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‘The city that draws the line’: one Arizona community’s fight against a massive data center Questions grow over water and energy costs of warehouse of computers in Sonoran desert – but will Project Blue be stopped?

Water and energy rights battle in the desert. Tucsonians know - no water = no life.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

YouTube video by Shout! Studios The World Of 'The Dark Crystal' | FULL MOVIE | Jim Henson, Frank Oz | Cult Documentary Fantasy

You might know that Jim Henson's fantasy classic #TheDarkCrystal is available to stream on Peacock, The Roku Channel, and Tubi — but did you know that @shoutstudios.bsky.social just dropped the original making-of documentary "The World of The Dark Crystal" for free on YouTube? Well, now you do!

"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Smited by gamma rays.

I'm laughing out loud because, *twenty years ago*, a friend in robotics told me that showing off a dancing robot is what you do when your robot sucks, and a *group* of them even more so.

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

Lovely. Happy Sunday!

Beyond horrible.

🚨🚨🚨A 15 year old opens the door to the vehicle, but ICE monsters proceed to throw her around like a rag doll — because they can. Notice the police drive away, just out of view of the camera. Uploaded ~ 2 hours ago. 1/2

M.C. Escher - Three Worlds c.1955.
#Lithograph

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

I love that they chose a Venezuelan politician. That’s got to sting.

BREAKING: Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

“We could hear them laughing.”

Rev. David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to #CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility.

#OutFrontCNN #News #ICE #Chicago

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds.

@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

A perfectly normal coffee cup... Covered with gooey eyeballs.

Here's my monthly horror art submission "The Terror of the Coffee Cup!"
It ended up a bit on the cartoony side but I like it. Combo of a photo of my mug, and digital painting
#horror #horrorart #digitalpainting #eyeballs

Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them. n.pr/48ihZvq

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

Good news: fossil fuels have plateaued and solar is growing by leaps and bounds worldwide

apnews.com/article/clim...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

Thou shalt put all these war criminals on trial at the Hague.

Thank you Jane Goodall, for your care and your mission to share empathy🌿

Greta Thunberg has more courage & moral clarity than any world leader I have ever seen.

Bar none.

Period.

That tiny 22 year old is often accused of being annoying, but what she is, is unyielding to moral ambiguity. If it’s wrong, she says so until someone listens.

She deserves the Nobel Prize

The truth isn’t as scary as denial. Denial makes you fight two battles...suppressing what scares you...and....fueling endless fears in your head at the same time.. Face reality...and you stop wasting energy on illusions. You start planning. And that’s when fear turns into strength.

Not to get too political, but I find it convenient to live on a planet with a habitable climate

Fall colors at Mt Rainier

Autumn at Mt Rainier, Washington
📸 David Salyer