https://t.co/wQyvzeuiJf NaomiAKlein sums it up: “... public appetite for transformative action on the triple crises of our time: imminent ecological unraveling, gaping economic inequality (including the racial and gender wealth divide), and surging white supremacy”
this, esp. the section with @DevitaDavison ‘s observations on ownership, credit, and systemic white privilege: The Family Business That Put Nashville Hot Chicken on the Map https://t.co/DbXrrEvxIG
Oh wow, this is an incredible view of the kinds of people whose shortcomings or ordinariness we can romanticize in a way that easily foregrounds their political rise. I mean, I’m half laughing half crying:
If 🚆 only 🚆 there 🚆 was 🚆 some 🚆 other 🚆 kind 🚆 of 🚆 mass 🚆 transit 🚆 we 🚆 could 🚆 invest 🚆 public 🚆money🚆 into🚆 that 🚆 would 🚆 provide a 🚆 workable 🚆 alternative 🚆 to 🚆 air 🚆 travel 🚆
Why doesn't every green group get this simple fact and make high quality affordable public transit the populist climate policy of our dreams?? Or better yet, free. Yes, I said free. It's possible.
recognizing that we each have a role in “... improving an evolving and complex ecosystem.” When Honest Women Replace ‘Self-Made’ Men via @NYTimes https://t.co/SKMAfjfGdp
hello new york friends - don't forget to flip your ballot tomorrow when you go vote: What’s on the Back of the Ballot in New York City? 3 Ways to Tweak Democracy https://t.co/vA9qX44xu5
If there’s one takeaway for America from last night: VOTE IN YOUR PRIMARY ELECTIONS! 🗳
There are more candidates like me, fighting for an ambitious + accountable agenda for working class people, that can be elected THIS YEAR.
Find them + mobilize now: https://t.co/2LHBkYpoiX
“The simple thing is, I’m sorry we’re leaving such a f*cking mess” climate scientist James Hansen on collective failures to mitigate let alone address half a century of documented scientific risk https://t.co/F5l26IVHc4
Three decades ago, climate scientists made a series of predictions; for the most part these have proved to be spectacularly accurate. But, somehow, we have failed to act. https://t.co/lJ26VjwhQG
are we going to accept that the EO's language leaves unspecified any timeline for acceptable long-term custody/detention of families, or retroactive measures for children and parents already separated? #FamiliesBelongTogether https://t.co/WsIP4BsN7T