These are the Republicans who voted against FEMA funding two weeks ago

NPR did an excellent story on the ridiculously outdated rules for SSI that penalize disabled folks for working. www.npr.org/2024/10/01/g...

This disabled woman built a career. A federal program that helped now penalizes her

Supplemental Security Income provides the medical care that lets people work. But its rules are complex and out of date.

knitters and crocheters, this is a wonderful yarn shop in Asheville and while their store can’t reopen for a while they are up and running online. who doesn’t love to buy yarn? purlsyarn.com

This Saturday is Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Fest! If you're in the Detroit area, come wander around Hamtramck and check out the various art booths and events. It's a fun, chill little arts fest! (I'll have a small backyard gallery of drawings and prints on hand for sale)

hnaf.org

The US gov is investing $3.5bn in Direct Air Capture machines to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere & try to keep warming to 1.5C. But the top recipient is using DAC to peddle "net zero oil." Is DAC saving the climate, or saving fossil fuels? - for SciAm www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-...

Can Thousands of Huge Carbon Capture Machines Save the Warming World?

Tech firms, oil companies and the U.S. government are investing billions of dollars in carbon capture technology to suck greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. Can it save the warming world?

idk this feels like a worthy time to remind some folks that Project 2025 calls for the demolition of NOAA and the National Hurricane Center

Birds going “LOL NOPE!” tonight for the east. If I were ambitious, I’d fire up my laptop to look & see if birds entrained in the eye of the hurricane were visible. Even cooler? Check out last night’s map. Birds avoiding the east even then! #birds#fall#migration 🪶

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet - npj Ocean Sustainability

npj Ocean Sustainability - Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet

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Global fisheries must change to avoid ocean collapse, study says

A new study by an international team of scientists finds that industrial fishing is driving the world’s oceans toward collapse. The report outlines 11 key actions needed to maintain healthy oceans, in...

Get ready to fall in love with every purr of, Ziah, located in Jim Thorpe, PA. Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/ziah-69748818/pa/jim-thorpe/carbon-county-friends-of-animals-pa169/