Una Lux
@unalux.bsky.social
Clergy. Author. Champion of woodchucks.
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Insane. The most corrupt president in American history, with no close 2nd. 🏆 🇺🇸
September 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Insane. The most corrupt president in American history, with no close 2nd. 🏆 🇺🇸
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
September 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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You can tell a lot about someone’s character by how they feel about the government providing free school breakfasts for children.
September 13, 2026 at 8:09 AM
You can tell a lot about someone’s character by how they feel about the government providing free school breakfasts for children.
So, now we have two different ways to extinguish ourselves within a decade.
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
September 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
So, now we have two different ways to extinguish ourselves within a decade.
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I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
September 12, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Breaking News!
Code: y-Axis Alert!
On September 11th, the preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature measured 2.98°C above the 1991-2020 mean, which was 4.03 standard deviations above the mean. No previous year has broken 3SD.
The Climate 8-ball is feeling oblong.
Code: y-Axis Alert!
On September 11th, the preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature measured 2.98°C above the 1991-2020 mean, which was 4.03 standard deviations above the mean. No previous year has broken 3SD.
The Climate 8-ball is feeling oblong.
September 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Breaking News!
Code: y-Axis Alert!
On September 11th, the preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature measured 2.98°C above the 1991-2020 mean, which was 4.03 standard deviations above the mean. No previous year has broken 3SD.
The Climate 8-ball is feeling oblong.
Code: y-Axis Alert!
On September 11th, the preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature measured 2.98°C above the 1991-2020 mean, which was 4.03 standard deviations above the mean. No previous year has broken 3SD.
The Climate 8-ball is feeling oblong.
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I re-read this incredible piece every year on 9/11. If you've never read it, or even if you have 25 times, it's worth your time.
The Falling Man
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in i...
www.esquire.com
September 10, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I re-read this incredible piece every year on 9/11. If you've never read it, or even if you have 25 times, it's worth your time.
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"Marshall, a Republican seeking re-election this fall, filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients with outstanding bills ... Marshall's lawyers garnished patients’ paychecks and bank accounts. They routinely charged patients an 18% annual interest rate."
Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. (Gift Article)
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2026 at 1:46 PM
"Marshall, a Republican seeking re-election this fall, filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients with outstanding bills ... Marshall's lawyers garnished patients’ paychecks and bank accounts. They routinely charged patients an 18% annual interest rate."
He'll have banned everything by midnight.
Breaking: White House issues three proclamations banning imports of Canadian products including motorcycles, whey, molasses, non-alcoholic beer, and a range of alcoholic beverages
September 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
He'll have banned everything by midnight.
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Please don’t rake
September 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Please don’t rake
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Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
September 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
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1. Elon Musk is spending millions pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which bills itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine.
September 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
1. Elon Musk is spending millions pushing Americans to VoteSafe, which bills itself as a voter registration site but is actually a digital surveillance machine.
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Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
September 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
We are such a clown show.
A vote of 164-1 with the US as the lone dissenter on the question "should we try to accurately reflect reality?" really captures the state of things. www.npr.org/2026/09/04/n...
The U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative size
The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.
www.npr.org
September 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
We are such a clown show.
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Do not entrust your vote to the United States Postal Service if you have another secure option available to you.
I say this from experience.
I voted in New Hampshire in the 2024 election. I mailed my ballot approximately three and a half weeks before Election Day.
I say this from experience.
I voted in New Hampshire in the 2024 election. I mailed my ballot approximately three and a half weeks before Election Day.
September 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed."
@propublica.org has the details 👇
@propublica.org has the details 👇
September 1, 2026 at 12:27 PM
1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed."
@propublica.org has the details 👇
@propublica.org has the details 👇
Oh dear...
A dolphin has been tested in South Australia & returned positive for H5N1. SA can now publish results without waiting for the CSIRO to verify every case. There were 46 new SA cases overnight. Total in SA is now 249. Total cases in Australia is over 350. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Breaking: First H5N1 bird flu detection confirmed in Australian dolphin
South Australian authorities confirm the country's first H5N1 bird flu in a common dolphin, which was found dead on the Fleurieu Peninsula.
www.abc.net.au
August 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Oh dear...
Do they think they still have voters left to alienate? Because this will do it.
August 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Do they think they still have voters left to alienate? Because this will do it.
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It’s definitely related…..
In March 2025, the Trump administration began firing 3,500 FDA and 3,000 CDC employees, many who worked in food inspection. In July 2026, food-borne illnesses were up 400%.
There's a chance that these things are related.
In March 2025, the Trump administration began firing 3,500 FDA and 3,000 CDC employees, many who worked in food inspection. In July 2026, food-borne illnesses were up 400%.
There's a chance that these things are related.
August 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
It’s definitely related…..
In March 2025, the Trump administration began firing 3,500 FDA and 3,000 CDC employees, many who worked in food inspection. In July 2026, food-borne illnesses were up 400%.
There's a chance that these things are related.
In March 2025, the Trump administration began firing 3,500 FDA and 3,000 CDC employees, many who worked in food inspection. In July 2026, food-borne illnesses were up 400%.
There's a chance that these things are related.
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Canadian Geese on Duty! ❤️🇨🇦
August 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Canadian Geese on Duty! ❤️🇨🇦
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When I was there, I thought USA food was the worst I'd had.
August 27, 2026 at 12:07 PM
When I was there, I thought USA food was the worst I'd had.
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in Springfield Ohio right now. I’m told by multiple activists and religious leaders here that ICE took a second Haitian pastor
August 26, 2026 at 5:45 PM
in Springfield Ohio right now. I’m told by multiple activists and religious leaders here that ICE took a second Haitian pastor
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Oh my God. Raging flash floodwaters roared through a Himalayan valley, wiping out villages, roads, and hydropower projects along the Nepal-Tibet border and leaving hundreds unaccounted for.
www.reuters.com/world/nepal-...
www.reuters.com/world/nepal-...
August 26, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Oh my God. Raging flash floodwaters roared through a Himalayan valley, wiping out villages, roads, and hydropower projects along the Nepal-Tibet border and leaving hundreds unaccounted for.
www.reuters.com/world/nepal-...
www.reuters.com/world/nepal-...