It’s funny to hear Trump aides accuse wind and solar farms of overusing land, because the corn ethanol they love uses 100X as much land per unit of energy. Land is great at growing food and storing carbon; it sucks at growing fuel.

2/ Other Key Takeaways:

Russia has launched a simultaneous kinetic and cognitive response to US President Donald Trump's efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

The fabulous Common Blue enjoying a bit of post thunderstorm sunshine

Well, it took a while longer than I expected but it was worth the wait! Knives out!

First of the fledgling starlings to drop into the garden, I’m always amazed by how large they grow in such a short time.

Just incredible

White House denies that the secretary of defense leaked Rose Garden Easter Egg locations to his family in Signal Chat.

Plato FTW: “One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”

Brilliant economic analysis by Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

This Song Thrush giving Henry VIII vibes!
#birds

The Battle for Damascus is over.

The regime of Bashar al-Assad has fallen.

Syria has been liberated.

Bluesky is like the start of a wonderful evening, everyone is having fun, enjoying themselves and being happy and Twitter is 6am when only the drunk coke heads are left, telling you that only they truly understand <insert conspiracy theory> and you really regret not leaving much earlier 🦋

Killer kitties: a reminder that cats play a major role in wiping out wildlife. How?

By killing literally *billions* of native animals every year, driving numerous extinctions. 🌍

Cats are NOT 'part of nature'. If you must have one, keep it indoors.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds in Dublin. The Wild God in full flow, super show