Pretty sure if this happened in an advanced democracy someone would get jail time, or lethal injection www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...

Louisiana senator helped secure Meta's largest data center. Then he sold the land beside it. 🗞️ floodlightnews.org/jay-morris-m...

Oil spills have increased in the Persian Gulf since the beginning of the Iran war, risking damage to critical marine ecosystems and coastal communities.

Spencer Pratt becoming mayor of L.A. would be the quintessential example of climate-induced degradation of political systems. His campaign is anchored in grievance against the 2025 mega fires, which became a shorthand for municipal incompetence.

Wherever they turn, residents in and around Santa Fe Springs, California, contend with toxic hazards. capitalandmain.com/california-h...

Toddlers somehow always pick the best (worst) times to not nap

$500,000 from CRC to a pro Becerra group: bsky.app/profile/rlmi...

Lovely photos in this story about an oasis of fresh, affordable food in Compton: capitalandmain.com/in-one-of-l-...

The US has taken de facto control of Venezuela’s oil industry, but details of the arrangement are hidden. A series of FPF FOIA requests targets this secrecy, which threatens to entrench the US in the deeply corrupt industry. Read more in The Classifieds:

Jason sat down to write an article, and instinctively, accidentally, did the “it’s not just x, it’s y” AI style of writing. He stopped typing, freaked out, deleted the sentence. Your AI use is breaking our brains www.404media.co/your-ai-use-...

"How the oilman’s president boosted a green transition" "Trump has pulled off an improbable feat: the oilman’s president has made fossil fuels both expensive and unreliable. People used to worry that addiction to oil made us dependent on Middle Eastern autocracies.... /1

It’s maybe fine to mention, so long as it’s framed in terms of class grievance and wealth hoarding/pollution dumping, emphasizing the rich rather than individual choices (which @matthuber.bsky.social discusses in one of his books). “Epstein class destroys the planet” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...

A new NASA map shows how the sinking of Mexico City is uneven, with areas registering up to 2 centimeters per month. www.wired.com/story/mexico...

Imperial County’s anti-data center group is called NIMBY Imperial bsky.app/profile/benc...

Early indications suggest that the rental housing lost in the Eaton fire is unlikely to be rebuilt at the same level of affordability as what came before. capitalandmain.com/fire-recover...

Just in: Your @metrolosangeles.bsky.social D line officially opens at 12:30pm Friday 🥳 Parties until 4pm at all three new Wilshire stations (La Brea, Fairfax, La Cienega) plus Wilshire/Western 🚇 Free rides across the Metro system, including bus, rail, Metro Bike and Metro Micro all weekend long! 🚍

It was also really easy in foresight. bsky.app/profile/brad...

This OG of natural wonder is nearly 100! 🐦‍⬛ 🐠 🐊 Over time as #climate, #biodiversity loss & habitat destruction became harder to ignore, his message has become more direct: Understanding nature is not just a matter of curiosity; it is the beginning of responsibility @mongabay.com's founder reports:

Who actually controls the world’s emitting infrastructure? Complicated ownership chains often obscure responsibility for emissions. Climate TRACE + @GlobalEnergyMon.bsky.social are breaking these barriers by linking emitting assets to their owners. climatetrace.org/news/underst...

This is grim arxiv.org/html/2604.22...

His story tracks modern coming of age: Intelligent and degreed but lacking work that’s both challenging and fulfilling; no political opportunities to channel restive energy; “American dream” out of reach; retreat into fantasy worlds of video games and social media www.latimes.com/world-nation...

This was foreseeable. In 2000, when gasoline prices hit a record, California recommended several steps it could have taken to lessen dependence on foreign oil sources. The state didn't act. Full story here: capitalandmain.com/as-prices-cl...

California gasoline price average hit $6 today gasprices.aaa.com?state=CA

That’s quite a chart www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Me to my car: Memento mori…

20th century regulatory filings are like "chromic, nitric, and sulfuric acids, was discharged directly into the soil and groundwater"

The controversial weed killer Roundup is now being deployed in private and public forests at record rates. We go inside the secret plan that helped make it possible.

Choo choo trains in kids’ books feels like 19th c monopolist and coal propaganda

A detailed look into how the White House sabotaged research efforts within the EPA's Office of Research and Development.

Rickety ice cream truck just blasting the kids with diesel exhaust

Important read. "Climate change is already showing up in the cost of living. Economists and central bankers are getting better at linking temperatures to price increases." 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A deep dive into US crude oil exports pointing out some flaws in the latest oil industry propaganda. "They want people to believe that while oil companies make record profits exporting U.S. oil to the rest of the world, that this has no impact on gasoline prices here in the U.S"

lol, market juice time….. Iran Offers US Deal To Reopen Strait But Postpone Nuclear Talks. – Axios www.axios.com/2026/04/27/i...

Cool looking story… www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/w...

Lol bsky.app/profile/pbsn...

Iran caused more extensive damage to U.S. military bases than publicly known www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...

US issues fresh Iran-related sanctions, Treasury says reut.rs/4vRs8Za

Fuel made from Russian oil is surging into California, even though such sales are used to finance that nation’s ongoing war with Ukraine. youtube.com/shorts/pIghM...

Delightful! “10 million reporters… It would cost $1.5 trillion per year, roughly half the federal budget, and trillions more to sustain it in perpetuity. Unrealistic of course. But that's how much Trump asked Congress to give him for the military for this year alone. Which would you rather have?”

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The drying Colorado River has an Indigenous tribe worried about the viability of their farmland and cultural identity. Quechans have improved their water efficiency in order to help sustain the river, but President Trump cut funds for those restoration projects last year. youtube.com/shorts/60N1H...

As gasoline prices climb & California loses refining capacity, the state is importing more and more gas refined from Russian oil, thereby funding Russia's war in Ukraine. Almost seems like being stuck on fossil fuels is a lose-lose proposition.