*Tips hat from West Virginia*

Perhaps you were the Best Virginia after all.

Seattle To Explore Moratorium On Data Centers A letter writing campaign overwhelmed Seattle City officials with more than 60,000 letters demanding a moratorium on new data centers last week. And those letters didn’t merely shout into the void: Se...

ICYMI: Seattle officials are considering a moratorium on data centers after more than 60,000 people sent them letters demanding the City stop four companies eyeing Seattle for five new data centers. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/seattle...

The energy we need to send fascism back into hiding.

Republicans are finding out how Americans really feel about their authoritarian tactics.

It’s a good day.

Don't EVER Watch Jesse Waters,
But Sounds Like He Had An Epic,
TrumpTastic Meltdown.......

Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion In a 4-3 ruling, the Commonwealth Court found that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Some good news here in the smart and humane state of Pennsylvania.

www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

Succinct summary of Kash Patel’s lawsuit announcement.

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Witness the mesmerizing murmuration of starlings in Italy, a stunning display of nature's coordination and beauty as they dance through the sky in unison.

NASA kills future x-ray mission $1 billion AXIS proposal fell victim to agency upheaval, principal investigator says

Just found out that AXIS has been disqualified as 10% over budget.

Nothing to do with 20 staff lost to White House cuts, 6-week gov shutdown, moves to kill the Probe programme.

The science was never reviewed.

This is the result of political chaos.

www.science.org/content/arti...

#astro

Virginia Democrats Win Redistricting Referendum, Potentially Flipping Four House Seats By turning Trump's own redistricting gamble against him, Virginia just changed the math on Congress.

By turning Trump's own redistricting gamble against him, Virginia just changed the math on Congress.

School Vouchers Fail the Civil Rights Test. The Federal Program Is No Exception Advocates’ View: Public dollars should expand civil rights, not shrink them. Public education is the backbone of equal opportunity.

👏 “Public schools exist to serve every child… This obligation is the heart of equal opportunity in our country — and private school vouchers were built to bypass it."

www.the74million.org/article/scho...

World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality rates expected to rise Extreme heat is threatening the world’s food systems, with farmers unable to work outside, livestock experiencing stress and crop yields falling, putting the livelihoods of more than a billion people in peril, the UN has warned. Experts said food supply in some areas was being “pushed to the brink” by increasingly common and severe heatwaves, on land and at sea, in a major report written jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Continue reading...

World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns

view from the side of a green fern plant, with many leaves still developing, having their tips curled up in spirals

#Fern #Ferns #Plants #Green #Garden #Nature #NaturePhotography #PhotoSky #PhonePhotography #photo #MobilePhotography #photography #Phonetography #AltText #NoAI

One of the most telling pics of the year ... so far.

The sky burns red with a fever’s glow,
Above the white of the dying snow.
We carve our paths through the ancient frost,
Counting our gains while the world is lost.
#bluesky #love

I can't seem to escape this video of a deaf couple w/ a shop in the Himalayas on Reddit, so apparently I'm supposed to share it: #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

The DOJ was created to increase the capacity for federal prosecutions during Reconstruction esp. those to be brought under the newly enacted KuKlux Klan Act.

Now the DOJ is being used to prosecute a storied civil rights organization whose central mission has been to expose & dismantle the Klan.

So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out

My work is keeping children out of prisons. incarcerated women have high rates of DV and all prison populations have high rates of intellectual/developmental disabilities/mental health diagnoses. the atrocities I see in juvenile detention are atrocities by guards. Other countries do better.

A new force of nature is reshaping the planet, study finds Human societies didn’t just adapt to the planet—they learned to reshape it. From early fire use to today’s global supply chains, our cultural and social innovations have unlocked extraordinary power t...

A new force of nature is reshaping the planet, study finds | ScienceDaily share.google/GmBVGkcWjB64...

WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein?

KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed

Technofacism? Why Palantir's pro-West ‘manifesto' has critics alarmed Palantir's 'manifesto' has been described as an 'AI-driven threat to humanity's existence' and 'technofascism'.

Palantir's 'manifesto' has been described as an 'AI-driven threat to humanity's existence' and 'technofascism'.

India and China solar boom see renewable energy overtake global demand Countries continue to turn to renewables for national security despite Trump's attacks on wind and solar.

‘Important threshold crossed’ as renewables meet world’s energy demands and fossil power drops | Euronews share.google/pdwKT2X9FSWZ...

Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.

I keep thinking there must be some obvious reason why this is not corrupt... but no, it's corrupt. www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...

Have you ever seen the mad looking Palantir CEO and Piers Corbyn in the same room?

This is evil.

Trump, 79, Dodges Cameras for Second Day as He Joins Tele-Rally Spotlight-loving President Donald Trump avoided cameras for the second day in a row as he phoned in to a rally ahead of a crucial redistricting vote. The 79-year-old, who hasn’t been on camera since h...

#Discover #Trump
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Peace prize? Prize prick morelike!