You are being asked, now, to do the absolute smallest thing, the bare minimum, to keep this man out of power.
Ooh I should check out the sparrow. I was blown away by the Canticle of Leibowitz. One of my all time favorites
The Republican Party is elevating science denialism and conspiracy theorists who are hell-bent on using political power to cause immeasurable harm to American society. To people who aren’t paying much attention, this sounds awfully “partisan.” Yet it’s also undeniably true.
Team Trump is planning to repeal the 20th century in terms of vaccination policy. The fact that anti-vaxx huckster Del Bigtree is within 50 miles of a potentially winning presidential campaign is terrifying. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/u...
The merger of the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald J. Trump campaigns puts the so-called medical freedom movement on the cusp of real power in Washington, with a new slogan: “Make America Healthy Agai...
I have seen so many meteorologists crying while they discuss Hurricane Milton. They’re really shaken and they’re experts. Wow. This feels like the worst kind of turning point in our shared understanding of climate catastrophe. FUCK.
These are the two oldest, whitest men and they AREN'T EVEN PHYSICISTS and I hate it, thanks. Also? If you're going to go rogue? CLIMATE SCIENCE IS RIGHT THERE and *certainly* more physics than this.
Been trying to put my finger on this and I think you have said this so clearly! They (esp the so-called papers of record like NYT) seem to have lost deeper understanding of political purpose. They've become purely reactionary, driven by news cycles rather than ask hard hitting original questions.
Not only is the American political press not up to the moment, it's increasingly unclear that they're up to any moment at all. Putting their shoes on themselves may be beyond them
The news is all bombings and genocides and climate change and mass deportation and stripping people of rights and citizenship and like I'm filled up on badness.
Can we please please start talking about climate change in the context of the election again? Honestly very disappointed at how little even Harris is talking about this. Draw the connection between these hurricanes and CC dammit