Neil Tangri

Keep Portland weird.

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

Very disturbing. This administration has talked about cancelling the passports of people it doesn't like. Who was behind this? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

OK, this really is astonishing. Antifa goes back to the Weimar republic, where they fought the Nazis...and that's a bad thing???

Unveiling the hidden chronic health risks of nano- and microplastics in single-use plastic water bottles: A review Single-use plastic products, such as water bottles, have become ubiquitous in modern society, contributing significantly to the growing problem of pla…

Bottled water is one of the biggest scams in the world. A new scientific review finds that people who drink bottled water instead of tap ingest ~90,000 more #microplastic particles per year! And of course it undermines public water systems. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Wait really? What’s the source?

What do you call anti-antifa? Oh that would be fascist, right?

Only light fun allowed?

Yes the climate has changed before. No, it’s not fine.

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Amazing! A huge congratulations to him. And to win his first case!

Public and environmental health in the US would benefit greatly from global rules on plastic chemicals There are more microplastics in the ocean than stars in the Milky Way; however, as we all know by this point, the latest round of global plastic treaty negotiations ended in a stalemate.

Short sweet letter by @smbrander.bsky.social and others (including myself) on why the US, with our astronomical health care costs, should be at the forefront of a global #plasticstreaty. But we're not. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil Exclusive: Luis Vayas Valdivieso says he is quitting for personal and professional reasons after reports of pressure behind the scenes

Vayas is out as chair of the #plasticstreaty negotiations. But he wasn't the primary problem. Many countries claim to want a treaty but allow a few naysayers to exercise effective veto power, protected by the UNEP Secretariat. We need more than a new chair. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Kind of like how they refused to fill a Supreme Court seat. One set of rules for them, another for us.

Congratulations to our GAIA Africa team members!
We are incredibly proud to celebrate three of our own who have shown incredible leadership and have been selected for distinguished awards & fellowships. Your dedication, passion, and hard work inspire us all.

#BreakFreeFromPlastic #GoForZeroWaste

100 dishes in 40 days: India's epic wedding feast For more than 700 years, an extraordinary tradition has been maintained in southern India, where grooms are presented with a parade of freshly prepared dishes by their mother-in-law.

I should have married a Malayali... www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

$2B California Solar Plant To Shut Down After A Decade For The Most Frustrating Reason Not all solar power is created equal. The Ivanpah facility in the middle of the desert has generated power using mirrors for more than a decade.

The anticipated early closure of the #solar thermal plant in California brings up an interesting point: with #RE tech moving so quickly, what is a realistic lifespan for energy infrastructure? And how does that change our calculations about when to replace tech? www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

Are #carbonoffsets fixable? Joe Romm and co-authors have new, comprehensive review paper out. tl;dr The answer is no, they're not. The problems are fundamental. They also apply to #plasticcredits by the way. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Collapse of Confidence in Carbon Capture | OilPrice.com Carbon Capture and Storage, once seen as a lifeline for the oil and gas industry, is facing mounting doubts as delays, high costs, and poor performance cast serious doubts on its future viability.

Carbon capture and storage goes belly up. Relying on it to draw down atmospheric CO2 levels was always foolish. It's past time to acknowledge that we need real zero, not #netzero for all #greenhousegas emissions. oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...

The Korean #plastics industry is in trouble because it can't compete on cost with the Chinese industry. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean less production overall; it's just being centralized increasingly in China.

Well, this is the best news I've had today.

To be clear: shutdowns are engineered to ensure ordinary activities of the professional class are not disrupted. WIC benefits are being cut, which will sure impact lots of people -- but not people who matter to the political class.

Communities near petrochemical plants pay the price for plastic convenience Plastics are cheap but their production harms refinery communities through pollution and toxic emissions. At the recent Geneva talks, disagreements between petrochemical-rich nations and others over p...

Nice article by Ravleen Kaur on the health and environmental impacts of #plastic *production*. This again highlights why #plasticpollution cannot be treated as a waste or clean-up issue: it must be tackled at the source. india.mongabay.com/2025/09/comm...

1/ Best origin story I've heard for him. 😂

But the actual origin story of his family is worth reading—in this blistering account from 2018 by his maternal uncle, a neuropsychologist who has volunteered for refugees & other immigrants.

Free link: archive.ph/mX7Cx

Very surprising to see how much plastic breaks down into VICs — might force a rethink of plastic waste’s contribution to climate change and local air pollution even in the absence of combustion.

We must be careful to sift between Trumpist fascism and the facts of emerging post-imperialism. The erosion of U.S. global power isn’t a bad thing. Its replacement by regional fascist spheres is.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

Great thread on looking at LLMs in a very different light

Anyone who ever read Marx, actually...:

Capitalism concentrates wealth,

wealth consolidates monopoly power,

monopoly power becomes fascism.

Trump it’s openly using the military and national guard to squash dissent, in blatant violation of the constitution. I wonder how well that will work when they stop receiving paychecks.

So much for freedom of speech. Sure was nice knowing you.