mired in mechanics and with our broken info ecosystem, it's no wonder.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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I envy Brit and French voting over the next 7 days for gov'ts charged to do a program. We endure years-long campaign, wait to see Senate and House makeup, then wait to see our rogue SCOTUS undermine choice of 150+ million votes. Biden could endorse end of filibuster and SCOTUS term limits & more.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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IDK the movie but do know you're right. We're not bad; they are. We're not infecting our body politic with bad, wrong, mean ideas; they are. We're not taking liberties; they are. We're not stoking violence; they are. New decade, same move: self-seeking "leaders" scare people into submission.
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Seth Masket
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I have heard a lot of smart folks each name a different new Democratic presidential ticket, with no overlaps, which gives an idea of what such a convention would look like.
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Daniel Drezner
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This is one of those columns that comes about because I am sick of having the same conversation with family and friends for the past 36 hours. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-choice...
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Ashley M. Gjøvik
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🧵 In 2020, I nearly died from mysterious industrial chemical exposure at my apartment. Later, I discovered my employer was dumping toxic waste into our windows from their Skunkworks semiconductor fab next-door. I tipped off US EPA, who then raided them in 2023. EPA sent me the report on Friday. 💀 ⬇️
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Don Curren 🇺🇦
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As Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent last Friday, “The majority disdains restraint, and grasps for power” — and the justices are “making a laughing-stock” of long-standing judicial principles. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Coach Finstock
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NYT: Joe should quit, he stutters Philly Inquirer: Trump is a fucking criminal what the fuck are we doing here
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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Appreciated! Americans who've been around a few decades know the attitude: nothing changes, parties the same, doesn't matter. It's intellectual laziness. Choices matter - "how much" is the question. Now, a lot. We DO need massive reform. Tactical voting is a way to get some! Don't waste the moment.
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Seth Cotlar
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As someone who researches the US far right, I take some pleasure in imaging the heads that would explode at the thought of a Kamala Harris/Josh Shapiro ticket. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/o...
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Joshua J. Friedman
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Biden in NC today: "I know I'm not a young man. I don't walk as easy as I used to. I don't speak as smoothly as I used to ... [but] I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job ... I know like millions of Americans know, when you get knocked down you get back up!"
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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Emotion & perception are as stable as a ball on a teeter-totter. I watched it happen last night in post-debate MSNBC panel. Bed-wet & doom ... until Michael Steele showed with "it's one day; get up off the mat, guys; own it; fix it; carry on." Then they remembered history. Could we run Steele btw 🤣
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Pwnallthethings
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Ironically one of the strongest influences the bible had on the constitution was the founders putting the "no religious tests are allowed as a qualification to hold any office" and "congress isn't allowed to make laws respecting an establishment of religion"
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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Ok, I understand. Looked at as a bit of rhetoric though, that last sentence is worth some thought: "We're not really stupid enough ... are we?"
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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I recall a claim from a climatologist in an NPR story during a drought in the '90s: 1) The SW is a desert not suitable for habitation; 2) For a brief period incl the 20thc, it had above-normal rain; 3) it was (then) reverting to its geological mean. Helps set expectations, anyway, if kinda true.
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homosexual overlord
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remember that train that derailed in a small community and dumped tons of toxic chemicals? the national transportion safety board has accused the company of multiple levels of bullshit, which speaks to the impunity corporations feel they have in America
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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Why would any sane entity do that? Reduces the value of any subscription, that's for sure...
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Joshua J. Friedman
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This is such a cool concept!
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Greg Sargent
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It's amazing that some corporate leaders are willing to support Trump for tax cuts and deregulation while shrugging about what Trump's threats to wreck democracy and the rule of law would do to the business climate. 1/
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1831...
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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I just told a friend that the toleration Americans show for lying & grift over the last 8 yrs is stunning to me. Some places have corruption; supposedly, not us -- rule of law, etc. How do these bosses plan to suppress us when we rebel against the corruption they plan? There ARE limits, I'd guess.
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@fcburleigh.bsky.social
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I have heard that foundational, helpful legislative work was done during George "W" Bush's time as governor -- when #txleg was more grounded.
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eric gonzalez juenke
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It’s really important for these folks to do this and be applauded, regardless of their other politics. It’s (apparently) very very hard to stand on principals over party.
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