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Trump is considering data centers on 6 states' public land — some state officials say they had no idea. Trump wants to give the tech bros 17,000 acres of public lands for data centers, meaning they won't be public lands ever again.
Trump is considering data centers on 6 states' public land — some state officials say they had no idea
If the administration approves the proposed projects, data center and data center-related developments will cover 17,600 acres of public land.
planetizen.com
Seabed mining is a threat to both ecology and the international order, Elisabeth Braw writes. foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/t...
Will Trump Destroy the Deep Oceans?
Seabed mining is a threat to both ecology and the international order.
foreignpolicy.com
Gift article Truly a race to the bottom The avarice of Trump & tech Will Trump Destroy the Deep Oceans? foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/t...
Will Trump Destroy the Deep Oceans?
Seabed mining is a threat to both ecology and the international order.
foreignpolicy.com
Gift article The Soccer Surveillance State foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/17/w...
Who said offshore wind turbines were bad for sea life? Researchers described the turbine foundations as functioning as sustained reef habitat for marine resources, a role that once belonged only to natural rock formations and purpose-built artificial reefs. www.ecoportal.net/en/divers-we...
Divers went down to check on 69 offshore wind turbines off the coast of Taiwan, and the 86 species they found living in the steel had never been recorded there before
Divers surveying 69 offshore wind turbines off Taiwan found 86 fish species living on the steel foundations — none had ever been recorded there before construction.
ecoportal.net
Across World Cup host cities in the United States, stadium security is linked to a broader federal surveillance apparatus overseen by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The Soccer Surveillance State
How the United States used the World Cup as a testing ground for policing technologies.
foreignpolicy.com
A video footage from a train cockpit shows the train passing through an immense blaze near Armstrong, Ontario, as wildfires continue to spread across the region. The train crew escaped safely and authorities said railway operations were disrupted as emergency teams battled widespread forest fires
How Regimes Rely on ‘Loyal Losers’ New research sheds light on how low academic performers with poor career options tend to be assigned the most brutal tasks, including torture and murder. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...
Is it too much to ask of senators on the Judiciary Comm at Blanche’s confirmation hearing to ask really well-crafted specific questions instead of using up their time with pointless speeches? Seems like there is a lot to ask him. Try to keep the focus on Blanche and not yourself.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK NOOOOO https://ca.pcmag.com/news/16760/fcc-approves-reflect-orbitals-giant-mirror-satellite-that-astronomers-hate
FCC Approves Reflect Orbital's Giant Mirror Satellite That Astronomers Hate
The FCC says the most controversial aspect of Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 satellite, the giant mirror, falls out of its purview since the regulator mainly focuses on radio spectrum.
ca.pcmag.com
She is going to land tonight. Youngest, fastest unsupported row across the pacific. She's doing impressive speed past Hanauma bay & nearing diamond head. Bravo!! yourowkelsey.com
“We’re a republic, not a democracy” isn’t good faith confusion. The US is clearly both, a democratic republic with elected representatives, and this isn’t hard to understand. As Steven Taylor explains, the phrase has always been an assertion of minority rule, a slogan of slavers and segregationists.
Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 3mo ago"Let me break the tension up top: the United States is both a republic (because it has no king) and a representative (as opposed to direct) democracy, because the authority to govern is conferred by voters (however imperfectly)." www.liberalcurrents.com/is-the-unite...
Bellingcat has received satellite imagery from Planet Labs PBC that shows one the areas worst affected by the recent earthquakes in Venezuela www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...
Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Venezuela Earthquake Damage - bellingcat
Satellite imagery provided to Bellingcat shows one of the areas worst impacted by the Venezuela earthquakes.
bellingcat.com
Gift article Is the MOU a Treaty or Not? And Why Should We Care? foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/23/u...
Is the MOU a Treaty or Not? And Why Should We Care?
Confusing language in the U.S.-Iran cease-fire agreement makes its legal status unclear.
foreignpolicy.com
One of America's most-admired general officers, CD Donahue, is the latest Army leader to be forced out at the Pentagon. Hegseth was RIFed as an O4 after his supervisors started noticing a serious substance abuse problem. Every time he encounters an officer who makes him feel inferior, he fires him.
Another Top General Is Out At the Pentagon
C.D. Donahue, the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan, is the latest in a long line of military departures.
theatlantic.com
WE DON’T NEED A FUCKING TREATMENT WE HAVE A VACCINE THAT IS 97% EFFECTIVE AND COULD ERADICATE THE DISEASE IF WE DIDN’T HAVE ANTIVAX GRIFTERS LEADING US 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
With Measles Roaring Back, the Search for a Treatment is On
nytimes.com
OB-GYN association, deviating from CDC guidance, issues its own vaccine recommendations ACOG recommends that pregnant people receive Tdap, RSV, influenza, and Covid shots during pregnancy.
OB-GYN association, deviating from CDC guidance, issues its own vaccine recommendations
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has released a recommended vaccine schedule during pregnancy, one that diverges from CDC guidance.
statnews.com
How many people here know about RadioGarden? It's a website and app that lets you tune into live radio from all over the world. I regularly listen to Ancient FM (Kington, ON), Ambi Nature Radio (Zurich), WWOZ FM (New Orleans), among others. Want Central Asian death metal? Its on here! radio.garden
Explore live radio by rotating the globe
Explore live radio by rotating the globe.
radio.garden
Go ahead and slam journalists when they deserve it. I certainly do. But also realize that New York Times journalists Declan Walsh and Arlette Bashizi willingly traveled to an Ebola ward in the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to inform the world. Many journalists are heroes. (NYT gift link)
Inside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop It
nytimes.com
A link to the actual article would have been more helpful. See that GIFT link in your pic? Here's making USE of it (hint: it says "unlocked" in the URL), you're welcome: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/b...
Trump Clears Way for Corporate Tax Dodge Hidden in the Fine Print
nytimes.com
13/ To save her own life, Waldorf would need a way to make it across state lines. Read her full story:
She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.
Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.
propublica.org
Quite a first sentence in the new Congressional inquiry to Treasury Secretary about Trump's $1.7 billion slush fund "The American people & the world just witnessed one of the most brazen acts of public corruption & self-dealing in American history" democrats-waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
democrats-waysandmeans.house.gov
Gift article What Makes Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy So Alarming foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/15/t...
What Makes Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy So Alarming
Most worrisome are the terrorist threats missing from the document.
foreignpolicy.com
Gift article "The withdrawal from Germany is a step toward the liquidation of the shared West—a cultural and human project that was never written into a treaty and, once lost, can never be reacquired." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Real Cost of Withdrawing U.S. Troops From Germany
The American drawdown is a cultural divorce as well as a military one.
theatlantic.com
Police are using the surveillance state to stalk "love interests" because there really is no difference between the part of my job where I fight state surveillance and the part where I fight domestic abuse: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Police are using surveillance tech to stalk love interests. Dystopia, here we come | Arwa Mahdawi
The tech company Flock has 80,000 cameras across the US – and a report finds some officers are taking advantage
theguardian.com
