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We couldn't be more excited to welcome the real changemakers of @thirdactorg.bsky.social into our field of membership! Third Act is an inspiring community of 70,000+ Americans over the age of sixty determined to change the world for the better. Learn more at sl.cleanenergycu.org/third-act #thirdact

This terrible scenario is 1 of the many reasons @billmckibben.bsky.social & @thirdactorg.bsky.social members are canvassing next week for Randy Villegas, the Democrat running in CA-22, through Third Act's GrayPAC political action committee. #StopBurningStuff #OldandBold

WE'RE LIVE: Canvassing is up in running in all five swing districts in MI, TX, PA, AZ, and CA! Now through Nov. 3, STV volunteers are knocking doors EVERY DAY talking to the voters who will determine if we take back the House & Senate this fall. Tag your people and learn more at stvote.org/signup.

Come hop on the party line! Senior-to-senior phone and text banking now through November 3, several times a week! All you need is a computer or tablet, a phone, and a willingness to talk to your fellow seniors! We’ll train you! www.mobilize.us/graypac/even... #thirdact #PhoneBanking #textbanks

A Democracy Now! interview with Bill McKibben in two parts: 1. The climate protest against Amazon at its headquarters in NY 2. The importance of the midterms as groundwork for 2028 Link to the second part is provided on the screen. www.democracynow.org/2026/9/22/un...

Join GrayPAC and Third Act on September 16 for our September All-In Call with special guest Rep. Justin Pearson! Join us to learn how you can help elect climate and democracy champions in 2026. RSVP: thirdact.org/events/septe...

ICYMI Climate hope is always welcomed! @billmckibben.bsky.social @thirdactorg.bsky.social @climateactapp.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/monthly-do...

"Energy from heaven, not from hell" Watch TA Founder @billmckibben.bsky.social break down how energy from the sun became the best option on Earth — and why this narrow window of time may be our last real shot at a different future. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...

So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...

The AI-driven data center boom, which is driving up electricity bills for consumers, draining our water supply, and causing immeasurable noise pollution, can be stopped if we work together—collectively and in solidarity. thirdact.org/blog/how-thi...

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17: Join Sen. Bernie Sanders & Aru Shiney-Ajay, from the Sunrise Movement for the launch of GrayPAC 2026! We’ll share our strategy for winning this November and how you can work with GrayPAC over the coming months. Sign up for the zoom link here: thirdact.org/events/all-i...

Mike Johnson just said the quiet part out loud: if Republicans keep their majority, they're planning to cut Social Security. Barbara, 95, has a message for the GOP and their threats to slash Social Security and other benefits that seniors rely on. This November, the stakes couldn't be higher.

There are these data centers that use minimal amounts of electricity and don't need millions of gallons of water, to cool them. They're called libraries.

This Friday, May 1, 2026, workers, students, and families across the country will rally, march, and take action to demand a nation that puts the working class over billionaires, with many refusing business as usual: No School. No Work. No Shopping. Find an event near you! www.mobilize.us/mayday/

"Utah already passed comparable legislation by a huge bipartisan majority, and a dozen other states are close to enacting such laws, according to Third Act" www.startribune.com/portable-hom...

Happy #EarthDay 🌎 Today is a reminder that this movement started with everyday people demanding action -- and it’s still powered by people showing up, organizing, and pushing for real change every single day. apnews.com/article/eart...

Upstate Third Actors and friends participating in today's Climate Communications Through the Arts: A Workshop for Citizen Scientists, Artists, and the Public in Lake Placid. Information about each photo is included in the alt text. Photos by L. Evans.

Hear from Third Act Lawyers, Public Citizen, and Food & Water Watch on how to campaign locally to halt the rapid expansion of AI-driven data centers. thirdact.org/events/stop-...

Energy-hungry data centers and the use of unregulated AI are spiking electricity costs, guzzling water unsustainably, driving more fossil fuel pollution, and worsening the climate crisis. Tell your members of Congress: No New Data Centers! Pass the AI Data Center Moratorium Act.

Alex Patterson, @publicpowerny.bsky.social: “New York can’t afford to keep gambling our energy system on private sector profits...”

The #GreatOhioClimateMarch sounds like lots and lots of fun, and a source of real power!

If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead. He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.

