"A new peer-reviewed analysis, which tested 197 homes across Massachusetts and Rhode Island, found that 93% of homes served by gas had consistently elevated indoor methane levels compared to all-electric homes." Quit poisoning your family: go electric!

Indoor methane consistently above outdoor levels in homes with natural gas service

Background Methane leaks across the natural gas process chain, including in homes. To date, no studies have described how common it is to have elevated methane in homes served by gas, in comparison to...

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The conservatives aren't even bothering to explain anything. Other judges say maps are unconstitutionally racist, and they just shrug it away.

Breaking news: SCOTUS intervenes in Alabama redistricting case & says GOP *is* allowed to change Alabama map. Despite a lower-court finding evidence of intentional discrimination. Yet another SCOTUS gift to the GOP; eliminates seat of a Black member of Congress www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

It's all awful but at least it's the eventual and inevitable end of that millimeter-deep climber.

David_j_roth@davidjroth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

First day on the job and you want respect? Go right up to the most recognizable and respected guy in the newsroom and have him yell at you until you cry. Then it's time to send him a weepy email telling him how disappointed you were that he did all that. Shouldn't have any trouble after that.

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

And here comes @realjaredhuffman.bsky.social from the top rope

I’m a broken record, but it’s facially insane that the SCOTUS’s position is that the interest of a political party—an entity with no special constitutional protection—in gerrymandering is more important than black people’s right to vote, which we have several constitutional amendments addressing

I've seen this everywhere today and I'm GLAD. This is the truth, the energy, and some white people need to be delivering the same speeches.

Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

My resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision now has 79 co-sponsors. You can view the full list at: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c.... I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line!

Well, that was necessary

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 3mo ago

Someone out there decided it would be a good idea to put a German Shepherd in charge of babysitting a bunch of Doberman puppies and they were 100% correct

A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ

Julie K. Brown receives Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on Jeffrey Epstein case

Brown's 2017 and 2018 reporting was cited at the awards ceremony. “Her work, and the government’s release of the Epstein files, continue to reverberate around the world.”

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Seriously blow this up. Scream it from the mountain tops. This is not policy, this is corruption.

Center for Climate Integrity@climateintegrity.org · 4mo ago

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has taken roughly $5 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry over the course of his career. Now he’s pushing a federal bill that would shield Big Oil companies from any laws or lawsuits seeking to hold them accountable for fueling the climate crisis. 🙄

it’s simple. Dems need to 1. prepare retaliatory gerrymanders in every blue state now that the VRA has been overturned 2. pack the court (and prosecute Thomas/alito) in 2029 I will only even *consider* primary candidates who support both of the above going forward

The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.

This bill's even more extreme than the gun industry protections... fwiw message your Rep. and Senator- Say NO to being abused by Big Oil: secure.ucs.org/a/2025-congr...

Tell Congress: No Immunity for Big Oil

Big Oil must not be let off the hook for its decades of deception and climate harms. Tell Congress to stand up to the Trump administration’s corporate giveaways.

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Also I hate how I like come to Threads to say something like, Honestly, if Klay "dumbass boat captain" Thompson can cheat on Megan Thee Stallion then yeah, they can actually all be lonelier. But then I'm immediately derailed by 17 ways that the world is ending, but 13 of them are totally made up.

*looks around* you should eat less beef (but really, beef needs to be more expensive and chicken and less carbon-intensive meat cheaper)

Alexander Zanate@snapgracklepop.bsky.social · 4mo ago

driving, beef, and artificial intelligence 🙏

It will never not be enraging that when interest rates were close to zero the US government did not invest in infrastructure and green energy bc the GOP was obsessed with austerity.

You know who else enjoys this protection? The gun industry. There is no possible rationale for a bill like this other than money and it should be treated like the corrupt abomination that it is. heated.world/p/republican...

Republicans introduce extreme bill to ban lawsuits against Big Oil forever

Shouldn't Democrats... be saying something about this?

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Yeesh. Among other takeaways: ... the NYT article notes, “not a single justice, conservative or liberal, mentioned the dangers of a warming planet as one of the possible harms the court should consider.”

Chris Nelder@chrisnelder.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I can’t resist adding a few thoughts to the vigorous dialogue about the new NYT exposé on the SCOTUS decision www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u... that halted Obama’s Clean Power Plan. (long thread warning!) 1/

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial

Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

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"The Santa Marta conference comes amid unprecedented geopolitical tensions as illegal wars initiated by Israel, the US and Russia have led to surging emissions and energy and food costs, and pushed international justice and multilateralism to the brink of collapse" @ninalakhani.bsky.social

What to Expect at the Santa Marta Climate Conference

Colombia and the Netherlands will host government ministers, scientists, Indigenous peoples, and civil society groups from at least 50 states, determined to work together to figure out a just transiti...

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We. Are. Tired. Of. Elite. Impunity.

Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social · 4mo ago

First, the NAACP challenged xAI's permit to build a giant, nat. gas-burning power plant in Southaven, MS. Then, they sued xAI alleging Clean Air Act violations. Now, Dem. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is investigating the EPA over apparent inattention to xAI's pollution. Bkgd: www.cnbc.com/2026/04/14/e...

can’t say what i want to happen to these people for legal reasons

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

I keep screaming from the rooftops that print news is the future and we better start figuring out what that looks like, and literally no one in the news industry believes me.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 4mo ago

If you haven’t heard about it yet, the youths are super into IRL human interactions, no AI, and “physical media” (vinyl! DVDs! tapes!) right now and it’s glorious. Like there are 20yo influencers that just read old paper books and talk about feelings.

This is the least he should do. Resigning from the House is also necessary.

It is still blowing my mind honestly that the vice president of the United States of America went to Hungary to campaign for an authoritarian dictator who is despised by most of his country. But hellllllllll yeah. Ignore the vibes at your peril. www.bbc.com/news/live/c2...

Hungary election: Viktor Orbán concedes with opposition on course for landslide election win - follow live

Hungary's prime minister has been ousted after 16 years in power, with Péter Magyar set to be the country's new leader.

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There are so many bad things about this administration but I keep saying that this guy is singularly murderous. This technology could cure cancer and that is not an exaggeration. This is CHOOSING disease and then forcing it upon Americans. I will never forgive those who confirmed him. Ever.

The UnPopulist@theunpopulist.net · 4mo ago

Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.

Let's go.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4mo ago

A milestone in March: for the first time ever, renewables provided more power on the US grid than natural gas.

Legal eagles noticed, and there’s been SOME mainstream coverage. But overall the political class has underreacted to this month’s OLC opinion, ordered up by Trump or on his behalf, declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional. Things are likely being stolen and/or destroyed *right now*.

Donald Trump's Plan To Steal Or Destroy Everything

We should assume it's underway, starting with the Epstein files.

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