GET A GRIP Ireland is building a battery that contains no lithium. No cobalt. No rare-earth metals. Instead, it stores energy using carbon dioxide. The project is designed to hold 200 megawatt-hours of electricity, making it one of Europe’s largest long-duration energy storage systems.

This Day in Labor History: July 11, 1934. The Southern Tenant Farmers Union formed when eleven white farmers and seven black farmers met in Tyronza, Arkansas to form a union of sharecroppers to fight for poor farmers’ rights. Let's talk about sharecroppers and their fight during the Depression!

We‘re one executive order away from a chocolate fountain.

Donald Trump cannot cancel elections but he can try to make it harder for people to vote and easier for the GOP to cheat. That includes misuse of the federal government and inciting his MAGA mob of election vigilantes. We need to be ready to send up and protect elections.

Demented old man has the power to launch a nuclear war. He is a raging threat to humankind. Please Congress- you must impeach him

Every name on this list was a person with a family, a story, and a life. How many more names? ICE must be abolished. #SheShed

An island in Chile covered its waters with floating solar panels. Soon, thousands of salmon had turned them into their home www.ecoportal.net/en/island-ch...

Major Jason Watson has apparently been restricted to a military base as the Air Force considers what charges to bring against him Being silenced by a gag order as well, he can’t communicate with the general public But if he COULD speak, I think we all know what he’d say IMPEACH CONVICT REMOVE

Here I am in South Carolina getting a text from some person I've never heard of running to replace Platner in Maine. What a cluster fuck of a timeline we're in. Yes, Nazi=bad. Rapist=bad. We need to raise our bar.

I am an nyc teacher and would love photo paper for my classroom. This is an important classroom item to fulfill off the wishlist. Please repost. God bless you. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani announces click-to-cancel rule for NYC. This rule is aimed at guaranteeing New Yorkers can cancel subscriptions as easily as they sign up — and stopping corporations from trapping customers. This will save New Yorkers up to $162.5 million per year. Drop a follow

In another act of obstruction of justice, the Trump DOJ continues to refuse to cooperate and turn over unredacted Epstein files to New Mexico AG, Raúl Torrez, as he conducts the only state criminal investigation. I analyze the details of AG Torrez’s letter to Todd Blanche: youtu.be/i7MDVk5UeVA?...

What were seeing now is more clear evidence that the DOJ never undertook a serious investigation into Epstein's human trafficking operations... and that's because all roads lead to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and people at DOJ and FBI well know that. www.cnn.com/2026/07/09/p...

Rep. Thomas Massie and I called on the DOJ to comply with our Epstein Files Transparency Act after its botched redaction and failure to release the remaining files. The survivors & the public deserve answers. Thanks to Katie Phang & those fighting for transparency.

It’s time to end Citizens United and get corporate special interests out of politics. That’s the leadership I’ll bring to Washington.

I’m trying to care. Truly, I am. But, so far, nothing is working . . .

Congrats to @MarshaBlackburn for making national news for being “blatantly racist”again! Local media is again generally ignoring her racist anti-Chinese ad… but the Tennessean did note the waving lucky fortune cat at the end is JAPANESE. 🤦🏼‍♀️ www.huffpost.com/entry/marsha...

i want white people to hate fascism broadly and Nazism (and it's symbolism) directly more

A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)

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I was back in Immigration Court this week, this time for the hearing of a sweet little three-year-old girl, I’ll call her Estrella. She’s been in federal custody, separated from her family for more than 10 months – even though her mom lives here in NYC. The cruelty is truly mind-boggling. 🧵

Do you trust this FDA? I do not and I used tampons for many years.

Trump is wrecking D.C. Everything Trump touches turns into a whole-ass mess. Then taxpayers get stuck with the bill to fix it.

Danish reporter Rasmus Svaneborg grills NATO's Rutte over his silence when US President Trump talks about conquering Greenland and lashes out at Spain. "Does this have any effect on your self-respect when you sit next to him like that and say nothing?"

