Washington state voted to keep its new tax on millionaires, which starts in 2028 and is expected to raise about $3.5 billion a year for schools and healthcare. #midterms #elections #bluewave #uspol
Hungarian authorities uncover millions hidden by former Orban officials in forests, warehouses #Ukraine
Hungarian authorities uncover ...
There are nearly ten times as many Antarctic blue whales today as when the hunting stopped.
A new estimate puts the population at 4,018, up from 418 after the last reported catch in 1973, and growing 4.5% a year. Still only 1.9% of what the Southern Ocean once held
https://phys.org/news/2026-11-antarctic-blue-whales-advance-road.html
Secretary Duffy needs to pay more attention to his real job instead of his family fun show that our taxes paid for. Talk about waste, fraud and abuse.
America’s most ambitious geothermal plant is now sending power to the grid.
Last month the first electricity left the site, outside Milford, a Utah town of 1,600 that has lost its mines, its railroad and its hog farms.
Fervo uses fracking techniques to pump water through hot granite more than 3 km down, and reckons the site could eventually reach 8 GW, easily enough to supply the entire state around the clock.
#renewables #renewableenergy #geothermal #utah #energy
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2026/11/12/the-wests-next-energy-frontier-is-beneath-a-utah-small-town/
Oupsie whoopsie! 🤭
https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/117616208707779949
If money is going to a government entity, it's hardly a present to the people. https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DfurY0FGPd-
Don't give him a dime without an itemized budget and spending timeline. And make sure the money comes from a source that can afford it. Like DHS. https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/Dfup4yVodc1
Italy fines Meta $880m over photo privacy
Regulator said Meta's 'lack of cooperation' and the large number of people affected contributed to size of the fine.
#news #politics #geopolitics #peace #MicrostateOfPeace #GoldmanMill #MillMessenger #aljazeera #worldnews #VSN
Sarah Ritchie is a Canadian ceramic artist based in Mohkinstsis, Alberta. With a background in archaeology, she found an unexpected creative path in clay, merging her love for nature, history, and the unseen beauty of the natural world. Her work bridges science and art, transforming knowledge of the past and fascination with living species into tactile, timeless vessels. Her process centers around a technique called slip trailing.
@fromhandsof.sjr #ceramics #handmade #globalmuseum #pottery
Ecuadorian fishermen who survived US boat strikes sue Trump 🤡 administration
US military has killed nearly 250 people in attack on ‘narco-terrorism’, and on 17 March, sank the 16 plaintiffs’ boat, leaving two with serious burns www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Additional reporting - newly released docs detail Kazakh mining deal backed by Trump sons
Docs include original pitch and show project has 3-phase development plan totaling approx $1B, w/ timeline 4+ years. US lenders don’t plan to approve financing.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-11-13/newly-released-documents-detail-kazakh-mining-deal-backed-by-trump-sons
"Talking to a lot of air traffic controllers & folks at #FAA. One thing I want to draw attention to: #Duffy & #Mullin🚨said the failure happened as a result of updating old systems.
One controller put it this way: “He said they were updating equip.🚨They ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DO THAT DURING THE DAY. They do it mid weeks during the middle of the night when flights are at the lowest.”
"...a preview🚨of what could come during the busiest air travel days of the year in 2 weeks?"
-AG
Intentional?
#USPol
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