Electrostate surges to dominance while petrostates plunge into the abyss of war and want.

Coked to the gills? Cocaine-laced wastewater can make salmon roam twice as far Drugs and their byproducts can end up in wild fish – and strange behaviour results.

This headline is dad joke approved.
theconversation.com/coked-to-the...

"Its." Not "it's."
Maybe you shouldn't have laid off so many editors?

IEA: Solar overtakes all energy sources in a major global first Solar led global energy growth in 2025 as electricity demand surged, driven by EVs and data centers, the IEA says.

"Solar was the single biggest contributor to global energy supply growth in 2025. It accounted for more than 25% of the increase – the first time a modern renewable has led global primary energy growth." #CleanEnergy #solar
electrek.co/2026/04/19/i...

Even the fake Florida news isn't nearly as nutty as the real stuff. I mean, she wasn't even nude or brandishing a gator as a weapon.

Penis Bones - Laura Albert By popular demand, raccoon penis bones are at last available! Here’s our holiday video, good all year long! Get your baculum today, wear it proudly, and be the envy of all your friends! Seeing as how ...

Since racoon penises are in the public discourse, I would like to call your attention to WVs finest (although fictional) racoon penis raconteur, JT Leroy.
www.lauraalbert.org/penis-bones/

One day apart

When I encountered this and all the menu options failed, it was time for a new hard drive. $200 later it works fine.

What? This guy? Why, I'm shocked.

Kokushobi, "cruelly" or "brutally hot" days, are 104F or more. With a super El Nino stirring, we'll likely see our share this summer.

I didn't know you were Kid Rock's neighbor

"This is the scariest thing I've ever seen. It won't stop with this." -- Pizza Rat

At the intersection of nature and technology, we see more than plants. #SouthPark YouTube video by South Park Studios

Current situation at Allbirds
youtube.com/shorts/cjc5D...

The Price of American Authoritarianism What can reverse democratic decline?

Levitsky and Ziblatt, in Foreign Policy:
"The United States has descended into competitive authoritarianism—in which parties compete in elections but incumbents routinely abuse their power to punish critics and tilt the playing field against their opposition."
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

The "it can't be authoritarianism if you can vote against it" argument in response to Orban’s defeat is especially silly and ignores the abundant work describing competitive authoritarianism.

An embarrassment of riches on that album.

Green bourbon on Kentucky Derby Day? Making the climate-friendly cocktail Whiskey making is energy-intensive, emitting 6 pounds of CO2 for every bottle. A heat battery holds the promise to make bourbon more climate-friendly.

This same approach was planned for Kentucky's bourbon country, at a Bulleit distillery, but Trump canceled the program and supporting DOE grant.
www.newsweek.com/green-bourbo...

The New Twin Fossil Shock | Ember How the energy crises of the 2020s speed up the electric age

Good overview of the fossil energy crisis here from @ember. Unlike the scenario with previous price shocks, today the clean alternatives are "cheaper, faster and more secure, bringing with it irreversible consequences for an even bigger segment of fossil demand."
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record. No One Knows Why.

"Further studies may shed light on the roots of warfare in our own species, although the Trump administration’s proposed budget, released on Friday, has cast doubt on whether the research will continue."

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/s...

I agree. We can largely thank Chinese clean tech for this. They have had unwavering focus on clean tech while the US lurched from one energy policy to another. Now, cheap Chinese exports make it possible for countries vulnerable to fossil price shocks to make the switch. And China benefits.

Is this one of those Deep Diss Chicago pizzas?

Now what? Is he gonna bomb the Vatican?

Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Defeat in Hungary’s Election

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

"'I love Viktor,' said Mr. Trump, speaking by telephone to Fidesz supporters in Budapest on Tuesday...With 66 percent of votes counted, Mr. Magyar’s opposition party was on course to win 137 seats — more than a two-thirds majority. Mr. Orban’s party, Fidesz, was expected to win just 55."

Why they changed it, I can't say

In a first, renewables beat natural gas on US grid last month It’s just one month, but it’s a sign of where the U.S. is headed as renewable energy — namely solar — surges onto the grid.

#CleanEnergy is growing despite Trump’s assaults on wind and solar, and "more impressive is that renewables are growing their market share while overall electricity demand climbs. Put simply, clean energy is taking a bigger slice of a growing pie."
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

I mean, it is pretty exciting but, maybe not THAT exciting

Opinion | The Trump Administration Is in a Psychotic State

"[I]nstitutional psychosis defies rational categories. Predicting this administration’s behavior is impossible under any framework. And if Mr. Trump becomes more desperate as he grows more unpopular, the danger only increases."
(gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/o...