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submitted 24 days ago • 397 comments

The new general counsel for OPM—the office issuing all those deranged memos—is Andrew Kloster, a self-described “raging misogynist” with a public history of racist comments and a temporary restraining order for domestic violence who most recently worked for Matt Gaetz. www.pogo.org/investigatio...

submitted 25 days ago • 74 comments

I have an oped in the San Antonio Express-News @expressnews.com encouraging the TX legislature to support energy abundance by supporting renewables. (gift link) www.expressnews.com/opinion/comm...

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

First time experiencing an operational emergency alert in the UK! Hearing everyone’s phones blasting the alert sound just reminds me of storm chasing in the US

submitted 30 days ago • 7 comments

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1.2 million years old.

submitted 41 days ago • 14 comments

Me in 2004, teaching 10th graders: For the love of god don't cite Wikipedia, it's not a reliable source Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet

submitted 66 days ago • 95 comments

Now do Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard & Kash Patel.

submitted 75 days ago • 826 comments

1/ I'm nowhere near being an expert on politics, but of the 3 candidates for chair of the DNC, I think Wisconsin state party Chair Ben Wikler has the clearest answers to what needs to be fixed in the Democratic Party. newrepublic.com/article/1891...

submitted 75 days ago • 6 comments

Plz, y'all, repost this 1st one! Likes don't do much. Daily🧵of editorial cartoons: when you get to last one, click on Continue Thread. If you save a cartoon for reposting, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle. Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile. John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

submitted 76 days ago • 6 comments

During the fall, #Phoenix set or tied 21 consecutive daily record high temperatures. No American city had seen more than 14 consecutive records. Overall, Phoenix has set 118 warm records this year and no cold records. #azwx

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 80 days ago • 3771 comments

The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.” But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people. Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.

submitted 82 days ago • 113 comments

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home' | Instead of white robes and masks, conference attendees come dressed in suits and ties. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

submitted 82 days ago • 104 comments

Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94. His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.

submitted 90 days ago • 456 comments