Let's be clear. A billionaire minimum income tax would only apply to those with over $100 MILLION. That's less than 0.05% of the population. But that 0.05% held $8.5 TRILLION in untaxed, unrealized capital gains in 2022. Yes, we should tax the wealth gains of the ultra-rich.

'Fifteen years ago, scientists proposed an environmental threshold at which no person would be able to survive for six hours.' 'there’s mounting evidence to show the limit may be lower than first thought.' abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

Here is the summer climate review for Sacramento. Several notable records were set including the warmest summer on record, July being the warmest month on record and the most 100 degree days in a summer period(June-August). #cawx

Remember… we are in a heating world. Scientists testing deadly heat limits on humans show thresholds may be much lower than first thought. #ClimateEmergency abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

117!?! LA is ON FIRE the rest of this week. WTH! #WeatherForecast #heatwave

Maybe Peter Thiel can just give everyone a job as president of a venture capital firm and buy them a senate seat and then they’ll be able to afford daycare. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #JDVance #Vance

“The study also warned that levels of extra warming projected to hit Europe by 2035 would amplify food inflation by 30-50%.” carbonbrief.org/five-charts-ho…

The Heritage Foundation and Silicon Valley tech authoritarians are holding a joint conference about remaking US government. Because of course they are. My quick thoughts on Project 2025, Peter Thiel and the Rise of Right-Wing San Francisco #Reboot2024 thenerdreich.com/reboot-project…

During the #Heatwave, let’s watch each other for signs of Heat Illness. Here’s the signs, symptoms and what to do! #ReadySBCUSD

Anyone else ready for these extreme temps to go away? KSNV News 3 Las Vegas NWS Las Vegas The National Weather Desk #WeatherAuthority #Vegas #Vegasweather #nvwx #azwx #CAwx

US SEPT. HEAT WAVE WILL SPREAD & INTENSIFY Extreme central US heat will join extreme Western heat . A huge expanse of extreme US heat, peaking on 8th. Global warming is hitting & hurting-big jump in mean atmosphere CO2 since May 2024. #heatwave #climatechange #globalwarming

Half of Americans: Climate change isn't impacting me. The same Americans: It's so hot! Food prices are so high! They doubled my insurance bill! My kid is sick again! They cancelled school because of the heat?! Wait... the power is out?!? insideclimatenews.org/news/05092024/…

8,000,000 #Climate-Concerned #Voters Skipped the 2020 #PresidentialElection An #election in which the Electoral College was decided by just 44K voters in 3 states. Politicians know if you vote & ignore the issues of non-voters. VOTE! youtu.be/X0DJah-4kAM?fe… #ClimateEmergency

"I no longer believe...freedom & democracy are compatible" - Peter Thiel He Didnt Choose #Democracy We cant have democracy & #billionaires, b/c the 1st requires equal opportunity & extreme #wealth is unfathomable advantage w/o accountability lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/… #TaxTheRich

#JDVance Funder Peter Thiel Says He Wants to Get Govt Out of the Way Why then is he MAKING $BILLIONS SELLING #SURVEILLANCE software TO GOVERNMENTS & trying to install friends & employees in #USA's Senate & Vice Presidency? youtu.be/0ESTRer8V5g?fe… #corporate #monopoly #control

“media should cover...#elections like they do business: #Billionaire investor Peter Thiel completed a key 1st step in his PURCHASE OF #AMERICAN #DEMOCRACY w/acceptance by...OH GOP of his $10M bid for the...Senate seat...for extremist candidate...#JDVance” bettedangerous.com/p/democracy-va…

‘Conservatism consists of 1 proposition: there must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind [ #BigTech & its Captains, incl Peter Thiel ], alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect’: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/… #Musk #Zuckerberg #Sacks #Bezos #Gates

Most #BigTech Corporations Wont Disclose How Much #Water They Consume as our world experiences sweltering #heat waves & dried-up #rivers amidst the escalating impacts of an increasingly hostile #climate: newscientist.com/article/234249… #drought #wildfire #data #ArtificialIntelligence