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Software Dev/Volunteer/Environmentalist. Individual racism/hate is a waste of your life. Systemic racism needs to be dismantled.❤️🐕🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🚲 🏞️ 🌏

Solar PV and hot water, no flying, bike to replace almost all car trips, plant based foods, line dry clothes, no heated dishwasher dry, no fossil fuel powered lawn equipment, minimal food waste, no methane burning, voting in every election only for science supporting candidates.

MastodonJoined Oct 28th, 2022
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I am listening to Ron Desantis talk about elections as he is about to sign a new voter suppression law. He is every bit as unhinged as Trump. Amazingly unhinged. As soon as he stops rambling and signs this bill, Florida will be sued. Stand by....

Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social)

I am listening to Ron Desantis talk about elections as he is about to sign a new voter suppression law. He is every bit as unhinged as Trump. Amazingly unhinged. As soon as he stops rambling and signs this bill, Florida will be sued. Stand by....

Bluesky Social

The Trump administration’s high-profile mass ICE deployments have targeted the Democratically-led cities of Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Leaders in New York have taken notice, and are working to prepare in case of a similar surge.

https://boltsmag.org/new-york-leaders-prepare-for-ice-hochul-mamdani/

To Get Ahead of ICE, New York Leaders Learn from Other States and Cities - Bolts

Immigration authorities haven’t yet descended onto New York in the numbers they have in other cities. Advocates want public officials to use this time to redouble protections.

Bolts

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The federal law prohibiting federal armed agents from polling places has been on the books since the Civil War. If ICE shows up to the polls, voters should report it to their local election officials or call 866-OUR-VOTE if they have any issues.…

Brennan Center (@brennancenter.org)

The federal law prohibiting federal armed agents from polling places has been on the books since the Civil War. If ICE shows up to the polls, voters should report it to their local election officials or call 866-OUR-VOTE if they have any issues. bit.ly/4s3UQDe https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/sending-ice-polling-places-illegal

Bluesky Social
Another triumph for deregulation! By saving a few million in monitoring and enforcement, our governments have landed us with a vast illegal waste dumping problem, new organised crime networks and a clean-up bill that could run to tens of billions. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Say hello to the UK’s most suc...
Say hello to the UK’s most successful growth industry: organised waste crime

Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian

#Opinion ✍️ Zero-deforestation supply-chain commitments aren’t protecting tropical forests as much as hoped. But they might, if the same standards were applied to domestic and export markets.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2023/why-deforestation-despite-protection-pledges

#KnowableMagazine
#ScienceMastodon

Why one deforestation solution has yet to stop massive tree loss

OPINION: Zero-deforestation supply-chain commitments aren’t protecting tropical forests as much as hoped. But they might, if the same standards were applied to domestic and export markets.

Knowable Magazine | Annual Reviews

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🚨BREAKING: Litigation against Trump's latest power grab is imminent. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democrats-voting-rights-advocates-blast-trump-order-mail-voting/

Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social)

🚨BREAKING: Litigation against Trump's latest power grab is imminent. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democrats-voting-rights-advocates-blast-trump-order-mail-voting/

Bluesky Social

My heart is heavy beyond words thinking of the 9000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israel now facing imminent death sentence. Amongst all the evil that has become normalised, this is a new, awful low. Everyone knows this, yet we allow it to happen.

Thinking in particular of doctor Hossam Abu Safiya. So familiar since watching “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack” - he is a hero and has been made to suffer for it so much already 💔

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“Even as the cost of infrastructure for active transportation is being used as a reason for inaction, evidence is accumulating that when the full economic cost is considered, driving costs society more, while cycling and other forms of active transportation save society money.”— @[email protected]

Bike lanes don’t cause congest...
Bike lanes don’t cause congestion, cars do

If our premier and HRM mayor truly want to demonstrate fiscal responsibility they’d build those bike lanes faster, because the cost of car-centric infrastructure is unsustainable.

Halifax Examiner

Our ED Hilary Braseth on SF's KQED: tech is pouring money into the 2026 midterms, including a reported $500M push, & AI/crypto actors are using new dark‑money tactics.

Listen below:
https://www.kqed.org/news/12077445/how-ai-and-tech-are-changing-the-campaign-finance-game

How AI and Tech Are Changing The Campaign Finance Game | KQED

A flood of campaign cash from Silicon Valley billionaires and tech industries like AI are expected in California and beyond. But, how will that influence this year’s most critical elections?

I've seen heaps of greenwashing arguments from data centre operators mimicking Bitcoin company lines like "we're just using stranded renewable energy". This analysis shows OpenAI's Stargate project will use way more than any available curtailed wind - mostly from their new fossil gas plants

https://blog.gridstatus.io/hype-or-hyperscale/