The war on Iran — which has been largely but not entirely supported by major right-wing media outlets — is threatening to upend world food production, with fertilizer costs soaring. www.nationalmemo.com/right-wing-m...

The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...

Last month, UCSB library launched the "AI in Action" series 🔬 The next event takes place April 9. "It aims to foster an open, interdisciplinary community exploring how AI can deepen understanding, expand access to knowledge and inspire new forms of scholarship." https://ow.ly/u33P50Yt3iF

Rooftop solar has come out of nowhere and is now 20% of Puerto Rico's energy generation mix -- more than natural gas.

A federal judge has ruled that President Trump can be held accountable for his actions on January 6. Bring on the lawsuits. trib.al/Duq9x0I

The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who was left on the freezing streets of Buffalo by Border Patrol officers, was ruled a homicide. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump is putting his physical presence in SCOTUS for arguments (the first time ever for a sitting President) on the scale in order to retroactively remove Americans from our citizenry- this will not stop at recent black or brown immigrants to all the smug folks out there.

Absolutely astonishing observations from CETI scientists who happened to be in the right place at the right time and documented a sperm whale giving birth, supported by whales in her group. Related and non-kin females lifted the calf out of the water, buoying it up for hours after delivery 🧪

🧪 Project Drawdown believes science is good for the world. And we are excited to launch the Climate Science Serving America fellowship program -- for Ph.D. scientists & engineers working on climate solutions. Applications due April 17th! drawdown.org/insights/cli...

South Australia has spent years patiently constructing one of the world's first big 100% clean grids. Its reward? Industries are *flocking* there to take advantage. Peak load is expected to double in coming years. Go green, make green.

“.. The hiring rate for the construction industry fell to an all-time low in February.” #JOLTS - Schwab

The 12 year olds at the Pentagon had a cool new missile they wanted to use. It explodes a few feet above the ground & shoots out little tungsten pellets, killing everyone nearby. They used it to bomb a sports facility where girls were playing volleyball. Killed 21 people. In your name.

Donald Trump has been an enemy of wind power for a long time — and he’s not going to let a little energy crisis get in the way of his vendetta.

New from me: The Senate offered a bipartisan solution to the growing airport crisis. Mike Johnson rejected it, empowering Trump to selectively grab more legislative powers by illegally paying TSA agents. This is an actual constitutional crisis folks. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/mike-johns...

They started an illegal war of choice during an ideological, racist and sexist purge led by right wing podcasters calling targets on a sieg heiling billionaire’s website, believing their superior genes and brutality would lead to rapid victory and are now facing defeat bsky.app/profile/dunc...

While the President sends more American troops to the Middle East, the price of everything - groceries, gas, mortgages - keeps rising. Let’s be clear: we are worse off today, and no safer, than before this unnecessary war began.

Manufacturing-related construction spending is down -15.0% from a year ago.

I’m signing an executive order banning California state officials from using insider information to place bets, including in prediction markets. We will not tolerate this kind of corruption in California.

"Our fossil fuel economy is a house of cards and Trump's war in Iran is about to topple it. The need for a clean energy transition has never been clearer" | My new commentary for @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

I keep listening to podcasts with oil analysts & the shit they are saying is absolutely apocalyptic. If it stays closed, we're going to have to reduce oil demand *more than demand fell during Covid*. Remember that? When the entire world shut down? More than that.

BREAKING: Hegseth racist, misogynist

Trump is bad for the USA

An unprecedented look at the birth of a sperm whale found that mother and calf were supported by other whales throughout the process. n.pr/40THi23

No amount of water ICE agents hand out in airports will let people forget the murdering, kidnapping and raping they are doing.

My resignation letter

Prominent climate scientist Kate Marvel resigned from NASA, pointing to “upheavals” under the Trump administration as a reason for her departure.

