Desert Dreamer

Climate change is going to fuck up our infrastructure in ways that we can't even imagine in advance -- ways that are not captured in all the faux-precise climate-damage models. We were really stupid to run this uncontrolled, irreversible experiment.

I cannot tell you how much I’d love to see a comeback of physical media. Can’t see it happening on any substantial scale — at least in my lifetime — but that doesn’t stop my dreaming . BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO (1992)

US Colleges Face a Shrinking Student Pipeline US colleges are confronting a prolonged demographic squeeze as the number of high school graduates, after peaking in 2025, is projected to decline 13% through 2041, putting particular pressure on regional schools with limited endowments. Joining David…

Today on Volts: in 2008, physics professor Ramón Méndez Galain was made energy minister of Uruguay. Over the next 7 years, he led the country to a 98% carbon-free electricity system. With his nonprofit, Ivy, he's now attempting to export the model to other countries in the global South. We discuss.

2026 TCA Awards: 'Widow's Bay,' 'Heated Rivalry' and Stephen Colbert Win Big

(Reuters) - Walmart missed quarterly comparable sales expectations for the first time in at least five years on Thursday as shoppers pulled back on spending in the face of rising gas prices, sending its shares down 6% in premarket trading. @reuters.com $WMT

Begging folks to wake up and realize that the massive increase in food borne illness and infectious diseases is not an accident. This was always the goal. The regime removed protections because they want “the vulnerable” to die. Fascism and eugenics go hand in hand.

Trump officials promised 4%, 5%, even 6% GDP growth. Today, GDP came in at just 1.5%. So Ben pulled the receipts. And there are A LOT of them.

I hope everybody caught this. Under Mark "masculine energy" Zuckerburg, Meta is no longer just implicitly going right wing -- it has become explicit. Allying with Newsmax is not subtle. This is a deeply awful company. If you work there, you should quit.

Hollywood insider Sharon Waxman says concern about Bari Weiss running CNN is driving the fight against the Paramount merger. It should be. The firing of journalists & meddling in editorial content at CBS News is a travesty. We cannot become a state TV nation. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...

The Trumpies sent New York a letter outlining their (utterly bad faith) concerns about the state using ag land for solar farms. It's worth reading about NY's response:

I drive a GM car (look I get an extra discount because my grandpa worked for Buick) and would you like to know where it was built and assembled? South Korea. My mom drives a GM car Built in Mexico. My previous car was a GM. South Korea. My dad’s GMC truck? Mexico.

CNN: "The president's overall approval rating now stands at just 34%. That matches his career low following the January 6 insurrection."

"I just cannot believe that no journalist stood up to demand that the President stop this outrageous attack on their colleague. What are you doing? What is wrong with you?" - @sifill.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/07/satu...

X ordered to turn over deleted posts in defamation case against Media Matters www.courthousenews.com/x-ordered-to...

Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism? AOC: They want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here

"I went up there with my book, and I sat down with this dog named Auggie. I started to read to him, and after we had to leave, I started to cry, because I didn't want to leave the humane society," the 11-year-old said.

"Well this is awkward". The US used to to make 95% of international cars. Now about 18% and falling. ICE cars are low tech, high pollution & too expensive to buy & run. US makes 5% of EVs. China makes 75%. Oops. #Time4ChangeUSA #TheTankIsEmpty #2026MidTerms ⚖️ 🇺🇸

Ukrainian cyber specialists hacked the air-defence systems at Russia’s BARS Moscow training ground, where Russians were training to counter Ukrainian UAVs. The hackers gained access to combat-operation algorithms and tricked the Russians into shooting down the Su-57 by making it look like a drone.

Susan Collins said she’s very concerned the ICE shooting happened so close to her reelection campaign.

I have been expressing desire for an app that alerts me to the presence of pervert glasses in my vicinity. It exists and it's called Nearby Glasses! Immediate download.

Researchers found that for every 200 EV's added to a California neighborhood, NO₂ air pollution fell by 1.1%. Cleaner air isn't just a goal anymore - it's achievable. #CleanAir #ElectricVehicles #ESG @sciencex.bsky.social @momscleanairforce.org phys.org/news/2026-01...

To kickstart the market for plug-in solar, a nonprofit is selling kits at no markup -- around $300. Get yours while you can!

RIP. An early-'70s crush with one of the all-time great names in TV. And yes, it was real. His actual name was Randy Mantooth, which is...just...impossible. I wonder if he ever got my fan letter. www.tvinsider.com/1274911/rand...

Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 25 days in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave, is now getting all three.

J.K. Simmons Weighs In On the Scrapped Warner Bros. Movie BATGIRL - "It's Bizarre"

Build first, ask permission later? No. Georgia communities deserve answers before data centers and generators go up, not after. Leadership Matters!

“.. pressure from restructuring expenses and tariff costs.” 🤦🏻‍♂️ @bloomberg.com $HOG www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Let plug-in solar cook! It's perfectly safe!

People are always whining about the "system costs" you’re supposed to add to the price of solar, but, uh ...

Mother Nature understood the assignment.

Jack Smith: "I think we are facing an attack on the rule of law that is different in kind and scope to anything I've seen in my lifetime"

Liking Mayor Pete Buttigieg 👍🏼.....

Suddenly, Britain is indicating that it might put the kibosh on Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. www.reuters.com/business/med...

They're plundering the national treasury.

Paraguay's President, Santiago Peña, declared Tuesday, June 30, 2026, a national public holiday after the national team's stunning victory over Germany at the World Cup.

Big ag, #GiumarraBrothers Fruit Co. wants the fruit to die away. 125,000 pounds . Go to ...Mora’s farm at 21500 E. Parlier Ave. in Reedley , CA from June 29 through July 3, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-n...

How a gas plant helped fast-track 270 MW of new #solar electrek.co/2026/06/29/h...

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Oh, honey . . . sparser than you IMDb entries.

Nepal Supreme Court delivers landmark ruling in favour of same-sex marriage

Every accusation turns out being a confession.

I wish America’s 250th was being planned by the First Gentleman.

Happy 100th Birthday, Mel Brooks.

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They are ALL Corrupt!!!😡

"the car’s “compact” battery can go from a 10% to 80% charge in 9 minutes and 54 seconds. That’s pretty quick and the time is achieved with a relatively common 175 kW DC fast charger." www.carscoops.com/2026/06/shel...