I bring someone into settings so deeply they can see and are moved by them.

Wildfires make soil poisonous  - High Country News New research shows how severe blazes can transform a harmless trace metal into a carcinogen.

Researchers find that intense wildfires can trigger a process that converts chromium-3 into chromium-6, a carcinogen linked to lung, nasal and sinus cancers. It can also cause asthma, skin irritation and kidney and liver damage. 🧪🌎 www.hcn.org/issues/58-4/...

5. Speaking of pretending to win, that’s why Trump issues his threats on Sundays. It’s the day when futures markets open. Investors want the Iran war to end. With his Sunday threats, the president strings them along, giving them just enough hope to prevent oil prices from soaring for the week.

Tomorrow, I am forcing a vote to end the war in Iran.

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One of the Sandy Hook families lives in hiding 1500 mi away from their baby’s grave due to people stalking them.

The graves of multiple children have been defaced.

One of the fathers had to submit DNA evidence to prove his son was a REAL HUMAN BEING after Alex Jones’ book said he never existed.

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Climate Defenders Warn GOP Immunity Bill Puts 'Big Oil Above the Law' | Common Dreams “Such corporate impunity would twist the knife of the climate crisis that is already directly harming people across the country," said one campaigner.

So why have Republican lawmakers introduced legislation to put oil and gas companies above the law? 🤔

www.commondreams.org/news/big-oil...

We Need to Prepare for the Mammoth Task of De-Trumpification The damage he and his cronies have wrought could take decades to repair, particularly when it comes to science and public health.

The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go? Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for.

Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2092...

Low-Producing Oil Wells in Texas Cause Headaches for Landowners - Inside Climate News Jackie Chesnutt, who lives outside San Angelo, is tired of pollution from wells she says should have been plugged years ago. Experts say Texas rules allow companies to defer plugging wells for far too...

Companies will often maintain a minimal amount of oil production instead of plugging a well, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Landowners like Chesnutt argue that this pattern can lead to pollution and burdensome equipment on their land. 🌎 insideclimatenews.org/news/1904202...

Relocating Venice ‘may be necessary’ if sea levels continue to rise Scientists warn that no adaptation measure can sustain Venice as rising sea levels threaten to swallow the city.

"No optimal strategy." 🌎 www.euronews.com/2026/04/17/v...

Power density Power distribution Load variability Heat density Energy storage Weight In the next few years, AI data centres are set to concentrate a peak power demand equivalent to 65 households in a space equal to a household refrigerator. AI data centres are shifting towards high voltage, direct current power distribution, building on technologies pioneered in EVs and renewables. AI data centres see repeated swings of server load of more than 50% of rated capacity within a second. AI data centres need to evacuate the heat equivalent to 30 natural gas boilers per server rack. To manage load swings, storage technologies, including lithium- ion batteries, are becoming critical for AI data centres, potentially making them more flexible, grid-friendly assets. In an AI data centre, a single server rack the size of a refrigerator can weigh more than a pick-up truck

Man these are wild stats. One server rack:

- Weighs as much as a pick-up truck
- Consumes 65 households worth of power
- Needs to evacuate 30 gas boilers worth of heat
- Swings wildly in power consumption

1 yr ago I wrote a massive thread on @iea.org huge AI / energy report.

WELL it's one year later and they've released an update, but notably, there is no chatbot. Well....I'm going to read it anyway, and you're all going to get spammed with notes :)

that's means a NEW ULTRATHREAD 🧵

Lol this was queued for Caturday but apparently just found its signal ... 🙄

Tabby goes for the cheese held 8n fingers.

Failed feral Comrade the brilliant chicken barn ratter and mouser likes a little 🧀 as a reward for her high quality services. She thinks the client's refusal to offer #cheese when it's cold out is bogus. Her sign of spring: cheeeeeeeeeeeese. #caturday

Excited to attend the ribbon-cutting for the next segment of California’s solar canal initiative later this month in Hickman. Imagine generating solar power over 4,000 miles or so canals across the state. A lot of Sierra and Colorado River water to save via avoided evaporation.

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Colorado farmers scale back crops and fear for survival as drought, tariffs and war take their toll “If we don’t get moisture, I’m not going to plant,” said chile grower Praxie Vigil, who runs Vigil Farms along the Bessemer Ditch near Pueblo.

This year’s record-warm spring is pummeling Colorado farmers amid multiple external threats, disrupting the state’s $9 billion agricultural sector and jeopardizing signature crops like Pueblo green chiles, Olathe sweet corn and Palisade peaches. "I am hoping to get through this year," a farmer says

NIH cancelling mRNA research grants/approvals stalls potential game changers like this. Ovarian, another often deadly #cancer, has some promising work. But most of the trials I've seen can't target one's own tumor signature, and cause more systemic side effects (been there, failed the trial).

Editor’s Note | We Unknowingly Published an AI Column. The editorial team at the Mississippi Free Press discovered we published a column written by a fake author using artificial intelligence.

The editorial team at the Mississippi Free Press discovered we published a column written by a fake author using artificial intelligence.

Here’s what happened and what we're doing to prevent this from happening in the future.

www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...

Pink magnolia blossom

pale yellow magnolia bud opening

A branch full of pale yellow magnolia blossoms

Surprised to discover that a lot of the magnolia blossoms survived 4 days of devastating hail, high winds, flooding and tornadoes this week to still put on a show at Madison's UW Arboretum. 🌿🌱🌼

Escape into a book! Saturday is Independent #Book Store day and Sunday I'll be at the #Kenosha Book Festival with 4 of my novels. Near or passing through southeast #Wisconsin? Check it out! Great #books, cool (if I don't say so myself) #authors, special deals on books and family activities. 💙📚 🪐📚

This is amazingly hopeful.

Maryland to Become First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing That Charges More After Mining Personal Data Maryland will become the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in retail stores, after passing Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

This is great news for Maryland. Surveillance pricing is just another way to gouge consumers and fatten the pockets of the greedy corporations.
I hope other states follow suit. In the meantime, don’t shop those places. Small business when you can.
#SheShed

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/maryland-to-...

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

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Scientists are raising the alarm the Trump admin has intervened inside the science agencies to break the university-govt compact that built a science superpower in the US. (impt thread 👇)

That agency intervention was signed off on by the Roberts Court on t shadow docket.
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It's weighing that time, energy and commitment. With a website, newsletter, regular socials; scheduling author events at conferences, book stores, and festivals; and pitching work to new markets ... there's not a lot of time and energy left for actual new writing, especially if you have other work.