REALITY CHECK:
Texas Democrats earn 45% of the vote—but under the GOP’s new gerrymandered map, they’d get just 21% of the seats.
That’s not representation. That’s rigging the system. #MessWithTexas
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REALITY CHECK:
Texas Democrats earn 45% of the vote—but under the GOP’s new gerrymandered map, they’d get just 21% of the seats.
That’s not representation. That’s rigging the system. #MessWithTexas
The core problem with nuclear power - cost
Sizewell C costs could hit £100bn including financing, modelling shows
HT @carbonbrief.org www.ft.com/content/5f54...
Total for nuclear power station project set to be billions of pounds higher than official government estimates
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. ~ Francis Bacon
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
If the USA had proportional representation similar to the EU, what would the main groupings be?
www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parlia...
Find out what the political groups are within the European Parliament and how they are organised.
just rename it the "department of xenophobia and pre-crime..."
Homan: "Most national security threats don't have a criminal history because they try to lay low until it's time to do things bad."
This is a scorched earth approach wrapped up as a real estate opportunity.
"the files just need a bit of editing, wouldn't want to give people the wrong impression. "
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Time to restore a strong tort law to: ✅ Bypass lobbyists—juries punish harm ✅ No more profits now, pay later ✅ Break the corporate-political racket
From glacier funerals to reef grief, some people are visiting places they’re worried may disappear in a warming climate. Researchers have coined a new term for the phenomenon: eco-necrotourism. eos.org/articles/peo...
From hordes rushing into national parks to mourners holding glacier funerals, tourists wanting to take in threatened natural places may be shifting visitation patterns.