Barry Epstein
@bgepstein6591.bsky.social
Liberal, progressive, democratic socialist, lifelong Democrat. Both Radical and Practical. Retired engineer. Ally. Pet peeve: people that call out others w/o including their @handle
Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.
Disgusting and unsurprising.... I remember "Blue Dog" democrats voting for Reagan's program, including his bad tax cuts, and many so called dems supporting nafta which gutted communities and the middle class ...... here they are again folding to the fascists ... as I hear it -
Hollywood couldn't script it better: one of the most toxic leaders of a political party in Australian history loses the seat he has held for 24 years to one of the most courageous people you could ever wish to meet. #auspol
'Life before limb': As Ali France enters parliament the surgeon who saved her speaks out
As new Labor MP Ali France enters parliament, the surgeon who saved her life by taking her leg in 2011 is telling his story for the first time.
abc.net.au
"Extreme summer weather patterns have tripled since the 1950s" | Great piece in @upenn.edu's #PennToday on our recent @pnas.org article, providing critical context for the extreme heat we're seeing right now in North America and Europe: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/extreme...
Extreme summer weather patterns have tripled since the 1950s | Penn Today
New research led by Michael E. Mann links a surge in stalled jet stream events to human-driven climate change, with major implications for future heatwaves, wildfires, and floods.
penntoday.upenn.edu
"Heat waves are getting more dangerous with climate change — and we may still be underestimating them" | Nice piece by @afreedma.bsky.social for @cnn.com that references our recent @pnas.org article: edition.cnn.com/2025/06/23/c...
Heat waves are getting more dangerous with climate change — and we may still be underestimating them | CNN
The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming.
edition.cnn.com
I just heard someone say they wish this summer was shaping up to be a lot more Barbie and a lot less Oppenheimer.🤣😭🥂💙
How many wars have we seen in our lifetime? .... it's extraordinary and never ending!
Is the U.S. about to be dragged into a war in the Middle East? Wendy Sherman on the Israel-Iran conflict - the single most terrifying and important explanation of what it means to go to war vs. Iran. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Is the U.S. about to be dragged into a war in the Middle East? Wendy Sherman on the Israel-Iran conflict
"No one should underestimate how difficult and, in my view, how profound this decision will be by President Trump"
open.substack.com
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook, by Stephan Lewandowsky et al. 2025, open access! 👍🧪
Stephan Lewandowsky@lewan.uk · last yr.I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...
New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution”
“The president remained steadfast in his novel interpretation of constitutional law.” “Faced with the choice between clinging to the letter of the ...
mcsweeneys.net
For those of you who keep telling me, "I don't vote, they're all the same." What if I took away the colors and party icons? Which "same" would you prefer? #FactsMatter #Voices4Victory #ProudBlueVet
@davidhogg.bsky.social I donated to you (a little). I now believe you should choose .... stop working to primary Dems or resign from the DNC. TheDNC is a Party that depends on cohesion from leadership. it's a simple principle. I have highly respected your activism ... please get this right.
The plan was simple. It started by retiring all government employees by offering them incentives to leave and never return. To avoid anarchy and keep authority, the police and military would be retained. theconversation.com/friday-essay...
Friday essay: Trump’s reign fits Curtis Yarvin’s blueprint of a CEO-led American monarchy. What is technological fascism?
The Washington Post called Curtis Yarvin’s blog ‘required reading for the extremely online right’. He advocates for the end of democracy – and a governing monarch.
theconversation.com
RUSSELL VOUGHT: brains behind Trump's authoritarian movement. The danger he poses is quiet, calculated & relentless Vought doesn’t want the spotlight. Because once you see what he’s doing, it’s terrifying He’s not trying to shrink government. He’s trying to dismantle it and built a dictatorship
Beautiful!! Love it when a country celebrates their people and not sets up a hostile campaign against them. Thank you, Australia
Audience member, referencing Medicaid and SNAP cuts: People will die Republican Senator: Well, we all are going to die