Reposted by maggie bellKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 06/06/2026Put wind or solar on the land that grows ethanol corn. Run electric vehicles off the power. Use 99% less land per mile driven, at far lower cost. Let farmers use the freed-up land to do actual farmer stuff, like growing real food for humans and being good custodians of land for future generations. 1126692
Reposted by maggie bellChelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I worked hard on this story, it's important, & I want to share it. I'm also finding it difficult to put it out there without this context: Just as I wrapped up final edits last week, I got word that a friend vacationing in Arizona had died after overheating on a hike. www.eenews.net/articles/dea...eenews.netDeadly heat is coming. But funding to save lives is not.Emergency officials are searching for loopholes to save lives as President Donald Trump slashes programs. 1385184
Reposted by maggie bellDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/06/2026The idea that only nuclear or gas can provide "firm power" -- the last line of defense against the relentless advance of clean energy -- is going the way of the dodo. There are no arguments left. The only reason to fight progress now is corruption & raw political power.canarymedia.com24/7 renewables could happen sooner than you thinkGrouping wind, solar, and batteries together can already be more affordable than building a coal or gas plant in prime locations, new report finds. 902541770
Reposted by maggie bellCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 04/06/2026This is more money than all annual Department of Energy geothermal power, solar power, and wind power research and development spending, combined. 20289126
Reposted by maggie bellKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/06/2026This is condescending and, most importantly, completely ignorant of the actual, real and material reasons communities object to data centre developments (primarily: environment and resource concerns, which they genuinely understand very well and can explain with specific, accurate detail) 24506120
Reposted by maggie bellDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/06/2026It’s a trick question: buy an ebikethe-independent.comShould you buy a used luxury car or a new car? Here are the pros and consThe car experts at Edmunds have broken down the key attributes prospective buyers ought to consider 1451664
Reposted by maggie bell❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 04/06/2026A detail that has really stuck with me about Tony Judt‘s ‘Postwar’ was the section about how hundreds of thousands of ex-Nazis went on to become East German communist apparatchiks Flunkies like Flanagan remind me of these characters—not truly attached to an ideology so much as place in the in-group 471657308
Reposted by maggie bellAri Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026WTF is this NYT headline? What the Alabama + Callais decisions really signal is that Roberts Court will make up whatever the hell rule it wants to maximally help the GOP & prevent Black voters from having any representation 9398108
Reposted by maggie bellryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 04/06/2026"yeah our platforms destroyed journalism and give teen girls body dysmorphia at an industrial scale. no we're not going to do anything about that. instead we're going to spend trillions on AI stuff that, according to us, will take your job and double your power bill" 531736
Reposted by maggie bellryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 04/06/2026thinking it over there is a heavy dose of Glonzoism in this but it's also indicative of the incredible arrogance of the tech industry. they got so used to stuffing whatever they want down the public's throat on their monopoly platforms they forgot how to sell light industry 1836123
Reposted by maggie bellryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 03/06/2026"The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months" lol heatmap.news/politics/ame...heatmap.newsExclusive: Americans Now Overwhelmingly Oppose New Data Centers Near ThemA new Heatmap Pro poll shows a rapid shift in public opinion since last fall. 321769373
Reposted by maggie bellJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop. 20490892048
Reposted by maggie bellPete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social · 03/06/2026Cory Doctorow was interviewed by Anna Foster on BBC Radio 4 Today on the topic of AI. I've captured a transcript of the questions here in a short thread (with the help of Google AI voice-to-text. Good AI, thank-you.) 1/5 6444181
Reposted by maggie bellBlake Wexler @blakewexler.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Give it up for the American healthcare system! 37935291
Reposted by maggie bellGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Cardinal Tobin “encouraged detainees and their families to have hope.” "Human dignity is not a concession granted by any gov’t; it is the will of God, who created us according to his own image and nature," he said. "And for that reason, no gov’t can take away our dignity.”ncronline.orgRosary service brings 'prayerful, peaceful presence' to NJ immigrant detention facilityIn response to rising tensions at the Delaney Hall immigrant detention facility in Newark, the Archdiocese of Newark held a prayer service about half a mile from its entrance. 24417
