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Less than two weeks after proposing a land swap and private access to #Yosemite National Park, the Dept. of the Interior announced plans for similar land exchanges on Cumberland Island National Seashore.
This is an #NationalPark, not a Monopoly board. A bunch of new mansions don’t belong here.
This is an #NationalPark, not a Monopoly board. A bunch of new mansions don’t belong here.
Mansions Proposal Threatens National Park in Georgia
Center for Biological Diversity: Yosemite-Like Land Swap Planned for Cumberland Island
biologicaldiversity.org
September 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Less than two weeks after proposing a land swap and private access to #Yosemite National Park, the Dept. of the Interior announced plans for similar land exchanges on Cumberland Island National Seashore.
This is an #NationalPark, not a Monopoly board. A bunch of new mansions don’t belong here.
This is an #NationalPark, not a Monopoly board. A bunch of new mansions don’t belong here.
"The Biden administration put rules into place for DNA-synthesizing companies to screen orders for suspicious sequences. The Trump administration suspended them last year and has yet to issue new standards."
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/s...
Leaked A.I. Queries Raise Fears of New Biological Weapons Race (Gift Article)
Current chatbots aren’t likely to help lone actors invent a deadly pathogen, experts say. But newer models, trained in biology, may need stronger safeguards.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2026 at 4:18 PM
"The Biden administration put rules into place for DNA-synthesizing companies to screen orders for suspicious sequences. The Trump administration suspended them last year and has yet to issue new standards."
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/s...
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The For Our Republic Act is a blueprint for undoing Trump’s authoritarianism and saving our republic.
September 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The For Our Republic Act is a blueprint for undoing Trump’s authoritarianism and saving our republic.
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“This is so ridiculous, it makes you sick,” said Don Neubacher, a former supervisor at Yosemite.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
Trump Administration Looks to Give a Swath of Yosemite Park to Developer (Gift Article)
The proposed land swap would allow easy access to the crown jewel of the national park system. Democrats and former Park Service officials are incensed.
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2026 at 8:02 PM
“This is so ridiculous, it makes you sick,” said Don Neubacher, a former supervisor at Yosemite.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: https://gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario
(tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
(tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
August 27, 2026 at 8:14 PM
We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: https://gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario
(tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
(tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
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Global Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Baseline combines temp, humidity, wind, sun angle, and clouds to provide a 30‑year view of global heat stress, supporting safer outdoor work, heat risk planning, and nighttime cooling trends. Explore the dataset: bit.ly/42fYZcU
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Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Layer is Available in Living Atlas
Track global heat stress conditions throughout the year to support health, safety, and climate analysis with Wet Bulb Globe Temperature.
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August 25, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Global Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Baseline combines temp, humidity, wind, sun angle, and clouds to provide a 30‑year view of global heat stress, supporting safer outdoor work, heat risk planning, and nighttime cooling trends. Explore the dataset: bit.ly/42fYZcU
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Why would Trump end a program that saves you money by letting you file your taxes for free with the IRS?
Maybe because TurboTax's parent company donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration.
Call it out for what it is: corruption.
Maybe because TurboTax's parent company donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration.
Call it out for what it is: corruption.
August 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Why would Trump end a program that saves you money by letting you file your taxes for free with the IRS?
Maybe because TurboTax's parent company donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration.
Call it out for what it is: corruption.
Maybe because TurboTax's parent company donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration.
Call it out for what it is: corruption.
This is seems super scary. All that money for 🧊 and middle-east war could have been much better spent addressing this. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/m...
The Blackout That Could Devastate America (Gift Article)
The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2026 at 11:49 PM
This is seems super scary. All that money for 🧊 and middle-east war could have been much better spent addressing this. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/m...
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“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
ysph.yale.edu
August 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Check out this new footage I found on one of my borderlands trail cameras of a jaguar roaming the wilds of southern AZ near a transnational wildlife movement corridor that is rapidly being closed by border wall construction. More here @biologicaldiversity.org: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
August 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Check out this new footage I found on one of my borderlands trail cameras of a jaguar roaming the wilds of southern AZ near a transnational wildlife movement corridor that is rapidly being closed by border wall construction. More here @biologicaldiversity.org: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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The 57th Brigade, which has been holding the line near Vovchansk for 2 years, showed what the Vovchansk forests look like today.
Ensnared in a web of thousands of kilometers of fiber-optic wire from Russian drones, the forest has become a deadly trap for all living things.
Ensnared in a web of thousands of kilometers of fiber-optic wire from Russian drones, the forest has become a deadly trap for all living things.
July 31, 2026 at 12:12 PM
The 57th Brigade, which has been holding the line near Vovchansk for 2 years, showed what the Vovchansk forests look like today.
Ensnared in a web of thousands of kilometers of fiber-optic wire from Russian drones, the forest has become a deadly trap for all living things.
Ensnared in a web of thousands of kilometers of fiber-optic wire from Russian drones, the forest has become a deadly trap for all living things.
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Trump just quietly approved the construction of a #DataCenter on #PublicLand in southern Nevada — the first data center allowed on public land.
We've already filed an appeal against this dangerous development, but we need your help to show the scale of public opposition ➡️ bit.ly/4fGlM7W
We've already filed an appeal against this dangerous development, but we need your help to show the scale of public opposition ➡️ bit.ly/4fGlM7W
July 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Trump just quietly approved the construction of a #DataCenter on #PublicLand in southern Nevada — the first data center allowed on public land.
