Duncan Meisel

My 1st for @thelever.bsky.social examines Big Oil donations to TX Railroad Commission candidate Bo French from 7/1 to 9/24—well after French's open racism had become well reported on by myself and others. In other words, here's the Big Oil donors who are funding French despite of his naked extremism

A key thing to keep saying for the next 2+ years as Republicans and tech fascists try to scam their way to permanent political power: They're lying because they're losing.

Everyone should go see Digger and then go sit and think about it for a while

They may have scraped the bottom of the barrel here, but at least there is a bottom to the barrel.

Still shocks me there hasn't been a public campaign to get United and American airlines to drop their Starlink contracts. Feels like the perfect target to wedge Musk from corporate America.

The Trump Administration is trying to turn off a wind farm in New England that has been providing cheap clean electricity for 6 months. We don't have a permitting problem, we have a fossil fuel corruption problem. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Another reason the oil and gas industry backs Republicans: they love war.

The CEO of TotalEnergies says "a world of disruption rather than a peaceful world" because it creates more opportunities www.reuters.com/business/ene...

They want to normalize seeing people killed in public so they can kill more people in public. It's a prelude to open warfare.

This is impressive

I watched My Neighbor Totoro when I had Scarlet Fever, like a pioneer child on the Oregon trail. It absolutely terrified me and it took me years to get over it and watch it again.

It's @wewill2026.bsky.social day! What's @wewill2026.bsky.social day? It's the day we all give to @wewill2026.bsky.social! secure.actblue.com/donate/wl_tx...

Latest episode of @peoplevsthemachines.com is online! @bridgettodd.bsky.social and I discuss: -The fight against Peter Thiel and Palantir, including an interview with @afsc-org.bsky.social -Putting the AI in Air Traffic Control (yikes!) -Meta made Ray-Bans uncool www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eenz...

out on the road today I saw a wojack sticker on a cybertruck

Give $$ to Will, he will do good things with it

Last night, we learned Elon Musk is pouring money into Michigan to defeat our movement. Musk, Trump, and their MAGA allies are spending millions against me. It means our people powered campaign standing up to corporate power is scaring them. And we're not going to back down.

I hate it so much. This can happen to you too. A year ago, almost everyone doubted this would happen. I had faculty at other schools telling me I was hysterical. (Irony!) Watch for the installation of right wing figureheads without an academic background. Watch for assaults on faculty governance.

I think we're having an elite panic about AI over fake extinction stories, and not one about data centers and carbon pollution, simply because they think that data centers and carbon pollution only affect people poorer than them.

it’s time to give Ms Rachel a gundam

Worrying about AGI is a luxury for privileged elites. It’s also a convenient distraction from the real harm AI is *already inflicting* on ecosystems and working people.

OK but what if AI destroys the world

How long until he's addressing the RNC?

that’s it, we’ve peaked. Call it a day, go start your weekends.

The big media buying companies are secretly some of the worst actors in our economy. They took billions in kickbacks to direct money to Google's ad networks, which destroyed independent media. They then lied to their clients about the true costs of their buys. everything-pr.com/wpp-foster-s...

"Pflugerville police conducted 5,078 searches during the six-month period, compared with about 1.6 million searches by outside agencies." www.expressnews.com/news/article...

I've voted in every single primary and general election from the same address using the same ID for years, and I still got purged from Texas' voter roles. If you're in Texas please check this link. goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...

I got purged, so did my neighbor - incidentally in the most Democratic leaning precincts in the state. Who could have guessed.

ACTION ALERT 🚨 Right now, the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill to restrict bike lanes. Tell Congress: funding for bike safety projects MUST continue! Take action: action.bikeleague.org/page/101946/...

The fact that fossil fuel companies are working to make themselves immune to legal action really does make it seem like they know they've broken the law www.oneearthnow.org/p/new-zealan...

The most important climate action you can take isn’t obsessing over your individual carbon footprint. We need to change the system so the easiest, most affordable choice for everyone is also the best choice. How do we change a system? It starts with your voice!

I learned from this that 10 years ago people listened to Blonde by Frank Ocean and gave it two stars out of five. Historic blunder. stereogum.com/2508515/blon...

If you want to make a difference in an election, give to candidates directly. Scam PACs are everywhere, and will waste your money.

Twitter is the broiest place to get your news online, and it shows

SCOOP: The People of La Junta for Preservation, a nonprofit that works to preserve Indigenous sites, & two Indigenous worshipers of Lipan Apache lineage are suing to stop border barrier construction in Big Bend, arguing it violates religious freedom protections. www.texasobserver.org/indigenous-g...

I raise this issue because ad tech is extremely complicated, an intentionally obscured market where bad actors flourish and fair players suffer. It is an accelerating problem that has a deep responsibility in the failure of democracy worldwide. You can learn more about that here: checkmyads.org

I keep thinking about how Republicans had a chance to kill Paxton's political career during his impeachment in 2023. Dan Patrick chickened out, and now they're stuck with him forever. Entirely self-inflicted.

Not an exaggeration to say this money could save the world simply by putting it (profitably) into rapid clean energy deployment, but instead we are instead getting pollution of our air, water, and brains. www.reuters.com/technology/w...

Some days I feel bad for my skepticism of Talarico, other days I do not. "God already built a wall through Big Bend" ???

Exxon: carbon capture's potential is "limitless" and we are leaders in CCS! Also Exxon: suing the EU so as not to be forced to do CCS. This is the least surprising thing ever.

True moment of glory from new @themountaingoats.bsky.social album. You thought Fleetwood Mac had written the best songs about cocaine? You are wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pWC...

Free him