Reposted by maggie bellGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/06/2026I would love for one (1) Democratic candidate to respond to this kind of bullshit by saying "My opponent is a panty-sniffing creep who wants to inspect your children's genitals." 41122228
Reposted by maggie belljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/06/2026to my mind the most important biographical fact to know about samuel alito is that he was a member of a group that opposed the admission of women and minorities to princeton www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/p...nytimes.comFrom Alito's Past, a Window on Conservatives at Princeton (Published 2005) 6139601043
Reposted by maggie bellMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Frankly, I want to divest SCOTUS of jurisdiction to enter *any* orders reversing a lower court without a complete elaboration of the reasons why. They are the least busy judges in America with a self-selected workload. If they can't bother to explain it, they should not do it. 311992453
Reposted by maggie bellCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 29/05/2026NEW – AI boom means US is now ‘investing more’ in fossil-fuel power than China | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/Sg9ye9N 18670
Reposted by maggie bellJohn Carpenter’s Halloran @profhalloran.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Any detrumpification effort is going to founder if it isn’t going through an independent court system (which divests the Supreme Court of any review authority). Because the detrumpification commission has got to look at this claim of immunity and say, “LOL, no.” 418145
Reposted by maggie bellAkshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I see a lot of charts everyday. Few make me go: THIS IS CRAZY. www.carbonbrief.org/ai-boom-mean... 321336444
Reposted by maggie bellChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Sotomayor, joined by Kagan and Jackson, issues a 17-page dissent to the 4-page order: "[J]ust as Alabama doubled down on racial discrimination, the Court today doubles down on chaos." 121685482
Reposted by maggie bellMarcelius Braxton @marceliusb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The SCOTUS has become so bold that they went from "This is the outcome we want, so we'll pretend/twist the law to fit the decision we want to get to" to "This is the outcome we want, so we're not even going to consider lower court rationale, apply the law, or pretend like laws matters for our side." 241685442
Reposted by maggie bellJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 03/06/2026hard not to be seriously alarmed by the direction of travel here 1616676
Reposted by maggie bellEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Full statement of Scott Pelley after he's fired from CBS 60 Minutes, detailing the sort of corruption of journalism Bari Weiss has brought to CBS News: 6748241709
Reposted by maggie bellDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 03/06/2026"I don't want the journalists who work for me at a prestige TV news magazine to ask tough questions." — Nick Bilton, essentially. 1486
Reposted by maggie bellJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 03/06/2026There's just a certain fin de siecle absurdity of someone whose only achievement in life is having opinions on the internet ending the career of someone who managed to get into Kyiv in 2022 in the middle of the initial Russian invasion to interview Zelensky. 62029375
Reposted by maggie bellJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 03/06/2026A failed op-ed writer bankrolled by billionaires purging a universally liked and credible straight news journalist from 60 Minutes really has to be the height of the complete slide of American news media into a complete death spiral. 394358775
Reposted by maggie bellJenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This is interesting, about battery revenues. Also presumably this "long-duration storage" is just bog standard lithium-ion batteries (lots of them). 4477
Reposted by maggie bellJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 03/06/2026🚨🚨 #Switzerland’s star striker Breel Embolo has been barred from entering #US ahead of #WorldCup following a last-minute decision by US authorities to review his #clearance to travel. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/swit...politico.euSwitzerland’s star striker barred from entering US ahead of World CupBreel Embolo has hasn’t traveled to the U.S. yet, but his team is saving his seat for him. 45319234
Reposted by maggie bellJake Wright @bcnjake.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Once again: German universities were the envy of the world before the Nazis rose to power and took an ideological wrecking ball to the entire enterprise. If you want to know how long it took for German universities to recover… they haven’t. 4965552357
Reposted by maggie belljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/06/2026congrats to jared polis once again 16469011225
Reposted by maggie bellEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Pulte is even less qualified to be acting DNI than Ric Grenell was during Trump’s first term. Both are vicious political hacks. Look for Pulte to weaponize intelligence against Trump’s perceived enemies. (Btw his appointment as acting DNI is perfectly legal under the Vacancies Act.) 30467178
