NEW: the US government intervened Monday on behalf of xAI in a lawsuit over its gas turbines, claiming that the company needs to run the turbines in order to power Grok, which is "vital" for national security lots of wild stuff in the filing:

Soot from rocket launches remains in the upper atmosphere much longer than soot produced by sources on the ground, making it "an unregulated geoengineering experiment" with poorly understood (but potentially serious) consequences for the Earth’s climate. 🧪⚛️🔭 physicsworld.com/a/soot-from-...

By the way, Elon Musk didn't start Tesla. By the time he invested in Tesla, the original founders had already started building the Roadster THEY had designed. When he bought them out, he changed the history of the company to make himself a founder. I'm not joking. He's always been a fraud.

For all the talk of genocide elsewhere, this is going to end up as the largest scale mass killing event in modern history. A crime against humanity & the rule of law of almost unimaginable proportions for which Musk must be marched in chains to the courthouse & then to jail for the rest of his life.

A SECOND person died of exposure last winter after DHS dumped them in the middle of nowhere, miles from their home, without notifying their family.

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They came here fleeing persecution; rather than give them refuge, Marco Rubio’s state department will send them to die in countries they’ve never been to. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...

This is really good “Concentration camps are places where groups of people targeted based on their identity are imprisoned in violation of their legal and human rights.” They then go through these criteria and explain how Delaney Hall meets each one.

This puts all federal grants and contracts under the thumb of a commissar. It is profoundly anti-democratic and destructive. Political control will be instituted over science and every cent the USG disburses. Speak up now. This is really bad. It cannot stand. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...

NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the U.S. hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/ @ckoettl.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...

“Temperatures in the area have reached above 100 degrees Fahrenheit this week.”

as many of you will remember, I dug into detailed local reporting about a different ICE victim every day of Lent to meditate on their stories, and when you read them all lined up some clear patterns start to emerge. the starkest to me was that every employee of GEO Group should be sent to The Hague

When lawmakers blocked 5.3 GW of wind and solar energy over the last 12 years, Ohio also: Changed laws to favor coal, oil and gas while restricting renewables; increased pollution; raised energy prices for all. Jonas Muthoni Microgrid Media: bit.ly/4fqiGq4 @ccbecker271.bsky.social

Watching trump belittle women journalists while a global war rages on is surreal. The ego, the spectacle, the disregard for free expression, yet the support remains. It’s a reminder of how polarized we’ve become. We have to save ourselves. Don’t lose focus. #SheShed

"nearly 75% of instructional staff in American higher education now work outside the tenure system. Contingency no longer exists at the edges of academic life; it increasingly defines the structure through which the university teaches, adapts, + reproduces itself." working-mass.com/2026/06/04/i...

This is so embarrassing

Periodic reminder that Teapot Dome, the worst scandal in American history prior to Watergate, involved $9 million changing hands. That’s adjusted for inflation. This story by itself is 55500% bigger than Teapot Dome. That’s not a typo.

I just learned that OMB is required to respond to every comment on the anti-peer-review rule. So that means our comments really matter, at the very least by gumming up the gears. Send your comment today.

BREAKING: In an unsigned, per curiam opinion on the shadow docket, the SCOTUS conservatives allow Alabama to use a congressional map held repeatedly by a lower court to have been enacted with discriminatory intent.

“The mission is to close down Delaney Hall, to respect the human rights that all human beings have — no matter what their legal status is,” she said. “We’re seeking a humane response to something that is as close to evil as I’ve ever seen.” www.huffpost.com/entry/delane...

Much of the discussion about Delaney Hall focuses on the protests But please, concentrate on the deplorable conditions faced by immigrants-including toddlers-there Rancid food Inhumane conditions Paid for by US because Trump gave a huge contract to this private contractor #ShutDownDelaneyHall

It’s pretty regularly erased in the contemporary retelling of the political moment, but acquittals like these of killers like George Zimmerman, along with in-custody deaths like Sandra Bland's, were a big part of the drumbeat of incidents that produced activism that led to the Floyd protests.

A federal judge in Washington ruled that protesters criticizing Trump near the Capitol could not be forced to take down a flag reading “8647,” finding no indication that the message could be taken as a true threat against the president’s life. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...

Ask me how I feel about this Go ahead and ask me! The answer will have enough force and energy to replenish all AI data center electricity usage..

trans rights and women’s rights are not in opposition, they are in fact two fronts of the same war, and cis women should support trans folk not just because it’s the morally correct thing to do but also because an attack on trans folk is an attack on us

Sellner is the person so far on the right that AfD members were sanctioned for meeting with him.

