Dave Coulter
@osage2024.bsky.social
Urban horticulture and forestry in/beyond Chicago region. American hedgerow aficionado. Still waiting for my ANTIFA Decoder Ring. Readers are Leaders.
This is the highest-resolution view of the surface of the Sun. Ever. Taken by the NSF's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, features as small as 19 km across can be resolved. The wispy things are magnetic field boundaries formed by Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. The island of Ireland for scale.
This is making the rounds. I will dig into later on 😎
Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago1 like = 1 book question 📚💙
Adult life is just saying “I remember when…” more often than I expected.
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
This is ridiculously scary. Yes, we are currently talking about ballrooms and reflecting pools and inflation and Iran and Venezuela and Epstein and crypto grift and the moral rot of the GOP. But all that is going to be forgotten soon. Shit is about to get real, as they say.
Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 3d agoI'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
My heart hurts too much to even say something ironic about this. What if we just fucking start fighting for every single precious human life before they’re under attack. What if we treat now like it matters as much as it does.
Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 4d agoan immigration lawyer working on some of these Haitian cases today says an ICE officer told them, re: the ankle monitors: “We’re following our orders.” Direct quote Hm
There are plenty of nectar choices in the prairie garden, but when it’s available, the Monarchs definitely prefer the Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) over everything 💜 #gardening #monarchs #nativeplants #eastcoastkin #stunday #Lepidoptera
#OtD 2 Aug 1894 work resumed at the Pullman factory after its strike was defeated. US troops had killed 34 and injured and arrested many others, the AFL refused to call sympathy action, and the union further isolated itself by excluding Black members stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1247...
The Arctic Circle just reached a temperature that once seemed almost impossible for such a frozen region: above 100°F, or 38°C … a shocking first … fragile regions are rapidly changing. Sometimes one number can tell a much bigger story … climate change is no longer distant. It’s here. It’s now.
#OrigisEnergy has brought another 500 MW of #solar online at its #Rockhound complex in Texas, pushing the project’s operating capacity to nearly 1 GW. Origis says project is now one of the largest renewable energy complexes in the US electrek.co/2026/07/31/t... #DonaldTrump #renewables #ActOnClimate
This huge Texas solar hub is nearly 1 GW, and it’s only half built
An enormous West Texas solar complex is closing in on 1 GW, with plans to double in size with more solar, storage, and data centers.
electrek.co
Linocut by contemporary UK printmaker and artist Alexandra Buckle who is inspired by her local countryside #womensart #Summer
The proposal comes as the river faces a historic water shortage, with reservoirs reaching levels not seen since 1957.
US proposes cuts to Colorado River use for Arizona, California and Nevada
The proposal comes as the river faces a historic water shortage, with reservoirs reaching levels not seen since 1957.
aljazeera.com
We went to see Nektar last night out in St. Charles. A fine show, and the farewell tour for bassist Mo Moore... 1/2
An incredible limb view of Super Typhoon Dolphin under a setting sun, captured by GOES-18 earlier today.
@atrupar.com I pray for your mental health in covering all this sewage 🙏
The embattled Brandon Road Interbasin Project — which is viewed as an essential way to stop invasive Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes — has experienced months of federal funding delays under the Trump administration.
Trump administration stops work on Great Lakes Asian carp project near Joliet
wbez.org
Most species on the brink of extinction are on the Endangered Species list because there is almost no place left for them to live. https://therevelator.org/harm-endangered-species-act/
Harm: How Redefining One Word Strips the Endangered Species Act’s Ability to Protect Vital Habitat • The Revelator
Most species on the brink of extinction are on the Endangered Species list because there is almost no place left for them to live.
therevelator.org
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
Cloudy evening but the Moon is still bright on rising. 98.7% waning gibbous. #astronomy #astrophotography
Not that I need another excuse to buy too many books, but saving knowledge + sticking it to AI billionaires are pretty good ones…
“Modern life is standing at a gas station sink with your hands under a motion-activated faucet waiting for water that doesn’t come.” sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/quicksand
Quicksand
Gen X was right after all.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!
A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/ouHgmYA
Kash Patel Loses Lawsuit Against Man Who Called Him “Googly-Eyed” Chud
A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.”
trib.al
