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My based son walked into a Tesla dealership and unironically ordered a BYD.

Accordimg to ASU research, data centers are significantly warming neighborhoods, a potential health concern amid rapid AI-driven expansion. A 30-megawatt facility uses as much power as up to 30,000 homes creating an intense concentration of heat expelled into the atmosphere via rooftop AC systems.

Cartoonist: RJ Matson This is happening in the richest country in the world:

Hawaii is facing its worst flooding in 20 years—5,500 evacuations, a 120-year-old dam at risk, homes and roads destroyed. In Nebraska, historic wildfires have burned over 800,000 acres, killed one, and are still threatening ranches. Trump hasn’t said a word about either.

Can You Say Why America is the Greatest Country in the World? youtu.be/fJh9t9h6Wn0?...

youtube.com/watch?v=XO07... little bedtime story about cooperation...sleep tight kids

Ukraine has seriously perfected their drone warfare. Every day there’s brand new footage of helicopters & air defences being destroyed. More land has been retaken in the last month than any since 2023. 4,000 russian losses every 48 hours & these numbers will continue to increase

ICYMI Movie name: “HIDDEN FIGURES”

That means America and Israel and anyone supporting them in this disastrous war.

"A paper by researchers at the Berlin Social Science Center found more than 100 instances of city and district politicians cooperating in some way with the AfD from 2019 to 2024." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/w...

CNN’s Havana bureau chief is only on air because of solar panels. His neighbors? No power, no data, no idea the whole island is dark. This is Trump’s oil embargo in action, choking Cuba’s grid since January. No electricity. No hospitals. No refrigeration. 10 million people in the dark. Cruel.

Mister Rogers Neighborhood is getting its own YouTube channel for the first time. Fred Rogers Productions has joined forces with social media agency and multiplatform production outfit Little Dot Studios to bring the iconic children's series to YouTube. #misterrogersneighborhood, #PBS KIds...

It isn't just about human health—think about soil health, pollinators, arthropods, worms, mycorrhizal networks, declining bird populations...

TIM DILLON: “The people pushing this war have done more to diminish 🇺🇸’s standing in the world than anyone I’ve ever seen. Our government is completely dysfunctional, and everybody knows it. This isn’t how an empire projects power — this is how empires fall.”

Your reminder to be sure to download and print out the Mueller Report (I did years ago). We should expect that there will come a time when it can no longer be found online.

Ford deserves to go out of business for crawling in bed with a convicted felon. Honda, you better un-cancel your plans to mothball your EVs. Tell Trump to take a hike.

Shutout

If every top Democrat doesn’t immediately condemn this threat of war crimes and collective punishment, without any ‘process’ BS complaints, then they should be primaried instantly. They’ll be complicit in this crime if they don’t speak out. Tainted forever.

“'Today is my wedding anniversary,' said one Sandy, Utah resident. 'But this is my priority. I cannot stand for there to be a concentration camp in my state.' "Another resident said this was her first time participating in a protest..." ksltv.com/local-news/w...

Brazil has established the Albardão Marine National Park, the South Atlantic's largest marine protected area,covering over one million hectares and safeguarding critical habitats for whales and endangered dolphins. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/brazil-...

A good reminder that understanding what’s happening takes more than just scrolling. thinkbigpicture.substack.com

Larry Ellison, worth ~$200B, bought $173M home on Palm Beach, most expensive ever in Florida. He owns 6 homes on Carbon Beach in Malibu, CA alone - aka Billionaire’s Beach. Yeah, he should be taxed, so others can have healthcare, childcare, and innovation. #DV1 #DemsUnited

A top U.S. general said Thursday that armed troops shouldn’t be “anywhere near” polling sites during elections while testifying at a Senate Armed Services Committee panel. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

😔 The Maxx was my gateway comic. Addicted for life

In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental expression of Kurdish identity. n.pr/4bFGClI

The Moldovan Parliament has approved the permanent withdrawal of the Republic of Moldova from the statutory bodies of the Russian led "Commonwealth of Independent States."

This High School Student Invented a Filter That Eliminates 96 Percent of Microplastics From Drinking Water

Still trying to pay people to like him

Concentration camps. Use the term. Do not stop using the term until this current American regime falls and the camps are liberated. Then use the term in The Hague. This is Trumpism. This is white nationalism. This is he moral gutter into which America has fallen.

Biggest Loser

Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines reports a power grid outage, marking the second nationwide blackout in a week.

Just saw Project Hail Mary without having any idea what to expect beyond it being a movie where Ryan Gossling needed to go to space to save the world, and oh wow, it was a delight. Loved it.

“This is just a special swath of land … that attracts natural disasters,” Brittany Clark said of Union County. “We try to learn from all of it and be more prepared the next time.”

100% of cult members like orange koolaid

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BREAKING: Iran’s Ministry of Health says at least 20,984 people have been injured since the start of the US-Israeli war on the country. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/raw124

Great job here by Pete Kegseth. Thought he was posting an active duty Marine Sgt. Major talking about deploying to the Middle East for Iran. Not quite.

Russia last week: we are not sharing intel with Iran Russia this week: we will stop sharing intel with Iran if the US cuts off Ukraine

The shuttering of CBS Radio News is the demise of a fine artist. It can't be replaced. A century of heroic and historic work is ending MORE ===> youtu.be/19HMToXUXbU

FACT: While Donald Trump was fakin' bone spurs, Robert Mueller was recovering the body of a dead American soldier behind enemy lines. Dwell on this.

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