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Oklahoma reintroduced bison to tallgrass prairie in 1993: Decades later, the herd has restored the native grassland ecosystem https://en.as.com/latest_news/oklahoma-reintroduced-bison-to-tallgrass-prairie-in-1993-decades-later-the-herd-has-restored-the-native-grassland-ecosystem-f202609-n/

The American Civil Liberties Union of #Texas, American Civil Liberties Union, and pro bono counsel Yetter Coleman LLP have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Texas A&M University  System’s new extreme Censorship Policy that prohibits faculty from discussing certain topics and viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, and gender.  https://www.aclutx.org/cases/american-association-of-university-professors-et-al-vs-albritton-et-al/ #1u

A student in California modeled what would happen if solar panels roofed the state's 4,000 miles of irrigation canals, and the first stretch built from her numbers is losing 70 percent less water https://www.ecoportal.net/en/california-solar-panels-irrigation-canals/30652/

Advocacy Group Demands Congressional Pledges To Investigate Elon Musk’s DOGE https://www.aol.com/articles/advocacy-group-demands-congressional-pledges-204023000.html

First-ever T. rex trackway found by high school teacher in North Dakota https://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/trex-trackway-hell-creek

Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age, From Rope to Thread and Twine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/archaeologists-are-reconstructing-the-invisible-technologies-of-the-stone-age-from-rope-to-thread-and-twine-180989534/

American power, AI and a walkout - key moments from Trump's UN speech https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6rm903e22lgo

Retiring Smithsonian head Lonnie G. Bunch III: "You can run from history, but you can't hide" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/retiring-smithsonian-head-lonnie-g-bunch-iii/

Africa's plan for an 8,000-kilometer wall of trees against the Sahara kept dying in the ground for years, and the approach that finally worked came from farmers in Niger who regrew 200 million trees without planting a single one, because they protected what was already trying to grow - ScienceBlog.com https://scienceblog.com/b-africas-plan-for-an-8000-kilometer-wall-of-trees-against-the-sahara-kept-dying-in-the-ground-for-years-and-the-approach-that-finally-worked-came-from-farmers-in-niger-who-regrew-200-million-trees-wi/

Meet Arya Satheesh: High school student invents plant-based plastic that removes microplastics as it naturally breaks down, named European winner of The Earth Prize | - The Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/meet-arya-satheesh-high-school-student-invents-plant-based-plastic-that-removes-microplastics-as-it-naturally-breaks-down-named-european-winner-of-the-earth-prize/amp_articleshow/133024199.cms

Sixteen Years After 12,000 Tons of Orange Peels, a Costa Rica Forest Grew Back https://news.bitcoin.com/featured/sixteen-years-after-12000-tons-of-orange-peels-a-costa-rica-forest-grew-back-49201/

The Child Tax Credit actually moved fewer children out of poverty in 2025 than it did in 2024 prior to Congress passing the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA). Read more at: https://itep.org/new-census-data-child-tax-credit-eitc-need-improvements/ #BasicIncome

Two #Minnesota #solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour’s soybeans https://www.ecoportal.net/en/two-minnesota-solar-farms-native-wildflowers/29160/ #Solarpunk

So maybe we should cut out the middleman and give money to people directly. It's time for a #BasicIncome. https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/homelessness-fraud-and-corruption-task-force-charges?utm_campaign=20260917+LA+Report+PM&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc_&utm_content=&utm_term=245853060 #California #LosAngeles

A second grader wanted to know if his pet caterpillar would remember him. His experiment shocked scientists https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/butterfly-catepillar-memory-boy-prodigy #Japan #Science

Flock cameras are getting mobbed https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/30/us/flock-camera-vandalism-protests-cec #Fascism

Dad Turned Weekly Library Trips with His Daughter into Beloved Community Event: Meet ‘Library Dads’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dad-turned-weekly-library-trips-with-his-daughter-into-beloved-community-event-meet-library-dads/ #Georgia #Atlanta #Books #BlackLivesMatter

Well, sh-t: Trump’s gutted FDA can’t find source of diarrhea parasite - Daily Kos https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/7/20/800072419/health/well-sh-t-trumps-gutted-fda-cant-find-source-of-diarrhea-parasite/

New Mexico built a solar tower where a “curtain” of sand falls through concentrated sunlight and carries the heat away for later https://www.ecoportal.net/en/new-mexico-solar-tower-sand-storage/30099/

Pentagon reports more than 600 #Iran war casualties in quiet database update https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/26/pentagon-iran-war-troop-deaths-casualty-report?CMP=share_btn_url

Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/massachusetts-farm-installs-832-solar-panels-above-berry-fields-and-the-berries-grown-underneath-turned-out-sweeter-and-juicier-and-could-change-the-future-of-american-farming/amp_articleshow/132809461.cms

Meet Nathan Thomas: 18-year-old Florida teen becomes the world's youngest male professor after breaking a 306-year-old record | World News - The Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/meet-nathan-thomas-18-year-old-florida-teen-becomes-the-worlds-youngest-male-professor-after-breaking-a-306-year-old-record/amp_articleshow/132819830.cms

