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Surprise! The GOP’s climate position tracks closely with oil industry donations
Republican support for climate action has gone up and down over the years, as have contributions from oil and gas companies.
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West Nile cases hit new record, 66 dead so far this year
In happier news, a cute kitty somewhere drank some milk. You can probably find video of it on YouTube.
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This nine-foot kinetic sculpture of San Francisco is made of over 100,000 toothpicks
Scott Weaver’s “Rolling Through the Bay” is nine feet tall and seven feet wide, i.e. both taller and wider than my bathroom. It’s got four different paths for ping-pong balls to roll through it, tracing “tours” of various San Francisco landmarks. It took 3,000 hours over 35 years to finish. And it’s made of nothing […]
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Methane trapped in Antarctic ice will be a great help to the horrible warming feedback loop
Melting of Antarctic ice could release massive amounts of methane, according to a new study. That would be very bad for the climate.
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Designer makes dresses out of old Speedos instead of throwing them out like a normal person
Naturally it’s very resourceful that U.K.-based designer Orsola de Castro makes “upcycled” dresses out of old Speedo bathing suits. After all, what else are we going to do with old Speedos? Make an oversized soft sculpture of Michael Phelps’ favorite bong?
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A natural-gas pipeline grows in Brooklyn
Many of the people of Brooklyn aren't super-excited about it.
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Cougar found outside casino in America’s worst city
Very early on a recent morning, a cougar was found waiting outside a Harrah’s casino in Reno, Nev. That’s not particularly unusual, except in this case we mean “cougar” as in the large wildcat also known as a puma, panther, or mountain lion.
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McDonald’s tried to make ‘onion nuggets’ happen
Given the kind of stuff that gets the fast-food green light, it’s hard to believe that there are even more concepts that end up on the cutting room floor. But there are, and the McDonald’s Corporation’s archives manager Mike Bullington knows about all of them. The most shocking item in his collection of fast-food memorabilia, at […]
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King Coal’s Road to Nowhere: the Coalfields Expressway
In the tranquil, misty mountains of southwest Virginia, the coal industry is trying to build its very own road to nowhere. King Coal’s latest scheme is to try and take $2 billion of federal funds — our tax dollars — to build the Coalfields Expressway through rural Southwest Virginia. Coal companies plan to use mountaintop […]