This is sad and shocking news - Raúl always worked tirelessly to help early career researchers navigate the complexities of academia, and was a generous and selfless advocate for stronger standards in pedagogy and higher education access. We need more Raúls in academia. Sincere condolences

So, this new thing where political appointees will review scientific grants to decide whether or not to fund them? It is so dangerous that I keep thinking of new, terrible things hourly. The most obvious one is that RFK Jr.’s evidence-free, vibes-based agenda will be the priority.

An ICE agent facing assault charges stemming from a shooting during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown has been arrested in Texas. cnn.it/4wXGIyU

I bet you could raise a ton of money for the arts by raffling off the opportunity to remove one of the letters. “A federal judge in Washington ordered on Friday that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts remove President Trump’s name from the building’s facade and all official branding”

I mean obviously this will blow up in their faces spectacularly. But we are so far past normal. It’s now just routine WH policy to openly discuss attacking US cities & states if they don’t bend the knee. Completely fucking insane.

I am fascinated by the coverage from all major news outlets for literally months now about how an Iran peace deal is close at hand. Not even an acknowledgement that we have been through multiple cycles of this and nothing is happening.

Join the rally at the Columbus statehouse today at 12pm — the end location of the #GreatOhioClimateMarch 3 main causes: increased environmental protection, ending fracking on public lands, increased renewable energy 120+ miles marched Many dozens of marchers Join us!

Tomorrow is the final day of the #GreatOhioClimateMarch! Join us in Columbus for any or all: - 9:45am for the last 3 miles (Wolfe Park to statehouse) - 12pm for the rally at the statehouse - 2-5pm lobbying legislators greatohioclimatemarch.org

Everyone is saying this is tacky, but they haven't considered how awesome it will be to see Emperor Trump order the execution of the losing fighter with a thumbs down gesture.

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

Sunday was Day 9 of the #GreatOhioClimateMarch — another rainy one! TIL that each fracking well can draw 4-10 million gallons of fresh water — and wells often “return” that water with PFAS forever chemicals and other pollutants in it Ohio legislators see no problem with this! All they see is $$$

Dear news media, Do not give the Trump regime credit for opening the Strait of Hormuz, if it happens. I know it's hard to remember things that happened less than 3 months ago, but Trump's illegal war closed the strait in the first place. Sincerely, Mark

The #GreatOhioClimateMarch is marching into Day 8 Today was a rally day, this time at Salt Fork State Park, Ohio’s largest state park — and one that is being fracked because electeds care more about short-term profits than the lasting devastation on the plants, and human and non-human animals!

⚠️ TULSI GABBARD OUT

TGIF! Today is Day 7 of the #GreatOhioClimateMarch Folks are making their way to Salt Fork State Park for the big rally day tomorrow! Join the festivities May 23 at 2pm (full info below)!

“.. What is happening is an assault on democracy, and they’re using the easiest vector, which is anti-Black racism, because it’s the easiest thing you could do, the laziest thing you can do,” Nelson said. @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/m...

Mississippi GOP was forced to redraw their legislative gerrymanders last year, resulting in Democratic gains & an end to GOP's supermajority. After Callais, that all looked on thin ice. Indeed courts have confirmed MS can go back to gerrymanders that'll reduce Black representation:

Day 6 of the #GreatOhioClimateMarch is going strong! FYI Ohio leaders allow companies to frack for oil on public lands It’s bad for everyone except the corporations raking in the $$$ Reach out to your state legislators to tell them to stop it! Switchboard # 800-282-0253 Statehouse (614)752-9777

Day 6 of the #GreatOhioClimateMarch is going strong! FYI Ohio leaders allow companies to frack for oil on public lands It’s bad for everyone except the corporations raking in the $$$ Reach out to your state legislators to tell them to stop it! Switchboard # 800-282-0253 Statehouse (614)752-9777

The #GreatOhioClimateMarch stops in Salt Fork this weekend. Marchers want climate-friendly energy policy expanding renewables and stopping natural gas fracking under state parks and public lands. Nadia Ramlagan @publicnewsservice.bsky.social: bit.ly/3RNXXm6 @thirdactoh.bsky.social

Today is day 5 of the #GreatOhioClimateMarch! And the weather has turned a bit rainy and gray — but the spirits are undaunted! Support the march here: givebutter.com/DonateGOCM/d...

Day four of the #GreatOhioClimateMarch was 10 more miles on the Buckeye Trail (and still really warm & humid!) The woods are protective: it would have been even hotter for us and all the woodland creatures otherwise! And that’s why the fracking & injection wells on public lands are so disruptive!

Day three of the #GreatOhioClimateMarch has been a hot one (temps in the 90s) — and a hike on the Buckeye Trail near Jesse Owens State Park! Lots of forest wild flowers and lovely woods. We even ran into some trail clearing and maintenance crews keeping the Buckeye Trail in shape!