It appears that the new pope has the same humanitarian ambitions as the one we just lost, and environmental stewardship is a significant part of that. Good news, to be sure.
Of course, how this will translate into action is anyone’s guess.
The reader who sent me this writes: All states should be doing this! Only Americans should vote!!!! She has 800+ likes on her social media post so far.
The problem? As every schoolchild learns, only U.S. citizens can vote in our elections.
How deeply pathetic we’ve become.
I happened to run into a rep for a large manufacturer of roofing materials earlier today, which gave me the opportunity to ask him about building-integrated photovoltaics. (“It isn’t on the roof; it is the roof.”)
I told him that I have been researching environmentally sustainable materials for 15 years, and that I was disappointed that BIPV never took off.
He explained that the early technology had defects in it, and that even today, it’s more expensive per Watt than the solar panels that are mounted on our rooftops. That said, the price of BIPV is falling, and he considers it far more aesthetic than roof-mounted PV. He’s hopeful, and thus so am I.
Yes, at left is the progressive agenda that America needs, but it hardly fits in with the nation’s zeitgeist one-quarter of the way through the 21st Century, does it?
We’re hoping that all the garbage magically disappears, and we can re-establish a demand for quality education, our traditional democratic norms, environmental responsibility, and a concern for the well-being of others.
Yet today all these things seem to be slipping ever further from our grasp.
Re: the meme here, former Marine fighter pilot and political candidate from Kentucky Amy McGrath says, “You can’t make this s*** up.”
The truth is that it’s perfectly predictable. Real qualifications for the position of Surgeon General (or any other top post) are irrelevant, as long as the appointee is 100% loyal to Trump. He or she could be a grocery store butcher or a sales clerk at Macy’s; it really doesn’t matter.
Americans of all stripes are still trying to find something that the U.S. president has done to improve life for the common person.
Not sure that eliminating a program that has helped U.S. citizens save on our energy bills qualifies as actual help.
Trump also says eggs are $2/dozen.
Not exactly.
Pic below taken at my local grocery store, May 7, 2025.
At this point, no one knows the ultimate fate of American institutions like National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).
To be fair, we can only speculate as to the reason that they’re under attack by the Trump administration. One idea is that they both represent learning, which isn’t well regarded in a political world that is aggressively trying to shut down the Department of Education.
They want no more public support than is absolutely necessary for music, the arts, teaching our kids to read, an appreciation for travel and other cultures, and the understanding of our nation’s own history.
The less we know, the better off they will be.
I know, right?
For example, take the New York Times, founded in the 1850s. All of a sudden, in 2016, after more than 150 years, they started lying with just horrible consistency that Donald Trump became the only credible source of news.
How very strange.
“Hydrogen Hubs” write:
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This discussion began in the early 1970s with the OPEC oil embargo, and America’s realization that our national security was at risk accordingly. But how far have we come in the ~55 intervening years? Essentially nowhere.
Of the many reasons that hydrogen is impractical, perhaps number one is that the delivery infrastructure is not there, nor will it ever be. You can unplug your toaster and plug in your car, but you cannot devise a way to serve up hydrogen across the 3.8 million square miles of the United States.
Obviously, this does not deter scammers like these guys from collecting investment dollars from people who will never see a dime in return.
