Oxygen feels essential to life. But when it first spread across Earth, it nearly wiped life out. For billions of years, organisms survived without it... until a slow chemical shift rewrote the rules. Oxygen didn’t start life. It almost ended it. 🧪 #SciComm buff.ly/pn0A04F

Larry David on Bari Weiss.

The DOJ is lying when it says they *just now* received Epstein files from the Southern District of New York.

Prior to today, the greatest hourly precip value at PAFA since 1950 with a temp of -9F or colder was 0.04". That has been exceeded 5 times today. So while it is never too cold to snow, this is an exceptional "cold snow" event.

Many thanks @ucs.org Union of Concerned Scientists for your supportive remarks today, means a lot blog.ucs.org/guest-commen...

1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated 2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements 3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program 4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

Tesla Door Malfunctions Have Led To 15 Deaths Following Crashes Bloomberg found at least 15 deaths in a dozen separate incidents over the past 10 years in which people inside a Tesla or rescuers on the outside were unable to open its doors after it had crashed and caught fire. /1

Community. Note.

The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas. It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...

Europe up to this point has been experiencing once of its mildest Decembers on record. In contrast to North America parts of NW Canada are experiencing a historically cold December…. This morning Braeburn, Yukon fell to 🥶🌡️-55.2°C (-67F) the lowest Canadian temperatures since 1999.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

As we try to enjoy these joyous holidays, this time with family and friends, we cannot escape, no matter how hard we try, the historic and unceasing depravity of Trump and this new Reich - as is his unhinged wish, of course. My latest 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-blindi...

Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.

Last month showed more unusual warmth across the #Arctic, where the extent, thickness, and volume of sea ice also recently set new record lows. Not ideal... Plot shows zonal-mean temperature anomalies, where latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). GISTEMPv4 data using their 1951-1980 baseline.

Inside Climate News Video: Reporter Kiley Bense Talks About Her 3 Part Series On Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Waste [Video] tinyurl.com/45wmjfm4

USAID was not dismantled by accident. It was a deliberate hit job by the Christian right, backed and financed by Heritage Foundation. Strip the language of charity away and what remains is ideology, power, and control.

SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs. Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker. Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps. Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.

We never lost electricity but my internet was choppy last night.

Trump is doing everything he can to distract from 2 things: Ukraine and the Epstein files. Putin is desperate and willing to burn it all down. So is Trump

Much reporting re DOJ’s omissions and redactions…but whose decisions were they? Surely they went up the line to Blanche and Bondi? Did they overrule career staff? Did they consult with the White House? With Trump? And if it’s a unitary executive, aren’t they all Trump’s decisions, redactions, etc?

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GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik announced today that she’s suspending her campaign for New York governor and will not seek reelection to Congress. Buh-bye, Elise! Not gonna miss ya!!

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the ge building in nyc, one of the finest art deco skyscrapers in the world, built 1931. the gothic tracery at the top is meant to evoke electricity and radio waves!

He has seen the Epstein Files in their entirety. Now he is fleeing before the shit hits the fan. #bonginobust

Great piece about my dear friend Melissa Hortman. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

KDKA: PA Lawmakers Exploring How To Regulate A.I. Data Centers, Which Drive Up Resident’s Utility Bills ​​https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pennsylvania-lawmakers-data-centers-legislation/

The freeze-up in the Hudson Bay (Canada) has been one of the latest on record for #Arctic sea ice. This is consistent with the long-term trend of a lengthening open water season. Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...

A commercial for the #25thAmendment?

This used to be Tulsi Gabbard.

Public Service Announcement.

NCAR's headquarters, the Mesa Laboratory, stands as one of I.M. Pei's greatest architectural accomplishments, completed in 1967.

#GVerse #Attention Jessica Tarlov delivers brutal reality check on #Shit4Brain’s economy: just 17,000 jobs added per month, 700,000 more Americans out of work than last year, and youth unemployment soaring past 10%. Share widely.

The Sahm Rule is flashing red, and the unemployment rate is rising. What does this mean? - For sure the economy is in a MALAISE. (Close to no job growth since Liberation Day.) - I reckon it's in a jobless SLUMP. - It may be in or on the cusp of a RECESSION. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTN...

Does this mean Britain can now blockade the United States pending the return of stolen land?

LancasterOnline: Lancaster City Fire Dept. Making Plans For A.I. Data Center Battery Fires, Based On Experiences In Virginia tinyurl.com/3cnpj5r3

If the gas networks still can't contain methane after more than a century of practice, why should we trust them with hydrogen?