270 people joined me, and we had a great talk about how to engage our neighbours, friends, and elected officials in climate action using the head-heart-hands model! (which I explain here: www.astronomy.com/science/solv...) I will share the recording when it's available.

Fascinating new study about men’s friendships. There’s a lot of evidence here that the “male loneliness crisis” is actually a white, wealthy man problem. Other men are building friendships with similar depth to women’s friendships.

Exactly 5 minutes BEFORE Trump announced a 5-day delay in bombing Iranian power plants, someone purchased $1.5 billion worth of S&P futures in a single trade. Someone also sold $192 million in oil futures. Trump and/or his cronies are engaging in market manipulation and insider trading.

7 years ago, we learned about Bob Mueller’s conclusions. Today, there are a lot of posts on social media claiming it was a farce, or worse, a fraud. But those posts are disinformation. Here is the actual information, with links for those who want to do a deep dive. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

A record-breaking heat dome will continue to bring abnormally warm temperatures across the West this week as some of its summer-like heat spreads east. At least 14 states have preliminarily broken their March high temperature record. https://wapo.st/4buv1ak

“I am political,” Ms. Rachel told me of her new effort to free kids from ICE detention. “It’s political to believe that children are worthy of love … and that our care shouldn’t stop at what we look like, our family, at our religion, at a border. Mr. Rogers was very political.”

ICE has killed more Americans than Iran.

sending ICE to airports is meant as an act of intimidation. whether it’s well-planned or not, whether they’re masked or not, whether they’re trained or not—as with ICE anywhere, ICE will do whatever ICE can get away with, until they don’t

... if you are surprised or shocked or puzzled in the face of Trump's actions, it is de facto evidence that you resisted some of what was obvious. You projected your own assumptions & priors rather than seeing what was in front of you. You refused, if only subconsciously, to see what was plain.

A birth certificate AND your marriage license. If you changed your name after you got married, like the First Lady, the 'SAVE America Act' will demand you provide BOTH documents in order to prove your identity and vote in the next election if you don’t have a passport.

With the Iran war doubling oil prices, experts say the airline industry’s belt-tightening is an economic canary in the coal mine for the rest of the world. www.wired.com/story/united...

Solar panel and battery installers are likely to be the busiest they've ever been over the next few months. Anyone who can afford it will be sprinting to insulate themselves from the mad energy prices likely next winter.

Despite the anti-renewables narrative, solar + wind hit a record 17% of U.S. electricity in 2025 Add rooftop solar? ~19%. No slogans. No spin. Just growth. Cost curves don’t argue. They win. This isn’t a debate anymore — it’s a takeover. #Bettrification

Jeremy O. Harris drunkenly approached OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the Oscars after party and called him a Nazi…in front of Zendaya. www.jezebel.com/jeremy-oharr...

Replacing the turbines on existing wind farms with newer, more powerful and efficient models could double the amount of electricity produced by onshore wind energy in the United States – without increasing its footprint www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/03/amer...

Just in case you need some good news today: researchers at U of W have figured out how to turn plastic waste into acetic acid (primary ingredient in vinegar) using the sun. This has the potential to really help us reduce plastic waste. uwaterloo.ca/news/media/w...

Energy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energy halifax.citynews.ca/2026/03/20/e...

New study finds the current heat wave in the West would be "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate pollution. We're on the verge of breaking an all-time March heat record for the US today/tmrw. www.cnn.com/2026/03/20/w...

The President of the United States is a liar.

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Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable. Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours. Strategic autonomy doesn’t arrive via summit communiqués. It’s built in advance — in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

I don't really feel like the press coverage of the metaverse implosion honestly captures the access tech press' role in propping up Mark Zuckerberg's fake innovation mythology if you go back and read "journalism" from this era, 97% was indistinguishable from advertorial

"The case is a very funny illustration of what can happen when cops, who as a general rule rarely face consequences for their actions, manage to cross a person with plenty of time, a sizable social media following, and a smooth baritone."