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I hope Andy Burn 'em has some advisor who actually reads Environmental Research Letters. The review essay by Emily Grubert, summarizing a frustrating 25 years of research with no apparent effect on climate overheating, is blunt.
" For people and places that rely on fossil fuel production and face major transition challenges (Xenarios et al 2026), failing to be explicit about the degree to which transition must proceed, or the extent to which alternatives might actually be ava…

Astronomers hypothesized that the Milky Way was flipped on its side following a direct hit from a wayward galaxy long before the solar system was born.
The cataclysmic collision is thought to have taken place about 10bn years ago
when the Milky Way was struck head-on by an incoming dwarf dubbed the Gaia Sausage.
The Milky Way tore the interloper to shreds and absorbed its stars,
but the chaos unleashed in the event probably flipped the entire disc of the Milky Way by m…

Milky Way flipped in collision with dwarf galaxy 10bn years ago, astronomers say
Durham University researchers find cataclysmic direct hit with Gaia Sausage sent Milky Way into its current position

I have long assumed this to be the case: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/community/884421/most-drivers-not-following-basic-road-rules-aa-research-shows but it's good to have confirmation. Sorta.

Mike Rogers' Pitch to Jewish Democrats May Be Falling Flat (Jenna Monnin/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/michigan/mike-rogers-election-jewish-democrats-abdul-el-sayed
http://www.memeorandum.com/260821/p64#a260821p64

Australia may have had a much larger Indigenous population before the arrival of Europeans than previously thought, a new study has found.
The research, based on computer modelling, suggests that about
⭐️93 per cent of the pre-European population was removed in under 80 years
following the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.
And this population, researchers at Flinders Universityestimated, was
⭐️up to seven times larger than previously thought.
“Understan…

Australia may have had a much larger Indigenous population before Europeans arrived
Only about seven per cent of Aboriginal people survived colonisation

The EU accepts X's plan to meet DSA transparency obligations and give researchers access to data, giving X six months to implement it, following a €120M fine (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-accepts-act…

The EU accepts X's plan to meet DSA transparency obligations and give researchers access to data, giving X six months to implement it, following a €120M fine (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-accepts-act…

The Newsom administration is suing five more California cities
— Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest and Turlock — for failing to complete state-mandated housing plans, known as the “housing element.”

Huntington Beach was the first city to face such a legal action, and it recently finalized its housing element plans following a court-order and massive fines.
The law, which has been in place since 1969, requires cities and counties every eight years to d…

Newsom continues crackdown on cities over housing plan requirements. 'No city gets a pass,' governor says
Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed legal actions this week against five small cities that they say are failing to meet benchmarks required for housing planning.

Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say
the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous.
While the US continues to grapple with a critical shortage of federal firefighters
– with especially large gaps in essential management positions
– the Trump administration has increased pressure on firefighting forces to rapidly and aggressively contain the flames.

‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting year of fire

Juvenile white sharks are already appearing along the California coastline,
fleeing warmer than usual waters in Mexico during what’s expected to be an incredibly strong El Niño.
But while shark experts say it could be the sharkiest summer in California in a decade,
they also say beachgoers shouldn’t be too alarmed as the apex predators have spent generations learning what’s on the menu.
And humans aren’t their preferred food

California braces for its sharkiest summer in a decade – but experts say don’t panic
Young great white sharks are returning in large numbers, but researchers say humans are not on the menu