NEW: A newly updated reference manual for U.S. judges that provides answers to scientific and technical questions has eliminated some 90 pages about climate science.
It comes as numerous climate cases make their way through state and federal courts.
[The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 11
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Tremendous heat in South Texas today! 104° F - in February - makes this the Hottest temperature ever recorded in winter in the US!
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Analysis of crash data shows that you're 17 times more likely to die in a vehicle fire if you buy Elon Musk's Tesla Cyber truck than if you had bought a Ford Pinto, the 1970s era car infamous for gas tank explosions in rear end collisions.
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Images in Clinical Medicine Primary Measles Infection Photo of the patient's trunk
A previously healthy man presented with a 5-day history of fever, nausea, and vomiting and a 2-day history of an itchy rash. Examination showed an exanthem consisting of minute macules and subtly elevated papules. Read the full case details: nej.md/4tSKIiB
@i-med.ac.at #MedSky #DermSky
?!? "After Trump’s Supreme Court tariff defeat, administration officials are devising legal strategies that would let the president keep some — or maybe even most — of the revenue..."
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Great report highlighting actions that can be taken by state and local leaders now to drive progress on climate and affordability. These are also good investments from a risk-return perspective. Hoping state and local pensions and state economic development authorities are paying attention.
24.02.2026 17:54 — 👍 16 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
"Without Snow and Ice, Humanity Would Be Cooked"
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agree w @danpfeiffer.bsky.social
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I've been to Taiwan twice for scientific conferences. The sea of scooters is definitely a thing. They used to spew toxic fumes & have loud, two-stroke engines. Now the government is paying folks to switch to clean, quiet, battery swapping EVs. With big impacts! 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 electrek.co/2026/02/22/t...
24.02.2026 02:04 — 👍 148 🔁 49 💬 4 📌 8That drop is more than the entire NSF budget.
22.02.2026 02:26 — 👍 216 🔁 77 💬 2 📌 0Trump’s new tariffs are only legal in response to “fundamental international payments problems,” of which there are none. So they’re just as illegal as the old ones. But god forbid our top news organizations tell you that.
21.02.2026 02:25 — 👍 251 🔁 98 💬 6 📌 9From the Congressional Research Service: "Section 122 provides some contextual evidence that 'balance-of-payments deficits' does not refer to trade deficits." www.congress.gov/crs-product/...
21.02.2026 17:38 — 👍 679 🔁 254 💬 17 📌 33
Ruben Ray Martinez was shot through his driver's-side window in South Padre Island, Texas.
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“No matter how often Trump insists his tariffs are taxing foreigners to enrich the U.S., economic studies keep showing that Americans actually pay the bill. In an analysis on the bank’s website, researchers write that “nearly 90% of the tariffs’ economic burden fell on U.S. firms & consumers.”
19.02.2026 04:14 — 👍 132 🔁 42 💬 6 📌 4As Trump spews his unhinged rants about raising his illegal tariffs again AFTER SCOTUS STRUCK THEM DOWN, never forget who they’re hurting the most.
21.02.2026 17:39 — 👍 41 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 2Pay me back for your illegal tariffs Mr. Trump!!!
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10% yesterday.
15% today.
As Gorsuch wrote, could be “1 percent or 1,000,000 percent .. and he may change his mind at any time for nearly any reason.” 🤡
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we definitely need private credit in our 401ks!!!
"Blue Owl Sets Off New Private Credit Fears" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/b...
Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month — 4x worse than humans
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Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway has 5 gold medals.
The U.S. has 7.
It's hard to believe that you could be the trade representative for a major power and not know that tariffs are regressive.
My econ 101 students know what the word regressive means, and that tariffs are regressive. Many could even cite studies on the subject.
“.. Musk promised 500 cars in Austin, coverage for half the US population, fully unsupervised rides, and expansion to 8-10 cities, all by the end of 2025. None of it happened.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
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The American Academy of Actuaries warns that dismantling NCAR would degrade the catastrophe models insurers depend on to price climate risk—driving up premiums and threatening coverage availability nationwide.
"Uncertainty carries a positive cost."
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You thought your unvaccinated daughter had a cold. It could be a week before she's diagnosed with measles. By then, the virus “has multiplied and descended upon her lungs, kidneys, tonsils, and spleen, down to the marrow of her bones.” Elizabeth Bruenig writes about how a child dies of measles:
14.02.2026 09:15 — 👍 129 🔁 66 💬 10 📌 1
Rip Greg Brown!
Was lucky to see Cake in 1996 at Bank St in NYC w my now wife (and about 75 other ppl) on our first date.
Gen X anthems. @thebandcake.bsky.social
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yeah of course he can veto it - but with this vote a few otherwise supine members of the Mike Johnson collaborationist caucus have issued a loud reminder that we own all of this because he cannot do it without us
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Another valuable institution of US democracy falls.
The key vulnerability of Trump's authoritarian turn is his unpopularity. If people don't think, or know, his level of approval, it strengthens his regime and further solidifies the US authoritarian state.
