J Henry Fair

EPA chief met with Bayer CEO over supreme court fight, agency records show Top US regulators met with Bill Anderson to discuss ‘supreme court action’ over glyphosate weed killer

Sarcasm seems the only response

Some of the things your defense dollars buy:
-$98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home
-$2 million for Alaskan king crab
-$6.9 million worth of lobster tail
-$15.1 million for ribeye steak
-$124,000 for ice cream machines
-$139,224 on 272 orders of doughnuts

Foreign hacker reportedly breached FBI servers holding Epstein files in 2023 Cybercriminal reportedly accessed a server at the FBI’s New York field office, according to a source and DoJ documents

Of course hackers are breaking in to the FBI systems...

Harriet Tubman was here!
Fields Point and Combahee River wetlands.
The Combahee River Raid, guided by Tubman, stopped here first, engaged the Confederate pickets.
The exhibit will open again at Hampton University Museum in April.
#Rice #ACEbasin #Slaver #Liberation #Freedomseekers #Landscape #Tubman

Testing the waters: can pumping chemicals into the ocean help stop global heating? To some it was a reckless experiment but scientists hope the dispersal of 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine could ease the climate crisis

When we play God, it ends in disaster.
Playing a chemistry game with ocean acidity will end badly... Climate engineering is not the answer to bad behavior.

Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region.

Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat.

We live in Orwellian times.

The costs of supporting Israel’s war on Iran:

- Dead American soldiers
- Dead elementary schoolgirls
- Over $1 Billion/day for combat ops
- Soaring gas prices
- Tanking markets
- Betrayed GCC allies
- Another constitutional crisis

…and growing.

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent ​strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reach...

AI. Making life better for kids

Frances Mayes Shares the Stories of the Okefenokee Through the tales of those shaped by its waters, shaded by its cypress trees, and calling for its protection, Georgia’s ancient swamp still speaks

The Okefenokee is so precious

X to ban users from earning revenue if they post unlabelled AI-generated war videos Social media feeds have been flooded with fake battle scenes since start of Iran conflict

Am i the only doubtful one?

The same company behind your friendly chatbot is helping the government decide who to hire for deportation raids

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

Not to mention the climate crisis

US military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuadorian forces involves ‘decisive action’ against narco-terrorists

We will keep starting wars until we drop and forget the Epstein papers...
#wagthedog #eternalwar

Two days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Brent was up 1% (black). In contrast, 2 days after the US launched attacks on Iran, we're up 15% (blue). This is an absolutely massive shock that's feeding through global markets. Disorderly conditions building...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/what-iran-...

Mmm. I thought the Guardian was always free. I can save as a pdf and email to you

i think all Guardian articles are free...

Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters EPA rolls back rules as chemical firms claim provisions in RMP protection system too expensive to implement

Because who needs protection from chemical disasters?

Toxic Time Bomb. Power plant waste buried on the Edisto River will pollute forever. YouTube video by J Henry Fair

They want to build a $5 Billion power plant on the site of a demolished coal burner on the Edisto River. Construction costs charged to ratepayers, and the utility executives take a percentage of the construction cost.
#incentivized #climatecrisis #boondoggle

Secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules are made public The Energy Department made the rules public a month after NPR reported about their existence. The rules slash requirements for security and environmental protections.

SCOOP: The Department of Energy has made public a set of newly revised nuclear safety rules that slash security and environmental protections.

@npr.org first reported on the existence of the rules last month.

www.npr.org/2026/02/26/n...

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

some alternatives

Five ways Trump could try to tilt the midterm elections in his favor With Republicans facing grim poll figures, Trump promised action to influence the vote citing debunked fraud claims

They would never resort to unethical ploys would they?

Political storm in Wyoming as far-right activist caught handing checks to lawmakers Photograph shows conservative activist handing slip to Darin McCann and Marlene Brady holding a similar paper

Can you believe that politicians accepted money for their votes?

US judge blocks search of Washington Post reporter's devices A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked federal prosecutors from searching devices seized from a Washington Post reporter as part of a leak investigation, saying he would review their contents for potential e...

US judge blocks search of Washington Post reporter's devices -

US military leaders meet with Anthropic to argue against Claude safeguards Anthropic presents itself as most safety-forward AI firm and Pentagon has threatened penalties if it does not yield

Of course they want to use AI to track and kill people. Duh.
I hope #Anthropic holds firm!
#Precrime is here
#PhilipKDick

Trailblazing model Shailah Edmonds YouTube video by PIX11 News

My good friend Shaila Edmonds talking about the experience of being a black model before it was "fashionable"

Plastic Inc. by Beth Gardiner: 9780593717103 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books An extraordinary exposé of the industry flooding our world with plastic—and now ramping up to make more than ever “Deeply researched, sharply written, and totally compelling.”...

I'm thrilled to say Plastic Inc is out today, shifting the lens on plastic from where it ends up to where it comes from — the fossil fuel industry. "Deeply researched, sharply written & totally compelling," says @elizkolbert.bsky.social "Breath-taking & revelatory"—
@christopherleonard.bsky.social

Netflix boss says $83bn Warner Bros takeover will benefit industry Comments by Ted Sarandos follow Donald Trump’s demand for company to remove Democrat from board

Because the consumer always wins with corporate consolidation

Fears of polio resurgence as US vaccine adviser questions need for childhood shots Survivors say US healthcare system not ready for new cases – ‘the only thing to fix polio is the polio vaccine’

Do i laugh or cry?