AC, PhD

Want to see billboards in every major city that just say

'Power Bill Too High? Thank "Generative AI"' and then a link to a website all about "AI" and data center energy and water use

Millions of Americans believe they’re safe from wildfires in their cities. New research shows they’re not Many of the suburbs and cities hit hardest in recent years were caught off-guard, and key stakeholders are racing to understand the dynamics that drive these fires

This article highlights just how dangerous wildland and urban/structure fires are, and how rapidly they have become a threat to places unaccustomed to them, but also how we can design our houses and cities to survive and even potentially stop them.

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

I got so annoyed with every bit of drama this season being due to people not talking to each other that I stopped watching. Episode 5 is just sitting in the queue and I pass it over every time.

Motherfucking wind farms…

Looking for a way to do something? read the EPA reversal of the endangerment finding, and then file a public comment explaining why it is false, wrong, misguided. Your comment can be scientific, legal, or just about what the American people want..
Reversal: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

34 ... not bad

I love bagpipes!

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.

4,000 NASA workers are leaving through deferred resignation. "The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce" www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...

Roles reversed: A veteran Gaza aid worker pleads for survival An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.

An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.

“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a new study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.

By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social

three people in fantastic four costumes are sitting on a couch in a living room . Alt: three people in fantastic four costumes are sitting on a couch in a living room .

Fantastic Four time!

Gaza has reached IPC Phase 5, which is the worst level of food insecurity & is associated with high amounts of death & permanent disability. For people experiencing this level of malnutrition, even if it ended today, many of the consequences (eg personal outcomes like disabilities) are irreversible.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

The female gaze

In high school, I wanted to work for the EPA. Sad day in science.

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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

“...since Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency disbanded USAID and the State Department subsumed the agency, no money or aid items can move without the approval of the new heads of American foreign assistance, several current and former USAID employees told me."

A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing…

One attorney for the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights said the job became “impossible" as their caseload went from 60 to 380.

“The people who remain are doing all they can. We’re doing all we can. But it isn’t enough, and it keeps us up at night,” they said.

(Published May)

Elon Musk Unveils Grok 4 Amid Controversy Over Chatbot’s Antisemitic Posts In a livestream with xAI colleagues, the billionaire entrepreneur described current AI systems as “primitive” and not for “serious” commercial use.

“…like the values you want to instill in a child that would ultimately grow up to be incredibly powerful.”

This is all sounding like a villain origin story to me. 🫠

Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/grok-4...

Everyday, Toad, everyday ...

An error message reads: Safari can't find the server "nca2023.globalchange.gov"

BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.

This is what you get when you try to access them online

Anyone still quibbling that this isn't fascism?

Paddington in The Tiny Chef Show

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1571

That's a good day in my book, Toad!

RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.

A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.