mrillski
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just crashing around in orphaned space Geographer-at-large https://www.mrillingram.online/
Look at this one simple trick to improve the safety of wind turbines!
Paint it black: Efficacy of increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce avian fatalities
Conflicts with birdlife hamper the development of wind energy worldwide. Mitigation measures that reduce the risk of collision by making the rotor blades more conspicuous therefore need to be thoroug....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
i am a wreck. Smoke in Wisconsin is carrying bits of Wabakimi and Quetico, phenomenal places I had the privilege of canoeing. Our Wabakimi outfitter lost everything yesterday. sweet little cabins and a big old house on a lake. Intellectually I knew this was coming but...the grief! 💔
This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious. Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.
A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family
Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.
substack.com
How much would someone have to pay you to kill the planet? Would $100 million about do it? From @billmckibben.bsky.social today on the death of a murderer. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
On the flow of money, and of time
Earth's most important climate denier dies at 87
open.substack.com
In North Carolina, a board was set up to review the sentences of people who were convicted as minors and it provided a rare chance for them to talk about their childhood and what they’d accomplished in prison. The board has since disbanded.
North Carolina Governor Denies Nearly All Juvenile Lifers Seeking Clemency - Bolts
After the state’s previous governor created a board to consider clemency for people sentenced to lengthy prison terms as minors, a new administration closes their pathway to freedom.
boltsmag.org
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
There’s a massive immigration operation in Memphis right now, but you may not have heard about it. Why? Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.
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Who's watching? (for $25.8 billion) Important reporting from Todd Miller and the folks at The Border Chronicle on the folks "bringing the battlefield to the border." www.theborderchronicle.com/spectacle-be...
Once again: close an area to cars, business *increases*. Every time. And yet every new proposal to close an area to cars meets the same resistance from business owners. I'm starting to wonder whether business owners really are rational self-interest maximizers, I tell you!
Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 3mo agoMadrid closed its central business district to cars for the first time during the 2018 Christmas period. The result was a 9.5% increase in retail spending on Madrid’s main shopping street, the Gran Vía. Plus there was a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #UrbanTruth
3 years late and Congress is doing all-nighters trying finalize a retrograde version of our farm bill (even with a majority republicans can't get behind it.) Tell your Rep to vote NO on the House farm bill version and get 2 work on a better version. secure.everyaction.com/veFTp6o4lke7...
BALDWIN: Why are you sending programs that support elementary schools & elementary school students to the Dept of Labor? LINDA McMAHON: Education should provide an opportunity for children once they have finished their education to enter the workforce B: We're talking about elementary students
"Low-income households will get [free] plug-in solar panels to cut their energy bills, the Government has announced." This is how you do a just transition. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Free plug-in solar panels to be rolled out to some households
The technology is designed to be a simpler and more affordable way of benefiting from renewable energy
inews.co.uk
Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion
In a 4-3 ruling, the Commonwealth Court found that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.
inquirer.com
"Not mentioned in 16 pages of the memos from 2016 ... are the costs of not regulating greenhouse gases as they drive global temperatures to rise." 🤦
Leaked memos show Supreme Court ignored climate dangers in Obama regs fight
Conservative justices focused on industry costs when blocking the Clean Power Plan, the first climate rule proposed for the power sector.
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Fossilocracies have natural end dates. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... “More than half of the US in drought after near-record March temperatures”
In 2025, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation found that data centre growth in Australia induces higher electricity prices ***whether the companies build new renewable energy generation or not*** www.cefc.com.au/media/hs5ner...
The Trump administration has agreed to pay TotalEnergies almost $1bn to pull out of offshore wind in the US and invest instead in oil and gas production. Tax payers’ money to ensure continued demand for oil and gas. Complete madness. www.ft.com/content/ae51...
US to pay Total $1bn to switch from wind to oil and gas development
Deal comes as Donald Trump faces pressure to limit energy price increases triggered by Iran war
ft.com
Repeat after me; “abolish ICE” is the mainstream position.
Half of Americans back abolishing ICE amid Trump crackdown, poll finds
YouGov poll shows 50% support as Kristi Noem defends ‘terrorist’ claim and shutdown drags on
theguardian.com
One surprising side effect of the US war in Iran: American farmers are staring down soaring fertilizer prices at the worst possible time. From @mollytaft.com
Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers
The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.
wired.com
Here is @aoc.bsky.social thankfully telling everyone exactly what to do to stop a concentration camp from being built where you live. Please take it to heart and take action.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social · 5mo agoLocal zoning is the way! A lot of these are being stopped or stalled by neighborhood organizing. These warehouses often need to be purchased, permitted, approved for occupancy and specs. Each one of those steps can be interrupted. Ppl are pressuring corps not to sell, counties to deny permits, etc
Ilhan Omar sprayed with liquid at Minneapolis town hall
Ilhan Omar sprayed with liquid at Minneapolis town hall
The attack on the progressive lawmaker briefly interrupted her remarks.
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Last night, I was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested and I am okay. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Man Arrested at Sundance For Racially Motivated Incident at CAA Party
A man was arrested at CAA's Sundance party after he declared he was proud to be "white" and allegedly punched a person of color.
variety.com
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
