Douglas Main
@dmain.bsky.social
Environmental journalist, writer, artist, naturalist. Bylines: The Guardian, The Atlantic, NYT, Tech Review. Former senior writer/editor at Nat Geo.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
procrastination is like: I could do the stuff I have to do, or I could read the wikipedia page about Muammar Gadaffi for no particular reason ... okay let's definitely do the latter
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
procrastination is like: I could do the stuff I have to do, or I could read the wikipedia page about Muammar Gadaffi for no particular reason ... okay let's definitely do the latter
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1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
oligarchwatch.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1. EXCLUSIVE
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Collusus, using Chinese-made transformers, a security risk that leaves it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage
The use of Chinese components was previously unreported
Collusus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military
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If there's one thing the mainstream news media love to overlook, it's the impact of the mainstream news media. The petite Tea Party in all its elite-backed astroturfiness was hailed like a sacred comet; the historically huge No Kings was played down by the NY Times, among other publications.
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If there's one thing the mainstream news media love to overlook, it's the impact of the mainstream news media. The petite Tea Party in all its elite-backed astroturfiness was hailed like a sacred comet; the historically huge No Kings was played down by the NY Times, among other publications.
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This is partly bc Mike Johnson is a shithole, and partly bc Trump has domesticated and threatened even the right wingers, but Stephen Miller has to be a significant part of this, bc he's an even bigger asshole than all the others.
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is partly bc Mike Johnson is a shithole, and partly bc Trump has domesticated and threatened even the right wingers, but Stephen Miller has to be a significant part of this, bc he's an even bigger asshole than all the others.
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Studies in the US show similar benefits...win, win, win
Three years of results from farm operations combined with solar arrays in France indicate microclimate control, increased crop yields, animal comfort, and reduced evaporation
France agrivoltaics trials show early crop and livestock gains
Data from agrivoltaic canopy trials in France, developed by energy producer TSE and the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), indicate measurable temper...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Studies in the US show similar benefits...win, win, win
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Utterly indefensible
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Utterly indefensible
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well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
I just want to look away from news like this but I think we must not
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study
Droughts and heatwaves causing water in some areas to reach 41C, killing fish and endangered dolphins, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I just want to look away from news like this but I think we must not
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump giving a warmer welcome to Zohran than the leadership of the Democratic party is ... incredible
I genuinely think one reason is that Trump knows the guy is a winner
OFC lots of theatrics here, but it is what it is
I genuinely think one reason is that Trump knows the guy is a winner
OFC lots of theatrics here, but it is what it is
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Trump giving a warmer welcome to Zohran than the leadership of the Democratic party is ... incredible
I genuinely think one reason is that Trump knows the guy is a winner
OFC lots of theatrics here, but it is what it is
I genuinely think one reason is that Trump knows the guy is a winner
OFC lots of theatrics here, but it is what it is
any entomologists on here know what type of insects these might be? And what they’re up to?
Filmed today, in Finger Lakes area, above a field. I’m surprised that they are so active given that it has started to get down to the mid 20s (F) at night. Some kind of stonefly?
Filmed today, in Finger Lakes area, above a field. I’m surprised that they are so active given that it has started to get down to the mid 20s (F) at night. Some kind of stonefly?
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
any entomologists on here know what type of insects these might be? And what they’re up to?
Filmed today, in Finger Lakes area, above a field. I’m surprised that they are so active given that it has started to get down to the mid 20s (F) at night. Some kind of stonefly?
Filmed today, in Finger Lakes area, above a field. I’m surprised that they are so active given that it has started to get down to the mid 20s (F) at night. Some kind of stonefly?
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Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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#UPDATE: A fourth Indiana Senate Republican has experienced a swatting attempt amid the legislature's contentious mid-decade redistricting fight. www.indystar.com/story/…
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
#UPDATE: A fourth Indiana Senate Republican has experienced a swatting attempt amid the legislature's contentious mid-decade redistricting fight. www.indystar.com/story/…
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Remember how, during Trump’s first impeachment, it became clear there was an entire server full of extremely incriminating calls between Trump and foreign leaders - and Pelosi literally killed efforts to get that server because she preferred a “quick, narrow” impeachment that would be “simple”?
