This is so #bad. #tRump 's #warOnScience is now reserving the right to cancel any grant at any time. This is a #warOnProgress. PLEASE contact your Members of #Congress and object! #DoNotObeyInAdvance #Resist arstechnica.com/science/2026...

This is incredible as an achievement of any kind. Unbelievable.

I have yet to find a use case for AI (general AI models like chatGPT) in my work as a data nerd for the VA. Every time I try to use the in-house ChatGPT it hallucinates so much that the output is useless.

A decade ago, analysts were calling Spain a cautionary tale. Too much solar, too fast! Today, Spain is rapidly on its way to having the cheapest power in Europe. Maybe this time, solar naysayers will learn... haha, jk, they'll just move the goalposts.

This. This is also why local governments need to make it very clear that they provide the services that let the capital engine run.

Giving tax breaks for things that don’t generate economic growth is government malpractice.

Drivers: "We shouldn't be enforcing traffic laws! We should be doing other things to reduce driver violence!" "You mean like slow streets?" "No." "You mean like bike lanes?" "No." "You mean like transit and walkable neighborhoods?" "No." "You mean like charging for parking?" "Hell no."

when I finally sort the stuff I've been storing in my basement

Finally, Ronald Reagan can rest in peace, knowing that children will no longer have to learn that some white people were the bad guys in that whole slavery thing.

It’s 2026, in Oklahoma has finally made child marriage illegal. Congratulations? Also WTF.

France is mandating solar panels on every large commercial car park in the country — turning millions of square metres of idle asphalt into one of Europe's most productive clean energy assets. I have been mentioning this for months - they are shooting up on all the supermarket car parks.

I’m a broken record, but it’s facially insane that the SCOTUS’s position is that the interest of a political party—an entity with no special constitutional protection—in gerrymandering is more important than black people’s right to vote, which we have several constitutional amendments addressing

What form of government do we have in America now? Some scholars say it is no longer liberal democracy, but "competitive authoritarianism." NPR's Frank Langfitt explains the term and its origin. n.pr/3PcVeSz

As @timharford.ft.com has said, "Sometimes, we want to be fooled."

“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford this in Copenhagen🇩🇰?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it?’ 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure..bicycling.”~ Morten Kabell

this is also one of my hobbyhorses. you want a better caliber of lawmaker? you want to reduce the odds of corruption? pay them more. a lot more.

Do we want emergency services with a 58% answer rate? Just a real question with a real answer.

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Prime with ads. Just how Kubrick intended.

"If you give the rich tax breaks, they'll lower prices for everyone else." No, they won't. Want proof? Every single MLB team owner is in the richest 0.1% and receives hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax breaks every year. And it now costs an average $225 to attend a game.

The ignorance of the people who vote for these criminals is why we are where we are. Good morning everyone. ☕️☕️☕️

You wanna know something really wild? E-bikes are already displacing more emissions from autos than electric cars. Wild! Break free from the uncertainty and cost of gas prices - buy an e-bike! www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

“When you’re unable to drive, the flaws in our public transit system become obvious. Sidewalks that end suddenly, street crossings that feel like a sprint for your life, and bus routes perfectly timed to miss the train. When transit is your only option, these things aren’t minor inconveniences.”

barriers.

The single most important thing to understand about tech futurism is that, when Anthropic’s predictions turn out to be wrong, they don’t have to give the money back.

there is something genuinely clarifying and useful about this kind of stuff. they are totally hoods off and proud of it, which means we should not hesitate to describe them accordingly

This is bewildering. The point of these law school fact patterns is to show the absolute limits of what a rules can cover. This demonstrates that there is no limit. For some people. In response to actions made by other people who enriched them. Deplorable.

Our car-dependent status quo is the result of political choices that have steered decades of financial-, spatial- and design decisions. It is time to repoliticize these decisions and reshape our public spaces.

Trump's latest budget is the culmination of 40 years of increasing social control in America. Remember that over half of defense spending flows to private contractors, like the drone manufacturers Trump's sons are now major investors in. All of this is absurd.

We could just ... not let them do this.

"They went door-to-door to tell their neighbors what the city had not told them: The data center would use twice as much electricity as all of Monterey Park." The city’s notification in English reached only 40 people living within 500 feet. Activists worked in English, Chinese, Spanish & more!

A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job. One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution. Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?

A hundred years ago, the U.S. had a nationwide network of short-line railroads that connected most urban and rural communities. By the 1940s, most of it had been dismantled ... by the barons of the auto and oil industries. 😑

Our teaching of US history after WWII is atrocious in American schools. When I took US history in 10th grade, we made it to WWII and then we more or less yadayada’d to the present day. Glastnost, perestroika and then the Berlin Wall fell.

Exactly one year ago today:

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

Gaia Music Collective Big love to all the singers who came together to sing this song last month. You all poured so much emotion & intention into this music, and it was an honor to be in this song with you all.

I just think I should be able to attend a World Cup game in the United States for less money than it would cost for me to fly to Europe and watch a Champions League match, airfare, hotel, and tickets included.

Glad to see the Australian government on board. Massive milestone today with Bowen acknowledging EV growth is already offsetting the oil crisis. Increasing reserves while demand falls makes no sense. Now for a solar carport mandate! Charge baby charge. ☀️⚡ #Bettrification #EVs

I will be watching this with great interest. If people want the government to run like a business, then it should be able to run businesses, no?

Turned on NBC. They talked about “President tipping a DoorDash driver $100”. This woman participated in GOP ads before playing other roles. There is no DoorDash deliveries to the Oval Office. Please exercise proper judgement when consuming news.

Small Missouri town ousts half its city council after $6 billion AI data center approval — petition calls for mayor's removal as frustration (and violence) over AI data centers mounts |

This is true for a lot more than bikes.

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

In interviews, I’ve been called Girl by a drag queen and Dog by an NFL player so yes, I’ve accomplished my career dreams.

"I'm just gonna say it, Fuck Trump" "I'd much rather everyone made music as opposed to going and beating the shit out of each other" — Hans Zimmer