Writer Kurt Vonnegut addressing descendants of Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Trump Republicans whose forebears put fossil fuel profits over climate science and a clean energy future: "Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum."

Twitter's new feature that reveals where accounts originate doesn't reveal many surprises.

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Two billion people around the world regularly eat insects for protein. But insects are uncommon on Western menus. Why is that still the case?

A lonely mushroom. ❤️🍄‍🟫

There is a murderer and a rapists in the White House.

Powerful.

➡️ Immigration operations begin in Charlotte: violent arrests already reported. ICE

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"We live in a time when intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won't be offended."

Me, when I cross the finish line of a race.

Here is a nice mushroom

DrillMuppet

It’s not quite a sunset, but I still caught it!

Today is #WorldCitiesDay. WHO's new Guide for Decision Makers helps leaders transform cities into engines of: ✅ Health ✅ Equity ✅ Sustainability Learn how to build fairer, healthier futures: bit.ly/4oanNMy

This is horrific

today in spiders

Russia’s exports rose 18% in 2024 to $330B. China remains Russia’s top trading partner, importing $130B in goods, mainly oil, gas, and coal. India is now second, having surged past others as a key buyer of cheap Russian crude. Israel, Turkey, Egypt, Brazil, and Hungary also expanded import.

It has remained mysterious for millennia, but we’re finally uncovering the profound role the lymphatic system plays in everything from preventing dementia to fighting cancer

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep… The misty, foggy, moody mountain west coast rainforest in the midst of an atmospheric river.

29 international COP climate talks have failed to deliver. What's needed now is leadership. One major nation to honestly level with the public - then launch a wartime scale emergency program to electrify its economy, cutting emissions and making people better off. www.nebriefing.org #TimeToStepUp

Pedro Pascal was spotted at the LA No Kings protest with the best sign there.

when u bully me online, this is who u r bullying

Meanwhile in #Portland

An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old “The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?” Treasure magazine, 1964 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx. The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake. And that’s why we’re fighting back.

April in the Berkshires

www.kare11.com/video/news/l... #Upperpeninsula #LakeSuperior #EagleMine

“.. If victims disobeyed an order .., Taylor and Brannon punished the victims with public humiliation, .. sleep deprivation, physical assaults, and threats of divine judgment in the form of sickness .. and eternal damnation.” @craigtimes.bsky.social #Florida www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

look at this cutie

I think this is art.

One of my favourite actresses, Frances McDermond...

Both things can be true at once: the US and China are failing to decarbonise fast enough.

🙄 Some mixed messages on my morning commute

Like much of the output from US media, this simply isn’t true, is it? Check out the growth of green tech in China, the success of the Green Party in the UK, and so much more. See @carbonbrief.org. Unlike “The World Series”, the climate world extends beyond North America…

Our latest early estimate of national emissions shows Canada’s progress flatlined in 2024, putting the 2030 target out of reach. Canada is at a fork in the road: the country needs a policy reboot from all governments to get emissions back on track. www.cbc.ca/news/science...

"We’ve brought together the peer-reviewed scientific literature on oil and gas, which sends a clear message: there’s no room for new fields to be opened. When you’re in a hole, you have to stop digging." Dr. Greg Muttitt www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/new...