"US judge allows last of five offshore wind projects halted by Trump to proceed"
#US #USA #America #WindTurbines #Energy #Renewables
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…
Ruling clears Denmark’s Ørsted to resume construction on its Sunrise Wind project off the coast of New YorkGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
@PiratHumanist @politbande machtdochmal zusammen einen Antrag, dass die Stadt #Nürnberg einen Account im #Fediverse 
startet.
Als #StadtDerMenschenrechte muss Nürnberg sich endlich von der totalen Abhängigkeit von #US-Tech-Oligarchen und Antidemokraten befreien.
Die Stadt ist durch Meta, X & Co manipulierbar und erpressbar - nach Belieben eines faschistisch-imperalistischen Führers.
Es ist unverantwortlich, in solcher Abhängigkeit zu verharren!
🙏 1. Schritt für #DigitaleSouveränität
The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.
As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.
"Colorado group looks to boost heat pumps with $200M federal grant"
#US #USA #America #Colorado #HeatPumps #Energy
canarymedia.com/articles/heat-…
It’s a rare example of a Biden-era climate grant moving forward under Trump — and could grow heat pump adoption across the Denver area.Canary Media
"A crisis emerges across the US as 'forever chemicals' quietly contaminate drinking water wells"
#US #USA #America #PFAS #ForeverChemicals
phys.org/news/2026-02-crisis-e…
Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town.MICHAEL PHILLIS (Phys.org)
"Mojave Solar Farm a Haven for Rare Desert Plant"
#US #USA #America #Mojave #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
nytimes.com/2026/02/06/busines…
Seems like #US #car #manufacturers are dead persons walking - they would rather take losses in billions than go nuts on #EV which are taking off all around the world. 🤷🏾♂️
"How Trump’s EPA rollbacks could harm our air and water – and worsen global heating"
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Experts say administration has launched ‘war on all fronts’ to undo environmental rules – here are the key areas at riskDharna Noor (the Guardian)
📺 Max #Schrems war für die Frage "Wie gefährlich ist Europas Abhängigkeit von #US-Techgiganten?" im ORF Wirtschaftsmagazin Eco zu Gast. Der Beitrag ist bis 28.07. in der Mediathek abrufbar.
Jetzt ansehen 👉 on.orf.at/video/14309285/16025…
🙏 Jetzt bitte noch fürs "Durchschnittsvolk" verständlich erläutern, was das bedeutet:
"Kontrolle über die Daten" - damit nicht Trump und/oder #Faschisten bzw. #US-TechBros darauf zugreifen können ...
Also was dafür Voraussetzung ist.
Wer die haben sollte,
und wo in Deutschland daher #Datensicherheit und #DigitaleSouveränität gegeben ist ...
The island experienced its warmest January on record this year, with a rate of warming four times faster than the global average.Fedja Grulovic (The Japan Times)
Moscow says Washington has not responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to keep observing the missile and warhead limits for another 12 months.Guy Faulconbridge (The Japan Times)
nytimes.com/2026/02/04/world/m…
Maybe let these #petrostates destroy each other instead of propping them up. Stop taking their money. Don't participate in their sports events. Definitely, don't visit them as tourists.
Ohhh... right... of course the asshole #billionaires from #US #EU will do exactly the opposite of that and more!
nytimes.com/2026/02/04/world/a…
#Invade the #country; #occupy it for decades; fail to pacify it or enable it to thrive as a #liberal #democracy; hand it back to the same #patriarchal assholes; stop providing #aid to the people - especially, #women
And this has enormous bipartisan support in the #US
Make it make sense!
"Is solar really overrunning farmland? Data in North Carolina says no."
#US #USA #America #NorthaCarolina #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables
canarymedia.com/articles/solar…
Arrays occupy a “minuscule” share of farmland even though the state is a solar leader, a new study finds — belying claims from the Trump admin and others.Canary Media
The Battle With The Pacific Continues....
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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #potd #photooftheday #travel #sea #ocean #travelphotography #water #california #socal #la #usa #us #surfing #surfer #pacific #sport #sports #people #surf #leftcoast #watersports #pacificocean #hermosabeach
New to not just #SocialBC but also #Mastodon in general? Feeling like you're not "seeing" enough?
Here are some tips!
#1: socialbc.ca/public : This is our “public" timeline. The “firehose”. It shows posts from around the Fediverse!
$2: socialbc.ca/public/local. Is just posts from people here.
And #3:
Use the search, follow a hashtag! #BCPoli #CanPoli #Weather #Hockey #HNMO #Canada #US #Ukraine #Bike #Cats #CatsofMastodon #Mosstodon #DogsOfMastodon Whatever you want, try it out!
