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Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
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A pair of snowy owls has taken up residence along a Lake Michigan beach, sparking curious speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home.
A pair of snowy owls spotted along Lake Michigan beach draws crowds in Chicago
A pair of snowy owls has taken up residence along a Lake Michigan beach, sparking curious speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A pair of snowy owls has taken up residence along a Lake Michigan beach, sparking curious speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home.
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Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to his former research lab. He was 97.
https://to.pbs.org/4qPbNSp
https://to.pbs.org/4qPbNSp
James D. Watson, scientist who co-discovered DNA's double-helix shape, dies at 97
The breakthrough -- made when the brash, Chicago-born Watson was just 24 -- turned him into a hallowed figure in the world of science for decades. But near the end of his life, he faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, includ...
www.pbs.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to his former research lab. He was 97.
https://to.pbs.org/4qPbNSp
https://to.pbs.org/4qPbNSp
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Dolly Parton releases “9 to 5” 45 yrs ago today.
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Dolly Parton releases “9 to 5” 45 yrs ago today.
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
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After the state intervened to trap about 100 swine demonstrating feral behaviors, Montana food banks are slated to receive an influx of pork this week.
Thousands of pounds of pork bound for Montana food banks following feral swine investigation
Producer Partnership is working with the Montana Department of Livestock to process nearly 100 swine
montanafreepress.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
After the state intervened to trap about 100 swine demonstrating feral behaviors, Montana food banks are slated to receive an influx of pork this week.
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During an all-day summit cohosted by the Montana Chamber of Commerce and Gov. Greg Gianforte, energy experts waded into the rise in electricity demand and proposals for Montana projects that could help meet that need.
The future of Montana’s energy landscape through the eyes of industry insiders
Experts weigh in on AI, transmission, coal and utility-scale batteries
montanafreepress.org
October 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
During an all-day summit cohosted by the Montana Chamber of Commerce and Gov. Greg Gianforte, energy experts waded into the rise in electricity demand and proposals for Montana projects that could help meet that need.
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@talsmith.bsky.social Since you're apparently not old enough to remember: One of the many reasons we enacted Obamacare is because insurance companies were routinely kicking women off their insurance coverage once they were diagnosed with breast cancer.
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
@talsmith.bsky.social Since you're apparently not old enough to remember: One of the many reasons we enacted Obamacare is because insurance companies were routinely kicking women off their insurance coverage once they were diagnosed with breast cancer.
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
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A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
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OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.
September 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.
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The real issue isn’t left vs right.
It’s not white vs black.
It’s not citizen vs immigrant.
It’s not gay vs straight.
The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest — and a lot of money invested — in dividing us, and it’s working.
It’s not white vs black.
It’s not citizen vs immigrant.
It’s not gay vs straight.
The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest — and a lot of money invested — in dividing us, and it’s working.
September 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The real issue isn’t left vs right.
It’s not white vs black.
It’s not citizen vs immigrant.
It’s not gay vs straight.
The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest — and a lot of money invested — in dividing us, and it’s working.
It’s not white vs black.
It’s not citizen vs immigrant.
It’s not gay vs straight.
The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest — and a lot of money invested — in dividing us, and it’s working.
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wants to cancel a public land management rule that sought to put conservation on equal footing with industry.
Trump administration wants to cancel Biden-era rule that made conservation a 'use' of public land
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wants to cancel a public land management rule that sought to put conservation on equal footing with industry. The announcement comes as President Donald Trump seeks to o...
montanafreepress.org
September 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wants to cancel a public land management rule that sought to put conservation on equal footing with industry.
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And what an incredible journey it has been. 🖖
On this day in 1966, Star Trek first beamed into living rooms across America. None of us could have imagined then the journey it would set us on. And not just the cast and crew, but the millions of fans who would find hope, inspiration, and community in its vision of the future.
September 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
And what an incredible journey it has been. 🖖
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🚨 Trump is the biggest union-buster in US history 🚨
In March, Trump stripped union protections from more than 1M federal workers.
Last week, leading up to Labor Day, Trump expanded his order to additional federal agencies.
Learn more about Trump's attacks on workers: www.epi.org/blog/trump-i...
In March, Trump stripped union protections from more than 1M federal workers.
Last week, leading up to Labor Day, Trump expanded his order to additional federal agencies.
Learn more about Trump's attacks on workers: www.epi.org/blog/trump-i...
Trump is the biggest union-buster in U.S. history: More than 1 million federal workers’ collective bargaining rights are at risk
Since Inauguration Day, the Trump administration has taken a flurry of actions that have put our federal agencies, economy, and democracy at risk. One alarming line of attack that directly threatens w...
www.epi.org
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🚨 Trump is the biggest union-buster in US history 🚨
In March, Trump stripped union protections from more than 1M federal workers.
Last week, leading up to Labor Day, Trump expanded his order to additional federal agencies.
Learn more about Trump's attacks on workers: www.epi.org/blog/trump-i...
In March, Trump stripped union protections from more than 1M federal workers.
Last week, leading up to Labor Day, Trump expanded his order to additional federal agencies.
Learn more about Trump's attacks on workers: www.epi.org/blog/trump-i...
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August 30, 2025
August 30, 2025
Just days before Labor Day, a holiday designed to celebrate the importance and power of American workers in the United States, the Transportation Department cancelled $679 million in funding for offsh...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:34 AM
August 30, 2025
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Aspiring early childhood educators who want to pursue undergraduate degrees next year might lose out on federal loans they need.
That’s because, ironically, the profession does not seem to pay many of its workers enough to meet new loan standards set by the White House. https://to.pbs.org/3UWEmP4
That’s because, ironically, the profession does not seem to pay many of its workers enough to meet new loan standards set by the White House. https://to.pbs.org/3UWEmP4
Early education experts see this new Trump rule as ‘the wrong step at the wrong time'
Shutting off federal loans for these students could turn people away from the profession altogether, at a time when teachers are burnt out and leaving classrooms and daycares, early childhood educators and experts told PBS News.
to.pbs.org
August 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Aspiring early childhood educators who want to pursue undergraduate degrees next year might lose out on federal loans they need.
That’s because, ironically, the profession does not seem to pay many of its workers enough to meet new loan standards set by the White House. https://to.pbs.org/3UWEmP4
That’s because, ironically, the profession does not seem to pay many of its workers enough to meet new loan standards set by the White House. https://to.pbs.org/3UWEmP4
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The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
n.pr
August 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star.
Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system
Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star.
bit.ly
July 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star.
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An experimental technique that patches defective DNA with donated genetic material helped families at risk of passing rare illnesses to their children.
How a third parent's DNA can prevent an inherited disease
An experimental technique that patches defective DNA with donated genetic material helped families at risk of passing rare illnesses to their children.
n.pr
July 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
An experimental technique that patches defective DNA with donated genetic material helped families at risk of passing rare illnesses to their children.
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Immigrants, getting the job done.
July 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Immigrants, getting the job done.
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Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.