Great speech, dude.

Summit County jurors were unable to reach a verdict on whether former FirstEnergy executives committed bribery in what’s been called the largest public corruption scheme in Ohio history. Ohio Atty Gen Dave Yost said the state will retry the case ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/31/f...

The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3NZGHsz

Brilliant idea: Free public transport introduced across #Australia in reaponse to #fossilfuel prices

LONDON #NoKings

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

It took only 18 minutes for Oil and Gas Land Management Commissioners to rubberstamp Ohio DNR counsel to frack more of Salt Fork State Park and Egypt Valley Wildlife Area-- 14 square miles equal to Gov. DeWine's entire Xenia hometown. Brendan McNamara WTRF News7: bit.ly/4rYZNx2

While the President sends more American troops to the Middle East, the price of everything - groceries, gas, mortgages - keeps rising. Let’s be clear: we are worse off today, and no safer, than before this unnecessary war began.

@kmkowalski.bsky.social found dozens of comments opposing this Ohio solar farm were probably fake. Regulators just struck it down anyway.

"the lawsuit asks the courts to stop the agency from making arrests without warrants or probable-cause determinations, and to make the government pay the expenses and legal fees of those who were improperly detained..." www.newsfromthestates.com/article/laws...

Elizabeth Banks

Ohio regulators have again deferred to local governments to assert a solar project isn't in the "public interest." The board shrugged off concerns that multiple comments came from the same people or were anonymous or fake. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

A majority of U.S. kids aged 8-12 already use social media, & about one in 10 have been bullied there, preliminary research results show. Social media sites *say* users should be 13 or older. www.snexplores.org/article/unde...

"Cleveland is joining this case because climate change is not theoretical, it is already affecting our residents’ pocketbooks through added health costs from worsening air quality, repeated storm and flooding damage costs, and increasing energy costs."

Even if Trump’s cabinet secretaries for Energy, Commerce & the Interior say just where a 9.2-GW gas plant will be built when they’re in Piketon, Ohio on Friday, critics question when, if ever, the $33 billion facility will come online. @CanaryMedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...

Barack Obama pays tribute to Robert Mueller, calling him one of the finest FBI directors in history and honoring his unwavering commitment to the rule of law

NGL *chuck-norris.mov* was one of the earliest meme videos we ever created.

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He warned us he would run our country like his businesses.

Even if Trump’s cabinet secretaries for Energy, Commerce & the Interior say just where a 9.2-GW gas plant will be built when they’re in Piketon, Ohio on Friday, critics question when, if ever, the $33 billion facility will come online. @CanaryMedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...

As President Trump’s assault on Iran enters its third week, European leaders are largely resisting his bellicose demands for help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz. “This is not our war; we did not start it,” Germany’s defense minister said. nyti.ms/4bjc9tq

why aren't other countries helping us with the strait of hormuz after we started an unjust war, cut off trade, and insulted them for a year?

A culture of death

The First Amendment clearly should protect freedom of the press, but leadership in DC doesn’t care. Even the threat of retaliation is a constitutional violation, because it’s likely to make some outlets shade their coverage. @tribelaw.bsky.social

For anyone who doesn't vote because they think they're vote won't count, this one's for you. @votesolar.bsky.social @environmentalvoter.bsky.social @vot-er-org.bsky.social @lcv.org @lwvus.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

The Morrill Fire in Nebraska has killed 1 and consumed 549,000 acres with 0% containment. This is more than 10% of the entire area burned by U.S. wildfires in 2025, and makes it one of the 20 largest fires in U.S. history. Sunday forecast is grim: High Wind Warning, 25-35 mph winds, gusting to 50.

One of the things I find most depressing about this is that I barely flinched at the mention of fake public comments influencing Ohio’s energy landscape, because it’s not the first time.

Utility critics see Ohio nuclear gambit as a big, costly step backward. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/nuc...

Money laundering charges have been dismissed in Ohio’s #HB6 criminal case against former FirstEnergy execs Chuck Jones & Mike Dowling, but other charges remain. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.

