Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 25/05/2025"There is a cult of ignorance in the US, & there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" - Asimov 921471
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 23/05/2025it’s a global contest, whether we want to compete or watch from the sidelines 1223695
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 26/05/2025The 1972 image of a badly burned Vietnamese girl (Phan Thị Kim Phúc) running to escape a napalm attack haunted the world. This image from Gaza last night should do the same. Shame on every nation complicit in this genocide, all of whom will have to answer to future generations. 419956
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 26/05/2025NEW: The young girl seen stumbling through the flames of her school building in Gaza did survive. But her siblings & mother are dead. "I walked through the fire all by myself. The rubble fell on them. "I want to see my sisters, to be with them, but they're dead.“ (🎥 Channel 4 News) 13324156
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 13/05/2025Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi went to a consulate in Istanbul to get a document he needed to get married. Instead, he was murdered and dismembered on the orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, now a close pal of Donald Trump. 11765032352
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 13/05/2025It's almost as if granting a criminal blanket immunity was a bad idea.politico.comRule of law is ‘endangered,’ chief justice saysSpeaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices. 2201250466721
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialKenneth Silber @kensil.bsky.social · 12/05/2025"The space science program is not merely the crown jewel of NASA. It is the gothic cathedral of our age, carrying the banner of our society’s highest ideal – the search for truth through science." Cogent defense by @zubrin.bsky.social spacenews.com/trump-assaul...spacenews.comTrump assaults American space scienceMassive cuts are focused on the most productive part of NASA 174
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 12/05/2025TODAY the NYT publishes an investigation into the Trump memecoin $TRUMP and how it has turned into a extraordinary venue for foreign influence campaigns. What we are seeing is potentially corrupt attempts to change US policy by paying the Trump family money. This is no "Russian Hoax" nyti.ms/4kkv7D7nyti.msAuction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity (Gift Article)When the bidding stops Monday, the top buyers of a Trump family crypto coin will win a tour of the White House. 50533701466
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialDoug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 12/05/2025ERCOT projecting an 84.6 gigawatt peak on Wednesday. May peak demand record is 77 gigawatts; all-time record is 85.5 GW. There are 20,000 megawatts of thermal plants offline. Solar & storage perfectly suited to heat waves, no energy emergencies expected. www.douglewin.com/p/record-ma...douglewin.comRecord May Peak Demand Coming Wednesday: Grid Roundup #57With a monster peak coming Wednesday amid 100+ degree temps in large portions of the state, we’re about to be reminded why solar & storage have large benefits for the Texas grid 1235
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Hey @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and I keep adding stops on our tour of spots where Republican Congressmen are hiding and refusing to hold town halls. Saturday morning we will be in Sarasota, Florida. We are already near capacity, so hustle to RSVP or follow the livestream here. 611119238
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/05/2025Don't fix your rapidly torrential overflowing bathtub by drilling a 2cm hole in your floor. Fix it by turning the freaking tap off. 1306
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialTeri Kanefield @terikanefield.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I just realized it's April 23. That means it's the anniversary of the Farmville, Virginia Motion High School student strike. What? You don't know about that? Well, in 1951, Barbara Johns was fed up with the deplorable conditions in her segregated school, so she organized a strike. 1/ 318479
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialRobert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Physicist Marietta Blau was born #OTD in 1894. She pioneered the use of nuclear emulsion plates for particle detection, and discovered "disintegration stars" produced by cosmic rays interacting with nuclei in the plates. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩🔬 Photo: Agnes Rodhe 215138
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/03/2025Interesting: small home batteries that you can plug into any wall outlet & tuck away just about anywhere. If you plug in multiples, they automatically form a mesh network. This is the battery equivalent of "balcony solar."cnet.comYou Don't Need an Electrician to Install This Smart Home BatteryThe former Tesla engineers who founded Pila Energy say their battery can make it easier and more affordable for consumers to weather power outages. 2038159
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialCanary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 10/03/2025Renewables and batteries are playing an increasingly crucial role for Texas in the shoulder season, when coal and gas plants fall offline in large numbers: buff.ly/pUgsmg3buff.lyTexas broke its solar, wind, and battery records in one spring weekRenewables and batteries are playing an increasingly crucial role for the state in the shoulder season, when coal and gas plants fall offline in large… 052
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut. This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget. 9541531591
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialMike Hicks @mulad.bsky.social · 12/02/2025I've enjoyed previous @volts.wtf episodes on hot rocks technology for heat batteries, and this one on finding the right kinds of crushed rocks to absorb CO2 when spread on farmland feels like it's in a similar vein www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-...volts.wtfWhat's the deal with enhanced rock weathering to store CO2?Crushed rock, farmland, and CO₂ storage—Zeke Hausfather breaks it all down. 56810
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialJohn Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Solar will generate 10% or more of global electricity for a full month for the first time in 2025! When? May 2025 will exceed 10% solar! April & June 2025 could also join the 10% club. Solar was 8.47% in May 2024 & 8.13% in June 2024. April was 7.89%. Solar will gain ~2 points in these months. 0195
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialRobert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 01/01/2025100 years ago today, #OTD in 1925, Edwin Hubble announced that Andromeda and other spiral nebulae were definitely separate galaxies outside the Milky Way, in a paper read to an AAS meeting by H.N. Russell. There was no doubt that the Universe was more than just our little island of stars. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ 423584541
Reposted by @freemanbr70.bsky.socialFiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Please repost this 1st one! Daily🧵of editorial cartoons: when you get to last one, click on Continue Thread. If you save a cartoon for reposting, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle. Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social 510238