Well I haven't found an answer to this but I have found a fantastic magazine cover from the 1930s that's still relevant NOW. (Via this rabbit hole en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technoc...)

AGU has a Congressional email and call script up on NCAR:

Let's try an experiment, vote for the future you want to see

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/RVMZsi/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Elon never leaves Earth
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/RVMZsi/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Elon goes to Mars, dies on impact
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/RVMZsi/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Elon goes to Mars, does not die on impact
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/RVMZsi/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Something else (explain what in comments)

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In this issue:

-Articles on infrastructure & astronomy (Eun-Joo Ahn) & ocean drilling (Beatriz Martinez-Rius)

[email protected]'s review of books by @patrickmccray.bsky.social, @ccmmody.bsky.social & Mark Solovey

-James Hofmann's essay on the current state of Ampère historiography #histSTM

Oil that the US can’t even use!

Absolutely essential reading. Brilliant and chilling analysis from @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social.

ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

The Onion, 23 years ago.

theonion.com/no-blood-for...

The administration dismantling NCAR is scientific vandalism, much like the Taliban demolishing cultural artifacts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...

The main political nonprofit groups tied to the 2024 presidential candidates raised almost $900 million last year from donors whose identities remain secret, revealing the extraordinary scope of a shadow campaign-finance system in modern contests for the White House.

In his deposition for his Medicare fraud case, where he committed (at the time) the greatest amount of Medicare fraud ever, Rick Scott invoked the 5th Amendment 85 times.

This is who the GOP has as their "Healthcare Expert".

Great book. Would strongly recommend.
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“.. Tesla Robotaxis are crashing once every 40,000 miles, whereas the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.” 🤡

@rani.bsky.social $TSLA
@mims.bsky.social
sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...

Writing to accommodate power and public taste is nothing new. But as James Pogue wrote in 2020, tech exerts more and more influence over which stories make it to print.

Can’t let the public see evidence of war crimes, ya know?

No, NPR, you cannot report it with stenography. You must put it in its grotesque context. www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...

Really good piece.

You can point to Hamas/Hizbollah/Iran's total inability to effectively deploy their supposed arsenal of drones as good evidence for this. The (admittedly superior) Shahed drones that Russia is using to bombard Ukraine were limp against Israel.

What I outlined in this video with @profdaveexplains.bsky.social & elsewhere and what many people have not yet internalized is how discourse manipulation works in the information age.

It is an ecosystem that rewards every layer of its participants differently.

Let me show you some 3 examples:
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Wait there’s a Dem finally willing to defend immigration?

ICYMI Here’s your Friday long read:

My in-depth profile story of David Stevenson, the man who crushed America’s offshore wind industry.

Thanks to @motherjones.com for republishing. 🙏

Things we learn:

1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban

2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal

3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants

And much more. Read it.

This is the question historians will be asking from their tropical labs in the Arctic for centuries. And the answer is so awfully simple: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

Also, ££££££££££££.

Ah damn.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Well written essay

Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/towar...

In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.