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“We now expect a 3°C world.” -- Morgan Stanley www.eenews.net/articles/big...

Trump to big oil executives a year ago from Mar-a-Lago: "If you give me a billion dollars, I'll help you out."

Here he is today, deeply concerned about economic hardship caused by his tariff scheme.

Most Accurate Headline of the Day 🏆 www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

It’s hard to think of a single act by a single human that instantly damaged as many plans, careers, dreams in as many places around the globe For a supreme (and cruel) narcissist, the rush must be exquisite The whole world has no choice but to watch this wretched man

Defence Ministry: Shoreline defence force Gentoo’s prepare mortars. Our Navy Seals conduct clandestine training, and teach tactical camouflage and concealment to juveniles. We stand ready. Flippers Up.

Finally figured out how to bring down capitalism. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If Trump is willing to hurt the economy, he must be getting something he wants even more in return. That thing is power. With tariffs, Trump can exercise a kind of corruption that the country hasn’t experienced in some 150 years. Read @pemalevy.bsky.social.

Welcome to Idiocracy.

This was….five months ago

Mad respect for Senator Cory Booker!! He did it!!💙💙💙💙💙 Invoking the great John Lewis “This is the time for GOOD TROUBLE” Good Trouble! Good Trouble!!

A friend of Neri Alvarado, the young Venezuelan man with an autism awareness tattoo sent to El Salvador, shared this video from members of the swim club where he worked with neurodiverse children. More about Neri from @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and I here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I showed my wife, a historian, the Kristi Noem video. She said “holy shit!” It’s a lot. A brief thread on bodies. It begins in the alt text below… 1/

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

Ocean therapy.

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Join the PROTECT OUR PARKS PROTEST this Saturday, 3/22 at a park near you! Our group will be at Pinnacles National Park from 11-2. Bring your family and friends, and support our public lands! Find your closest park at www.nps.gov/findapark/in... For more info, follow @resistancerangers.bsky.social

Scientists finally discover how Greenland sharks live cancer-free for centuries. The sharks have enhanced DNA damage response and repair mechanisms. This helps to regulate inflammation, immunity and cell survival. Key mechanisms in suppressing tumours. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/g...

DOGE/SSA marked this person dead and *removed his savings from his bank account,* cancelled his social security and Medicare. #seattle https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-a-dead-person-on-social-security-in-seattle-with-plenty-to-say/

Insurers warn that mass firings at NASA, the US Geological Survey and other science agencies could threaten the public weather and geospatial data they use to manage natural disaster risks — and could raise prices for consumers: on.ft.com/3DI4Q1K

just a reminder……

From the birthplace of the techno-oligarchs: www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/06/s...

No amount of letter writing has persuaded my lawmakers, but one thing has slowed them down: Showing up in numbers that can’t be hidden or explained away. Marching in the streets. Testifying by the hundreds. Letting lawmakers know we see them and we know. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

NEW from @floodlightnews.org: The immense growth of data centers could come at a "staggering" cost for average citizens with skyrocketing electricity bills. Data centers are forecasted to account for up to 12% of all US electricity demand by 2028. arkansasadvocate.com/2025/03/06/p...

50501 in Santa Cruz, CA

One thing that needs to get repeated until it sinks in is that “AI” does not simply function as a tool that people in power are using; it’s even more powerful as a permission structure for the destructive & extractive things they wanted to do in the first place.

The foreign policy of a nation often reflects its leader. Our foreign policy is now churlish, acquisitive, brutish, impulsive, reckless, callous, boorish, expansionist, shallow, ignorant, exploitive, nasty, dishonest, manipulative, corrupt and unethical. A reflection of our president.

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

at this point it's almost like a deliberate insult from @nytimes.com directed at readers