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kindness makes me cry @cpep@mstdn.science (mastodon) She/Her or They/Them My fuking choice.
Miller's performance--from his defiance to the bulging shoulders stretching his dress shirt taut--is for the enjoyment of the violent misogynists Trump & the Tate brothers mobilized into a voting bloc. They've boiled masculinity down to one simple proposition: the use & abuse of women & girls.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h agoWhat a surprise, the alleged abuser was jacking himself up on testosterone.
Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.
A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US
Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…
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What amazes me about this is the group pathology of Trump and Musk world. It would take minutes to explain to a 5-year old that dumping water on farmland 100 miles and a mountain range away from a fire does not put out the fire. Yet they insisted. bsky.app/profile/ella...
Ella Nilsen@ellanilsen.bsky.social · last yr.NEW: Fresh details on the chaos leading up to the WH ordering the US Army Corps to release billions of gallons of water from 2 CA dams in Jan. Included DOGE reps demanding to “turn on the pumps” themselves at a federal water plant, while getting their picture taken. www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/c...
Harrowing stuff here: "'What time is it busiest in the FSU student union,' he asked next." "ChatGPT described specific activities and locations and said the busiest periods included 'weekday lunchtimes, typically between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.'"
Mark Follman@markfollman.bsky.social · 24h agoMy new investigation into a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT reveals numerous red flags—and some very disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before his attack on Florida State University www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 1x 🧵
President Trump and OK Gov Stitt are trying to put a $4 billion aluminum smelter on the Muscogee Reservation. But the tribe opposes the project–which would pollute the air, contaminate water, harm wildlife, and disrupt the energy grid. www.kosu.org/muscogee-nat...
Muscogee Nation opposes Inola smelter intended within reservation
The Muscogee National Council unanimously approved a resolution Saturday opposing aluminum smelters, including a large, controversial project intended for Inola.
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THE $168 BILLION WAS TAKEN ILLEGALLY AND THE GOVERNMENT DIDN’T WANT TO GIVE IT BACK. Kill me I’ve wasted my life.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h agoBessent: "Here at the Treasury, I had $168 billion of tariff revenues that we're gonna have to refund. So when the Democrats scream, "Oh, the refunds should go back to the American people!', well, the American people had it, it was in the Treasury and it was paying down the debt."
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Moderna begins first human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine
Moderna on Tuesday said it has begun its first human trial of an experimental vaccine to protect against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, a strain of Ebola that has killed more than 1,650 people so far and cu...
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Trump administration mounts second attempt to relax offshore Arctic drilling rules, reports Yereth Rosen for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/08/04/t...
Trump administration mounts second attempt to relax offshore Arctic drilling rules | Alaska Beacon
The administration is seeking to change safety rules for oil operations in Arctic waters off Alaska, where development projects have stalled,
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I wrote about the Trojan horse, and what we can learn from her mouth about different cultural attitudes towards deception and violence. As someone comments below, the phrase GIFT ARTICLE is pretty scary in this context.
Chris Suellentrop@suellentrop.bsky.social · 24h agoTurns out @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social knows a lot about ancient epics www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
An Israeli strike destroyed two major medicine warehouses in Deir al-Balah, the latest Israeli attack on Gaza's failing health system. Gaza’s Health Ministry says medicine shortages are now killing three cancer patients a day. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/sile... #Palestine #Israel
‘Silent extermination’: Israel bombs medicine stores in Gaza, worsening the Strip’s dire healthcare crisis
An Israeli strike destroyed two major medicine warehouses in Deir al-Balah, the latest Israeli attack on Gaza’s failing health system. Gaza’s Health Ministry says medicine shortages are now killing...
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Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
The World Health Organization called Tuesday for more support across the board to combat the Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is still outpacing response efforts. u.afp.com/SH5r
Check this CBC page for live updates on the wildfire situation in BC.
Estimated 230 homes destroyed by fire near Vernon, Okanagan Indian Band chief says | CBC
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“.. Trump has leveraged his control of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been subject to.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
IRAN HAS SIGNALED IT IS WILLING TO REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BUT IS DEMANDING THE RIGHT TO COLLECT TRANSIT FEES, SECURITY GUARANTEES AGAINST FUTURE ATTACKS, AN END TO THE U.S. NAVAL BLOCKADE AND RELIEF FROM U.S. OIL SANCTIONS. - WSJ
A combined 100,000+ people with past felony convictions have either already gained or will soon gain voting rights in Missouri and Virginia, which both have elections today. More: boltsmag.org/gop-run-miss... boltsmag.org/virginia-gov...
CBS confirms that Jeanine Pirro's big white box has all the evidence that the reflecting pool was Trump's contractor's fault. Which will be of interest for @normeisen.bsky.social, just so he can make sure he gets it all. 🤣 www.cbsnews.com/news/pirro-b...
Pirro brought box of evidence to show Trump what caused Reflecting Pool damage
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro was seen with a large box as she left the White House Monday after her meeting with President Trump.
cbsnews.com
Nearly 5 years ago, I prayed I was done writing about COVID. But MAGA can't let it go. Why? Any expert - even Fauci - is a threat to their world view of white supremacy. So they wave the bloody shirt of 2020 because they think it will win them 2026 My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Why we’re still fighting over COVID-19 | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, can Kamala Harris pull a Nixon-style comeback?
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After relaxation of #COVID19 restrictions in Japan, #KawasakiDisease incidence rebounded, with the largest changes in children aged 5 to 9 years and the smallest changes in infants. ja.ma/3Ub4xnU
Wired: Become ungovernable Inspired: Become unintended but inevitable
David Blanchflower BSc@davidbflower.bsky.social · yesterdayIt's not intended to collide with the Moon but became inevitable. According to the article won't be visible to 'ordinary' people. If you're an ordinary person with a telescope you've got a chance. Will be in daylight for me, and the impact is predicted right on the Moons limb(rim).
Slotkin tells me on Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens, “the most important thing is putting a check and balance on Donald Trump, so I will support whoever wins.”
Expecting Trump’s personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, to act in the best interest of the U.S. as AG isn’t optimism — it’s weaponized self-delusion.
The final version of our article is available at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Monocarboxylate transporter 2 regulates maintenance of myelin and axonal integrity by oligodendrocytes - Nature Communications
Metabolic determinants of white matter integrity remain elusive. Here, the authors show downregulation of MCT2 in oligodendrocytes in progressive MS, and then demonstrate its role in myelin maintenanc...
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The forgotten captives of the war in Iran: sailors trapped in the Persian Gulf Thousands of civilian workers remain stranded on ships at risk of attack by Iran. On one vessel, sailors have been held by the Iranian navy for more than three months. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Sailors Working in Strait of Hormuz Are Caught in Crossfire of Iran War (Gift Article)
Thousands of civilian workers remain stranded on ships at risk of attack by Iran. On one vessel, sailors have been held by the Iranian navy for more than three months.
nytimes.com
on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...
Wounded whale crying over my city again. Air raid siren alert is on in Kyiv. Drone threat
Aerial photos show destruction by wildfires in Spokane. Three wildfires have destroyed more than 700 structures and forced tens of thousands to flee to safety.
