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• Post #4500638

  A 500-foot "living levee" in California turns flood defense into wildlife habitat—native plants and treated wastewater make it a natural barrier with a bonus for the Bay. Read more → https://grist.org/solutions/a-new-type-of-levee-is-taking-root-in-northern-california/ #Grist #Climate #Solutions

• Post #4486109

  Three lives lost versus 139. Texas’ flood warning upgrades saved lives—sirens, gauges, and watchful neighbors made the difference. Read more → https://grist.org/extreme-weather/what-another-texas-flood-revealed-about-the-states-warning-system/ #Grist #Climate #ExtremeWeather

• Post #4474371

  A 'super El Niño' threatens global rice crops—but the world has a secret weapon. Decades of innovation and surplus supply may soften the blow, turning crisis into resilience. Read more → https://grist.org/extreme-weather/why-rice-crops-could-be-in-for-a-weird-year/ #Grist #Climate #ExtremeWeather

• Post #4465957

  Public AI could be our shared utility, not Big Tech's cash cow. This interview offers a blueprint for community-owned, open-source AI that empowers everyone—from Africa to Europe. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/what-ai-regulation-and-ownership-could-be/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Politics

• Post #3999561

  Despite losing 15M barrels daily from the Strait of Hormuz, global cooperation averted disaster, but there's still time. Read more → https://grist.org/energy/why-the-iran-war-hasnt-caused-a-global-oil-crisis-yet/ #Grist #Climate #Economics

• Post #3976297

  Oceans are soaking up 90% of our excess heat—and it’s fueling deadly heatwaves on land right now. Here’s how understanding that link can save lives today. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/07/oceans-abosorbing-heat-extreme-weather-heat-waves-land/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Environment

• Post #3942069

  Study finds microplastics in humans may be overestimated—blood lipids can cause false positives. A new plastic-free lab aims for accurate data on real health effects. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/07/how-bad-microplastics-exposure-health-risks-science-studies-cassandra-rauert-interview/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Environment

• Post #3831468

  There is currently no federal rule protecting the U.S. labor force from the effects of extreme heat exposure on the job. Dave Carew uses his free time to educate his co-workers about extreme heat. Read more → https://grist.org/extreme-heat/no-federal-heat-standard-nyc-workers-are-building-their-own-safety-net/ #Grist #Climate #ExtremeHeat

• Post #3831352

  "beehive" microgrids are using green energy to provide power after disasters to critical services like fire stations after a disaster. Read more → https://grist.org/energy/a-swarm-of-solar-bees-are-coming-to-western-north-carolina-community-hubs/ #Grist #Climate #Energy

• Post #3798028

  “Climate change, militarization, extractivism, and legal marginalization reinforce one another,” said Binota Moy Dhamai, who is Tripura from the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, and a former chair of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, or EMRIP. Read more → https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/as-climate-and-conflict-collide-indigenous-leaders-confront-overlapping-crises-at-the-un/ #Grist #Climate #GlobalIndigenousAffairsDesk

• Post #3779517

  A subscription should be as easy to cancel as to sign up for. Its a simple idea that requires laws to keep in place. People who "want government out of their business" kind of miss how much help programs that keep people from being ripped off provide. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/click-to-cancel-new-york-mamdani-lina-khan-dcwp/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Politics

• Post #3755077

  After Europe's deadly heat wave, ancient cooling methods meet modern design. Here's how to build homes that survive extreme heat without relying on AC. Read more → https://grist.org/buildings/how-to-build-homes-that-can-survive-extreme-heat/ #Grist #Climate #home

• Post #3731421

  42 years of data show PFOS levels dropping in the Great Lakes after industry phase-out. "If we stop manufacturing these chemicals, they will eventually reduce." Read more → https://grist.org/science/new-research-traces-how-forever-chemicals-move-through-great-lakes-into-people/ #Grist #Climate #Health

• Post #3717107

  Extreme heat kills one person every minute globally — yet knowing the signs and quick action can save lives. Learn how to protect yourself and others. The 'build your own swamp cooler' is interesting, but at the same time, it kind of shows a failing of the producers to understand where people are at. A fountain pump? A drill with a circular hole bit? Its a good idea, and helpful in a lot of circumstances. Not everyone can afford or even have power tools and a 6" fan lying around....