Scoop: Rep. Eugene Vindman knows what Trump said on a 2019 call with the Saudi Crown Prince about Jamal Khashoggi's killing, and his effort to make it public is about to rachet up.
Tomorrow, Vindman will appear alongside Khossoggi's widow to call on Trump to release the transcript
Tomorrow, Vindman will appear alongside Khossoggi's widow to call on Trump to release the transcript
Exclusive: Congressman Plans New Push For Trump-MBS Transcript
Rep. Eugene Vindman will appear with Jamal Khashoggi's widow to push for release of a "shocking" transcript between Trump and MBS
time.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Remember how, during Trump’s first impeachment, it became clear there was an entire server full of extremely incriminating calls between Trump and foreign leaders - and Pelosi literally killed efforts to get that server because she preferred a “quick, narrow” impeachment that would be “simple”?
This, taking place the UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil, is a bit on the nose.
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This, taking place the UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil, is a bit on the nose.
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How upside down is our world? The White House occupant thinks elected public servants who say the military should not follow illegal orders are "punishable by death." We exactly need public servants to speak out against illegal orders and not be cowed by a man who despises our Constitution.
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
How upside down is our world? The White House occupant thinks elected public servants who say the military should not follow illegal orders are "punishable by death." We exactly need public servants to speak out against illegal orders and not be cowed by a man who despises our Constitution.
Seems like a lot of this country’s leaders deserve to have sandwiches lobbed in their general direction
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Seems like a lot of this country’s leaders deserve to have sandwiches lobbed in their general direction
A favorite tool for assessing where a given congressperson stands: the League of Conservation Voters scorecard.
These scores speak volumes about somebody’s priorities.
(This is not news — been going since 1970 — but I’m sometimes surprised it isn’t better known.)
www.lcv.org/congressiona...
These scores speak volumes about somebody’s priorities.
(This is not news — been going since 1970 — but I’m sometimes surprised it isn’t better known.)
www.lcv.org/congressiona...
Members of Congress
Search scores and voting records of members of Congress on environmental and democracy legislation from LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.
www.lcv.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A favorite tool for assessing where a given congressperson stands: the League of Conservation Voters scorecard.
These scores speak volumes about somebody’s priorities.
(This is not news — been going since 1970 — but I’m sometimes surprised it isn’t better known.)
www.lcv.org/congressiona...
These scores speak volumes about somebody’s priorities.
(This is not news — been going since 1970 — but I’m sometimes surprised it isn’t better known.)
www.lcv.org/congressiona...
Very disappointing to see Josh Riley on this list.
Lives in progressive Ithaca, seems like a genuinely good dude (as politicians go), first-term Rep who just unseated the GOP incumbent. Why vote like this???
Lives in progressive Ithaca, seems like a genuinely good dude (as politicians go), first-term Rep who just unseated the GOP incumbent. Why vote like this???
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Very disappointing to see Josh Riley on this list.
Lives in progressive Ithaca, seems like a genuinely good dude (as politicians go), first-term Rep who just unseated the GOP incumbent. Why vote like this???
Lives in progressive Ithaca, seems like a genuinely good dude (as politicians go), first-term Rep who just unseated the GOP incumbent. Why vote like this???
let’s go Illinois !!!
Andrej Stojakovic up to 21-points now and leading an Illini comeback. He can't be stopped and continues to attack the basket.
Alabama 64
Illinois 62
Alabama 64
Illinois 62
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 AM
let’s go Illinois !!!
Running outside is the best. It always makes me feel better, and then I sometimes forget that it always make me feel better... some unhelpful cognitive mechanism at play.
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Running outside is the best. It always makes me feel better, and then I sometimes forget that it always make me feel better... some unhelpful cognitive mechanism at play.