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We will need Nuremberg-like trials

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

Imagine how much good we could do for healthcare, science, and education with $123 Billion dollars.

Fluffy black and white cat looking at a copy of the book “Physics for Cats” by Tom Gauld.

“That’s DOCTOR Fluffybottoms, thank you. Professor of physics.”

Yay! Look what arrived yesterday! Physics for Cats by @tomgauld.bsky.social!

A chart from Lazard, showing utility-scale solar plats are cheaper than the lowest-cost marginal cost of fossil fuel, meaning that even the most cost-effective combined cycle natural gas plants that are already built and operating are more expensive electricity generators than new-build solar and wind.

Can we talk about the 2nd half of this article? Unsubsidized solar and utility-scale solar, NOT CSP (which is what Ivanpah is), make way more sense economically. Repeating: unsubsidized.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner 'keeps flame of democracy burning amid growing darkness' Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Inspiring to read about this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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E/lectrify’s Cool News on Clean Energy Czech agrivoltaics, Irish solar and California heat pump water heaters

Now for some good clean energy news from the incredible energy reporter K Kaufmann. Happy Friday!
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Two beetles on a stick. One beetle says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform" Zoom out to reveal that they are in a glass case with two scientists studying them. One scientist says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform" Zoom out into space. Abouard a spaceship, two aliens watch the scientists on a screen. One alien says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform" The aliens turn to look out at the reader. Text below the cartoon reads: From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld. Preorder it at www.tomgauld.

One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France and Germany. Order from your local bookshops or online: www.tomgauld.com/

Brendan Carr wants to let internet providers charge hidden fees again So much for consumer protections

Brendan Carr wants to let internet providers charge hidden fees again

Trump fires Black officials from an overwhelmingly white administration Agencies where racial minorities and women were a majority of the workforce were targeted for the largest workforce reductions or complete elimination, an analysis shows.

Let me find my surprised face... nope... can't even pretend to be surprised.
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This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

How's that plan coming?

If ICE thinks it's okay to assault a pastor in broad daylight, imagine what they're doing in the dark.

Researchers discover photovoltaic properties in zinc-based film Research from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has found zinc-phosphate-hydrate (ZPH) films are capable of producing electricity from light. The coating’s photovoltage was amplified when anthocya...

Western Washington: This is the moment our fields, ditches, and roadsides have been waiting for!

"...the ZPH films’ photovoltaic effect was amplified when combined with anthocyanin, a natural dye found in blackberries..."
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"Trump accused Johnson and Pritzker of failing to protect immigration officers who have been operating in Chicago."

Isn't the whole point of all the body armor, masking, weapons, tear gas, armored vehicles, etc. that they don't NEED protection? Also, against what?

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#WarRavagedPortland

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

After the shutdown during the 1st Trump admin, Congress passed a law to guarantee back pay for furloughed workers.

That bill was signed into law by Donald Trump.

Workers will be paid.

This chaos is a distraction from Trump's failure to secure a deal to lower health care costs.

A 90-second crash course in Trump's betrayal of American soy farmers Here’s the geopolitical beans.

Trump’s aid package to soybean farmers is expected to be in the billions of dollars. But to some farmers, that misses the point.

“The American farmer, especially myself included—we don’t want any payments. We want to work."

As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable… The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…

As coal fades, #Australia looks to realize dream of 100% #renewables. The country’s grid operator says shifting from #coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable.
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Major Midwest port begins electrifying operations to reduce emissions The Port of Cleveland is adding charging ports, batteries, and solar to its main warehouse — work funded by a federal program that has so far survived…

Decarbonization work sails ahead at the Port of Cleveland and elsewhere on the Great Lakes. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/sea...

The letter of the law is as plain as can be—federal workers, including furloughed workers, are entitled to their backpay following a shutdown.

Another baseless attempt to try and scare & intimidate workers by an administration run by crooks and cowards.

Solar and Wind Overtake Coal for the First Time On Trump’s metal nationalization spree, Tesla’s big pitch, and fusion’s challenges

For some good news:
"Solar and wind outpaced the growth of global electricity demand in the first half of 2025, vaulting renewables toward overtaking coal worldwide for the first time on record..."
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A Trump-appointed judge just demolished right-wing fearmongering about Portland www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...

19-year-old Leilani Payne who got sprayed directly in the eyes by federal police yesterday is back out at the Ice facility tonight.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's National Guard deployment to Portland A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Ore., which the president had ordered over the objections of local leaders.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Ore., which the president had ordered over the objections of local leaders.

I have been saying for a few years now that people really need to take a seriously long look at the center of that venn diagram where the circles are marked "AI Culture" and "Disregard For/Violation Of Consent." The whole "AI Actress" situation is more of why.