This Mastodon Instance is intended to serve citizens and residents of British Columbia, Canada. We respectfully occupy this virtual space within the Traditional Territories of First Nations peoples.Mastodon hosted on socialbc.ca
ft.com/content/5038f2b1-6334-4…
Things become clearer and clearer - the #US #midterms #elections are an explicit confrontation between THE PEOPLE and #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs
#democracy #humanrights #justice
Donations from companies and individuals prove president continues to dominate party despite some swing voters souringJoe Miller (Financial Times)
noahpinion.blog/p/what-a-liber…
I wrote in Chapter 25 of "A New Faith" about this so-called centrist proposal for allowing #immigration in the #US
tinjar.ghost.io/anf/a-new-fait…
#fiction becomes #reality unfortunately 😢
#climate #climatefiction #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction #survival #migration #adaptation #humanrights
Democrats need to think beyond progressive pugnacity.Noah Smith (Noahpinion)
ft.com/content/d2372a74-9465-4…
Now do - checks notes - #Africa where 10s of millions are already displaced because #climatechange driven #drought and where Homo Sapiens come from (i.e. a long long long time before people started playing ice hockey in the midwest #US).
Climate change is threatening traditions and livelihoods in the US Midwest and CanadaPatti Waldmeir (Financial Times)
paulloeb.substack.com/p/one-ba…
Didn't Neville Chamberlain make the same argument when Hitler annexed Sudetenland?
In the #climatechange context - what do we tell people dying/suffering right now? Wait for the #US #EU to elect nice people in a few years? Wait for the #monarchy to die out in #SaudiArabia? Pray do tell!
#UK #Germany #US #authoritarianism #humanrights #justice
By Paul Rogat Loeb and Mark RuddPaul Loeb (Paul Loeb--Soul of a Citizen)
"EV charging keeps expanding despite Trump"
#US #USA #America #EV #ElectricVehicles
canarymedia.com/articles/ev-ch…
The U.S. added a record number of public electric-vehicle fast chargers last year, keeping up with demand from a growing number of EV owners.Canary Media
📈🧬 For the first time in #history, #US life expectancy has reached 79 years.
Beyond recovering from the #pandemic, researchers say we are seeing a significant drop in deaths from heart disease and drug overdoses as medical treatments and public #health efforts continue to improve.
👉 sciencealert.com/us-life-expec…
#science #data #medicine #biology #STEM
NEW YORK (AP) – US life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 – the highest mark in American history.Associated Press (ScienceAlert)
"Health advocates sound alarm as EPA works to loosen pollution standard"
#US #USA #America #Pollution #Environment
phys.org/news/2026-01-health-a…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's effort to roll back federal particulate matter pollution standards will harm Michigan residents, particularly those who live near emitters such as manufacturing plants and refineries in Wayne County, health …Carol Thompson (Phys.org)
"Trump destroyed offshore wind. The Northeast can’t live without it."
#US #USA #America #WindTurbines #Energy #Renewables
grist.org/climate-energy/trump…
To keep the lights on, states like New York and Massachusetts will need to build projects that are currently “impossible.”Jake Bittle (Grist)
»Wegweisend? Vernichtende interne #Meta-Kommentare: "Instagram ist eine #Droge"
Ein aktueller US-Prozess enthüllt, wie Tech-Giganten manipulative Funktionen nutzen, um #Kinder gezielt abhängig zu machen«
Nun ja das dies von #Instagram hervor kommt ist nicht überaschend obwohl viele es nur als pure Unterhaltung ansehen. Eine Alternative diesbezüglich im #Fediverse ist zB @PixelFed wenn ihr Fotos/Bilder hauptsächlich veröffentlichen wollt.
📸 derstandard.at/story/300000030…
#usa #us #Techgiganten #foto
Ein aktueller US-Prozess enthüllt, wie Tech-Giganten manipulative Funktionen nutzen, um Kinder gezielt abhängig zu machenDER STANDARD
#Minneapolis, #US
Protesters stage a march calling for an end to taxpayer spending on ICE and a moratorium on evictions.
Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-c…
In "Caste", Isabel Wilkerson lays out the intertwined story of casteism in #India, nazism in #Germany, and racism in #US Nazis came to US to study the system in the 1930s and now Americans are doing nazi things. The upper-caste in India are angry with the new legislation designed specifically to help lower caste people. "Groundhog Day" has now become reality because of this craziness which refuses to die out.
🇫🇷 Französisch: Traduction du dossier Chat Control 2.0 🇸🇪 Schwedisch: Chat Control 2.0🇳🇱 Niederländisch: Chatcontrole Inhalt der Seite: Die Abschaffung des Digitalen Briefgeheimnisses und das Ende anonymer Kommunikation Hilf je…Patrick Breyer
ICE LAND 🧊🇺🇸
Painting is in oil on canvas, 40 × 50 cm (12 × 12 in).
