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One day we’ll look back on this as one of the stupidest things we’ve done.
California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
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November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
One day we’ll look back on this as one of the stupidest things we’ve done.
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This is our moment to build a mighty wave of #resistance and urgency that can bring about the change we need and restore the values we know are necessary to a government that works for all of us—and not just a privileged few. - Kim Villanueva, National NOW President
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November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is our moment to build a mighty wave of #resistance and urgency that can bring about the change we need and restore the values we know are necessary to a government that works for all of us—and not just a privileged few. - Kim Villanueva, National NOW President
now.org/media-center...
now.org/media-center...
Poem for our Earth spoken by Jane Goodall.
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“What happened when we all stopped” narrated by Jane Goodall
YouTube video by TED-Ed
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October 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Poem for our Earth spoken by Jane Goodall.
youtu.be/gX0HOy8Pi54?...
youtu.be/gX0HOy8Pi54?...
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The Supreme Court Just Took Constitutional Rights Away From 60 Million People
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The Supreme Court Just Took Constitutional Rights Away From 60 Million People
YouTube video by Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk
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September 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Supreme Court Just Took Constitutional Rights Away From 60 Million People
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HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)?
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Big tech’s selective disclosure masks AI’s real climate impact
Google claims to have disclosed new information proving its own efficiency. But it has hidden the bigger picture. Guess what: I’ve got the bigger picture for you right here in this big old po…
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August 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)?
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
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Big tech’s selective disclosure masks AI’s real climate impact
'Regions with high data centre concentration are seeing accelerated growth in power demand that incentivises fossil fuels, either slowing down climate progress or reversing it entirely.’
'Regions with high data centre concentration are seeing accelerated growth in power demand that incentivises fossil fuels, either slowing down climate progress or reversing it entirely.’
August 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Big tech’s selective disclosure masks AI’s real climate impact
'Regions with high data centre concentration are seeing accelerated growth in power demand that incentivises fossil fuels, either slowing down climate progress or reversing it entirely.’
'Regions with high data centre concentration are seeing accelerated growth in power demand that incentivises fossil fuels, either slowing down climate progress or reversing it entirely.’
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So much for nuclear power in a warming world
Swarm of jellyfish forces shutdown at French nuclear power plant
Scientists say warmer waters in the North Sea due to climate change have created conditions allowing jellyfish to thrive and reproduce.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Swarm of jellyfish forces shutdown at French nuclear power plant
Scientists say warmer waters in the North Sea due to climate change have created conditions allowing jellyfish to thrive and reproduce.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Swarm of jellyfish forces shutdown at French nuclear power plant
Warmer waters in the North Sea due to climate change have created conditions allowing jellyfish to thrive and reproduce.
www.aljazeera.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
So much for nuclear power in a warming world
Swarm of jellyfish forces shutdown at French nuclear power plant
Scientists say warmer waters in the North Sea due to climate change have created conditions allowing jellyfish to thrive and reproduce.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Swarm of jellyfish forces shutdown at French nuclear power plant
Scientists say warmer waters in the North Sea due to climate change have created conditions allowing jellyfish to thrive and reproduce.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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As more and more government information disappears, we're glad to see @archive.org (which has done so much already to preserve our online history) become an official Federal Depository Library!
www.engadget.com/general/inte...
www.engadget.com/general/inte...
Internet Archive is now an official US government document library
The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library government network.
www.engadget.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
As more and more government information disappears, we're glad to see @archive.org (which has done so much already to preserve our online history) become an official Federal Depository Library!
www.engadget.com/general/inte...
www.engadget.com/general/inte...
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Wondering why #altgovs are changing their banners to show support for EPA?
EPA civil servants drafted a public Declaration of Dissent to their Administrator, Lee Zeldin, imploring he recommits to protecting Americans people and environment. Read here: www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
EPA civil servants drafted a public Declaration of Dissent to their Administrator, Lee Zeldin, imploring he recommits to protecting Americans people and environment. Read here: www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
July 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Wondering why #altgovs are changing their banners to show support for EPA?
EPA civil servants drafted a public Declaration of Dissent to their Administrator, Lee Zeldin, imploring he recommits to protecting Americans people and environment. Read here: www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
EPA civil servants drafted a public Declaration of Dissent to their Administrator, Lee Zeldin, imploring he recommits to protecting Americans people and environment. Read here: www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...
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This is a good way to think about this: Assume it's 1980 and instead of 4 hours of warning, Kerr County only had 2. Could the county with the 2 hours of warning and the tech avail at the time (which all exists today) have used that info, time and tools to prevent loss of life?
Yes. They could.
Yes. They could.
July 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is a good way to think about this: Assume it's 1980 and instead of 4 hours of warning, Kerr County only had 2. Could the county with the 2 hours of warning and the tech avail at the time (which all exists today) have used that info, time and tools to prevent loss of life?
Yes. They could.
Yes. They could.
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Apparently, sets of #nuclear reactors dotted around the country presents a significant security risk. Who knew ?
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/consp...
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/consp...