Probably a radical opinion here. I think that a violence culture, and a rape culture are part, and parcel of the patriarchy.

Sen. DURBIN: Next time we meet, we’ll consider Todd Blanche to be Attorney General. He’s Trump’s former personal lawyer and still plays that role. He has used DOJ to protect the President. He led the coverup of the Epstein files and established the slush fund for cop beaters.

MAGA Rep Brandon Gill Posts racist campaign ad — you'll never guess who he's married to.

"His wife has said that he relied on an inhaler for asthma, but ICE agents rejected her attempt to give them the device when he was taken into custody."

What Say You,Military Recruiters...?

At just 16 years old, Bohlale Mphahlele invented a safety earring designed to help protect women and girls. Disguised as jewelry, it includes a camera, GPS tracking, and an emergency alert system that can discreetly send the wearer’s location to trusted contacts. #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance

Hey @chicagotribune.com Editorial Board: Why did you describe me as a “bomb-throwing influencer”? This is wrong, inflammatory, and racist. Change it. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/e...

Listen, if you don’t know the difference between Democratic socialism and communism, I’m not engaging with you. Crack a book.

Nothing says “freedom” more than the US Navy, US Coast Guard and NYPD bullying a tall ship following instructions (with pro-climate & civil rights banners) and then lying about it. “Clearwater said they were never asked to take down the banners. Sail4th 250 said they did not ask them to leave.”

Benito Miranda Hernandez completed three tours during the Iraq war but now faces removal from the US to Mexico.

Beneath the layers of darkness and despair that many feel today, America's heart still dances to the joyful tune of freedom and hope. Let's resolve to make the next 250 years better and brighter for all. #IndependenceDay250🇺🇸

There has been a massive uptick in ICE kidnappings in Washington State. We know why. Researchers at The University of Washington have been tracking these illegal kidnappings and the data that is helping ICE surveil and stalk people. This data is being shared with the feds. Mostly by local cops.

He’s not even in office anymore and he’s still more presidential than the man who is.

As far as I can tell there’s still a thunderstorm expected to happen in the next couple of hours in Washington DC but Trump has decided that he must give his speech and so has told them to reopen the grounds so people can be outside in a thunderstorm during his speech.

I’m reading There Is No Place for Us, by @brian-goldstone.bsky.social and one thing keeps hitting me over and over: Homelessness is rarely a single event. It’s a cascade. A cancer diagnosis. A lost job. Depression. A missed paycheck. A broken car. A wait for mental healthcare. An eviction. 🧵

"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"

A Pulitzer-worthy photo with a Black woman looking directly into the camera with a raised eyebrow while surrounded by racist right-wing thugs on the 250th birthday of America.

For everyone who feels like there’s nothing to celebrate today, I offer a shred of hope to cling to

Please stand with USAF Major Jason Watson, Honorable Patriot, Defender of the U.S. Constitution, Hero youtu.be/tCu6YDiJVs8 If you support Major Jason Watson, please make your support visible and call the US Congress and tell your Reps to act (202) 224-3121 and replace your profile pic with this one

This an official Vatican photograph of Leo at Lampedusa, Italy - one of the world’s heaviest migrant sites - where he went this morning to pray for migrants who died at sea. This is after turning down the offer to come to the United States.

We have already started a legal defense fund for him. This is the only authorized fund for Major Jason Watson on behalf of #DOOR. Any/All reposts are greatly appreciated. 🙏 @jessicadenson07.bsky.social @removalcoalition.bsky.social www.spotfund.com/story/329d1b...

i just filled all the squares on my don’t threaten me with a good time bingo card

first ethical millionaire

JUNE 23rd is PINK FLAMINGO DAY! Created by Don Featherstone in 1957, a newly graduated art student assigned to sculpt something for lawn ornaments. He won the Ig Nobel Prize for Art in 1996! #OldTimeRadio #audiofiction #audiotheater #audiodrama #fictionpodcast #madisonontheair #PinkFlamingoDay

HA, the Ig Nobel Awards Moving to Switzerland!