Even before holding public office, @dianaforqueens.com would often move the room. Now in the Assembly, she speaks for thousands of us not in the legislative room. Listen to Diana and be moved; then use @maketheroadny.bsky.social's tool to call those with the legislative power to move NY for All 👇

The US conservative movement has established an informal nationwide network whereby, if you do something horrible or crude or violent or racist,& face some accountability ... they will crowdfund for you & make you rich. Very explicitly encouraging & rewarding shitty anti-social behavior.

"U.S. Customs& Border Protection have awarded a contract to build 34 miles of border wall through the Rio Grande Valley, including the National Butterfly Center, and other areas that previously had been exempted by Congress..." www.valleycentral.com/border-repor...

It is scarily fascinating to read about the US military's journey into AI warfare in this deeply-researched book. But what happens next, asks Matthew Sparkes

Hundreds of millions of people live close enough to data centres used to power AI to feel warmer average temperatures in their local area

One month into the war and history's biggest energy crisis, fuel rationing is spreading around the world. But amidst all the needless suffering, this shock will speed the global pivot to clean energy and electrification. My piece in today's @nytopinion.nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/o...

Researchers wanted to test what happens to the main watertight seal—a GINA gasket—when it spends decades squeezed betwn heavy steel joints while submerged in salt water.The answer: the rubber lost 67%of its sealing force under combined compression & seawater exposure. dailygalaxy.com/2026/03/rubb...

The either/or framework of bigotry doesn't work. There can be thousand different ways to disguise/reveal one's bigotry. And, no guarantees of any sort of logical consistencies.

Hey Claude: Define ClusterF***

Finally, a glimmer of hope for America. But only if we take the spirit of "No Kings" and live it every day...and in ways that go far beyond politics and Trump. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/the-no-kings...

Iran war consequences @isabellamweber.bsky.social “It is unclear when the Strait of Hormuz might fully reopen to ship traffic, but one thing is certain: there is a blow coming for the global economy through the supply chain, no matter how soon the war ends.” www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

Anyone interested in solar geoengineering, especially if one is new to the field/technology, should look at this call for an International Non-Use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering. Signed by hundreds of experts, esp experts on global *governance* @solargeoeng.bsky.social www.solargeoeng.org

No Kings protest with more than 100,000 people marching down 7th Avenue. | NBC New York www.nbcnewyork.com/watch/

Anyone interested in solar geoengineering, especially if one is new to the field/technology, should look at this call for an International Non-Use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering. Signed by hundreds of experts, esp experts on global *governance* @solargeoeng.bsky.social www.solargeoeng.org

I don’t love being in a society where you can sell enough pillows to do meaningful damage to democracy or sell enough children’s books to do a genocide or sell enough chicken sandwiches to abolish gay marriage That all seems like a ridiculous way to do society to me

Do you study forest systems?? Come work with us at Western Washington University!

After Verona, Wisconsin, removed Flock cameras, other neighboring towns have reconsidered their own agreements with the surveillance company. “It makes it easier for them to say, ‘Maybe we don’t need this tool,’” says Verona’s mayor.

Once in a blue moon, yes. For the most part, the climate impacts, including most climate mitigation policies, produce enormous distributional injustices. online.ucpress.edu/cse/article/...

Protests do send a signal. But, we are judged more by our voting behavior. Though protests are important, voter mobilization would have to rank higher. We have to have broad-based and honest societal conversations for years to come.

"...aunts & cousins cluster around, squeezing the newborn between their bodies, lifting it out of the water, touching it with their heads..supporting the slippery baby at the surface as it gains strength.[Just] like the scene in a hospital maternity room when everyone wants to hold the new arrival."

Yes!

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, top Dem on the House appropriations panel, says DHS is *choosing* not to pay TSA workers while paying its other employees. She says: 85% of ICE + CBP are being paid 75% of Secret Service 0% of TSA workers "The Department made that decision," DeLauro says on the House floor.

Meta misled users about the safety of its platforms & enabled the sexual exploitation of young users, a New Mexico jury found Tue. The jury, in State District Court in Santa Fe, ordered Meta to pay $375 million in damages for violating state consumer protection laws. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/t...

I learned so much from this essay. It gets into a brief history of how the US military has sought to dehumanize the process of identifying targets—first through bureaucracy and now through technology—with the expectation there will be more mistakes, but they will face less blame.