Reposted by maggie bellMonika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · 02/06/2026Zu einer dringenden Reform des Steuer- & Transfersystems gehört auch eine Reform des Ehegattensplittings. In einem offenen Brief an Bundeskanzler & Bundesregierung unterbreiten wir einen Vorschlag, der Verantwortung in der Ehe anerkennt, Kinder fördert und die Erwerbstätigkeit… 12810
Reposted by maggie bellGeorg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Economists‘ letter to 🇩🇪‘s chancellor and vice chancellor 👇🏼 In search of impactful reforms? Proposal: better family tax rules create the right incentives Support families and raising children, cut down on the strongest distortions, increase labor supply www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt... 1/3faz.netVon Fuest bis Schularick: Ökonomen fordern Reform von EhegattensplittingEine Allianz aus Ökonomen und früheren Verfassungsrichterinnen fordert die Regierung zur Reform des Ehegattensplittings auf. Ehepaare ohne Kinder würden im neuen Modell 300 Euro im Jahr draufzahlen – ... 1228
Reposted by maggie bellPaige Perriello @paigeperriello.bsky.social · 02/06/2026If it wasn’t clear from this, the best way to prevent measles is vaccination! This is a great time to check your status and if you live locally and have a baby or child please reach out to your pediatrician to check about early vaccination. 141
Reposted by maggie bellDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 02/06/2026We literally have had a program of releasing millions of sterile male screwworm flies a year into the Darien Gap in order to prevent it from expanding northward into Mexico. What happened to that program under Trump? Who the hell knows--but welcome to screwworm! These guys are absolutely nasty. 22632227
Reposted by maggie bellMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 02/06/2026“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...washingtonpost.comWoman held by ICE for 25 days, despite U.S. citizenship claim, gets a passportAttorneys for Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales had presented a Maryland birth certificate and other documents as proof of her U.S. citizenship. 274472608
Reposted by maggie bellKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/06/2026If you've never seen A FACE IN THE CROWD, treat yourself. 2829029
Reposted by maggie bellceej @ceej.online · 01/06/2026I'm excited to announce that today we have filed to take Magic Beans, Inc. public. This is an important milestone for our team, our investors, and our customers. We expect to list in the coming weeks, hopefully before the general public discovers the Terrible True Cost of our beans. 251202192
Reposted by maggie bellTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 28/05/2026NEW AD: Ken Paxton just released a pedophile back on our streets. Adam Hoffman abused a little boy for 3 years. He should have faced life in prison — but Ken Paxton and his wealthy lawyer friends let Hoffman off the hook. Ken Paxton’s corruption is hurting Texas. 421871653
Reposted by maggie bellLaura Gillian 🩷💜💙 @lgbookworm.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Current cancer patient here. Despite having a best-case type and stage of cancer, I only managed to schedule 6 hours of work last week and 10 hours the week before. The only reason to make a rule like this is to kick sick people off Medicaid 10454199
Reposted by maggie bellSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 02/06/2026“Ukrainian forces struck the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai during an overnight attack on June 2. Located roughly 500 kilometers (310 miles) from Ukrainian-controlled territory, the refinery is among the largest in southern Russia, producing nearly 6.6 million tons of fuel annually.”kyivindependent.comUkraine strikes Russia's Ilsky oil refinery for at least 16th time since start of full-scale warLocated roughly 500 kilometers (311 miles) from Ukrainian-controlled territory, the refinery is among the largest in southern Russia, producing nearly 6,6 million tons of fuel annually. 1283
Reposted by maggie belljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/06/2026another day, another story about the administration's war on knowledge itself, all in service of allow its corporate patrons free rein to rob us blind and poison our world www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System 14457252050
Reposted by maggie bellDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/06/2026Congrats everyone: thanks to the AI boom, the US is now investing more in fossil fuel power than China, a country with four times the population.carbonbrief.orgAI boom means US is now ‘investing more’ in fossil-fuel power than China - Carbon BriefThe “data-centre boom” is driving a surge in gas investment in the US, pushing its fossil-power spending ahead of China, according to the IEA 20351148
Reposted by maggie bellFlying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026These people want to spend $1.5 trillion on “defense” but reject a $300m project to understand what’s happening with our environment. We deserve to lose our leadership in science and everything else. 37820
Reposted by maggie bellGeorg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 30/05/2026How not to fight the AfD if you're a politician in office: write a newspaper article that could just as well be written by the AfD, except that it turns out it is written by AI. 👇🏻 191