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Quinton Zondervan

@qyz.bsky.social

Policy Director at Run On Climate, former Cambridge City Councillor (2018-2023), Democratic Socialist

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John Hawkinson@johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

GOOD NEWS FOR ÖZTüRK: An immigration judge (on Jan. 29) found that Tufts grad student Rümeysa Öztürk's immigration removal proceedings are over, an immigration judge found the Government did not meet its burden.

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Quinton Zondervan@qyz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’m genuinely glad and impressed that the Senate is taking its responsibilities seriously and has moved to defund the gestapo police. True patriots understand that liberty is not compatible with boot licking!

Senators Are Scrambling on a Deal to Avert a Shutdown After the Funding Package Fails Key Vote

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the White House is having “very constructive discussions and conversations” with Senate Democrats.

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Quinton Zondervan@qyz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Recognize! This is no accident or result of incompetence. It’s a deliberate provocation to generate civil unrest and create a pretext for canceling elections. open.substack.com/pub/sethabra...

New Revelations in the Renee Good Shooting Narrative Have Sent Everything Off the Rails

With each passing hour, it feels like this situation becomes more shocking, volatile, and revealing of what’s in store for America in the coming months. And each new revelation brings new horrors.

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Mongabay@mongabay.com · 8mo ago

New research documents the positive impacts that Afro-descendant populations have had on tropical ecosystems in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Suriname. The study found that deforestation rates are between 29% and 55% lower in Afro-descendant lands than in protected areas.

Afro-descendant territories slash deforestation, lock in carbon, study shows

Afro-descendant peoples in Latin America have historically been guardians of nature, but their role could be more important than previously estimated. New research carried out in four Amazonian…

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Quinton Zondervan@qyz.bsky.social · 9mo ago

TLDR: The news is mostly not good :-/ Solar is a bright spot, and we certainly avoided some worse scenarios, but for the most part we’ve been failing badly to avoid preventable climate and ecological destruction :-/ And Trump is making it even worse! How are we so stupid?!

Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · 9mo ago

Ten years after the Paris Agreement was signed, has anything really changed? The New York Times’ @sominisengupta.bsky.social “cuts through the noise” listing 10 “big things” that have happened in the past decade:

Quinton Zondervan@qyz.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I’m done “being” a Democrat. I’m not done voting for one if that’s my best option. But I can no longer in good conscience inhabit that identity. I am a Socialist. And clearly that’s not cool with the Democrats, so I’m no longer cool with them.

Run On Climate@runonclimate.bsky.social · last yr.

Have you heard of Phoenix, AZ’s strive for “tree equity”? This means each of the city's neighborhoods will equally benefit from green space. This local action is especially important for heat-vulnerable communities, and will benefit the health of citizens and of our Earth. 🌎 #cities #climatepolicy

Phoenix Pledges Tree Equity For All Neighborhoods By 2030

Phoenix is partnering with the nation’s oldest conservation nonprofit to achieve what the group calls “tree equity” by 2030.

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Quinton Zondervan@qyz.bsky.social · last yr.

DJT got some nerve! This is the same hmmm who pardoned the Jan 6ers! GTFO outta here with that shit. How you going to deploy the National Guard dude? What is actually wrong with you?! Defund ICE. And while we’re at it, deport the illegal criminal in the White House!

Josh Gondelman@joshgondelman.bsky.social · last yr.

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

Text reading: I had to come down to Los Angeles for Work and ended up trying to help with the raid last night. As a Bernie usefully. Waited by the entrance for detainees We were repeatedly denied access of any kind, and eventually LAPD force removed attorneys ice. Also tear gassed a baby under age two. Today they told us to come back at eight to see the clients, but they ever refused entry to us as well as politicians, including Jimmy, Gomez, and right now. They’re releasing some kind of gas, so the Attorneys can’t breathe