Far more unites us than divides us. A study of 86,000 people reveals remarkable similarity in moral attitudes, values and trust across all ages, demographics & groups

Study https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2018-66320-001.html
OG http://beautifulne.ws/781 #bnews

Towering tornadoes of plasma the size of planets dance over the Sun's surface in this timelapse from the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft.

Credit: NASA GSFC/SDO

Last month was the 2nd hottest April on record globally (2024 holds the record). As usual, there is substantial regional variability in the location of these warm and cold departures.

Summary of the month at https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-temperature-april-2025 using @CopernicusECMWF ERA5 data.

Go see the #OceanFilm with David Attenborough (happy 99th birthday!).

I’d like to have a word with the scientific advisors. Among other things, phytoplankton doesn’t remove 1/3 of our CO₂ emissions (the ocean removes 1/4, but it’s abiotic) and the ocean doesn’t produce half the O₂ we breathe (it’s responsible for half the photosynthesis on Earth, but it also consumes all that oxygen).

With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.

(Published 2019)
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Trump #Tax #IRS #News

Trump announces a massive tax increase on ordinary American consumers to fund tax cuts for billionaires.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-liberation-day-tariffs-protectionism-82d0aa3a?st=5wxupn

US military budget: $850 billion

US National Institutes of Health indirect costs: $9 billion

That they are so focused on cutting the budget of the latter says everything.