A federal court says the Trump admin improperly terminated $20B in "green bank" funds — a big win for the nonprofit groups fighting to restore clean-energy and climate lending. But a likely Supreme Court appeal may delay them from getting their money: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli... #energysky

Court rules against Trump EPA’s freeze of $20B in ‘green bank’ funds

A federal appeals court finds the EPA acted improperly in terminating grants to boost clean energy projects. The Trump administration may appeal to the…

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Federal judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against Colorado over voter rolls

Federal judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against Colorado over voter rolls

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department failed to justify access to unredacted Colorado voter records and dismissed a lawsuit with prejudice

coloradosun.com

Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...

Out Now! "Storytelling Sovereignty: Indigenous Peoples and the Media" edited by Cristina L. Azocar and Meta G. Carstarphen helps readers not only understand Indigenous-produced media but also why it is so vital and a crucial contribution to the field. www.oupress.com/978080619718...

We need Congress to act. Let's hold scammers AND the tech corporations that enable online scams accountable. Read more from the Consumer Federation of America: https://consumerfed.org/news/reports/the-scam-economy/

Looks like fun

Yorkshire Dales National Park@yorkshiredales.org.uk · 2d ago

Park Rash is one of the more challenging road passes in the Dales, located above Kettlewell in Upper Wharfedale. The road climbs westward over the moorland between Buckden Pike and Great Whernside before descending into Coverdale 🚴 📸 Wendy McDonnell | #YorkshireDales #TuesdayThoughts

Washington has gone nuts. They about to confirm Blanch as Attorney General even though under his leadership the Justice Department was found to have perpetuated a fraud upon a Federal Court. Shouldn’t his perpetuating a fraud on the courts disqualify him any position of trust, let alone the AG.

A lot of people seem to have forgotten that the court issued an order regarding the so-called settlement. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207...

we've seen the future, and in it, you are hired.

Virginia just officially defined agrivoltaics. Here’s why that’s a big deal for solar-plus-farming projects.

Virginia lays groundwork to combine more solar with farming

A new state law aims to spur agrivoltaics projects where crops or livestock thrive amid solar panels, as AI power demand booms and concerns about farmland…

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Latin America's first primarily solar-powered passenger train, the Tren Solar de la Quebrada, has spent two years carrying travelers through Argentina's UNESCO-listed Humahuaca Canyon. Full story ➡️ https://electrek.co/...

Bearapalooza Weekend!

Interesting. I was not aware of that illustration when I wrote "The Biker" story about a headless ghost, which was published by the Boulder Camera October 25, 1992. foolscap-quill.com/Biker_scan.pdf A text version of the story can be found at: darlenecypser.com/biker.html 👻 #SpookySunday

#SpookySunday An inventive twist on the headless horseman, Lionel Feininger, 1898, has instead illustrated a headless cyclist using his skull as a lamp. Be seen & be safe! Or in this case, be scared!

There is nothing so deceptive as an obvious faction.

“Researchers, doctors and patients said that these prediction markets threaten to undermine the drug development process…. “Turning loose a betting market in an ongoing randomized clinical trial really is a breach of scientific conduct,” Dr. Robert Califf [a former F.D.A. commissioner] said.”

Should You Be Able to Bet on Drug Trials?

Prediction markets on Kalshi and Polymarket now let people wager money on drug approvals. Kalshi also plans to allow bets on clinical trial results.

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Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie https://www.wikiart.org/en/albert-bierstadt/storm-in-the-rocky-mountains-mt-rosalie-1869

Give it to me!

Paul Cezanne@cezanne.bsky.social · 3d ago

Melting Snow. Fontainbleau, 1880 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12238

ICYMI, the Trump Administration will end a program that has lowered Medicare Part D drug plan prices for 25 million Americans. This comes *on top of* a higher out-of-pocker drug costs and 10% higher Medicare Part B premiums. Here's what you need to know: https://ow.ly/eabj50Zv6Qt

The Trump administration's move to end subsidies for Medicare drug plans could cost consumers

Federal subsidies that have helped defray insurers' Medicare drug costs will disappear at the end of the year. Millions of beneficiaries could face higher premiums in 2027.

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My story on prediction market wildfire wagers exposed the gamification of natural disasters.

I used to ignore prediction markets. Then I learned people were betting on wildfires - High Country News

My story on prediction market wildfire wagers exposed the gamification of natural disasters.

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13. Hence our dismal conclusion: rather than finding that LLMs free us to do a better job of what we were doing before they came along, they shift scientific incentives (and the playing field of academic competition) in ways that compel us to do more and more, faster and faster, less and less well.

1. We—@eduede.bsky.social, @mjcrockett.bsky.social, Kevin Gross, and I—have a new preprint on the arXiv today, based on ideas that emerged during an @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in November 2024: The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science.

The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science

As a labor-augmenting technology, large language models (LLMs) have the potential to accelerate scientific activity across the research pipeline. But even if LLMs perform on par with human experts at ...

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What some people don't get is how much of a nuisance the internal combustion engine is. It has to have fuel. Then you have to turn the engine & ignited the fuel. So they added a battery & a an alternator to recharge the battery. Then you have to keep it from overheating so you add a cooling system.

The American Librarian C.A. Cutter looks forward from 1883 to “the library of the future” in 1983, where the librarians wear slippers and a “little car” delivers books to your desk. Dreams might still come true... publicdomainreview.org/collection/t...

ℹ️ Weekend Info ℹ️ 🚄 Please use public transport 🔥 Please do not light fires or barbecues. Try buying food locally. 🌊 Be water aware and stay safe around rivers, streams and lakes ​​ Have a good weekend, and stay safe. Thank you. 📸 Reluctant Explorers

In 2025, New York City's budget was $112.4 billion. Also in 2025, Americans lost a total of $148.2 billion to online scams. We need Congress to act. Let's hold scammers AND the tech corporations that enable these scams accountable.

What exactly has she been up to in the woods at sunset?

Childe Hassam@chassam.bsky.social · 5d ago

At Sunset https://www.wikiart.org/en/childe-hassam/at-sunset

The Johnson-O'Malley fund serves more than 100,000 Oklahoma students. Its budget is about $64 per student. New tribal recognitions could add thousands more eligible students without any new money to go with them. https://ow.ly/WllY50ZuSJl

Ever wonder about the salmon dialogue? What the hell are you doing, Joe? Flinging myself in the air to get over the waterfall. Why? That's where all the girls are going. Oh. Wait! Joe watch out for that -- Bear! Oh, Joe!

Iran struck Amazon data centers again amid widening war, satellites show "Satellites show burn scars and fires at AWS data centers and Saudi oil refinery..." #Iran #SaudiArabia #Amazon arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

Iran struck Amazon data centers again amid widening war, satellites show

Satellites show burn scars and fires at AWS data centers and Saudi oil refinery.

arstechnica.com