Nationalize oil firms, then run them into oblivion as we transfer to 100% renewables. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Paul Morris Mary Erdoes Jes Staley Stephen Cutler John Duffy Justin Nelson Paul Barrett Mary Casey David Brigstocke Jeff Matusow Jane Heller Karen Weiss Stewart Oldfield
Incredible that NYPD brass thought we needed a cop surge for a cyclovia. How soon are they going to be breaking up Little League games and giving kids pat-downs on the pavement?
Gothamist@gothamist.com · 23h agoHeavy police presence at Summer Streets marks latest NYPD surge under Mamdani gothamist.com/news/heavy-p...
Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
A glorious Summer Streets in Manhattan. Thanks @nycdot.bsky.social for the window into what Life After Cars can look like. Now we just gotta catch up to Bogota and other cities around the world and make it happen every week.
As much as I just ranted about Summer Streets, it's because I think it is one of the best weekends in NYC. I drag friends who visit (hi @liss.bsky.social) to enjoy it if they happen to be visiting.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 4d agoA glorious Summer Streets in Manhattan. Thanks @nycdot.bsky.social for the window into what Life After Cars can look like. Now we just gotta catch up to Bogota and other cities around the world and make it happen every week.
A 39-year-old El Salvadoran man, who was being held at Delaney Hall, has died, the man's family says. He's the father of a 12-year-old US citizen daughter and has lived in the country for nearly 20 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...
El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says
The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.
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When enough rain falls in Maltahöhe, Namibia, millions of desert lilies bloom across the landscape for just a few days each year. This natural phenomenon briefly transforms the arid desert into a sea of flowers almost overnight. IG: @ earthpix
Those of you eager to serve wealthy MLB owners as volunteer Pinkertons won’t like to read this, but as usual Joe Sheehan nails the real problem:
The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.
This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.
Passed a car this morning with a window sticker that said, "Don't vote for what you fled from" and damn. Yeah.
@ProudSocialist "This is barbaric. New video released of ICE agents kidnapping a teenage boy in Glendale, CA. The teen can be heard crying out for help and crying for his mother as ICE takes him away. 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗜𝗖𝗘. @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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WGN posted a meme of Kyle Shanahan as Mitch McConnell when reporting on his car accident.
Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Trump took office.
The EPA halted a study on gas stoves and asthma. But even partial results were striking.
Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Donald Trump took of...
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This morning, ETA commented to the MTA board on it's study extending LIRR electrification to the new Yaphank-BNL station. It's exciting to see electrification of commuter rail, however we urge the agency to study more cost-effective catenary for extensions. www.etany.org/statements/y...
If Biden had thrown Trump in the slammer we wouldn't be here. You can piss and moan all you want but J6 was history books shit and history books shit requires the President to do President shit. And he didn't. And now the guy who saved millions has to eat shit from a penis like Ron Johnson
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Ron Johnson claims the the "injection injured" are committing mass suicide
The reason NYC's consolidation of surrounding jurisdictions into one big city government was never copied was because *it worked* and the wealthy realized that municipal fragmentation served their interests much better bsky.app/profile/ones...
#1 Shoup Fan@oneshoup.bsky.social · 7d agoIt’s interesting that this was basically never copied even though it was part of a wave of progressive reforms in the 19th century. I guess no city was large enough before the wave of changes that made places want to split and not consolidate in the 20th century
WH/Rs plan to increase spending on war & farmers w/o offsets. No serious efforts underway to shrink deficits of ~$2T a year and worsening as population ages and Congress keeps piling on red ink. Social Security Trust Fund runs dry in 2032, leading to big cuts under current law.
Bad news: The 30-year Treasury yield hit a 19-year high today. 🚨🚨🚨 America's going to have to pay more for its colossal debt, which will soon hit $40 trillion. Interest already tops $1T a year and is growing rapidly. Latest GOP/WH plans would increase the deficit. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Treasuries Jolted as Fed Hold Trims September Hike Bets
US bond traders lowered their expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its next meeting after officials kept their benchmark steady on Wednesday, while 30-year Treasury yield...
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In the years since COVID I’ve become a radicalised NYC pedestrian. I’d support cameras on every intersection to ticket running reds and blocking crossings. Near misses at the hands of careless drivers are a daily occurrence
✨ Arches National Park, Utah 🇺🇸 by Elliot McGucken
Last year, DOGE delayed a $10 million grant awarded under the Biden administration that was supposed to help Minnesota thin out 4,000 acres of forest at high risk of burning. Most of the work never got started. Now some areas of that forest are on fire. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
‘We were shovel-ready’: A Minnesota forest hit by DOGE cuts is now ablaze
Officials said losing out on the ability to do vital prevention work at a perilous time for the region hindered them from being as prepared as they could have been.
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I come back to this tumblr post again and again
Hillary Monahan@hillarymonahan.bsky.social · last wk.Nobody wants predictive data models to stop working for the people in medicine. Or translating ancient Pompeii texts. Or the other ways we were already using it. We want it to stop replacing workers, killing the environment, and stealing from artists. Hope that clarifies.