We've already filed an appeal against this dangerous development, but we need your help to show the scale of public opposition ➡️ bit.ly/4fGlM7W
We've already filed an appeal against this dangerous development, but we need your help to show the scale of public opposition ➡️ bit.ly/4fGlM7W
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America’s Scientists Are Disappearing
YouTube video by StarTalk
www.youtube.com
July 25, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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A lawyer says white crystals that prompted an FBI warrant to search Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's van after he was shot by ICE were salt for hydration, not drugs. bit.ly/4wOeNRf
July 16, 2026 at 6:27 PM
A lawyer says white crystals that prompted an FBI warrant to search Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's van after he was shot by ICE were salt for hydration, not drugs. bit.ly/4wOeNRf
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"the American Astronomical Society said the endeavor cannot be considered to serve the public interest and would waste taxpayer $ by wrecking the work of federally funded astronomical facilities even as it brought untold risks to people and wildlife" Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...
F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry (Gift Article)
A start-up company has permission to try its plan to bounce solar rays onto the dark side of Earth, turning night to day for a three-mile-wide patch.
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2026 at 4:52 AM
"the American Astronomical Society said the endeavor cannot be considered to serve the public interest and would waste taxpayer $ by wrecking the work of federally funded astronomical facilities even as it brought untold risks to people and wildlife" Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...
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“This is how Trump hijacked 🇺🇸’s birthday.”
@rephuffman explains Trump turned a nonpartisan 250th celebration into a way to steal hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars + take bribes from corporations & foreign governments.
Endless corruption.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DaTu82G...
@rephuffman explains Trump turned a nonpartisan 250th celebration into a way to steal hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars + take bribes from corporations & foreign governments.
Endless corruption.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DaTu82G...
July 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
“This is how Trump hijacked 🇺🇸’s birthday.”
@rephuffman explains Trump turned a nonpartisan 250th celebration into a way to steal hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars + take bribes from corporations & foreign governments.
Endless corruption.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DaTu82G...
@rephuffman explains Trump turned a nonpartisan 250th celebration into a way to steal hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars + take bribes from corporations & foreign governments.
Endless corruption.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DaTu82G...
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Inside Trump’s takeover of the America 250 celebration
Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee allege that Trump has not only politicized America 250 but may have also committed fraud. www.ms.now/news/inside-...
Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee allege that Trump has not only politicized America 250 but may have also committed fraud. www.ms.now/news/inside-...
Inside Trump’s takeover of the America 250 celebration
Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee allege that Trump has not only politicized America 250 but may have also committed fraud.
www.ms.now
July 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Inside Trump’s takeover of the America 250 celebration
Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee allege that Trump has not only politicized America 250 but may have also committed fraud. www.ms.now/news/inside-...
Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee allege that Trump has not only politicized America 250 but may have also committed fraud. www.ms.now/news/inside-...
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UPDATE: Congressman Jared Huffman "said that if Democrats retake the House this fall — and obtain the power to issue subpoenas — they will open broader investigations into Freedom 250."
wapo.st/4fe4Whs
wapo.st/4fe4Whs
Donors were misled by Trump-backed Freedom 250, House Democrats allege
The lawmakers’ report alleges that Trump allies worked to divert funds away from America250, a bipartisan effort to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial.
wapo.st
July 2, 2026 at 2:46 PM
UPDATE: Congressman Jared Huffman "said that if Democrats retake the House this fall — and obtain the power to issue subpoenas — they will open broader investigations into Freedom 250."
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wapo.st/4fe4Whs
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For years I've tracked billionaire excess. Each year I show students a chart that blows their minds. This year I had to redraw it for a trillionaire: Elon Musk, $1.32T. Depressing that we're here. Silver lining: couldn't have happened to a less deserving person, proof that wealth ≠ merit.
Elon Musk's $1.32 Trillion, to Scale
The first trillionaire's fortune, one pixel per $1,000 — scroll past every dollar, and see what a fraction of it could do instead.
stanford.edu
June 18, 2026 at 5:50 AM
For years I've tracked billionaire excess. Each year I show students a chart that blows their minds. This year I had to redraw it for a trillionaire: Elon Musk, $1.32T. Depressing that we're here. Silver lining: couldn't have happened to a less deserving person, proof that wealth ≠ merit.
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Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring. Gift link: nyti.ms/4oC3U25
nyti.ms
June 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring. Gift link: nyti.ms/4oC3U25
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Russians have struck the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and are burning down one of Ukraine's oldest Orthodox churches‼️
The roof of the Dormition Cathedral is ablaze. The cathedral itself is a significant part of our history, it is older than Moscow.
The roof of the Dormition Cathedral is ablaze. The cathedral itself is a significant part of our history, it is older than Moscow.
June 14, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Russians have struck the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and are burning down one of Ukraine's oldest Orthodox churches‼️
The roof of the Dormition Cathedral is ablaze. The cathedral itself is a significant part of our history, it is older than Moscow.
The roof of the Dormition Cathedral is ablaze. The cathedral itself is a significant part of our history, it is older than Moscow.
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Trump wants to use millions in national park entry fees to fund his vanity projects — including a $1.6M fireworks show and a $5M White House helipad.
This comes after he made huge cuts to the NPS budget.
We should be preserving our national treasures for future generations, not neglecting them.
This comes after he made huge cuts to the NPS budget.
We should be preserving our national treasures for future generations, not neglecting them.
Trump Is Plundering National Parks to Pay for His Vanity Projects
Funds are going to an enormous July 4 fireworks display and the Reflecting Pool renovation.
newrepublic.com
June 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Trump wants to use millions in national park entry fees to fund his vanity projects — including a $1.6M fireworks show and a $5M White House helipad.
This comes after he made huge cuts to the NPS budget.
We should be preserving our national treasures for future generations, not neglecting them.
This comes after he made huge cuts to the NPS budget.
We should be preserving our national treasures for future generations, not neglecting them.