Austin Thomas
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Electric grid nerd + meteorologist. Proud Chicagoan based in Boston.
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The Associated Press
1 day ago
The iconic Vermont venue known for launching the jam band Phish and fostering a variety of music and musicians has closed its doors after 50 years.
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Nectar's, the Vermont venue that launched Phish, closes on a quiet note after 50 years
The iconic Vermont venue known for launching the jam band Phish and fostering a variety of music and musicians has closed its doors after 50 years.
https://bit.ly/4pWawIO
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Tuffy
4 days ago
Will be fun to watch the entirety of the GOP, Wall Street, and the CEO class sit on their hands about this and then turn on a dime when the Dems are in control and start demanding the government get out of business
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Phil Lewis
5 days ago
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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NPR
6 days ago
JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."
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Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."
https://n.pr/3IQZQKN
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Karl Jacoby
6 days ago
Hegseth's words seem especially chilling in light of his whitewashing of the Wounded Knee Massacre as a heroic "battle" only a few days ago. The message would seem to be that the Trump Administration is willing to forgive any atrocity US troops may commit as an "earnest mistake."
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Scorigami
7 days ago
🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
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Adam Serwer
8 days ago
A sentient boomer chain email is president
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Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'
President Trump had said he will send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he said were "under attack."
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/trump-seems-to-back-off-portland-military-plan/283-e9c6bdfb-92d6-4881-bb74-09bb325a5270
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It is the guns. It has always been the guns. It will always be the guns until we remove guns from our society.
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8 days ago
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leon
13 days ago
CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called? ME: Slay the Spire. CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer? ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours. CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them? ME: Now hold on a second,
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The Associated Press
13 days ago
The race to replace coal in Indonesia, the world’s largest coal exporter, has become a contest between the U.S. and China. At stake is not only Indonesia’s climate future, but also which superpower sets the terms for the next generation of energy in the developing world.
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Indonesia's clean energy future is at the center of a supply struggle between the US and China
Indonesia’s clean energy future is at a crossroads. U.S. withdrawal from the $20 billion Just Energy Transition Partnership has raised questions about America’s commitment, while Chinese firms are pouring billions into renewables and electric vehicles, backed by state financing.
https://bit.ly/4pC73yQ
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🙊🙊🙊
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14 days ago
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Aaron Rupar
15 days ago
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
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Denny Carter
17 days ago
Covid is gonna shape American politics for years and years because it was the first time most Americans were asked to make sacrifices and they lost their minds because of it.
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Earth just got one species better!
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17 days ago
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“avoid Democratic delays” is certainly a phrase you can choose to use here, I guess.
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18 days ago
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The Daily Beast
18 days ago
Military lawyers within the Pentagon have taken issue with the legal justifications for the strikes, warning that the soldiers involved could be held personally liable for the killings.
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Hegseth’s Own Lawyers Sound the Alarm on Trump’s Drug Boat Killings
Career military officials say their opinions were ignored in the lead-up to the strikes.
https://trib.al/nKJbcuz
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Jason Kirk
24 days ago
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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Joshua Erlich
24 days ago
thank god we’re all against political violence
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Bye, Josh! I hope all that wasted money was worth it.
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25 days ago
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Inevitable, sadly.
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25 days ago
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Tim Onion
25 days ago
No better time to post Hunter S. Thompson on 9/12/2001.
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Ari Peskoe
27 days ago
One year ago, Governor Burgum declared Clean Energy Week in North Dakota and boasted that it was among the top producers of wind energy
www.governor.nd.gov/sites/www/fi...
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Matt Zoller Seitz
27 days ago
"school shooting industry"
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The Associated Press
27 days ago
BREAKING: An Israeli official confirms to the AP that Israel's military targeted Hamas leadership in Qatar's capital.
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Explosion heard in Qatar's capital as Israel says it targets Hamas leadership in Doha
An Israeli official has told The Associated Press that it targeted Hamas’ leadership in Qatar’s capital Doha.
https://bit.ly/46sJcKl
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Ryan Nanni
27 days ago
I bet some teams have hot dogs in the injury tent
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Scorigami
28 days ago
🏈 BAL 40 - 41 BUF FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1092nd unique final score in NFL history.
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We were banned from having mobile phones anywhere but our lockers during school hours back in my day. I can’t fathom why this would ever not be the default policy in all the years since.
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🙊
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Amy McGovern
about 1 month ago
This is AI2ES, my AI institute. No way around it other than to say this is really awful. We are doing so many amazing things! We want to keep doing amazing things but without this level of funding, we will not be able to do so.
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL
about 1 month ago
To make it clear, a catch begins sometime in the Cretaceous period, where it dies, is covered by sediment, and slowly becomes a part of the geological strata, overtime compression and gravity, transform it into a semi-catch, which over millions of years will one day solidify into a full catch
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That went… poorly.
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about 1 month ago
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Come on you Spurs!
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Things you love to see:
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The US saw how badly the UK-Rwanda scheme went and said “yes please!” 🤦♂️
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about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
A spectacular view of Hurricane Erin swirling north as lightning flashes throughout the system.
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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭
about 2 months ago
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations. The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
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Nahel Belgherze
about 2 months ago
Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Hurricane Erin. Simply incredible.
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This is your planet on climate change
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about 2 months ago
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Ryan
about 2 months ago
Took under 24 hours to go from Tropical Storm to Category 4 Hurricane Erin
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Grid Status
about 2 months ago
The Baltimore area (BGE) of PJM just entered load shedding 🔌💡
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Clara Jeffery
about 2 months ago
They are going to burn up billions in taxpayer funded equipment because they don’t want Americans to have access to scientific proof
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Mark Chadbourn
about 2 months ago
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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Every time I cycle through here, there are more candidates!
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Dom White
2 months ago
Wanna see a crazy chart? Of course you do. Spending on constructing datacenters and manufacturing facilities for computers & electronic products in the US now exceeds the entire retail and wholesale industry and almost as much as the rest of the office and manufacturing sectors combined.
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NPR
2 months ago
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
https://n.pr/44Zd7t4
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Ben Mullin
2 months ago
New: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it is shutting down
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissio...
https://cpb.org/pressroom/Corporation-Public-Broadcasting-Addresses-Operations-Following-Loss-Federal-Funding
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In Otter News
2 months ago
Steve is 'Working from home' today. He's trying his best.
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Nature is healing
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2 months ago
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Governor Kathy Hochul
2 months ago
4 lives stolen. An NYPD officer leaves behind a pregnant wife and 2 young sons. Because a gunman from a state with weak gun laws brought an AR-15 to New York. We once had a national assault weapons ban. It worked. Republicans in Congress must find the courage to pass it again.
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Jason Kirk
2 months ago
The new Most Bluesky Comment Section ever. Exciting moment. Republicans didn't invent religion y'all
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