New York Times gift articles

This is of course an appeal to vote for better Democrats in primaries. Turnout makes a huge difference, since most people don't vote in primaries

The decision is a major victory for Republicans, wiping away a measure approved by voters to allow Democrats to gain as many as four House seats in the midterms.

The Republicans are about to gerrymander all the black representatives out of the South, so it's going to be a very uphill effort for Democrats to win a majority int he House, even if 60% of Americans vote for Democrats.

State and local officials will also be prohibited from formally cooperating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement under the agreement.

the devices can also kill or injure people, pets and endangered species. In one 2017 incident that gained national notoriety, the 14-year-old Canyon Mansfield and his dog were sprayed by a cyanide bomb near their Idaho home. The dog, Kasey, collapsed and died. Canyon was rushed to a hospital, where he was treated for temporary blindness.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/37478545

In a lawsuit, an Air Force veteran says that the federal government is sending a “chilling message” to people demonstrating against the immigration crackdown.

Scientists wanted to know why the chatter of Alston’s singing mice sounds so much like human conversation. What they found might change how we study both species.

The General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state’s lone Democratic district.

Video of the whole thing is here

• Only the billionaire would vote for the billionaire tax initiative.
• Two words said so much more. [about Bianco lecturing Porter, the one woman on stage, about how to be a mother]
• In Los Angeles, housing anxieties take center stage.
• Villaraigosa could play spoiler.
• Nobody delivered a knockout blow.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/37420065

The agency’s scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release.

In particular, the study says:

when considering deforestation, we find a near system-wide transition of the Amazon forest (62−77% of the area) under the combination of a lower threshold range of global warming of 1.5–1.9 °C and deforestation of 22–28%

The press-release is rather a bit clearer about it than the NYT

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming if deforestation increases to roughly 22-28 percent of the Amazon

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/37406178

The very first E.V. was born in the 1830s. By the 1900s, electric carriages were dodging horse droppings in Manhattan streets.

This is a top-two primary, where the two candidates with the most votes advance to the general election in November. The linked page will get updated as additional polling is released.

Sources like wind and solar can now deliver continuous power [using batteries] according to a new report. And, they’re often a bargain compared with fossil fuels.

The oil industry is also raking in huge profits.

The paper is here. A plain-english explanation of the paper is here

One of the authors has a BlueSky thread about it

The Justice Department is seeking to block a lawsuit filed against major players in the fossil fuel industry over their role in climate change.

The Trump administration is evicting bison herds from federal grasslands in Montana, siding with ranchers and Republican leaders over environmentalists and tribal leaders.

The delays, which companies say have worsened significantly in recent weeks, are the latest step in the Trump administration’s efforts to block wind power.

The Financial Times broke this story but I don't have a gift link to their article.

I'll note that the national security claims are simply lies

As Pentagon officials delay approval of wind farms, scientific studies show that they can distort radar systems, but the problem is manageable, researchers say.

Other countries are instead looking to integrate wind turbines into national defense.

As the planet warms, past episodes of the natural weather phenomenon may no longer be a reliable guide of how the next one plays out.

As Pentagon officials delay approval of wind farms, scientific studies show that they can distort radar systems, but the problem is manageable, researchers say.

You could of course integrate wind turbines into your national defense. Seems like a win-win kind of thing.