Donald Trump's mass immigrant deportation plan would cost taxpayers an additional $30B, leave huge holes in the workforce, and eliminate the ~$100B undocumented immigrants pay in taxes each year. He will destroy our economy to protect his racism.
His signature campaign promise is to brutalize people on an unprecedented scale.
Can the state of Washington hack and burn its way out of a future of megafires? š„
Overgrown and unhealthy forests are widespread across Central and Eastern Washington as climate change has primed the region for worse wildfires.
If you've ever wondered WTF is up with all the attention to UFOs in the past few years, this explains it nicely. It's worth knowing how pseudoscientific thinking spread and grew through mythologists, bad government decisions, credulous media coverage & more š§Ŗ
An office in the Pentagon investigated UFOsāand the paranormalāover a decade ago, segueing into a long saga leading to Congressional hearings and breathless news stories today. But the real story look...
Similarly, Western education & science also tend to value transparency as a public good but can endanger communities. āWestern journalism tends to value transparency as a public good. Butā¦ Include too-specific cultural details, and I risk endangering my community.ā www.propublica.org/article/indi...
Western journalism tends to value transparency as a public good. But as an Indigenous reporter, I face a unique set of challenges: Include too-specific cultural details, and I risk endangering my comm...
As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds -- and obstacles. Note @mhurteau.bsky.social is a subject matter expert in this AP article š„
The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly destructive wildfires, with some areas unlikely to recover.
Dear media, When Donald Trump and Republicans talk about rounding up immigrants, mention how much private prison and logistics companies, who would profit from it, are donating to their campaigns. Their Project 2025 immigration policies are just corruption wrapped in racism.
Have you stood up and walked around lately? Because you should probably stand up and walk around. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sitt... š§Ŗ
Days spent in a desk chair can lead to heart disease or cancer. Getting up often and exercising more vigorously can stave off the ill effects
NASA should shut down its rocket and capsule system for being absurdly over-budget and under-safe, abandon unrealistic schedules to return to the moon & get back to innovating. This is a smart and clear analysis of space travel by š§Ŗš @danvergano.bsky.socialwww.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Rather than building an obsolescent, obscenely-over-budget jumbo rocket, NASA should turn to building truly innovative space technologies and plan a realistic lunar landing program
Nice to see firefighter occupational hazards discussed in the NYT. An issue not discussed is PFAS in turnout gear. There is rapidly accumulating evidence that cancer risk in firefighters is driven by exposure to this chemical on the inside of their nomex. www.nytimes.com/card/2024/09...
As a changing climate fuels more wildfires, experts are working to better protect firefighters on the front lines.