The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.

Finally!! But how many lives have been destroyed in the meantime? New York federal judge bans ICE arrests at Manhattan immigration courts Ruling blocks detentions at three federal courthouses except in rare cases amid protests over tactics www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

No surprise here. “According to a new study, construction was impacted more than any other industry studied, with American-born workers losing more jobs than immigrants as a result of the deportations.” Trump’s Deportations Are Costing Americans Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/r...

New @brookings report on ICE family detention estimates the total number of children affected at 205,000 & US citizen kids affected at 145,000 Horrific & far outweighs first Trump admin numbers www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

Texas limits eligibility for Medicaid to families living below 15 percent of the poverty level, meaning that a family of three earning more than—get this—$4,098 annually is not eligible for any benefits. trib.al/xIxx6h8

There’s an Ebola outbreak in Congo that WHO just declared a “public health emergency.” USAID would normally help. But It’s been killed. CDC would help too, but it’s been cut Don’t worry though. The admin is engaged in Congo. It just deported immigrants there. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/w...

“The increase in Black infant mortality, from 9 to 21 deaths per 1,000 births, means Black infants born in Hamilton County are more at risk than those born in Iraq, Iran, Guatemala, Honduras, Libya or Vietnam, according to the World Bank.”

“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. .. “.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...

Probably should be a bigger deal that the Trump Administration used taxpayer dollars to host a Christian Nationalist event in the nation's capital, but, nah. www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...

Trump doesn't understand what power is, and Iran has exposed his core weakness. My latest, with assists from Thucydides and Arendt. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/o...

A government watchdog has been conducting a major investigation into how DOGE handled sensitive information. But the probes have been hindered by federal agencies trying to avoid handing over information.

NEW: An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help.

If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)

Nothing screams “beta male” more than obsessing about testosterone levels The Testosterone Moment Is Here. And Men May Never Look the Same. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/m...

unfurling a "white replacement" banner should get you permabanned from MLB stadiums

It's good they're quoting scholars here to dismiss the fiction that America was founded as a Christian nation, but you can just read the Constitution yourself. There are only three references to religion in it, all meant to keep it out of government, to avoid conflicts that had rocked Europe.

Morehouse College Choir- We Shall Overcome youtu.be/Aor6-DkzBJ0

What a paragraph. “Six people killed, including three paramedics.…Ceasefire extended.” us18.campaign-archive.com?e=caa2f2148d...

Much of the focus of the ongoing redistricting war has been on which political party will come out on top. But it's voters who will pay a cost, say voting experts and voting rights advocates.

Though Trump has repeatedly claimed that millions of noncitizens vote, data shows there are few such cases. Of these, most involve people like Estelle, who register in error. “It is a needle in the haystack,” a former DHS lawyer said.

Executions Surge in Iran Since Cease-Fire, Rights Groups Say www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/w...

This plan is absolute madness. Building a data center that is SIXTY SQUARE MILES in mountain west drought land which on paper will raise the temperature of the entire area by 5-12 DEGREES F is mental Unless the reality show is to create an American Aral Sea www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

You know, a President accusing a NYT reporter of committing treason just for asking a question is actually quite a big deal, and this bunch just standing there listening to it and doing nothing is not encouraging the public to think of journalism as a serious business or of words meaning anything.

Outrageous

BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii. This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.

i’ve been thinking of what could even be said about such a tragedy. someone said it best that trans people are “born so late and die so young”. we uproot our lives and transition and live more life than anyone else ever does and society punishes us for it. we deserve better

No American should be comfortable with the President of the United States accusing a reporter of treason for critical reporting.

For the umpteenth time: The most corrupt president in American history.

"The fall of El Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces on October 26, 2025 produced one of the worst documented atrocities of the 21st century. This investigation brings to light new testimonies of those who survived it, and reconstructs how it happened." www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuDB...

New from PP: You know those 'Kavanaugh stops,' where justice allowed racial profiling but said they'd be no big deal? Well, ICE agents have now stopped and held this American *3 times* Earlier this month, they *shackled him* He's thinking of moving to Mexico www.propublica.org/article/immi...

When the state is disenfranchising its Black voters, there's zero question why ROOTS was just banned in Knox County, Tennessee, schools. "Age-Appropriate" my ass. www.wbir.com/article/news...

The President is telling the IRS to give him $10 billion rn

Abolish VAR now. profspur.substack.com/p/against-var

President Trump was months late in disclosing tens of millions of dollars in stock trading, according to his latest investment filings, pushing the legal limits of a financial practice Americans have largely opposed from their elected officials.

Gas is currently $5.09 in my area. Minimum wage in PA is $7.25 You gotta work 45 mins for a gallon of gas to drive to your minimum wage job. How much longer before people just stop showing up because it's unaffordable to do so?

Remember, trans people are some of the most targeted people today. 📌 Man arrested in murder of transgender college student l.smartnews.com/p-7IQSQ8x2/Y...

"UNUSUAL OFFER"?? No, headline writers. "Charges Dropped Against Indian Billionaire Accused of Bribery, After Offering Trump A Bribe."

The dismantling of USAID is a humanitarian crisis. Only the cartoonists are covering it.

GILLIBRAND: How did we bomb 22 schools? COOPER: There's no indication we have G: So how do you explain publicly available information that 22 schools have been hit and multiple hospitals? C: There's no way we can corroborate that G: Have you investigated those claims? C: We have not

Such a powerful conversation What Autocrats Have in Common With Abusers www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/o...

The stupidity is unending Trump’s Push to Keep Coal Plants Open Is Costing Hundreds of Millions www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/c...

This is the language of the Jim Crow South of a century ago — restored to power by John Roberts and the conservatives on the Supreme Court. Shameful.

How long is this nonsense supposed to go on for - long enough, it sounds like, to destroy the momentum of the actual game itself.

NEGUSE: My understanding is a no bid contract is reserved for situations involving serious injury. What's the injury w/the reflecting pool? BURGUM: 19 fountains didn't work NEGUSE: That's the serious injury!? And who picked this company? Trump said 'I have a guy who's unbelievable at doing pools'

The Trump administration wants to decrease a mother's allotments for fruits and vegetables from $52 to $13 a month.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

The relevant portion of the Jason Collins discussion

President Obama: “We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There’s no dispute that it worked and we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”