Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Ballot arrived today! Marked YES, signed the envelope, put in a nearby postbox. Easy peasy. Did you know that voting ASAP helps the YES on 50 campaign operate more efficiently? Plus it will take you off the list for calls and door knocks. Win/win. And speaking of winning, let’s DO IT Californians!

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files. She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

People ask me all the time what they can do and broadly: 1) Organize and join protests 2) Support media that isn't backing down 3) Give to ACLU and others taking on the illegal actions in court 4) Give to food banks :(

So uh this is going to be the biggest day of mass protest yet

I think we should seriously have conversations about the mental health of some of these tech guys. Seriously.

Remember when we used to joke that Trump was going to go after everyone who ever sent a mean tweet about him or donated money to Democrats or voted against him? Welcome to the Antifa, y'all.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Some incredibly good news: One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print. In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast. In short, it’s working. So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

"Personality, knowledge, and emotion are the three things that need to exist [in art] — and I'm sorry, they don't come from a fucking app." Del Toro sums it up 🫡

Visa and Mastercard released their public statements on censorship! Visa and Mastercard are pretending they don't make any judgments on legal purchases, but Collective Shout CLEARLY told us they successfully pressured payment processors. KEEP CALLING! IT'S WORKING!

AUGUST 10TH @ 9:00 AM PDT THE CONSEQUENCES: 14 HOURS, 50 MINUTES, AND 7 SECONDS SEE YOU THERE (drawn by @robinedgar.bsky.social) cara.app/robinson bsky.app/profile/robi...

“California, the fourth largest economy on planet Earth, is this summer using 40 percent less natural gas than it did two years ago to generate electricity. If you wanna know why the fossil fuel industry is freaking out and sponsoring every bad politician on Earth, that's why.”

Might be a good time to remind folks of the No ICE in California itch bundle raising funds for the immigrant defenders law center (or you can donate to them directly) itch.io/b/3110/no-ic...

Jay has become a good friend over the last half decade. Good soul. He’s in a moment of financial tightness and I’d love to drum up some love for him for his upcoming 48 hour stream. Peak at the post for deetz. Share if you wouldn’t mind. Thank you. bsky.app/profile/jetm...

time to be the biggest fucking annoying karen bitch you've ever been in your fucking life, this is it, good luck yall

We are the ones who are coming to save us.

This album remains mesmerizing. The chorus tugs the heart. It sounds like the song itself is crying. youtu.be/HWnwl6Fp8P8

Keeping the score.

Brave, courageous, powerful statement from Abrego Garcia's wife, Jennifer. Watch, cry a little, share and let's keep fighting everyone.

4Chan was hacked, its source code was leaked, admin emails were leaked, AND a lot of registered users used their real names and .edu email addresses. Lotta CHUDs getting exposed to sunlight today.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

“If you can’t feel for them or their families, remember that this is just a stage in a plan that will land ultimately at our own doorsteps.” Listen to Sherrilyn

Buckle up, folks. This is a constitutional crisis unfolding before our eyes.

I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

This is the Veep-iest photo I’ve seen in a while.

I am proud to join my colleagues in filing an amicus brief standing up to Trump’s unconstitutional and un-American attack on birthright citizenship. Let me be clear: If you’re born on U.S. soil, you are a U.S. citizen. That’s not just common sense—it’s the Constitution.

this is quite the photo and caption www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

Early contender for album of the year. m.youtube.com/watch?v=z2D6...

Videos from as recently as this year purportedly show Chinese recruiters incentivizing people to join Russia's Armed Forces in return for high salaries. The accounts of Chinese soldiers who have ended up in the worst parts of the Russian line tell a radically different message.

This era of mass grift—driven by one of the most corrupt administrations in American history—isn’t just a crisis. It’s a massive opportunity for the Democratic Party to lead an unapologetic, system-wide anti-corruption campaign.

"Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships...effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions." apnews.com/article/ship...

Yesterday, House Republicans (with the help of four Democrats) passed a bill that would restrict access to the ballot and eliminate online and mail-in voter registration. We must speak up to stop this GOP voter suppression bill in the Senate. Call your senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

"The idea that caring about others could end civilization may seem extreme, but it comes amid a growing wave of opposition to empathy from across the American right." (Not a comfortable read in places.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Reality is actually very uplifting. While Trump is afraid of anything even possibly good for our health, clean energy is now more economical than coal, and all Trump’s bombastic proclamations will not change this reality. Our states will continue this progress. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...

The GOP Congress continues to fail its duties, but Trump might have awoken a leviathan. Trump's most concrete economic goal was to lower the 10-year Treasury yield, and instead he sent it up. It went up again today despite what should've been a reassuring CPI report. Bond markets don't trust him.

Are your senators on this list? Let these Democrats know they’re letting you down. 👇

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation. Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:

The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this. We can't. We need answers.

TODAY: The House is expected to vote on the GOP's voter suppression bill. We must stop H.R. 22 to protect fair elections in 2026. We’ve seen the damage of similar laws in states like Kansas and Arizona, where thousands of eligible voters were blocked from registering. Call your representative ASAP.

Capitulation and appeasement never work.

The credibility of the US government is completely shot. Gone. Annihilated. Nobody anywhere in the world can believe a single word that comes out of this Administration. Ever.

The stupid... it b-u-r-n-s...!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