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“The military sense of baptism of fire can be found in, among other texts, a 1907 history of a Massachusetts regiment in the Civil War: > That night we camped sixteen miles from Baton Rouge where we remained until the 21st, on which day we received our baptism of fire. … (1/3)

Word of the Day: Baptism Of Fire

The military sense of baptism of fire can be found in, among other texts, a 1907 history of a Massachusetts regiment in the Civil War: 'That night we camped sixteen miles from Baton Rouge where we

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“[USA-Saudi war on Iran] has helped Saudi Aramco to a ⁠44% rise in ​net profits to $32.69bn in ​the three ​months ​ending on ​30 June, despite disruption in ‌the strait of Hormuz, owing to higher ​sales revenue for refined and chemical products and crude oil.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

BP boss urges Burnham to prioritise UK oil and gas even as firm exits North Sea

Meg O’Neill says ‘where we generate jobs, we generate tax revenue’, as company’s profits more than double

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#MOU? More like MOM: Memorandum of Misunderstanding. Or maybe Misleading. Or MOMBS. > #Rubio arrived in #AbuDhabi on Tuesday to kick off his tour of the Gulf, having lunch with the president of the #UAE … Rubio is also slated to visit #Kuwait and #Bahrain. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Israel says IDF is staying in southern Lebanon, undermining Iran peace talks

Defence minister says troops not withdrawing though Tehran sees end to war in Lebanon as part of deal with US

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'Rooftop solar, a home battery, an electric vehicle offer something the grid, the gas station, + the utility bill cannot: certainty. They are no longer just products. They are acts of self-determination.' Fleeing the volatility of fossil fuel for the security of renewables time.com/article/2026...

Energy Independence is Becoming Solar's Strongest Selling Point

Global uncertainty is making a stronger case for clean energy in the U.S. than moral or economic arguments have.

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I read the notes from every day of the trial, and the state refused to consider defense of self or others despite the injured officer admitting several times under oath that they are trained to only draw on people they intend to shoot.

the best chance the Prairieland anti-ICE protesters have is that we keep their names and their case on our lips as we eventually move to a post-Trump era, that we fight for their pardon as an essential part of departing from fascism.

DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Federal sentencing has started. Zachary Evetts was just sentenced to 50 years by Chief District Judge Reed O'Connor. Maricela Rueda was just sentenced to 840 months / 70 years by Judge Mark Pittman.

these are the sentences for 8 of the Prairieland federal trial defendants Judge Mark Pittman: Benjamin Song: 100 years Maricela Rueda: 70 years Elizabeth Soto, Meagan Morris: 50 years Judge Reed O'Connor: Zachary Evetts, Savanna Batten, Autumn Hill: 50 years Daniel "Des" Sanchez Estrada: 30 years

How many times have you complained about Congress this year? Have you spent more than 10 minutes wishing for real leadership? Then please take 10 minutes today to go vote out the terrible incumbents who are letting us down. I am running against Tom Suozzi in NY-03. Vote him out.

This was an opportunity to remind that it was Eunice Foote, who was the first to measure the solar heating of CO2, already in the 1850s : „An atmosphere of that gas would give to our Earth a high temperature“ - she wrote in her paper published in American Journal of Science and Arts, 1856.

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every politician needs to shout “lift the cap” “Today, though, the Social Security payroll tax hits only about 83 percent of total income in America. It went from 90 percent to 83 percent because a steadily larger portion of the nation’s total income has gone to the top.

Roosevelt Institute@rooseveltinstitute.org · 2mo ago

Politicians are already treating Social Security’s projected 2032 fund shortfall as a reason to cut benefits. But as @rbreich.bsky.social argues, what we've heard for years—that retirees live too long, cost too much—gets the cause wrong. It’s actually rising inequality.

This is the most disgusting waste of our taxpayer dollars and public funds I have ever seen in the history of the National Park Service. It is abhorrent that this is even being proposed given the derelict state of our parks, how understaffed they are […] 1/2

Connection Virginia@connectionva.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The National Park Service is accepting public comments about the building of the giant arch in Washington D.C. through June 15. Comment here: parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm...