The trouble with our political enemies on the far right is they are too stupid to understand that science is a process of seeking truth. Reality is incredibly complex and science is the way we understand it better over time.

altNOAA 🇺🇸@altnoaa.bsky.social · 2d ago

Kepler spent years defending circular orbits, then changed course when evidence pointed to ellipses. Fauci’s evolving view on COVID’s origin reflects the same scientific duty: update conclusions as evidence changes. That isn’t lying, it’s science correcting itself. This is how science works!

Smaller than yesterday's ! Morale restored !

When Is Trump Gone?@daysleft4trump.bsky.social · 2d ago

2 years, 5 months, 2 weeks, 1 day, 22 hours, 50 minutes, and 53 seconds ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 38.4%

JUST NOW: @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom announced that CA is deploying 20 @calfire.bsky.social engines and 4 CA-based Rapid Extraction Module Support teams through @caloes.bsky.social to assist with ongoing wildfires in the PNW, supporting firefighting efforts as OR & WA face severe fire conditions.

Remember back when protest was still legal? We should go back to that. #LiberateCalifornia

Crystal Fincher@finchfrii.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding

Let get out of this dying fascist empire. #FreeTheBear

Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · yesterday

It is 2006. I am 22. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance. It is 2026. I am 42. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance.

S.5117 Senior Chatbot Protection Act of 2026 SPONSOR: Sen. Mark Kelly (D), AZ № CO-SPONSORS: 1 STATUS: Introduced LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2026-07-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ... #Democrats Details at congress.gov

FP-1 drones destroyed another of Wildberries' largest logistics hubs overnight, burning down the 190,000 m² sorting center in Aleksin, Tula region. According to CyberBoroshno, this is the 13th destroyed Wildberries hub, leaving nearly two-thirds of the company's key logistics capacity lost. #Ukraine

www.npr.org/2026/08/05/n...

Appalachia's black lung rates highest in nearly 50 years as miners' protections stall

Rates are now as bad as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick and dying. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.

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@votecnp.bsky.social @calnurses.bsky.social @medicalboardca.bsky.social @katieporterca.bsky.social We need CalCare !

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company@costplusdrugs.com · yesterday

🤯 Some prescription prices don't just surprise you... they stop you in your tracks. The retail price of Nitisinone 10mg can be as high as $12,510 for 30 capsules. With costplusdrugs.com, it's $3,940.16! A $8,569.84 difference! www.costplusdrugs.com/medications/... Valid prescription required.

"The fires, heat and extremes that have dominated the summer of 2026 are what scientists have long been warning about from the burning of coal, oil and gas." via @apnews.com

This summer isn't breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say

With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.

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Anyone Else Think This Looks Like the Cookie Monster? - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/diZy4d

Parking reform wins because people organize. PRN helps local advocates, planners, and reformers make the case, connect with each other, and push for better policy. If you believe cities should have better parking rules, become a PRN member. Help build the movement. Become a member today.

This week, the California Legislature adopted two resolutions by state Sen. John Laird. One opposes any new offshore drilling, and one celebrates 50 years of the California Coastal Act.

🌊 Nearly 90 California lawmakers have sent a clear message: No new offshore drilling and continued strong protection for California’s iconic coast! 🧵

“Ending clock changes is not the same thing as adopting permanent Daylight Saving Time. This distinction has been lost in many headlines…”

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina Republicans have sent two sweeping elections bills to Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, including one that cuts early voting and expands the ability to challenge lawful ballots. Stein has signaled he will veto it.

North Carolina Republicans send sweeping voting restrictions to governor’s desk

The bills will now be enrolled and sent to Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, who has signaled he is likely to veto at least one of them

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Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic. Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment. Doctors are left to walk a tightrope. (Published Dec. 2024)

Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.

Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.

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Mariner 9 - Olympus Mons - From Aster Cowart (terrasabaea.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/FQFToR

"Rena" sent this from Moses Lake WA where she is weeding carrots for a non-union company. She shared: The air is bad. See my cell phone. The AQI is 166, which is unhealthy. We start at 4am. We'll work 7-8 hrs & earn minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

#SMH

Prometheus at High Phase - From Gordan Ugarković (ugordan.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/a5ywvJ

The Governor has been briefed on the #GannFire in Calaveras County @caloes.bsky.social and @calfire.bsky.social are already coordinating with local and county first responders and CA’s aerial firefighting fleet is already deployed

It's a peculiar summer (year) in the #Arctic. This is one of the largest contrasts in sea ice conditions that I can remember seeing between the Atlantic (near record low) and Pacific sides (highest in decades) + Concentration = fraction of sea ice + Another July view at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."

@agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov @nationalnurses.bsky.social

ProPublica@propublica.org · yesterday

Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.” From the archives:

Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.” From the archives:

She Says Doctors Ignored Her Concerns About Her Pregnancy. For Many Black Women, It’s a Familiar Story.

Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a B...

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We see that our political system is broken, then keep behaving as if it worked. We need serious change, and it's time to take bigger swings.

@erininthemorning.com Another one add to the radar. 🫤

Congressional Bill Bot@fedbillbot.bsky.social · yesterday

S.5179 Title IX Clarification Act of 2026 SPONSOR: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R), TN № CO-SPONSORS: 10 STATUS: Introduced LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2026-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ... #Republicans Details at congress.gov

8/21/2017 Eclipse, DSC02007 - From Brian Swift (bswift.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/Y7DWdH

🚨California Nurses Association endorses the Billionaire Tax. #YESon40 #BillionaireTaxNow