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1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

In other words, don't do what the current national Democratic leadership does.

EV charging enters the MEGAWATT ERA. ⚡ China’s Geely has deployed new chargers rated at an insane 2,250 kW. Current test vehicles are already pulling ~1,100 kW: 🔋 10–70%: 4.5 mins 🔋 10–97%: 8.7 mins “EVs take too long to charge” is rapidly becoming an obsolete argument.

If we didn’t know that the Republicans will be attempting unprecedented levels of cheating, well beyond just voter suppression (which IS cheating), this would be comforting. But they will, so every one of those blue votes need to show up and #VOTE no matter how hard it is. Turn out wins elections.

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Evangelical Christian fundamentalism is why Brazil just might elect Flavio Bolsonario, a far-right traitor to the nation. Non-religious people *must* do much better at community and mutual aid. This is a global problem. Fascism's chief tool is religious delusions. archive.is/jkFDJ

Elon Musk spreads disinformation about Ukraine after being exposed for sabotaging military operations by the WSJ. The US tax funded billionaire, Trump's largest donor, (backed by Israel and Russia); tied to the deaths of thousands of children due to USAid cuts, blames Ukraine for not surrendering.

Me: "It cannot be stated often enough or vociferously enough: the Trump Administration is helping Russia to conquer Ukraine. The United States of America has taken the side of an aggressor against its innocent victim. We are helping our actual enemies" www.aei.org/foreign-and-...

liberty mutual was the only advertiser who stuck with tucker carlson after he said mexicans were "filth" so whatever fantasies you have about torturing the mascot are morally correct

i wonder what percentage of the electorate now understands that this man and maybe 75 other people like him are actively trying to destroy our lives. that he is the biggest national security threat we have faced, even moreso than bin laden or whoever. its got to be dawning on more and more people

"If its proponents’ objectives include empowering marginalized voices and minor parties, then increasing the costs while reducing the time to organize and campaign seems particularly unwise." commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/all-...

He's a crypto supporter and Elon Musk fan.

Oh, and if you're a soccer fan, particularly if you have a Neymar Jr jersey, toss that shit in the trash. He's an unapologetic Bolsonaro supporter. Just the worst human being.

Elon Musk aggressively pushes Twitter subscribers to switch from "chronological" to "algorithmic" feeds. Once this choice is made, the subscriber will find his account instantly flooded with right-wing political propaganda that reflects the thinking of Elon Musk, a Nature study has concluded. Musk's

Massachusetts friends, are you registered to vote? You have two more days - the deadline is tomorrow, Saturday, October 24th. You can both check your registration status and register online at the Secretary of State website www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/el...

Under the second Trump administration, Massachusetts scientists have lost billions in funding, and curtailed more than a dozen clinical trials in the state. Ahead of the midterms, many scientists hope a new Congress will restore stability to federal support and get grant money out the door.

“Severe heat killed more than 50,000 people in European cities and towns this summer, according to peer-reviewed estimates released by scientists in London on Friday.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/c...

They have abandoned us. Like Carney - they don't care. They watched tens of thousands die from climate impacts this summer, and.. They. Don't. Care.

Democrats lead Republicans by 37 percentage points among youth planning to vote in midterms, as young people report rising economic anxiety and low optimism about the future, per a fall Harvard Youth Poll. @jenllphan and @mireisaneyoshi report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

Owner of X funding owners of TikTok, CNN, CBS News. The same guys making a ton of money from government contracts and demanding less regulation also seeking to control the media.

Chris Wright likes to say we spent 10T on wind, solar, and batteries just to get to 3% of primary energy. We light $8T of fossil fuels on fire every year to get another $8T of damages. And then we just have to do that again next year.

New Cypress query command: cy.getByRole, watch my introduction here: youtu.be/VhuXP_8S_fE

This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com

Massachusetts House shows much-needed & much-appreciated leadership by defeating #mapoli governor’s gas tax giveaway gimmick www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/20/m.... We need to start investing in ourselves not giving money away to big oil.

@ayannapressley.bsky.social is right. We cannot let private equity rig Massachusetts elections with Question 3.

The U.S. is the only major economy where planet-warming pollution dramatically increased last year. The United Nations warns the planet is on track for catastrophic warming. n.pr/4zb8sRp

Congrats once again to all the politicians, journalists, artists, celebrities, and brands who STILL prop up this man’s right-wing propaganda platform every day by using it as an official communication channel.

Given uncertainties, current policies could result in 4.5°C of warming by 2100. 🥵

BBC World at One right now stating that the "British public support drilling at Jackdaw." Yes - because the British public have been sold the lie, by almost the entirety of the media and the political class, including the current Prime Minister, that it will bring bills down.

Voted in early Massachusetts elections. Voted against every Republican fascist weirdo. For ballot questions, followed this progressive Massachusetts endorsements

there’s no middle ground position on this. either musk is forcibly rooted out of government infrastructure or every war proceeds at the whims and dictates of a generational buffoon

Yep

Musk: "Zelensky has gone too far." Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine."

81% of the 2400 stocks in the MSCI's global stock index are already suffering losses due to extreme heat, costing $3.9 trillion every year. There are no safe havens from climate change, not even in a stock portfolio Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This is such a disaster. We CANNOT pass this bill.

Here's the thing: if we're actually going to phase out fossil fuels and halt global heating, we will NEED executive agencies to display a pattern of "disparate treatment" against fossil fuels. BAAJA literally outlaws this.

This remains one of the best pieces I've read about CA's jungle primary system and how it's mission from day one was to increase the number of corporate Dems in the Legislature (not anything about "democracy") -- and how it has succeded in that goal. www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

Bari Weiss has been an avowed anti-Palestinian anti-Arab racist and anti-Muslim bigot her entire adult life. It’s the one true through line since she was a college student and now she is running one of the most important news organizations in the world in the same way.

Marc Andreessen is constantly lying about his personal political views. As someone who was a Republican political consultant during the Obama years, I can tell you: Andreesen was a Republican. We all saw him as such. He pretends now to have been on the left. Nope, he was always a rw libertarian.

This sums up our senate race in Texas in one picture.

Come to the Aeronaut Brewery on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 6pm for a Streetwise talk by Aman Shankardass and Chris Armstrong of Boston Cafe Bikers entitled "Cafe Biking: The Build-Out of Social Infrastructure"!

Ukraine's survival requires an anti-Putin, anti-invasion Congress

AI slop is the medium of post-truth. It’s for people who reject the value of factual reality, can’t appeal to the public based on the truth, and want everyone to live inside a lie. Unsurprisingly, Republicans are using it much more in campaigns.