Minnesota just plugged a 710-megawatt #solar farm into a coal plant that once burned 30,000 tons a day. The unique approach to connecting the panels to the grid allowed it to sidestep a typically years-long connection process.

Minnesota just plugged a 710-megawatt solar farm into a coal plant that once burned 30,000 tons a day, the two sharing wires until the last boiler dies in 2030 — and one retired coal unit will keep sp...

Retirement does not mean the old hardware stops working entirely, either. One of the retiring units is being converted into a synchronous condenser, a huge

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NEWS: A federal judge rejected Donald Trump's effort to shield key evidence in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC, ruling the network can seek discovery into Trump's intent behind his Jan. 6 speech because it goes directly to whether its reporting created a false impression. 1/

Guess who hasn’t called for Rep. Max Miller to be expelled.

Just a reminder.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. ~ Charles Darwin

UPDATE: @justinjpearson.bsky.social wins the Democratic nomination in TN-9

This comment. Wow. 🫪

Parents Parents 2026 BCE 2026 CE 🤝 "These kids and their damned tablets"

I support the death penalty only for white collar crimes, and I think working on or advocating surveillance pricing should get you the chair

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social · last wk.

A ban on surveillance pricing—using people's private data to set prices—is already setting off the big retail and grocery companies, which bought Seattle Times banner ads and are sending mass texts to convince consumers it's in our best interest to let companies mine our data to decide what we pay.

NEW: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduces new legislation to "once and for all rescind the unprecedented IRS audit immunity granted to President Trump" Wyden cites "flimsy assurances" from Todd Blanche ======>

BREAKING: It's official. A D.C. judge just granted prosecutors' request to dismiss the felony charge against Davey Hearn, the former Olympian who had been accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool.

Charge against ex-Olympian in Reflecting Pool case is dismissed

A D.C. judge granted prosecutors’ request to dismiss a felony charge against David Hearn, who had been accused of vandalizing the pool.

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Throughout history, persecuting scientists for saving lives is a frightening marker for the collapse of a society.

Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation into Eric and Don Jr.’s ties to 15 companies that have received $3.2 BILLION in defense contracts. Here's what you should know about their ongoing grifts.

Get these bastards in cuffs already

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · last wk.

EXCLUSIVE: New Mexico’s entire congressional delegation is demanding answers from Pete Hegseth after Pentagon GPS jamming was linked to a deadly medical plane crash that killed four people.

Savage.

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · last wk.

Indie publisher Devolver Digital is looking to once again become a private company later this year www.gamesindustry.biz/devolver-dig...

In the 1950s we had 700 different chemicals in our food Today we have over 10,000 in our food In Europe, they only have 700 still today. Kelloggs makes the safer Canadian version and the American version. Two different options, same manufacturer. Americans have been sold out sadly.

@catgyoung.bsky.social #medsky www.ovid.com/jnls/pidj/ab...

a reason that Stevens lost and other AIPAC candidates are losing despite the huge infusions of money is that Dem voters don't want to vote for a candidate who is funded by the same org who will immediately turn around and fund the Republicans

Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 2w ago

AIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."

Its crazy what a great ad this is for Democrats lol

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last wk.

When your party leader is a president with historically low approval ratings, who has raised prices through tariffs and wars, uses disaster relief and science grants to punish states that didn’t vote for him, and has agents shooting people in the streets, this is what you do.

this is amazing news, it means enough people are tuning out that it’s alarming the top bean counters enough to actually pressure them for integrity

Johnny 🫧 Cowlick@jefferycowlick.bsky.social · last wk.

On one hand, it's a good thing CBS finally told the truth. On the other hand, CBS can still go fuck themselves. Bullshit artist Bari Weiss and the Ellison family, even with all their money, can't buy back credibility. And smart Americans will never forgive them for what they did to Stephen Colbert.

Our publisher Mitch Grummon explains our approach today. The online advertising market does not serve readers, has destroyed publishers, and doesn't even give advertisers the value they paid for. We are taking a stand against Big Tech. prospect.org/2026/04/06/w...

Why We’re Removing Our Programmatic Ads - The American Prospect

Online advertising is bad for users, publishers, and even advertisers. The only beneficiaries are the Big Tech platforms. We’re doing something about it.

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Finally, damn.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.

This is like putting John Yoo in charge of representing Guantanamo detainees

Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 2w ago

In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/

Politico is a right wing propaganda outlet. This is their usual "let's you and him fight", another attempt to sow more discord between the left + centrist factions in the Democratic party. Politico + CNN teamed up to pull the same stunt with Warren vs Sanders right before the 2020 debate. Pathetic

Frances Perkins was the patron saint of American workers and an inspiration for me during my time as labor secretary. She was the guiding light behind the creation of Social Security, the 40-hour workweek, the National Labor Relations Act, and much more.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today's Prospect Patriot is Frances Perkins. She saw the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory go ablaze in 1911 and her life changed. "The New Deal was born that day," she said. 22 years later she'd be America's first female cabinet member. prospect.org/2026/08/04/a...

dude fuck this government

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico

A days-long electronic warfare drill was one of the causes behind the loss of a four-passenger medevac flight.

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A rose made of galaxies... This is Arp 273, where two galaxies are transforming one another from 300 million light-years away. Their gravitational encounter has pulled the larger galaxy into a remarkable rose-like shape. (Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team, STSc/IAURA)

Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy. Feel like we've been here before? Here's why it keeps happening.

Developers beware: these ad-tracking libraries will give up your users’ location data by default to third parties. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Developers: Beware of Ad Libraries that Betray Your Users’ Location

An EFF investigation identified several advertising software development kits (SDKs) that publicly acknowledge collecting and sharing users’ location by default when embedded in apps granted location

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