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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13h

Solar & wind met 109% of new electricity demand, globally, in the first half of 2025.

Renewables are handling all new demand & are inexorably moving beyond, to chip away at the FF foundation.

Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember

Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 11h

Jeff Bezos might have built a spaceship, but indie bookstores build and nurture whole communities and that is *way* more impressive and valuable.

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Lil O 🇺🇦🌻 @lilobri.bsky.social · 7h

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‘For the Defense Ministry, people are garbage’ Why thousands of Russian soldiers are deserting — Meduza

Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, at least 50,000 Russian soldiers have fled the army, according to leaked Defense Ministry documents from 2024. Now, in the war’s fourth year, court...

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‘Another pointless interview’ A report from Russia’s Astrakhan region, where the climate crisis and government indifference are accelerating a once-lush ecosystem’s desertification — Meduza

Astrakhan is famous throughout Russia for its watermelons and produce, but it could soon be known instead as a lifeless desert. That prognosis might sound alarmist, but the once-flourishing region is ...

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11h

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 19h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Lil O 🇺🇦🌻 @lilobri.bsky.social · 7h

The Geopolitical Context of Trump's War on America: Video and Essay
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The Geopolitical Context of Trump's War on America: Video and Essay

Autocratic "Multipolarity" and the Destruction of the US as a Superpower

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 1d

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Lil O 🇺🇦🌻 @lilobri.bsky.social · 10h

These Horrific Numbers Show the Scale of Israel's Genocide in Gaza Two Years On
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These Horrific Numbers Show the Scale of Israel's Genocide in Gaza Two Years On

The figures speak for themselves.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Sickening.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

we charge our hyundai ioniq 5 around once every two to three weeks at a muncipal charger and i’d say it runs about $9 for 250 miles of range.

How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State

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Lil O 🇺🇦🌻 @lilobri.bsky.social · 13h

Did they run crying back to their puppy-killer 'boss'?

Lil O 🇺🇦🌻 @lilobri.bsky.social · 14h

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This is awesome

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call634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 13h

The Onion, FTW.

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 13h

Well, here we are.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Blake Montgomery @montgomery.bsky.social · 14h

"The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one" apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h

This is an important point.

Everyone one of these people has been asked to leave their home, their family, and their job to work without pay bc of the shutdown. We're better off thinking of ways to make this backfire on Abbott than to treat them poorly.

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 1d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.