China continues to surge ahead in energy

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

Stories so bleak these days www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Tofu Dreg Corruption open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

Happy 250 to the original 13 including Maryland

1/2 “Davey Hearn is innocent. These charges are outrageous and should be alarming to every American. This indictment reflects the Admin effort to shift blame for their own failures. On the eve of our nation’s Independence Day,

Am I being completely naïve? Stories about software companies integrating with weapons manufacturers, JPMorgan getting into the defense business & now this. All the efforts, money and political will going into killing Why not concentrate globally on the bottom tiers of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

“My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total…And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution.” Barbara Jordan

1/3 A good friend of mine, pediatrician is organizing medical trip to Venezuela. NYC area folks-bring donations today and tomorrow to the 2 collection centers below, and they will be shipped for free to there -diapers, all sizes, underwear,all sizes, gloves, hygiene kits, clothing, all sizes, shoes

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

Tomorrow Election Day in Baltimore!

Let’s not make cars or things to make life easier! Let’s make weapons to kill people 🥺 www.wsj.com/business/aut...

We know cruelty is the GOP MO www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

My brilliant DIL. And sheesh… healthcare and greed in the US today www.npr.org/2026/06/14/n...

What if we put all these efforts and money into something that didn’t kill people? “ You may say I’m a dreamer”…

I can’t tell you how much I HATE THIS

From Jay Kuo 1/3 “What does blind fealty to Donald Trump get you? If you’re Todd Blanche, it gets you promoted from personal defense attorney to nominee for attorney general of the United States, despite a confirmation fight that will likely relitigate your handling of the Epstein files

I guess biological agents could even affect billionaires; is this a rare agreement on AI precautions ?

The idea that only nuclear or gas can provide "firm power" -- the last line of defense against the relentless advance of clean energy -- is going the way of the dodo. There are no arguments left. The only reason to fight progress now is corruption & raw political power.

And now our broken govt and the CDC is asking for volunteers to help screen travelers to the US? Our once expert scientists, doctors, and government public servants have been fired, deeply weakened and demoralized over the past 2 years by layoffs and firings and threats.

When he’s right, he’s right.

This is spot-on and should make most of us hopeful. Let’s find solutions because of design, not disaster

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

“Concentrations of methane in the atmosphere are roughly two-and-a-half times higher than they were before industrialization. Methane is responsible for about one-third of global warming”

$ trillions for bombs and slush funds for insurrectionists, but no funding for quality news or for a dedicated science and health reporter like my DIL. 🤬🤬🤬

Never, never, never “Accustomed to trample on the rights of those around you, you have lost the genius of your own independence, and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises." -- Lincoln

Current conditions: Winds topping 60 miles per hour are howling through the mountains in MN and SD/ND Early heatwave in TX and OK as high as 100° F Though it’s still early in the season, the Arctic is on track to experience its highest number of wildfire ignitions in 3,000 years @heatmap.news

Rhetorical question: but WTF is wrong with the GOP? @vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov @repkweisimfume.bsky.social Is there nothing that can be done? The biggest story in the country, today and always, is that the president of the US is mentally unwell.

What a remarkable story. And why we need research and real medical experts in academia and government @sydneylupkin.bsky.social @npr.org

Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

🌊 Massive marine heatwave caused Caribbean coral reefs to collapse much faster than predicted – new research theconversation.com/massive-mari...

Kudos to my local @thebaltimorebanner.com and to @jkbjournalist.bsky.social for the well deserved recognition

“..recognition that science without an immediate benefit or application was worth pursuing..We don’t know what we’re going to be missing out on in the decades&centuries to come because we hamstrung our ability to do exploratory research…never know what is going to lead to the next breakthrough.”

Liar, Liar 🤬

“Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”

Was in TX 2001-2021. Not much has changed with #orphanwell problems “TX has more than 159,000 inactive wells. If the operator of an inactive well goes out of business, the unplugged well eventually becomes an orphan. Texas is facing a record-high backlog of more than 11,000 orphan wells””

This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.

1/3 Terrible enough online gambling is allowing to place bets on war outcomes, now they are trying to manipulate odds by corruptive means 🤬 “If online gambling services like Kalshi and Polymarket allow people to bet on something, do the incentives for the worse outcome change?

Maybe #datacenters are not a great idea

“Feinberg has clinched deals for the government to take equity stakes in at least five private-sector companies and is seeking tens of billions of dollars this year for more taxpayer investments. Those bets could take years to yield results..”

“Feinberg has clinched deals for the government to take equity stakes in at least five private-sector companies and is seeking tens of billions of dollars this year for more taxpayer investments. Those bets could take years to yield results..”

FUN FACT: The Hormuz Strait remained open during the entire Biden and Obama administrations.

something strange and horrible and somehow fitting that we should have a very real threat of madman civilizational destruction at the very moment when we also have humans on the dark side of the moon taking pictures that show how small, precious, and beautiful our world and existence is

I know most of us here know all this, but I find it so incredibly discouraging having been raised in a military 4 generations of West Point culture. I’m sure my father would’ve been fired by him. @vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov Is there NOTHING you can do to impeach Hegseth???