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I have a strong interest and a background in air and water quality especially as they affect human health.
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I want to share with you the most important book I have read in a very long time. The book is “The Color of Law” by Richard Rothstein.
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The reason building a domestic electric car manufacturing network made sense is because it could nurture a technology cluster and give battery producers a built-in local market. Destroying it has implications for everything else that uses batteries.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
The Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The reason building a domestic electric car manufacturing network made sense is because it could nurture a technology cluster and give battery producers a built-in local market. Destroying it has implications for everything else that uses batteries.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...
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💬 " I will say this directly: if ‘little green men’ ever cross our border, we will shoot them," says Estonian FM Margus Tsahkna.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
December 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
💬 " I will say this directly: if ‘little green men’ ever cross our border, we will shoot them," says Estonian FM Margus Tsahkna.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
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For some on the right, supporting the advancement of women and minorities has now become a disqualification for being a university president. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Conservative backlash brews over DEI efforts of U-Va.’s next president
Some conservatives criticized the Republican-led board for picking as its next president someone who has overseen diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
For some on the right, supporting the advancement of women and minorities has now become a disqualification for being a university president. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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After Jan 6, the U.S. far right had to find a frame that could distract and shift blame from their election fraud lies. They settled on “censorship” — which made their lying villains into “free speech” heroes, and allowed them to target all of the people and orgs that tried to hold them to account.
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
After Jan 6, the U.S. far right had to find a frame that could distract and shift blame from their election fraud lies. They settled on “censorship” — which made their lying villains into “free speech” heroes, and allowed them to target all of the people and orgs that tried to hold them to account.
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Trump’s attacks on Vineyard Wind are attacks on union jobs and American wallets. This will make our nation weaker, our energy costs higher, and our families less certain about how they’re going to make ends meet.
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trump’s attacks on Vineyard Wind are attacks on union jobs and American wallets. This will make our nation weaker, our energy costs higher, and our families less certain about how they’re going to make ends meet.
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new video up on jd vance youtu.be/zJuikC2nouc?...
J.D. Vance: From Trump Critic to Millennial David Duke
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
new video up on jd vance youtu.be/zJuikC2nouc?...
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the closest parallel we have is the Jim Crow era of terror de jure, authorized by Plessy vs Ferguson (1896)
"separate but equal" did an enormous amount of work (derogatory)
"separate but equal" did an enormous amount of work (derogatory)
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
the closest parallel we have is the Jim Crow era of terror de jure, authorized by Plessy vs Ferguson (1896)
"separate but equal" did an enormous amount of work (derogatory)
"separate but equal" did an enormous amount of work (derogatory)
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3/ immediately comply or comply in the right way immediately you can be manhandled, thrown around, cuffed in public like a criminal and that's fine. This woman was apparently released when the ICE agents confirmed her citizenship. Obviously for some it doens't end there. Some version of this ...
December 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
3/ immediately comply or comply in the right way immediately you can be manhandled, thrown around, cuffed in public like a criminal and that's fine. This woman was apparently released when the ICE agents confirmed her citizenship. Obviously for some it doens't end there. Some version of this ...
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Joint pain supplement recalled nationwide over lead concerns
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Joint pain supplement recalled nationwide over lead concerns
twp.ai
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Joint pain supplement recalled nationwide over lead concerns
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To heat a home: “Most importantly, gas heating can’t beat the efficiency of heat pumps... Even at temperatures below 15F, heat pumps can slash $100’s off the average home’s heating bill in most places in the US” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Column | Burning wood emits more than fossil fuels. Here’s how to build a better fire.
A wood-burning fireplace isn’t great for the planet or your health. But there are things you can do to make your fireplace better.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
To heat a home: “Most importantly, gas heating can’t beat the efficiency of heat pumps... Even at temperatures below 15F, heat pumps can slash $100’s off the average home’s heating bill in most places in the US” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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It’s gorgeous. So glad to see water in the RG.
Standing on the US/Mexico border, in the middle of the Rio Grande, at Santa Elena Canyon. What an impressive place. #Photography #ArtAdventCalendar
December 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s gorgeous. So glad to see water in the RG.
