Stephanie Damassa

Lectric bikes ad during the World Series!

Driving should be banned on Halloween.

"What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points."

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

The new Gates climate memo isn't a pivot; it's a continuation of "a consistent pattern of downplaying clean energy while promoting dubious and potentially dangerous technofixes in which he is often personally invested," @michaelemann.bsky.social argues in @thebulletin.org:

CBS News kills its climate unit David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.

A scoop that I’m not happy to report:

CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.

heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...

How Trump cuts may have hindered a key way of preventing future wildfires U.S. Forest Service work to reduce wildfire fuel was down nearly 40 percent from where it’s been on average over the last four years, a new report shows.

A data analysis found that by the end of September, U.S. Forest Service work to clear fire-fueling debris was down nearly 40 percent compared with the average over the past four years.

The Trump administration cited logistics, not job cuts, for the drop.

Help is on the way for families who rely on SNAP/WIC benefits to help feed their families: the
DC Government will use $30 million in contingency funds to ensure benefits are paid in November despite the federal government shutdown.

Family will seek 'voluntary departure' for Everett boy detained by ICE The family of the 13-year-old Everett boy detained by ICE earlier this month is pursuing the legal option to return him to their home country of Brazil.

A sad update to the story of the 13-year-old Massachusetts boy who was abducted by ICE: He is choosing to self-deport to Brazil because even if he were to win his asylum case, his lawyer says it's possible he could still remain incarcerated.

great orgs to support here

Hey, there is a new set of bad-faith hit pieces going around about a politician i like! I'm gonna make sure to share it so as many people as possible see the bad faith hit piece and my opponents' main talking points!

AlertDC alert for military flyover over the National Mall.

No one in my office saw this alert until the first flyover and let me tell you: you know you’ve lived in DC a long time when you panic after hearing a jet (multiple jets?) fly over downtown.

Four flyovers in the span of 15 minutes seems…excessive.

How much is this costing?

apparently this was planned but boy is it disconcerting

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP.

A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.

I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.

Reminder that luck is the only reason the US hasn’t had a major hurricane this year

Cat 5 (175 mph peak winds) Hurricane Melissa is just a few hours from making landfall in Jamaica as its strongest storm on record. Storm is stronger than Katrina (at peak) and the strongest ever recorded in Atlantic so late in the season.

More info: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

Katherine Johnson’s dad used to say the same thing to her - “you aren’t better than anyone and no one is better than you”

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Same!

This year I’ve been reading the Little House on the Prairie series as well as Prairie Fires, the biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder (excellent), and these books document how starvation was a very present threat for Americans not all that long ago

As SNAP benefits come under threat, a Detroit farmer is stepping up to help fill the void The federal shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Urban farmers like Travis Peters are stepping up to ensure their communities can eat.

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow

'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

Hurricane Melissa which is en route to decimate Haiti and Jamaica rapidly intensified to category 4 storm. Rapid intensification is a hallmark of climate change, but that category is only a measure of its wind speed. It is also expected to bring up to 40 inches of rain

"If we just keep ruining the environment more and more, eventually, surely this sunk cost will pay off by finding us a way to protect the environment!"

Still wanted. The FBI ups its reward to $500,000 for information on the suspect who placed pipe bombs outside the DNC and RNC headquarters on January 5, 2021.

Personally, I don’t think it’s great that some of the most progressive members of Congress are octogenarians and somehow RUNNING AGAIN

Been writing about this a ton lately - it’s about people! In media, in politics, and everywhere else.

open.substack.com/pub/amandali...

Photo of two National Guard members walking down a residential street

Daily reminder that it costs about $1 million a day for the National Guard to patrol pricey residential neighborhoods in DC. For no reason.

E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously E-bike sales are booming, providing a clean form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet cities remain committed to cars.

E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously.

grist.org/transportati...

#Bicycle #Bikes #Transportation #Nature #Cities

Why Democrats aren't talking about climate change much anymore As Democrats reflect on the 2024 election, talking about the "planetary emergency" is out, and "cheap energy" is in.

this discussion makes me feel old but this is a good overview grist.org/politics/dem...