"Sodium is nearly 50 times cheaper than lithium and can even be harvested from seawater, making it a much more sustainable option for large-scale energy storage”

Previously, I posted that Na-ion batteries were likely to reach Li-ion battery energy density faster due to the prior advances and experience from Lithium work. Well, that’s appears to be the case. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.uh.edu/news-events/...

J. D. Vance has “clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid,” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

US judge blocks detention of British free speech campaigner amid 'censorship' row | US News | Sky News share.google/xoo1gU4v63EQ...

I say his gently, but… There’s something unspeakably shameful The United States letting people go hungry. Not because its government doesn’t fix it — but because tomorrow a few private Americans could, and never notice the cost. That’s the part that sits wrong.

@drkimshepherd.bsky.social @drjudystone.bsky.social Hope you are enjoying the holidays. Juan and I made a little road trip with neighbors last week. We drove from Tucson to Las Vegas for a long weekend.

Let's stop pretending these people ever gave a shit about antisemitism. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/a...

As energy demand surges, Trump’s solution is to weaken our energy security, canceling offshore wind projects and stripping thousands of high-paying jobs from American workers. Whatever happened to “America First”? www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/26/t...

You get more LEAD, and you get more LEAD, and your children get more LEAD! A LEAD toxic gift from the EPA and Trump Admin. To the people of Miami, Arizona and Freeport mining, of course. Gift article Share widely! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/c...

Look who is back www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Repubs argue that injecting toxic sludge into the ground is better then having "ugly" windmills. Sigh. "Swaths of the Permian appear to be on the verge of geological malfunction... the liquid...can flow to the surface and pose a risk to underground sources of water." www.wsj.com/business/ene...

The Trump administration revoking & denying the visas of people who they feel to be a threat to the United States after throwing open the jail doors & releasing over 1,000 MAGAs who attempted to violently overthrow an election will always and forever be breathtakingly ironic. wapo.st/4sbUiMM 🎁🔗

Imran Ahmed founded an group to fight online antisemitism on the left. But he has also criticized Elon Musk for antisemitism and disinformation, so the Trump admin is trying to detain him. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u... You know, in case you thought this admin cared about "fighting antisemitism."

The decision to absolutely never grant a relocation buy-out means that people suffer again and again for reasons that are completely preventable. #ClimateRisk wapo.st/3LbLnKx

This. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

🎁🔗: Claudia Sheinbaum’s Impossible Dilemma www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

🎁🔗: J. D. Vance Fails a Simple Moral Test www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Fascinating article about an #ALS cluster. Thanks for sharing, @earhart.bsky.social !

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... Disturbing piece about a judge so biased in favour of trump, and so aggressively traitorous to the values of her adopted country that she makes John Roberts seem a fair minded decent American.

You aren't American if you believe this. You simply do not believe in one of our foundational ideas. This squamous, diseased testicle is taking a sledgehammer to our national identity and wrecking one of the few things that really does make us great. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

Adding on to the clip @parkermolloy.com found where the dumbass OU student admits she just rushed through the assignment. This isn't an issue of a trans instructor trying to force students to adhere to their worldview...it's a moron student half-assing an assignment and trying to shift blame.

🇪🇺🇺🇦“We will never be able to match the sacrifice of the Ukrainian people.But we will support their fight for survival for as long as it takes We already provided €193 bn in financial, military and humanitarian support. And we just agreed on €90 bn more for the next two years.” -Ursula von der Leyen

As it is technically Christmas Day now, I'll briefly break my social media embargo to post the fantastic sunset tonight 😀 We've been away to see the grandchildren and tonight, a mere day after we returned, we were greeted with this fabulousness 😍

This is NGC 2264, also called the "Christmas Tree Cluster." It's a cluster of young stars about 2,500 light years away. They were 'born' during the Pliocene Epoch (2-5 MYA), about the same time as early hominids like Ardipithecus or Homo habilis, so they're barely older than humanity. 🎄💫🔭

See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course

6 Otherworldly Deep-Sea Images from 2025

www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/23/l... Ch..ch..changes..

Good news! Jersey Kebab opened within the past two weeks in new (for them), larger space just one mile from their old shop, in downtown Collingswood, NJ. We stopped in. The food was incredible. The service was terrific. Need to go back with the whole family! […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very | Protest | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I've never been able to get to Jersey Kebab to eat, but the outpouring of support from the local community after ICE raided the restaurant and arrested the parents was incredible. The shop windows were covered by messages of support.

I’m going to need to see the declination memos from DoJ where they declined to prosecute the Epstein co-conspirators, and I’m gonna need to see them for every single person they declined to prosecute.

Remember: There's always strength in a union. Solidarity.

Trump is stealing almost $4 billion from a program to prevent homelessness in Vets, by falsely claiming it isn't working. As usual, the facts contradict Trump's claims. www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...

Kinda seems like Trump punishing Colorado for not releasing Tina Peters (who tried to help him steal the election) from prison should be a bigger story

“I can’t see a rational reason to move inmates that have been compliant in an environment to a more restrictive environment,” says the former president of the American Correctional Association.

"Not enough young men are getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), and in some nations, it may be undermining the elimination of cervical cancer." www.sciencealert.com/vaccinating-...

Something that's getting lost in this story is that the "instructor" in question is not a professor with a PhD; she is a Graduate Teaching Assistant, meaning the University of Oklahoma has thrown one of ITS OWN STUDENTS under the bus to appease a right wing grifter who tried to dunk on a trans woman

At the current rate, DOJ will be finished releasing the Epstein files in July, 2030* *15,000 documents/30,000 pages per month, provided they're being honest about how many documents they have.

This Christmas, any support would mean the world as I navigate the transition from general surgery to urology residency—covering interview travel and lodging while also staying on top of cancer screenings. Venmo, Zelle, or the link below. Thank you for being part of my journey #blacksky #urosky

This should be Time Magazine’s 2025 Photo of the Year:

The US declassified exchanges between US President Bush and Putin from 2008 in which Putin already called Ukraine an „artificial“ state, clearly denying its right for existence.

JD Vance is an antisemite and he leads his chosen party of antisemites. This is not journalism; this is pathetic.

Here’s a little present for those of you on the Nice list. This is Asarum speciosum, native to Alabama. Isn’t it fantastic? #Aristolochiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Narcotrafficking gangs in coastal Ecuador are now trafficking shark fins alongside cocaine, per Código Vidrio. Shark fins move through the Galápagos en route to Asia, exploiting a bycatch loophole. This expansion into illegal fishing is driving violence against local fishers.

I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I am so grateful for all of you and for this community. Sending everyone lots of love ❤️ Also, please, please keep Ukrainians in your mind, as they have to go through this holiday season without power and under daily bombardment

Nothing to see here. This is definitely a normal post that perfectly demonstrates appropriate behavior for a man with grave responsibilities to the nation and absolutely, positively does not show psychological derangement and incapacity to serve as president under section 4 of the 25th Amendment.

I know Hannukah is over but…

Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.

Angela Lansbury as Susie Wiles. Wait for the end. Perfect.