New in PN: The dehumanization machine speeds up
"Months after the nation and world were appalled by George Floyd’s murder, it became an event with two different truths. With the killing of Good, the right has not even deigned to admit the heinousness of the event before deciding she had it coming."
It may be hard to see now, but I'm telling you: he fundamental tenets of 21st-century competitive authoritarianism are the denial of climate change, the promotion of an economy based on fossil fuels, and the abrogation of human rights and the rule of law so as to manage tenets one and two.
wizard frog is insane
have we talked about how “he takes a whiskey drink, he takes a vodka drink” is the same cadence as “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
Here’s the latest from Hays, Kansas: Elon Musk fired my wife kansasreflector.com/2025/03/04/h...
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
I haven’t lived through the collapse of a civilisation before
I study history so I have read the guidebooks, but they don’t quite capture the experience of being there
2/ The @ipbes.bsky.social Transformative Change Assessment makes it clear that we need to rapidly transform pretty much everything about our societies and economies in industrialised countries if we are to “safeguard life on Earth”
It’s an incredible piece of work
www.sei.org/publications...
Image shows the bottom part of a sentence followed by a sign off saying the horrors persist but so do I, Wendy.
Just implemented a new email sign off.
The new Trump administration's halt on all new public health and safety rules includes a proposed rule that would prevent more releases of #PFAS chemicals into the country's waterways.
➡️ www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eA...
U.S. Senate Dems push for vote on condemning Trump Jan. 6 pardons | via @ashleymurray.bsky.social #ksleg
We highly advised for all federal employees not to respond to or open OPM emails. Our coalition will be advised on additional precautions. Reports of a hostile takeover at OPM have been circulating. More details will be released in the future.
Statement from Project Drawdown executive director @globalecoguy.bsky.social regarding President Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. #climatechange
President Trump announced today that he would seek to remove the US from the #ParisAgreement. “Such a move is in clear defiance of scientific realities and shows an administration cruelly indifferent to the harsh climate change impacts that people in the US and around the world are experiencing.”
"Whether President Trump likes it or not, he is a climate president, leading during a time when our planet is warming at record speed from burning fossil fuels and extreme weather events are causing deaths, destruction, & bankrupting our communities." - @abbiedillen.bsky.social on Paris Agreement
Attn: President Trump announced the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement.
Aaron Szabo, a lobbyist and former federal official, has been chosen to lead the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. He will oversee efforts to roll back climate and air pollution rules, including replacing standards on power plants, vehicles, and other sectors, aligning with Trump’s agenda.
Thank you for being part of the resistance! Through solidarity, resistance, and unity, we rise together, stronger and unshaken.
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
This is what an endangered wolf family looks like. Strong, resilient, loving 🐺
“I want a feast. I want a bean feast”
- Veruca Salt, early advocate for healthy and sustainable diets (1971)
