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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

25 years of analysis confirms what many frontline, indigenous and climate justice groups have been loudly saying for that whole 25 years: climate offsets are a scam meant to mask the obvious reality that we must stop burning fossil fuels. #ClimateSky 🔌💡

Way to go, Chicago, more of this! Kristi Noem is upset that ICE agents in Chicago are being “denied entry” to restrooms and lunch spots.

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

Thank you very much!

Star Tribune LTE: MINNEAPOLIS HOMELESSNESS City needs a new approach, new mayor When Jacob Frey ran for Minneapolis mayor in 2017, a major claim of his campaign was that he would end homelessness in Minneapolis within five years. While he cannot be blamed for the effects of the COVID pandemic, it is fair to say he has failed miserably at this goal (“City begins clearing Minneapolis landlord’s homeless encampment hours after another mass shooting,” StarTribune.com, Sept. 16). The response to this week’s mass shooting at an encampment highlights the lack of empathy, imagination and leadership that mark Frey’s tenure. His administration seems to only know how to pull two levers: eviction and fencing. It is reasonable to expect another four years to look like the last eight. The police will continue to play Whac-A-Mole chasing encampments around the city, destroying the possessions, legal documents and medications of our most vulnerable residents. Meanwhile more and more open public and private spaces will be fenced off or filled with concrete rubble, a concession of helplessness that makes our city uglier and less accessible. Frey has failed, and it is time for an aggressive, housing-first approach that treats the unhoused as clients and a symptom of bigger problems, rather than as the problem themselves. Fred Beukema, Minneapolis

Wow! They actually published it!

If you see anyone not mourning the death of Robert Redford the way you would like them to please call their employer and get them fired!

Screenshot of the Metro Transit route 14 bus map, which runs between Robbinsdale and Cedar Point Commons (in Richfield) via Downtown Minneapolis, with a red arrow added (pointing at 60th st in South Minneapolis). Base map source: https://www.metrotransit.org/Data/Sites/1/media/pdfs/Schedules/RouteMaps/aug25/014map.pdf

@metrotransitmn.bsky.social Hello, I'm having trouble understand the route maps. Let's say I live at the red arrow (60th st in South Mpls). Which Route 14 variants can I take Northbound to downtown? Only 14C? Which Route 14 variants can I take Southbound from downtown? Only 14C? Thanks!

Pay attention to @naomikritzer.bsky.social’s order in the OP. Rank Bernstein #1, Brandt #2. Bernstein will need the help to overcome endorsed DFL candidate Bob Fine. Order matters because of how votes transfer in multi-member races (you elect 2 BoET commissioner).

2010: I'm going to a foreign country. What vaccines do I need to get beforehand?

2025: I'm going to a foreign country. What vaccines should I get while I'm there?

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Air pollution from oil and gas causes 90,000 premature US deaths each year, says new study Study analyzed health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, and found communities of color bear brunt of harm

"Air pollution from oil and gas causes more than 90,000 premature deaths and sickens hundreds of thousands of people across the US each year, a new study shows..."

If MAHA were anything other than dipshit reactionary fantasies & conspiracy theories, it would focus overwhelmingly on air pollution.

“Protect the innocent” ALSO includes all the trans people that did nothing and will absolutely be in increased danger because of one person
Protect them as well.

BTW. Identities and motives of shooters don't matter. They serve two purposes.

1. To distract from action on gun violence.
2. To spread the shooter's messages, increase notoriety, and encourage copycat shooters.

Do not fall into the identity conversation trap. This is about guns, nothing else.

FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter season.

Covid vaccines have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. This change to the vaccine label, which has been driven by falsehoods, may put vaccines out of reach of many Americans who want to protect themselves and their loved ones from illness. People deserve facts, not fear and confusion.

FDA ends broad Covid vaccine authorization as RFK Jr. limits access to immunizations It's unclear how easily patients without high risk factors will be able to get a Covid shot, and whether insurance plans will still cover them.

We're in the worst and stupidest timeline www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/f...

It's not lost on me that the biggest pro-gun freaks also have wild overlap with the Blue Lives Matter crowd. But their stock line, if you outlaw guns then only the bad guys will have guns, betrays a belief that police would be useless at enforcing gun possession laws. You can't square that circle.

Vaccines do not cause autism.

AI is sucking out all of the joy I used to feel about technology. It is cookie licking at its absolute worst, tainting everything and dominating the whole conversation. There is no air, only feverish, disgusting, forced hype.

The Memorial to the 1st Minnesota Regiment at Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg National Battlefield

162 years ago today, 262 average men from Minnesota saved the Union by sacrificing themselves at the Battle of Gettysburg.

In dire times for the country, a bunch of farmers, frontiersmen, shopkeepers, and lawyers from the newest state stood up for something greater than themselves.

It's happened: the trimodal nature of software engineering compensation made it to the Economist!

Disappointingly though, they did not link to the original article (they never do AFAIK), they redraw the image, and do not call it trimodal. Feels like "ripping off" my research, not gonna lie.

Brownshirt ICE rolled up to my local Home Depot today and got the F-off treatment.

Shoutout to this woman because this is exactly how it’s done. No badge, face covered = F*ck all the way off.

📌 It’s on us citizens to stand up for our vulnerable brothers and sisters.

Meme image with two columns, humorously showing that big trucks are WOKE transit, while bicycles are PATRIOT transit. Two columns provide a point-by-point comparison. Left column (":vomit: WOKE transit") has a big American pickup truck overlaid with typical Communist symbols, with these bullet points: * Needs license/registration so the government can track you * Government regularly inspects it to legally drive * Legally forces you to pay insurance so they can pay for other people's accidents * Fuel needs big government subsidies to stay under $5/gallon * Government can revoke privilege to drive anytime Right column ("PATRIOT transit :doge muscles:") has a normal bicycle with an American flag, with these bullet points: * No required to register * No inspection requirement * Bike insurance optional. Not required * No need for government subsidies * Biking privilege cannot be revoked

I would really like to know what Jacob Frey was doing today that he thought was more important than showing up for his city.

The Minneapolis mayoral election seems pretty simple to me.
You get to rank three candidates.
Rank the three who showed up for Minneapolis today.
Do not rank the one already in charge of the complicit police department.

And I don't want to be a conspiracy freak, but if this is the case who's going to stop non-ICE agencies from making up bogus shit to use as a cover for immigration raids?

federal agents on east lake st

Hundreds protest ICE, other federal law enforcement action in Minneapolis • Minnesota Reformer Federal law enforcement officers raided a Minneapolis taco restaurant Tuesday morning, sparking protests from immigrant rights activists and neighbors.  Officers wearing the uniforms of Immigration an...

Hundreds protest ICE, other federal law enforcement action in Minneapolis minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/03/h...

In light of the illegal attempted Minnneapolis ICE raid an hour ago, anyone know if there is a way we could use something like TinEye to identify the agents in near realtime? Calling them by their names IRL should expedite shutting them down.

Could we FOIA employement records to query against?