Want to End the Gerrymandering Wars? Embrace Proportional Representation Trump has triggered a particularly fierce round, but the logic of war is inherent in a winner-take-all system

Apropos of Virginia today.

Germany just activated its largest ever solar installation — one farm, 1.5 million homes, zero carbon. The #CottbusSolarPark covers 3,500 hectares and produces 2.1 tw-hours annually, replacing two coal plants that operated on this same land until 2022. #SolarPower #ActOnClimate #Renewables

Criminalizing “From the River to the Sea” A new bill in France would criminalize slogans said to call for the destruction of Israel. In the name of combating antisemitism, establishment political forces want to muzzle criticism of Israel’s apartheid order.

A new bill in France would criminalize slogans said to call for the destruction of Israel.

In the name of combating antisemitism, establishment political forces want to muzzle criticism of Israel’s apartheid order.

In a First for the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas In March, for the first time, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the transition to clean power. However, rising power demand is complicating the shift away from fossil fuels by extending the lives of many aging coal power plants.

In a first last month, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the shift to clean energy.

I love the Mayday parade. They always struggle for funding, yet never even a whiff of corporate sponsorship, which is amazing! While they do collect donations, I for one would gladly pay like $30 for a cool "Mayday 2026" T-shirt, if they sold them. No more commercial than a punk band!

Rubber band labeled with day-of-week abbreviations

Ooh, here is my hack for this: It's a fat white rubber band that comes around broccoli. I rotate the day I've taken to face front.

Cover page of The Learning Company Software Catalog from Fall of 1991 with a group of children who are waaaay too excited to be playing "Super Solvers: OutNumbered!"

Hey, look. It's a decent scan of this legendary image!

It’s weird that Democrats have the option of blaming high fuel prices on Trump’s illegal war but they choose this mealy mouthed crap instead.

For the literal ONE TRILLION dollars per year of our taxpayer money the military gets, I would think they have a healthy stock of munitions.

Not to mention, of crab legs and luxury grand pianos.

Google just bought your Minnesota vacationland for a data center The state needs better guardrails on data center development before rolling out the red carpet to Google and others while touting benefits.

www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

Oh.

So they want Obama’s nuclear deal minus Obama’s signature.

Got it.

Top FEMA official Gregg Phillips claims to have... teleported to a Waffle House?!?

Plus, what if our troops don't wear boots? Checkmate!

Sharp rise then drop

Google searches for “Epstein”

Mission accomplished!

What? Truly idiotic. Was now really the best time to pay some shite branding consultants a few million?

So she was assigned German at birth? And then transitioned and now self-identifies as Hispanic?

India launches tender for 1 GW round-the-clock renewable power Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has started accepting bids to develop 1 GW of round-the-clock renewable power projects, with energy storage systems required to ensure continuous supply.

India launches tender for 1 GW round-the-clock renewable power www.pv-magazine.com/2026/03/12/i... - the combination of PV and battery will emerge to the backbone of the energy system of #India: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bedbug: "I'm flabbergasted by the pessimism"

Corn ethanol biofuel is a pointless boondoggle, and not sustainable. Build solar, wind, and storage to electrify transportation to make a much bigger impact!

But sure, keep throwing bones to big ag and farmers who vote Republican 80+%.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

Prison guards discussed cover-up of Epstein’s death, inmate tells FBI One officer said: “Dudes, you killed that dude.”

NEW: An inmate overheard guards talking about covering up Epstein’s death. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

Many have invested lots in sound systems, with some good outcomes, but few have done any treatments for the *space*. Was just talking to some folks who are dreading the Palace show tonight because the raw concrete aesthetic there is acoustically horrible.

(Same issue in many restaurants!)

"Tipsy Steer" made the cut though, interesting

“Trump is disappointed with Keir Starmer”

Trump has just spent the last 12 months taking the piss out of our war dead, threatening to collapse NATO, aiding and abetting Russian aggression, and angling to invade a European country’s sovereign territory.

And he wants us to help?

He’s off his tits.

H/T @thegoodliars.bsky.social

video from iceout.org earlier today at the whipple outside minneapolis shows a hennepin county sheriff’s deputy shoving the head of a protestor who was already tackled into the ground

we need someone to challenge dawanna witt for sheriff. this brutality happening under her watch is unacceptable

Headline: 6 Voters React to Attacks on Iran Ahead of the Texas Primaries Sub-head: President Trump has said the attacks were necessary for the security of the United States and to free the Iranian people from oppression. Do voters agree?

Short 🧵

1) Stories of this category have *entirely* outlived their usefulness. "Insights" are pre-determined by tiny group you choose. Could find any six people to say the exact opposite.
Could find any group to to make this case "smartly," or stupidly.
Then sold as "Do voters agree?"
But wait..

Trump in 2020: "We've spent $8 trillion in the Middle East. And we're not fixing our roads in this country. How stupid is it? We're not fixing our highways, our tunnels, our bridges, our hospitals, even."