Air pollution isn't a niche issue - it affects the *majority* of cities. And given flawed data collection, this health threat is likely even worse than we know.

Who could have predicted that a real estate magnate, who specialized in exploiting insolvency laws to make a fast buck, would drive the country to the brink of insolvency!

This is wild: a company is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for $$$. Some meeting participants only found out after we told them. Included meeting on protecting kids from ICE, was supposed to be private www.404media.co/this-company...

Is someone manufacturing a narrative about the hours long airport security lines? This is an extremely important piece of reportage! one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5751...

Global Forest Coalition: FAO’s emphasis on “increased wood harvesting, expansion of the bioeconomy, & substituting forest-based materials for fossil fuels advances a dangerous narrative that reduces forests to commodities & risks accelerating their degradation”. open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...

You don't hear as much about "energy independence" these days. 🤔

An immigration judge has ordered the removal of Liam Consejo Ramos, a Minnesota toddler who was detained by ICE. The politics of citizenship might seem like the detail that distinguishes Liam’s story from the stories of our kids. But his innocence, like the innocence of all kids, is unimpeachable.

"The people of the Twin Cities" are the winners of the prestigious 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

The red fox was found about a month ago aboard a huge ship meant to carry cars. In the course of a 3,600-mile voyage from the Port of Southampton in England to the Port of New York and New Jersey, crew members discovered him hidden among the regular cargo. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/n...

Forget ‘Marty Supreme.’ Meet the Real Table Tennis Champion of New York. Yasiris Ortiz, a 28-year-old star from the Bronx, is helping to bring free table tennis programing to children across the city. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/n...

City officials and policy wonks have mostly sought to respond to rising rents by building new housing, arguing that increased supply is the only way to bring down rental costs. But that idea, according to a major new housing study, is dead wrong. hellgatenyc.com/take-that-ez...

PAKISTAN: Union Wins Landmark Case in Industrial Court Against Privatisation publicservices.international/resources/ne...

It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.

In the weeks before the strikes, Gulf leaders hosted negotiations and made repeated overtures to the US president, emphasising the severe consequences for regional security if he attacked Iran. Yet Trump chose to carry out the strikes. ‘Worst nightmare’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

How do I know affluent places are going to heat pumps? From experts, yes, but also here are 4 new heat pump systems I can see from my deck in the upscale nabe I live in (cobble hill/carroll gardens). It’s a bad result if everyone else is stuck paying more, with more pollution! 🧵

The WSJ disinformation machine: "The question I can’t answer is whether the savings will continue. Yes, the war with Iran is driving up prices at the pump, but I live near a booming data-center corridor that has played a role in a string of electricity-rate increases." www.wsj.com/business/aut...

No doubt this will accelerate the transition, but it would be nice to have political leadership in place at this moment who could actually seize the opportunity through domestic policy and make the cost of transition more affordable.

"Because people don't really know or have any idea what Sharia law is, it's the boogeyman. You just throw the word out there and people get scared...This is how we practice our religion. And last I heard, the Constitution still protects the freedom of religion." www.npr.org/2026/03/14/g...

"I'm with Snoopy!" via Phul Brookes

“Fossil fuel dependence comes at a high cost. The government spends roughly $2 billion annually on electricity subsidies to ensure power remains affordable…These lock the country into continued dependence on imported fossil fuels…Fortunately, there is a better solution.”

"During an ongoing megadrought that began in 2000 (made worse by climate change), which killed plants that are normally drought-resistant, the scarlet monkeyflower, (a perennial herb with) a bright red wildflower that thrives in wet areas...showed remarkable resilience." www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/s...

So like is the NYT going to carry my water as long as I make a startup to nationalize the entire fossil industry to shut it down

"As the world watches the oil markets, a silent ecological collapse threatens livelihoods and the biodiversity of one of the world's most vital maritime corridors." Uprooter @rachelreports.bsky.social in her newsletter, The Confluence theconfluence.news/p/how-confli...

A widespread attack on desalination plants in the Middle East could cause a humanitarian crisis. The fossil-fuel-powered plants also contribute to further climate change in a region heavily impacted by a warming world.

this is a horror story nymag.com/intelligence...

"Researchers on an aerial survey with the Center for Coastal Studies saw two mother whales and their calves in the middle of Cape Cod Bay...on their way to join at least 40 other right whales "deep diving" for food in the southwest corner of the bay, the center said." www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...