Lisa Rapaport
@micodoc.bsky.social
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Who Studied, and Protected, Elephants, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Who Studied, and Protected, Elephants, Dies at 83
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December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Who Studied, and Protected, Elephants, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
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People across the U.S. are raising concerns about new power-hungry AI data centers built near their homes that guzzle local water supplies, drive up electricity bills, and worsen climate change by relying on fossil fuels.
Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks
How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.
www.npr.org
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
People across the U.S. are raising concerns about new power-hungry AI data centers built near their homes that guzzle local water supplies, drive up electricity bills, and worsen climate change by relying on fossil fuels.
I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
Opinion | This Is the Feeling of Losing a Country. I Know It Well.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
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Speak up for what you love. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
How the National Parks Service is struggling with drastic funding and staffing cuts
Summer is the height of the visitor season for the National Park Service. Last year, nearly 332 million people visited NPS sites, a record that is likely to be broken this year. That surge in visitors...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Speak up for what you love. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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The Republican majority in Congress is pushing to sell off more than 1 million acres of public lands across the West. These spectacular, public places are part of the national trust, protected by leaders from both parties, so that generations to come can enjoy America’s beauty.
Revised GOP plan would sell up to 1.2M acres of public lands
A revised plan from Senate Republicans would sell off as much as 1.2 million acres of publicly owned lands, according to legislative text obtained by The Hill. The updated text would require the sa…
thehill.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Republican majority in Congress is pushing to sell off more than 1 million acres of public lands across the West. These spectacular, public places are part of the national trust, protected by leaders from both parties, so that generations to come can enjoy America’s beauty.
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The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
June 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
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This animation shows how temperatures have changed over the last 100 years for each February-April period. On each map, red shading indicates warmer than average conditions, and blue shading shows the opposite. Note the trend.
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
May 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This animation shows how temperatures have changed over the last 100 years for each February-April period. On each map, red shading indicates warmer than average conditions, and blue shading shows the opposite. Note the trend.
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
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House budget bill would lead bottom income quintile to lose ~4% of their income on average ($800), but top percentile would see their incomes rise 4% (nearly $70,000).
If tariffs remain in place, the overall impact on families would be even more regressive.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...
If tariffs remain in place, the overall impact on families would be even more regressive.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...
Distributional Effects of Selected Provisions of the House Reconciliation Bill (Preliminary)
budgetlab.yale.edu
May 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
House budget bill would lead bottom income quintile to lose ~4% of their income on average ($800), but top percentile would see their incomes rise 4% (nearly $70,000).
If tariffs remain in place, the overall impact on families would be even more regressive.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...
If tariffs remain in place, the overall impact on families would be even more regressive.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...
From Portland, OR. Reported as 10,000 strong, but I think it had to be at least 3x that. 😍
April 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
From Portland, OR. Reported as 10,000 strong, but I think it had to be at least 3x that. 😍
The danger crypto poses to our economy and the rule of law is not receiving enough attention
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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The Latest Spin on 'Signalgate.' Plus, a Crypto President is Born. | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The biggest group chat scandal of the year. And a Trump memecoin?
www.wnycstudios.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The danger crypto poses to our economy and the rule of law is not receiving enough attention
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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The Trump administration has created a perfect storm around Social Security:
-cut agency resources
-change rules to increase demand on agency resources
-limit the ability to increase resources
Watch: youtu.be/kmPYZ7i-uVE
-cut agency resources
-change rules to increase demand on agency resources
-limit the ability to increase resources
Watch: youtu.be/kmPYZ7i-uVE
'Cycle of doom': Social Security degradation evident as Trump cuts and changes cause feedback loop
YouTube video by MSNBC
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March 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Trump administration has created a perfect storm around Social Security:
-cut agency resources
-change rules to increase demand on agency resources
-limit the ability to increase resources
Watch: youtu.be/kmPYZ7i-uVE
-cut agency resources
-change rules to increase demand on agency resources
-limit the ability to increase resources
Watch: youtu.be/kmPYZ7i-uVE
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The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
Pete Responds Live to Trump Admin’s Major Security Failure
YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg
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March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
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Jen Psaki, MSNBC gets first interview with Jeff Goldberg of The Atlantic on the leak of Trump Administration military operations in Yemen v/ Signal chat group. Goldberg displays more diligence and honourable responsibility than those in the Admin on the insecure chat www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxit...
‘Unbelievable’: Jeffrey Goldberg speaks out after Trump officials accidentally texted him war plans
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Jen Psaki, MSNBC gets first interview with Jeff Goldberg of The Atlantic on the leak of Trump Administration military operations in Yemen v/ Signal chat group. Goldberg displays more diligence and honourable responsibility than those in the Admin on the insecure chat www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxit...
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They are breaking Social Security, because they do not like Social Security.
Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down
A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
They are breaking Social Security, because they do not like Social Security.
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NSF workers who didn't get fired this morning are sending angry emails to NSF management. Here's one of them:
February 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
NSF workers who didn't get fired this morning are sending angry emails to NSF management. Here's one of them: