China just got a heliostat plant – a concentrated solar power (CSP) station using a large field of computer-controlled mirrors, [heliostats], to reflect the sun on to a tall central tower – to power 170k homes a year and save 130k tons of CO2. The US is getting a ballroom.

As a military family member and a taxpayer, I am FURIOUS that we are not allowed even to KNOW the extent of injuries and deaths to our own troops!

Einstein was right...

So many of the self-appointed leaders of the American Jewish community have obvious disdain for the fact that the community is what it actually is, and not what they want it to be.

Commons tributes to Ann Widdecombe are absolutely on the mark bit.ly/4vEcP56 I have interviewed and talked to her, promoted her campaign about older workers when she was employment minister. In many ways I admired her and I was - and am - deeply upset by her awful death

Just now reading "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis. When a corrupt, lying authoritarian builds a big enough Cult it can batter down dissent. An accelerated version extrapolated from Nazi Germany but some remarkable similarities with Trumpism.

Rev. Carl Ruby of Springfield, Ohio: "This month, the U.S. Senate could vote on a bill to preserve TPS protections for Haitians for three more years (the same bill passed the House with bipartisan support). Now is the time to stand up for Ohio communities." ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/10/t...

Huge. With this, can we separate the "security industry" from the real strength industry? Valuing big strengths, not just gym strength, which, yes, is part--sometimes a small part--of big strength? Broad human strength aka civilization? Ukraine may save the USA from itself & Russia from itself.

One big delaying tactic to try to make the markets go up and down and not just down continually.

Emergency rescue operations have been completed following the Russian strike in Kharkiv. Unfortunately, as a result of the attack, 2 people were killed, and another 42 were injured, including 4 children. t.me/kharkivlife/...

⚡️Update: Ukraine signs drone cooperation deal with Denmark. President Volodymyr Zelensky and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen also discussed strengthening air defenses and building a European anti-ballistic system - an increasingly urgent topic as Kyiv faces shortages of Patriot missiles.

⚡️'Make them yourself': Trump gives Zelensky green light to produce Patriot missiles. U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 8 that he will grant Ukraine its longstanding request to produce American Patriot missiles, the West's only tool capable of stopping Russian ballistic missile attacks.

Very real dangers. As someone who routinely works in 40°C+ I feel compelled to give tips on heatwaves and I always remember the first literary example of heat-stress is Patroclus falling down trying to scale the walls of Troy. Drink lots of cool water, only a little icy water.

One of my cartoons for Tuesday's Metro

Look at the wonderful stuff @magicfoodarmy.bsky.social and @chefzhenya.bsky.social are doing!!! www.patreon.com/chefzhenya/p...

Agree with CW. Respect. It changes you in a good way to do this. (You learn.) It's often part of volunteering at a homeless center. Recommend.

good idea

make certain college students have polling places on campus

"...how easily the system can be abused. When we have the power, we must act to end such abuses."

Yes. Protesters struggled to get truth and facts and to share them. Later even the main "architect" of the VN war R. McNamara admitted the protesters had been right. An "either-or" statement should always cause pause. "Look for the third way" is good advice up there with "Look for the helpers."

Nearly 400 local newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright theft. newjerseyglobe.com/media/nearly...

How is anything he has said or has done extreme? The fact that someone convinced you, and many others, that wanting to lift up the poor in the richest nation in the world is extreme is the real problem we face.

Tax all political contributions over $50 from any single tax ID in a single year at 98%. Define contribution broadly so there are no backdoors. Sell it as fixing an issue and paying down national debt.

“I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you” Are we still pretending we don’t know what they mean and intend to try to stay in power

Quelle surprise...

Madness

The Best President America had while I was here by far and they set him up and undid everything that could have saved us. I hope Freya snatched Jimmy Carter up for Folkvar because "Heaven" doesn't deserve him. A true warrior.

Is there a running competition to see who can produce the most outrage in the service of distraction each day?

Doing this would be an excellent way to mark the 10th anniversary...

Didn't Andy Burnham's mayorship refer to an elected role as head of a region that includes two cities—Manchester and Salford—and eight towns?

A lot is said about the Euro being a show-stopper. Poland, who joined under the present rules without opt-outs, celebrates 22 years in the EU this year and still uses the Złoty. Schengen might also be less of an issue than some suppose given the CTA.

Where is Europe in this Year 4 of a new historical era? Will liberal or anti-liberal Europe prevail? What will become of the Zeitenwende? We have until 2029 to shape the answers. My weekend essay for the @FT @ftweekend (£, I'm afraid)

To rejoin the EU, the UK must first understand it, by @fromTGA open.substack.com/pub/timothyg...

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𝗩𝗜𝗕𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞: Outraged Minnesotans face a campaign of retribution from the Trump Administration, marked by funding cuts and lawsuits.

"All of this is a staggering gift to cartels, Chinese money-laundering networks, Iranian proxies, and others who have relied on anonymous U.S. shells"

Congress is getting ready to remove the requirement that shell companies register their real owners. The bill "will restore America’s status as the leading offshore haven"

The world is coming to America for the World Cup. What they'll also see are detention facilities holding migrants and children just miles from the stadiums. Nothing says "land of freedom" quite like that. Share these posts to spread their shame. Don't let it be ignored.

Sums it up nicely

I will be on the Senate floor giving a comprehensive speech outlining the last 500 days of Trump's dizzying, unprecedented campaign of corruption. We cannot normalize what he is doing. He is stealing from us.