Reading is magic What will happen in our second peasanthood

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Fuel made from Russian oil is surging into California, even though such sales help pay for that nation’s ongoing war with Ukraine

As Prices Climb, California Imports More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil The state’s failure to reduce driving and to stockpile fuel led to dependence on sanctioned oil refined elsewhere.

Eye-popping story from @aaroncantu.bsky.social & @capitalandmain.bsky.social of how a loophole allows Russian oil to pour into California gas tanks (with a map!)
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As Prices Climb, California Imports More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil The state’s failure to reduce driving and to stockpile fuel led to dependence on sanctioned oil refined elsewhere.

California is importing refined products from abroad just as the Iran war tightens global crude oil supplies. Fuel made from Russian oil is surging into the state, even though such sales are used to finance that nation’s ongoing war with Ukraine.
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As Prices Climb, California Imports More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil The state’s failure to reduce driving and to stockpile fuel led to dependence on sanctioned oil refined elsewhere.

🚨 California is buying fuel made from Russian oil. 🚨

Check out this huge new story from @aaroncantu.bsky.social

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As Prices Climb, California Imports More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil The state’s failure to reduce driving and to stockpile fuel led to dependence on sanctioned oil refined elsewhere.

This was foreseeable.

In 2000, when gasoline prices hit a record, California recommended several steps it could have taken to lessen dependence on foreign oil sources.

The state didn't act.

Full story here: capitalandmain.com/as-prices-cl...

A news headline with the following text: The Slick As Prices Climb, California Imports More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil The state’s failure to reduce driving and to stockpile fuel led to dependence on sanctioned oil refined elsewhere. A photo of tankers in the Port of LA is the featured image.

NEW STORY!

As a heat wave hit the West and the price of a gasoline gallon rose sharply, California faced the pain of dependence on climate-warming oil priced by the global market.

As refineries close, the state is getting a lifeline from a surprising source: Fuel imports made from Russian oil. 🧵:

As Prices Climb, California Imports More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil The state’s failure to reduce driving and to stockpile fuel led to dependence on sanctioned oil refined elsewhere.

This was foreseeable.

In 2000, when gasoline prices hit a record, California recommended several steps it could have taken to lessen dependence on foreign oil sources.

The state didn't act.

Full story here: capitalandmain.com/as-prices-cl...

Refined fuels made from Russian oil could continue flowing to California “as long as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed," funding its Ukraine war.

CA depends on gasoline from abroad because no U.S. pipelines bring fuel here. But until now, the crude sources of these imports received no scrutiny.

Through a sanctions loophole, the U.S. imports fuel made from Russian crude oil refined elsewhere. California’s top foreign refinery supplier of gasoline is the Reliance Industries refinery in western India, whose biggest oil supplier since 2022 has been Russia. Imports correspond w/ gas prices.

Through a sanctions loophole, the U.S. imports fuel made from Russian crude oil refined elsewhere.

California’s top foreign refinery supplier of gasoline is the Reliance Industries refinery in western India, whose biggest oil supplier since 2022 has been Russia.

Imports corresponded w/ gas prices.

Rising electric vehicle use and more efficient gasoline-powered cars led to a drop in demand for gasoline. Refiners say they can't make enough money, so two refineries have closed.

California is now importing refined products from abroad just as the Iran war tightens global crude oil supplies.

A news headline with the following text: The Slick As Prices Climb, California Imports More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil The state’s failure to reduce driving and to stockpile fuel led to dependence on sanctioned oil refined elsewhere. A photo of tankers in the Port of LA is the featured image.

NEW STORY!

As a heat wave hit the West and the price of a gasoline gallon rose sharply, California faced the pain of dependence on climate-warming oil priced by the global market.

As refineries close, the state is getting a lifeline from a surprising source: Fuel imports made from Russian oil. 🧵:

L.A. backs $2.6-billion Convention Center expansion amid major warnings about the cost The Los Angeles City Council on Friday voted 11 to 2 to support the project, despite warnings of the strain it would put on the general fund and city services.

Why did Eunisses vote for this lol www.latimes.com/california/s... (Sept 2025)

How to Verify Bystander Video From the Minneapolis shootings to the Guthrie kidnapping, visual investigation skills are now mandatory. Here's how to do it.

