If you were hoping for cleaner air, healthier lakes, or fewer respiratory problems, Trump's EPA new rule is… not that. It basically says: “We know acid rain is bad, and we know these pollutants hurt people, but tough shit - deal with it.
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Nightly 9 o’clock photo formerly for the birds, but relocated here. he/him Generally Pacific Northwest centric in many of my posts, but anti-authoritarian in focus now.
This is a wild exchange if you read Gonzales, the leading 2nd Cir. case on reporters’ privilege. The entire case is about the government trying to get the phone records of NYT journalists…the same thing the gov is trying to do now. What do you mean you didn’t know about that aspect of it 😂
Anna BowerEarlier this month, a New York Times journalist was watching “The Sheep Detectives” when FBI agents showed up at his door with a subpoena. Last week, a judge had some questions. It didn’t go well for the Justice Department. My dispatch from the NYT hearing: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
A little something for your morning:
PacificnorthwestkateGood morning from my pollinator garden in Tsawwassen BC 🇨🇦🌼 this Thursday 16 July 2026 - I’d love you to read my latest blog - links in my bio - it’s all about the protections of Wild places (or lack thereof!) 😄 thank you - have a great day everyone - stay safe & fill bird baths with fresh water 🥰
The wrentit is an extremely elusive bird that lives along the west coast, and is generally heard more than seen. It has an extremely long tail relative to size, but here decided to angle it sideways, making it appear more like a wren tail. Tonight's 9 o'clock photo taken near Tillamook, 18 July 2026
Mathematician & geodeist Dr. Irene Fischer helped guide NASA to the moon. Joining the US Army Map Service in 1952, she unified centuries of broken data to calculate the Earth’s precise size/shape. Her calculations allowed NASA to safely program Apollo moon landing trajectories. #WomenInSTEM (1/3)🧵
It’s possible to find and download a free, accurate, non-generative map of Africa in about 30 seconds.
ÜbermentionsDefinitely AI. None of the countries are the right shape and most are in the wrong place. Some of the connecting lines between countries and labels either don't connect, connect to random parts of the map, or are entirely missing.
This account on Twitter reports financial corruption, but currently has double digit followers here. This should be much higher, in order to encourage these types of posts to also appear here.
Donald Trump Portfolio TrackerI run the popular Donald Trump Portfolio Tracker on Twitter. I heard some people wanted me to start posting on here. Shoot me a follow if you want to find Trump’s stock trades.
In Donald Trump’s financial disclosure: Encore Capital Group It’s one of the largest debt collectors in America. It buys up people’s defaulted debt for pennies on the dollar, then comes after them for the full amount The President owns a piece of it He profits when Americans can’t pay their bills
We can't even. "A senior US State Department official displayed a map of Africa that was completely wrong before high-level officials from African nations, including some whose countries had been mislabelled." open.substack.com/pub/emilysba...
I’d like to place a hopeful wager, that the day will be 11/4/2026, he will fall in a fit of rage and stroke out when Dems sweep the House/ Senate. Then there will be no escaping the legal consequences of his corrupt and treasonous dealings, and thus, he will depart feet first. So say we all!
Calling it ex-money seems appropriate. Especially seeing how most of us probably have bad feelings and stories about at least one ex. Sometimes invoking that ex turning most into ex money. But I can think of many more fun ways of making my money turn into ex-money than handing it to that guy.
shaunaoh good the full self-driving of money has finally arrived