I'll bet money this 'digital innovation' fund will be directed towards some SaaS solution where Ballmer owns stock or equity. This is basically a donation to avoid taxes while enriching himself. Worse than useless.
https://www.theverge.com/news/913518/ballmer-gives-80-million-to-npr-with-strings-attached

It is 2026 of there are organizations that still think that submitting to the Trump administration is going to stop the attacks, despite the never ending attacks on universities and law firms. Only those who have fought back have won.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/ad-firms-settle-with-trump-ftc-over-claims-they-boycotted-conservative-media/

The owner of the Inklings used bookstore described my trade-ins as 'an eclectic collection of weird' and now I'm ever so pleased with myself.

As climate change makes oceans, lakes, and rivers warmer it has creates cascading effects that are only now being found. For Chinook ranging from Alaska to British Columbia to Colorado, it has been a sickness due to thiaminase that comes from changes in the creatures they feed on. #environment
https://www.biographic.com/a-mysterious-salmon-killing-affliction-is-a-mystery-no-more/

The famous, and sometimes very smelly, marshlands around Venice hold a special plant called Limonium (sometimes called sea lavender) that sequesters an incredible amount of carbon while providing lush flowers that provides food for dozens of insect species. #environment
https://grist.org/solutions/the-beautiful-venetian-plant-with-a-secret-climate-superpower/

While state attorneys sue the Trump administration to restore funding to the Methane Emissions Technology Center, it has already made discoveries about pollution from fossil fuel extraction that show current record keeping is under counts the damage. #environment
https://capitalandmain.com/colorados-oil-and-gas-industry-is-vastly-underestimating-methane-emissions

Climate change won't only mean more deaths from heat stroke and degraded air quality, it means the slow destruction of residential stock by aggressive mold that will force poor people who cannot afford to mitigate the spread onto the streets but it will sicken millions, permanently. #environment
https://grist.org/health/in-a-hotter-wetter-south-theres-a-health-crisis-spreading-inside-the-walls/

"...feed for livestock accounted for more than one-third of the overall cropland conversion globally, yet in certain growing regions, including Brazil, Argentina, the United States and China, that percentage reached more than 50 percent." #environment
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25022026/grasslands-wetlands-gobbled-up-by-agriculture-livestock/

Industrial agriculture has pushed many native plant species to the brink of extinction and climate change now threatens to finish them entirely. Despite cuts by the Trump administration, scientists are still fighting to collect seeds vital for future restoration and rewilding efforts. #environment
https://grist.org/solutions/a-regional-network-is-racing-to-save-the-midwests-native-seeds/

Besides gutting environmental regulations the Trump administration has slowed or stopped updating the endangered species list. The Hellbender suffers for this as its habitats are wrecked and the water gets warmer; though its name is everywhere in Appalachia it risks vanishing entirely. #environment
https://grist.org/culture/appalachias-iconic-salamander-was-slated-for-federal-protection-its-still-in-limbo/