The truth about the killing of Renee Good & Alex Pretti by US immigration officers would likely have never been known without bystander video. But authenticating user-generated content in the age of context manipulation & AI deepfakes means video verification is a critical skill for journalists.

The coming global food crisis Hunger and even famine are foreseeable consequences of the war on Iran. Now the world must act to shield the poorest from effects that will continue long after the fighting stops

Its worse than you think. The coming global food crisis #TheyDidThis

"This piece by Adam Hanieh is one of the best compact accounts I’ve read of the actual material implications of shutting off shipping through Hormuz. Well worth reading."
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The Strokes at Coachella single handedly keeping rock alive.

Lol same thing they’ve said for however many weeks. bsky.app/profile/ship...

CA hasn’t signed off on a promised deal to help bail out LA if the Olympic Games lose money | LA Local LA is banking on California sharing the financial burden if the Olympics go into the red.

CA hasn’t signed off on a promised deal to help bail out LA if the Olympic Games lose money

Read the Supreme Court’s Shadow Papers (Gift Article) Read 16 pages of internal deliberations from the Supreme Court that the New York Times has obtained, bringing the origins of the court’s “shadow docket” into the light.

The most striking bits of the Shadow Docket docs:

Lots of hand wringing over costs to power plants, not even a mention of the benefits of cutting CO₂ pollution.

Yes, the 5:4 SCOTUS majority doing the fossil industry's bidding, and not even trying to hide it

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Newsom Promised California a Lithium Bonanza. It Still Hasn’t Arrived. Local officials blame environmentalists for long delays, but politics, technology and markets are the culprits.

NEW STORY!

In 2023 @gavinnewsom.bsky.social stood on a vast landscape in Imperial Valley, declaring California's lithium revolution had arrived.

But now the plans are mired by fighting, the feds are trying to kill renewables, and AI, not EVs, reigns. What's next? capitalandmain.com/newsom-promi...

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

Wow. SCOTUS’s “shadow docket” was first established to stop the Clean Power Plan.

It’s remarkable how many assaults on democracy, or at least on established process, over the last decade have served to protect fossil-fuel interests from the energy transition.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Starting to think some are in on it bsky.app/profile/ross...

Trump Extends Sanctions Exemption on Some Russian Oil as High Gas Prices Persist The Trump administration made the announcement hours after Iran said that the Strait of Hormuz was open to commercial ships.

Breaking News: In a sudden reversal, the U.S. is allowing the sale of some Russian oil for an additional month to ease gas prices during the war in Iran.

Russia sanctions *pause* back on
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Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

What to Expect at the Santa Marta Climate Conference Colombia and the Netherlands will host government ministers, scientists, Indigenous peoples, and civil society groups from at least 50 states, determined to work together to figure out a just transiti...

"The Santa Marta conference comes amid unprecedented geopolitical tensions as illegal wars initiated by Israel, the US and Russia have led to surging emissions and energy and food costs, and pushed international justice and multilateralism to the brink of collapse"

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The invaded country also has soldiers…

Weather and the war Articles on high-risk US military options often refer to (a) strike forces to seize Iranian enriched uranium supplies, (b) seizing Kharg Island or (c) seizing Qeshm Island, which at 1,500 sq km is larger than Okinawa and Iwo Jima where some of the fiercest battles of WWII were fought. The Gulf also has unique weather attributes which may preclude these options as the region heats up over the next couple of months given potential damage to equipment and troops. For example: in June as peak temperatures reach 126⁰ F, exposed metal temperatures can reach 160⁰F and vehicle interiors can reach 176⁰ F. These dynamics may explain why the Trump Administration is reportedly looking for a near-term exit and letting the rest of the world figure out what to do about the Strait. No

Hopefully ground invasion of Iran won't happen at this point but if it does, soldiers will be facing insanely hot temperatures

After January 6, the U.S. made the mistake of thinking things would simply return to normal. Even the Jan. 6 prosecutions were slow walked to adhere to pre-Trump norms. But other nations, such as Brazil and perhaps Hungary, are now modeling a different way: bsky.app/profile/elio...

Earth Day sounds cooler in Spanish bsky.app/profile/airr...