Maps&Music

Gorgeous!

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Kool Aid anyone?

Grammar police.

Three Priorities for a New Age of Electricity Load Growth - RMI Electricity demand growth is being caused by more than data centers, and rising electricity costs call for system solutions

"Wholesale electricity prices in the United States and Europe have risen by 30–40 percent in the past year alone, largely due to higher gas prices." Increased demand is also an issue, with data centers one major cause of increase.
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I would argue that they are slowing the economy so they can fill the ranks and create a brown shirt army.

And that rock is very weird. It's straight out of the orginal Star Trek series.

Weird Mars Rock is a good name for a band or a genre of music yet to exist.

VA ends contracts for most of its unionized employees The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated collective bargaining agreements for most of its more than 350,000 unionized employees, including nurses, food service workers, technicians and janito...

The Department of Veterans Affairs on Wednesday terminated collective bargaining agreements for most of its more than 350,000 unionized employees, including nurses, food service workers, technicians and janitorial staff.

Epstein scandal broadens as trove of letters from famous figures published New York Times reports on letters by Ehud Barak, Woody Allen and others written for Epstein’s 63rd birthday

Definitely recognizable names. #ReleaseEpsteinFiles
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Earth at night viewed from space (watch fullscreen).

The Supreme Court prepares to end voting rights as we know it And they don't want you to notice.

Everyone in DC knows that if you want to hide something, announce it on a Friday in August. Better yet, make it nearly impossible to track down.

That's exactly what SCOTUS did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: SCOTUS has decided it's time to destroy the Voting Rights Act.

For those of you who are redistricting nerds, it’s quite a week.

Let me know what popular beliefs about gerrymandering bother you the most.

And if you are new to following this weird pernicious practice, ask anything!

In the meantime, read up at gerrymander.princeton.edu and samwang.substack.com

Hillary Clinton in a crowd marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, flanked by Cory Booker and Jesse Jackson

It's the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, and two things are true at once: The law has never been more under threat, and it's more important than ever to fight for its promise of an equal voice for every citizen.

I want this to be true.

The Kentucky whiskey and bourbon industry is on life support due to reciprocal tariffs and general boycott of American goods in places like Canada.

Eight months of that asshole’s stupidity and arrogance was all it took to destroy an entire industry.

Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.

My concern with incorporating AI into teaching is that we don't fully understand its impact.

Don't get me wrong - I am intrigued & testing AI to complement classroom instruction.

However, it is unethical for university admins to force AI on to students without adequate testing & safeguards.

Did you know more people in the US died of Covid than of breast cancer in 2024? I’m a breast oncologist and think both conditions deserve public attention/ funding for prevention and treatment. COVID-47,522 Breast cancer-42,780

@tmprowell.bsky.social
#medsky

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

29 years ago today

The Ramones performed their 2,263rd and final show at The Palace, Hollywood, August 6, 1996

The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (Last Show)

#punk #punks #punkrock #ramones #punkrockhistory #otd

Has anyone seen the end of Raiders of Lost Ark? Face. Melted.

Well my face is officially melted. \m/ \m/ #musicsky

Tens of Thousands of Stunning Images by Photographer Bill Cunningham Acquired by New York Historical The museum will house photographs, negatives and slides belonging to the renowned photographer, who captured life in New York City for decades before his death in 2016

Bill Cunningham fans, you'll dig this:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and says that 's a shame . ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and says that 's a shame .

This GIF. Lots of miles on it, but its still got it where it counts. Santos can pound sand.

Small lakes are suffocating as winters warm | PNAS Small lakes are suffocating as winters warm

Our overview of the impressive paper by Jensen et al in PNAS about under-ice oxygen levels is out.

"Small lakes are suffocating as winters warm"

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Trump wants to kill NASA’s next-gen CO2 monitoring satellites. Why? Because measuring carbon dioxide confirms climate change and that blows up the “it’s a hoax” narrative. If you can’t argue with the data, destroy the sensors!

Unlocking maps of Aboriginal ‘sky country’ The emerging field of Cultural Astronomy is unravelling how Indigenous understandings of the night sky is linked to navigating "songlines".

Unlocking maps of Aboriginal ‘sky country’ cosmosmagazine.com/space/astron...

a group of doctors are holding signs that say duh ALT: a group of doctors are holding signs that say duh

This gif has been so useful during this stupid timeline. This one's for you MTG you mushroom.

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”

City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.

I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

Yes - but does it also play the Pink Floyd song? Because then its pretty freaking epic.