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We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower
No doubt Trump thinks that tanks and soldiers on display will make America, and its president, look tough and strong.

But the planned spectacle in June 14 is laughably hollow.
Even as the president wants to showcase U.S. military power,
he is doing grave and possibly irreparable damage to the real sources of U.S. strength,
including its long-term investment in scientific research.
Trump is declaring war on sc…

We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower
The president’s assault on science dangerously undermines America’s superpower status.

From DeSmog International
Top Free-Market Think Tank Unsure That Canada Needs More Pipelines
While Alberta premier Danielle Smith demands new oil corridors, the Macdonald Laurier Institute notes that pipeline capacity is currently ‘sufficient.’
This pro-oil and gas organization stated in an April report that there is currently “sufficient pipeline capacity” for western Canadian oil

Top Free-Market Think Tank Unsure That Canada Needs More Pipelines
While Alberta premier Danielle Smith demands new oil corridors, the Macdonald Laurier Institute notes that pipeline capacity is currently ‘sufficient.’

A new report from global energy think tank Ember says
🔥batteries have officially hit the price point that lets solar power deliver affordable electricity almost every hour of the year in the sunniest parts of the world
https://ember-ene…

Solar electricity every hour of every day is here and it changes everything | Ember
Batteries are now cheap enough to unleash solar energy’s full potential, getting as close as 97% of the way to delivering constant electricity supply 24 hours across 365 days cost-effectively in the sunniest places.

An interview with Gaia Marcus, director of the UK-based think tank Ada Lovelace Institute, on AI regulation in the UK and Europe, AI safety, bias, and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

Ada Lovelace Institute’s Gaia Marcus: regulation would increase people’s comfort with AI
The head of the UK-based think-tank talks about her hopes and fears for future oversight of AI

Why the future belongs to "stellar" societies.
https://bigthink.com/the-long-game/the-tony-seba-and-james-arbib-interview-why-the-future-belongs-to-stellar-societies/

The Tony Seba and James Arbib interview: Why the future belongs to "stellar societies”
The cofounders of think tank RethinkX are convinced that humanity is undergoing civilizational phase change.

The Correspondent: This is fascism.
https://decorrespondent.nl/16177/this-is-fascism/c4bf802c-8087-0bbc-31d5-5ed403fd281d?pk_kwd=all

Hackers impersonating US government compromise email account of prominent Russia researcher https://therecord.media/keir-giles-russia-researcher-email-hacked

Last year when I was setting up my 5G tank I got this plant. I thought it had died, but it had propagated a baby behind one of the big rocks in the tank. I moved it to my new 16G so it'd be more visible.
I think it's some sort of crypt because it doesn't have a rhizome and propagated via a long runner root, but I'd love to know _which_ crypt.
#aquarium #plantedtank #nanotank #shrimptank @… @… @…

"Nigel Farage to Headline Tufton Street Climate Denial Event"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate #ClimateChange

Nigel Farage to Headline Tufton Street Climate Denial Event
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is set to speak at an event today organised by a pro-Trump think tank and held in the home of the UK’s main climate science denial group, DeSmog can reveal. Farage, whose party campaigns to scrap the UK’s goal of achieving net zero emissions, is the star speaker at the […]