the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA
M. Jahi
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Director, MSU Center for Regional Food Systems Kellogg Chair in Food, Society and Sustainability Author, Beginning to End Hunger, Agroecology Now!: https://bit.ly/3C7uRql, http://bit.ly/agroeconow Husband, father, son, brother Opinions here my own, if that
I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column. Thank you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
Opinion | The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself (Gift Article)
She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer.
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Your daily reminder: "pragmatic" always = "more fossil fuels, even if it isn't actually the pragmatic choice". Constantly blurting out a plea to pragmatism is a modern form of climate delay that journalists should be pushing back on theconversation.com/politicians-...
Per @steveclimate.bsky.social h/t @thierryaaron.bsky.social
From stealth to pragmatism: A telling shift in UK politicians’ views on climate action, 2018–2023 - Climatic Change
Limiting global warming to well below 2°C requires politicians to introduce contentious legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Creating a political mandate for this is increasingly challenging w...
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A reminder that there is no free speech in a private corporation- unless you are a member of a labor union. Labor unions don't just raise wages. They protect your right to speak your mind even if your boss doesn't like it - even if your boss is Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men on earth.
Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 4d agoBREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
Oh, not at all suspicious.
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@helenbranswell.bsky.social · 3d agoPublic comments about a proposal that would make science funding decisions open to political influence are removed from the record, but not by the submitters. A number mentioned that OMB Director Russell Vought's family has benefited from federally funded research. www.statnews.com/2026/08/25/r...
Rest in Power, Peace, and Profundity, Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. Thank you for sharing your superlative lives and talents with us. "It's astounding, time is fleeting, madness takes its toll."
🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 2d ago😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Another "voter fraud" allegation collapses: Trump claimed three states had more than 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote, but months later, the Department of Homeland Security is claiming only 185 such cases exist. It hasn't provided what basis it has for accusing them to Nevada:
DHS acknowledges the noncitizen numbers it touted on voter rolls were inflated
The Trump administration claimed to have found 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls in four states. But the agency's communications with states since then indicate that data was preliminary.
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BREAKING: Armed and masked agents of the U.S. government have invaded the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation.
my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.
[driving my car through bachelorette party] your reaction to me doing this is why women's gatherings are bad
Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social · 3d agoFox host: WNBA players are “proving that women shouldn't have a league. It's too dramatic.”
We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
Nice building you've got there, shame if something were to happen to it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
Trump Lawyers Warn That Kennedy Center Might Need Demolition if Not Fixed
In a court filing about honoring President Trump on the facade, the administration said that without a proper renovation the building might need to be “taken down.”
nytimes.com
An amazing three sentence take-down of Manosphere dumbshittery and looksmaxxing idiotology.
Tanya.@tanyaduncan.bsky.social · 3d agoWord. Women are actually people. Muscles aren’t a fucking cheat code.
A more general phenomenon: If we can’t control the thing, we’ll still show it’s ours by destroying it (cf. universities and plenty of other institutions).
Raw Story@rawstory.com · 3d agoThe Trump-installed board that runs the Kennedy Center told a federal judge the building will have to be torn down unless President Donald Trump's name goes on it.
"Democratic nominee for congressional delegate Robert White has a vision: hundreds of D.C. residents in cars, vans, and buses, on their way to nearby states to help elect candidates who will fight for D.C. autonomy." @samdelgado.bsky.social for @51st.news
The 51st@51st.news · 4d agoNEW: @robertwhitedc.bsky.social has a vision: hundreds of D.C. residents on their way to nearby states to help elect candidates who will fight for D.C. autonomy. Starting Labor Day weekend, he and other local leaders hope to turn that goal into reality, @samdelgado.bsky.social reports.
And yes I get mad every time someone in the “resistance” claims to understand and cover things But misses basic facts for things I WAS THERE FORE entire articles about the Harper’s Letter But NOT A WORK ABOUT THE CONTEMPORANEOUS RESPONSE OF PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTOOD IT WAS BAD
The only silver lining in this shit cloud is that Trump's HHS has thoroughly disproven what libertarian's have been saying about loosening regulations. Despite customers shitting themselves to death and eating rubber being bad for business, corpos don't self regulate
I think, with a fair amount of regularity, that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, while Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Chris Hitchens were all writing screeds one-handed about how Islam was incompatible with civilization, Gould simply got in his car and drove down to NYC and started helping.
Jacob@tullamore-jew.bsky.social · last wk.Strongly recommend this excellent passage from the intro to The Mismeasure of Man's second edition on the cyclical surge to popularity of interest in race science. I actually forgot what a great writer Gould was
White House Doctor Claims President Has Always Been Face Drawn Onto Cantaloupe https://theonion.com/white-house-doctor-claims-president-has-always-been-face-drawn-onto-cantaloupe/
I know there are lot of people who think voting does nothing to stop fascism, but I do notice that one group who seems to think voting does something to stop fascism are the fascists, who are trying to prevent it as much as possible.
Joshfrai@joshfrai.bsky.social · last wk.Well, voting’s not important or anything so no biggie. ncnewsline.com/2026/08/20/n...
You really did used to be able to go into Borders, sit in a comfortable chair, read a whole novel, and then leave. Sometimes you might buy a season of a TV show on DVD, but not always.
Hannity on AOC: Wow, she couldn’t answer a question about Taiwan! Hannity on Darline Graham: Why is everyone making a big deal about this question on Taiwan? People can’t event find it on a map!
Once again, the central cleavage in American politics is “Who was <actually> president in 2020?”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Bessent on $40 trillion in debt: "We were left with a mess. The Biden administration ... "
Read this excellent takedown of TAH's grotesque behaviour on Arday and his ridiculous Atlantic article. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/racism-and...
Racism and labor at Bates: the other side of the story
Andrew Baker responds to Tyler Austin Harper
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