The Rio Grande Valley’s Natural Areas Are Sacred to Locals. The Border Wall Will Plow Right Through Them Anyway. While outrage against the Big Bend border wall continues, the southern region’s plight has not attracted the same level of attention.

Ongoing barrier construction through wildlife refuges, state parks, and the National Butterfly Center has failed to attract the same level of statewide and nationwide outrage as the potential Big Bend border wall. www.texasmonthly.com/travel/rio-grande-valley...

Will there be big swooshing beige and brown graphics all over it?

This Spring Feels Different Because It Is — Why 2026 Allergies Are Off the Charts and What Helps Why are allergies so bad right now? Pollen seasons are longer and more intense. Here’s what’s behind it and what actually works for relief.

Why are allergies so bad right now? Pollen seasons are longer and more intense. Here’s what’s behind it and what actually works for relief.

Some are claiming this gerrymandering escalation was triggered by NY not Texas. That’s false. The NY Dems case is comparable to what NC Republicans did — a battle between the legislature and the courts over the post-2020 map. What Texas did is something else: rip up a map they wanted for a new one.

Scientists turn scrap car aluminum into high-performance metal for new vehicles Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a new aluminum alloy called RidgeAlloy that can turn contaminated car-body scrap into strong structural vehicle parts. Normally, impurities…

Aluminium used to build cars can now be reused to build cars. A new alloy called RidgeAlloy turns contaminated scrap into strong structural vehicle parts. This solves the problem where recycled aluminium from mixed or dirty auto scrap was too weak for structural use buff.ly/tmDSuWf
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“Two weeks!” Everyone drink!

Ya’ll ain’t met Playoff P?

Wildfires killed nearly 20% of the world's giant sequoias. How crews are racing to save the rest Five years ago, a tragic and depressing environmental story unfolded when thousands of giant sequoia...

Five years ago, a tragic and depressing environmental story unfolded when thousands of giant sequoia...

Husky Dog Escapes Home and Walks Herself to Daycare Alone - Video Goes Viral And she would do it again!

And she would do it again!

It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly

Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way

Interesting juxtaposition of Abbott in front of CPAC backdrop after Hungary’s newly-elected PM revealed that the former fascist dictator of the country funneled money in support of the organization.

Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why. State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...

Oklahoma regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water.

But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.

(Published Feb. with @readfrontier.bsky.social)

You mean, separate religion from government—right?

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?

Rehabilitation of the Dandelion!
No other plant in the Netherlands attracts as many bee species: 107. In early spring, when nothing else is blooming, it is simply there. Meadow bird chicks that have just hatched depend on the insects that are drawn to dandelions. No dandelion, no insect, no chick.

Government made the United States a superpower.

Government built an education system that was the envy of the world.

Government built the largest and most productive biomedical research infrastructure in world history.

Government helped stabilize global instability and saved countless lives.

Something, something—leopard—something, something—face.

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What If Every City Provided Artists With Free Supplies? Materials for the Arts offers free tools for teachers and artists in New York, but what if more cities funded programs like ours?

Materials for the Arts is an organization that offers free resources for teachers and artists in NYC—what if more cities funded programs like these? MFTA’s Executive Director Tara Sansone makes the case for expanding these programs nationwide.

“We’ve won” — everyone drink!

Art of the Deal!

Nobody does red better than Ducati or Ferrari.

Artemis II Returns From Historic Flight Around the Moon After traveling a greater distance from Earth than any humans before them, the astronauts of Artemis II have safely returned home.

After traveling a greater distance from Earth than any humans before them, the astronauts of Artemis II have safely returned home. www.wired.com/story/artemi...

Trumps first term: 2.3%

Biden: 3.2%

Trumps first year of 2nd term: 2.2%

Hassett knows he’s lying to you.

This has always been wealth redistribution to divert taxpayer money from public schools, that the state does not adequately fund, to cover tuition for wealthy people who already send their kids to private schools.

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money. An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...

An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.

(Published Aug. 2025)

Gas price spike pushes up inflation by most in four years in March The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation in March, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve and heightening the political challenges of rising costs for the White House.

Energy prices that spiked due to the war in Iran push inflation to the biggest increase in four years.

“A whole civilization will die tonight” is the most vile thing a US president has ever said, certainly during the post-1945 era when they’ve had the power to kill civilizations with the dropping of a bomb. I’m staring into the darkness. May this not be one of the most fateful days in human history.

Fort Worth asks landowner to remove data center use from zoning request Fort Worth is nixing data center usage from a rezoning request as residents, city leaders rethink other developments

Fort Worth is nixing data center usage from a rezoning request as residents, city leaders rethink other developments