Been trying to point this out... 😪

"U.S. corporate broadcast networks continue to treat climate context as optional in extreme heat coverage" via https://www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-networks/abc-cbs-and-nbc-aired-nearly-200-segments-about-three-us-heat-events-without

It's where we are folks. We live in stupid times.

We are not the good guys. BTW, brown-skinned immigrant children also have a heartbeat, in case some of you "pro-lifers" didn't know that. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/05/trump-immigration-children-deportation-push

Resenting Generosity
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Benjamin Cremer writes, "God is not searching for reasons to exclude. God is searching for people to include. God is not anxiously guarding resources. God is generously extending them." https://kakistocracyreport.substack.com/p/the-kakistocracy-report-08072026

Yep.

“Stop making me choose between far-right and far-left” - “Centrists”

We don’t really have a “far-left” in this country as compared to the rest of the world.

But, if the choice for you between prison camps without due process for hated minorities and universal access to healthcare in the USA is a difficult one, then you already side with the far-right in your moral bankruptcy.

Rep Dan Crenshaw, even though he’s a loser in Texas has become a fascist enabler and maybe a fascist himself. He’s a disgusting non human.

A Generation on Antidepressants Searches for the Exit

[Good, detailed article. I don't personally agree with it, but SNRIs finally tamed my antidepressant resistant bipolar 2, and anti-anxiety meds my PTSD. Like most on psych meds, I thought I might not need them. I tapered with my doc, but got a lot worse. Some of us DO have a chemical imbalance.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/opinion/antidepressants-ssris-side-effects-drugs-maha.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

RE: https://flipboard.com/@futurism/the-latest-in-science-78tqbpm6z/-/a-H4HnihtTQ6u9qzOyPsL9tw%3Aa%3A1737388686-%2F0

i tried it, and this is actually 100% true though. you should try it yourself

AUGUST — 2026
WATERWAYS ARE NOW POWERPLANTS

https://archive.ph/s5jwM

@cR0w
THIS IS THE VOICE OF OUR REVOLUTION

Reminder: Security companies exist to protect the wealthy. Community protects community.

Nuclear and fossil fuel power plants have a problem that wind and solar don't:

Heatwaves across Europe have forced power plant shutdowns in six countries due to low river levels and high water temperatures.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/08/07/heatwave-forces-power-plant-shutdowns-across-europe-putting-electricity-grid-under-strain_6756235_19.html

good morning this guillotine bike trailer is really doing it for me

Apologies for being literate and applying critical-thinking skills. It will happen again.

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A district judge in New Mexico rules that Meta's products — including Facebook and Instagram — have created a public nuisance in the state and orders the company to pay $567 million to abate the problem over the next five years. https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/judge-orders-meta-to-create-567m-abatement-fund-for-child-harms-in-new-mexico/article_bd6de312-59fa-41d9-af75-0bbe7f467b2f.html