Does the thirstiness of Instagram's notification algo have an equal?
It's almost as sad as LinkedIn's make believe notifications about someone you barely know just leveling up in whatever LI game it is that nobody even knows exists.
In case anyone thinks Trump forcing Californians to accept new offshore oil drilling will make gas prices go down, the answer is a definitive "no": www.latimes.com/business/sto... via @hiltzikm.bsky.social
We're hiring editorial fellows in SF and DC. Great gig that has launched hundreds of media careers:
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What a twit. Though perhaps he meant when he died the first time. Clearly he's a zombie.
Among other things this @leahsottile.bsky.social article in @highcountrynews.org does a great job showing the connections between misogyny and political violence.
Connections that get plenty of extra oxygen in trump world.
It's all so corrupt and miserable.
But imagine being a "clean air skeptic."
Selling off the nation for parts.
Will help build a few more data centers though.
I mean, it's messaging that worked great for nuclear missiles so who could have predicted it would be bad for AI?
"We will need sweeping investigations into wrongdoing by public and private officials. More importantly, we will have to have the courage and unity of purpose to put criminal behavior on trial and, where there are convictions, send even prominent individuals to prison"
Three books. 1. Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin. 2. The Left and the Lucky, also by Willy Vlautin. 3. Three Men in a Boat (To Swy Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K Jerome.
Today’s much needed book delivery spans time and place. Looking forward to time with the characters of Willy Vlautin and Jerome K. Jerome.
This is a really beautiful and wholesome piece of writing. Take a few minutes and read it. This section resonated with me.
As any urban bike rider knows, car brain begets extraordinary tendencies towards violence.
“The reason why I love these Forest Service research stations is because they have the capacity to look at change over long timescales, the timescales that it actually takes for plant communities to change...A five-year project is a really long project for me, but that’s nothing for a plant”
Devastating: Hampshire College is permanently closing following the Fall 2026 Semester. A beautiful institution & community that has done so much for so many. My child is a current Hampshire senior. Hampshire's approach to education is so unique, humane, & exciting—I've seen it first hand. Tragic
My big takeaway from reporting this story is that it's not JUST about the Forest Service.
The closure of these stations threatens to upend a delicate system of mutually beneficial collaboration and resource sharing, and the impacts will ripple out far beyond the Forest Service itself.
In combination with cuts to NOAA, NCAR, BLM, National Parks, university research funding - think about all the state schools w/practical research on ag, forestry, hydrology, fisheries - the impact on communities, small business, economies is huge. Not to mention climate and general environment.
My story on the 57 forest service research stations that are going to be closed is up now
America’s fade to comic irrelevance was slow slow slow….then freakishly fast.
The Trump + MAGA harm to America’s public trust is wildly unpopular, generationally damaging, but also quietly plodding along via an authoritarian bureaucracy happy to wreak havoc upon everything Americans value.
I’m sure it varies and maybe they’re not a representative sample but we get strong anti-AI vibes from our college senior kid and her peers.
Orban's inability to prevent last year's Pride protests—attended by 300k despite being banned—was a turning point in his authoritarian grip of the country.
Queer people are always leading the fight against authoritarianism, as we are often its first targets. Never cower to fear.
Who IS Kosi Thompson?
#rapids96
Nobody ever talks about the 1985 movie Fandango which is a shame because it's certified by @texasmonthly.bsky.social as one of the best Texas movies ever. Cast includes Costner, Judd Nelson, Sam Robards. Directed by Kevin Reynolds. Great west Texas locations.
www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
Until recently there were Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse. One was lost in a tornado due to no radar - the result of budget cuts.
In a statement, a spokesman for the administration said that Americans should be quite satisfied with the chaos and destruction provided by the four remaining horsemen.
Permitting reform and stripping back public lands protections are the peanut butter and chocolate of Trumpers, oil and gassers, abundancers, and other grifters who hate people power.
Data Center Watch sounds like a ragtag watchdog group, but it's a front group for 10a Labs
"10a Labs has a financial incentive to create an atmosphere of fear – to make it seem like data centers are under constant threat from rabid activists that could cost them billions and billions of dollars."
Like, personally? I don't think I should have to think about the president of the united states every day or contemplate what fucking insane caper he's up to this time.
“He has my permission to jump out of an airplane.“
At least Texans don't have to pay the costs of extending electrical services and other infrastructure to data centers. 🤦
American innovation at work...
Skies full of buzzy trash that may or may not be the faucet part your neighbor ordered (and their 12 pack of bud light), or your kid's Chick fil-a sandwich, or just a camera livestreaming your open windows.