Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

From @dailykos.com : “While Republicans may have a short-term high, their racist gerrymandering appears to be having the unintended and politically damaging consequence of boosting Black voter turnout in the midterms.” www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

"CBS is assenting to its own diminishment." "The biggest loss is to core America values, including the right to speak freely, even in brutally mocking terms, about those in power..." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/o...

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.”

'The study portrays as obsolete the conventional wisdom which holds that, despite the emergence of solar / wind power as the cheapest form of energy, you’ll always need more reliable “baseload” sources such as gas or nuclear plants as the core of your electricity system.' www.ft.com/content/b5c5...

“Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents are being told to find a new power provider because the grid is being re-routed to A.I. data centers.”

For years, the biggest criticism of renewables was simple: “What happens when the sun isn’t shining?” The answer is increasingly: battery storage. 24/7 solar power is no longer theoretical. In some places, it is becoming economic reality.

He was referring to you, you dimwitted, arrogant psychopath. GD you're dumb.

People said this same sort of thing about horses when the automobile was invented. "People have been riding horses throughout history and will continue to do so in the future."

Imagine having to get towed out by a minivan...🤣🤣

End this war and your tariffs Mr. President abcnews.com/Business/tom...

@govwesmoore.bsky.social your #MDE with #Racist blinders on says out loud #BaltimoreCity is too trashy it is the #Fracking industry that generates the #ToxicWaste polluting the #Patapsco and its communities by #Air #Land and #Water #MDE needs to learn #RootCauseAnalysis cc @mddems.bsky.social

CASAR: For the $1 billion we're being asked to spend on Trump's ballroom, we could fund 217 million free school lunches and 15,000 more teachers. As secretary of education, which do you think helps our nation more? McMAHON: I think those are incredibly weird comparisons

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is not about keeping us safe. ICE is about normalizing the use of government thugs on your streets. ICE is about keeping the people in power safe from the people.

These funds may be coming from the federal Judgement Fund. A fund intended for court-ordered settlements, not political deals. Tell your federal representatives to investigate these payouts and enact measures to prevent similar occurrences in the future! www.climateactionnow.com/social-media...

Three offshore wind companies have already agreed to shut down projects in exchange for massive payouts from the Trump administration, totaling nearly $2 billion. But that's not all.

Investing in offshore wind will help lower energy bills, build cleaner infrastructure, and protect communities from climate disasters. But instead the Trump administration is paying energy companies to cancel offshore wind projects and channel these funds to prop up fossil fuels. As of today...

#ClimateAction of the day: Tell your federal representatives you want to see the energy company payouts fully investigated! Taxpayer money is being used to stop clean energy projects and invest in fossil fuels instead. This needs to be investigated. Now ⬇️

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social at the CA state capitol: “We chanted ‘we will not go back’ — I burned a confederate flag outside the chamber to send a message we will not go back to the times in which our folks were met with Billy clubs & the blast of the fire hose…” 🇺🇸

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.

An ICE removal flight operated by Journey Aviation just landed in Myanmar--the second time this year. Migrants onboard will have been shackled for 19+ hours. Previous Burmese deportees were immediately sent to a nearby torture prison, per @jamesstout.bsky.social. gillianbrockell.com/three-craven...

Price shocks from the Iran war power solar sales in energy-hungry Asia Consumers in hard-hit Asia are turning to rooftop solar power as costs climb due to the Iran war. www.independent.co.uk/news/philipp...

we need to speak to and listen to each other more than we need the largest language model ever #AI: despite the misnomer, go fuck yourself, get back to us when you are done

note to selves @mddems.bsky.social @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social #FossilFuels = #Volatility only predators and extractors and colonizers manufacture #Volatility

The more we experience fossil fuel volatility, the clearer the case becomes: "The war has certainly accelerated clean tech adoption." This is what I told The Times for their piece on how the energy crisis drives adoption of solar, EVs and heat pumps. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

The Super El Niño in 1877 was the worst human disaster in our country’s history and just look at how much worse this years will be.

So Trump is talking about dropping the federal gas tax. A heroic cutting of gas prices. That’s 18.4 cents. And it will mean billions lost to the Highway Trust Fund that roads depend on. Another genius move from his reckless war adventure that will succeed in making life worse.

No case for nuclear in Scotland beyondnuclearinternational.org/2026/05/10/n... via @BeyondNuclear

@mddems.bsky.social @senbillferg.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social if you all build out any more #Methane infrastructure at ANY #Ratepayer #Taxpayer expense there will be an accounting, political and/or cosmic i see your failing leadership and I am fucking saying something

In the first four months of 2026, the average wholesale electricity price in Spain was €44 per megawatt-hour. In Italy, it was €127. In Germany, €96. In the UK, €103. Spain is now cheaper than France, and well below the central-European bloc. janrosenow.substack.com/p/spain-just...

Solar is the rising power source says IEA. www.energylivenews.com/2026/05/11/s...

A new New York Times piece shows: The Iran war is accelerating something that was already underway: Europeans turn to solar, heat pumps & EVs in large numbers. E.ON reports solar interest in the UK up 63%. Enpal in Germany: inquiries for panels & heat pumps rise 30%. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...

This guy nails it. 🎯

A timeline of our rapidly changing planet (through 2025)... I've now added this visualization permanently to my climate change indicators webpage (at the bottom): zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... Check it out there, as it looks much better in its full resolution!

This is what “multiple use management” looks like when timber wins every time. Ecological health, wildlife habitat, native plant communities all of it gets written off as competition. Link: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

There's still a lot of year-to-year variability in patterns of ocean sea surface temperatures, but there's something else clearly happening... Watch the human-caused warming trend evolve over the last 100 years during the month of April (including to 2026). Data from psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded... 🌊

There are 86 pregnant mothers locked up in ICE concentration camps. Pregnant immigrants in detention for months despite rules against it - Los Angeles Times share.google/PQsxrLcoTOWM...

Californians might soon be paying $7 a gallon thanks to the war with Iran. Big Oil? They're making nearly $7 billion in profits. While oil companies rake it in at the pump, you're getting hosed.

A very happy Trans+ History Week! 🏳️‍⚧️ A week to recognise and learn about the often erased, but always with us history of trans and gender-diverse people. Have loved seeing the campaign material up in Churchill Square this week. www.transhistoryweek.com

@yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social has curated elections-related resources, drawing from their signature Climate Change in the American Mind survey, to help local and national US reporters dig into voter sentiments about climate change and climate action.

Global sea level rise and its accelerating rate... 🌊 Latest satellite-derived data now updated from sealevel.colorado.edu through early 2026

There is zero reason for Data Centers to be using up resources. They are perfectly able to integrate solar panels to provide the electric they need and there are water cooling systems that use 70% less water called closed-loop systems or recirculating cooling towers. Don't believe the lies.

🆘 🆘 A #SuperElNiño event is forecast for the 2026/2027 period. 🆘

Do You Trust Billionaires? youtube.com/shorts/8xN6V... Josephine Gingerich from Physicians for Social Responsibility on AI technology and the tech oligarchy. #Moratorium on all new data centers & people's assemblies in which community residents can co-create the policies that impact their lives!