New Evidence Data Centers May Cause Hotter Weather

The word "hero" gets thrown around a lot. But it's clear the attack on the San Diego Islamic Center yesterday could have been SO much worse. 140 children were feet away from the attackers. Security guard Amin Abdullah engaged these cowards in a gunfight, and they ran away.

He is the former head of the Ex-Gay, so-called "Conversion Therapy" organization, a “pray-away-the-gay” ministry. The amount of pain these people have caused. #smh

Sally Ride, beloved astronaut.

Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson in BEYOND THE ROCKS, the only time they were paired onscreen. Thought lost for years, a print showed up in the Netherlands.

As if people don't remember what football and its (mostly) white fans did to Black athletes just taking a knee during NFL games?! What is the plan to support these athletes if they make this move?

At last, a pill that can PREVENT COVID after exposure to infected people buff.ly/RxebpGI Ensitrelvir cut infection from 9% to 3% in household contacts. This is the first oral post-exposure prophylaxis for COVID ever proven to work. Game changer for the immunocompromised. #medsky 😷 #publichealth

The march of illiberal authoritarianism continues as it completely takes over the British right. Michael Deacon in the Telegraph proposing what Thatcher never dared: after dehumanising & impoverishing the unemployed stripping them of the right to vote. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05...

NEW: Epstein survivor Annie Farmer about Todd Blanche testimony about wanting to hear from Epstein survivors: "Blanche’s suggestion that survivors reach out to the Dept of Justice to re-report the crimes committed against them is beyond insulting. Many of us have already done that, repeatedly"

I saw this barred owl yesterday as well, just feet from where the egret was hanging about. I'm not entirely sure what it was doing, I took this photo from directly below so it was essentially laying down on the branch and looking at me. #Scrollback #BirdOfTheDay #Photography #Birds #Owls

*Rolls eyes*

Minnesota Becomes First State to Ban Prediction Markets, Feds Immediately Sue gizmodo.com/minnesota-be...

Winston. Old money

Good Morning from Seattle

As more and more of the Government come out in support of rejoining the EU, it is clear that the political taboo around Brexit is beginning to fade. The support from the public, politicians, and the EU is there, so why aren't we making #RejoinEU a priority?

The arapaima is a massive, fast-feeding fish that can swallow its prey in seconds. Original post

Shirley Manson of Garbage responds to Spencer Pratt’s threat to leave Los Angeles if he loses the mayor’s race.

African Purple Swamphen native to the western Mediterranean wetlands (Spain, Portugal, parts of France, Italy) has established populations in other areas, such as Florida, originating from released captive birds 📷: Freda Strydom #birds

It is actually really important to keep this shit out of the Party

If by some calamity this woman ends up in Congress, House Democrats should immediately expel her

This is peak mid 20th century CIA-style work www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

Thomas Massie stood up to Trump in hopes of getting all of the Epstein Files released, while also defending the victims. Tonight Republicans stripped him of his Congressional seat. Do we really need any more proof of just how morally corrupt that party has become? apnews.com/article/mass...

He’s back!!! We just captured male Bobolink LGB (light blue, green, blue) for the third year in a row here in Oswego. That means he’s been down to Paraguay and back at least three times- flying roughly 30,000 total miles! Simply an incredible feat for a bird that weighs as much as six nickels. 🤯

i really wish we saw more aggressive push for actual structural reform at the state level: rationalizing municipal government, state unicamerals, different kinds of PR, reforming row offices, the works

Quick sketch of Sinéad O'Connor

“.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,” she said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5733...

It’s well past time that every city has a serious conversation about driverless trains. Vancouver has the longest automated elevated train public transit system in the world, & the difference automation makes in operating costs (which are a huge part of the broad costs of public transit) is massive.

Donnie Dania took this brilliant photo in 2025. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Goodnight

Rep. Thomas Massie has conceded. Republican voters have rejected the member of their own party most responsible for forcing the vote to release the Epstein files. All because Trump, a man named in the Epstein files thousands of times, didn't want them released. That says a lot. None of it good.

They're all #quislings.

OMG Farage is playing the “Free Speech” card again.. this time incensed that Zia Yusuf’s anti migrant film on TikTok has been removed as “Hate Speech” Meanwhile in Ipswich Reform Councillors have been banned from speaking to local media & told to only speak to GB News That’s Farage’s #FreeSpeech

#ResistanceRoots Yuri Kochiyama was born on this day in 1921 in San Pedro, Calif. She became a radical, intersectional political activist following her family’s internment during WWII. She dedicated more than 50 years of her life to social justice, black liberation and interethnic solidarity. /1

The Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt (Clavelina Ossipandae) is a translucent reef-dwelling creature whose rib-like structures and panda-like markings give it a spooky look. Found in Southeast Asia, it filters seawater and helps keep coral ecosystems healthy. Original post

Quislings, all of them.

Those eight Senate Dems are #quislings.

Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.

This is how you deal with trash

Senator Jon Ossoff wins the Georgia Democratic primary for US Senate.

Thomas Massie: “Today is the six month anniversary of the Epstein Transparency Act. We’ve taken out two dozen CEOs, an ambassador, a prince, a prime minister, a minister of culture, that was just six months. I’ve got seven months left in Congress.” video courtesy @acyn.bsky.social

Ken Paxton is one of the most corrupt people in politics. Texans should be sending him to prison — not the Senate.

“Astronomers remind us that to look at the sky is to look into the past, since light arrives late, carrying traces of what has already occurred. The contrails hanging above Nabatieh, Lebanon, seemed to follow the same logic: an afterimage of imperial industry extended across time.” —Mohamad Nahleh

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Workers at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles have decided to go on strike if federal immigration enforcement agents are deployed at the venue when it hosts FIFA World Cup matches in June and July. www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/...

Today, New Mexico lost another legend with the loss of Al Hurricane Jr. For so many of us, we grew up with his music as a backdrop—rooted in the culture, language, celebrations, and traditions of our communities across the state. (1/2)

Never forget, Cameron's Tories brought Brexit because Farage's UKIP was taking a bite out of Tory polling. Without a care, Cameron & Cabinet bet the nation for Tory Party benefit; to the absolute disastrous detriment of the nation.

Congratulations to Dr. Jasmine Clark on this huge win! We’re thrilled that GA-13 will soon be represented by the Democratic fighter it deserves! Thank you to all of the Indivisibles in the district and across our country who made this win possible by supporting Dr. Clark’s people-powered campaign!

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