You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million. That is a lie. The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
$1,131,794,901 That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns. Well, the planet is burning. Don't let them look away.
Good resistance news: An 'Achilles heel' discovered in antibiotic resistant bacteria. Scientists in Canada found the critical vulnerability: bacteria need zinc. Deprive them of the nutrient & their stability is disrupted making them susceptible to antibiotics again www.genengnews.com/topics/infec...
Imagine watching disaster movies like The Day After Tomorrow or 2012 and thinking that the apocalyptic weather scenes were the “unrealistic” part. Turns out those scenes were almost bang on. The unrealistic part was the humans working together to overcome the problem & save the world. Sigh.
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
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Shortly after Citizens United, Jimmy Carter issued a stark warning about the role of Big Money in politics. May we remember the truths that he told us — and act to remedy them. bit.ly/4j6N1cC
Here are some nice mushrooms
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here's today's post: "no, idiots, Los Angeles isn’t on fire because of ‘diversity.’ shut the fuck up" — America’s bigots are at it again. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
In Russia, the "Cherkizovo Chicken Kingdom," one of Russia's leading poultry producers, is reportedly on fire. Russians report that debris from Ukrainian drones, shot down by Russian air defenses directly over the facility, caused the blaze. That naughty debris again.
It’s a Mel Brooks piece up in here… High Anxiety!
(🐙 - 3🦵) + (🧠🪸) = 👽🚀
I miss mixtapes. Mostly, as someone who is bad at discovering music, I miss other people making mixtapes for me.
DJT: “Don’t leave me hanging Mike.” “I could say the same thing to you, sir.”
On this National Day of Mourning, we remember former President Jimmy Carter. The National Park System evolved during Jimmy Carter's presidency to preserve many special places Americans enjoy today.
The current and all of the former presidents gather to honor President Carter.
Jimmy Carter was a loving man who took responsibility for his actions, even when the repercussions were hard.
They are taking back campaign promises faster than they made them.
An astrophysicist and a neurosurgeon concluded that the human brain and the universe basically grow as a result of similar physical principles. Today’s House of Study goody looks at a myriad of similar connections, with many exquisite photos:
NEWS: Assassin's Creed Shadows is delayed again, now to March 20, Ubisoft says, as the company pursues "various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for stakeholders" (looks for a potential sale).
Still wild to me that so many "savvy" folks on left and right have bought into the idea that online misinformation is overblown and doesn't really matter. From lies about migrants to transgender people to crime to election denial to climate denial, it's literally driving our country's politics.
LA Fire TikTok comments are BLEAK. Every conspiracy theory I’ve ever heard plus a bunch that are brand new.
lots of devastation and negativity on the feed today. i know this won’t solve anything, but maybe it’ll make someone smile and just forget for a small moment. the beauty of the cosmos 🌌
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From a FB post. Hey California friends…my friend’s dog sanctuary in Topanga has burned to the ground. 30 dogs looking for fosters ASAP. Please contact me if you can help, even help for a temporary basis it would do so much . Please call or text me on 248 520 0054
All those kids that got yelled at for padding their word count are really having the last laugh writing all these recipe web pages
Rock songs in the 70s were like "She's a dangerous woman, she'll play you like a fiddle, she'll steal your heart and ruin your life. She's 16."
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
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DEM L 190, a supernova remnant around 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado. Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Kulkarni, Y. Chu
What is a Supernova Remnant? A supernova remnant (SNR) is the structure left behind after a star explodes in a supernova. It consists of the ejected material from the explosion, as well as the shockwaves interacting with the surrounding interstellar medium. Over time, this material spreads out, forming expanding shells of gas and dust. Supernova remnants are key for studying star death, cosmic ray acceleration, and the enrichment of the universe with heavy elements.

Image Description via NASA: A supernova remnant appears to float in space. Its core glows in shades of yellow and gold, as filaments wisp out into cooler shades of blue. The remnant's shape is similar to a cone, spiraling upwards towards the top of the image. The background is dotted with stars in various shades of red and purple.

Media Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Kulkarni, Y. Chu.

Link: https://science.nasa.gov/image-detail/revisiting-a-celestial-fireworks-display-2/

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Jason Carter’s eulogy, talking about how Jimmy Carter lived his life with love and respect, was so powerful. It was an excellent tribute to the man he is eulogizing and a needed message for the nation to which he is speaking.
Jason Carter speaking
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🚨BREAKING🚨: Various long-lost season 1 episodes of the 90s reboot of 'Zoom' on PBS Kids have been FOUND by George Herrera and uploaded to YouTube by YouTube user zoomfan1! Here's the channel: youtube.com/@zoomfan1?si...
In 1850, the California government banned the controlled burning that Indigenous people had been doing for centuries. The practice controlled the forest density, scaled down undergrowth, and promoted fire-resistant species. It reduced the severity, mileage, and overall number of forest fires. 1/5