So much for the "rural renaissance" we were promised! New #Florida law has developers poised to build on thousands of acres of farmland. Records show state legislators worked closely with lobbyists for major developers. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/new-law-ha... via @jasongarcia.bsky.social

New law has developers poised to build on thousands of acres of farmland around Florida

Records show state legislators worked closely with lobbyists for major developers on the "agricultural enclave" law, which strips Florida counties of some of their power to control urban sprawl.

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Covid reactivating latent viruses www.nature.com/articles/d41...

COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you

Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.

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August 5, 1981: President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. [The Miami Herald - August 6, 1981]

🔴 Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Has Widened To 15 States, Report Says—What To Know: www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...

Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Has Widened To 15 States, Report Says—What To Know

The outbreak is linked to lettuce served at Taco Bell and sold in grocery stores, but it’s unlikely all of the cyclosporiasis cases were caused by a single item.

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Cross-posting: This is completely uncalled for. I think anyone who’s been an avid reader of Nick’s work would judge that he’s thoughtful and makes a point of presenting as many POVs of the Fed debate as possible.

They’re calling them “glasses”

I'm planning a cold fusion-powered time machine

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 5h ago

$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS

Waking up to Sharia Law in NYC is crazy. Knicks won, crime is down, 2,000 toddlers are going to school for free, parents got “date night” with nyc babysitters, they’re building housing on city land, small businesses are saving money and selling ice cream. Its sunny out i should go get one.

A North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to western Russia and could be equipped with 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers for strikes against Ukraine, an official at Ukraine's military intelligence agency said.-Reuters

Michael de Adder, The Contrarian

Saudi Arabia is stepping up to break the Houthis' grip on the Red Sea — building a coalition with Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com on whether it can succeed where Hormuz efforts have struggled www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Saudi Arabia Can Break the Houthis’ Grip on the Red Sea

The Strait of Hormuz isn’t the only Middle Eastern naval chokepoint under threat: In the Red Sea, vital shipping is being disrupted by an Iranian proxy, the Houthis of Yemen. Now Saudi Arabia, the nat...

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'207GW of data center capacity are required to run the AI chips destined for the US over 2023-2033. Over the same period, just 144GW of data center capacity will be built. The 63GW shortfall is more than the entire capacity of data centers in the US this year.' blinks.bloomberg.com/news/stories...

Exciting climate hawk win in Michigan here

Lead Locally@leadlocally.bsky.social · 12h ago

Huge primary mayoral win in Ann Arbor: voters chose Yousef Rabhi! Rabhi ran a powerful grassroots campaign, championing public power, clean energy, and data center regulation.

My friends over at @povertycenter.bsky.social are looking for a researcher to join as their new Research Director. This is a PhD level position suitable for someone with 6 or more years of social scientific research experience. povertycenter.columbia.edu/lead-our-res...

This may be more concessions from Trump to get Iran to agree to a deal.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 4h ago

The United States has removed counterterrorism sanctions from two aircraft and three airlines with links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to details posted to the U.S. Treasury Department's website on Wednesday. ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...

Palantir hoovering up European defence and NHS contracts whilst funnelling earnings back to the US to pay negligible corporate tax is a complete failure of digital sovereignty. European states must stop enriching tech firms that drain public coffers. Is it time to ban them? #FBPE

Palantir funnels earnings to US to avoid European taxes, report finds

A new study finds that Palantir, which boasts of high profit margins in the U.S., barely scrapes a margin in Europe, which helps slash its tax bill.

politico.eu

The only promise Donald Trump has kept to the American people is the “dictator on day one” promise.

Democrats used their final moments ahead of Todd Blanche’s nomination vote to remind the committee of numerous reasons why Todd Blanche should not be permanently promoted—but apparently all Republicans heard was a bunch of “whining.” trib.al/YuqLwOk

*2026 El Niño Ahead by a Mile* It’s remarkable for us scientists to witness El Niño’s evolution. If you had asked us if something like this was possible a year ago, it would have been a definitive no. But here we are… already more than 1C (& 3 months) ahead of the next strongest episode in 1997… 1/

Everyone’s expectations got skewed over the past week but Abdul El-Sayed getting $70 million spent against him in a state he lost a primary by like 20 points eight years ago and still winning last night is probably the most impressive electoral accomplishment of the decade.

Facts suck, if you're delusional and in a cult.

Cyclosporiasis cases are still being reported across the country. Two just died in Michigan.

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Every Governor Is Going to Pause Data Centers Through The Election.

Governor Abbott put in place a moratorium today. On last week's Volts crossover with Energy Empire, Dave Roberts, Arnab Pal, and I said this was coming. Here's why it happened.

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MO-8 (D) called: construction worker Chris Reichard pulls off the upset and defeats former State Senator Frank Barnitz. He currently leads 55-45.

Missouri House District 8 Primary Election Live Results 2026 - NBC News

Missouri House Election Results for the 2026 Primary Election. See Live Missouri House Election results and maps by state, county and district from NBC News.

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Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.

A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US

Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…

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Sen. Thune is counting votes & knows exactly how many “hall passes” he can hand out to vulnerable Republicans & still carry the vote. This is not principled opposition from Susan Collins. It’s political theater. OTOH, Trump is so thin skinned that he will probably do something stupid and attack her.

D. Earl Stephens@dearlstephens.bsky.social · 19h ago

📌Susan Collins is voting "no" on the repulsive Blanche because she has been given political cover by Thune. Her vote doesn't matter. This isn't a heroic decision, it is pure politics, and whether anybody wants to admit it or not it's how she has survived like a parasite in that chamber for 30 years.

This went a little different than his nightly interviews with Sean Hannity.

A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks

In Texas, Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare cleared the meeting room, silencing public opposition to the GOP plan to eliminate half of the battleground county’s Election Day voting locations before the midterms.