Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work If the plastics industry is following the tobacco industry’s playbook, it may never admit to the failure of plastics recycling.

"The problem with recycling plastic lies not with the concept or process but with the material itself," Judith Enck and Jan Dell wrote in 2022.

Holy crap! Why would they remove sign language interpreters!

According to @reuters.com, the sources of this alleged incident are "Palestinian news agency WAFA and Hamas-affiliated media."

So why is Reuters publishing a headline that treats a disputed incident as fact?

#HeadlineFail

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Trump is forcing this dirty, costly coal plant to stay open The White House is taking unprecedented actions to steer the power grid away from clean energy and toward more fossil fuels.

The Trump administration is taking unprecedented actions to steer the power grid away from clean energy and toward more fossil fuels, like reversing Michigan’s plan to retire an aging power plant, forcing it to remain open and continue burning coal.

You can and should care about Palestinian civilians.

But when you sign letters condemning Israel while ignoring the antisemitic violence your movement fuels.

You’re not calling for peace.

You’re whitewashing a hate movement. You are complicit.

Chesapeake Bay blue crab population numbers fall in annual survey There are an estimated 238 million blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay this year, down from an estimated 317 million last year.

Chesapeake Bay blue crab numbers send ‘red flags flying’ as population hits near-record low

What Hamas terrorists don’t want you to see — scenes from this week in Gaza.

My photo shows the east walk corridor of the cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral with its intricately beautiful fan vaulted ceiling. This is a style of architecture in which the ceiling is composed of concave sections with ribs which spread out and look like an open fan. The east walk was built in the mid to late 1300s, with the other three walks completed by 1412.

The Cloister at Gloucester Cathedral, famous for its fabulous fan vaulted ceiling! 🤩

📷 by me

#MedievalMonday

Donald Trump never meant to keep his promises. His voters are starting to notice, @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social writes.⁠ https://theatln.tc/TCOe2HBt

GOP leaders want to permanently extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, but they can’t decide how to cover the $5 trillion price tag, writes @russellberman.bsky.social. Their indecision could add trillions to federal deficits—and cause an already shaky economy to collapse: https://theatln.tc/VWLC25c7

Be well.

Three of these things are not like the others ...

🚨BREAKING: The IDF has evacuated two injured Syrian Druze to an Israeli hospital for medical treatment following the violence against the Druze in Syria.

Summer on the Hudson Returns in Riverside Park for 2025: Check Out the Free UWS Events Photo courtesy of the Riverside Park Conservancy. Bu Gus Saltonstall The Riverside Park Conservancy's Summer on the Hudson is back

Summer on the Hudson is back for another year with 400 events scheduled in Riverside Park. www.westsiderag.com/2025/04/30/s...

No president in the last 80 years has had a lower 100-day approval rating than Donald Trump.

So much for “The Art of the Deal.”

Words do not suffice

On Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, the names of Israel’s fallen heroes are projected onto the historic walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. May their memories forever be a blessing.🕯️
Credit: Kann News

Good grief

The Harem of Elon Musk The DOGE leader is offering the Republican Party a very different vision of fatherhood.

"The Republican Party now has a very different vision of fatherhood to offer, courtesy of Elon Musk," Elizabeth Bruenig writes:

BBC hires vile anti-Semitic stooge

Israeli actress Shira Haas brought the hostages’ plea to the Captain America premiere, wearing beautiful earrings and dress that made a powerful statement.

A true Marvel superhero🎗️

✅ In response to our complaint, @thetimes.com has fixed its map to show Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv, is Israel's capital city.

Now will The Times do the right thing and correct the rest of its story?

Cycle route envy from this American. Imagining safer streets, fewer cars, and cleaner air.

'One of the biggest on record'

Ozone hole bigger than North America opens above Antarctica

The hole reached an astounding 26 million square kilometers on September 16, 2023 ― approximately three times the size of Brazil.

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Credit: Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite

We need to build more rail, subway and elevated, and ditch the private cars