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A yearlong assessment of the potential volume of harvested fog water near a city in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert found that it’s possible to collect as much as 5 liters per square meter each day, scientists report Feb. 20 in Frontiers in Environmental Science.

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Judge Abelson of the USDC MD issued a preliminary injunction against the anti-DEI executive orders on Feb 21. His compelling opinion outlines numerous grounds for deeming the EOs unconstitutional, including 1st A freedom of speech. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 9 hours ago • 29 comments

This is what you call robbing the future.

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"Next week, House Republicans will hold a major vote on Trump’s fiscal agenda. The House blueprint, which Trump backs, lays the groundwork for up to $880 billion in Medicaid cuts and tens of billions in cuts to food stamps." Everybody knows someone this will harm.

submitted 11 hours ago • 17 comments

CEOs do not run companies to maximize shareholder value, they run them to maximize their pay open.substack.com/pub/deanbake...

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This is what obeying in advance looks like. The NSF fires 10% of its total staff in a move that went beyond what was requested by the current regime. The NSF is the flagship of US basic research infrastructure. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 14 hours ago • 11 comments

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Chief of Naval Operations were hired because they were superbly qualified, not because of DEI. But they were fired because they were black and a woman. That's racism and sexism. Call it what it is.

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

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An FCC probe of an SF radio station over a story it didn't like. A judge-ordered takedown of a newspaper editorial. We are watching the 1st Amendment die rapidly, inspired by a president who declares himself a king How can the media fight back? My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

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A little reminder for everyone who says, "It takes more time to prove or disprove manmade climate change". The greenhouse effect has been experimentally observed ... ... BEFORE the US Civil War began ... BEFORE Darwin’s Origin of Species was published ... BEFORE Charles Dickens died

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A quick reminder that we are witnessing the beginning of simultaneous cascading global catastrophes. It's a good day for a long walk.

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"Texas Republicans are on a fast track to approving SB 21. The bill will allow Hegar to hire a crypto firm to manage the strategic reserve in yet another giveaway to an industry that does little more than waste electricity."

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Incredible public service. @propublica.org has catalogued the DOGE crew and their links to Elon. projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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Why is this so hard for news orgs? www.status.news/p/cbs-evenin...

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Winter Peak demand record (non-Uri) just set in ERCOT at 11:30 a.m. Very rare thing. Typically see records fall between 7-9 a.m. Forecast for tomorrow morning now up to 84GW. If we want to reduce risk during wintertime we need to reduce energy waste from resistance heat. 1/2

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Trans rights are human rights, and we will fight for them. Always.

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Yesterday was the darkest day of my professional life so far. Many of NSF’s best and brightest people fired indiscriminately. The terms of their firing cruel. My colleagues matter, they are valued and they make a difference. I have no words. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

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He’s not making up: news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/... Is this really what y’all voted for? 🫤 💰

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This excellent Nature paper from 2015 discussed multiple ways that sex is not binary, and why the idea of two sexes is simplistic. Required reading right now - please share! www.nature.com/articles/518... 🧪👨‍🔬🧬🖥️

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Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program. (Published Dec. 2024)

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The University of Pennsylvania, built on the democratic ideals of Ben Franklin, once a focus of debate and protest from Vietnam to Gaza, is trashing its legacy with bended-knee compliance to its worst alumni, Trump and Musk My new column on how far Penn has fallen www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

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www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 4 days ago • 37 comments

They voted to lose their jobs They voted for a laughingstock They voted for corporate welfare They voted to cut Social Security They voted to raise their own taxes They voted to deport their neighbor They voted to defund public schools They voted to lose their food assistance

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Annual reminder: utility rates are rising due to gas—not solar. An extra $4.20 per month is being paid by every ratepayer to secure the record breaking profits of a monopoly utility. No competition, just a rubber stamp of approval on the backs of Minnesotans. #energysky #energy #utilityregulation

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Trans rights are human rights.

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

In 2023, it was revealed that Vitaly Churkin — described in the paragraph below and in other passages of HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT — was a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein: www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

This #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond – Advocate for honest history 📣! What is honest history, why is it essential for our democracy, and how can parents, caregivers & communitiesadvocate for it? ⬇️ Our #LearningForJustice article offers practical guidance: www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/adv...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

We should have solar panels on every commercial and industrial roof. If we got the incentives and policy settings right, every city could use its industrial areas as power plants.

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Not "all white people" are wrong. But when it comes to race, the majority of white Americans have been on the wrong side of every single racial issue in the 248-year history of this country. So why would anyone even care what they think about Black art?

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"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.' A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."

submitted 12 days ago • 267 comments

Monday thought:

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Breaking News: A federal judge temporarily blocked the National Institutes of Health from enacting President Trump’s cuts to research funding in 22 states.

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Courts ordered the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen -hot meals for elderly and disabled -groceries for those in need -maternal & child health services -a clinic that serves the poor www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 12 days ago • 168 comments

A reminder that the only way for Europe to reduce exposure to volatile fossil gas prices is to significantly reduce gas consumption.

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