The bottom line is Trump sacrificed 8 American lives (& counting) and more than 1,000 Iranian lives (& counting) for nothing. He hurt the US & global economies, destabilized the Middle East, & will pull out with the same Iranian regime in power. There's no silver lining. A senseless, criminal waste

ICYMI: Washington County residents, local government and advocacy groups worry about drinking water contamination and want a moratorium on gas and oil wastewater injection wells. Chase Campbell @wtap.com: bit.ly/47rfA00 @kmkowalski.bsky.social @signalohio.bsky.social @jcarrsmyth.bsky.social

Awful reading about concentration camp conditions. It’s currently closed to visitors due to a measles outbreak—WaPo has reported it may close completely but it hasn’t yet. Starvation, suicide, restricted healthcare, but also “detainees only see sunlight during brief outings once or twice a week”

Former FirstEnergy execs Chuck Jones & Mike Dowling are on trial for alleged bribery & other crimes linked to Ohio's #HB6 scandal & more. But efforts to prop up FE's revenues at Ohioans' expense didn't stop with them. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state & lift more people above the poverty line than any other program. Without Social Security, 23.5 million more adults and children would live in poverty, according to our updated analysis. www.cbpp.org/research/soc...

Public engagement and climate change: exploring the role of hairdressers as everyday influencers ⭐New paper!⭐ Two research projects exploring the influence that hairdressers—as widespread professionals in conversational spaces—have w/ clients about climate & sustainability. doi.org/10.1057/s415...

Let's be clear: Our ROTOR Act in the Senate could have prevented the horrific DCA crash that took 67 lives. Today, the House must pass it too. The families of Flight 5342 deserve nothing less. thehill.com/opinion/cong...

Mayor Mamdani shovels his constituents in Brooklyn out today

Experts: Trump's assault on emission regs will hurt US auto competition: "Globally, the push is in exactly the opposite direction, in the direction of electrifying vehicles” @HirokoTabuchi @nytimes www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...

Why are power prices rising so fast where you live? @grist.org has the answer.

I led the @demwomencaucus.bsky.social in demanding the release of pregnant and nursing moms in ICE detention centers. Pregnant women have been shackled, deprived of prenatal care, and even lost their babies. It’s inhumane. Like these judges, I want answers.

In Maryland, we believe in dignity. I’m fighting ICE’s plan to turn a Washington County warehouse into a 1,500-person detention center. People are not packages. I’m standing with Team Maryland to stop it and demand transparency. No cages in MD-06.

Did an interview for this and I really appreciate NPR for continuing to cover the surreal situation facing observers and commuters here in Minneapolis, even as the attention of the world moves on.

Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.

in the 1960s, two species of fish were documented in a university Cuyahoga River water quality survey. as of today, we've collected more than 70 different species of fish since we started Cuyahoga River survey work in 1990.

New: A federal judge has vacated an administrative board's decision that endorsed the Trump administration's policy of placing thousands of people arrested during its immigration crackdown in mandatory detention without a chance to be released on bond. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

“I think part of what you are obligated to do if ICE agents come to your city is to make it as difficult as possible for them to be here. By denying them access to things like coffee shops ... you’re making it actively difficult for them to be in the city.” New from Jules Roscoe.

2/ Back in 2004 I bet $100 I didn’t have that by 2020, ~75% of new U.S. energy generation would come from renewables. Posted that on LongBets.org. The Trump EIA in 2020 confirmed the prediction was correct. www.linkedin.com/posts/jigars...

Republicans nationally agree with enviro groups when it comes to carbon capture danger, leaks & earthquakes. Randi Pokladnik lists GOP bills protecting landowners from unconstitutional CCS eminent domain. @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/4rO2QbG @kentksmith.bsky.social @kmkowalski.bsky.social

In 2023, fake, pro-fracking emails traced to an LLC front funded by gas & oil attempted to nix @saveohioparks.bsky.social's fight to stop fracking Ohio state parks and public lands. Ohio Newsroom: bit.ly/4aBgLLo Media raised awareness, forcing Ohio AG action. @kmkowalski.bsky.social