“'Climate and quality of life are not two separate concerns,' Mamdani told The Nation magazine in April. 'They are, in fact, one and the same.'”

Some scenes from last weekend’s No Kings protest with Third Actors & friends!

"The Simplify Solar campaign launched by @thirdactorg.bsky.social is calling on volunteers throughout the U.S. to crowdsource information about solar policies in hundreds of towns across the country."

What if you powered data centers by installing heat pumps in homes? And a thousand other good ideas billmckibben.substack.com/p/beyond-the...

Third Act Mainers across the state participated in their local NO KINGS rallies as organizers, tablers and protestors. Pictures here from Waterville and Portland. More to come! #NoKings @thirdactorg.bsky.social

Just to say, so many beautiful older faces out there for #NoKings day Many thanks to all my fellow Third Actors! @thirdactorg.bsky.social

👑🚫 No crowns! No clowns! 🚫🤡 Join us for #NoKings this Saturday, October 18. This country doesn’t belong to strongmen. It belongs to the people. ✊ Find a Third Act event near you: thirdact.org/wgevents

No Kings. No Billionaires. No Pedophiles. No Fascists. No ICE. Photos from #TeslaTakedown last Saturday, 1300 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD. We'll be at #NoKingsDay events next Saturday but return to Rockville Tesla 10/25 at 11 a.m. Photos by Margaret Loomis. @thirdactorg.bsky.social

Join us tonight!

Please enjoy this short video from about our Sun Day event in Portland, Maine on September 21 by youth activist Alexandra DeMarco 💕#SunDayofAction #ClimateAction @thirdactorg.bsky.social youtu.be/2wRnV96C1XI?...

We Have Friends Everywhere Families fight to survive while billionaires get richer. Dictators take, people protect. WE decide, not dictators. Oct 18: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=t... #NoKings #NoKingsBaltimore #NoKingsDC @thirdactorg.bsky.social

🌿 Help make a difference by joining Third Act! 👀 We’re seeking a Campaigns Director to join our growing team here at Third Act. This role sits at the intersection of policy, organizing, and communications. 📅 Applications due October 10. 🔗 Learn more at thirdact.org/campaigns-director

The power of clean energy hit the news across the U.S. last weekend as 500 events kicked off to celebrate Sun Day 🗞☀️ Thank you to local organizers for sharing the story of Sun Day and showing the HUGE support for solar and wind that continues to grow despite the challenges we face.

A preview of the Sun Day Wool tapestry with photos taken during the Sun Day Festival in Albany on 9/21. Tomorrow, the tapestry returns to the Adirondacks, where it will be on display at Watts & Wheels at The Wild Center. Photos: J. Seakwood More on Watts & Wheels: thirdact.org/upstate-ny/e...

"Now, more than ever, his body of work should inspire and motivate us all." Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

For our #democracy and #ORClimateAction, more photos from when my wife and I marched in the @thirdactorg.bsky.social Sun Day Rally for #Climate Action in Portland OR last Sunday. #ClimateAction #DemocracyInAction #Solar #SolarEnergy #SunDay

Ohioans learned about cheap, reliable solar power at @thirdactorg.bsky.social Sun Day events all across Ohio. Solar is cheaper & reliable; there's no need to frack Ohio state parks and public lands for gas and oil! @kentksmith.bsky.social @berniemoreno.bsky.social @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social

Love these ladies wearing homemade #solarpanels at Sun Day Portland today: #solarenergy #SunDay @thirdactorg.bsky.social

Sun Day in Baltimore was a huge success and lots of fun! Music, art, food, and everything you ever wanted to know about solar energy, the best way to power the world. A big thank you to our partners Civic Works and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. @thirdactorg.bsky.social #SolarEnergy

Saturday's Sun Day event in Whittier was a smash, offering the public displays of a fully electrified home, test drives of a wide selection of EVs, including trikes, scooter and motorcycles, art projects, games and lots of fun! @thirdactorg.bsky.social #thirdactsocal @sundayofaction.bsky.social

Gus Speth, one of America's greatest environmental heroes (founder NRDC, head of the UN Dev Program, Jimmy Carter's chair of the Council on Enviro Quality), out for Sun Day on the bridge across the Connecticut River at Hanover NH

Big big crowd jammed into Friends Meeting House in Manhattan to mark Sun Day. Thanks to @bradlander.bsky.social Brad Lander for heady!