OK

How many billionaires does it take to fill a lagoon with millions of gallons of industrial wastewater?� Apparently, just one.� Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has caused quite a stir in Florida’s ...

Welcome to Street Prophets Sunday Coffee Hour. This is an open thread so grab something to drink and let us know what is new with you. With Christmas rapidly approaching I thought I would share some ...

Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. Republicans ...

In our new success list diary, The Inoculation Project (TIP) � will track science and math projects #1201+ that have been fully funded through DonorsChoose after being featured by our group and ...

Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. Conservatives have spent the last week ...

For those not in the know, Olivia Nuzzi was a “reporter” for New York Magazine, and her beat was to cover politics, especially the 2024 Presidential Election. However, Nuzzi “fell in love” with RFK Jr., and the two carried on what might be called a...

Lacking imagination, bigots and transphobe trolls ‘deadname’ trans people on social media by misgendering them or using their pre-transition name. They think they’re being clever, much like the close of drag shows or in older media when the wig is torn...

You don’t need to know the difference between Eros and Thanatos to perceive Trumpism as a death cult beyond its current rendition as a personality cult. One doesn’t even need to watch the still unreleased Hegseth kill shot of the two persons waving at...

President Donald Trump’s billionaire-focused economy is not improving, the Epstein files are not disappearing, and every distraction the administration throws out is meeting far more scrutiny and ...

Damage from Russian bombings to the Chernobyl site will require extensive repair. The containment building had already passed its supposed lifespan before the Russian attack. In February a drone strike blew a hole in the “new safe confinement”, which...

The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case challenging birthright citizenship, aka the Trump administration’s attempt to write a major portion of the 14th Amendment out of existence—and even ...

Shortly after American-born Robert Prevost was elected Pope, J.D. Vance and his wife stopped in to visit with the new pontiff. In addition to a Chicago Bears shirt, Vance brought the American Pope two books by St. Augustine. This gift represented a...

A set-up by reactionaries who believe that sex is biological, gender is ideology, and that if they ask people what women are, they will advance Christian Nationalism. This “pre-med” student wrote a reactionary rather than a reaction paper to an...

Kaitlan Collins' December 5, 2025, post showcased new permanent "Oval Office" signs in the West Wing, part of President Trump's gold-themed renovations that echo his preference for opulent decor in official spaces like Mar-a-Lago. The reply targets a...

In late November, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent instructions to US diplomats directing them to sell Trump’s ...

Whether or not the second boat strike was a war crime, there is no doubt that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (R) is one evil bastard. Ordering a second strike to kill two men who couldn’t even ...

Crossposted from The Journal of Uncharted Blue Places You can also catch me at meteorblades.bsky.social The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unveiled its plan Wednesday to slash Biden-era fuel-economy standards for passenger cars from...

Far too many around the world consider that if the COP process does not immediately and totally condemn fossil fuels and order the end of their use, then the whole process is a failure. This is not ...

As you must be aware, Airbus has grounded and ordered software updates (downgrades actually) for ~6,000 A320 family aircraft — more than half its global fleet — in the middle of this busy holiday weekend - after discovering that bit flips in the flight...