Y'know, all I wanted was to retire and live my fucking life quietly and with a minimum of global fuss and not discover that I'd moved to a Nazi-dominated country without ever crossing a border.
“Fish levels fall by 7.2% from as little as 0.1C of warming per decade … drop in biomass from chronic heating as high as 19.8% in a single year … Put simply, the faster the ocean floor warms, the faster we lose fish” www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/11/n...
"He thought he might remake the country in his own image. Instead, he’s likely to leave it like one of his casinos: broke, broken and in desperate need of new management."
why bother
Randy Arozarena did warmups in this at the WBC. 😎
It's all three, but there's also something else: weak, atrophied brains.
Typos are one thing but elite messages go beyond that, they show an inability to communicate beyond mere urges and feelings, and the reason they can't communicate beyond those is because they can't think through those.
A gigantic data center xAI built in northern Mississippi next to a residential neighborhood.
You want this next door?
Musk's xAI gets approval for 41 methane gas turbines at its Colossus 2 datacenter in Mississippi, despite opposition by 100s of residents
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Local residents cite noise and air quality issues since xAI started unpermitted turbines last year.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Qualifications? We don’t need no stinking qualifications.
"If the conflict turns into a protracted war of attrition, Russia looks set to become a clear beneficiary, raking in profits from spiking oil and natural-gas prices, while the Western economies, Gulf states and even China will all feel spreading pain."
shhhhhh
don't stop doing it, just stop talking about it
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Two bright orange tulips, snow in background
#TulipTuesday
Good morning everyone🤗☀️🌱🌷
Nothing bad ever happened after a government demanded a list like this, right?
The Pentagon calculated it was spending $1 billion a day on Trump and Netanyahu’s war. The truth? It was $3 billion…and that’s just for munitions.
Plus they’ve alarmed everyone by burning through scarce munitions in a matter of days.
EU Council President Antonio Costa said Russia has emerged as “the only winner” from the Iran War.
"Hey, ladies, check it out!" The Green-winged Teals were putting on the moves this morning on Central Park's Pool. Spring is suddenly in the air! 🌷🌷🌷 #Ducks #CentralPark #birding
holy shit
DHS and the US Secret Service want to build a tool for tracking US travelers' flights and other personal information, according to previously unreported documents.
The proposed tool appears to be an attempt to rebuild a surveillance pipeline that was recently shuttered amid public backlash.
Robin standing on the ground looking at the camera
Bird Of The Day (Robins) Cheeky Robin in the garden today. Galway Ireland. #BirdOfTheDay #Robin #Birds #ColourfulCaptures #Robins #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography #Birding #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt #BirdsSeenIn2026
Two hiker bunnies, with backpacks, are at a campsite with a wooden lean-to. One arrived earlier, and already is in a sleeping bag. The other one is just arriving as the sun goes down
Daily bunny no.3252 has room to spare
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
(Published Oct. 2025 with @readfrontier.bsky.social)
All gas, no brakes. Lady Vols Softball sweeps LSU for a 23-0 start to season. Click pic for game coverage.
Two brothers from South Texas and their high school mariachi bandmates were recognized by their congresswoman last June for winning a state mariachi competition. Nine months later, the brothers, along with their parents and younger brother, are in ICE detention and facing deportation.
Bombing
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Vermilion Lakes Sunrise
Broad-billed Motmot on a vine perch
#BirdOfTheDay is #photogenic. But what bird isn’t??? 😜😝 here’s a Broad-billed Motmot we saw in Costa Rica last year. Cheers!
wow
