Reality TV star hires his old crew, to film him & his wife - who he met on a different #RealityTV show - & family in a new reality TV show, driving a #Toyota & flying around the country on our dime.
[I don't believe the non-profit exists]
>The sponsors are the very companies he is supposed to be #regulating!
>The Dept. of #Transportation paid for his flights...
"Duffy's 'Great American Road Trip' Is Ethics Nightmare" from NPR
#GOP #grifters #product #placement #Boeing
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/12/nx-s1-5818190/sean-duffy-road-trip-reality-show-sponsors
Alberta, Ottawa reach 'agreement-in-principle' on methane emissions
Alberta will be in control of regulating its methane emissions under an agreement-in-principle with Ottawa.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-ottawa-agreement-methane-9.7141890?cmp=rss
Alberta, Ottawa reach 'agreement-in-principle' on methane emissions
Alberta will be in control of regulating its methane emissions under an agreement-in-principle with Ottawa.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-ottawa-agreement-methane-9.7141890?cmp=rss
I've been so ill that I just haven't felt up to posting anything.

But I did read this article about solarpunk that was pretty good:
https://aeon.co/essays/in-solarpunk-cities-of-the-future-tech-follows-natures-lead

What we really need to do is stop Silicon Valley from continuing their harmful cycle of "Move fast and break things" as it is killing us and our planet. And most of Silicon Valley's "solutions" are really only solutions for the billionaire class and not for the majority.

We also need to rise up against the fascist's in power and undo the harmful and deadly policies and laws that target LGBTQIA folks, immigrant folks, Black and brown folks, Disabled folks, and all our most vulnerable folks.

I think about how much we need to do, and I feel overwhelmed. But in therapy today, my therapist reminded me that doing small tasks each day still helps in the fight against fascism. I may be too ill too often to spend hours on the fight, but I can do small tasks here and there that assist.

I can write, edit, create music and art, and those are just as important as the fight itself. We need ways to rest and rejuvenate to restore our energy to keep on fighting, and I can at least do little things like that.

So that maybe someday soon, we'll live in a solarpunk society rather than this fascist techno feudalism we're currently living.

#solarpunk, #SmallThingsMatter, #Antifascism, #Regulating
In solarpunk cities of the future, tech follows nature’s lead | Aeon Essays

The vision of solarpunk: joining nature with technology in vibrantly inclusive ways to create a world that truly blooms

…If the destruction of the #EastWing is a shock, the #money that’s paying for it might be even more of a #scandal. The #WhiteHouse, eager to assure Americans that their tax dollars have not been diverted for a #vanity project, has emphasized that the #ballroom is being financed by individuals & major #corporations. Instead of going through a process to obtain & disburse federal funds, #Trump simply asked companies his admin is supposed to be #regulating to write checks [#bribery / #extortion].
»#DonaldTrump’s 29-year-old #cryptoguru lays out the president’s plans for #regulating #crypto and rolling back a Biden-era crackdown.« https://fortune.com/article/donald-trump-crypto-bo-hines-regulation/?eickercrypto.com #crypto #blockchain
Donald Trump’s 29-year-old crypto guru lays out the president’s plans for regulating crypto and rolling back a Biden-era crackdown

Since his appointment, Bo Hines has become a mini-celebrity in the crypto world—with CEOs, billionaire investors, and lobbyists vying for face time.

Fortune
#SavePirongrong
🇹🇭"Pirongrong's case hilights fierce internal conflicts in #NBTC. It's open secret tt e 7 #commissioners r divided to 2 opposing camps. Tis lack of unity raises serious qns abt whether NBTC is capable of #regulating e #telecom indust, protect'g #consumers & fostering #faircompetition.. glaring eg is e controversial #TrueDTAC #megamerger which drew heavy criticism.. NBTC board voted 3–2 to approve e #merger.. Pirongrong was 1 of 2 comm'ers who voted against"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2956643/nbtc-faces-huge-hurdles
NBTC faces huge hurdles

The case of Pirongrong Ramasoota, a commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) who faces a two-year jail term following a legal dispute with True Digital Group, is snowballing into what is being called the "Pirongrong Effect".

https://www.bangkokpost.com