Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@qoto.org

@lolgop
I'd just like to call special attention to the massive voter suppression that targets Arizona's Native population. The Native vote delivered Arizona for Biden in 2020, so the GOP doubled down on voter suppression targeting Native Americans. It's just like Stacey Abrams and Fair Fight in Georgia, except it doesn't seem to get as much attention. I think a lot of reporters understand urban voter suppression better than reservation injustices.

https://arizonanativevote.org/

There are thousands of rock glaciers in the western US, but how old they are has always been unclear. Colleagues and I just published an #openaccess paper showing that rock glaciers may be much older than we thought, maybe 10,000 years or more. Furthermore, even though they move slowly, their longevity means they play an important role in the evolution of mountain #landscapes. #geology #utah #periglacial #geomorphology #remotesensing

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JF007453

Finally. Some leadership.
'The program aims to reduce harmful pathogens and allergens in buildings nationwide to ensure indoor air is always safe and healthy'
https://arpa-h.gov/news-and-events/arpa-h-launches-breathe-monitor-and-improve-indoor-air-quality

PACE data is now available at
🌐👉🏻 https://pace.oceansciences.org/access_pace_data.htm

It's detecting more than 200 wavelengths and measures polarized light that has reflected off clouds and tiny particles in the atmosphere. Read more about it:

https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasas-pace-data-on-ocean-atmosphere-climate-now-available/

#eo #nasa# #earthobservation #remotesensing

Yosemite was glorious yesterday, ahead of the incoming storm.

Florida’s Ron DeSantis has signed a law blocking local governments from enacting heat protections for outdoor workers—including the farmworkers that feed him and his family.

“Two million people in Florida, from construction to agriculture, work outside in often humid, blazing heat.”

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/12/1244316874/florida-blocks-heat-protections-for-workers-right-before-summer #WeFeedYou

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

@protecttruth Sinclair broadcasting is laughing its fascist asses off at everyone who's first reaction is to blame fox news.

"The facts involving Trump are crystal clear, and as news people, we cannot pretend otherwise, as unpopular as that might be with a segment of our readers. There aren’t two sides to facts. People who say the earth is flat don’t get space on our platforms. If that offends them, so be it."

~ Chris Quinn, editor of Cleveland's Plain Dealer

#Trump #BigLie #disinformation #democracy #media

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03/our-trump-reporting-upsets-some-readers-but-there-arent-two-sides-to-facts-letter-from-the-editor.html

Look at the path Curiosity has taken crawling up the slopes of Mount Sharp on Mars. It has finally reached a fascinating region called Gediz Vallis, which looks like a debris channel filled with boulders and debris. But what formed the channel? Scientists think that a flood of water might have carved the channel relatively quickly, billions of years ago, and then it was filled by debris sliding down from the side of the mountain. Curiosity has its work cut out for it.

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/nasas-curiosity-searches-for-new-clues-about-mars-ancient-water/

Oh it gets better.

"The United Nations appointed Jaan Tallinn, billionaire Skype co-founder and FLI board member, to serve on its new AI Advisory Body in October."

Calling this a “war on Hamas” was always clearly wrong but now that most of the Gaza Strip has been flattened and with its 2 million people experiencing famine, calling it a “war on Hamas” is journalistic malpractice and genocidal propaganda. Hamas was in every single building???

Doctors visit #Gaza hospital, see the horrors #Israel is inflicting on children. Has the U.S. "pro life" crowd said anything about this? https://apnews.com/article/gaza-aqsa-martyrs-hospital-health-care-israel-7c7a6117efae29e22a61e82151144613

"Unusual turn." This is not the time for your white-glove euphemisms. This is the time for blunt honesty. "Turn to insurrection and lies" is more like it.
Was the 2020 election stolen? Job interviews at RNC take an unusual turn. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/26/rnc-2020-election-stolen-trump-hiring/

Everyone needs to know what's going on at the Supreme Court this week. The same groups that ended Roe are now going after access to the most common and safest form of abortion in America, abortion pills. And just like with Roe, they won't stop until they take every freedom we value.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/everyone-needs-101026505

Dangerous reporting from this journalist with a bachelor’s degree in American Studies.

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#MaternalHealth
#WomensHealth

https://www.wsj.com/articles/abortion-and-americas-phony-pregnancy-crisis-065563d7?st=950htauk8ubhwkv&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink

People think these games the #GOP play tying aid to Ukraine to the US border are very clever. Currently Ukraine forces have little ammunition and are struggling. All so that the likes of Mat Gaetz and MTG can flex political muscles.

My son in law died yesterday in Ukraine. He was killed fighting. He was a teacher. An inoffensive 40 year old recently called up. His two children are refugees in Germany and hadn't seen him in 18 months. Yes, assholes, there are consequences to your actions.

Walmart hiked prices on its Great Value food brands.

The result? Its net income spiked 93% to $10.5 billion towards the end of 2023.

Walmart rewarded shareholders with $5.9 billion in buybacks and dividends.

When I say price gouging is driving inflation, this is what I mean.

The tax gap (the gap between taxes owed and taxes collected) was $688B in 2021 — nearly half the size of last year’s deficit.

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing rich tax cheats, it can collect $12.

If the GOP truly cared about the deficit, they would fund the IRS, not gut it.