‘Conspicuous’ SMRs need fresh police funding model, security expert warns | New Civil Engineer
This month’s Spending Review saw the government commit to building the country’s first SMRs – small, efficiently deployable nuclear reactors. While the
www.newcivilengineer.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Apparently, sets of #nuclear reactors dotted around the country presents a significant security risk. Who knew ?
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/consp...
www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/consp...
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PEN America: “The House’s vote to gut federal funding for NPR and PBS is a politically motivated move that betrays the millions of Americans who rely on public media."
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas...
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas...
U.S. House Vote Gutting NPR and PBS Betrays Millions of Americans Who Rely on Public Media - PEN America
“The House’s vote to gut federal funding for NPR and PBS is a politically motivated move that betrays the millions of Americans who rely on public media. If enacted, this rescission package would deva...
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June 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
PEN America: “The House’s vote to gut federal funding for NPR and PBS is a politically motivated move that betrays the millions of Americans who rely on public media."
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas...
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas...
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And from @mollytaft.com:
AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, research published Thursday in the journal Joule shows. That demand from AI, the research states, could double by the end of this year.
AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, research published Thursday in the journal Joule shows. That demand from AI, the research states, could double by the end of this year.
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
www.wired.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
And from @mollytaft.com:
AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, research published Thursday in the journal Joule shows. That demand from AI, the research states, could double by the end of this year.
AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, research published Thursday in the journal Joule shows. That demand from AI, the research states, could double by the end of this year.
Bridget “Biddy” Mason
midwife, nurse, veterinarian, philanthropist, CA landowner & real estate entrepreneur.
Founded: Traveler’s Aid Center, Elementary School, First African Methodist Episcopal Church of LA.
There's a Biddy Mason Park in downtown LA.
#Juneteenth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_M...
midwife, nurse, veterinarian, philanthropist, CA landowner & real estate entrepreneur.
Founded: Traveler’s Aid Center, Elementary School, First African Methodist Episcopal Church of LA.
There's a Biddy Mason Park in downtown LA.
#Juneteenth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_M...
Biddy Mason - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Bridget “Biddy” Mason
midwife, nurse, veterinarian, philanthropist, CA landowner & real estate entrepreneur.
Founded: Traveler’s Aid Center, Elementary School, First African Methodist Episcopal Church of LA.
There's a Biddy Mason Park in downtown LA.
#Juneteenth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_M...
midwife, nurse, veterinarian, philanthropist, CA landowner & real estate entrepreneur.
Founded: Traveler’s Aid Center, Elementary School, First African Methodist Episcopal Church of LA.
There's a Biddy Mason Park in downtown LA.
#Juneteenth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_M...
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NEW: For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. WIRED went through hundreds of records that reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Terrorists
For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.
www.wired.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NEW: For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. WIRED went through hundreds of records that reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
Unpaywalled as part of our FOIA-based coverage.
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The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre
It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.
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June 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
When Art meets politics & censorship.
The Public Works of Art Project employed thousands of depression-era artists who beautified public buildings.
The Public Works of Art Project employed thousands of depression-era artists who beautified public buildings.
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San Francisco State University professor emeritus of history Robert W. Cherny spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about the Coit Tower murals and his new book on their creation, controversies and legacy.
San Francisco State University professor emeritus of history Robert W. Cherny spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about the Coit Tower murals and his new book on their creation, controversies and legacy.
The Controversial History of the Coit Tower Murals
KQED's Forum · Episode
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June 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When Art meets politics & censorship.
The Public Works of Art Project employed thousands of depression-era artists who beautified public buildings.
The Public Works of Art Project employed thousands of depression-era artists who beautified public buildings.
90,000 tons of radioactive nuclear waste is stored in the US. And 94 nuclear reactors are generating more.
There's 90,000 tons of #nuclear waste in the US. How and where is it stored?
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
There's 90,000 tons of nuclear waste in the US. How and where is it stored?
The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will continue, probably for many years to come.
www.livescience.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
90,000 tons of radioactive nuclear waste is stored in the US. And 94 nuclear reactors are generating more.
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Setting a crucial precedent, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that consumers can sue national or multinational companies in the consumers’ home courts if those companies violate state data privacy laws.
Ninth Circuit Hands Users A Big Win: Californians Can Sue Out-of-State Corporations That Violate State Privacy Laws
Setting a crucial precedent, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling held that consumers can sue national or multinational companies in the consumers’ home courts if those companies violate state data...
www.eff.org
May 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Setting a crucial precedent, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that consumers can sue national or multinational companies in the consumers’ home courts if those companies violate state data privacy laws.
it doesn't matter what you wear
just as long as you are there...
just as long as you are there...
May 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
it doesn't matter what you wear
just as long as you are there...
just as long as you are there...
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EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
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US Jury orders Chevron to pay more than $744m for destroying Louisiana wetlands.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jury orders Chevron to pay more than $744m for destroying Louisiana wetlands
Verdict marks end of the first trial of 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years ago, alleging firm’s projects destroyed the regions
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
US Jury orders Chevron to pay more than $744m for destroying Louisiana wetlands.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...