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Cake day: October 8th, 2026

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  • Exxon did not respond to requests for comment, but it has denied misleading the public or investors about climate change.

    That’s a lie.

    “We believe the legal and factual theories set forth in these proceedings are meritless and represent an inappropriate attempt to use the court system to usurp the proper role of policymakers in addressing the societal challenges of climate change.”

    Read: We only want the people we have direct control over (policy makers they bribe) to have any say in this matter.

    Asked whether a 2018 press release, which said Exxon anticipated “10,000 barrels of algae biofuel per day could be produced by 2025,” was misleading, the scientist said “yes,” adding, “All the clauses in there are patently false.”

    That’s their own scientist calling them liars.

    With the threat of climate action looming, he (Sprow) wrote, the company’s research and development on “Greenhouse” should have two primary goals: “Protect the value of our resources (oil, gas, coal),” and “Preserve Exxon’s business options.”

    Sprow then laid out an agenda for how to achieve those ends.

    With modeling critical to climate science, he wrote, “it could be considered important to be at the forefront of this modeling effort.” Sprow proposed “supporting a person on staff at one of the leading modeling centers (e.g. Princeton) or by sending one of our people to work in such a center.”

    That’s their CEO telling them that “now that climate change is out of the bag, we need to focus on protecting our business (you know, as opposed to the only planet we have), and we need to engage in criminal subterfuge to either bribe a climate modeling expert, or insert one of our own agents into the field.”

    “continue to question the scientific basis and cite the high economic cost” of policies to address climate change and “avoid pressures to negotiate a compromise.”

    That’s a quote from a meeting of oil executives, laying out the framework of their carpet denial of climate change. The strategy is something you’ve seen before. Disrupt action by “just asking questions, while bringing up the cost” and “avoid accountability.”

    This is the same strategy republikkkans use to deny you healthcare and justice. Except in this case it’s being weaponized to help them achieve wealth by destroying our only planet.



  • Just about every single person they quoted in that (terrifying) article asked to stay anonymous for fear of retaliation by the government.

    This is not normal. This is some seriously dystopian bullshit.

    I have a sticker on my water bottle, says “nazi lives don’t matter.” My grandmother asked me if I feel nervous walking around with that, and it just made me think “Why should I feel nervous about insulting nazis in America!?” It’s truly a sign of how terrible everything has gotten. The nazi far-right problem has become so widespread, it’s tendrils stuck so deep into our government, that it makes me question if it is actually safe to be anti-nazi?

    The article talks about an ICE detention center that the community railed against, and got successfully cancelled via a court order. But the rule of law evidently doesn’t mean anything anymore, because they are just using it anyway and lying about it. The government is no longer beholden to the checks and balances offered by the judiciary, and that’s fucking terrifying.