@doccostanzi.bsky.social
Privileged white male colonist in western Maine. linktr.ee/doccostanzi
What still unites us? I discussed recently with the @americanvalues.bsky.social's podcast. Audio here:
news.americanvalues.org/p/some-good-...
@mackinnonart.bsky.social
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Homepage of Information is Beautiful (IIB) store showing sample data visualization prints, including a left-right comparison chart, a colorful circular diagram, and a word cloud of books. The page includes store navigation, environmental notes about sustainable printing practices, and a welcome message introducing David McCandless's work
INTRODUCING: our new online store where you can buy high-quality art prints of our most popular infographics & visualisations
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Note the NYT editor's inappropriate use of passive voice. As a matter of statute, Matt Gaetz raped a 17-year old. The headline should have conveyed that. This is an example of why it's a mistake to trust NYT about just about anything (except recipes).
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READ: Throughout the Gaza genocide, Israel has debated what to call it. The military says βOctober 7 War,β while Netanyahu wants βWar of Redemption.β What's clear is that Israel believes it can only resolve its ongoing cycle of crisis through genocidal violence. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/isra...
14.11.2025 02:00 β π 22 π 12 π¬ 4 π 4All of them!!! So good!!!
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Thanks to @mainepublic.org radio for having me on "Maine Calling" yesterday to talk about Nations Apart, how we got here as a country, and what we can do about it. If you missed it, the full audio/podcast is up at their site, iTunes, etc: www.mainepublic.org/show/maine-c...
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Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and heβs used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.
Here's what you should know about Trumpβs shadow president.
In our last thread, we left the jelly-enjoyers of Bluesky with a cliff hanger ending, in what one eager onlooker described as soap opera science π ... wait no more, we are back! Grab your popcorn shrimp and come with us on a journey spanning more than...
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The Republicans will kill you, and the Democrats will let you die.
An explainer on enablers from last year -- and before: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ten-articl...
Friends, can I ask a favour.
Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy
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www.irishtimes.com/world/africa... @sallyhayd.bsky.social
06.11.2025 21:51 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Perusing the articles @emorwee.bsky.social analyzed for her piece, I saw one by Steve Koonin (of Trump's DOE climate disinformation panel) & one by a Fellow at the right-wing AEI, and then lo! I saw this banger written by a self-proclaimed "climate expert."
Guess who it was. No really β guess who?
Jared Isaacman, the billionaire Space X fanboy picked to take over NASA, plans to eviscerate the agency
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The collapse and devastation of Sudan is designed by the UAE, backed by all the usual suspects.
05.11.2025 21:04 β π 27 π 11 π¬ 0 π 2My take, in today's @nytimes.com:
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For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted down
@kaamilahmed.bsky.social
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I'm speaking as part of this online event on November 12 organised by the NYU Migration Network, focused on global questions around migration, detention & deportation. Anyone can join & here is the link to register: nyu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @nyukevo.bsky.social
03.11.2025 09:32 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.
Thatβs a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.
It looks a lot more like preparation for war.
Congress needs to get involved before itβs too late.
Fighters from the Rapid Support Forces have filmed themselves committing mass killings in Darfurβs El Fasher β even as their leaders sat in US-sponsored peace talks.
The cityβs fall marks a new horror in Sudanβs war, reports journalist and human rights defender Ahmed Gouja. β¬οΈ
A thoughtful response to presidential malpractice. Revisiting following Trumpβs recent reiteration.
27.10.2025 21:45 β π 695 π 197 π¬ 26 π 2Donald Trump is the first president in US history to deny food to citizens.
27.10.2025 20:40 β π 1422 π 712 π¬ 52 π 33No Kings and No Economic Emperors.
27.10.2025 22:28 β π 296 π 80 π¬ 7 π 0βFascismβ isnβt a slur for politics we donβt like. Itβs a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of whatβs happening right now in America, itβs the most honest one we have.
Iβll lay it out as plainly as I can. π§΅
The Trump Action Tracker has an update!
Main change is to break down the five authoritarian domains into ten - this allows for easier understanding of why actions have been logged and more tools for searching / filtering the now 1621 actions.
www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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toleration.....
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