To Fight Heat, NYC Sets 2040 Tree Canopy Deadline, With Riskiest Areas First How the plan will be funded is unclear. The Mamdani administration has not earmarked money for its tree-expansion initiative.

trees as cooling infrastructure! this is a fascinating story from @smaldo.bsky.social:

I agree it sounds like ridiculous pandering to a non-issue but if it helps him get elected honestly I don't care. The fear is he's being advised by idiotic out-of-touch loser Dems. Hopefully Bashear knows Kentucky better than we do

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.

Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars

The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.

Why aren't we doing this?

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

"The world’s top 100 oil and gas companies banked more than $30m every hour in unearned profit in the first month of the US-Israeli war in Iran, according to exclusive analysis for the Guardian."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

US edges closer to popular vote deciding winner of presidential elections Virginia signs national popular vote bill into law, joining interstate compact with 17 other states and District of Columbia

It's 2026 and the US is still trying to move away from the slaveholder electoral system.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I remember ffing through a LOT of billiards tournaments towards the end but still enjoyed the sweet gentleness of that show

‘Illegal’ forest service overhaul risks causing ‘chaos’ across US public lands, union claims The restructuring will close all regional offices, which manages 193m acres of land, roughly the size of Texas

They're dismantling the US Forest Service
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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POTUS Proposes Elimination of Federal Library Funding. The President again requested that Congress eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program. We've seen this before, and we're not going away. Fund Libraries, ALA 150, American Library Association.

"We are not surprised that the White House FY27 budget zeroes out funding for IMLS and IAL. The president’s intentions for IMLS were clear last year with the executive order to dismantle IMLS and cut off its funding [...] ALA members have a solid track record of defeating the president’s threats, but we do not underestimate the lengths to which he will go to undercut support for America’s libraries. ALA is working to make sure decisionmakers continue to hear from library advocates.” - ALA President Sam Helmick

NEW: The President once again called to eliminate federal library funding in his federal budget proposal. We have been here before. And when we make our voices heard, we can overcome this again.

Tell your Senators to reject the cuts & #FundLibraries in next year's federal budget: ala.org/showup

Increasingly convinced that the people developing and testing tech accessibility options are all able bodied, as we struggle to help my 82 year old mother, who just wants to play bridge online.

The design decisions feel like they only suit extremely computer literate people without disabilities.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

His Holiness The Dalai Lama #peace

Rep. Stansbury &. Salinas: “It’s midnight. And, we’re here at the capital after House Republicans REFUSED to call up a unanimous Senate bill that would have funded TSA, FEMA, and Coast Guard, ended the shutdown, and paid our federal workers. We were here all day for them to decide to do nothing.”

Apologies if you weren't really asking for suggestions just venting🙊

Ugh I'm struggling with this today too. Sometimes listening to music or podcasts or audiobooks helps?

Me every year: do I have dementia? Covid? A blood disease? What is wrong with me?? then the realization finally dawns

This is one of the most extraordinary pieces of critical writing I have encountered in a decade www.realzenerate.com/review_btsar...

Sisyphus but every day he unsubscribes from marketing and promotion emails.

Jury in Los Angeles finds Meta, YouTube negligent in social media addiction trial A jury reached a verdict in the L.A. trial focused on Meta and YouTube, a case that experts have characterized as social media's "Big Tobacco" moment.

A jury determined that Meta and Google were negligent and failed to warn users of the dangers associated with using YouTube, Instagram in a landmark social media addiction trial

It's just a matter of personal preference and what you're used to

It's driving me crazy how people keep turning simple matters of personal preference into weaponized debates about the rightness & supremacy of their choices.
Whether I use my phone or laptop for purchases or did not like BTS's new album SHOULD NOT MATTER TO YOU

🎯

Out of 14 songs:
5 1/2 actually good w lyrics that have something real to say
3 songs so terrible they made me cringe & want to die
2 songs made weird by insecure obsequious begging
1 ok ballad
But WHY are the English lyrics so terrible
& why do they not have more songs with actual melodies?

Est, Han Yujin & SKZ Hyunjin having bdays yesterday (Est) & today (Yujin, Hyunjin) seems to confirm that being born near the Equinox confers breathtaking beauty

The irony is that bec of BTS I got introduced to a whole new-to-me world of exciting k-artists & now I prefer them to what BTS has become. IMO too much corporate bloat & over production in this new CB. I prefer grittier more authentic stuff like Woodz (for grit) & BamBam (for authenticity)

Seriously tho how does BTS stand being BTS? The off the charts expectation & pressure & borderline deification rn is giving me vicarious panic attacks. Like how do you even walk down that road of Kings w the whole planet watching and then perform?

Not Netflix deciding to do their worldwide livestream BTS's comeback concert in Seoul on the day that mercury stations direct 🤦🏻‍♀️

Just a Friendly Reminder…..

I’d like to remind everyone that Wind and Solar power doesn’t have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Everything that libraries offer need to be shouted from the rooftops.

Books, movies, games, drones, metal detectors, art and cooking classes, MtG sets, the HUMAN library where people from various backgrounds will come and you can "rent" their time learn things about people.

LIBRARIES ARE THE BEST

Oscar‑Nominated Songwriter EJAE on Turning Rejection Into "Golden" Success in "KPop Demon Hunters" From K-pop trainee to Oscar-nominated songwriter—EJAE on writing "Golden," the longest-running #1 girl group song of the 21st century

If you want a feel good story about resilience and eventual triumph, Oscar winner Ejae has one for ya www.motionpictures.org/2026/03/how-...