#painting #paint #oilpainting #canvas #US #usa #unitedstates #trump #ICE #noICE #antifascist #uspolitics #washington #minneapolis #minnesota #iceland #greenland #america #cartoon #fineart #jankamensky
"North Carolina may use batteries to give new life to old solar farms"
#US #USA #America #NorthCarolina #Batteries #Energy #SolarPower #Renewables
canarymedia.com/articles/solar…
A Duke Energy proposal backed by clean energy groups would let older solar farms renew their expiring contracts on favorable terms — if they build storage.Canary Media
#Minneapolis, Minnesota, #US
A protester is pepper-sprayed at close range while being detained near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. Backlash against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns continues to grow, in part fuelled bynumerous videos circulating online that show federal agents displaying aggressive behaviour while operating in the state, often in front of children.
Photograph: Ellen Schmidt/AP
#Minneapolis, Minnesota, #US
A federal agent lobs a teargas canister towards protesters as agents advance during clashes that followed the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti earlier in the day in Minneapolis. Despite Trump’s claims that he would ‘de‑escalate’ the situation with a ‘more relaxed’ operation, raids have persisted this week.
Photograph: Kerem Yücel/AFP/Getty Images
Seven in 10 Americans think that global warming is happening, and about six in 10 understand that it is mostly owing to human activity, but about one in five mistakenly think that there is a lot of disagreement among scientists about whether it is happening. Those were among the key findings of "Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Fall 2025"
ncse.ngo/climate-change-americ…
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
"Is Trump’s assault on climate and clean energy reversible?"
#US #USA #America #Climate #ClimateChange
canarymedia.com/articles/clima…
The president’s rollbacks of climate rules and renewable-energy incentives have made headlines, but executive action is much less durable than legislation.Canary Media
San Francisco's 1st Space Elevator
(Details in the AltText) - (Described At Some Length)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_el…
#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #photo #photography #travel #sf #sfba #us #usa #travelphotography #sanfrancisco #photooftheday #potd #BlackAndWhite #california #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #architecture #building #norcal #architecturalphotography #leftcoast #abstractPhotography #science #streetphotography #street #space
What do you see here?
Oil on canvas, 100 × 70 cm (39.4 × 27.6 in), Jan Kamensky 2025
#oilpainting #oiloncavas #painting #trump #US #usa #antifa #ICE #america #cartoon #fineart #jankamensky
What every US citizen can simply do NOW
we #US citizens need to immediately demand
our #Congress impeach and convict Trump asap,
or be #primaried by those who will
write/phone/email/scream outside their offices
find those candidates citizensimpeachment.com/
house.gov/representatives/find…
Let's do #Democracy
Spread the word
simple, easy action that, if enough people take part, can succeed
Citizens’ Impeachment is a grassroots, nonpartisan effort to impeach, convict, & remove officials who violate their oath to the ConstitutionCitizens' Impeachment
#ThePOVchannel explains how frump is selling #PublicLand all over the so-called #US which will destroy & fence off the biggest treasures of #TurtleIsland #nature & ancient structures.
November 2025 Update: 5 Months after this video was posted, the current Governing Body of the US continues to take every opportunity to destroy public land p...thePOVchannel (YouTube)
#ThePOVchannel explains how frump is selling #PublicLand all over the so-called #US which will destroy & fence off the biggest treasures of #TurtleIsland #nature & ancient structures.
November 2025 Update: 5 Months after this video was posted, the current Governing Body of the US continues to take every opportunity to destroy public land p...thePOVchannel (YouTube)
“Americans are baffled to discover TikTok is more censored under US ownership than it ever was under China”
by Deaglan O’Mulrooney in the spectacle on Substack
“turns out all that sinophobic scaremongering was just projection”
open.substack.com/pub/thespect…
#Press #US #TikTok #Censorship #China #Ellison #Oracle #DataHarvesting #Zionism #Genocide #ProtectedStatus
turns out all that sinophobic scaremongering was just projection.Deaglan O'Mulrooney (the spectacle)
Yes, It’s Fascism
Oil on canvas, 30 × 30 cm (12 × 12 in), 2026
#US #fascism #theatlantic #oilpainting #oiloncavas #painting #trump #maga #usa #ICE #antifa #NoICE #EndICE #AbolishICE #america #MPLS #cartoon #fineart #jankamensky #minnesota #minneapolis
Rabbit ballet requires focus and willpower because the tutus are delicious.
Val almost immediately regretted choosing the deluxe “realistic engine sounds” option.
His Mistress’s Voice.
Travel tip always choose a vehicle with well-upholstered seats and a positive attitude.
In case of reasonable expectations, break glass.