FROM U.S. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS

Google's CEO saying that the reason there's intense backlash to AI is because humans aren't "evolved" enough to understand it youtu.be/RgV57kDzcng?...

“This checkerspot’s legacy is that it’s a canary in the coal mine” A Very Lonely Caterpillar, Possibly the Last of Its Kind, Has Died www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/c...

Nearly 50,000 people in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, because it's redirecting that power to data centers. /1

About 7 million kids live in a home with a loaded and unlocked gun, a study finds www.npr.org/2026/05/12/n...

Wanted to share this powerful project by public historians at UMN to document the artwork and signage of ICE abduction sites around the Twin Cities. z.umn.edu/HereandGone

The sooner we stop burning fossil fuels, the better it is for everyone.

Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?

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.

Ninth Grader Demi Johnson receives National Geographic award for plan to save Mississippi's oyster reef population. The ninth grader has produced 1,100 oysters that will in turn spawn millions of larvae into the ecosystem, a huge ecological impact

Americans’ electricity was shut off 13 million times in a year, data shows www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Happy Earth Day, Tom Chapin :) 🌍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2q9...

Happy Earth Day insideclimatenews.org/news/2204202...

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NEW: Minnesota's capitol lawn swelled with 200,000 protesters today on the third national 'No Kings' event protesting the Trump admin. “This is the largest protest in Minnesota history,” Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin said at the rally to uproarious applause. [Full video and report coming soon]

Record-warm March after an unusually dry and snow-poor winter has pushed nationwide snow amounts to unprecedentedly low levels. Snowmelt is occurring more than a month earlier than usual. Normally, these snow depths would be present around May Day.

"If you are trying to protect life on Earth, you are working in an era defined by loss." As with climate scientists, many on the frontlines fighting for the living world are suffering a mental health crisis. It's *vital* we mind ourselves, and each other. www.butlernature.com/2026/03/22/t...

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

>10,000 STEM PhDs have left federal service over the past year (including 30% of the federal colleagues with whom I’ve worked closely). Those still left are holding federal science together with duct tape. What an extraordinary act of sabotage against the American people.

Nearly twice as old as the dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs have been crawling ashore for over 450 million years. Sadly, their populations have plummeted by more than 70% in recent decades. So we just announced our intent to sue the federal government for denying them #ESA protections. bit.ly/41quLDj

Happy #PiDay! Here are some pies to consider: If nothing changes, the remaining carbon budget to stay under 1.5°C, 1.7°C, and 2°C will be used up in 4, 12, and 25 years, respectively. Let’s eat up by setting all the fossil fuels on fire.

New records show that #Florida applied for nearly $1.5 billion in federal funding to keep the massive immigrant detention center in the #Everglades afloat. The facility is harming the waters and endangered plants and animals in one of Florida’s most cherished wild places. Read on ➡️ bit.ly/3MShznh

As US and Israeli bombs fell on Iran this weekend, bettors on Polymarket — where $529 million was traded on contracts tied to the timing of the strikes — were cashing in

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Very little snow across the West during a winter that has brought record warmth Sierra Nevada: 66% of avg Upper Colorado River region: 66% Oregon: 34% "Projections show that our winters are going to look a lot more like this in the future." www.latimes.com/environment/... @coveringclimatenow.org

“It’s a real impingement on state authority here that shouldn’t stand,” said Julie Teel Simmonds, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, before the judge’s initial ruling was issued Thursday. “They’re trying to basically seize control over these #pipelines.”

“If Sable ultimately is not able... to reopen this pipeline I think it’ll just be confirmation that state and local governments have a say. It’ll just reaffirm the Feds can’t come in and force things down on states and locals.” calmatters.org/environment/...

Steller sea lions are the largest member of the family Otariidae, the “eared seals.” They're also one of the species threatened by the Trump's latest push to open more than 100 million acres off the coast of #Alaska to highly destructive seabed mining. Take action 👉 bit.ly/3OQcITX

BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

america (2026) www.404media.co/man-opposing...

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

This is the eighth death in ICE custody in the last seven weeks.

Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla collectively received $51 billion in tax breaks, thanks to the Trump and GOP corporate tax cuts signed into law last year. Together they effectively paid a federal tax rate of 4.9%, according to @itep.org. itep.org/trump-meta-t...

Consumer Advocates Could Derail Blackstone’s Utility Acquisition in New Mexico prospect.org/2026/02/19/b...

SoCal air quality officials rejected a proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances after being overwhelmed by more than 20,000 public comments in opposition. Well, turns out many of those comments were powered by AI! Crazy investigation by @hayleysmith.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

A detainee died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Indiana on Monday, with the cause of death under investigation, ICE said, marking at least the seventh death in 2026 in federal immigration custody reut.rs/4aY1wgH

🏈🥑 On #SuperBowlSunday more people in the U.S. eat avocados than any other day. To produce all that guac, the industry is scarfing up swaths of Mexican forest. Join us in urging U.S. grocers to adopt avocado-sourcing policies that prevent #deforestation ➡️ bit.ly/4tlE1oZ

The Trump administration tried to kill Energy Star last year. But the efficiency program has emerged stronger, with dedicated funding that reverses a decade-long trend of declining budgets. Here's my story for @npr.org: www.npr.org/2026/02/03/n...

🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US. Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records. Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...

SCOOP: ICE has done more than 60 secret flights on Air Wisconsin since mid-January, according to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. I watched one load this afternoon. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...

NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.

I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.

Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights. After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

🚨 CPJ strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arrests which mark a serious escalation of attacks on the press in the United States. Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.