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Firefighters in France and Spain are racing to contain historic fires that have burned hundreds of thousands of acres and forced more than 300,000 people from their homes, ahead of yet another heat wave in a punishing summer for the continent.

Record-breaking fires tear through France and Spain ahead of another heat domeA wildfire the size of Philadelphia is pushing near the French city of Bordeaux, where temperatures could soar into triple digits in the coming days.www.washingtonpost.com

444/ Houthi's imposing selective embargos against Saudi oil through the Red Sea "China has held direct talks with Yemen’s Houthis to secure safe passage for Chinese oil tankers through the Red Sea." www.reuters.com/world/china/...

China in touch with Yemen's Houthis to allow ships to sail through Red Sea, sources sayChina has held direct talks with Yemen's Houthi movement to enable its tankers to sail through the southern Red Sea without being attacked after the Iran-aligned militia pledged to prevent access to S...www.reuters.com

Ms. Rachel is a screen-time pusher.

www.latimes.com/california/s... “Wets” and “tonks,” referring to the sound of a smashed skull

Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLUBody camera footage and forensically recovered texts, which provide a window into the mindset of agents who conducted raids throughout the L.A. area, were detailed in a 37-page motion for a preliminar...www.latimes.com

We would need an area the size of Mexico to sequester all the necessary CO2: projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c...

False Promises: The “Solution” to the Climate Crisis That Won’t WorkAs global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound pr...projects.propublica.org

'Asked in January why Williams was leaving the governor’s office, spokesperson Izzy Gardon wrote the aide had “earned his freedom :)” after more than a decade working for Newsom.' calmatters.org/environment/...

Newsom appointee under fire for lobbying ties to toxic waste industryEnvironmental groups say Rhys Williams' new job at a lobbying firm undermines his impartiality on California's waste oversight boardcalmatters.org

New side hustle idea: Harness the day time solar energy absorbed by all the concrete and asphalt in the US and re-sell it to the grid. Anyone want to help me make this a reality, or know of others who've tried this?

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine examines the current state of climate attribution science “at a moment of accelerating impacts and heightened societal attention.” Bookmark this one.

Attribution of Extreme Weather and Climate Events and Their ImpactsRead chapter Front Matter: Decades of data and research indicate that human-caused climate change is altering the frequency and intensity of several types...buff.ly

The National Academy of Sciences is on Trump’s radar because they are in his way." from Benjamin Santer in a new essay on "Carnage in pursuit of power, revenge, personal financial gain, and ego."

American Nero: Why Trump is trying to burn down the National Academy of SciencesCarnage in pursuit of power, revenge, personal financial gain, and ego.thebulletin.org

Forgot about this wild picture

It’s funny the world is headed toward a violent dark age and Nolan decided to take some liberties so this ancient story was contemporarily resonant, yet some people are mad he didn’t include more horny gods and clever schemes

People cluster in tiny slivers of shade at LA Live on a 90 degree day.

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Near the Salton Sea, Little League Players Struggle to BreathePediatric asthma is common in Calipatria, where young athletes compete despite extreme heat and air pollution. Some worry a lithium boom could make things worse.capitalandmain.com

Disgusting and shameful www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/b...

Exclusive: Report warns flies breeding at Boyle Heights warehouse could spread diseaseThe report warned that green bottle flies reproduce rapidly in waste, particularly during hot weather.www.nbclosangeles.com

If you're locked in just right....The Odyssey will have you balling

NEW @us.theguardian.com investigation into allegations that Amazon pushed smaller companies into raising prices: “They’d say, ‘You need to go to Target. You need to go talk to Walmart to get them to raise their price.’” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internetInternal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says i...www.theguardian.com

NEW: Taylor Farms is a big player in conservative politics. The company donated $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025 and its CEO has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates. It's also spent $810,000 on anti-regulatory lobbying since 2025

Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea OutbreakThe company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.www.wired.com

NEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.

The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate IntegrityHow Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solutionclimateintegrity.org

Sloponade

Just watched a kid flip through slop videos at a diner in rural America, after I read a slop column in the local paper. Bleak experience, 0/100