Peter D. Buck

Voucher programs threaten the promise of public education | Opinion “While these programs sound appealing on the surface, they risk dismantling the very foundation that makes American education a beacon of opportunity for all.”

Public education promises an "unwavering commitment to serve every child, every family, every day. It’s messy, complex and demanding work. But it’s also where the real magic happens, where democracy, innovation, art, and so much more are born and nurtured.”
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This is ethnic cleansing.

America's largest power grid is struggling to meet demand from AI America's largest power grid is under strain as data centers and AI chatbots consume power faster than new plants can be built.

It is in this environment that the GOP & Trump have launched a full scale assault on easy-to-build, smart-to-finance, & climate-necessary solar & wind. They are making this problem WORSE!
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They better.

After years of these “conservatives” screaming about the coming jack-booted liberal demons attacking America, they are welcoming Chinese state tactics, a f***ing occupation of a once-free nation to force everyone into submission to a truly Satanic goon.

It was always projection.

Always.

I run Penn State’s Local Climate Action Program.

Each of the 32 communities we’ve worked with in the last three years know that climate change is intensifying storms & floods. Residents in these communities have suffered, including deaths from microbursts.

They need the National Weather Service.

State Rep. Paul Takac questions Thompson’s past statements on SNAP State Rep. Paul Takac, D-College Township, criticizes Congressman Glenn "GT" Thompson about the proposed federal cuts to the the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, during a pres...

Proud to see @paultakac-pa.bsky.social punching up at Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson & demanding accountability. GT lied to us, saying there'd be no cuts to SNAP. As the Chair of the Ag Committee, GT is responsible for this assault on Pennsylvania’s families.

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MeidasTouch (@meidastouch) on Threads MAGA having a real normal one in response to the tragic flooding in Texas

I swear some extraterrestrial fungus is about to sprout from these twits’ heads & their mother ship will descend to beam them up.

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It used to be a civic tradition to give Fourth of July orations. If you were asked to give such a speech tomorrow—and it had to be an affirmative speech that outlined what you stand for and an inspirational speech that rallied people together and onward for the good—what would you say?

Today, the U.S. Senate caved. They passed the One Big Bullshit Bill, carrying out one of the most destructive attacks on the American people in history.

Municipal takeover of shaky rural Pa. water company faces setback after $65K offer rejected A lengthy legal process by Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission will now resume to determine whether Rock Spring Water Company should be forced to sell.

Rock Springs Water has a 60+% leak rate, low pressure, & regular “boil water” notices. It needs to be taken over.

An offer was on the table.

They rejected it.

It’s a perfect example of stubborn people refusing to let things go. Lot of that going around.

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It’s not enough for Stephen Miller to orchestrate Trump’s deportation agenda.

Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target and round up immigrants.

He’s cashing in on his own cruelty.

No Saints

In How to Love, Thich Nhat Hanh shares this: “Don’t say, ‘Love, compassion, joy, and equanimity are the way that saints love, so since I’m not a saint, I can’t possibly love that way.’ The Buddha was a human being, and he practiced as we do. At first, love can be tainted with attachment,…

Not the faithful execution of laws. The President is operating a human kidnapping & trafficking cartel.

Suggestion, folks: it is the middle of the night in Iran. We have no battle damage assessment. We have a tweet. We will know more things soon and likely not know things for a while longer. Asking questions is fair, but answers fleeting. Hot takes exciting but not diagnostic.

The anti-globalists elected a President who’s entangling us in a catastrophic war that could consume the globe.

“Sunlight is the best disinfectant.”
William O. Douglas

Local climate action in central PA

Quick thought: In 2017, I put forward central Pennsylvania’s first net zero greenhouse gas resolution. In the eight years since, the resolution has a life of its own because action on climate change is part of what our area does now. Our local governments have……

Today, I attended Chris Uhl’s memorial service. He understood the power of questions, connection, grace, impermanence, & fallibility so well. I feel his presence in my heart so often, especially when I’m working with students, giving them permission to discover themselves in the world’s wild heart.

There are some metal songs for this:

Death’s “1000 Eyes”:

Living in the pupil of one thousand eyes

Was it overlooked in front of all our faces?
Now, all the mistakes and secrets
Cannot be erased

Viewing the blind complexity
By which laws were justified
To erase simplicity

The weaksters are still being weak.

If the presence of a bishop makes you rethink what you're doing, perhaps you need to re-evaluate if you should be doing it at all.

If you live in central PA: I have seen local carnival barker Tor Michaels’ radioactive clown car show lying and attempting to overturn the results of an election. I will be responding at the time and place of my choosing.

He thinks I give a shit about him. I don’t.

I have better things to do with my time than waste my time with this alligator-skinned moron, the cutting-room-floor Bride of Chucky, pre-failed law student toady, & wannabe Fetterman cum Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.

Weaksters.

Hallelujah! The solar PPA moves on! On Monday night, I joined State College Borough Council to give an update on the Centre County Solar Working Group’s power purchase agreement. I gave a spicier update to the State College Area Scho…

Wherein I address the fact that Tor “Michaels” McCartney and his guests are, quite simply put, corrupt and gross.
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Hallelujah! The solar PPA moves on!

On Monday night, I joined State College Borough Council to give an update on the Centre County Solar Working Group’s power purchase agreement. I gave a spicier update to the State College Area School District later that night. For most people, the Borough…

Lori was part of this at the beginning & carefully followed our process. She has been a champion of the project & TRUTH about the project. As I I’m quoted, y’all can infer there’s been a shameless agenda with the features of a fossil fuel funded disinformation campaign mixed w harassment. Gross.

They are taking money from the poor to hand to the rich. Reverse Robin Hood politics. We must reject the “Big Beautiful” Bullshit.

Now in darkness world stops turning…

The chickens came home to roost. Bannon & Carlson have played central roles in making Fox a propaganda machine. As Black Sabbath said, they are the “sorcerers of death’s construction” who have brought “death & hatred to mankind /poisoning their brainwashed minds.”
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