Britain is dropping 20 concrete reef cubes and 44 tons of scallop shells into the sea, and the goal is to bring back oysters down more than 95% since the 1800s – ECOticias.com https://www.ecoticias.com/en/britain-is-dropping-20-concrete-reef-cubes-and-44-tons-of-scallop-shells-into-the-sea-and-the-goal-is-to-bring-back-oysters-down-more-than-95-since-the-1800s/35174/

#Virginia lays groundwork to combine more #solar with farming https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/food-and-farms/virginia-solar-with-farming #Solarpunk

The US Central Command claimed that all of Iran's ballistic missiles were intercepted during a massive strike on July 17th. But footage and photos show otherwise as well as witness statements. The #Trump administration tried to claim that #Iran strikes had not injured a single soldier; the correct number is 270 injured and 4 killed. The Pentagon removed these deaths from its #Iran casualty count. (MintPress News)

Country Club Democrats are crying because Abdul El-Sayed of #Michigan said in a Zoom donor call, "If you put one ogre on a pike, then everyone gets the message, and all of a sudden starts to sound a little different." Good for him for that and for plotting a Fetterman primary. Why do we always have to play nice?

So apparently, the blockade is not working very well. https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/tankers/us-disables-vessels-in-renewed-blockade-as-26th-iran-tanker-reaches-asia #Iran #Malaysia #Trump

House Republican dismisses reports of declining mental health on USS Abraham Lincoln https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6035400-fallon-dismisses-uss-lincoln-reports/amp/

That's the whole point. Lynching is alive and well in 2026. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/black-woman-found-hanging-in-tree-behind-vacant-home-in-jackson-but-details-are-sparse/ #Mississippi #HateCrime #BlackLivesMatter

Republican disenfranchisement bid drives Black voters to polls, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/black-voters-south-republican-maps #Trump #Fascism #BlackLivesMatter

Meet the women who saved the country's climate data after the #Trump administration took it offline https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/the-women-who-wouldnt-let-climate-data-disappear #ClimateChange

As for-profit companies battle over #ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/dhs-ice-self-deportation-salus-csi-aviation-geo-group/ #Fascism

'Countless Seniors Will Soon Pay More': Trump Ends Subsidy for Medicare Prescription Drug Plans | Common Dreams https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicare-prescription-drug-subsidy

Solar farm wildlife ‘a vision of hope’ says Government’s chief climate adviser https://solarenergyuk.org/news/solar-farm-wildlife-a-vision-of-hope-says-governments-chief-climate-adviser/ #UK #Solarpunk

Over 100 Judges Can’t be Wrong: Why Todd Blanche is Unfit to be Attorney General https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/over-100-judges-cant-be-wrong-why?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web #Trump

#Ukraine Invasion Day 1,623: RU resumes using Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/8/3/800079378/community/162/

US gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow air pollution permits without publicizing them | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/u-s-govt-moves-to-suppress-pushback-on-data-centers-by-removing-requirements-for-public-input-on-pollution-epa-change-would-allow-air-pollution-permits-without-publicizing-them

Trump: U.S. to build large military presence in Greenland https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/18/trump-greenland-denmark-military-deal.html

Cruise ship helps stranded skiff and crew in Southeast Alaska as Zuckerberg yacht stands by | Alaska Beacon https://alaskabeacon.com/briefs/cruise-ship-helps-stranded-skiff-and-crew-in-southeast-alaska-as-zuckerberg-yacht-stands-by/

Pope Leo calls for government action to protect children and workers from #AI https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/pope-leo-calls-government-action-protect-children-and-workers-ai

Agartha's Proposal to a #Solarpunk HQ https://open.substack.com/pub/agartha1/p/agarthas-proposal-to-a-solarpunk?r=741t&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Utah letter carrier faces charges for tossing out mail ballots https://apnews.com/article/postal-worker-mail-ballots-trash-utah-d693b5c842575964ece4f25c6e5586c0

The Watchlist draws attention to countries where there is a serious decline in respect for civic space, based on an assessment by CIVICUS Monitor research findings, our research partners and consultations with activists on the ground. In the coming weeks and months, the CIVICUS Monitor will closely track developments in each of these countries as part of efforts to ensure greater pressure is brought to bear on governments https://monitor.civicus.org/watchlist-july-2026/ #HumanRights

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in #NewMexico https://futurism.com/science-energy/us-military-gps-jamming-signal-medical-flight

Lindsey Graham’s sister to finish his Senate term https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/lindsey-grahams-sister-to-finish-his-senate-term/ #SouthCarolina

Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the #Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage less-regulated — and often riskier — investments. https://portside.org/2026-07-10/wall-street-wants-change-rules-your-401k-it-could-put-your-retirement-risk #1u

Rep. Pat Ryan (NY-18) announced on X that he is not accepting AIPAC's endorsement and is returning their funds. #NewYork #Israel #Genocide #Gaza

25-year-old reporter buys his hometown newspaper to save it from corporate ownership https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/25-year-old-buys-newspaper-monticello-news #Georgia

For Country Club Democrat Wesley Bell, he is on the take from AIPAC as much as any of them. $16,466,692 from pro-Israel PACS to support #Genocide and the notion that #Israel is always right. Must be nice getting all those cocktail invites. #MO01 #Missouri (AIPAC Tracker)

Antitrust as Anti-Oligarch Policy https://www.theregreview.org/2026/08/04/vaheesan-antitrust-as-anti-oligarch-policy/ #1u