The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon is among the most perfect novels I’ve ever read. In 1789 Maine, Martha Ballard proves the history that has been lost by men having done most of the telling. Fifty-five years, she’s married to a man she loves – the man who taught her to read and writ...

Few historical novels I've ever read have pulled me into them like 'The Frozen River.'
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When I met Al Gore at a Climate Reality training seven years ago in Atlanta, I thought, 'What a president this man would have made.'
I'm convinced he could still do the job.

Before they were arrested- Vets are demanding an end to the war on Iran at the Cannon Building in Washington, D.C.

Haunted by ‘Dark Thoughts,’ Louisiana Father Kills 8 Children

If this man had murdered eight strangers the story would lead every news outlet. But because they are his children, it's "family violence," "domestic violence" -- undeserving of the same attention. Even though this violence is much more common
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What You Can Do NOW The 10 Most Important Ways to Resist Now. (Revised, Updated, Expanded.)

Summary of Reich's 10 critical ways to resist – protect the vulnerable, fight bigotry, focus on the midterms, boycott Trump's corporate regime, support the lawsuits against Trump, spread the truth, push Congress, and keep the faith. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Trump Is Making China Great His blunders inure to our chief rival

Economically, strategically, in credibility and in all other manner of global affairs, Trump is definitely making China great. www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-is-m...

Louisiana community is struggling to understand after man killed 8 children Police say a Louisiana man who fatally shot seven of his children and another child used an an assault-style weapon despite a 2019 felony firearms conviction.

The 8 children killed in the Shreveport mass shooting is on top of the 115 people killed in 98 other shootings this year. It was illegal for the Shreveport shooter to be in possession of a gun, but easy enough for him to get his hands on an assault rifle. #GunControlNow apnews.com/article/shre...

Businesses begin claiming refunds for Trump tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court eventually struck down has launched. U.S.

There's a beautiful irony to this – U.S. Customs and Border Protection have to channel $billions back to the importers and brokers robbed by their boss's illegal tariffs. apnews.com/article/tari...

Tiny North Carolina town takes a big step toward geothermal energy Seed funding will help the rural town of Enfield in its quest to heat and cool homes without fossil fuels while drastically lowering residents’ energy…

This is how it's done. One small town, one county, one state at a time seizing the opportunity for reliable, low cost clean energy.
Enfield, North Carolina commits to geothermal.
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Got our solar panels installed this AM. They came at 8:30am and we're gone by 1:30pm. 13 panels and 10kwh battery.

We can't export to the grid yet (the network operator has been flooded with new requests) but we charged our car with the sun this afternoon. Great feeling, strongly recommend.

Joi Scientific’s Long Hydrogen Illusion - CleanTechnica A deep history of Joi Scientific, its shifting hydrogen claims, old patents, New Brunswick fallout, and why its 2026 revival raises the same concerns.

Even the Biden administration, with good intentions, fell for hydrogen as clean energy. Now Canada is falling for the same temptation. cleantechnica.com/2026/04/10/j...

China Leads, India Surges, America Lags Badly in the Clean Power Buildout - CleanTechnica A data-driven look at wind, water, and solar capacity shows China and India reshaping the energy transition while the US falls behind on key measures.

No one with common sense denies the need to transition to clean energy as fast as we can. There's no denying the #ClimateCrisis. But among U.S. failings under the denier-in-chief, we're rapidly falling behind in clean power. cleantechnica.com/2026/04/11/c...

Another resounding example – we can do this.
We have the technology to reach net-zero emissions. All we're lacking is the political will.

She's an astonishing force of energy, skill and creativity.

I was proud to be part of the 'No Kings' human banner on Ocean Beach / San Francisco last month, but while I attend a Climate Week festival downtown on Saturday, my comrades spelled out the perfect supportive message:

📌MEDIA: Stop calling Jared Kushner a "high-level negotiator." He's a damn thief operating in his repulsive family's best interests not ours.

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

As a race director for over 32 years, I learned that Nike only does the right thing when they're forced to.

A demonstration at the Dilley Concentration Camp in Texas. Children and families have been imprisoned in the concentration camp in Texas for months, and all they’ve experienced is abuse, neglect, mistreatment, undrinkable water and moldy food. #SHUTDOWNDILLEY

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It hurtz and humbling to say... No Lies Detected... 👇

It is the gripping, definitive novel about an Appalachian community in the grip of the opiod crisis. Kingsolver is one of the great storytellers of our time.

Palantir on X: "Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel" / X Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel

Palantir is a menace to society. Its "Manifesto" reads like a very bad Hollywood science fiction dystopia movie.

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8 children between the ages of 1 and 14 are dead after mass shooting in Louisiana: police A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children and shot two other people Sunday in an early morning attack of domestic violence carried out across two houses, a ma

My heart sinks at the first glimpse of this headline – another mass shooting – 8 children dead – when will this end?

And the assholes who support the laws that put guns in the hands of these madmen will say, 'Now is not the time.' kutv.com/news/nation-...

The real heroes of the Epstein story The four women who were the first to go public

The real heroes of the Epstein story

Language is a Fluid – Jake Skeets Featuring two pieces from his new collection, Horses, this new op-ed by Diné poet Jake Skeets explores how poetry sidesteps the failures of language when it doesn’t attempt to do anything.

Diné poet Jake Skeets explores the purpose of poetry in the space between what we live and what language can bear. @emergencemagazine.bsky.social emergencemagazine.org/op_ed/langua...

A Single Wool Blanket – Jane Hirshfield In the ritual of putting on and taking off a wool blanket from her bed, poet Jane Hirshfield finds how simple it can be to live within the rhythms of the seasons.

'Betrothed, bewildered mammals,
beheld & beholding, bequeathed of existence.'
- Jane Hirshfield invites you to notice the ordinary threads that bind us to the rest of existence. emergencemagazine.org/poem/a-singl...

How You Can Take Trillions From War Criminals and the Corporations Dismantling Democracy Don't just vote with your dollar. Vote with all of our dollars.

'Palantir, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Elbit Systems, Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and BlackRock.'
– Armitage explains how U.S. citizens are helping these 10 companies dismantle our democracy and/or commit war crimes. @carmitage.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

Sunday thought: A change in the air The noxious realities of Trump's authoritarianism are revealed for all to see

Naming all the cracks in the Trump presidency, from his Iran debacle to putting his god complex on display, Robert Reich believes, "You can almost feel the change in the air we breathe."
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