"BP’s first completely new oilfield in the Gulf since the company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster 16 years ago.
It will be deeper than Deepwater Horizon, and in riskier waters... drilling 6 miles below the sea floor, deeper than the height of Mt. Everest"
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/04/grou...
Hell yeah
Lot of actually good writers have chimed in here already but what I find helps is to figure out the part that I'm surest of and feel the strongest about and write that part first, that usually clarifies what else needs to go in and how
Then fix everything afterwards
Jake Mangum spots kid in the crowd, tosses the ball, and her brother catches it and gives it to her. Dudes rock.
This is what Times Square will look like when Congress or a cheeseburger finally does its job
A new installment is now live on the Turning to Birds Substack! This week I wanted to shine a little light on two bird lovers whose work I cherish, Christian Cooper and Walton Ford. Christian and Walton will be joining me for two events on May 4th and May 5th. More information in my newsletter!
This is absolutely fantastic.
ht: @maddenifico.bsky.social
A new installment of the Turning to Birds Newsletter is now live on my Substack! Link in my bio!
I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.
NYTimes Headline: The Women Who Believe That Women Should Lose the Right to Vote Subhead: Adherents to biblical patriarchy support household voting: One household, one vote--the husband's. They say the idea is catching on.
The New York Times rolling up its sleeves to do the hard work of normalizing the idea that women should not have the right to vote.
Neutrality, Authoritarianism, and Thoughts on the Cult of Both Sides talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/neutr...
What work goes into tracking the traffickers? Join us live on Thursday at 11am EDT/5pm CEST as we speak to @foeke.bsky.social , the Bellingcat researcher behind this investigation into the illegal wildlife trade on Facebook. Ask your questions by joining the event here: discord.gg/VjQq4VhH?eve...
Tell Your State To Pass This No-ICE-At-Our-Precincts Model Law. Now. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/tell-...
I use @kagi.com. I can click on real web pages - choose where I want you search - no AI.
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After contacting Meta, all nine groups, totalling 70,000 members, were shut down. Meta confirmed: “We removed the Facebook groups and profiles in question for violating our Restricted Goods and Services Policy.” Read our full investigation here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
As with most AI output I’ve seen, it’s oftentimes sexualized violent depictions of women and children and also blatant copyright theft. That appears to be most of what it’s good for
I’ll second this. If you’re in New Mexico stop by.
I can confirm that people who are already exhausted and scared of going through TSA and flying right now, people who have just been told to wait in a line for 4+ hours, are absolutely furious to see ICE agents—a stark reminder of who exactly is to blame for this situation
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Regardless of whether or not you agree with it or believe it will be effective, I think a massive general strike in opposition to AI is inevitable. It could be a year. It could be a few years. But it's coming. Masses of unemployed, angry people with a lot of time on their hands.
lmao the eurovision mascot is so ugly I literally screamed at this reveal
I’ve been finishing Virginia Giuffre’s memoir little by little. Between that and the endless parade of stories about sexual violence and abuse on social media and in the news, where women seem to be the main people who get punished, I’m psychologically exhausted and could sleep for a year
Generative AI's main problems are (1) the math doesn't math, (2) the products don't work as well as their promoters claim, and (3) it's eroding the web itself. Those are very real problems. But they aren't Field of Dreams Fallacy-type problems.
.The Metaverse exits its Weekend-at-Bernie's phase
davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/the-metave...
I can’t be the only one that stays in their car until the neighbors go inside
Agreed
Find the version of the story on @mongabay.com and @mongabayid.bsky.social here: news.mongabay.com/2026/03/face...
Wildlife traffickers selling protected animals on Facebook use coded language to evade moderation. Research by Bellingcat and @mongabay.com has identified nine groups, with more than 70,000 members combined, leading back to six profiles and one broker in Indonesia. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
timeline cleanse
