FEMA’s top official said that the “vast majority” of calls were answered during the deadly Texas floods. But new data indicates that the agency failed to answer 58% of the calls, and the average wait was 61 minutes at the peak.

The golden age of corruption.

The Epstein files release had emails saying Peter Mandleson gave secret UK information to Epstein and received money from Epstein. He was appointed to the position after failing to get a security clearance. He was someone they warned could leak or sell high-level info. That's the scandal.

I don’t drive; I walk but many of the restaurants in town are on the other side of the death-be-to-you-if-you-try-to-walk-across-to-the-other-side busy state highway. I ordered GrubHub today for the first time, using a discount I found. Best meal ever! omg. I didn’t have to cook! ❤️🎉

Solar and wind now dominate global electricity generation. Worldwide, solar and wind power will each surpass nuclear in 2026. This surge has halted fossil fuel power generation rise, with renewables overtaking coal, supported by battery storage providing system flexibility at scale.

A gulf is growing between the phones on sale in the US and those available in the rest of the world. US phone buyers are missing out. Read more from @dompreston.com:

The Supreme Court hears arguments tomorrow in Monsanto v. Durnell a case that could gut the ability of Americans to sue pesticide makers for cancer.

Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.

Morocco just activated the #NoorAtlas Mega Complex — a 20,000-megawatt #solar installation across 45,000 hectares of Saharan plateau. It's capable of generating up to 160 MW, making the first stage alone one of the world's biggest solar thermal power plants unfccc.int/es/node/21533 #ActOnClimate

Fantastic news, throwing phones away when the battery dies is quite ridiculous. We don't need super thin phones, we need phones we can repair.

Donald Trump has been credibly accused of raping a 13-year-old girl and he is still president. This says more about us as a country than about him.

For Easter, someone gave me one of those Lego flower things for adults. I can’t wait. Hoping to start on it tomorrow.

“The elderly gamer has plenty of company. ~36%of the Silent Generation, ages 80-90, play video games weekly…. Nearly 2/3 of Americans ages 5-90, ~205.1 million ppl, play video games….Mobile gamers like the Westlake woman make up 55% of the global video game population.”🧪

What’s with the summer temperatures? April is spring, not summer. I really hate hot weather.

Billionaires building bunkers, pushing a worldwide digital ID system and surveillance systems are being put in everywhere - all at once. Seems like a sci fi movie. Are there any extinction level asteroids or unfriendly UFOs headed our way or something? Why now? #weird #space

RESIGN Cory Mills (R-FL) Under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct Also tied to a police investigation and protection order �

Hegeseth looks uncomfortably quiet at this press conference. He’s just staring into space. Does he have a suit that fits? Maybe that’s why he looks so uncomfortable? Idk. Just seems off.

Here’s a feed cleanser. Dogs catching treats.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

Nurses are hitting the streets and they are FURIOUS. They took an oath to heal people. Republicans took an oath to the Constitution. But the GOP is cutting healthcare for 300,000 Americans to fund a war in Iran. Nurses know what that costs. Do you? #HealthcareNotTrumpsWar

Meet Sharon Simmons. (If that’s even her name.) She’s a paid actor who plays the role of a MAGAt who is down on her luck. 😒😒😒

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Under Article 15 of the Rome Statute, any individual, group, or organization can submit information regarding alleged war crimes to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor.

Gotta admit I’m low level intrigued by sone of the new UFO sightings being reported. Those orbs? Seems legit. Guess it could be sone kind of fancy military drone. Also intrigued by the 9 missing or dead scientists.

The Trump administration is still trying to sell the Forest Service “reorganization” as a good thing. The U.S. Forest Service Facebook made a video and just posted it. Something tells us the 10,000+ comments on every post they make about this isn’t sitting well. Keep making Pretti Good trouble!

NHK World confirms Japan has perfected a process to extract high purity lithium from dead batteries with a 90 percent recovery rate. Great

Anyone having Verizon internet issues?

ICYMI, Catholic Trump official Elbridge Colby (a pal of Catholics JD Vance & Kevin Roberts) summoned Pope Leo’s ambassador to a tense meeting where a US official reportedly invoked the Avignon Papacy—a period when the French monarchy, after capturing Pope Boniface VIII, took control of the papacy 1/

Chinese carmaker BYD unveils a recharge as fast as filling up with petrol. And no need to wear gloves. Certainly not coming to a forecourt near you in America because the fossil fuel giants and their puppets in government like making lots and lots of cool money from easily-conned petrolheads.

A new study predicts that Long Covid will cost OECD economies $135 billion a year, due to people leaving the workforce, lower productivity, and healthcare costs. COVID is not over.

Anyone else on edge? I can’t seem to settle on a book to read or a tv show or movie to watch. Don’t want to research my favorite stuff. It looks like he was willing to kill millions and no one but the Pakistani PM stepped up to stop him. Why are members of Congress allowing any of this to happen?

Mayor Mamdani chats with New Yorkers while walking the six miles from City Hall to Gracie Mansion, fulfilling the promise he made in his inauguration speech to “be outside” as Mayor — “because this is a government of New York, by New York, and for New York.”

In today’s NZ Herald

All I want for my birthday next month is a box or two of gluten free brownie mixes do I can make when Im in desperate need of chocolate

Uruguay generates nearly 43% of its electricity from wind and solar. In 2010, the share was less than 1%. Most of the rest if hydro. Today, Uruguay produces nearly 99% of its electricity from renewable sources. More here www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

Scotland temporarily ran entirely on wind power as turbines generated over 200 percent of national electricity demand.

If they had released all of the Epstein files and only redacted victim names, neither Greenland nor Iran would have happened.

Has anyone with MAGA friends or relatives found them to be irritable lately?

20% of British electricity coming from solar power at six in the evening in early April is absolutely remarkable. And we’re just getting started…🇬🇧♻️⚡️💡🔋😎

The 25th Amendment allows the Cabinet to declare a president unable to perform the duties of office.

Just sent a copy of his Easter tweet to 2 friends. They didn’t believe it was real. Trying to get up enough courage to send it our group chat - 4 of them voted for him and are rabid MAGAs.

ICYMI — 100 INTERNATIONAL LAW EXPERTS: “The conduct of the war, and statements of U.S. officials, raise serious concerns about violations of international humanitarian law, including potential war crimes.” www.justsecurity.org/135423/profe...

That’s it? Why bother? They have no plan.

The country is eviserated but we need to stay there another 2-3 weeks? Why? That’s not brilliance. It’s an unwinnable non- war that we never wanted. His non-war is causing prices to rise across the board. Forget the price of eggs. Gas will soon cost $5/gallon.

The Strait is going to open up naturally? Yeah, right. They know we don’t believe that, right?

Does he really think we will believe all of this?

I forgot to download tonight’s bingo card.

A landmark class action settlement agreement between Amazon & a group of residents in Eastern Oregon today marks the first time a Big Tech company has committed to paying damages related to public health threats allegedly exacerbated by the construction & operation of its data centers. All right!