• Post #3716853

  I have mixed feelings on this. I'd rather we spent more money on public transportation, but even busses need highways. Building highways to be climate resilient is important. Read more → https://grist.org/transportation/how-to-build-a-highway-in-the-age-of-climate-change/ #Grist #Climate #Solutions

• Post #3665060

  Fired climate scientists rebuilt their agency website as an independent tool. It’s now nearing its old monthly traffic in just two weeks. https://www.climatecentral.org/ Read more → https://grist.org/solutions/scientists-saving-climate-information-government-websites/ #Grist #Climate #Science

• Post #3619258

  Obsession is a fantastic movie and is cunningly dreadful. The acting was great and the darkly humorous parts were good fun. #obsession

• Post #3619247

  Obsession is a fantastic movie and is cunningly dreadful. The acting was great and the darkly humorous parts were good fun.

• Post #3619078

  Bryan Stevenson transformed Montgomery with slavery memorials. Now, as America turns 250, he fights against erasure of our darkest history. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/montgomery-alabama-slavery-bryan-stevenson-equal-justice-initiative-america-250/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Politics

• Post #3535316

  Landmark win for privacy: Supreme Court rules smartphone location data is protected under the Fourth Amendment. An interview with Stevie Glaberson, director of research and advocacy at Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/supreme-court-chartrie-geofencing-warrant-privacy-phone-location-data/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Politics

• Post #3525521

  Trees save cities money and lives. Scientists say urban forests are mandatory infrastructure—not just a nice extra. A four-point plan shows how. Read more → https://grist.org/cities/urban-trees-arent-just-nice-scientists-say-theyre-mandatory/ #Grist #Climate #Cities

• Post #3524855

  Climate activists dissolved a major coalition but found a new battle: opposing AI data centers that could drive one-third of U.S. electricity demand growth by 2030. Read more → https://grist.org/protest/climate-activists-data-centers-green-new-deal/ #Grist #Climate #Culture

• Post #3440825

  France adapted after 2003's deadly heat wave. Now, their ambitious plan is being tested—and showing what coordinated action can achieve. Lives are being saved. Read more → https://grist.org/extreme-weather/europe-heat-wave-adaptation-plans/ #Grist #Climate #Cities

• Post #3147013

  Still reading "Harvard and the Unabomber" and beginning to think Aston Chase, who seems to like to draw parallels between himself and the Unabomber actually has more in common with the Unaburger, and the crime and victims are lost in the intellectual preening. #bookstodon

• Post #3147012

  OWASP rates XSS as high frequency, low impact. That was before webMCP. Any JavaScript on a page can register tools with the browser's LLM — including injected payloads. The model trusts both. We validated a full kill chain from injection to C2 exfiltration in five minutes. Defenses exist, but need more than 500 characters. Full writeup: https://blog.arachnovato.com/script-injection-makes-webmcp-a-force-multiplier-for-attackers/ #security #webmcp #mcp #ai

• Post #3147011

  In a California district where 65% of voters are Latino, a Bernie-backed professor driven by neighbors' six-hour health care drives challenges party orthodoxy—and may win either way. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/randy-villegas-jasmeet-bains-bernie-sanders-david-valadao-california-22/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Politics

• Post #3147010

  US grid ready for hot summer. Record solar and battery additions boosted reliability, not Trump’s forced-to-stay-open coal plants, per NERC report. Read more → https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/us-power-grid-reliability-improvements-summer-solar-batteries-renewables/ #MotherJones #Investigative #Environment

• Post #3147009

  India's vast solar park will soon power Austria—showing a major nation can industrialize without coal's detour. Read more → https://grist.org/energy/a-first-among-major-nations-india-is-industrializing-with-solar/ #Grist #Climate #Energy

• Post #3147008

  Texas grid: Solar beats coal for the first time this year. 78 billion kWh from sun vs. 60 billion from coal—without federal help or reliability issues. Read more → https://grist.org/energy/solar-to-overtake-coal-on-texas-grid-for-the-first-time-ever-this-year/ #Grist #Climate #Energy

• Post #3147007

  140 countries just backed a landmark U.N. ruling: failing to fight climate change is a "wrongful act." It started with law students in Vanuatu. Read more → https://grist.org/international/in-a-rare-show-of-global-unity-countries-adopt-landmark-climate-ruling/ #Grist #Climate #IndigenousAffairs