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Sculptor Steven Weitzman placed books under the floorboards of the Barbara Johns statue's self-base (dedicated last week in The Capitol Building) with titles from prominent African American scholars and authors to signify materials the students were missing in their classrooms. 🗃️
December 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Sculptor Steven Weitzman placed books under the floorboards of the Barbara Johns statue's self-base (dedicated last week in The Capitol Building) with titles from prominent African American scholars and authors to signify materials the students were missing in their classrooms. 🗃️
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Kazakhstan was a key node in Russia's sanctions evasion network. Computer hardware exports to Russia jumped from $127,000 in 2021 to $296 mn in 2022.
New export controls now bar Western goods from re-export to Russia and suspend all defense exports for one year.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/f...
New export controls now bar Western goods from re-export to Russia and suspend all defense exports for one year.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/f...
December 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Kazakhstan was a key node in Russia's sanctions evasion network. Computer hardware exports to Russia jumped from $127,000 in 2021 to $296 mn in 2022.
New export controls now bar Western goods from re-export to Russia and suspend all defense exports for one year.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/f...
New export controls now bar Western goods from re-export to Russia and suspend all defense exports for one year.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/f...
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The USA has officially banned ALL new device models of "UAS and UAS critical component parts that are produced in foreign countries" as of today.
Which means this ban extends beyond just DJI.
This will devastate the currently-thriving drone data services market.
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
Which means this ban extends beyond just DJI.
This will devastate the currently-thriving drone data services market.
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
December 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The USA has officially banned ALL new device models of "UAS and UAS critical component parts that are produced in foreign countries" as of today.
Which means this ban extends beyond just DJI.
This will devastate the currently-thriving drone data services market.
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
Which means this ban extends beyond just DJI.
This will devastate the currently-thriving drone data services market.
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
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Btw this is one of the biggest reasons why it’s not as easy as people think to start up independent newsrooms or just be an indie journalist on substack. If you are actually holding powerful and rich people to account, you WILL need legal representation. Not a matter of whether but when
I say that as someone who has started newsrooms from scratch sometimes with two people - if you’re doing your job correctly you will need a lawyer because the first thing rich people do when you write something they don’t like is threaten you legally. It’s cheap for them and expensive for you
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Btw this is one of the biggest reasons why it’s not as easy as people think to start up independent newsrooms or just be an indie journalist on substack. If you are actually holding powerful and rich people to account, you WILL need legal representation. Not a matter of whether but when
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The Supreme Court finally said NO to Donald Trump. Good. Now continue to protect the rule of law and keep it up.
December 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Supreme Court finally said NO to Donald Trump. Good. Now continue to protect the rule of law and keep it up.
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AI is trash. Stop using the abomination machine.
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
AI is trash. Stop using the abomination machine.
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⚡️ An American billionaire went to the front lines near Kupiansk to help evacuate civilians alongside Ukrainian police.
Howard Buffett joined the mission as his foundation’s armored vehicles helped evacuate over 200 civilians from frontline communities in Kharkiv region, National Police reports.
Howard Buffett joined the mission as his foundation’s armored vehicles helped evacuate over 200 civilians from frontline communities in Kharkiv region, National Police reports.
December 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
⚡️ An American billionaire went to the front lines near Kupiansk to help evacuate civilians alongside Ukrainian police.
Howard Buffett joined the mission as his foundation’s armored vehicles helped evacuate over 200 civilians from frontline communities in Kharkiv region, National Police reports.
Howard Buffett joined the mission as his foundation’s armored vehicles helped evacuate over 200 civilians from frontline communities in Kharkiv region, National Police reports.
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I'm a broken record on this but we absolutely do not talk enough about the fact that ~20% of injected CO2 for EOR-CCUS can be microbially converted to methane. coupled with lax MVA regimes, EOR "storage" could easily produce a net increase in GHG emissions!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm a broken record on this but we absolutely do not talk enough about the fact that ~20% of injected CO2 for EOR-CCUS can be microbially converted to methane. coupled with lax MVA regimes, EOR "storage" could easily produce a net increase in GHG emissions!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?
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First up: HOLY SMOKES, we got a live one, a bonafide treatment for ALS! 🧪 🩺 from @washumedicine.bsky.social source.washu.edu/2025/12/new-...
New ALS drug stabilizes decline with a trend toward improved strength, mobility for some
Long-term use of a new drug, toferson, approved by the FDA for a rare genetic form of ALS, delays symptom progression and death and leads to stabilization or improvement in some patients, according to...
source.washu.edu
December 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
First up: HOLY SMOKES, we got a live one, a bonafide treatment for ALS! 🧪 🩺 from @washumedicine.bsky.social source.washu.edu/2025/12/new-...