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“We expect an increase in prevalence as climate change creates warmer weather and drier conditions in some parts of North America.” #wildfires #airpollution #climatecrisis

Smoke-filled skies are new normal for NYC summers, experts warn

Climate change has caused wildfires in Canada to grow more frequent and more intense, which creates a viscous cycle as the blazes pump more carbon into the atmosphere.

gothamist.com

“The bottom line is high prices are going to remain in place.” #energycosts #artificialintelligence #datacenters

Data Centers to Add Billions in Power Costs in 13 States

A power auction conducted by a giant grid operator is expected to add $6.3 billion in additional charges to consumers and businesses because of electricity needs of data centers.

nytimes.com

Humans have long worked to beat the heat, especially in the tropics and in deserts. More and more parts of the world are having to learn the lesson of those strategies. #climatecrisis

Staying Cool: Helpful Hints From History - JSTOR Daily

Take a look back at how others have survived—and thought about—the high heat of summer.

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Avery Hudson @averyhudson.bsky.social · 4w ago

"An unprecedented heat wave had abruptly descended on the Pacific Northwest, and Shandas, a geography professor at Portland State University, understood exactly what that meant: Many of his fellow citizens were about to die." #climatecrisis

Heat Is the Silent Danger for Older Americans

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Brilliant live album! #hurrayfortheriffraff

Live Forever, by Hurray For The Riff Raff

14 track album

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Avery Hudson @averyhudson.bsky.social · last mo.

"Today, nearly 40 percent of homes are within five miles of at least one operational data center, Pew found, and more of them are creeping closer." #ai #datacenters #noisepollution

The Cloud Has Sound: The Unrelenting and Unseen Cost of A.I. Data Centers

nytimes.com

Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · last yr.

"Fuel prices are one of the most visible signs of the economy’s health, and can have an outsize impact on Americans’ wallets." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Note: Data is of 3 a.m. Eastern time and is the average price of regular unleaded gasoline. Source: AAA.

The "freedom ballot" was same strategy used in 1963 where 83,000 Mississippians cast their ballot in the Freedom Vote (when African Americans were denied legal vote). They voted at Sunday church services, beauty parlors, pool halls. See @mhimovement.bsky.social snccdigital.org/events/missi...

Four people stand outside next to box that says vote for freedom ballot box, brick building in background.

AAUP @aaup.org · 3mo ago

“Historically, allowing regimes to collect lists of Jewish people has not boded well for their safety.”

Pennsylvania AAUP Conference@paaaup.bsky.social · 3mo ago

www.highereddive.com/news/penn-wi...

Offline (re)reading: Doktor Faustus

Doktor Faustus - Thomas Mann | S. Fischer Verlage

Auf der Grundlage des Faust-Stoffes hat Thomas Mann in seinem 1947 erschienenen Musiker-Roman eine Parabel für die Verstrickung des Künstlertums in die...

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WTF? "Editors’ Note: May 1, 2026 This article was updated after The Times learned that a remark attributed to Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, was in fact an A.I.-generated summary of his views..." #journalism #ai

Carney Seals a Majority and Remakes Canada’s Liberal Party

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Somebody say puppet! #SergeyBrin #GerelynGilbert-Soto #MAGA www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/u...

It has to be said. There's way too much AI slop on @bsky.app. My first step will be to mute/block any accounts that show up in my timeline sharing AI-generated content. If that doesn't work and I keep getting AI slop via Bluesky, I'll close my account. Life is too short.

"The NYC Solar Schools Program shows what’s possible when we commit, unapologetically, to a just and sustainable future for all of us." - NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani #cleanenergy #solarpower #democraticsocialism

EXCLUSIVE | Mamdani administration powers forward with solar panel push in NYC schools | amNewYork

The Mamdani administration is celebrating a sweeping effort to install solar panels across New York City’s public school system on Thursday with the

amny.com

"The announcement offered no reason for the sudden departure of Mr. Nunes." #devinnunes #truthsocial #trumpregime

Devin Nunes Departs Trump Media After 4 Years as C.E.O.

nytimes.com

"Americans are deeply angry at the constellation of economic forces buffeting them, starting with higher prices and diminished job prospects." #inflation #unemployment #trumpeconomy

Why inflation is the economic problem of the decade

When seemingly one-off events pile up on top of each other, prices get reset across the economy.

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Three-quarters of the U.S. is now dealing with some level of drought or dryness, including most food-producing areas. #climateemergency www.agweb.com/weather/60-u...

"Rates of rotavirus have been steadily increasing since January.... Still, vaccination rates have slipped." #publichealth #cdc

Highly Contagious Stomach Virus Surging In NYC As Vaccination Rates Decline

Symptoms can include frequent vomiting, watery diarrhea and fever, and may last several days or a week.

patch.com

"Since the 2024 presidential election, interest among U.S. citizens in moving abroad has spiked, and Americans left in record numbers last year, many in search of lower living costs." #trumpeconomy #costofliving #standardofliving #emigration

They Went Abroad to Save Money. Moving Back Seems Unaffordable.

nytimes.com

"I think that people, a lot of people, when they call us, they were like, 'Oh my goodness, thank God, I actually got a person to speak to.'" #librarians

NYC's 'Human Google' Offers Help In An AI World

From oddball questions to deep research, NYC librarians say human expertise remains in steady demand.

patch.com

“It has been a big inconvenience for the neighborhood and it has not made anything safer.” #columbiauniversity

Columbia University gates still closed 2 years after major protests, frustrating residents

Locals say the closure is a big inconvenience, and businesses say foot traffic is down.

gothamist.com

Science Magazine@science.org · 4mo ago

"The Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average." #climatecrisis

Iceland—previously the only Arctic nation without mosquitoes—no longer holds that distinction. "The detection of mosquitoes just north of Reykjavík in 2025 reflects an ecological shift already underway," write Amanda M. Koltz and Lauren E. Culler in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4tg86pJ

"Mosquitoes in Iceland are more than a curiosity or future annoyance. They are a warning …" - Amanda M. Koltz and Lauren E. Culler

In other words, "Just give us a blank check."

White House Declines to Offer Congress an Estimate of Iran War Cost

nytimes.com

Commonsense guidance from AP Stylebook: " 'boots on the ground' - Avoid this jargony term, often used by U.S. politicians. It can be used in quotes."

"The price of regular gasoline in the United States jumped 25 percent from February to March, the highest monthly percentage increase on record." #inflation #trumpwars

A Record Jump in U.S. Gasoline Prices Is Squeezing Consumers

nytimes.com

Offline Reading: Samuel Johnson - A Dictionary of the English Language: an Anthology, ed. David Crystal

A Dictionary of the English Language: an Anthology

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by quoting from Shakespeare and other great writers. Johnson's was the dictionary used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, Wordsworth and Coleridge, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This new edition, edited by David Crystal, will contain a selection from the original, offering memorable passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics.

penguin.co.uk