2timesgrumpy_owl
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I've hit a TRIFECTA of beration by male electeds “You’ve been so brutal to me, I have nothing to say to you”-GovBaker. “I signed off on it despite your immature boorish behavior”-MayorHedlund. YOU’RE A PLANT! YOU DESERVE AN OSCAR!-RepLynch (actual yelling)
Tryna expire me with awesomeness
Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · 18h ago"I'm supposed to be a tough guy," Curtis confided. "I can hold your hand," the mayor offered "What happens if I faint?" Sliwa asked. "I've got you," Mamdani assured him, grabbing his hand as Sliwa received his flu shot. abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...
It’s that time of year when the most holy of hash is out on Trader Joe’s shelves This makes the most amazing base for soup 
My late-70’s aged MIL recommended this book after her book club read it and spent and unprecedented 2 weeks discussing it. I’m almost done listening to it and it’s SO well considered, thoroughly thought out, funny, deadly serious, and worth your time: Enormous Wings by Laurie Frankel
I've decided to weigh into the permitting reform debate for this week's Newsletter--anyone have unique perspectives/hot takes you think I should know before I finish it up and publish tomorrow?
Ambassador Kate Wyler: You Gotta Tell Me!
ALT: Ambassador Kate Wyler: You Gotta Tell Me!
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Nothing she has done has surprised me since I truly realized what she is. We are all Cassandras when it comes to Maura Healey insideclimatenews.org/news/2705202...
Weeks after Russell Vought told Congress that Bilt had fixed its problems without the need of CFPB enforcement, nearly 1,900 Bilt customers received mistaken debt collection notices saying they owed hundreds or even thousands of dollars on their cards.
The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.
Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Custo...
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DISCLAIMER: This post contains graphic photos. Men, women, and families are being abused in lawless, cramped, mold-choked facilities in Florida. A horrific new whistleblower report has pulled back the curtain on the dangerous and lawless practices operating inside two federal facilities in Florida.
Newsom really doing his best to tell us who he is and a lot of people are foaming at the mouth for the chance to tell us they didn’t listen to him the moment primaries start in ‘28
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 2d agoCalifornia governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
I’d like to remind everybody that this piece of work is incredibly vulnerable, at least in her own mind, right before an election @xrboston.bsky.social @climatedefiance.bsky.social @mothersoutfront.org
2timesgrumpy_owl@2timesgrumpyowl.bsky.social · 2d agoThis move is despicable & it’s so she can say she’s working w/the fed gov to lower energy bills. What nobody realizes that it’d take years for the expansion Enbridge is planning. Maura Healey will do anything to get elected, even screwing over MA/multiple states on AGT www.wbur.org/news/2026/10...
Remember back in 2021 (or earlier! Probably earlier) I told you Maura Healey was a rat, @amywestervelt.bsky.social ? Forget the Exxon case she won. She’s a gas rat. #mapoli TY so much @miriamwasser.bsky.social for covering this goddamnit www.wbur.org/news/2026/10...
Gov. Healey asks feds to expedite review of proposed gas pipeline expansion in Mass.
Gov. Healey is asking the Trump administration to expedite its review of a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion project in New England.
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Angry crowds hounding his every waking movement, especially to his presumed-idyllic Maine retreat, is the energy i want surrounding John Roberts from now to the end of time, or until he sincerely repents of the harm he's done & pledges whatever's left of his life to undoing it. Whichever comes first
Yonette Joseph@sugarcane99.bsky.social · 2d agoPublic anger comes for John Roberts The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.” Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
Aaron's piece is spot-on This extends far beyond climate & "really does represent an attempt to fundamentally restructure our corporate governance model in the US" They want to not only dismantle the regulatory state, but also take away any judicial recourse to remedy harms. It is utter impunity
Aaron Regunberg@aaronregunberg.bsky.social · 4d agoThe oligarchs are coming for every last tool the American people have ever used to restrain corporate abuse, deception, and overreach. It's a huge new front in the right's push for elite impunity, and it's not getting enough attention. For @newrepublic.com. newrepublic.com/article/2154...
This is a big f’ing deal. Story at the newsletter right now, and full explainer coming soon (so make sure you’re subscribed to AED) Three anti-abortion states are asking the Supreme Court to allow them to extradite abortion providers from pro-choice states.
In March, Governor Maura Healey released an Exec Order saying she supports "an all-of-the-above approach to energy." Fossil fuel companies are already using her words to push for dangerous & outdated pipeline expansions, like Enbridge's Project Beacon. @350.org @mothersoutfront.org @sierraclub.or
September's report from the UN Environment Programme says Earth will exceed 1.5°C increase by 2025. Meanwhile today's Northeast Energy & Commerce Association's Fuels Conference includes speakers from Shell & American Gas Association. Explore if you want to be horrified: necanews.org/events/2026-...
RIGHT NOW: Activists disrupt #Boston outside the NECA Fuels Conference at Federal Reserve Plaza, demanding no new fossil fuel infrastructure. Join us - we're here until 9:30. Tell dirty fuel companies they have no place in #Mass. xrboston.org/news/xr-bost...
Sadly, this event has been cancelled 😭. We’ll catch ya another time @amywestervelt.bsky.social 💓
2timesgrumpy_owl@2timesgrumpyowl.bsky.social · last wk.HOT DAMN, @amywestervelt.bsky.social of @drilledmedia.bsky.social is coming to BOSTON & will talk about her vast body of work on corporate disinformation and her new book! Register for the Thursday, October 1 · 3:30 - 5pm Boston University event at this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-conversa...
Plus, Effin’ Birds Stickerology and the Effin’ Birds Affirmation Deck are both up for preorders at a lot of those shops. Preorders convince book stores to stock my stuff, so please and thank you smash those preorder buttons if you need sweary stickers or vulgar affirmations in your life.
Just updated eatf.art with a dozen new places to order Effin’ Birds calendars, books & cards online in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and France. Let me know if I've missed a great shop near you that's keeping my stuff in stock! Calendars are out now, and Effin’ Birds: 100 Postcards ships Oct 20th.
Whoa 4fb87b0a-3273-4637-82b3-788e65f5b4ea.usrfiles.com/ugd/4fb87b_8... Heat pump owners overcharged A LOT in RI (report)
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1. How has MAGA Inc. raised an unprecedented amount of money? Let’s review:
the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed:
