“Enck says it is not too late to make a difference,” writes @issamahmed.bsky.social of @afp.com. “Her book is replete with advice on how to organize, lobby local governments and advance model legislation.”
New post by @citizensouth.bsky.social scary stuff and a useful read
www.citizensouth.org/pakistan-buy...
Our take: "Trump is taking a wrecking ball to the biggest single step any nation has ever taken to combat oil use, global warming pollution, and helping save consumers money at the gas pump," @biologicaldiversity.org
@dannyctkemp.bsky.social @issamahmed.bsky.social www.barrons.com/news/trump-t...
It's like the opposite of naming your dream dinner party guests. In a Netflix interview aired posthumously, Jane Goodall said she'd gladly ship Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Benjamin Netanyahu off in a SpaceX rocket.
u.afp.com/SmeW
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Young plaintiffs stand tall after taking on Trump climate agenda in court share.google/ClyOMS1KuCIH...
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Democrats secretly paid influencers $8,000/month to promote their messaging -- scoop by @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/dark-m...
NEW: Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.
“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.
A review for a Little Caesar’s somewhere by Kevin S: Stopped into this Little Caesars just trying to get a $6 pizza and ended up in a full on action movie. Just as I grabbed my order, this furious dude barges in yelling about how I cut him off in traffic earlier. Before I can even respond, he throws a punch but then out of nowhere the guy behind the counter jumps over it like he's been waiting for this moment his whole life and just beats the living hell out of the guy. The guy ran off and the cashier just dusted himself off. I said "are you ok man" and he looked me dead in the eye and said "B*tch, this is Little Caesars. We always hot and ready." Five stars. Will absolutely return.
I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.
Is “drill, baby, drill” compatible with “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”?
New piece out this morning on US climate litigation
fortune.com/2025/07/23/y...
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And also, the events were investigated and found to be caused by neither the product nor RSV but most likely linked to underlying conditions...he really did not grasp basics
Edward, are you watching this? Levi doesn't seem to be getting that it's randomized 2:1 and there's an important difference between absolute number and rate of events...wow wow wow
This is a great story from my @afp.com colleague @issamahmed.bsky.social in Georgia, near the "Carpet Capital of the World" where water is full of PFAS www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Sasha and Jamie Cordle thought their small farm in rural Georgia would be a ladder out of working-class struggle, and a gift for their children and grandchildren.
Instead, it may be poisoning them.
phys.org/news/2025-06...
People who spread out over two seats or toss their bag on the seat next to them on the DC Metro during peak hours will always be losers. They're counting on it being awkward to ask them to move up. I'll still do it anyway of course.
You might be wondering why we haven't updated outbreak.info for months.
Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.
After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.
More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.
Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an unlikely ally in the fight to keep the continent cool: penguin poo.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Yet another landmark public health victory reversed in the United States.
Story by @issamahmed.bsky.social for @afpnews.bsky.social:
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
I spoke with Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, about his protest for Gaza at the US Senate today
www.yahoo.com/news/ben-jer...
Given Trump and Musk's new slimmed down physiques, it appears as though obesity is increasingly something the wealthy can opt out from, pharmacologically
AFP US official backs off promise to solve cause of autism by September Issam AHMED Tue 22 April 2025 at 5:45 pm GMT-5 2-min read
Backpedaling already:
A top US science official on Tuesday backed away from a bold promise made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reveal the cause of autism by September.
A top U.S. science official backs away from a bold promise made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reveal the cause of autism by September.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Only 14 House Democrats signed this letter calling for the release of Mahmoud Khalil
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A NOAA engineer, requesting anonymity for fear of losing her job, said the cuts were already taking a toll.
"People won't be evacuated on time from natural disasters," she said. "They could lose property -- or their lives."
www.yahoo.com/news/scienti...
